Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Nothing special
I'd never heard of Shack before and not a single song from this album jogged my memory. It was pleasant enough stuff I guess, but it all felt a bit like a pub band who were five years too late to hit the curve. Got to the end and felt no reason to ever listen to this again. Dull enough to drop to 2 stars for me.
Nice enough, but nothing special
This album is an insult to the merit of 1001 list. Tacky, forgettable, pleasant-sounding britpop for the sake of britpop. Shame it took place of some worthwhile album.
I'd rather be stuck in a shack.
enjoyable but nothing spectacular
Weak.
That right there was some fairly "dime a dozen" 90's brit alt-rock, that I would've been just fine with not hearing before I died. I mean, seriously, why did the British music producers of that day think they could simply stick a string quartet behind any mediocre band off the streets and start printing gold records!?
SHACK
The overall sound is not bad, but the songs are very weak and boring, and there are moments where the singing is rather grating.
Like butterscotch angel delight
An early 200s movie soundtrack.
mid brit pop album. nothing stood out here, but it could’ve been worse.
It's like Oasis and R.E.M wanted to record togeather but had a series of uninspired days in the studio resulting in the most boring super group record of all time.
5/10
I really liked the first four songs, and if they were their own separate EP it could have been a quintessential britpop release. Unfortunately the album continued and, while there were some nice ideas here and there, it was mainly very dull and uninspired for the next half hour
an Ok album. I'm not sure why it's on the list though. That being said, I love the last song 'Daniella'.
Highly produced pop that treads no new ground. Pleasant to listen to but completely forgettable.
2.5
This album might be a grower. Might be that this, after repeated listens gives away its depths and amazingness. But after 4 listens, one during work, one in the car, one while walking and one with good headphones, I kinda doubt it and am left with the feeling I'm either missing something, or this is just a real unremarkable album.
Incredibly, incredibly mediocre. Definitely not an album you have to listen to before you die.
A perfectly fine brit-pop album in the vein of the many that came before it. Probably doesn't really need to be here. Favorite track: "Streets of Kenny"
Don't hate it. Don't love it. Don't really feel anything. Just an empty void where feelings for music should be. It's not terrible. It ain't great. The best thing about it is the cover and yet the cover doesn't really do anything to me either. This is a 3 star album and I have to take one star away since nothing broke through.
Liked the first song, but on the whole it all feels a bit like a band you’d stumble into seeing live at some bar and go, “Hey they weren’t bad,” and then probably forget about for the rest of your life. Also, “Shack” is an awesome band name but in no way should it belong to this band. Some hardcore kids need to reclaim it.
Meh
Unremarkable.
Never heard of this, and not sure why it's on here, but it's fine. Not essential listening, or even essential britpop listening. The obvious comparison is Oasis, but I think they do enough to distinguish themselves. As you may guess from the cover, there's a good dose of nautical themes, often revealing themselves in the more folk-leaning tracks. The band has good melodic sensibilities, and I enjoy the variety of instrumentation and orchestral bits. The moments of electronic sounding effects strike me as odd and ill-fitting. The band can write a good track, but there are some duds too, and tunes can verge on corny. "Lend's Some Dough" comes to mind. I like the way some tracks grow and develop throughout, such as my favorite track, "Streets of Kenny." However, as layers of guitar pile on, and the soundscape becomes more dense, the track comes to a sudden, unsatisfying stop, which made me briefly think my audio cut out. I think I'll end my review in a similar fashi
sounds like a band trying to make that late 90s early 00s sound and not doing anything impressive with it.
This album didn't evoke much for me, but I didn't actively hate it.
2.1 kind of album that would have been more impressive 35 years earlier, its fine, definitely not top 1001 though. can hear some stone roses and some simon and garfunkel inspirations but it's just not quite right faves: captain's table
Britpop
Hoping for sea shantys, was disappointed
Too much going on at once here
Inoffensive Britpop and utterly forgettable. Will not get a repeat.
One of those albums that you instantly forget about right after finishing. Unfortunately nothing remarkable stood out to me on this one. Like i can't remember a single song to write a decent review
Shack sound like the average you'd get from adding Oasis to Manics to Stone Roses to Lightning Seeds and dividing by four. It's a good job I never heard them in the 90s, because I would probably have really liked it, which would have been a wrong opinion. An enjoyable enough listen in a nostalgic way, but but there's absolutely nothing original going on here. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Natalie's Party Date listened: 25/04/23
Didn't need to listen to this that's for sure. Bland britpop.
Impossible to see how this is one of the 1001 albums I must listen to. Pleasant? At times. Cloying? More often than not. Enjoyed the vocals and was never offended. But far from essential. Two and a half. Fave track: Daniella
Honestly, a pretty unremarkable album - I guess they needed some padding when creating the 1,001 albums list. Not the most offensive record I've ever listened to, but just seems fairly unoriginal and bland, especially for a Britpop record in 1999. Just kind of 'been there, done that'; but this sound and style has been done by much more interesting bands. Probably will fade away in my memory somewhere - two stars. Fave track: I Want You
Good listening but I don't really know where to place the album. Nothing really stands out and it doesn't have a lot of vigor. 2/5
its okay not my jam
this felt like it was made by ChatGPT.
It was fine. Inoffensive and easy to listen to but zero staying power. It’s been 10 minutes and I barely remember what it sounded like.
wow, look: britpop
Power pop is how I’d describe this. Pleasant but nothing special.
Know the period well. Never heard of this.
Normally I feel like I need to really dislike something to give it less than three stars. It is pleasant enough, but I paused it halfway and forgot about it entirely by the time I picked it back up. Whenever I find myself thinking "is this the last track then?" several times in a row, I know it's not really for me. Again, nice enough, but just incredibly unremarkable.
I think one of the most interesting things about this album is that it's impossibly mediocre.
Like The Flying Dutchman never able to make it to the shore, some trajectories in music history seemed to fall under some sort of curse. Those trajectories are the ones of generally talented protagonists who seem programmed for unmitigated success, and yet somehow never manage to leave their mark the way everyone initially expected them to. Michael Head seems to be one of those characters. Jinx, missed opportunities, personal addictions and even tragic deaths around him were the rubs he had to face, and one can only sympathize when you read the details about the latter online. In that context, the story behind *H.M.S Fable* is one that deals with a resurrection that's been a long time coming for Head, and given all that he went through to reach that point, one can only feel happy for him. As if it mirrored that optimistic state of affairs, the first two tracks of Shack's third album start on a very promisory note: "Natalie's Party" is an effective opener where the mix of lively strings and fragile vocals actually add a lot of emotions to the proceeding. And if the quite long "Comedy" overstays its welcome a little, it's an instantly catchy cut that can linger in your memory for quite some time... With such a nice way to leave the harbor and set out to the indie nineties seas, it seems that we're on board to spend some great moments with Shack during our voyage with them... Well, the thing is, not exactly. Contrary currents and hostile weather soon play tricks with our sails: the next two tracks "Pull Together" and "Beautiful" indeed bear the marks of utter disaster, and this for several reasons. First, what were the producer and mixing engineers thinking on those ones? The vocal mix in "Pull Together" is indeed terrible, and some other details are just laughable (what the hell is that cowbell doing, so loud in the mix at some point? Why are the levels of the different instruments so unstable?). Yet those flaws wouldn't be so critical if the songs themselves were a little more interesting. And for this latter point, your mileage may greatly vary, unfortunately. Released a few years after Britpop had its most timeless successes, *HMS Fable* indeed sounds like an afterthought. To be perfectly fair, and beyond any production issues that plagued them, the two songs we lamented about up there are mostly insignificant because they sound as if they were composed by your local band playing in the pub around the corner--that band desperately trying to imitate Oasis's hits at a time where the latter were already out of fashion, saccharine layers and fake epic choruses included. The result is more *Be There Yesterday* than *Be Here Now*--and this without even taking into account the already involuntary irony of the latter's title. Next, "Lend's Some Dough* uses another (and actually *older*) influence to better effects. The Kinks' long shadow indeed looms over this cut, which also takes its sweet time exploring chiaruscoro modulations and surprising chord progressions. At this point, one can hope tracks 3 and 4 were only early missteps... Alas, the album's titular ship then turns in circle in "Captain's Table", and the "Streets Of Kenny" lead to nowhere--or at least, not to any truly *memorable* destinations. Shacks alternates between different styles and moods in a very competent way, from mariners' tunes to folk to britpop again, but it all seems pretty pointless melody-wise. Besides, one can't help feeling that there's something a little tired in the vocal perfomances on the LP's second side, as if Head was himself a little unconvinced by his own songs. It takes the barebones final track drawing almost exclusively on his voice and acoustic guitar--with quite an amazing picking work and a poignant chord progression in it--to reconcile us *a little* with this record, at the eleventh hour. But it's not enough to let our sails pick up some needed wind, and it's far too late in the game. At this point, one wonders if the production choices for all the other tracks didn't distract Head from infusing enough *moving* elements into his songs. The last one clearly shows what could have happened if he had and his band had done so. Another missed opportunity, unfortunately. Some ships never return from their trip. All we can hope for them is that they're in a better place than ours. But mostly everyone knows that Flying Dutchmen stories or Bermuda Triangle legends usually cover up a far sadder truth: those ships are at the bottom of the oceans now. 2/5, for the four cuts actually still making this record worth the effort it takes to explore it. But of course, this can't be enough for a list of stellar, truly *essential* albums. What a cruel game this app triggers us to play... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: less than 700, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter (including this one)
This is Warm 106.9 plain yogurt served with 8-grain toast and a glass of 2% milk. A very 2.5/5
This is what happens when you type in “music” into an ai music generator.
Shack? More like shat. Album is as milquetoast as they come. But it was pretty easy listening and some neat arrangements on a few of the songs so I’ll give it a 2.
I wasn't too impressed, nothing really caught my attention. Didn't turn me off either, but there aren't any songs I can point to as standouts
Didn't really do much for me. It was pleasant and there were a few songs I particularly liked.
It's another Brit Pop album. It isn't great. It's unnoteworthy. Not the worst album on this list. No need to listen to it again.
I am forced to agree with my friend Jim on this one
Boring Brit pop
This is one of those albums that makes me wonder how the 1001 Albums list was conceived, and what possessed the writers to put this on it. The album isn't bad by any stretch! Just fairly middle of the road. A stalk of grass among many, cut to exacting length. It's hard for me to get past the production, which seems very, very safe. Which leaves me with questions! Why is this on here? What cultural, historical significance does it have beyond the music? I must be missing context here. It certainly is hard to find in the music.
I dont get why this was highly regarded. It was fine but didn't seem extraordinary.
I used to have this album and gave it away in a pile of seldom-listened to CD's. Now I remember why. Utterly uninteresting and undistinguished, with nothing to separate it from hordes of other mid-90's offerings. If there are indeed only 1001 albums on this list, HMS Fable does not belong on it.
Mais um britpop que não me convence e assim me lembra que 1001 discos é muita coisa mesmo.
Oasis but no
It's fine, I guess? I dont see the particular appeal or why this would be an album that everyone should hear. 2/5
Thought this just sounded like the early 90s. Nothing really stuck out but nothing was bad.
Ok but totally forgetable britpop album
Absolute Brit Pop dreck.
Another album that sounds like a missed opportunity for a “Garden State” or “Good Will Hunting” soundtrack. Another wispy voiced guy faintly singing his songs, in an Elliott Smith vein that didn’t really elicit much enjoyment for me over the course of the album. It was by no means a terrible album, it just sounded like an acoustic singer sometimes singing over electronic instruments. If you like this sort of music, you won’t be disappointed!
Te weinig tijd vandaag. 1e nummer vond ik niet echt boeiend
Vlees noch vis, toedeledokie!
Wat was dit nou eigenlijk? Ik kon er de vinger niet achter krijgen. Beetje Brit-popperig, maar ook weer een beetje middle-of-the-road jengelrock. Heb het zelfs 2 keer geluisterd maar blijf vooral met veel vraagtekens zitten.
No serious complaints but again not sure why this made the list. Not very excited by anything on this record
Another album that I can't fathom why it's on this list. It's not bad I guess, but it certainly isn't good or memorable. Do people cite this band/album as being influential? I don't get it.
Britpop, catchy-rock
Sound like a British RHCP cover band. Funky but Just a bit much of the same. Some bangers though
Just a mediocre britpop album. Not atrocious by any means but nothing worth mentioning. The musical equivalent of stale donuts at a convenience store.
No thanks.
Unremarkable
It was okay, but kind of on the bland side. It seemed to take the typical 90s Britpop genre and infuse it with folk of yesteryear. But even then, I'm not sure what makes it a standout album of its genre and era. This is an obscure album that feels like it really doesn't have any strong reason to be brought out of obscurity.
Ok, there are 1001 albums on this list, it's acceptable to have some absolutely generic albums from time to time. I'll rate it 2-stars.
I underestimated how many Oasis knockoffs there are out there. Granted, Britpop is a style that a lot of bands did in the 90's/2000's, but this album feels particularly derivative and tame. There's some folk twang here and there and “Captain’s Table” has an interesting dreamy quality that sets it apart. But nothing jumped out at me that would make me remember this band. Pleasant but forgettable.
I thought it was OK. Not really groundbreaking or doing anything incredibly that really warrants it to have a spot on this list in my opinion. I found parts of it boring and felt myself wanting more.
Most songs sound taken straight from an early 00s feelgood movie, or the intro to that scooby doo movie. Nothing particularly memorable, or offensive
As I was listening to this I forgot it was one of my 1001 assignments and said to myself "what the fuck is this?" At which point I knew I was going to give this album a shitty rating...
2.5
I feel like the name of this band could be "Kinda Boring Oasis" There are no bad songs. But there are no great songs. Completely average music.
Enjoyable. But not much more than that.
Boring, generic and there is nothing exciting or memorable about this album. Just not the type of music that I prefer.
Completely unremarkable. Not bad, but also not particularly good or notable. Just a completely regular album that definitely exists. They play the instruments, they sing some lyrics - that's about it. Good for them. The earlier songs were better than the ones near the end. My favorite song was probably "Beautiful". It's a pretty standard feel-good pop track, but I enjoyed it.
INSERT FART NOISE HERE
No idea, why this is an album I should listen to before I die. Didn't hurt, but nothing special....
HMS Big Fucken Whoop, more like.
Not great, nothing really grabbed me
It's not that the music is bad as much as it is so unremarkable!
2/5. This was a nice tone and pleasant and great but I don't think ill listen to it again.
Eine Platte wie ein gewöhnlicher, eher langweiliger Alltag: keine superben Highlights, eher kleine Erfreulichkeiten, keine großen Ärgernisse. Und irgendwann ist sie rum.
Was ok. Bit generic
never really did anything special. did enjoy it more than the album cover led me to think i would
Won’t be listening to that again.
Generic, unimaginative & completely forgettable
Brit pop by numbers.
I love uk indie rock but this ain't so loveable ( to my ears anyway).
No thanks. Did not enjoy
It’s… fine?
Nothing special 90's music.
Baffling inclusion on this list. Nothing especially memorable or outstanding on this album. I can think of at least three Teenage Fanclub albums superior to this for a similar but superior sound.
Boring brit pop, weridly mixed. Comprends pas pourquoi c'est sur la liste
Largely forgettable last gaps of britpop. Seems to be composed almost entirely of Elbow filler album tracks.
The entry in the book for this album made it sound really gritty and interesting, but this is the blandest Britpop album yet from this list. You know, I didn't really have a problem with Britpop before starting this project, but I'm really growing to dislike it now.
This only mildly sucks, but I think that's what's wrong with it. It doesn't even manage to suck with any conviction. It just exists for 47min and I didn't hate anything, but also didn't like a single bit of it. A strong opinion is impossible. Just sounds like a really boring version of Oasis.... 5 years after Oasis. 2/5.
way too many british 2000's bands
Well, yeah, it's britpop. I guess it's not the worst for what it is, but I didn't enjoy it and was glad when the album was done.
Didn't really register for me, I wasn't wowed by it. Kind of sounded like standard 90s alt-pop
“H.M.S. Fable” by Shack (1999) This work is another offering from the UK that doesn’t quite capture the world’s attention. It lacks groove and soul. With lyrics that are mostly one side of a conversation without reference, forward movement, or resolution, these songs don’t say much (exception: the closing track, “Daniella”, but poorly performed). And, as might be expected, they are haphazardly arranged. Sibling vocals (Michael & John Head) have a nice duet/dubbed blend, with some highlights in the relatively standard harmonies (“Comedy”, “Beautiful”). But it ain’t The Beach Boys. You could play these songs in the background while doing something else, but it would enhance neither your interest nor your efficiency. There are some interesting Liverpudlian moments (e.g., a haunting try at the chantey genre in “Captain’s Table”), but not enough to raise the record to the level of worthiness. This album desperately wants to be expansive, entrancing, profound, and popular. But it misses the boat. 2/5
Bored for me
I probably won’t listen again but I wouldn’t be offended if it was on as some background music
Like a folksy oasis, not amazing not awful
reminds me of ben folds but not in a good way
Niets speciaal imo
Nah
2!!!!! why is this on here
Sounded very middle of the road to me.
nothing too remarkable here, at least to me.
normal
A couple of really good songs ("Captain's Table", "Streets Of Kenny") but largely generic, forgettable late 90's modern rock (1998). Not bad, not great.
Just not a Triffids fan
Who is Shack? Some of the songs at the top of the album are genuinely good but it kind of falls apart towards the end. If we are comparing these albums to the 1001 greatest albums ever I have to give them a 2
Fine. Feels like peak 1999
Kind of lame and British wuss rock. Not for me. 1.5
It's not a bad album, but I'm not totally sure why it's on the list of albums you should listen to before you die.
Starts off strong but the arrangements quickly lose creative steam and blend together. The unearned bombast of the horn section is grating as well.
I, for the life of me, cannot understand why this album is on this list. Just sounds very generic to me.
Ned rock, albeit well crafted. Musical, but entirely uninteresting. Got bored, didn't finish.
Huoh
Pull together was my fave.
TAKE THIS ALBUM OFF THIS LIST I feel bad for the band, but this music is mid at best and only on this list because the author loved this album when they were 16. I listened to this album less than a week ago and cannot remember anything special or unique about it.
Generic indie guitar pop whose main influence seems to be other generic indie guitar pop bands. A real shame, also because Shack's bandleader Michael Head made a truly great record (*Pacific Street*) with his previous band The Pale Fountains. Do yourself a favor and go dig that one up instead.
Just so dull and generic. Why is this on the list?
Never heard of these guys, wish it had stayed that way. BLAND.
Recycled rubbish!
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Ok, generic Britpop album #267 appears! I don't expect it to be that much different than any of the other generic Britpop albums on the list. It isn't. It's mostly just boring pop with bad vocals and nonsense lyrics. There is some hookiness and songcraft here, but the vast majority of it is uninteresting. I genuinely can't see why this is even on the list, which has been the case far too often. "Essential listening" does not mean "random shit that wasn't even good when it came out and was completely forgotten". This is legitimately bad music because it's just there. It does nothing for the listener, and that's perhaps the most damning thing you can say about an album.
Hadn’t heard of them before and had a hard time connecting to the album. Not for me.
What is this random British slop clogging up my generator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VINtwoyaF_8
I KNEW this run of incredible albums was ending soon. This is Britslop. This is Fauxasis. Fuck this shit. edit: don't mind the last song actually. 1.5 anyway. fuck you
to quote skydawg: britslop. (although he never clarified if that was a play on britpop. cause libertines aren't. but this is.) to quote joi diddly: fauxasis to get original ideas down: the musical equivalent of "break in case of be here now being good enough to keep the 'cool britannia' soft power train rolling on." alternatively, BTEC NME (as it turns out they Still think it's a top 300 album of all time; maybe they're just) rubbish. the ending of comedy (+ beautiful {although that song has the added benefit of being perfectly designed sync music for simon cowell and co. to do schadenfreude on the mentally ill [as it turns out the string arranger also worked on x factor themes. ladies/gentlemen/theys i DO this shit]}) sounded nice. add even more cowbell to pull together. that'll fix it. useless fucking shitey blarney merchant geezer wasteyutes. coincidentally this demographic would've loved streets of kenny. music that helps you and your mates cope after realizing "chucking a whitey" isn't just overwrought EDL propaganda; it's also what (probably) happened to richey edwards. since i met you has a nice descending violin line. all the good stuff on this LP's from the violinist's detritus. daniella belongs on a better album. with a better verse chord progression. ultimately we didn't need baggy/shoegaze to beat the gallaghers. what we Really needed was (for copyright purposes) the london suede to pull it out. to end the world's first compliment big mac: captain's table isn't terrible. 0.8-1.4.
Generic Brit Pop. Nothing to really hold on to. It’s been a few hours since I listened to the album, and I’ve largely forgotten it.
Not my style
So boring
Увидев совершенно незнакомое мне имя, и прочитав про этот альбом ничего не значащее описаниие в Википедии , я ожидал, что прослушивание пройдёт незаметно и не оставит никаких впечатлений. Так и получилось. Завтра я и не вспомню названия этой группы.
Yesterday I got The Coral who were innvoative with their jangly scouse pop. Today I get Shack who are derivative with it. Massive difference, don't like this at all.
A very generic 90s Britpop album that’s too late to the party. Mostly dull and bland - while there was nothing specifically offputting, I had little interest and expect I’ll never think about it again.
This bored me. Just made me think: Off-brand oasis. To be fair there were some short (short! 5–10 second stretches) that caught my ear. Other than that this was very forgettable.
Sub-Oasis drek.
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
"You can gild a literal piece of shit in gold leaf but it will still be a piece of shit". The same goes for Hms Fable: hiding derivative , generic, badly sang UK alt rock under layers of ochestral strings and horns. The best song at the very end, Danielle, could not redeem the experience of wishing the album would end for 45 mins. 1.2/5 -> 1/5
In the spirit of full transparency, I went into this one with a full weight of expectation defined by my project partner’s derisive 1-star review filling me with dread. I was deeply relieved to find an album that was only bland, boring, derivative and whose inclusion in this list was only utterly bewildering. I did like the line in Captain’s Table “flying ‘neath the wings of a giant dong”. At least that’s what I heard.
I was booing so hard through this it made me look up Statler and Waldorf quotes: Statler: Do you believe in life after death? Waldorf: Every time I leave this theater. Statler: Can you sing tenor? Waldorf: What? Statler: Can you sing tenor, as in ten or eleven miles away from here. Statler: Hey, they weren’t half-bad Waldorf: Yea they were all bad HohohoHahahaHohoho
Kinda boring. Every song sounds the same wtf. 1
Malísimo. No se muy bien por qué, pero me parece repugnante, me dan ganas de sacar todas las canciones ni bien las pongo. Verga atroz
HMMMMMM
No me gustó, es más country que otra cosa y no hace parte de mis gustos personales. La verdad no fue una buena recomendación.
I honestly didn't get a chance to listen
sorry Jungs aber die collab mit Haftbefehl wird wohl euer career peak sein 😭
When you consider the millions of albums that have been recorded and released since, say, 1955... To be included in a list of 1001 "must-listen" albums is a significant achievement, signalling a rarified level of artist merit. Then you come to this album, and you realise it's completely subjective and simply means someone somewhere likes it. There's nothing here to commend it. Unless you already like it, in which case you'll learn nothing new. It's just very, very average. But by dint of being on this list and therefore having had that expectation of quality established, very, very average is actually just straight up poor.
It's almost upsetting this album is on this list and proves its horrible bias. There is basically nothing special about the record, it is dime a dozen rock that shows there is too little variability in what is considered "a must listen" in the eyes of this editor and it is far too skewed towards pop music and Anglophone countries. Listening to music should be enriching, but this is no less enriching than entering a pub. Listening to this album is a waste of time.
Sounds like Oasis.
Didn’t like this. so slow. Boring oasis. Couldn’t finish
Not one I'd listen to again. Pleasant enough but did nothing for me
Horrible
I did not care for this at all. There’s nothing happening here that interests me in the slightest, just bland pointless music. Maybe ya gotta be British? Maybe you gotta be a masochist? Yea, I hate this 1 star
So bad I barely listened to the first song and didn’t listen to the rest of the album
Its like R.E.M but bad. Easily the worst album I have been assigned.
I had never heard of this band even though I am of this age. Only being able to get through 3 songs, I understand why. A rap/Oasis mashup is a song you can record…..1 star for a cool album cover.
Albums like Hot Fuss, Get behind me Satan, Gorillaz and Hail to the Thief get bumped off the list - but this stays? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
This is sort of terrible
I had never heard of this before and was quite intrigued by the cover as I'm partial to a bit of sea shanty / folk rock. But fuck me what a disappointment. So bland and limp - how an earth did this make the list? What boundaries is it pushing or who has it influenced. Its not offensive so should be a 2 - however I'm giving it a 1 given how disappointed I was.
Like oasis rejects without the energy
Gear: Focalman Cleardara Artwork: ⛵☕💰 Production: 🌀💩😖 Music: 🌴@️🏠 Rating: 🆘(🆘)/5
Jeg har aldrig tænkt over det før jeg begyndte på det her projekt, men ved nærmere eftertanke synes jeg faktisk Oasis skal for retten i Haag
What a bunch of junk.. I cringed hard at the ballad with autotune.. What a shitty choice of song to sing when your voice can't handle it.
Annoying and extremely mid britpop, the dude cannot sing, instrumentation is boring and uninspired. This ain't it. Lacks the je ne sais qoi of oasis, the strings in the background suck, the lyrics suck, it's not even good when drunk. Guitar solos also suck, basically pentatonic scale runs
Boring Britpop. Not for me.
Totalt kedeligt
What is this? This sounds like someone’s middle-aged uncle’s bar band.
Nah
I had never heard of this before and was quite intrigued by the cover as I'm partial to a bit of sea shanty / folk rock. But fuck me what a disappointment. So bland and limp - how an earth did this make the list? What boundaries is it pushing or who has it influenced. Its not offensive so should be a 2 - however I'm giving it a 1 given how disappointed I was.
Solid product by the Wallflowers here--oh, wait. Nope, just more radio-friendly junk for idiots with middling tastes. Belongs on a list, but not this one. Fuckin' Britpop.
Wishy washy soft rocky stuff
Another one that I don't understand why it's on this list.
YAWN! Almost 10 years late to the Britpop party and this is supposed to be an important album? And that doesn't even start to touch on the fact that this is totally uninspired and derivative drivel.
#172/1001. There is a grave in between stadium rock and insie pop in which this album should be buried.
I have a feeling bands like Elbow were quite influenced by Shack. Well-meaning and competent, but - to these ears - quite bland. Earnest Indie.
Why are there so many bland British bands on this list?
Nope Sounds like Christian yacht rock Not for me at all
Never heard of this band. I can see why. The ragged end of Britpop just not wanting to give up the ghost. I won’t remember this album because it doesn’t deserve to be remembered.
Nada mas empezar me ha parecido musica del restaurante “El paso” o “El coyote” o como fleet foxes mal. No soporté
I was expecting sea shanties. Wish they were sea shanties. I found this album rather bland and unexceptional. It was a long 45 minutes - I just couldn't find anything to hook onto.
Yet another British pop band, I'm so close to giving them all an automatic 1.
Not sure why this is on the list, not exactly setting the world on fire.. dreading to think of the amazing albums that might have been bumped off the list because of this album.
A less enthusiastic generic Britpop with an obligatory Beatlesque framework. Uninteresting compositions, quite contrived and soulless. Well executed but lame. I’m with a lot of others here asking why this is on the list.
Nah
1 stern
I’m not going to act like this is the worst thing I have ever heard, but my rating comes from pure confusion as to why it is here. I guess it’s pleasant to have on the background, but as an album to sit down and pay attention to? Not really, I was quite bored.
Lullabies to agonize
μόνο το comedy ακουσα, αλλά δεν είναι του στιλ μου γενικά
Who dis? Never head of this band or album, and I would like to think I know "influential" things in music given my education and background. And after listen to the album, I still don't see it.
1. party - 0 2. comedy - 1 3. pull - 0 4. beautiful - 1 5. dough - 0 6. table - 1 7. kenny - 0 8. inztated - 1.5 9. you - 1.5 10. touun - 1 11. met - 0 12. daniella - 1.5
That an album so utterly unremarkable and devoid of artistic adventure would choose a picture not of a warship but of a picture of a picture of a warship as its cover art is about the only poetry to be found here. A rare level of tedious to inspire passionate hatred. One day, the spiritual successor to a shitty British catchphrases-and-wigs sitcom like Mrs Browns Boys will come here for its theme song. I've rated less listenable projects higher but the sheer banality of this offends me, as does its inclusion on this list.
this was like if ai would've produced a britpop album
Dnf
Sounds like the background music in a family movie from 1999. I don’t get why this album is on this list.
I do not understand why this album is included on the 1000 albums list. Pretty forgettable and mediocre record.
Couldn’t even finish the whole album it was that 💩
Didn't hate it but it didn't stand out to me.
Negative
Eka biisi on lupaava, mutta karmeat jouset. Loput ei ole lupaavaa (mutta karmeat jouset silloin tällöin). Olisin odotellut inspiraatiota.
Don't think this one would have a place in 10,001 albums to hear before you die
This album's biggest sin is its mundanity. The artwork made me think I was in for an album of sea shanties, which would have been preferable to the rather dull album we have here. There were a few tracks that I initially liked somewhat, until I realized that it was because they reminded me of other songs. That said, there were two tracks that I did enjoy: "Streets of Kenny" and "Daniella."
Is this really an album I needed to hear? Really generic
the worst kind of dreck. they can’t even make the cliches that i like work.
Not very good!
The album begins on a bland but inoffensive note. Track #3, "Pull Together," is one of the worst songs I've ever heard, and nearly every track after isn't much better. The only song on here I would even begin to call good is the quiet and eerie closer "Daniella." The vocals actually fit for once and the shitty production takes a backseat. Way too little way too fuckin late tho, this is an abomination. Actually embarrassing that something like this is in the book. One of the worst records I've ever heard.
meh
This is forgettable and based on the reviews time HAS forgotten it. I don't think that's for the worst.
Wow detta va dritt
Wasn't too moved by this. It's not bad but just wasn't that interesting to me. Too many mediocre British artists on this list.
Not for me
1.5 - Bad
my first DNF. Britpop with strings. bored me to tears.
Terribile
Good album but nothing resonated with me. Shame.
Oh damn, this is some bullshit. Not bothering to finish. Throw it in the bin.
uiii nei was isch das schrecklich ich merk au gad dass ich chli e pause bruch vo britpop jaa ich bin jz sicher au chli gmervt willi das andere lied nöd ussefind vo love exchange failure aber natalie's party nervt comedy isch okay? pull together herzigs giti geklimper!! beautiful het meh cheese als ich ih mim buch morn nachem fondue bide schnitzelbank what kind of ed sheeran isch das hahaha ok dass streets of kenny so abrupt uufhört isch na funny aha das sind ehemaligi bandmitglieder vonere berüehmte uk band, logisch mussmer die no daa innezwänge since I met you erinnered mich vode harmonie ah beach boy!! aber rein us nostalgie öppis "guets" z mache isch nöd guet nöd dass ihrs gfühl hend, ich wett da no (gott bewahre) lob usspreche ok s blöser outro isch auno cool gsi ahh freu mich hert morn dene es 1 innezdrucke ja daiella het kei crazy enthüllige meh bracht, ganz krass so und jz schnell öppis anders lose
Bland indie british pop from the late 90s. Not worth talking about with any detail. Really glad we get more of this boring shit instead of something that people actually should listen to!
I didn’t think they made Liverpudlian musicians more Liverpool than the Fab Four but here we are I guess. Look I enjoy some damn Britpop but this is so utterly generic it’s almost impressive. The album starts pretty great with “Natalie’s Party” and I had some hopes for some good harmony. But then, my god, it just continues to dive further into mediocrity. This is like if Oasis was somehow more strung out and less coherent. And that would be a real feat considering how rough those boys had it. Please give me something better than this unseasoned chicken breast of rock.
Ugh, was really not in the mood for this. I find the vocals incredibly annoying for some reason. It felt bland and so easygoing i get angry. It's like a watered down "Oasis", or "Fleet Foxes". Generic, bland and uninspired. 1 star.
Comedy
Forgettable, over produced, I will never think about this record again as long as I live
This sank.
i'm not gen x enough for this record. but i listened to it end to end.
They know they're not harmonising in tune right? Feels a lot earlier than 1999 which I guess makes this feel a little.... Stale. Sounds like a high school band who got to record a demo as part of a competition. No bueno.
Pass... the first song was good... the rest you can give it a miss
Boah, nicht noch eine "Ich-segel-mal-hinter-Oasis-hinterher-Band". Bin inzwischen sehr beeindruckt wieviele 90er Jahre Britpop Bands der Autor der Liste kennt.
not very good
Weer eens volledig verrast met een band uit contreien waar je van zou denken dat je er wel eens van had gehoord. Maar niets is minder waar. En helaas, zoals wel vaker met die verrassingsaanvallen van de 1001 albums generator: je vraagt je sterk af of het woord random niet staat voor het willekeurig selecteren van platen bij het opstellen van de lijst. Wat een oersaaie meuk. Afgezien van korte momentjes van typisch Britpop-plezier (refrein 'Pull Together') is het immens voorspelbaar en weinig doortastend. Als je leest over z'n connecties met 'The Pale Fountains' verwacht je ietsjes meer, want die maakten nog best leuke jangle pop in de 80s. Zoals dat was bij ingang van gisteren, ga ik vandaag ook weer door het leven zonder de band 'Shack' in mijn mentale music catalog. 4,5/10
Borderline unlistenable. Boring pub rock. I hate seeing reviews saying the list is biased towards British bands because US BRITS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THESE BANDS EITHER! The list is biased towards the shite that Robert Dimery listened to at university, and some other random shit bands that his friends, neighbours and the local homeless happened to be in at the time. THERES SO MANY BETTER ALBUMS THAT COULD BE ON THIS LIST INSTEAD OF THIS SHIT FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Truly have no clue why I just had to hear this album. Not even the one I would say sounded the worst so far, just detestably generic britpop slop. It was the first album i just couldn't wait for the end of. So. Boring.
Twangy nothingness.
Boring
+: Natalie's Party, Captain's Table, Daniella +-: Beautiful, I Want You, Cornish Town, Since I Met You -: Comedy, Lend's Some Dough, Streets of Kenny, Reinstated --: Pull Together 3,7/10
One of this albums I thought I could suffer through, but by the last couple of songs I just wanted it over - couldn't get into it at all
Oh damn, this is some bullshit. Not bothering to finish. Throw it in the bin.
I don't... I don't get it
Esta fue una pérdida de tiempo, honestamente.
I am hear a ton of Beatles influence, which is fine, but doesn’t do much for me. It’s very non offensive, but not very inspiring in my opinion.
Pre: Never heard of this band or album. After a couple of songs I am realizing that I was expecting something way more upbeat, Flogging Molly-like, for some reason. The album cover really fooled me, so far I am absolutely not impressed. What in the living hell was that modern adult contemporary jazz interlude "Re-instated". This took a turn for the worse quick. Do not recommend.
Nicht meine Richtung
You’d be better off listening to Aaron Carter’s seminal work Aaron’s Party which has the hit single That’s How I Beat Shaq, which should have been titled That’s How I Best Shack. Because it’s a better and more important and impactful album than this, full stop.
Cannot believe this is not one of the albums out of the list by now. It really is nothing. It could be 2 stars but being it so irrelevant it gets
In what world is this essential listening? Asinine album from a band no one remembers 25 years later. This is a ridiculous inclusion on this list. “Daniella” is the only enjoyable track on what sounds like a demo from a pub cover band. Ugh. 2/10
Creo que he escuchado pocos discos tan genéricos como este. Si la intención del autor de esta lista era destacar la muerte y decadencia de lo que en algún momento fue el Britpop, muy bien, es lo que logró hacer. El segundo (sí segundo, porque al parecer no bastó con uno solo) de Shack es un pastiche terrible de todas las tendencias y sonidos explorados anteriormente por Oasis, Pulp, Suede, etc, etc. Nada que destacar acá, sálteselo. No merece para nada estar en la lista.
i love music created only for licensing!
Annoying vocals. Wanted to turn this off quickly.
This aint it
Didn't give the whole album a full listen cause I kinda got the cut of their jib after a few songs. Not for me
To call this bottom of the barrel Britpop would be an insult to the bottom of the barrel. This is the bargain bin next to the bargain bin. This is the dollar tree CD section
Another Brit pop album. This time it’s the most generic of all. No for me dawg
Why is this album on this list? It's just a nothing album, it really feels like the musical equivalent of hotel room art. I don't know what else to say. It's just a boring album released at a time when there was a million better things to listen to. WHY IS IT ON THIS LIST MAN? Every track kinda bled into the next one - there were a couple of times where I hadn't realised that two or three tracks had passed. Album sucked.
As soon as this album finished, Spotify played Doldrum by The La's next. The algorithm is too good, it can delineate meaningless FM radio Brit-slop and wanted to give me more. There are flashes of good instrumentals on a few tracks, but not enough to save it. Vocals are actually really poor on a few tracks like Re-Instated. I don't know what the point of this album was. Zero cultural resonance, why am I listening to this in current year. I tried searching through Spotify for the song from this album Since I Met You (which I enjoyed the most despite being the least streamed) and Spotify thought I meant Since I Left You by The Avalanches which is a better song by a better act. Thank you Spotify for trying to gaslight me into not listening to dull mush music.
if i ever see this robert dimery cunt in real life i will punch on with him night or day rain or shine. i do not care if hes infirm and 90 years old i will knock out the little joy left in his dead squalid brain for repeatedly subjecting me to this absolute fucking slop that some empty-skulled kiddy-fiddling self-hating guinness-drinking british slur confused with music.
How I feel being FORCED to listen to yet MORE mediocre BRIT SLOP: https://youtu.be/j_nuOyxMrMQ?si=kxYujBtkB1_HQT_E REVISION: It seems I was right to skip this album the first time. I dove to the wreck of the HMS fable and all I got was a waste of 47 minutes and the bends.
There seems to be no notable reason for this album to be on the list. A very ho hum brit pop release from the late 1990s that is a rehash of a sound from 5 years earlier in the decade.
Yeah this was a poor man's REM meets oasis. Bland
I got this exactly the day after Definitely Maybe from Oasis. I didn't really like that one. Why did we need a second one but worse?
It may be bri'ish but it doesn't hit like blur 😔
Listening to this is like eating oatmeal with no fruit, milk, or honey. Gruel. It's not offensively bad music but it has no personality and I don't understand how it's on this list.
Yikes that was pretty awful. They can't really sing and overcompensate with dense musical arrangements that don't really work. I agree with several other reviews - what's it doing on this list?!?
Utter shite
Nah, son.
Unremarkable and forgettable. I assumed it was from around 1994, but seeing it was made in 1999 makes its inclusion here even more confusing - this would have sounded dated already when it was first released.
This is not a bad album, it just should not be on a list of albums one must hear in their lifetime. It is not genre defining and not even an outstanding example of any specific genre. Like Pablo Cruise, a good band with terrific musicians and catchy songs, but not life changing. In this context I can only rate this album as a 1.
Entirely forgettable. Brit pop sucks in my opinion, even the stuff that is catchy. If this was "number 2 on both the NME and Uncut critics' poll of the albums of the year for 1999" - good lord. 1999 was a dull year in British music.
Meh
Boring. Just like this review. Doesn't even illicit a joke. Unremarkable in the literal sense.
If I wanted to listen to Oasis I would just listen to Oasis (and I don't).
Sounds like an Oasis knock off
The end of the millenium was a pretty bleak era for music, and 1999 in particular may be one of the worst years for albums - it was the year Blink 182, Santana and Limp Bizkit ruled the radio. This album speaks to the level of extreme exhaustion in pop rock as a genre. Pretty forgettable stuff - another band that sounds like a tribute act to Oasis's worst tendencies. Despite their best efforts, no amount of orchestral swells and acoustic strumming and affirmative choruses will conjure an emotion from these bland bloated songs. If they made an Almost Famous style movie for Britpop, these would be the b-sides off the fake band's singles. It's not that it's unpleasant, it's that it's barely anything at all.
Honestly, an album I feel like I heard 1000 times before. Some fun tracks but pretty rough. Might be a 2 or 3 if it came out 10 years earlier
God this is so bland. I hate Britpop. How was this ever deemed essential? Maybe the most offensive inclusion so far - this is the opposite of an album you should hear before you die. It was less horrible when I hit the folky middle section, but then straight back to C-Tier Britpop dreck
Its not like its the worst album ever, just a little done with all these unimpressive albums so 1 star, even though I could probably enjoy it more.
0.5/5 - boring, generic songs with cringey lyrics and flat vocals, one of the worst albums I’ve heard in recent memory
it’s not awful but just plain indie , i’m sure others would love this but i’d never be compelled to listen to it again .
Its what I imagine Bob Dylan would sound like if he was a Gen Xer and born in the 70s. Very vanilla 90s rock music, not indie rock, it's quite hard to describe as it has no distinguishing features. Not my thing at all, why is this anywhere near 1001 albums to hear before you die?
Competent, but typical late 90's pop. How many times do I need to hear this before I die? Daniella was interesting though. Thankfully it didn't take too long to get there.
Yuck
Never heard of 'em. But, we are here to listen to new things, so I listened. It was okay, but after a while it just got to a point where I had to stop. I also checked out a couple of there other albums, but I don't think I need to come back for any more.
How many terrible Brit bands are on this list anyways? Forgettable. Knock off of Oasis.
Watered down Spin Doctors. Might be simply mediocre, but doubly offensive for even being on this list.
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