Reviews (page 5 of 8)
Terrible, but with integrity.
Not into this goof troop shizz. Music good, vocals bad
I honestly couldn't make any sense of it. There's much worse on this list, thus not just 1 star.
Like being bullied by someone a little unhinged.
No idea what I am getting in to here, but no private spotify session. I hate to judge a book by it's cover, but damn, it tracks here. I had heard Constantinople before and it never made me think "hey, I have to hear more of this!" My first impressions on not needing to hear more of this and the cover indicating what type of music I would be hearing was spot on.
Didnt Like
More interesting than enjoyable, but still not super interesting. Probably makes for good background music at a Halloween Party or something
This was weird and somewhat jarring.
What. The actual fk. Did I just listen to. I'm all for anything Doctor Demento would have featured on his show being out there in the world, but I can't question enough why this is on the list. Someone else in here wrote it better than I could, thank you fellow reviewer: "I’m convinced that no one actually listens to this kind of stuff out of pure personal enjoyment, and it instead becomes known and popularized from the kinds of reactions you get from people when you put it on..." It is "entertaining" as a curio and absolutely invokes memories of more of the bizarre/disturbing saturday morning cartoons as a kid, so I am perhaps slightly intrigued by it.... But/so in every way...this only works as a background, or accompaniment, or soundtrack to something hilariously disturbing. As music to explicitly place on your turntable/ipod/streaming device .... there's just no fking way. Yet, having said that (and to be clear, it's pretty awful) after finishing it I just couldn't bring myself to give this a 1. There's too much rock/pop/whatever music out there that is either so lowest-common-denominator, lo-fi/lo-effort, or just goddamn terrible that something this absurd and *obviously* not meant to be played on KISS-96 or Q-107 or whatever, that I have to give them some credit. In fact I might just let this aural freak flag fly on Halloween to wig out the little freeloaders coming to the house... 3/10 2 stars.
Bad but not terrible
Sounds like Les Claypool fronting Ween and releasing and album of circus music. 2 stars.
This album is very unsettling. Now, I don’t mind unsettling but this is a bit too much for me. I get what they are doing. But I’m not sure I like it too much. Ok, I kind of like Lizard Lady. That’s kind of funny. But I think it is hard to tolerate this for 35 minutes. 2 stars
Another album that I appreciate more than I enjoy.
This was like listening to a cartoon.
Other than reminding me of the rats on the Muppet Show singing 'Istanbul, Constantinople', this did absolutely nothing for me.
This certainly was an album. Not terrible but zero minutes that I actually liked, so -1 star.
I like experimental music. I often tell people, and the 1001 albums has general been evidence, that no matter the genre, there are always examples of good music even for genres one doesn't usually enjoy. But this album was not good, even for someone who likes this often unloved musical subsector.
No, I cannot listen to an entire album of this. One song is interesting, but that's enough.
Like the soundtrack to a b-movie that thinks it's more clever than it is. Though this at times made me think of the Cramps or the goofiness of They Might be Giants, it wasn't as campy or fun as either of those bands.
I really like when music starts to get pretty experimental and weird but when it starts to go past experimental and into avant-garde then I start to enjoy it less. I actually appreciate that this was made but it definitely wasn't an easy or enjoyable listen. I love that bands like this get a little cult following though.
I have no idea what I listened to. I kind of liked it. I think. I can see where some later bands could’ve been influenced by their sound with less of their weirdness.
An absolutely bizarre album, which I liked (a bit) in much the same way you might like a blockbuster movie - just turn your brain off and submit. This will not live long in the memory, and probably doesn't deserve to be on the list. However, it is perhaps worthy as as an example of what was going on when music was largely being written by weirdoes!
Nonsense
Well it’s definitely art rock. I respect it, but I don’t have to like it
As of the time of my review, there have been nearly 11,000 reviews of this album on this website. Yet a few of the songs have ferer than 10,000 listens on Spotify. Yes, I know there are other services that stream this album, but we really are probably making an impressive impact in both Buster AND Glen's royalty checks. Also, I think it's fair to say that a lot of people aren't listening to this all the way through because of how terrible some of the early songs are, and I can't fault this, as we are only given this one life with which to listen to 1001 albums before we die. But I think there's a lot of cool stuff happening on the back end. Not enough to get this up to three stars, but still better than the BeeGees' Trafalgar.
Siendo el disco menos conceptual y experimental de los Residents, Duck Stab/Buster & Glen sigue sonando extraño e incomparable con cualquier otra música. Canciones cortas, guitarras casi imperceptibles y abundancia de sonidos electrónicos a partir de los primitivos sintetizadores de la época crean una música que puede llegar a parecernos propia de dibujos animados. Es difícil destacar algún tema porque sinceramente no me llega casi ninguno. Si acaso la broma sonora de "Bach is Dead" en la que reflexionan sobre la trascendencia del arte a través del tiempo, y la inquietante y surrealista "Hello Skinny".
I’m about 80% sure this is music. No idea how to form an opinion on it. Did laugh at least lol
Not my cup of tea
I really couldn't get into this one after multiple tries
Weird, but not in a way that makes me want to hear more. They were going for something here... but I am not sure they got it. Not worth another listen for more or to seek out more from the band.
My thought process: What is this? Oh… Not as bad as I thought. But, maybe another time. That time never came.
I liked what they were trying to achieve, but can't say I liked listening to it.
“It sounds like diarrhea”- my girlfriend I imagine most reviews will look like this one, but honestly the weirdness reminded me a lot of Primus just without the kickass instrumentation. I’d say 2.5/5 for the vibes but I wouldn’t really choose to listen to this again so 2 it is
Weird AF. Tough to distinguish precise elements to discuss. I read a bit about them—art collective, 60 albums, leader has cool name: Snakefonger. Wiki entry is massive. Also listened to their cover of “Satisfaction.” Definitely more interesting than this at first hear. Perhaps I’ll try this again sometime.
Some neat weirdo grooves. Also deliberately annoying and I just don't have time for that in music. hated. (⌐■_■)
I was originally gonna give this a 1, but I started to like it slightly more by the end. Maybe if I listened to this a few times it would start to click, but I would rather not dedicate more of my time to this album
Weird, and not necessarily in a good way.
什么玩意
New album for me. I know a couple of Residents albums, and in my memory some of them were unlistenable, while others were OK. This album is quite accessible, but annoying at the same time. Some people claim though that repeatedly listening to Residents albums makes them addictive. Well, I tried with this album - it is short anyway- but this approach did not fully work for me. Can still see the point, as it contains some very good songs - just listen to the Primus cover of Sinister Exaggerator, which is quite an improvement upon the original.
There are some glimpses of something interesting between a lot of nonsense.
Kinda interesting
I’m proud of myself for listening to 90% of this album. I’m giving this album a 2 because the lyrics and the silly voices gave me a good laugh. I will be singing about the plants and Bach is dead for the next couple of days.
Weird as fuck but actually quite fun at times
Not a fan
HL: "Constantinople", "Blue Rosebuds", "Lizard Lady", "Weight-Lifting Lulu" can't give 1 star. clown'll eat me June 11, 2024 (late)
super weird choice. This bad has 60 albums and this is the one they choose for the list?
DIOSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! 4/10
Zastari li su mi ovi njihovi štosevi jebiga
not for me
If someone told me this was their favorite record, I would back away very slowly. Really interesting ideas and definitely unique but very creepy. I respect it the same way as trout mask replica where I haven't heard anything like this but I'd use it to clear out a party.
Really weird sounding album
They're definitely going for something. Don't know what that was or if I would understand it.
I’m not sure but I think I played the zither on one of the tracks. Live and learn.
Ahhhh; couldn’t get into it. Think the Gorrillaz took inspiration? Or maybe the Talking Heads?
Very weird, yet somewhat intriguing.
I saw that it had a really low rating so I expected something different. What I wasn’t anticipating was to be immediately thrown off guard and never be able to regain control of my mind for the next half hour. The most nauseating 35 minutes of my life. The idea of “enjoying” this album, even just one track, is appalling to me and if my wife of 50 years told me she found this album pleasant I would stab her like the duck—write in the fuckin’ head, eh? I don’t believe this all bad, there’s heart and some sense of direction here that some artists are missing. I don’t agree with a single choice made, but at least the choices were original. 2/5
This is a soundtrack for a fever dream, wow pretty out there. Very, odd. 2.4
Wie heeft er bad trip in mijn koffie gedaan? Wel gelachen, dus net geen 1 ster.
Another weird one to include. interesting, but let's not listen to it again.
Nope
The first album that is truly not for me. The arrangements, lyrics and oddities may have technical composure but just didn't hit for me track by track.
the kind of record that gives duck-stabbing a bad name, frankly
Although I truly do not enjoy listening to this, I appreciate its inventiveness. It's weirdo music biiiiiiiig time, in a supremely discomforting way.
I hated it but also get it? Idk...
So strange that they’re actually good at times.
Odd and interesting, but not my taste.
Art rock. Paranoia sin sentido. Un 2 por alguna canción que se salva.
This would’ve been better if I’d been high. Art rock is generally just not my thing. This was definitely not my thing. I can handle dark. I can handle weird. I can even handle weird for the sake of weird. But throw those things together and I just don’t find it very compelling or interesting. Which is a shame because it’s clear that the people involved are talented. I just didn’t really get this in the slightest. And I didn’t find a whole lot to take from it. 2 stars. Standout tracks: Weight-Lifting Lulu
This is where Noel Fielding probably got some of his inspiration for The Mighty Boosh's crimps. It's feverish, dadaist, and just plain off the wall. I appreciate weirdos, but this is too out there to be enjoyable. I do like their giant eyeball heads with tails & coat look, through. Maybe we'll revisit them again & it'll be better? We shall see..
Painful to listen to and not interesting at any point.
Terrible weird but kinda enjoyed the weirdness but not that much.
whoa
Wow that was weird. Not my thing but 2 stars for aiming to be different.
silly if nothing else. always some props to the artsy's
As the title suggests, it's like watching a duck being stabbed. The weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird show can be interesting, but in the end, you'd ask yourself of what the fuck did you just witness.
I mean... I guess I'm ok having heard it once? Can't really see wanting to put on this creepy clown music again though. Unless I wanted to give someone a bad trip or something lol. I still think I'd take this over most of my 1s though. It's more of a 🤨 and less of a 🤮. Still feels like a 2 though, there's only so much creepy clown music one wants to subject themselves to.
Rart og litt kult, men aller mest rart
It’s something lol
Initial thought: "weird music for weird people". As the record went on, I realized it was less "music" and maybe trying to be the opposite. It feels alien, very horror-movie-funhouse-mirror, with mad laughter echoing in the distance. I guess I appreciate it for what it's trying to be, but the nearest band to compare it to, I think, is Throbbing Gristle, and as much as I'm... not a fan of TG, they felt like they had a plan on what they were doing. This one feels like... trying to be weird for the sake of, "Yeah, this'll freak the normies out." Favorite tracks: "Constantinople", "Krafty Cheese"
Very Zappa-esque. I like weird music but this seems weird for the sake of it
What if They Might Be Giants teamed with Towlie? This was unlistenable overall.
i actually actively disliked this. i think that might be part of the point though.
Just couldn’t quite bring myself to throw out a 3 here.
I felt violated by this album but I kind of liked it. So close to 1 star but the more I listened to it the more I liked it. Only enough to make it to 2 stars though. I’ll probably listen to the album again though. It’s weird.
Didn't hate it.
Okay honestly this was kind of camp. But I would never listen again.
fucking hell, this is literally the shit sociopaths unironically listen to. I actually feel physically sick after this. please make it stop, i genuinely felt my morality being drained with each song that passed. But even in saying that, I honestly couldn’t stop listening to it. It’s like it played some sort of creepy fucking mind control on me. hands down the creepiest and most unpleasant shit I’ve listened to in a long time, maybe even my entire life? I assume that’s their goal, and they smashed that out of the park.. fair play despite possibly being one of the worst things I’ve ever listened to, I think a part of me enjoys this at the same time. Am I just a masochist? is this album making me discover things about myself? Or do I like the fact that it’s SO good at being terrible? I don’t know, this album genuinely melted my brain. I think it’s mostly a respect thing, It’s not well made music, it’s a well made pile of fucking shit and I like it for that. It’s terrible in a good (and bad) way, it’s actually laughable how shitty this is. Which I prefer over straight shit with no redeeming factors. I’m still giving this a 2, 3 seems too high for this. it’s out of this world level of shit to the point where it was fun, and I couldn’t stop listening. But it’s shit. Like, REALLY shit, and I HAD to know where this would lead.. (not a good place) I don’t regret listening to it, but I’ll be avoiding this album for the rest of my days, but I have to give some sort of respect to it, it was unpleasantly fun and I’ll pleasantly never listen again. 2/5, stay away from me now
Its dark avant garde and really artsy. Predicting most people won't like, but very interesting discovery for me though. I always held Les Claypool (Primus/Oysterhead) as one of the most creative musicians of all time. I didn't love this, but it so closely resembled Primus that I assumed this must be a big Les Claypool influence - turns out YES, this was like his favorite band. Which is crazy if you know Primus, this is almost a total rip off (Primus is just slightly less dark, more commercially friendly, and cleaner singing).
Sounds like evil murderous Mickey Mouse.
Bach is Deadista alkaen nämä vitsit naurattivat minua. Muuta ne eivät tee.
Oddly listenable
What the hell did I just listen to? I don't know how to feel about this! The sound is just weird. It's decent at times, but at others it just feels like noises. The singing is horrendous. Sometimes it sounds like Waluigi with weird voice effects. The falsetto is even worse! It genuinely sounds like Chris Chan at times (if you don't know who that is, good. Don't google them.). The writing is nonsense, and the theming is unclear. This album is just a load of nonsense! But you know, at least it's interesting. At least I can laugh at this album for how goofy it is. It actually kind of wraps around to a sort of "so bad it's good" type of deal. There's enjoyment to be had in the madness, even if it is completely ironic. Also, at least it's only 35 minutes! So, while I can't in good consciousness give this a high rating and I never want to listen to this again, I can at least give it the courtesy of not being a 1 since it actually stands out and isn't completely void of effort. Low 2/5.
The one definite word you can use to describe this music is…obscure. A bit too avant-garde for me to truly appreciate it there’s certainly some odd shit in here. And that’s without considering that it’s a band full of man-sized human eyeballs.
I began this album with a fair amount of goodwill towards it: The Residents are praised in certain circles an avant-garde, experimental rock group, which is always an intriguing concept. I have a reasonable tolerance for Zappa, Beefheart and most prog rock, so I was prepared to kind of enjoy it. While the first few tracks had me on the fence, one-two punch of “Semolina” and “Birthday Boy” was a severe test of that goodwill. Repetition of electronic noodling is a hallmark, near-total absence of conventional melody is another, complete indulgence is another. I won’t waste too much more time dissecting this one: it feels like at its base level, it’s there to be listened to open mouthed, in confusion, left lost for words. And in that sense, it worked on me. Somewhere out there will be full analysis of those surreal lyrics and their contextual relevance… but don’t come to me for that ever again, alright? ALRIGHT?! I need to be alone.
Enorm weird.
It took me a while to understand this album. But they were clearly channeling the avant garde music from the '60s. I could hear shades of early Pink Floyd and Napoleon XIV. But you have to want to hear this type of music or it becomes very trying. In the end, I was waiting to see which ended first, the album, or me cleaning the bathroom. Unfortunately, I finished cleaning the bathroom and still had to hear the rest of the album. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to but I wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.
Well that’s one to put down as an experience. Pretty nuts.
Very different. Not sure I liked it.
I'm only giving them two stars because I'm sure they somehow influenced bands like Primus that are much better than them
Definitely interesting. Purposefully off-putting. Enough interest that I'm glad I listened, will not listen again.
What even was this
I'm happy that there were so many short songs so that I wouldn't have to listen to them for longer than I needed to.
Vreemd. Maar wel interessant. Niet per se heel goed.
Rating: 4/10
there’s some part of my brain it scratches well.
Reminds me of Primus but not in a good way. Some interesting elements but I'm baffled as to how this got on the list. What am I missing?
That was weird
Meh
The popular TV show "Parks and Recreation" features a character named Oren who is creepy in subtle but mildly interesting/entertaining ways. He is the human form of this album. Primus vibes Left Rights vibes Splash of Tom Waits
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. The sounds on this album were quite unsettling. I nearly stopped listening as it was making me physically ill.
New band for me. (I knew about the eyeballs) Avant Garde? Its pretty terrible.
A fever dream put into music.
Not for me
Kind of a tough album to just sit down and listen to. Sounds like the soundtrack to an old animated horror movie, and I think would be more interesting if accompanied by some sort of visual medium. 2/5 Won't listen again
weird af
Bizarre. Maybe something that could grow on me, or maybe something that could force me to claw my own eardrums out if I listen too long. I don’t feel like finding out today though because I just don’t have the listening fortitude to do so.
There are a handful of good things about this album: 1) I managed to download the 30 minute version rather then the longer one with “bonus” tracks that the link directed me to; 2) an example of 70s avant-garde experimental music clearly belonged on this list; 3) it was at least a vaguely listenable example. Mostly; 4) I didn’t entirely hate all the tracks; 5) it’s better than that god awful Mariah Carey record I endured; 6)* hopefully 1 and 2 combined means we got away lightly with this sort of thing (although it seemed longer) Someone came in the kitchen when I was listening to this and asked what the hell I was listening to. They have a point. At least it's not Rumours, 1999 or Thriller (two of which I scored lower than this...). Not a fan really, but as I say, there’s worse things on this list. * I’m from Norfolk
I usually like to play devil’s advocate for the lower-rated Avant-garde albums like this one, since the average user here seems to dislike anything that’s remotely outside the realm of a Led Zep/Beatles LP. That being said, I can only advocate for these things if they’re good - this album tested my patience, and despite listening to some of the B-sides even there was not a single melodic shred I could grab on to. I love music that fights back and challenges the listener, but this is toeing the ‘noise’ line of noise rock a bit too hard
I want to say I like it more than I did, some interesting moments though
2/5. This is surely an album that stands out as weird and rebellious but hasn't aged well. I have heard weirder albums. It's definitely not terrible, just not as important as it may have been. It is still a little funny.
2 y siendo generoso
This is bad. It is really weird art rock.
Interesting, but avante garde music is not really my thing.
Always found these guys interesting but their music is a little too weird for me
The first two tracks made me think that these guys might have influenced They Might Be Giants, which turned out to be correct. That predisposes me to give them the benefit of the doubt, but boy, they used and abused that. This should probably be a 1, but the first track is kind of fun, I guess. Best track: Constantinople
Weird stuff, love the eye ball tho
Good on the Residents for making exactly the kind of music they want. It’s definitely not for me, though.
WTF did I just listen to?! I'm giving it a 2 and not a 1 purely because it wasn't too long of an album so the torture was over quickly
if u told me i had to listen to this before i die i would kill myself first to spite u
It's an album i guess. Definitely very weird and experimental and i do enjoy weird stuff, but this was mostly just trying to hard to be weird, to the point i don't see anyone listening to it a second time. Still an interesting listen I'll give it that.
Comedy vocals with a blues tinge. Experimental music. Reminds me of Beefheart. And Throbbing Gristle (but far more musical, albeit stripped back). Great arty gimmicky eyeball anonymous image.
Of course this album is horrible to listen to but I did laugh out loud when Birthday Boy came on
We were just coming out of the dark days of music. Disco sucked and many bands were trying different things. Some of these attempts to be different worked and others were like this album. Plus 1 for trying.
Outcast music.
Virtually unlistenable but I’m sure they have a plan for works domination.
I think I respect this on some level, but I certainly don't enjoy listening to it.
Watching in an art-gallery or performance context? Could be a 4. Just as a purely listening experience? No. Rounded up to 2 cause I can appreciate what they are doing but... definitely not pleasurable.
Une véritable farce de la durée d'un album. Rappelez vous que Robert a laissé ces chanteurs d'anniversaire intégrer le générateur et a refusé l'entrée à Céline Dion.
Hard to listen to.
For why....
Some of their stuff was inventive but a lot was just not my style musically.
Cała płyta bekowych piosenek Waitsa, ale gorsza
Are you tired of listening to Monster Mash over and over again on Halloween? Throw this one on and really freak out those trick or treaters.
One is glad that there are artists and musicians out in the world willing to try anything and everything, but this is no more than a curiosity, really. The most understandable thing about the record may be the fact that the band members chose to keep their identities secret. "Bach Is Dead" indeed.
2/10 Properly awful. I can hear Primus in it, but they had a lot of skill - the Residents do not.
Not sure I’ve ever hated anything faster than in the first 5 seconds of the first song on this album. Worse than Captain Beefheart.
What retard thought you must listen to this before you die
No. Just no.
Maybe it’s the lack of sleep I’ve had lately, but I had no patience with this. I know it’s a closed off take, but I just kept wondering why this even exists. I’m usually fairly forgiving of the more challenging records on this list, but I found this just plain annoying.
I should like this, but I just didn't.
Previously unknown. No. It's art not music and this is a music list.
Was für ein Sch...
nope
Perhaps this was ahead of its time back in 1978. According to Wikipedia the band members wish to remain anonymous, and appear in disguise when they are in concert. The best thing about this album are the names of the tracks. The lyrics are juvenile and the music isn’t much better. It’s as if some high school kids bought a synthesizer and made a record.
Sounds like a bad comedy album. Terrible. Doesn’t belong anywhere near this list.
Never heard of The Residents. Thought it might be punk. Have enjoyed a lot of punks bands I hadn't heard of before. Looked at Wikipedia and immediately saw the term "art rock" and feared the worst. Turns out I was wrong... of what I thought the worst could be because it was even worse than that.
Dafuq?
Pish
Genuinely what the hell is this
Das fünfte Studioalbum der amerikanischen Kunstkollektiv-Formation The Residents vereint zwei ursprünglich separat geplante EPs zu einem kohärenten, bewusst rätselhaften Gesamtwerk. Aufgenommen im hauseigenen Studio an der 444 Grove Street in San Francisco zwischen Herbst 1977 und Sommer 1978, erschien das Album im November 1978 auf dem bandeigenen Label Ralph Records – einem der frühesten und konsequentesten Independent-Labels des US-amerikanischen Avantgarde-Raums. Als Gastmusiker steuerte Philip „Snakefinger" Lithman markante Gitarrenparts bei, die die zwischen Kinderlied-Makabre und elektronischer Deformation pendelnschwingenden Kompositionen entscheidend mitprägten. Duck Stab/Buster And Glen gilt bis heute als der zugänglichste Einstiegspunkt ins Werk der Residents – was angesichts des Gesamtschaffens weniger als Schmeichelei denn als relativer Befund zu verstehen ist. „Constantinople" und „Hello Skinny" etablierten sich als kultisch verehrte Signaturtracks; „Sinister Exaggerator", „Blue Rosebuds" und „Birthday Boy" zeigen ein Kollektiv, das Pop-Formeln nicht imitiert, sondern morphologisch zerlegt und in etwas Fremdes, leicht Beunruhigendes überführt. Die Songs dauern kaum je länger als zwei Minuten – eine Verdichtung, die weniger an Sparsamkeit erinnert als an die Logik von Albträumen, die keine Zeit verschwenden. Das Album verkaufte sich im Vergleich zu früheren Releases unerwartet stark und weckte in Europa – befeuert durch Jon Savages retrospektive Würdigungen – breites kritisches Interesse; Robert Christgau vergab A−. Die Band Primus coverte 1990 gleich zwei Stücke des Albums – „Constantinople" und „Hello Skinny" –, womit Duck Stab/Buster And Glen eine Reichweite gewann, die über den Avantgarde-Kontext weit hinausreichte. Das Paradoxe daran: Ein Werk, das mit popkulturellen Konventionen so ostentativ bricht, erweist sich als dauerhaft einflussreich auf eben jene Popkultur, die es zu unterlaufen scheint. Duck Stab/Buster And Glen ist das seltene Dokument einer Gruppe, die Zugänglichkeit nicht als Konzession an ein Publikum versteht, sondern als ein weiteres Werkzeug zur Desorientierung.
More performance art/weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird. Not intended for me, obviously, which is fine.
Disgusting music
632/1001 2026.06.09 🌕🌑🌑🌑🌑
1/5 if i dont get just get it then fine but i did not enjoy this at all
I'm with the masses. This was awful.
no no
Wouldn’t consider this music.
This shit is so ass. I don't even get how it can be parodying music, it's just unpleasant to listen to. Never gimme this again
I... had to give up. This was monstrously bad. Good god. 1/10
Experimental rubbish mostly. Vocals on the annoying side of the scale far too often - affected. Booker Tease was building to something but it faded out before it began. Struggled not to skip Laughing Song and the kazoo heavy Elvis one before they ended. Think I could do Bach is Dead at my next karaoke. Hello Skinny more interesting and merits higher score than my overall score. In summary - stupid synth noises and arrangements and lack of charm for me. Prefer Primus. 1.
Annoying absolute crap. I suppose it gives us a benchmark.
It's a bit too far outside the box for my liking.
Made by the Residents of the muppet sanitorium
Stopped after a few songs. I may have missed a hidden gem, but yeah, not for ya boy
This is labeled as experimental rock but that feels overly generous. Correct me if I’m wrong, but experimental music is supposed to challenge your understanding of what music can be, right? I don’t think singing Happy Birthday off key is going to scratch anyone’s itch for experimentalism.
Very first impression: saw the mini video loop for this song first. "What the actual fuck. Can I make it through 35 minutes of this? Can I endure 35 minutes of madness?' Album End/35 Minutes Later: "Continued what the fuck. How did I make it through this? I honestly feel like my brain is mushier as a result of this experience. Please tell me I have an album to catch up on that can reverse the damage caused by this experience."
Juu ei oo mulle.
This was so bad I thought my headphones were broken. Genuinely, I turned my headphones off and on because I thought there was something messed up. One of maybe 2 albums over the last 460 or so that I would give a -1 star rating if I could
I think it makes more sense to listen to this album AFTER you died. Don't waste your lifetime!
Weird is fine, weird can be fun and interesting. This was neither, this was just boring.
I think I’d rather listen to actual ducks getting stabbed than listen to this again, and I am PRO DUCK
Unlistenable
Still better than Temporary Secretary
I don't understand this at all. What is the point of it?
Listening to this feels like putting a cheese grater to my face whilst my nails are constantly run down a chalk board. no stars. I'm convinced the only reason it's on the list is to make the rest of the albums sound better. Struggling to think how the Kid Rock album could be worse.
05/12 What in God's name did I just listen to?
This is the worst thing I have ever heard
I usually give an extra star for being weird. And this sure is weird. So I guess I'm giving it a 0 + 1
Pretty much what I would have expected from ‘Art Rock’. I have been to a few too many contemporary art exhibitions where this kind of sounds has been used as a backing track for an ultimately weird and disturbing video installation. Mi do have to question whether this really was an album that I needed to hear before I die. Occasionally I wonder whether this list ours mistaking uniqueness for genuine innovation and talent. Yet again I felt like this could have been created by children in music class. Utter crap.
Seems like the Residents blew so Primus could suck.
no one could convince me that this is music :\
Is this a fucking joke? The first track was so bad that I wanted to turn it off within 30 seconds. I skipped to track 2 to see if it got any better - it did not. If I was in a more generous mood I would probably have tried a couple of other tracks. Not today though, fucking awful. Finally, an album to rival The Cramps (in fact, it may even be worse than The Cramps).
WTF is this....
Awful
It’s not music
Here I come, Constantinople. Here I come, Constantinople. I am coming, Constantinople. Here I come. Here I come, Constantinople. Here I come, Constantinople. I am coming, Constantinople. Here I come. Here I come, Constantinople. Here I come, Constantinople. I am coming, Constantinople. Here I come. Here I come, Constantinople. Here I come, Constantinople. I am coming, Constantinople. Here I come. Here I come, Constantinople. Here I come, Constantinople. I am coming, Constantinople. Here I come. He What? You're free to make this sort of music. Just don't expect anybody to enjoy it unironically. It does everything wrong – and yes, such a thing is possible in art. Conventions exist for a reason. Experimentation for its own sake is not in itself good (obviously). And 35 minutes of cartoonish noise with zero accessibility, or hooks, or riffs, or (really) chord progressions, or semblance of decent production, or even half-decent lyrics. Nothing is present that a mentally sound person is genuinely looking for. It's rare that an album does nothing for me. But Duck Stab/Buster & Glen does even less, somehow. It does a negative amount of "thing". The music made mind was a complete blank. Maybe a tinge of disappointment. But mostly unceasing, endless void. (That's got to count for something, right?) The most entertained I was for the whole half-hour was noticing the "dead" of "Bach Is dead" isn't capitalised in the Spotify version. And realising that the music isn't good enough for anyone to bother fixing it. And then going to Wikipedia and seeing the onslaught of 4-star "professional" ratings. What a load of balls. What's the opposite of a key track? A "lock track"? As in, "lock this in an oildrum and burn its sad limp corpse"? 1/5 Lock tracks: all, except maybe Weight Lifting Lulu and Hello Skinny, which are barely listenable
I thought I'd already listened to the worst album in this list but this is definitely it. Most pretentious piece of garbage I've ever listened to and people that claim to like this have to be either deaf or from a different planet.
This was a half-hour long panic attack.
Well, at the time of writing, this album was globally considered the 4th worst album on the Generator.... And yet, I did not hate it as much as The Liars album (6th worst), which, despite very strong competition (here's looking at you Trout Mask Replica), remains my most hated album so far. That being said, this was not good. It wasn't the worst thing instrumentally, but lyrically and vocally it was utterly and completely bizarre. In some ways though, I do feel like my life has been enriched slightly by knowing a band wrote the lyric: "Cadavers filled with onion rings and feet are filled with glue" It's still a 1 ⭐ though. 1/5
I don't think I get it lol
1,5
This sucks
I can appreciate weird and avant garde but I can’t tolerate god awful music that thinks it’s worth the time because it’s avant grade. It’s a nightmare in an album
Es Posta de lo peor que escuche en mi vida Me sentí acosado Voy a tener que tomar cartas en el asunto
The whole time I listened I kept thinking this was some sort of inside joke. They can't really think this was good, right?
Aha?
After a string of not so good albums… my only question is just how does this make the list? What sets this apart from so many great works? Not even sure
What the actual fuck did I just listen to? Creepy and unsettling.
After the endless number of mediocre 3-star albums on this list, it's nice to see something truly different and unique. It's not another brit-pop album that's trying to be the Beatles. It's not a dad rock album that we've all heard a million times. This truly is an album that you should listen to before you die. That being said, it's fucking terrible and I'm only giving it 1-star.
30 seconds in and I already regret hitting play. There’s avant-garde, and then there’s this. . . It’s the musical equivalent of opening a door and then realizing too late why it was closed. This sounds like a couple of rural glue sniffers from "the hills have eyes" got their hands on a keyboard and a tape recorder and made a night of it.
Incomprehensible that these guys got even one song recorded.
Never heard of album or band. “Alternative” does not give me high hopes. What the fuck is this first song. Some of the worst vocals I’ve ever heard. Random sounds thrown together but it actually kind of works. The vocals don’t. Exxagarator is fine. Nothing life changing. Vocals suck again. Booker tease is my fave so far. The first normal ish song. vocals are a lot better on blue rosebuds. Middle part is kinda goofy but not terrible. Dude needs to take the jaw breaker out of his mouth and sing normal on laughing song. I get that it’s alt so it’s not supposed to be normal but this shit just sucks. Production is pretty good the vocals just ruin it. The weird squeaking on Bach is dead is terrible. Giving me a headache. Normal vocals at least, and they actually sound pretty good. Album would be way better if all of the vocals sounded I like that. More of the same trash on Elvis. I like the horns though. Lizard lady is more weirdness. Good songwriting at least. It’s fine. Which for this album is really good. If they wanted someone with a high pitched voice I don’t know they wouldn’t just get woman singer for some of these songs. Like the vocals fucking suck again on semolina but it’s a well produced song. Any woman singing instead of this dude doing an Extremly annoying voice would be better. Birthday boy are you kidding me. Terrible song. Singer kind of sounds like towlie from South Park (not a good thing). I actually like the guitar a lot on weight lifting Lulu. Vocal aren’t bad. Best song so far. Krafty cheese was odd. Hello skinny is funny because I don’t mind the vocals but now the production sucks. Way way too much going on in electricutioner. I bet this was really cool in the 70s. Now it’s just annoying. Back half isn’t as bad. Overall, I want my 35 mins back. I did not need to hear this. It sounded like what a 10 yo throws together on u music and is super proud to show his parents but the parents know deep down it’s trash. Not one even good song, at best it was fine. This doesn’t even reach just another album range. This is a 1 star for trying album.
Absolute drivel
Imagine you were friends with this dude and he was like, "can I show you my new song?" And he played you this? Youd probably go, "is everything okay?" I cant remember if ive got the Britney album on the list. I wonder what i have left. Nearing the end. Hopefully not of life. This album makes me wonder, what's it all about, life? Im sitting here thinking, what is life Because this is utter utter utter shite
1978. Experimental rock.
This album makes me embarrassed that I dared to call my high school band experimental. What I thought was "experimental rock," I now recognize as progressive rock. Where I experiment with song structures and time signatures, they experiment with the idea that this can be called "music."
Na
Maybe I'm just a poser but this didn't work at all fo me
first album I gave up on.
Worse than nick cave & the bad seeds. I fucking hate this. -100000/5
This is actually stupid.
This is the first album I had to skip through. Wtf is this shit. I’m convinced this was added to rage bait people, and it worked Fave song: nothing, I will not listen to anything by them 0/5
Interesante. No quiero volver a escucharlo nunca más en mi vida. ↑: Constantinople, The Booker Tease, Semolina, The Electrocutioner ↓: Blue Rosebuds, Laughing Song, Bach Is dead, Birthday Boy
What is about all these bands which sounds like Disney caracters on LSD
Look, I enjoy noisy bullshit as much as the next guy, but what are we doing here? Are they supposed to be funny? So far it feels very “omg wouldn’t it be so weird if we did this? hyuk hyuk.”
Wtf did I just listen to
first album I'm not gonna listen all the way through. not sure who would consider this essential but yeesh, it's like a bad elementary school play.
Nicht anhörbar!
no.
terrible
Tried to find music here, unsuccessfully
Is it weird? Yes. Is it the worst thing on this list? No, but it sure is down there. Favourite Track(s): Elvis and His Boss Least Favourite Track(s): Birthday Boy
One of the things I’m learning from this project is that art rock can be pretty unwieldy—and then there’s The Residents, who are just plain bad. I mean, it’s possible the instruments weren’t tuned properly on purpose, and that the production was designed to make the whole thing sound completely out of balance. Maybe that, combined with the lyrics, has some deeper meaning. But—I don’t care! Here’s my hypothesis: “Duck Stab” was meant to sound really shitty, and The Residents pulled it off. That earns them a well-deserved star.
Still mad about no Madvillainy 1/5
Very few albums rise to the level of truly deserving one star.
1/10
Yuck!
This is what I’d imagine being in a k hole would sound like. In a word: Awful
Too electronic for me
Duck & Buster, just awful
What is happening what did I do
sucked
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Not good
No
I would give it a 0 if I could. Another Dada-influenced impressionist band. There's more substance to this album than the other art-house albums I've heard so far, which leads me to believe that the Residents do actually know what music is, but chose a style of soulless soundmaking instead. But there's no message, no nuance, and no core. No favorites off this one.
Shit. But I guess they knew that when they shat it out their asses.
This is the soundtrack for a serial killer, and I did not enjoy anything about this album.
Nahh what the frick
What the rest of the world think Karoline Leavitt sounds like
Ridiculously weird album Definitely not boring
this album is just not for me at all.
WTAF!? Shouldn't have listened.
To all the albums I've rated 1 star so far - I'm sorry. I've misjudged you. Because I'm a third of the way through my album list, and this here is easily the worst thing I've listened to so far.
Unlistenable
It’s like a Tim and Eric sketch came to life, did a bunch of acid and made an album. 2/10
It was interesting to say the least. When I first clicked on their artist profile the top image was an AI-generated image of guys in suits with eyeballs for heads. I understand the latter is a part of their image, but the AI slope was kind of distasteful. Their newest album also has an AI-generated cover. Greaaaaat. As for the music... It was certainly something. There were a couple songs I actually liked. I appreciate them for being so odd and really locking into being odd. I liked "Sinister exaggerator" because the vocals sounded alien-ish and I liked "Blue rosebuds". I also kindddddd of liked "Constantinople" even though they just repeated the same line over and over. Anyways, that's really all I have to say. I don't think I will return to this album, but I do appreciate it in its own way.
Can't give a 0. Garbage
I tried to keep an open mind to this album, tried to understand, but I'm not sure if there's anything to understand. I did kinda like weight lifting lulu, but most of the songs sound like muppets singing with bad instrumentals. Not necessary an album I think you should listen to before you die.
Sounds like me on the toilet every morning.
The expectations for this one were pretty low right off the bat. But Constantinople already convinced me that anybody who listens to this for enjoyment belongs on a watch list
I know it’s supposed to be art rock and avant-garde, but it just sounds like noise and it’s horrible.
no
It has been 93 days since my last 1 star review. Musically this sounds like a DIY soundtrack to a trippy student horror film. Vocally it's worse than that. Is "vocals" the right word to use? Feels generous. It's like the students' hilarious friends broke into the recording studio after a night out and they decided to stick with the results.
Experimental art or prog rock. Also known as piffle.
This is the kind of music that makes me convinced that music critics are pretentious douche nozzles that enjoy the smell of their own farts. You will never convince me that anyone willingly bought this album and looks forward to putting it on when they get home. The only exception would be the CIA acquisitions department for the sole purpose of torturing prisoners.
NOPE!!!!!
That was a LONG 35mins. Noise for the sake of noise.
No thank you.
Just trying to piss me off at this point.
Sounded like the soundtrack to a bad high school theater production. Turned it off after 3 songs
Jesus christ. It's been 88 albums since I wrote a proper review, but good god was it necessary to come here just to express how hard it was to listen to this. I really wanted this album to end so many times when I played it. I tend to find some merit in most records, and at first I thought that this one, while weird, had something good in terms or composition or musicality. But as it drags on, it just gets worse and worse. I'm all for weirdness and experimentation, and I feel like pushing the boundaries of genres is great in general, but here it feels regressive. Maybe in the 70s it was innovative to sing awfully, but even in that case then it just hasn't aged well at all. I read somewhere this was supposed to be some musical dada-ism of sorts, but there's a fundamental difference between looking at an sculpture or a painting that's "anti-art" for a while, and torturing your listeners for 35 straight minutes in an attempt to be too-weird-for-you. I feel that for this to work you have to mix it in with some quality from time to time. If this is silly or pretentious, or maybe both, I'd say it's up to the listener. But there's no debate that this is borderline unlistenable.
Je vais le dire en anglais pour que tout le monde comprenne bien... Mais... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS DOING IN THE 1001 ??
This actively made my day worse. 1/10
Many people haw and hum over whether certain albums belong in this collection. One reviewer's 5 is another reviewer's 1 and all that. "Is it a 3 or is it worthy of a 4?" Questions that we can endlessly travel back and forth between. I think however that EVERYBODY can agree though that this discordant load of old bollocks has absolutely no place in the top 1001 albums of all time. Bottom 1001 albums would be closer. Utter shite with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Don't waste what precious time you have left on this planet listening to this. That poor duck died for nothing...
Second half of album was okay. But like yeah okay
Nope. Sorry. This is just irritating and pointless. Why don’t you have a zero stars option?
Fuck off.
this is one of the only albums I couldn't bring myself to finish. I am sorry but I cannot deal with this right now.
what.
Tragically boring and inconsistent.
Yeah this was terrible.
Sorry, I want to be open to new music, the alternative and the avant-garde, the off-kilter and the bizarre. But this just hurt my ears.
🤮 the worst collection of sounds I've ever heard in my life.
Basically dissonant, piercing noises in the background of every song. Not my favorite. Totally experimental. It’s honestly the sort of thing I hate.
Absolute shite.
A truly terrible album. It’s little wonder that the members of this collective remain anonymous, because nobody would want to be associated with this garbage. Too many bizarre ‘experimental’ aspects to name, but I think many of the vocals sounding like the Gingerbread Man on the Shrek films might just take the biscuit. Hard luck if you got this album today!
Well, it’s certainly different. Just not in a good way. Why do people so often think that ‘experimental’ necessarily means grating and unlistenable? It is possible to be both ‘avant-garde’ and musical/melodic, and they should try it some time. Even so, I might have forgiven the group somewhat for inflicting this on my ears if they were at least making an interesting artistic statement, but unfortunately I don’t think they were saying anything. I confess, at one or two moments I almost found a ‘song’ catchy, but there were nowhere near enough of these to counter the general awfulness.
Fucking awful
JFC, waste of my time
Has to be heard to be believed - completely baffled by this album’s inclusion. Utter nonsense. 1/5
Just because it’s weird or avant garde doesn’t mean it’s good
lol
Bad
This is confusing and confounding and tedious. I need to listen to The Black Album to wash the awful taste out of my mouth.
I really struggled to listen
Elektronische muziek uit 1972... Experimenteel wordt het dan iig! Dit moet een van de eerste elektronische albums ooit zijn? Anyway, eerste nummer is mijn hoogste irritatie niveau al bereikt. Wat een klote onsamenhangende vervelende geluiden komen daar uit zeg. Pffffffff. God, dit wordt een lang album... Dit is echt precies waar ik NIET van houd. Lekker dan, op de maandagochtend. Ja tyf op man, gaan ze in het derde nummer ff met nagels over een krijtbord ofzo. De neuk is dit man. Nog nooit een album zo hard naar een 1 zien gaan. Alhoewel, het 4e nummer begitnnog enigszins veelbelovend... Nee ja nvm, gaat ie als een mislukte cartman zingen ofzo. Op begevene moment veranderd het album in een soort filmmuziek achtig thema. Dat is beter te verdragen wel, maar nog steeds zeer apart. Pfoe, inclusief de huidige nog 3 nummers te gaan, dan is het eindelijk klaar met dit belachelijk slechte album. Dit kan je, naar mijn mening, gewoon geen muziek noemen. Enige positieve aan dit album is de baslijnen, die vaak echt wel leuk zijn. Echter al het andere is een totale verkrachting van het woord muziek. Achterlijk. 1
Couldn't waste time after 5 tracks. Extremely pointless.
hell nah
Just..... ..why? This makes me feel bad for the other 1's I gave. I've found a new rock bottom. Bach is dead you say? Lucky for him. He didn't have to hear this trash. I'm just... I dont even have words, like I doubt I'll hear something worse on this godforsaken list. Robert Dimery why? Why make this list? Why add this trash? I wanna curse him so bad, but English isn't hitting hard enough for me so lemme switch up to my native language real quick: robert CINE DRECU TE-O PUS SĂ FACI LISTA ASTA, BĂGA-O-AȘ ÎN CHIZDA MĂ-TII CĂ O MÂNCAT-O AȘA RĂU SĂ TE FACĂ, FUTU-ȚI GUSTURILE MUZICALE, BĂGA-MI-AȘ PULA-N ĂIA DE ȚI-O PUBLICAT JEGU ĂSTA, 'TU-ȚI COPACU' DIN CARE O FOST FĂCUT SERTARU-N CARE ERA PREZERVATIVU' DE NU ȘI L-O PUS TACTU'. Tame enough I think, I gotta rethink my life after this.