Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Just checked and this album rated 4th from bottom on the list. Throbbing Gristle rock bottom but from what I can recollect the Gristlelites did at least make an attempt to make music. Unlike this lot. This is anti music and requires no further attention so I’ll move on and forget about today. 1/5 22/7/26
Strange, unsettling and quite excruciating to listen to
I have no words just utter disbelief, disgust and disappointment.
Sounds like kids messing around on a computer.
Kom igennem i håb om, at 70'erne ville slå til på en god måde. Det skete ikke. Dårlig på den uvenlige måde for øregangene.
this is fucking garbage. i had to convince myself it to see it through halfway through the 4th song. the most musically uninclined person can make a better album on their deathbed
This isn’t music, it’s 4 people trying to have fun. How is this a top album
Ruim
I rarely give 1-star reviews. Congratulations, you guys got one. I don't know why this is here, but it's manic and horrible to listen to. It feels like it was just thrown together during a manic anxiety episode.
Couldn’t even finish it. Sounded like nails on a chalkboard.
Vraiment besoin d’écouter cela? 😂🤣
Pretty certain this album has to be a prank, I’m not laughing 1
Nope. Really weird "music".
Yeah no I hate this and I hate everyone involved in this. Who is this for, I genuinely don't get it. Got like three songs in, which is two more than I thought I'd get after the opening song, Constantinople. Something that was just absurdly annoying.
what the hell
Wow ... this is not good. If I want abstract music that makes use of odd sounds I'll listen to something good, like Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi work. This just sounds like the worst music that pretentious guy in college would make at a house show. Highlight: Santa Dog '78 because it was the last song.
черезчур авангардно для меня
I don't know what I just listened to but apparently this has a cult following. A band with 60 albums and just quirky weirdness. Doubt I'd listen again but it was just a mesh of different sounds, weird lyrics and possible plagerism of older songs.
Uncomfortable, sinister, but sometimes sounded like they were trying to be fun, which also kinda increased the craziness. The Electrocutioner was definitely the best song, though even that one derailed in the middle.
Oh no this was not anything I want to have heard
Una terrible experiencia. Entiendo la idea detrás y líricamente hablando tiene algunas canciones bien construidas, así como una atmósfera tétrica en algunos caso. Pero ha sido un puto horror de escuchar
Is this a joke
Just a series of squeeky voices daft noises and nonscense it garbage I dont get it at all
This is what is playing inside Donald Trumps head
OH FUCK OFF Best Song: N/A Rating:1/10 Stars: 1 (should be 0)
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.
I like weird. I don't like when it is weird just to be weird. These guys didn't earn the weird for me. It just sounded bad and boring. I do like that the members identities are unknown.
.25 - I hate this so much that it makes me question my sanity in continuing with this project.
What retard thought you must listen to this before you die
No. Just no.
Deeply upsetting.
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.
I'm scared...
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.
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
идем дальше
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
Genuine... what the fuck is this supposed to be? I tried the first few tracks, but this thing is beyond bad. People need to understand that avant-garde is something that gains recognition over the years for being a foundation, not for being weird for the sake of being weird. But you know what? This is the type of shit your young, strange cousin listens to just to get on their parents' nerves, but all it really does is testify that he's unstable and needs to touch grass. Pretentious bullshit that some pretend to like so they can say they're better or smarter. But guess what? They're just idiots. If you offer me lottery winner tickets? I'll hear it again.
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 ??
Music from hell…
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.
No thanks
1/10
Not my type of thing.
Didn't even make it through the first song
psychedelic
Djevelens verk….på mange måta.
Bærre toill.
What is happening? This is so chaotic. Hard pass for me.
Fav: Blue Rosebuds Least Fav: Birthday Boy Traumatised in 30 minutes
By far the worst album on this list so far. Hell maybe the worst album I ever listened to ever. Sounds like something someone play when torturing someone
A lot happening here, which I found admirable, but this is not good. I felt deeply unsettled majority of the time I was listening to this and feel no context in which it can be applicable to listen to. This all feels very sinister.
Solo escucharía esto dentro de una película ajsjsj, así casual ps no. No mi tacita de té lol
Fucking hate. Awful music feel like I’m in a mad scientist lab. I got scared actually
Weirdest album ever. It’s like a bad trip
sehr experimental, und eigentlich dachte ich dass ich die art musik mögen würde, wenn ich die richtigen songs finden würd. aber ich hab jetzt schon mehrere sachen von björk, DJ shadow und thom york(solo) angehört und es war wirklich nichts für mich dabei. auch bei dem album nicht, was irgendwie bisschen schade ist
I appreciate that the Residents exist and that there is an audience for what they do, but I'm not part of it. Sorry, guys.
Fucking hell that was ass
Assez pénible... l'avant-garde c'est pas pour moi. Je pense que c'est mon plus grand retard du projet à date, mais ça me foutait complètement les jetons à chaque fois que j'essayais d'y revenir. Je viens de le finir au travail et l'atmosphère est lourde.
#48 What decade am I in? Oh, it's modern music? 🤨 This is music for cheesy horror movies
I honestly have no idea what is going on here. It feels random for the sake of being random, and not in a fun or clever way. Nothing connected, nothing stuck, and the whole thing just sounded like noise pretending to be art.
Not really an album that I enjoyed or my style of music.
If I record myself shitting, can I get on this list, too?
If anxiety had a sound this would be it. I only liked The Booker Tease.
Too arty and weird for me, and I can get arty and weird.
This is an absolute pile of shit. Who the fuck decided to put this on here. Wankers. A collection of noise and rubbish. Oh do fuck off 1001. Rated third from lowest of the global stats on this site. That makes two albums worse than this one, unbelievable.
I drank coffee without sugar for the first time today cause the doc said I need to control my blood sugar levels... it tasted better than this shit...
Baš sam jutros odlučila da neću pročitati nikakve ocjene i ništa o albumu, i onda čujem prvu pjesmu i kontam koji đavo??? Onda vidim da je 3. najgori album na listi. Ima smisla. Za mene zasad ubjedljivo najgori. A volim neku nestandardnu muziku od koje bi mnogi poludili. Nema šanse da je ovo samo 33 minute. Haj što me boli glava na kraju, ali što me boli zub???
2/10
Musikalsk gir det meg ingenting. Hva er prosjektet deres? Er det å lage skummel Looney Tunes-musikk? bip bop
So does Duck Stab mean that a duck is going to stab you? Or that it sounds like a duck being stabbed? Either way it's terrible. Best song: Blue Rosebuds
Not sure how this band has a cult following but it’s certainly not for me
This is not totally unlistenable butis it good? No. I get itbis dadaist avant garde, but, hilpnestly, is it really influential? ...i don't think so. It is a 2 for me bit giving it a 1 because I dont think it is one of the 1001 albuns to listen before you die. I learned more with Spice by the Spice Girls.
Water fowl violence will not be tolerated
If this is a joke, I don't get it.
1,1/5
1/10
riktigt wierd!
Nah. Not the worst 'experimental' music I've heard but it's a pretty low bar
Weird noises
A difficult listen. Turned it off
experimentally bad
first album i've skipped songs on. Skipped 4/5 songs before giving up. All distorted voices and jangly non musical noise. I'm sure technically proficient and ground breaking, but not my cup of tea.
I’m sure there’s some enthusiast out there who could explain how this is actually one of the greatest albums of all time. But that doesn’t change the fact that if you put this on at the function you are definitely not getting invited to the next one.
No
The album equivalent of being taken on Willy Wonka's nightmare boat ride.
Sounds like Primus, without any of the talent. Interesting, but that's not enough to make up for bad music. Standout Tracks: Laughing Song, Hello Skinny
Absolutely not.
What the hell?
holy shit balls!
Very weird, and very bad.
Música para psicopatas, no he podido esuchar mas de una cancion y media, Espero que encerraran en un psiquiatrico a la persona que propuso meterlo en la lista.
Terrible. Horrible. Awful. Abysmal. Miserable. Dreadful. Harrowing. Appalling. Psychosis-inducing.
Weird noise, not enjoyable, dark/eerie. Halloween nightmare vibes. Book teaser is only song with potential but is short and still goes off the rails
Was this the Muppets' attempt at experimental rock? Genuinely asking. Brutal.
What the actual fuck is this shit and how the hell did it make it on this list. Fucking piece of shit
I appreciate a good joke. But I guess a good joke has a solid setup and a punchline. This is sort of like that, except there’s no real setup and the punchline falls flat. There’s no reason to invest any time here. 1/5 Still better than Destiny’s Child.
Als zij geen moeite willen stoppen in het maken van muziek, zie ik weinig reden om dit voor langer dan een minuut te moeten luisteren. Houdoe! Om jullie iets meer leesplezier te geven, deel ik graag de recensie van mijn favoriete Brabantse luistermaat: "Godverdomme deze hakt er in. Alsof je op een verjaardag bent waar teveel kinderen zijn die allemaal van die Fisher Price rommel met batterijen erin hebben. Semi-willekeurige geluiden die vooral irritatie opwekken, maar dan ook nog dissonant als de ziekte. Wat kut. Ik kan vrijwel altijd wel iets positiefs vinden in een album maar in dit geval moet ik me gewonnen geven. Dieptepunt." Ik hoop dat de snobs zich ook zitten te verkneukelen bij het lezen van de recensies. De literatuur wordt er in ieder geval wel een stukje rijker van. Als dat het doel is geweest van de snobs, dan zeg ik hulde. In alle andere gevallen moeten ze zich kapotschamen.
W in T actual F was this? There’s a genre of music I like to call “microwave music” because it sounds like a microwave made it. This sounds like all the kitchen appliances came together to form a band.
You can tell they were trying their hardest to make God awful music
I discovered a new level of awful. Probably called "Duck Stab" because it's as melodious as a duck being stabbed.
Oh boy. Not good. Let’s hope that’s the only Residents on the list.
Went to see how many tracks were left and was devastated to see I was only half way through. This is the first album I’ve been generated… Liked the last track though
Üks kuulatav lugu isegi ("The Booker Tease"), mis kestab vaid minuti. Ülejäänud oli küll eksperiment vaimses vastupidamises ja ma avastasin, et mulle laadne "avant-rock" ei istu kohe... üldse.
I would have loved it when I was 17
I couldn’t get past the first 4 songs sorry
Music art? Isn’t all music art? That’s not what this is, though. This is art school dropout music. This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
i respect its weirdness but i could never relisten to this
What the sweet hell is this? Have I stepped into Bizarro Music Land? Who did I hurt?
Uh... Tremendo disco. Si tienes algún vecino aprehensivo y quieres echarlo de su piso de renta antigua para invertir, es lo ideal. Lo pones de madrugada bien fuerte y en dos semanas está fuera. Si lo que quieres es escuchar música, ponte algo de Led Zeppelin mejor.
No thanks.
Nope :( this is not music
This is horrible.
Bach is dead, and we have killed him.
Nope.
Album No. 0054 on my list. Never before listening to this album had I ever heard of The Residents. Unfortunately, after listening to this album, I don’t think, I ever will again. “Duck Stab/Buster & Glen” is one of these albums where I can appreciate the experimental and avant Garde nature, but where I just don’t find any connection. I had one similar album like this before (by Throbbing Gristle), and in that one I even saw some talent. My impression here is much less like that. I hear much more randomness and just putting together sounds coming from instruments, whether they fit each other or not. Don’t get me wrong, I see why the band has done this, but it’s just not for me. “Constantinople” is my… well… favorite among the tracks of this album, and I’ll add it to my playlist. 1/5 stars.
This was bad and unlistenable and the reviews on here reflect that (worse than even Kid Rock or Trout Mask Replica). But I will say one thing in its credit: it never aspires to be some work of high important art or anything. The record simply is what it is. Still sucks though lmao
should be removed
Holy crap.....so bad its funny !!
Well, yesterday was Halloween and this feels like that would have been the day to have it playing.
I hope the Residents go homeless. 1/5
I knew I hated this as soon as I started it..
The opener “Constantinople” was jarring and knew right then it was a one-star rating. But I warmed up to it enough over the next few songs enough to consider maybe giving it two stars. Then “Birthday Boy” came on. Back down to one and no way of coming back from that.
absolut ass
I can quite happily die without listening to any more of this bizarre offering.
The only list I can imagine this album making is "Albums To Avoid".
A couple years ago, I had to have an old root canal repaired. The start of the procedure, as they were drilling through tooth, was quite unpleasant but I found a way to push through. Then, without warning, the drill started hitting against the old filling, causing a (quite alarming) metallic grinding sound and vibration that sent a jolt through my whole body. This proceeded intermittently for the next half hour. This album was basically the musical equivalent of that.
I miss who I was 40 minutes ago
I can appreciate the experimental music here, but the vocals are just beyond annoying. Very try-hard
Fookin shite mate Angry clown musuc
unbearably noisy and crappy. if anything, it‘s interesting..
Nope nope nope. You can tell what this is within 2 seconds of it starting. Shitty Halloween music.
too dumb for me
respectfully, what the fuck? I’ve been wondering how long it would take for this website to make me listen to something to which I would respond with “I am not quirky enough for this shit”. well, here it is.
Bunch of Halloween noises
Very strange band, with very strange music.
I find little value in this album.
What a load of bull.
I wish I could give this 0 stars
What dirt do the Residents have on the algorithm that this is on the list. Tedious
Awful. Horrible. Never again.
Honestly did not even sound like music
It’s as if the clangers dropped acid and recorded an LP. Worst album on here so far
No
Absolute garbage. I feel bad for anyone who paid for this album ⭐
Ugh. Not a fun listen.
Wow, from the opening track, "Constantinople", I felt I entered the Fun House and someone was blaring weird-ass music as I wandered through the all of mirrors trying to find the exit. Mercifully that song is just over 2 mins long. How did 1.1M people listen to that on Spotify?! This is pure shit. "Sinister Exaggerator", track 2, was sung by sheep from outerspace. Track 4, "Blue Rosebuds" & "Lizard Lady" were sung by 4 inch tall people. "Laughing Song" was created just to irritate the listener, it reminds me of something a 5 yr old would do to bug his parents from the backseat of the car. I refused to finish it, there's no way any sane person could listen to all 20 songs without skipping. Nothing about this is Top 1001. It's all shock value. I can see this being the soundtrack for one of those late 60's/early 70's movies you stumble across channel surfing and for some reason you continue to watch it, even though it's horribly bad. In your mind you think, "there must be a reason" and you watch until the end when you realize you will never get that 75 minutes back. 1 star because that's the least I can give it.
WHAT THE FUCK.
The challenge of reviewing this lies in its non-conventional standards. Nothing 'stands up' because the music operates from an entirely different premise. To my ears, the disparate parts, the absurd vocalisations, do not cohere into anything resembling an engaging song. It feels less like an attempt at popular music and more like an alien cultural artifact. A piece of music that is maybe 'good' within a closed context?
?? puh artyartyfarty. c
Listen to this album and complete the following sentence: This album is an essential contribution to this list because _______________. ….. See! You can’t!
This is the worst album yet in this project, without doubt. I feel bad for the other albums to which I previously awarded 1 star because they are not as bad as this. I may have to rethink my star system in future. It really is that bad. I don’t even know how to describe the experience, but I will try. Imagine that David Lynch (RIP) was looking for a soundtrack for a short film about dead animals and this was one of the suggestions that he thought was too “out there”. The music and lyrics are weird, annoying and downright stupid. I’m annoyed that this album is included on this list because nobody needs to hear this.
what the hell was that Would I listen again? NO Deserves to be on this list? NO 0.6
This may very well be the worst album I’ve heard on this challenge so far. I never bought any version of the books, but this album made me want to demand a refund anyway. Utter trash. ZERO OUT OF FIVE!!!!
I just couldnt
Yeah nah.