Nixon

I'm glad I listened past the first three songs on this album. Had I not, I would have hated it forever as a garbage rehash of 70s lounge music/Charlie's Angels themes. Now, having listened to the whole album, I can just be bored out of my fucking mind. Zzzzzzzz... Two stars, though, because at least it's not Sad Muffin or whatever the fuck that shitbrit band was.

2.5/5 - I didn't need to hear this because this was back-to-back with Bill Callahan yesterday, and I hope this isn't a trend. That said, I was prepared to hate this more than I did, and The Butcher Boy was alright. Still, it's too sedate for me in a way that isn't engaging. Rounding down for the falsetto and 90% of the lyrics which made no sense to me.

це було дуже нудно...

2/5 Best Track - "Up With People"

2 or 3 songs are superb, but the weird falsetto near the middle of the album is just bizarre

Why?

Didn't hate it but nothing really grabbed me at any point. Maybe with more listens I'd get it, who knows, but for now seems kinda weak.

Gaaaaaa! Fuckin boring.....I tried though.

-alright, this one was just. very. bland? it kind of reminded me of Songs:Ohia, but very little about it really stuck out to me -there needs to be a special category for albums that just make me feel nothing, because this isn’t bad i just can’t get down w it -Favorites are You Masculine You and The Petrified Florist

Quite boring and uninteresting

3/10 Why? I like the album art. 8-28-2025

Sa ptite voix de tondeuse me gosse bien en ce doux matin

Thank god "The Butcher's Boy" at the end woke me up. Another album with nothing remarkable on. Forgot it immediately. 1,5

Хотел поставить три звезды за неплохую расслабляющую музыку, но снижаю на одну звезду за обилие писклявости

With the exception of a bit of movement at the end, felt very loungey, with scarce excitement - is this country adjacent nonsense what a whole swathe of America listens to? An hour of my life I'll never get back.

It’s quite nice and chill but didn’t make much of an impact on me

< the Beatles No thank you

Not my style. Feels more like background music with someone talking over it.

Ehh not for me

I was bored during this 2 ⭐️

almost killed me of boredom, 2 for effort

I'm not sure what this is. It's like if our parents in the 70's had a party and instead of a bowl of keys had a bowl of weed. Yet not as fun as that sounds because this is lame and reminds me of the worst episode of the love boat.

I wasn’t really into this, 2/5

This album is kind of slow and boring. I don’t feel like it’s very engaging. Kind of like reading a book that starts off slow. I listened to the whole album and my thoughts never changed.

I’m not sure how I feel about this one. Didn’t completely hate it; there were a few tracks I liked, but the others… yeah, not so much.

What the heck was this? No, thank you. No more, please.

"meh"

I'm honestly not quite sure what this album wanted to be. It didn't seem to hold a specific sound, and while it wasn't like the quality was bad, it just felt off in too many ways. Kind of hard to describe, but it's almost like it wanted to be a sound fusion but couldn't quite ever properly land the combination. The quality of what they put out was good, but ultimately I just didn't enjoy what it ended up being. Just not for me I guess.

Pues no sé muy bien qué decir. Un álbum de country pop / "countrypolitan", es decir, pop con toques country y acompañamientos orquestales, en plan épico apasionado con muchas cuerdas. El frontman, Kurt Wagner, tiene una forma bastante interesante de cantar, cambiando entre una voz acarraspada y cafetera a un falsetto bastante extraño y que no me termina de entrar por los oídos. Por su parte, la instrumentación tan involucrada y exuberante le viene bastante bien como contrapunto, y el resultado acaba siendo agradable de escuchar, aunque no destaque nada en particular. Un buen álbum merecedor de los elogios que ha recibido, pero que no es lo mío.

Not the most enjoyable album I’ve had. Found it quite boring. 2/5

Sounded kind of like Disney orchestral music with a deep voiced Jiminy Cricket singing, and also had the worst falsetto I've ever heard. I did not enjoy.

kyllähän tämä nyt tschihillinki ja jvaijbailu kategoriaan liittyy. musiikki kuitenkaan ei ole kovin nautinnollista ylipäätänsä. turhauttavaa tämä ei ollut, mutta kaheli minun täytyisi olla jos koskaan tämän perusteella tämän bändin musiikkia halajaisin. ja miksi niksoni mitä vittua. yksi kaikien aikojen väärinymmärretyimmistä presidenteistä. ulkopolitiikka nero. vielä 60 vuotta jälkeen aivan uskomaton silmä ennustuskyky kun pekka pouta konsanaan ennustaa geopolitiikan ilmastoa ennen kuin asiat edes ovat tapahtuneet. rattaat liikkuu liikkuu porukka katsoo missä ovat eikä mitä on tulossa (unbelievable mistake`) up with people

Not repulsive, just boring

Never heard of them. Type of music I could enjoy but didn’t like this album. Lead singers voice didn’t do anything for me.

not for me, really 😅 The vocals are good-ish, lyrics are mid, melody (or better yet, the solos) is great.

... i am not a big fan of country so I'll see how this goes. After listening: not bad but not for me. Feels like coffee shop music, and I wasn;t particularly caught by any song really other than Grumpus. Favorite: Grumpus. Least favorite: What else could it be?. dear god actually what is that falsetto

Have you ever been to maybe a local farmer's market and, set up under the trees, there's a guy with an Taylor T5 thinline electro acoustic guitar, an ungodly amount of PA equipment, and some pre-recorded samples on a multitrack sequencer/drum machine that he plays along with while he sings? Clearly he's a decent musician but the music isn't anything that people would really sit and pay attention to. It's just kind of filler in the background that most people don't even realize is being played by a real person. And you start to think to yourself, 'I bet this guy is like the brother in law of the event organizer or something' before you go on with your organic produce purchases and walk away from the small stage that's hosting said lone man. You move on without another thought about the music whatsoever. Then the next day you forget he was even there. That's this whole album. 2/5

It's not bad but I'm apathetic towards all songs in the album.

This was pretty boring. It was theoretically rock but all the songs were pretty slow and similar.

Nice tunes, instrumentation but I find the vocal rendition blank

his voice sounds so crazy familiar to me i was convinced that he had another project or vocal feature or SOMETHING that i've listened to already but it appears not…? it's driving me nuts because there's something about his inflection that i know i recognize from somewhere but idk where…anyway i thought this was pretty boring. with this kind of toned down instrumentals and very clear delivery i think the lyrics really have to stand on their own because there's little else to focus on and they simply weren't doing it for me. this is not an album you have to hear before you die.

I can imagine this kind of album being performed on a Saga cruise. I feel like it would cater well to some middle class octogenarians who would probably think it was all marvellous and doesn’t he have such a wonderful singing voice. I found it pretty insipid start to finish. There are some different musical influences in there but none used to any great effect. The falsetto didn’t surprise me but could have done without it.

Listening to this album felt like hitting 'shuffle' on a single, extremely beige track. Every song merged into one monotonous blob. The only energy shift I noted was the artist pushing their voice from merely pathetic to a truly transcendent level of vocal fragility. Just sounded like backing music rather than something I want to listen to.

Fine

Too boring for me

Not sure if it's his voice, the nonsensical lyrics, or if I just wasn't in the mood...but I actively disliked most of this album. The musical settings with strings and horns were appealing on some songs but, overall, it just didn't do anything for me. And come on, this is a concept album about Ricard Nixon? OK, whatever.

Immemorable

Strange strange strange… also oddly soothing at times… But mostly just always on the edge of weird

2-3

Tedious.

I just know somewhere out there a ton of people love this band but I don't have any idea why. I further have no idea why some reviews called this the start of "alternative country" aside from they're from Nashville. Then again I hate the concept of "alternative country" since it usually means all the mainstays of country music for decades ANYWAY I found this samey and grating.

Boring

Bang average rock

Not feeling it. 2.5/5

Wow, what a boring album. I think it was a good, honest, down to earth indie music with a terrible vocal, which made you look at the clock, waiting for it to end. Lambchop sounds a bit like a bad imitation of Prince decided to do a boring americana indie rock. Waste of time.

I hated this, so boring, so mid

2.1 boring as hell

Got to the last track, thought that was the album finished, kinda reminded me of Julian Cope.

Man this list picks some of the most boring albums for anything past 1999. There is a lot of really interest music from the past two decades, but no. Every time we get some easy listening music that won an award in the UK (I wonder why they picked this one) or one of the blandest UK Indie bands to exist. I swear the people compiling this list became out of touch around the end of the 90's and had no idea how to finish this list so they just looked at whatever won some award in the UK and added it despite the albums having 0 staying power. This album averages 200,000 streams on Spotify and has 2K ratings on RYM, I don't think people really care about this one. Rant over. The album itself is fine, every song is a slog to get through because they are so slow and bland, but if you isolate any individual song it would be fine. However, when dragged out into album format it gets tiring really quickly. I am on Track 4 right now and I don't remember if these guys even have a drummer, RYM says so, but in my mind every song is just slow guitar strumming and vocals. Update! I zoned out and now on track 7 and I still don't remember if the album has drums on it. Also his falsetto sounds like Miss Piggy. For my rating system I have been using "High", "Mid", and "Low" to give a little more variance in my ratings and to give a little more context about how I feel. I always worry that when I say something like "Mid 4", people will interpret it as I am saying the album is mid. However this is not the case, this is one of the most mid album of all time. Mid 2.

Perhaps this is an album I might enjoy while on psychedelics. I wouldn't know...but I imagine someone who does that sort of thing listening to this overly mellow, slow and sometime trippy sounds. And like...I don't know...falling asleep on their couch or something? But...I don't do psychedelics and I just found this boring and too slow.

I didn't care much for this. Most of the songs were kind of spoken-sung in a half-assed folky way, and the rest of them were sung in a very screechy nails-on-a-chalkboard sounding falsetto. Everything was a bit of a drag. If I had been asked to guess when this was released, I definitely would not have assumed 2000.

There were a couple of cool tracks (Petrified Forest has done Bauhaus vibes), but overall a boring album.

Forgettable alternative music

Nothing about it was bad, in fact, I quite enjoyed what I heard. I just ended up zoning out from it.

Instrumental performances, engineering and production are competent, but the song arrangement, the non-sensical lyrics, and very weak lead vocal performance make this album dreadfully dull to listen to. No new ideas to be found, just retreads. I feel like I heard the same song on repeat throughout the whole album with little to no differentiation.

Lambchop has some good songs, unfortunately none of them are on this album.

This was a nice chill listen in a cold rainy day. There was a couple of songs with a bit of a soul vibe (You Masculine You and What Else Could It Be?) which I enjoyed the most. The rest was ok nothing outstanding. 5/10

Did not really find it interesting.

Reminds me of Nick Drake but I like it less.

Not for me

Ehh… fairly uninteresting country album? Not a whole lot stands out here.

British alternative music? Not really bad, just boring.

Blah

Ok for background music

It's like early 2000s Nick Lowe made an uninteresting album of ballads. Stick with Nick.

This whole album sounds the same to me.

Cool

I went from Soundgarden to this..... To say that was a disappointment is an understatement. This isn't bad, per se....it's just boring. There's nothing there. It's the kind of music that plays in the background at the grocery store to fill the silence. I looked at Lambchop's page on Wikipedia and they apparently had 20 different musicians that contributed to the album. 13 of those were actually in Lambchop, officially. I would have expected more complexity.

Very samey throughout, not for me.

This could have been dramatically improved with a different singer/singing style. Subdued is one thing but this is a hair above spoken word, which I think is more irritating. Listening to this album by Drugdealer, which occupies a similar soft rock space and in comparison the energy levels are through the roof. Tried to figure out where these guys live in the music ecosystem and it seems they are pretty much outsiders, which is not typical of this list. It also occurred to me last night that the Cave album was from 2019, which means we should be seeing a lot more contemporary shit. Don’t think this, or that, should be in the top 1001 (or however many there are)

What is Lambchop thinking here? Serious question... is it lounge music, EDM, jazz, yachtrock? I'm not against it, but I am confused. It feels more like background music to a 70's TV show than music someone would self-select.

2 - boring

Boring indie-soul I guess you could call it. I find most songs uninteresting and overwrought. Don't like the way that strings are used...mostly syrupy. Three songs caught my ear; Grumpus, The Petrified Florist and The Butcher Boy. The rest is pretty boring. 2.5 stars

I was quite excited for this. Lambchop are one of them ‘legendary’ bands that I’ve been aware of since a kid but only heard the odd song. They have such a good reputation. But this just largely passed me by. The songs I had heard by them in the past were a bit more out there. Bit stranger. This was just very OK. Quite liked Butcher Boy, the rest was all much a muchness. Decent, nothing else.

Thought the album cover was quite good, looked like AI art way before it's time. Lambchop is a proper pub band level name, but I quite like it on a arty indie band like this. I did not like the music. Reminded me of the newer arctic monkeys albums, strange crooning over elevator muzak. The last song was very Nick Cave which I also did not like. It was fairly unique once you look past the AM comparison so alright for one listen I suppose.

I had no idea what to expect from this, but don't think it was this..... I really don't know who this is for or what genre it is. It kinda reminded me of Richard Hawley or maybe even Jarvis Cocker at times. Didn't do much for me at all though and won't be back. Not terrible by any means though

Chambers Pop having gentlly arrangended and performed, making the music glide through one ear and out the other, leaving no trace.

Boring Album and just another album that makes you question how many more, better and interesting albums got maybe left out from this list.

Best thing about this album is it ran the whole duration of my commute home. Felt it was a bit insipid.

Bit dull. 6music/Jools Holland bait

I really like Lambchop - they have so many good songs, but each album I've listened to has to have something *quirky* on it and it tarnishes the overall package. But still, when they are on, it's great. Some glimpses of that here. But what the fuck were those 2 falsetto songs? Probably the worst tracks I have heard on this whole voyage, and I am approaching 750 albums, including 2 pre-disco BeeGees albums. No, the BeeGees were worse. But God damn you, Lambchop, for making me think twice about it.

Did not need to listen to this before I died, it's boring and generic. Just another entry that adds nothing to the musical repertoire. 2*

Dios mio, no pude aburrirme más! Nota: 1.8

It’s hard to believe you can make something so clearly well thought through and well produced that’s quite so utterly tedious. Seriously, who wants to listen to talk singing easy listening ripped off from slightly different 70s genres. Rescued from a 1* by the last 2 songs which really don’t fit on the album at all but we’re very welcome.

Quite pretty but ultimately forgettable chamber pop album. I actually liked a few of the songs, but even if I listened to this album 10 times, I probably wouldn’t immediately guess “Lambchop” if someone put on a random song from it.

There’s a rustic indie pop sound in the first half of the album but then it transitioned into a chamber pop type of music. The first half was stronger and would be nice music to chill to.

I can categorically say that this was an album that had songs on it....and that's about it as it was so forgettable

++: Up with People, The Butcher Boy +: The Old Gold Shoe, What Else Could It Be?, The Petrified Florist +-: Grumpus, You Masculine You, Nashville Parent, The Distance from Her to There -: The Book I Haven't Read 5,2/10

nick cave série b canta em cima do wilco serie b

olha. vou dar um 2 mas honestamente é mais um "não é a minha praia" do que um "eu não gostei" (cada vez mais ficando contra a obrigação de dar nota 1-5 ou falar que não ouviu)

Not really my thing. Seems to lack any guys tbh

it's alright but i don't think i could see myself ever relistening to it.

This whole album can be summed up in one word, and that is BORING. Holy crap was it dull as hell. When the first track hit, I almost hit stop, but decided to give it a chance. At some point, a few tracks in the middle kind of got a groove going. Sadly it didn’t last long enough, and with around 4 songs left, I just hit stop and moved on. Seriously stupified how stuff like this makes this list.

meh with some eyyyyy

Why?

Recognized Kurt Wagner's distinctive voice from 'What New York Couple's Fight About' by Morcheeba (better band and album), and was then horrified how often he seemed to think he should sing in a falsetto instead. What in the ever-loving-nonsense that was all about, I don't even know because it's not like the music gave Prince or Justin Timberlake vibes. So misplaced. & outright bad. Drug this forgettable album from a passable 3 down to a skip-worthy 2.

What is this? Weird.

Gear: Hifiman Arya Artwork: 🍂🏡🏞️ Production: 🧈😊👌 Music: 🎻💭🤷 Rating: 🍂🍂/5

Niewiele mi się w tym albumie podobało. Nudny, grubociosany, jakiś taki prosty i niewymagający, a do tego nużący. Falset mnie męczył, melodie nie rajcowały. Zapomnę o nim w kilka dni. 3/10

Slow, jazzy and kind of interesting...

I’m glad I listened to this in the morning otherwise I wouldn’t of stayed awake past the first track! Utterly pointless, goes nowhere, does nothing to engage, what a load of boring old tosh!

Just behind every song, you can almost hear their anuses clenching from trying so hard.

Pleasant enough Americana but couldn't tell you a thing about it now other than i liked the strings and sounded a bit like a soundtrack to a slow, sepia-tinged indie film

Felt like an inside joke, as if you went to a show and there'd be these hardcore fans nodding sagely to the erudite wit and social commentary while you order a double and wish you were just a little bit higher.

Idk chill album just weird and odd. Not my cup of tea. Really wondering if/how people sit and listen to this for fun the way i watch a movie

Ehhh

It's 18:45 on Sunday and I am still hungover. Went to United where we got turned over 0-3 at home to Bournemouth. It's blowing a gale outside and I've come back up to bed. I needs a musical hug. Enter this record. First track feels like Bill Callahan meets Divine Comedy. Then I fell asleep. Awakening after a short nap, I drag myself downstairs to make tea with this on. Amused to discover later on reading the entry in the book that it suggests the exact activity I was already undertaking. The falsetto songs are weird. What's going on here? The lush instrumentation is clearly good, but this record is simply curiously devoid of memorable tunes. I already had Up With People marked as liked so that one was ok. Yeah, listened back after the record and that's surviving. Easily the best song here. I couldn't pick any of the others out of a line up. Not something I'm likely to return to, despite being in the perfect place for it today. Yes, I do get Richard Hawley vibes also, in that it's nicely made and very forgettable

Lambchop dude seems like a bit of a shyster. Takes a bunch of elevator country and soul and does completely interchangeable Kif Kroker-style wispy breathy mumble singing over it. There aren’t really any discernible melodies and the songs don’t tend to go anywhere. It’s mellow and listenable enough because of the easygoing music backdrop or at least until the falsetto starts and then it’s really hard to take the record seriously because it then turns into gushing ballads from a Miss Piggy/Audrey from Little Shop Of Horros/squeaking radiator hybrid creature. It adds a crazy level of cringe to what is otherwise a completely bland yet pitchfork approved faux quirky alt-country/indie album.

I don't like it. Elevator music. Not memorable at all. Sometimes he sings falsetto. I hate that. Most of the songs are not bad, but none of them stand out in a positive way to me.

An easy listen, with some good variation and lots of instruments in the mix, but somehow it feels so devoid of any emotion of sticking power. Either the lyrics are just too cryptic or it was hard to stay tuned in for the whole song, but the whole thing just feels so melancholic. 4/10

“Chamberpop,” country, and soul fusion may not sound very interesting to you… nor did it to me.

Some good beats, especially towards the back, but generally felt like I was trapped in a mad-lib book I couldn't escape.

The vocals: way too whispery. While listening to this album, I got the feeling I was intruding on someone else's private conversation. A bit like Leonard Cohen, except much too soft. The music: I liked "You Masculine You". The horns were a nice touch.

Never heard of this band before, and the music was immediately forgettable.

This was a bad album. His voice is bad and sounded like a TV skit song most of the album. Shouldn’t have been on this list.

Bad,bad,bad voice and it made no sense at all

why, why, WHY did I need to spend over an hour listening to this??? lyrics are nonsense &/or pretentious mumbling. and the falsetto is awful. 1.5 stars. only reason they get bumped to a 2 is the music (when no one was singing) was ok as background

Not for me. Overall, I found it boring and plain.

Man this was boring. The whole album sounded the same. The musicianship of the band is about the only good thing I can say about it. It's also the only reason I gave it a 2 instead of 1. The vocals are monotonous and the singer should stop that falsetto.

I am quite whelmed.

Oh, in a stunning twist I actually liked this less after switching to headphones. Maybe this is just a better morning album than evening one? IDK, this wasn't without it's moments. I liked "Butcher Boy" and "The Old Gold Shoe" but a lot of it was slow and didn't really speak to me.

i feel like what they were trying to do with this album was to make it whimsical and grandiose… “pet sounds”-esque, if you will. and to me, it just falls flat. an album that takes itself a little too seriously.

Ehhhhhhhh

An album that never gets out of first gear.

Alternative music with a tinge of country. This made for an interesting listening experience, but didn't leave me with a lot to come back to.

I couldn't get into this one. The instrumentals were lush and pretty, but something in the lyrics or his voice took me out of it every time. Not my cup of tea.

I’ve listened to this album twice now and each time I’ve completely forgotten to write a review. I seem to remember the music being relaxing and pleasant enough, especially while driving at night, but I couldn’t for the life of me name one of the songs or hum even a few notes of one of the melodies. This album slipped off my consciousness like water off a duck’s back, so I can’t give more than a 2.

Very boring, absolutely no place on this list.

It was okay; it didn't really stand out and just faded into the background.

I remember when this came out there was a lot of hubub about it amongst the Americana crowd. I had never listened to it. It was just ok

Another puzzling inclusion. On a scale of Best Music To Be Played In An Artisan Bean Brewery - they also sell hand printed postcards from local artists - cleary a 9/10 at least (until Petrified Forest and Butcher Boy come up and Delilah has to hastily rush over and skip those). But other than that it just seems like a wanky collection of vibey sounds. And I get the impression that it wants to be seen as much more but it absolutely is not. I have already forgotten most of it. 283 albums in and here's that word for the first time: "hipster". This is '00 hipstercore.

Slow and dull, vocals barely stand out in the mix

Boring 2/5

Mixed.

I wanted to like this alt-country fusion but I couldn’t get past the high falsetto voice

Listened to this one twice -- neither time with much focus. Didn't command my attention, but also didn't interrupt my work. Overall impression is that it was fine, but not worth a third relisten. I know this makes for a shitty review, but ultimately, this was forgettable. 2 / 5.

Starts quite snoozy. Not doing it for me. Very flat.

I cannot figure this band/album out. Part jazz lounge music, part Leonard Cohen/Tom Waits, part uncomfortable, and part 60s background music. I liked a couple songs and was so intrigued by it all. I did it love it, but I didn’t hate it either.

Can't say Lambchop is for me. The instrumentals on some songs were fine but overall not something I'd listen to. In some ways this reminded me of Leonard Cohen, just with actual background music.

Mostly Disturbingly bland. And then... Dear god, the falsetto on What Else Could it be? At least it broke up the uneasy listeningness. Oh god, the falsetto's back on the next one. Petrified florist (great song title) and butcher boy are far more interesting and now I'm wondering whether the album is actually a cryptic work of genius that exists beyond the understanding of mere mortals. Was the obviously very sincere Mr Chop playing five dimensional aural chess. What does it all mean? Is there some metatextual greatness underpinning the entire endeavour? Probably not.

Poor Nixon. If this is his legacy, then, coupled with Watergate, you really gotta feel for the guy. He was only trying to purge all the hippies, prolong the Vietnam War for as long as possible, increase organised crime rates by attempting to prohibit drugs and alienate drug users, and employ espionage to sabotage the plans of the Democratic National Committee. Simple pleasures. This album wasn't particularly a simple pleasure, though that's not to say it didn't have any positive aspects. The vocal alternates between a very weak timbre that can only be described as "generic-old-man-hunched-over-guitar"-voice and its significantly stronger/younger counterpart. And for what it's worth, some songs with the latter vocal are actually pretty good. The four track run of You Masculine You / Up With People / Nashville Parent / What Else Could It Be shows some vestiges of cohesive songwriting, incorporating some nice guitar and string hooks to engage the listener. The backing vocals, when they appear, are a nice atmospheric touch. I paid essentially zero attention to the lyrics (as I normally do), but there's some chance they were poetic. There's really no way of knowing. Typing this part a day later, though, the album just isn't particularly memorable – apart from the really discomforting old-man singing in about half the tracks. 2/5 Key tracks: You Masculine You, Up With People

meh

Really bland stuff.

Less than 24 hours since I listened to this and I'm not sure I could remember a single thing on it.

#338. Who is this for? And also who decided this made the cut? There is no way anyone needs to hear this. Certainly no way anyone want to hear it either. 2/5: shit

172/1001 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

It was ok. I was happy when it ended though. Could have trimmed some of songs off. Will I listen to again: 1%

Not bad

This was pleasant but somewhat unmemorable.

The album art perfectly matches the opening tune, with its floating on calm water vibe. But by the end I can't help but conclude this is just a snoozefest. Not at all sure why I had to hear it.

I don't remember much about this album, other than I listened to it. I was struck by how it wasn't anything I was expecting, but apparently, it was not enough to stick out.

Ein Song wie der andere im Soft Pop Modus. Tut nicht weh, begeistert aber auch nicht wirklich…4/10

Nice enough music but I found it quite melancholy and too passive. The vocals aren't great so maybe that's why it passed me by a bit. Didn't hate it but wouldn't listen again

Not for me, I found this really boring.

This is listed as country and pop, and wikipedia calls the band a rock band, but it sounds like all the most boring parts of those genres. The weird bells, the orchestra, the bad falsetto, nonsense lyrics. It lacks anything to connect with.

Boring Spottiswoode. Nobody needs to hear this before they die.

Pretty bland for me. And so long. One track felt like it led to the next without any discernible difference. Wish I could hate it but I can’t even remember it. 2/5

Nix

Lush instrumentation and some nice vocals. So why is it so boring? And that falsetto makes me wince.

Nixon is a really strange and unusual album, at its best it's properly groovy with great orchestral arrangements bringing a quality vibe, at its worst though it's like a poor Simply Red effort, and that is unacceptable. The good parts certainly aren't memorable enough to warrant a good score, but it was at least an interesting listen, if only from a 'wtf comes next?' perspective. An easy listening 2, which isn't so much of a compliment as it is a disappointment.

Lost interest half way through

This was alright but didn’t really do anything for me

Nearly embarrassing to listen to. Some of the music was just ok. Some really bad.

Very golden oldies, with a light country feel. It's okay, I just feel like I understand it after two tracks, and it doesn't do much after that. Favorite track: "Up With People"

Most of this sounded like dentist office music. Not appealing at all.

Best Song: Up with People. The choral sections did a lot to take over from the otherwise lackluster main vocals. That combination of a sort of gospel with the trumpets was really nice. Worst Song: The Distance from Her to There. Cut it with that falsetto, goddamn. Overall: Largely uninteresting, although occasionally dipping into annoying. The vocals seemed to be both the focus of the album and its weakest part. I think I can understand why this one was lost to time.

I wouldn't call this bad music but it wasn't for me. I found the lead singers voice to be distracting and the music kind of faded to the background.

2.5 stars. Meh, it was OK. Slow tempo and kinda ballad-y alt-country/chamber pop. "Up with People" was different and pleasant but the rest wasn't much to write home about.

Meh. Wasnt great. Not terrible though. More like background music.

One stand out track I knew from before, pleasant background music

Très meh

Never heard of this guy, so no expectations here. This is a real mellow album. Grumpus is giving some Mac Demarco vibes. I like the soft horns throughout the album, kind of like Sufjan Stevens' Illinois. Of course, this album came before that. This is good background music, super chill, so I'll check out the rest of his catalog. I like the music, but his vocals are whatever. He has no business singing, so it's ballsy that he does it. Good for him for doing what he loves. Up With People is my favorite.

Never heard of this, but the album was interesting and laid back, and I could see how Brits might like it. Interesting string arrangements also that made me wonder how it gets done live. Grumpus was cool but the album ultimately didn't really grab me.

Not the worst. Not really my style but very musical.

This is not my thing for sure. Didnt like any song although producing wise the album is good and makes sense.

Not for me. I didn't like this.

They really do be letting any album onto this list - melodies were pretty good, the vocals were horrendous

När jag hörde rösten tänkte jag, "det här kan bli bra". Men fy satan vilken tråkig skiva. Slöseri. Trist etc

Agradable, nada más.

This is okay

La musique est parfois vraiment intéressante. Une sorte de chamber pop contemporain vraiment intéressant. Mais généralement cet album est tellement ennuyeux. Ce qui rend cela vraiment peu intéressant est la voix. Littéralement ça serait plus captivant si c'était instrumental. La voix semi-parlée semi-chantée, combiné aux paroles durent à déchiffrer, rend l'écoute vraiment fastidieuse. C'est encore pire quand il chante aigu. 3/10

Snooze fest

Weird… is this like a one man band?

There's word I've always loved: ersatz--an inferior substitute. When Bon Jovi achieved the appearance of rocking, without an actual rocking, what they achieved was ersatz rock. Calculated, drained of humanity, reminding us that we can return to our torpor if only a manufactured need is met. Bon Jovi himself said they rushed in when Van Halen broke up. Van Halen, a lot of things, but not ersatz with the classic line-up and that six album run. I'll die on this hill... Anyway, whatever Lambchop's intentions with Nixon, it is undermined with the ersatzness of the approach. Aiming for the sublimity of Pet Sounds and any number of classic Bacharach sides, avoiding the druggy wooze of Love's Forever Changes, it feels twee by two and a half. When Air released Moon Safari, with its vintage electronica and chamber pop arrangements, it showed how the styles of the past can find a relevant and vital home in the present--an actual progression for the form. This ain't that. If you like the form so much, you'll settle for the cheese food version, then have at it. I'll stick to aged cheese, and wait for the next innovation.

This album feels just a bit all over the place, enjoyable in parts, sonically enjoyable in parts more so the chamber pop sound, than the country parts. Been swaying between a 2 and a 3 with this one, but although I did enjoy parts of the album, not convinced you really need to hear it better you die or I’ll be recommending it to anyone, so only the 2 stars.

I didn't care for this one, although I'll give it some credit for doing something interesting. It's an alternative take on a sound I don't generally care for, and I probably prefer this take, but still, no. 1.5/5

Alternativ country, chamber pop

I think I'd b rather listen to Shari Lewis's Lambchop.

Kind of an Americana type album in some ways, I don't know how to describe that but it felt that way, especially with the album cover. I wasn't a huge fan, but there were some moments I enjoyed.

some good songs but generally uninteresting or just plain strange

Much more easy listening than I expected. Not enjoying the vocals for the most part. Otherwise, fairly dreamy stuff but nothing much is making me pay close attention. The Petrified Florist has a bit of a darker edge, but it's too little too late.

Obsolutely adore the Giggle Stick on track 2, but kinda boring otherwise. I think they could have used a bit more production on a couple songs.

keichter dünner nuller pop

I liked Up With People well enough. The rest I could leave honestly.

Pretty odd, I did like a couple of the tracks but didn't love the album overall.

Name sounds like Lamb of God, was expecting Lamb of God, was not Lamb of God, 2/5

Could have cut out about half these songs and been a much better album for sure.

***2.5 stars. Uhhhh this was pretty mid! I'm not a huge fan of his voice, and while the lyrics and production aren't laguhably bad or anything, there's no one track that managed to stick out to me; everything just kinda blended together. Overall a pretty forgettable album, and I can't see myself returning to this in the future.

5/10 - 2/5 This was a skim for me. Not a fan of the not-really-singing, not a fan of the generally mellow sound. Just wasn't it.

2/5 naaaah

meh

2.8

Nope. Didn’t enjoy. But didn’t hate it so much I had to turn it off, so 2 stars.

Zzzzzzz...

I can't really put my finger on what exactly it is I don't like about this album, but I don't. It started off OK, but then gradually got worse. It felt very forgettable if nothing else, nothing that really stuck to me.

Not offensive, but not really engaging, either.

The cover intrigued me in a ‘this could be anything’ kind of way but I did not care for the contents. It feels like a ‘lyrics first’ type of album, because behind the lush orchestration the actual tunes are pretty thin, but ultimately neither the words nor the music grabbed me (or, when they did, they let me go again pretty sharpish).

It's very ambient and pleasing to the ear for alt-country-rock music but i can't recall a song. Didn't hate it. Don't ever want to hear it again.

It was OK. Bit like a more boring Pavement album.

What a bore

Lampchop lean heavily into the chamber pop style. A bit too much for my taste. There are a few great tracks but others really lose me. Aside from some brief praise from the music press, I don't know see much significance to this one either unfortunately.

Have no idea why this is on this list. So boring, nothing stands out. [0100/1001]

Tällä muniinpuhaltelulla ei menty jatkoon

Nixon starts as dreamy chamber pop, switches to soul and then switches back. Who is this for? Who listens to this on the regular? There are so nice sounds, I felt like I was listening to the soundtrack of a very boring movie at times. Overall, what are we doing guys? 4.2/10

M'eh. Not sure why this is on the list.

I wasn't expecting a laid back disco vibe. Add in elements of gospel, plus the strings and horns, and you have a rather confused record. It sounds too polished. The songs suit a more stripped down approach.

Lamb Chop was an iconic if annoying children’s entertainment sock puppet. Lambchop was a forgettable and annoying rock band. According to Wikipedia, Lambchop’s fifth album “Nixon” was a breakout for the band… in the UK. And now we see why it’s on the 1001. The title “Nixon” is a reference to Richard Nixon, but is the album about Nixon?? These guys are not so good with naming things. “Nixon” came out at the turn of the century, perhaps helping out its standing on the list, as 2000 placed 18 albums on the list but no year after hit more than 11. As for the music itself? I was bored. I’ve already forgotten what they sound like. But I’ll never forget what Lamp Chop sounded like. Cute puppet. But that voice? Um…

Dude’s voice sounds too much like Leonard Cohen at times. Big turn off, which is too bad because the music is decent.

Not really my thing

Huh, had never heard of them. Didn’t add anything to my library, but didn’t hate it.

I was really enjoying this, and then the singer went into his falsetto range, and now all I hear is Tiny Tim. The instrumentation is really good and interesting, but I can't get past how not great the falsetto singing is.

nah 2*

Boring

Not sure this should have been on a 1001 albums to listen to before you die list. Competent enough but nothing really stood out about it so I’d have happily passed without ever hearing it

i think i didn’t get it. limp wilco. weird faux-weak vocals. i bet it would be better on a 2nd listen tho

Mezcla de canciones con pop elegante. Señorial. No me ha aportado nada en especial. Totalmente desconocido. No veo por qué tiene que destacar de una manera única.

Easy to listen to, but hard to concentrate on... didn't really leave an impression

not bad but more of background noise for me. nothing stood out. listened on ride from Columbia to ATL and at night in Cumming. 2.2/5

American rock band. Des petites balades bin soffft. 2-3 tounes crrectes, mais ça vole pas haut dans mon estime.

I've never heard of this band before, or any of the songs on this album. After listening to it, I understand why. It was not good. I don't know what this music is trying to be, it's like slow orchestral music, or jazz, with singing that is at times low and gravely or falsetto. Sometimes it's similar to spoken word. I don't get it, I didn't like it

Não é um som de baixa qualidade, mas bem xaropinho de uma forma geral, raros lampejos

Not great. 2/5

I remember that I really liked a Lambchop song a while back... The Saturday Option. It was on an album prior to this one. So I had hopes for this album. Unfortunately nothing caught my attention. Just not that good imo.

This is like if a Saltine cracker was in music form. Very boring. I couldn’t get into the singer’s voice either. I think this would be a lot better without the added orchestral arrangements.

Didn't really like it

Eclectic, talented, anachronistic, but unfortunately not for me.

# 75 : It's an album. Can listen to it, but it's not really good, no hits and it made me skip a few tracks to get it over with. Nothing stood out and I wouldn't go back to it.

"Grumpus" was a pretty decent song. "Up With People" was catchy. but vanilla. "The Butcher Boy" was the most uptempo song, but even that fell pretty flat. This was, overall, a very low energy album that had a lot of songs that were just lifeless.

meh

Not really my style, but well made and a chill listen

Sucks, but like one or two songs were listenable

Very monotonous and “slow”. I guess it can make for some decent background music

Ganska stabil start påminner lite om Mac Demarco. Bästa låtar Up with people

Helt okej, inget speciellt Bästa låt: Butcher Boy

I like to go into albums I've never heard before blind, so I was surprised to see so many other reviewers hating on the vocals. I didn't actually mind them in the main, although there were a couple of places they did seem slightly out of place and too high pitched. Overall this was dull and now I know I'm definitely not a fan of Countrypolitan music. It wasn't so bad that I felt extreme relief at getting through it, but bad enough that I'm giving it 2-stars. There just wasn't anything interesting going on here and it felt a bit like a mixture of Neil Diamond and Radiohead.

Print spoken word, with some questionable falsetto gambles. Saved only by some interesting indie guitar licks. I fully intend to never listen to this again.

It was OK, to be honest I wasn't really paying that much attention, and it didn't grab it

Did anyone else see the cover art and assume this would be more of an alt/indie album?

This album is really varied and not in a good way for me, I don't know where I stand with it and it makes me feel uneasy. A lot of the tracks sound like an intro for a gritty TV show but they also sound very dark and foreboding. I don't know what it is but it makes me feel really uneasy in the second half of the album. The first half or maybe even 3/4 was very bleh to me. Quite bland, uninspiring and corny. I think I like his voice but I'm not sure and I can't really compare to other work because this is the first I've heard of Lambchop.

They did it nice enough, but i barely noticed it happening.

It's not much of anything really

Lost me completely when he started singing in falsetto, but got me a bit back at the end with Butcher Boy

This was a bit weird for me, is it country? Pop? Rock?

first let's talk about the good things: beautiful orchestral arrangements, okay lyrics, not a terrible voice the bad things: boring, repetitive and no progression these things destroy the good things 2

This dreamy stuff doesn’t rock my boat.

Oh my gosh and golly that’s pedestrian! Horrifically soporific.

I've never heard of this album and it sounds…okay. There's nothing fantastic about it that really merits being on the list. From the wikipedia page: Nixon became a breakthrough release for Lambchop in the United Kingdom, where it received critical acclaim and was named among the best albums of 2000 by numerous publications. Ah, now I get it. 2/5.

Very bland and plodding and way too long to make it a good record. The songs are generally pleasant but very forgettable.

Hi - is it OK if I push past as this is my floor. Many thanks.

Started out good then fizzled. 2.5

Not convinced

2.5

Might be something interesting happening musically, but I couldn't handle the vocals.

Big production, tiny voice

2.9 - "A" for effort, I suppose. I admire the songcraft and the intricacy in the musical arrangements (the intro to "The Book I Haven't Read" is particularly striking) on this chamber pop record but I generally dislike the overall sound, especially the liberal use of wispy falsetto. Similar to other acts within this vein such as The Divine Comedy, I'm glad to give it one fair listen and hope to never hear it again.

Meh...interesting but really not that great. 1.5/5

Soft. Easy going. Couldn't get into it.

Neither the music or the singing really brought me in. Butcher Boy was ok, but overall I just couldn't get into it after two listens. It had some motown vibes, but the singing on the record detracted from it for me.

Boring. Forgettable. Squawking at the end. Thank you, next.

It's really boring. I don't know why it was such a big deal and breakthrough for Lambchop

I decided to bring the hammer down on his one. The instrumentation and melodies in this album are SO GOOD. There's even a point in the 4th or 5th song where the strings remind me of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, and it's fantastic. Unfortunately, this guy has the most ANNOYING voice I think I have ever heard. His falsetto thing makes me want to go postal. With a better vocalist, this album would be a 4 or 5.

hipserbilly

Musicalmente funciona bem, desde que a se coloque para tocar apenas com uma trilha sonora agradável de fundo.

It’s bad knockoff Cat Stevens.

2 bland

I don't get it. I just don't get what this is or why I should care. It all sounds okay, but it never makes me sit up and take interest. Beck did this style 10x better on Midnight Vultures, which was released before this album 2/5

Great laid-back sound and orchestration (especially the brass). However, I'm unable to rate it any higher because of the unintelligible lyrics and the grating falsetto throughout.

Interesting downbeat album. Great use of strings, nice guitars, soft but rhythmic and well-mixed. The singer’s decision to sound like either late-career Bob Dylan or Tiny Tim on almost every song does bring it down, though. Best song: Up with People

Another of those bands I'd heard of a lot but never got round to listening. Got to say this was a massive disappointment though. It's got a Muzak quality to it I can't get on with. In places I want to like the chilled vibe it seems to be aiming for but it comes out bland and tacky. I also think the vocals are also buried in the mix far to much for the style but that may be a blessing since his voice takes on an annoying tone when it strays from the bass register he's normally in. Then we hit the song he sings entirely in falsetto and it sounds ridiculous! It just keeps going downhill from there... Roll on tomorrow!

Hmm ok :))

ok just boring and the songs sound the same

Highlights: "Grumpus," "The Old Gold Shoe," "Nashville Parent" A band could do worse fusion than classic soul with New Wave and country touches. The band can build an atmosphere, but they're at the mercy of the vocalist on this one. There's a very narrow context in which the falsetto works, like on the second track, but he often pulls it out at a terrible time. I try to appreciate this as something similar to Nick Cave, but the surreal, mysterious appeal of some lyrics mostly seem to dance around being a sordid alcoholic, and fittingly never arrive at something fulfilling.

Easy listening. Not really my thing and something that makes me wonder how it made the list.

Perfectly fine to listen to, but entirely forgettable.

I really wanted to like this. Started off a little like Pulp, but just became too bland. Not for me.

Average

Yeah, man. When your album gets classified as both "alt country" and "chamber pop" you know you've done something wrong. I can't give this a 1-star review in good conscience because the songwriting and the musicianship are both pretty good. But combine them and, for some reason, the end result is just... it's really bad. And all the falsetto vocals have got to go. They're so bad.

Each track is indistinguishable from the last and they’re all dull an boring

Not sure who this album is for - solid, orchestral/choir-like, and well-performed the instrumentals may be, but the abstract songwriting and lack of focus on any driving melodic or narrative themes means this one is a meandering mess.

Pretty monotonous, except for the weird muted falsetto, which was still boring. 2/5