Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Very early 90’s, felt like it was made for the first cd player in a ford escort
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Lame
Woodsound
I'm so annoyed. This is not for me at all. I actually like music so this album was a chore to get through. Everything about it is absolutely "mid" except for the lyrics which are awful. Like Squeeze awful. Like Chicago awful. Note to self: when you need to reset your rating gauge, consider returning to this album as it is the ultimate two star clunker.
ennen kuin edes kuuntelen jos on britti indie rock annan yks... no ei ollu britti...australia... ei yhtään paaremmalta näytä...muutama kiinnostavampi viisu pukkaa kahteen tähteen mutta taas pitää kysyä miksi tämä albumi, joka on yksi vittu pisara valtameressä jossa kaikki kuulostaa vittu samalta mutta ON PAKKo VITTU PAKKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KUUNNELLA ENNEN KU KUPSAHTAA!??? MIKSI VITUSSA==no joo on tää vähän parempi kun yleensä mutta perkeele...ei vieläkään kulttia vastaan.....anglomaanista keskivertokakkaa sen sijaan pursuaa...no pukkaa ehkä kolmoseen kuunnellaas vielä vikat biisit...ok ei pukkaa... four seasons in one day
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Hmm, well that was certainly an album. Very little that I liked about this. Maybe an occasional hook, but overall just kind of a snooze fest.
Not memorable for me
did not like it i will not elaborate
Very boring. No thanks.
Mais um que expectativa de agradar com a psicodelia não se concretizou.
Crowded house - woodface (1991) Notes - Pop rock album from the band crowded house - their song don’t dream its over - The singer’s brother joined the band in order to bring some new creative energy, which ended up pushing this album in a more upbeat direction Fav - Tall trees - Cool melody and guitar parts, kind of smiths-y Least fav - Chocolate cake - A bit too goofy for me, also doesn’t really set the tone of the album Nothing from this album really stuck for me, not mad at it but I didn’t love it - 2/5
There goes god
Pleasant rock that floated by but felt like it had very little emotion. I think I enjoyed Tall Trees the most. Reminded me of a lot of other alternative music from the era that I can enjoy listening to but not really find impactful, unique or worth visiting a bunch of times.
It wasn’t bad, but not something I care to go back to and listen again
Shiny surface, but nothing to find underneath it for me.
Beetje braafjes
Not my taste
Meh.
light pop rock. not bad not great.
Litt kult at eg fikk melding på slack om at da e sjokoladekaka i kaffesonen mens eg hørte på Chocolate cake. For øvrig totalt uinteressant album. Veldig P4-esque
I want to like this band but they are just so vanilla. Make me want to stand around in a cheap suit and snap my fingers.
Don't love the dual-lead, double vocal thing. Generally pleasant I guess, but nothing that really excited me. Just makes me wish I was listening to Squeeze.
There was one lyric about sexy pants and sausage dogs and that was all I really took in.
Never heard of this album before but i guess its a solid late 80's early 90s new wave rock type album. sort of like that guy phil collins? or whatever his name is.
Just so forgettable
This starts off quite poorly. Like Steely Dan without the intricate jazzy arrangements. Like Billy Joel struggling to get an "indie" sound right (but to what ends would he do that, really?). It's just cheesy pop, competently written and decently played, but nothing that forces you to raise your head and want to pay more attention to the proceedings. In my opinion, reviewers who compared this band to REM should have their ears (or their brains) checked. There's none of the intensity found in most 80s output from Stipe, Berry, Buck and Mills. It's very generic, nothing that deserves to be included in a list of mandatory listens. At least on first glance. After the first two tracks, things fortunately pick up a little though. There are the two undeniable hits from the record, first "Fall At Your Feet", still admittedly a little cheesy in the way the singer is here wearing his heart on his sleeve, and yet boasting a memorable and even timeless chorus. And the same goes for "Weather With You", with its catchy singalong group vocal hook and its mesmerizing jangling guitar line worming its way to your mind. In between, the more lively "Tall Trees" *does* passingly deserve those earlier REM comparisons. At this point, one may hope that *Woodface* is one of those records with a slow build, keeping its best cuts on the second side, with only a few worthwhile appetizers on the first. That sort of tracklisting is rare, but it's pleasurable when it works out on the whole... Unfortunately, 90% of what follows those three songs sets us back to that *thick* snorefest mode felt at the start of the album, with very *boring* ballads, mostly... Only worthy of notice are "Four Seasons In One Day", where Finn channels his inner Paul McCartney to give a delicate, subtly composed cut. And the lush strings of "All I Ask" color things a little at least, even if the song itself sounds like a bad parody of "third stream" vocal jazz... As for the rest, every slow track fades into the next without leaving much of an impression. The Finn brothers can be strong songwriters when they want to (see the examples above), yet one can't help feeling they were somewhat lazy when it came to the music they wrote for this record, with all those textbook chord progressions and vocal lines (lyrics are a different animal, but they can't save the day either--not with so many long moments where nothing really happens on the musical level). Curiously, a very short hidden track at the end of this record finds the band in a totally different mood, jamming and yelling together in what is obviously a live take. A messy one, admittedly, but something *alive* at last... It's as if the band suddenly realized how bland everything was before, and wished to spice things up a little at the last minute. But it's too little and too late. They can yell "I'm still here" all they want. The problem is that, as a listener, *I'm* not, and only wish to go on to the next record, hoping to find something at least relatively *exciting*. So... Next, please. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 888 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 59 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 29 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 25 (including this one)
Have to say I was disappointed in this. I expected to like it more but found it a bit weak and wet. I knew Fall at your feet bit turns out the Boy and Bear cover is much better
2.5/5. First listen. Sounds good. Like to hear more
When the lyrics could have risen to poignant, they felt forced. Chocolate Cake is a great example of a criticism that lacks artistry. Are they the cheap Picasso fake? Not sure they are trying to be ironic, just snarky. Overall, nothing here felt like it would have been in heavy rotation in 1991 and so is surprising to be on a list in 2022. Nothing here is bad. It is mostly well done. Just not enough to be memorable.
It's fine but nothing exciting. Forgettable and nothing I'll ever have reason to go back to
Maybe i'm not in the right vibe for it, but it sounds like a very generic 90's pop rock.
I tried. It's...okay, I guess. Just didn't interest me.
Mediocre in my book.
I listened to this album today and couldn't remember a single melody today, so despite people throwing around words like "masterpiece," I'm giving this collection of early-90s sitcom themes 2 stars.
Harmless easy listening. Not outstanding for me but I appreciate the 90s vibe this early morning.
Just a bit beige. Some really nice songs in there, particularly in the first half, but the album really dragged. Had it been ten minutes shorter, might have snagged a 3, but as it is it only merits the top end of a 2. Weather With You is lovely though, and I did know Fall At Your Feet before (but only because James Blunt covered it).
95% inoffensive but bland, plus certified banger Weather With You. Fine.
Meh.
My memory told me this was better. I guess that was the earlier albums.
This sounds WAY more like an 80s album than something that came out the same year as Nevermind, Gish, and the Black Album. I'm curious what about this album makes it qualify for this list. Sounds like elevator music to me...
The album cover art is great, the music inside was adequate. 2.5/5
This didn't really change my opinion of early 90s alt/college rock. It's not really bad, it's just a time capsule; it may or may not have aged well, depending on your relationship with 90s alt and, basically, the Reality Bites soundtrack.
Lyrics are pretty silly. Music seems pretty stereotypically 90’s. Overall, enjoying it but also won’t go out of my way to listen again.
ok, ekki ég
If this was any more middle-of-the-road, it'd have cats eyes.
Good musicians. Derivative and one dimensional songs all the way through.
I admit I don't really understand the hype on this one. It sounded nice but was kind of boring.
A slow sort of album that didn't stand out to me too much. No recognized songs
Bland. Didn’t finish.
The goal seems to be to rely on the harmonies to carry the band but this just doesn't work. The fades on "Chocolate Cake" and "Weather With You" simply repeat the chorus over and over. It's like they ran out of ideas. There is some very capable harmonica playing on Chocolate Cake and There Goes God but it's lost on this album. Italian Plastic is kinda fun but it's too late. The reliance on harmonies to carry the load results in a collection of dull weenie songs.
My co-judge said there's nothing too memorable on this album and we commented simultaneously on the lame lyrics on "Everywhere you go, always take your weather with you ..." Every song sounds radio ready. They're like an AOR version of Split Enz.
This was quite boring
Not my jam at all. Thought it was awful but to be fair its a well balanced album
Could be on any 90s comedy or teen soundtrack. Not my favorite
What a pleasant little album I couldn't give two squirts of piss about! Clunky melodies sung in a way that I'm convinced the singer is thinking, "Damn... almost, but not quite" and cringing.
Meeeeeeeeeeeeh.....
Esta madera está muy gris.
zzzí lo escuché
Basically harmless. Bland, but at a level where I'd turn them off if I had the ability within reach, but probably wouldn't bother if I had to get up to do so.
very meh.
Weird. They really like the weather lol
I've already had this one near the beginning, not listening again. Well written but pretty dull standard songs on the whole
kind of a boring uneventful listen. Finely crafted pop music but nothing stands out or excites. 2.5 stars
ehh
I didn't know for this album but "Weather with you" I listened it to the radio in his time.
eh... not that interesting imo 2
How did this make it into the list?!
Crap.
This pop rock/alternative rock album from Crowded House was their third album. I had never heard of this Australian band before and it makes sense, because their albums never performed well in the US. However, this album charted pretty high in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and other European countries. The music was well produced and had an upbeat/optimistic tone, but not my type of music.
Softrock..
Gillar hur dem gjorde narr av jänkare i första låten. Lite för poppigt för mig? Bra refräng i tredje låten. Bästa hittils Låtarna är väldigt likt uppbyggda? Speciellt refrängerna Låt 7 bra, nästan som låt tre
bakgrundsmusik
I liked some of it, but it's not something I'll ever listen to again
This is not for me.
It’s like when you’re in a Canadian bar and everyone starts singing every word of a song you’ve never heard before. That’s how I felt about “Weather With You” the most played song on this album.
2.5. This is #3 on “100 Best Australian Albums.” I was excited for this and expected to like it more.
Hot garbage.
Didn’t click for me. Dated production, some songs grate. Saved by a few decent tracks.
Za početak sam mislio sa ovim coverom i nazivom benda da u drugu vrstu glazbe ulazim, međutim nije tako. Iako mi soft rock zna pasati, ovaj album i nije baš nešta previše. Negdje je tako izglancan taj pop da mi ne paše, a opet imaju dobrih stvari na ovom izdanju pa sam u nedoumici. Imaju taj neki ljetni zvuk u nekim dijelovima. Weather With You, Italian Plastic, Fall at your Feet - dobričke pjesmičke.
A ne znam
no hate but i am kind of glad that the 90s revival never reached bland 90s alt rock. says the pavement fan. anyways why isn't don't dream it's over a meme yet
very MEH!
Totalmente desconocido, ninguna canción atrajo particularmente mi atención
Hmm, ihan kiva plus. Voisi joskus kuunnella uudelleen taustalla.
None of the singles were that good, but there were other ok songs.
Cheddar
Normal
nice, but not for me
A decent half psychedelic / half alternative new wave hybrid, but certainly nothing I’d go back to. Second half is EONS above the first. STANDOUTS: -Chocolate Cake -Fall At Your Feet -Whispers and Moans -There Goes God -All I Ask -As Sure As I Am -Italian Plastic -She Goes On
It’s scientifically proven that if you listen to this album for 30 days straight it will increase the estrogen levels in your body and you will grow tits:
Not my thing.I liked the Italian Plastic and Weather with You
I don’t know. That album did nothing for me. It was competent but felt completely soulless for some reason.
May need to listen to it again but it did not really catch my interest.
Meh. Bland late 80s/early 90s pop rock.
This album didn't really do it for me. There's nothing wrong with it, and I suspect if I were in a different mood it might've come across as more compelling. As it is, it's somewhere between 2 and 3 stars, and I'm not feeling charitable this a.m.: 2 stars.
2 hit wonder-band men inte värdig en plats i boken.
Was good as an album just not my type of music that's why I rated it low
Boring!
This was a difficult listen. I couldn't make it all the way. Skimmed it and still was unbearable.
My patience for albums on this list after 1015 is limited. So this felt like someone hit me in the face with wood.
Exactly the type of 80s to 90s transition music I don't really like. Always hated the song Take the Weather. I was going to give it two, but I started skipping songs after listening to half. Just don't like it. 1/5.
I'm gonna copy another review I read here that sums up how I feel about this one: OH GOD THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING TERRIBLE ITS THE WORST ALBUM IVE HAD ON THE GENERATOR SINCE MELLON TWATTING COLLIE AND THE INFINITE BASTARD SADNESS HOW THE FUCK DID THIS ALBUM GET INCLUDED ON THE LIST I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW ANY PERSON COULD BEAR TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE BELLENDING FORTY EIGHT MINUTES AND ELEVEN SECONDS OF AURAL GONORRHOEA THIS ALBUM DISSEMINATES THERE IS NOT EVEN A VAGUE GESTURE AT A PLEASANT QUALITY OR A REDEMPTIVE FEATURE THAT COULD PERMIT THE LISTENER A MOMENTARY LIFT FROM THEIR LUCIFEROUS HATRED OF THIS ALBUM AND WHAT CATALYSES THE HATRED THIS ALBUM ENGENDERS IS THE ALBUMS MONUMENTAL SMUGNESS ITS SO PLEASED WITH ITSELF FOR MAKING SUCH ASININE PAP TRUE STORY THIS I WAS UNABLE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE SONGS TOGETHER IN ONE SITTING I WAS SO REPULSED I HAD TO BREAK UP THE ATROCITY BY PLAYING MUCH BETTER SONGS AFTER EVERY TWO OR THREE TRACKS FIRSTLY I STARTED WITH CHARLIE FEATHERS CANT HARDLY STAND IT WHICH HAS THE SLIGHT MISFORTUNE OF BEING IN A TARANTINO MOVIE THUS ROBBING IT OF ITS COOLNESS BUT I STILL GET OFF ON THAT ROCKABILLY GROOVE THEN I WENT FOR DONOVANS ATLANTIS A CLASSIC BIT OF HIPPY NONSENSE FOR WHICH IVE ALWAYS HAD A REAL AFFECTION THEN MY INTERNET WENT DOWN FOR A BIT AND I WAS WELL CHUFFED BECAUSE I COULD POSTPONE LISTENING TO THE REST OF THIS JIZZSCAB AND THEN IT CAME BACK ON AND AFTER TWO SONGS I PUT ON LOOKIN FOR A KISS BY THE NEW YORK DOLLS THEYRE MORRISSEYS FAVOURITE BAND DONT YOU KNOW THEN AFTER THAT I CHOSE THE PASSIONS IM IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR A POST PUNK ONE HIT WONDER THATS WONDERFULLY ICY AND CORUSCATING AND I FINISHED WITH LL COOL JS MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT BECAUSE I WANTED SOMETHING FUN AND STRAIGHTFORWARD AFTER HAVING DEALT WITH CROWDED HOUSE THE LITTLE SHIT CAKE BAKERS WHILST READING ABOUT THIS MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF HAVING YOUR HAND REPEATEDLY SMASHED INTO A CAR DOOR I DISCOVERED THAT THE BANDS FIRST ATTEMPT AT THIS ALBUM WAS REJECTED BY THE RECORD LABEL HOW BAD MUST THAT HAVE BEEN WERE THEY LITERALLY JUST RECORDING PARTICULARLY CACOPHONOUS DIARRHOEA OR SOMETHING AFTER WITNESSING THE TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN THE PHILOSOPHER HANNAH ARENDT CONCEIVED OF THE BANALITY OF EVIL WHERE SHE ARGUED THAT EICHMANNS CRIMES LIKE SO MANY CRIMES LACKED ANY SERIOUS IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATION BUT WERE MAINLY DRIVEN BY AN UNTHINKING COMPLACENCY BOLSTERED BY CLICHED DEFENCES SO IF THIS MUSIC IS BANAL AND IT IS DOES THAT IMPLY ITS EVIL WELL FAINTLY YES THIS ALBUM EXEMPLIFIES THE BANALITY OF EVIL MUSIC LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM IS AKIN TO WITNESSING A LITTLE OLD LADY BEING MUGGED AND QUICKSTEPPING IT AWAY BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO GET INVOLVED CROWDED HOUSE MAY BE THE MOST GUILTY BUT WERE ALSO GUILTY WE COULD HAVE STOPPED THEM AND WE DIDNT AND WE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT SQUEEZING OUR CONSCIENCES IN A VICE UNTIL THE DAY WE DIE I have to say, Woodface isn't really my kind of thing.
This didn’t even have the decency to be unpleasant in a fascinating way
c'est pas un mauvais album mais il est oubliable en faisant tout ce qui a déjà été fait avec 10 ans de retard
Admittedly I wasn't having a good day, but I'm going to be ruthless. I'm tired of inessential albums on this list. There's so much better music out there. The main thought I had while listening was that it sounds like a tired echo of 80's music
Pretty boring. I'd rather listen to Don't Dream It's Over 14 times in a row.
I'm going to wear a T-Shirt with 'Crowded House' written on the front. Actually, I'm not because this record sucks.
First, their previous album had much better songs on it. Second, even that does not deserve placement on this list. It’s mid music, at best.
You can only imagine my disappointment to hear this album after reading Apple Music’s description of “Woodface follows the lead of The Beatles and Beach Boys at their most psychedelic, expanding pop music’s range with bold sonic and lyrical details.”
Väldigt meningslös musik.
Det räcker tydligen med en jättehit (en rätt trist sådan dessutom) för att komma med i boken. Meningslös poprock. Klarar inte tvåan.
Fuck off with this shit. 1/5
What in the absolute dad rock is this. So banal and bland in its totality, this feels like the most pointless album in existence. And weather with you is STILL horrible.
What if The Eagles were Kiwis from the 80s
Dull
These dudes really couldn’t accept that the 80s were over. Quite insufferable. Sad how this will tank the overall’91 average.
I’ll put them in the one hit wonder category. That was quite long and didn’t get anything out of it. Rating: 1.4
jak coś z taką halloweenową okładką może brzmieć jak słabo
Quite boring and sometimes ridiculous (I mean come on "Fall at Your Feet" really sucks and when the choir comes it's really over the top cringe). It was so lame it successfully disctracted me from work in order to add this to the review. Favorite Songs: Four Seasons in One Day
1. cake - 0 2. natural - 1 3. feet - 2 4. treez - 1 5. uueather - 0 6. moanz - 0 7. Seasons - 2 8. God - 1 9. Fame - 0 10. ask - 2 11. Sure - 1 12. Italian - 1 13. Goes - 2 14. Here - 2
This music drops to new levels of lame.
Some of these lyrics are absolute clunkers and its just so boring.
First album/artist I have never heard on this list and for the life of me I can't quite figure out its inclusion. This music is bland and sounds like many from thos era. Not sure why the editors of this list felt Woodface stood out. Not for me.
I am looking through a jack-o-lantern towards the night sky while asking for another piece of chocolate cake. The safest lite rock with an obvious ripoff Beatles melodies, harmonies, guitar licks and sitar. This album is the very definition milquetoast.
It’s so aggressively and competently mediocre.
I did not like it, did not get it.
Absolut inte
Background music.
Je savais que ce projet me ferait souffrir, je savais qu'en m'attaquant aux "1001 Albums", je n'allais pas tomber que sur des pépites. J'étais préparé, je me suis farci des trucs improbables, des vieilleries poussiéreuses, des expérimentations ratées. Mais ça, "Woodface", c'est une autre forme de supplice. C'est le supplice de l'ennui poli, c'est la torture du beige, la mort par la bienveillance, l'exécution capitale par la "bonne humeur". Ma note ? 1 sur 5, je sais c'est sévère mais elle reflète la réalité. Attention, ce n'est pas une "purge" au sens où on l'entend habituellement. Ce n'est pas fondamentalement un mauvais album car les frères Finn (Neil et Tim, pour cet album) savent écrire et produire une chanson. Tout est à sa place, tout est propre, tout est... calibré. Et c'est précisément ça, le putain de problème. J'ai tenu le coup mais j'avoue que j'ai failli abandonner l'écoute à mi-parcours, mais je me suis fait cette promesse d'aller au bout de chaque disque, même si ma santé mentale doit en payer le prix. Mais putain ce fut long, avec ses 47 minutes de bons sentiments et d'arrangements mignons. C'est "trop humaniste", voilà le mot est lâché. C'est de la musique de gentil, de la musique pour les gens qui pensent que le monde est foncièrement bon et qu'une petite chansonnette pop peut résoudre les conflits. Moi, je sors de la radio indé des années 90, mec. Et quand Woodface est sorti en 1991, on était en pleine montée de Nirvana, on avait le Blue Lines de Massive Attack, le Loveless de My Bloody Valentine. On avait besoin de bruit, de fureur, de chaos, ou au moins d'une putain de tension. Et là, Crowded House débarque avec... "Weather with You". Sérieusement. Le pire, ce qui m'a fait littéralement grincer des dents au point de devoir me lever et faire les cent pas pour ne pas jeter le casque par la fenêtre, ce sont ces harmonies vocales. PUTAIN, ces harmonies vocales, c'est le mal absolu, c'est tellement lisse, tellement parfait, tellement... Beatles-esque dans le mauvais sens du terme. Il n'y a pas un accroc, pas une fausse note, pas une once de dissonance, c'est aseptisé. Et la voix... La voix de Neil Finn, claire, honnête, sans filtre (enfin, sans filtre "sale"). Elle dégouline de sincérité, c'est juste insupportable. J'ai besoin de types qui hurlent leur désespoir, qui marmonnent leurs névroses, ou qui chantent comme s'ils venaient d'enterrer leur chien. Je n'ai pas besoin d'un type qui me chante que "partout où tu vas, tu emportes le beau temps avec toi". Va te faire foutre. Musicalement, c'est calibré pour le grand public. C'est de la pop pour adultes qui veulent un truc "un peu rock mais pas trop". C'est ce que les radios FM adorent. Mais moi, je demande plus à la musique, je demande qu'elle me bouscule, qu'elle me réconforte dans ma noirceur, qu'elle m'ouvre des portes sur l'abîme. Je ne lui demande pas de me taper dans le dos en me disant que tout va bien se passer. Bref, c'est fini, je suis allé au bout. Ma santé auditive s'en remettra, mais ma patience a pris un sacré coup. 1 sur 5 et c'est bien payé, juste parce que "Fall at Your Feet" n'est pas complètement horrible.
Exceptionally boring album. If rock music was formed as a some kind of rebellion against authorities, this was mostly "still living in my parents basement and my dad pays my phone bill" -level of rebellion. Many bands that succeeded in the eighties were pretty hung over in the beginning of the ninities and this band is one of those. Slow pace, kind of irritating sounding singer without personality and songs that you're not sure when they started and ended. There were couple of hit singles, but have admit that those sounded the same blurr as the whole album. The house was crowded with nothingness. The generation who listened to this kind of music was eager to judge late nineties and early 2000's high school/college rock -scene but I think this band was one of the reasons those kind of bands were born at all. And that was horrible music like this is but more honest.
I am only familiar with Crowded House through their absolutely insane Don't Dream It's Over, but when their album Woodface got recommended to myself I really started scratching my head and wondering what exactly was so special about this album that I should hear it before I die. After listening to the whole project I can confidently say there is nothing here worth hearing before you die, this is a pretty average Alt Rock album with not a whole lot going for it. The one song here I really got behind was Whispers and Moans, but even then that track really wasn't all that special. This album went in one ear and out the other without much thought and I don't really know what else to say here. I am disappointed but also not surprised in the least.
Did not need to hear this before I died.
Meh.
Between 1 and 2 and feeling mean.
Terrible band. Weather with you is one of the worst songs ever recorded.
After Sade yesterday it’s back to back blandness. The only song that I had any sort of feeling towards was Weather With You which I truly hate. The shop I used to work in had an in store radio which played it twice a day so I’ve heard it enough for a lifetime. Apart from that there was nothing terrible, nothing special, instantly forgettable.
Too sober to listen to this. 2/10
Почти Ничего нового и приятного я не услышал Как по мне жалкая пародия на нью ве1в от токин хэдзззз
The album feels boring compared to when I listened to it back in the 1990s.
I've definitely found some interesting albums on here. This definitely goes down on one of the more dumber ones..
Found this really bland and forgettable. It's diet Lennon-McCartney pop songs. Unless I'm missing something, I'm not sure why this is innovative or deserves to be something I need to hear before I die. It's not offensively bad or anything, it's just too "safe". The production is dated, the lyrics are not clever, and the album cover is ugly.
This album is a cross between Billy Joel and R.E.M. abomination. So bland.
Meh
Talking Heads for NIMBYs
Offensively mid. Depressingly insipid. I think I rated yesterday’s Tears for Fears record too low because I did not enjoy this at all. When I saw a Crowded House album without Don’t Dream It’s Over come up, I was pretty skeptical, and I was right to be.
Sigh. Why the hell is this album on this list? I don't get it. It's dog shit. At least Tommy was the first at something. It's hard for me to understand how this thing was ever culturally significant. It essentially sounds like a record executive saw the college rock radio scene making the jump to the mainstream (see R.E.M.) and thought "hmmm can we pull together a soulless, cheesy, pop rip off of that and sell it to boring people? I dunno, but we're gonna try." And that's essentially this album. It's R.E.M. but worse.... and i really don't like R.E.M., but at least I can respect them. This album is disrespectful to my ears. Sigh. I also hear shades of Big Star but filtered through 90s adult contemporary and that makes me feel very sad. The sound is soooo lame and the lyrics are just awful. Weather with you? Dumb. Four Seasons In One Day? Also dumb. Italian Plastic? Very dumb. The only song i recognized is Fall At Your Feet. I remember hearing it on the radio while channeling surfing and quickly moving on because it sounded deeply uncool, and as a teen it was important to not be caught listening to deeply uncool music. And sure, in hindsight some of the music i avoided as a teen is actually good and i was letting this idea of "coolness" get in the way of my own happiness, but in this case teenage Terrence was spot on. The only redeemable song on this whole thing is "I'm Still Here", the secret bonus track at the end of the album. It's rowdy and weird and a little punk? This one minute track has more personality than the rest of the album combined. I burst out laughing when it came on. I was imagining the U.S. government using this album to torture POWs in Guantanamo (probably people who don't deserve to be there) and then the silence of the last song hits and the poor POW thinks "thank god that album is over, i couldn't take one more second of it, I'm never going to tell these Americans anything"... but then the singer comes barreling back through the speakers with the refrain "i'm still here" like a poltergeist with unfinished business left on earth and then the POW just starts screaming "i'll tell you whatever you want, just make it stop." Sigh. I always thought that Crowded House were a one hit wonder and I fucking love that hit. Don't Dream It's Over is a beautiful song. I could listen to it every damn day. It is a hundred times better than everything on this fucking album. I wish they had just quit after their debut. Woulda saved me from wasting 48 minutes of my life this dog shit album. That is time that i'll never get back.
There’s one Crowded House album on this list. Instead of the one with the only Crowded House song anyone can name, why the fuck would that one album be this cheesy, generic garbage?! Terrible album that just drags.
I’m not sure I have heard an album where I didn’t feel anything listening to it. I’m not talking about a numbness that takes me on an out of body experience. I’m talking about nothing. I hear the songs start and finish. I hear the different sounding songs. I hear the lyrics and each individual instrument. I feel nothing. This is probably one of the worst albums that probably shouldn’t have been a worst album that I have ever heard. It’s not Grimes or FKA Twigs terrible but it’s not good. I shake my head at whoever thought this album should be included in this list. I’m off to listen to Blind Melon so my ears can get ear boners
I was forgetting every track as it played. Completely disposable and unserious. It's not hard to picture someone liking this. It's definitely a band, who wrote some songs, and played them, which is a thing people do, and then people might listen to it. What is impossible to picture is the person who likes this being remotely interested in an exploration project like this list. It's music for people who aren't that into music. I think the band isn't that into music!
the band sounds alright at first, then the kinda neutered vocal harmony pipes up over it. woof. it's only natural is the best bad song in a bad bunch. made me think of big star for a second. yearn for big star. why would i listen to this when there's big star? instrumental as backing track for vocals. ladies and gentlemen, the house band for television's "seventh heaven." orchestra. crooning white man singing sentimental lyrics. bad. i'll listen to some pop rock. i'll put on a 10cc record. but this is dreck. this is worse than supertramp. this is a 1.
😬
i really like the title and album art. I felt ready and willing for something completely bizarre. I'm ready to be impressed. These are the same cats that did DONT DREAM IT'S OVER (heyyy now heeeeyyy noowwwww) - which is a solid song. Early take-aways....yawn. CHOCOLATE CAKE has me running for the hills. Imagine seeing them live and being super excited they played this song. When I hear this song I think of zak for some reason. Vocals on first few tracks are offputting. It's dadc0re. i'm trying to put myself in the headspace of someone in 1981 and turning this on, but I keep just switching to talking heads. Crowded house sounds like so much of the safe early alt Rock. Train, matchbox 20 that isn't catchy. I actually like the guitar tone and little lick in IT'S ONLY NATURAL. It sounds like realestate to me. I wish they jammed more in that space, the lyrics and the singing makes it feel so formulaic. FALL AT YOUR FEET sucks but I understand why it was popular on the radio. Imagine loving this song. lmao TALL TREES I actually kind of like. the cool guitar tone is back. Lil guitar solo, like super little. Cmon just jam out a little you nerds. diggin the instrumentation on WEATHER WITH YOU, but i'm a sucker for that sitar sound. Chorus is super lame. they jump the shark on every song. its actually incredible FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY fuckin sucks. okay I'm just skipping songs now. I'm dreaming it's over. I wonder if it's called ITALIAN PLASTIC because they are using crappy melodica. nerds i really hated this whole listening experience. firm 1.
meh
The most boring middle of the road bland album I have ever heard. Hated it.
i don’t care
No
Een saai album. De nummers leken te veel op elkaar en het was vrij eentonig, weinig variatie.
Dull
Imagine listening to all the great albums released in 1991 and genuinely thinking that this mediocre nothing of an album deserved to be remembered. Crowded House had one song that everyone likes, and it's not even on here either. Some critics' opinions aren't worth paying attention to.
Hey is this the band that made the theme song to "Friends"?
I went to high school with Tammy Baker. No idea what she has to do with any of this. Maybe she moved to Australia? It was a long time ago.
I thought I liked Crowded House. Until I heard this album
Treacly jangly pop on the threshold between 80s new wave and 90s alt-rock with 60s psych throwbacks. Some nice melodies but really the only interesting this is the variety of instrumentation. It is sickeningly sweet stuff with vacuous lyrics, uninspired performances, and bland songwriting. Cloying 90s filler.
Trash
yeah my face was sad during this album
100% at det her var affirmative action for at få flere albums fra Oceanien på listen TIL at Crowded House ikke er et one hit wonder, det er faktisk et two hit wonder! For jeg har helt sikkert hørt Weather With You før. Mega kedeligt 90'er adult alternative, ca på niveau med det Sheryl Crow album vi havde for lidt siden
This is so boring, I can't imagine anyone finding this essential. Generic rock, reminds me of a worse version of REM than REM.
Soft rock, easy listening
This album has BIG 'recently divorced dad' vibes
Bro wtf...no
I’ve listened to two songs and I can’t take any more.
Seichter Psychedelic Rock.
Middling generic pop rock.
I'll be honest, I am not in the mood for this album what soever, I'd probably enjoy it another time but its a type of soft rock thats almost offensive to my early zoomer mind. im not sad enough for this album to enjoy it. If i were learning the piano or guitar id play their songs and sing along and no one would know who they are
I don't require that every band be dour and depressing. But this is like this emotionless, not fun Wiggles. Maybe? I don't know. It's not good or engaging. Sometimes the vocal wants to be John Lennon. THat also sucks...
Boring
It is a very generic album. Totally unremarkable. It was a struggle. I skipped through songs. I have no idea why this album made the list. I am going to round down.
Not my favorite. The music sounds fiiiiiine I guess, but contained nothing to make me pay attention other than the ridiculous lyrics. I kept thinking I was listening to the song with the most ridiculous lyrics, only for two songs later to be stranger. Nothing makes me pay attention like "But there goes God/ In his sexy pants and his sausage dog/ And he can't stand Beelzebub/ 'Cause he looks so good in black, in black."
bland and offputting in a way i'm not sure how to explain
I don't think I would have liked this regardless but I super didn't like it while exercising or walking
Uuden Seelannin Dingo ei vakuuta
Got about halfway through but couldnt do anymore. Really grated on me. I hate this type of pop music, I’d rather it was just full on pop rather than every so often luring me in with a soft pop version of REM just to whip it back to GMTVesque TV advert fodder
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
Nope. Not for me
Ei harmittanut.. siitäkö 2 tähteä.. noh ei anneta tällä kertaa.. annetaan 1.. katotaa jos saadaa 3 streak 1... Sen haluaisin..
Dull
How is this something we must listen before we die? It’s generic AF and boring
It’s wasn’t terrible. Nothing really stood out to me. No song grabbed me and this album didn’t reveal why it’s on this list…
Uninteresting.
Glad I don't have to listen to*that* again. Yuck.
Meh. Not a fan.
En ihan tajuu tätä. Australian U2 mut "raflaavat" sanoitukset? Kun ysäri kuuluu (välillä jopa 2000-lukua enteillen, vaik on 1991), se on kivaa, muuten jättää kylmäksi ja snadisti ärsyttää.
Yllättävän rootsia/poppia - ei edo. Mutta onhan tämä saatanan tylsä.
Beige
Bad dental music
Boo
Well, there's a small boat made of china It's going nowhere on the mantlepiece Well, do I lie like a lounge-room lizard Or do I sing like a bird released? I have no idea how this middle of the road, frankly just not good, album ended up on this list. 1/5
Man, this album is bland.
I hated this album. Hate hate hated it. 1/5
Nothing stuck out to me as good or relevant
It’s a no from me. Didn’t really get through all of it. Tried the songs out. Was a struggle. Nothing about the lyrics or the music struck a note with me. IMO very bland.
Not my jam. Not. a big fan of 90s coffee house rock.
Not for us.
Byl album dziwny i niecodzienny, to dzisiaj calkowite przeciwienstwo, czyli latwy i osluchany material z 91 od wyspiarskiej bandy, crowded house, tym razem wyspami sa australia i nowa zelandia, ale nie zmienia to duzo w tym, ze jest po angielsku, grane jest popowo rokowo, sklad tak typowy jak tylko moze byc czterech chlopow w bandzie i 10 muzykow sesyjnych dla wzbogacenia kompoyzcji, duet braci Finnow zadbal o strone liryczna plyty, a wokalnie udziela sie chyba cala banda, bo czesto slychac to typowe dla popu lat 80/90 chorkowanie w tle, na 48 minutach zmiescilo sie 14 trakow wybitnie przechodzace i wychodzace bez pozostawienia sladu w pamieci, po zakonczeniu odsluchu nie pamietam juz nawet jak sie on rozpoczal, na plejke dodam four season in one day, ktory jest jednym z najbardziej minimalistycznych utworow plyty, wiec kolejny raz sprawdza sie zasada, ze im mniej tym lepiej, ale taki juz urok muzyki popowej, ze im wiecej sie wymiesza na albumie, tym wieksza szansa na sukces jednego utworu i zloty strzal
About as exciting as an empty storage unit
Nope
Their enduring popularity is pretty inexplicable. Is it throwback to the 60s whimsy of Small Faces? Cause if so, someone should've told them Small Faces' forced whimsy was ingratiating. All I hear is commercial calculation, everything designed to prevent them being taken seriously--presumably because they also know their schtick doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
Given my recent Talk Talk revelation, I thought I might like this a bit more. But I didn't. Bland, unchallenging, meaningless music.
Fuck this album and anyone that likes it
Suena como R.E.M pero en pitero
Trying to find a way to care about this. Hmmm... I should know what this band's famous song(s) is/are. I don't think any of them are on this record. Ok, yeah. "Don't Dream its over" is a great song. Not on this record.
¿Es una broma? Le pondría cero estrellas pero no deja.
so this is what the police would sound like if sting wasn't a geordie. classic one hit wonder album. at least i now know if someone recommended crowded house to me i could return the compliment by recommending they fuck off.
c'est très chiant On peut pas mettre 0
Crowded House? That's because the government has let so many immigrants into Britain. They've not only taken the weather with them, but our jobs, our women, our country. Go home. Brexit means Brexit.
Constant-cringe seit opener, der glücklicher Weise die Latte so tief hängt, dass alles andere locker drüber hüpft. Dagegen kommt der Weather Hit vor wie von einer anderen Band .
Very boring. There is nothing gained here after listening. I do not want to hear them again.
the weather can take this one back to the studio
Este disco se debería llamar Zero Risks, Zero Chances. Logran con música segura y letra 'introspectiva' hacer un one night stand aburrido. El solo de armónica en There Goes God es el mejor del disco, porque los demás son terribles, los que logran calificar como tales, claro. Todavía se atreven a criticar a la gente new age 'There's no rebellion, just a chance to be lazy'. En general las letras me parecen malas, por decir lo menos. No conformes con todo esto, 14 canciones y 48 minutos que culminan con el hidden track donde se ponen "locos". Songs: It's only natural, Four Seasons In One Day.
trök. något som funkar i bakgrunden men inget jag vill lyssna på igen
Yes. . .