90

Découverte de l'artiste. Album techno bien dansant, des rythmes qui s'enchaînent bien. Pour être sorti en 89, j'aime son style. Il s'écoute en boîte sans problème.

Très très cool. Premier album électronique de la liste, ça fait plaisir. Un bon rythme tout du long, et donc une bonne construction globale. Je réécouterai ! 4.

Elevator music.

I think I reached Microsoft Excel flow-state while listening to this album. Really great and it doesn’t waste my time. I wasn’t a big fan of the first song, but everything after that is pretty great. Favorites were Ancodia, Pacific 202, and 808080808.

It wasn’t bad, but it faded into the background pretty quickly.

This is a solid 3 maybe a 4 if I gave more time to it.

There are like two 1-minute stretches of 2 songs that save this from being a 1. Shocking that an album with a song called “donkey doctor” wasn’t better.

Meh, too sober for this 2 ⭐️

Surprised by how much I like this one. And acid house in general. I was familiar with Pacific State, and am well aware with Primal Scream’s take on the genre on Screamadelica, but I didn’t imagine how inventive and listenable it would be. Good discovery

Siistii ps2 autopeli teknoo. Sama tunnelma kuin siinä atmospheric jungle listalla mitä kuuntelen, mutta tää on vaan acid technoa. Pacific 202 kappaleessa käytetään sitä samaa lintu samplea mitä junkassakin. Parhaat: Pacific 202, Cobra Bora

Ok - not my sort of thing, but perfectly listenable

Didn't really "get" it.

Surprised by this one. You can hear the 90s dance club coming, and were these synths influence for Gorillaz? Interesting stuff.

Slowly, but surely, I am getting thru this list. Album after album I am regretting it. This was bad....real bad. Why did I need to listen to this?

This is pretty good, hadn’t heard any of this before despite being into electronic music from this era. Complex beats and very danceable with some very nostalgic sounds of the time. This is fun.

I guess it’s ok to do drugs to or if you’re in like a space video game world

8/10

Shocked at the low ratings for this. For 1989?? This could play at a modern day club in Berin. Some not so great transitions or moments where I am very excited for a beat drop that doesn’t come, but generally really astounding work considering it’s all being produced with synths and drum machines.

Not my thing. Too much like a 90s video game soundtrack.

This would be okay for background music in a club scene for a TV show or play, but that's about the only occasion I'd choose to have it on.

Pretty basic tbh, but lowkey this did something for me.

Really liked it! Sometimes electronic music can be a bit repetitive but this is not the case. Would recomend.

A decently enjoyable techno-house record, and I see how artists that I do like, i.e. Aphex Twin, Daft Punk & Justice, would be influenced by it. Same time, though, I’m not getting addicted to ketamine just for the sake of appreciating it more.

Wonderful & exactly what I needed right now. Sounds somewhere between Orbital & Altern-8. Got to learn about the Emulator Loon Garden sample that also appears in LTJ Bukem's Demon's Theme

maybe i am just in a bad mood today, but this shit just sucked

I hate it (8 songs, 38 mins)

I would never choose to listen to this but I am glad I did. Definitely a little dated but the beats are cool.

Verkligen inte min grej så svårt att säga något om om det var bra eller inte. Jag var inget större fan, men de bästa låtarna har Pacific 202 och 808080808

This is a deeply influential album in EDM and deserves a listen. That said - does it hold up? In my view, yes. The warm basslines, subtle acid sounds and other layers of synths and percussion are all very satisfying to listen to. There's cool samples, loads of surprisingly complicated rhythms and melodies and it's overall a great collection of techno and house soundscapes. At times it sounds almost hip hop influenced, then it's more aggressive and techno oriented. In Pacific 202 we have balearic sounds, calming synths and saxophones. I'm impressed at how much is going on at once in every track. Favourites: Magical Dream, Ancodia, Pacific 202.

Cool album but definitely feels dated

Solid slab of acid house. Has an all time classic, a few bangers and a couple of duds.

Dit album was super hit-or-miss voor mij. De paar nummers die ik niet ondraaglijk vond waren zeker goed en beter dan een 2, maar de overige nummers hebben mijn uiteindelijke score significant naar beneden gehaald. Ik zal dit album zeker niet in de toekomst opnieuw bezoeken.

Weer eens wat anders

Matig

Ugh, I get zero vibes from this. It sounds like some cheesy, overproduced 80s dance trash that just doesn't hold up. Seriously, without being in a warehouse back in the day, throwing shapes, it's just bland, repetitive, and robotic. It's basically annoying background noise, not music I'd want to listen to. People say it's groundbreaking, but it sounds like something you'd hear in a bad movie. It's got no soul, and it's just... bad. If this is the best the genre has to offer, I'm gonna find something with some actual character.

Better that the 90's drum and bass stuff

This is another group and record I had not heard or heard of. I would have loved it if I was in the clubs in those days

Acid house, huh? Like that one LCD Soundsystem song? One touch? That’s a dope track. Let’s see what this jawn’s all about. Well, the first obvious problem is how samey it is all the way through. That’s kinda it for the problems though. It’s very well-produced and it flows well, and… how do I say this? It sounds like the cover of an Alvvays album. Or perhaps it sounds like it exists in the same universe as Alvvays. Alvvays is like the Twee pop version of this, and this is like the lighter, funner, acid house version of this heat’s self-titled. Don’t @ me bout that either. Anyway the obvious standout here is pacific 202, but there are other good songs. My favorite part about this album as a whole is its use of contrasting textures, like those vocal lines and the synths in donkey doctor, or the saxophone in pacific 202. It’s just a really really pleasant experience all around. 8.0/10

Technically influential as a pioneer of the Acid House scene, the album showcases a clean and sophisticated sound design. However, it feels somewhat underwhelming in its emotional delivery. While historically significant, it struggles to leave a lasting impact on a modern listener used to more intense electronic or instrumental soundscapes, ultimately feeling more like a background atmospheric piece than a compelling journey.

This album was a weird one. Was not expecting it on the list. Anyway some of the sounds were good, most were quite repetitive, it kinda took me back to One Must Fall and I did go listen to the soundtrack of it after listening to this.

Nice to have something different, think this was the first proper "electronic" album that has come up for me so far. Bit repetitive for my tastes, but I think that's basically just the nature of techno/electronic stuff. There was at least a decent variety of sounds and effects across the album, it's just that the individual tracks are too repetitive. Not bad background music. Could have been more interesting. Some tracks were slightly grating just based on the effects used. I think "Pacific 202" was the worst offender.

This gives me crazy nostalgia for old video game soundtracks. Stuff like pokemon mystery dungeon and the like. Really enjoyed it tbh, was a nice break from all the country on this list. High 3

I’ve heard much worse

'Pacific State' is a banger, but a whole album of acid house, when not living it live in a warehouse during the 90s, is a tall order and a bit of a slog 🙂 Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 259 Already owned : 60 Purchased : 15 To buy list : 1 Nope : 183

80808080....more like 80085. This album gave me an irregular heartbeat.

Beep boop Bing bop

После альбома в очередь автоматически добавился саундтрек к игре для PS и я не заметил разницы. Думайте. 2 звёзды за хаус и вог мотивы.

Pointless

Nice, good to work to and a good vibe - glad to have heard this and will come back. Why does this sound like I'm leaving eBay feedback? "top seller a++ would listen again"

I like it, some catchy, futuristic beats here. Kind of sounds like early 2000s Sega games

I did not like this album. This genre just isn’t for me

Bland. Don’t understand why this is on the list. There are other groups putting out better music of this type at the time

I really like this sound!!!!

Some pretty cool tracks on this thing. I wasn't sure this would be so interesting without the context of a dance floor, but surprisingly it sets a mood even sitting around. I got into sort of a head bopping trance, just enjoying the groove and being pleasantly surprised when it's broken up by a new idea in the form of an angular set of chords or a weird sample used in a melodic, musique concrète-y sorta way. It definitely is light house music, not the most involved house music or jungle. But, it was 1989 as well which feels pretty early for the scene, so that makes sense. Reminds me of late 90s early 2000s popular platformers vgm (Pacific 202 would be right at home in Sonic CD) and obscure ones (Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider lol). But, I like vgm and that kind specifically. It's good! For now I'll call it a 3, but I could see myself changing it to a 4 on subsequent listens.

808 State's 90 is not an album that I have a ton to say about. I don't have much praise to give, but I don't have any significant complaints either. Well, okay, there is something fairly positive that I can say. This album is quite impressive for its time. This feels VERY 90s, so the fact that this was released in the 80s is something that I can commend the album for. Granted, the album was released in December 1989, but it's still the 80s so it counts. But me saying that this album is VERY 90s isn't 100% a compliment, because that does still mean that the album is kinda dated. Like, I'm sure this would've lit the dance clubs on fire in the mid 90s, but it's a bit of a novelty to go back to in 2026. The production is solid enough. "Pacific 202" is quite nice. The album is at least short, so even if I straight up didn't like the music, I wouldn't have to deal with it for too long. 90 is certainly interesting in some senses, but is also not particularly interesting in others. It's an album that exists and there's nothing wrong with that. 3/5.

If it were Mario kart music, maybe I could have enjoyed 5 minutes of this. Just electronic noise; I could only listen if I were in the Silent Disco club, with no head phones. You feel me?

Obnoxious.

I'm not an edm person, so this isn't really for me. However, I can imagine how insane this would be coming out in 1989. It just sounds like the 90's to me and you can hear its influence on everything. I am happy to have listened to it but I doubt I'll be back.

i thought i would open this with the acknowledgement that ive never rly heard any of the actual Club Music side of madchester...predictably, ive mostly heard the guitar music that was adjacent to it. but i was shocked and delighted to learn that my main way in (and a place im Sure ive heard some of these specific sounds before) is my worshipful appreciation for sonic cd and its soundtrack. the songs that make up the concise and hard-hitting tracklist here do every bit as good a job evoking a little self-sufficient World. the way i currently listen to dance music is in the interplay between the rhythm parts and everything else...the drums more visceral and unconscious, directly moving your body, and the melodic/timbrel information filling up your conscious mind. perhaps theres something in the interplay between the sensory ascension of drugs and the physical act of dancing coexisting too? im far from well versed in any kind of edm, but i have to think this record excels at both to a noticeably stellar degree...songs evolve in such a lively way, never overstay their welcome, the tightness of construction makes the album just kind of work As A Pop Record, yet it is accomplishing physical and mental effects best suited for this kind of rave music. rly loved this start to finish!!!!

Ale to siadło do poe

OK

ready to get on the dance floor? 90 by 808 state is an ideal set for blasting in nightclubs; the kind of music that pairs well with the smoke machines and flashing neon lights as you sweat the night away. it's not perfect, sometimes it's rough and shrill on the ears, but this album is captivating and lush, a great little relic in the world of early techno dance music. some of these samplers are KILLER.

Glorious. 4.5

weird, but good.

Mindless house music. Nothing special. Nothing terrible.

It wasn’t bad at the time and I remember 808 being something of a go-to reference point for a kind of techno or techno-adjacent style of house that was a fine precursor to other, better groups. Now? It’s just dated. Them’s the breaks.

Got that house sound from 1990 I was expecting

More dreamscape video game electronica crap. There is certainly talent here, just feels robotic and bland.

Fine No complaints Ronseal

The perfect example of why I hate most electronic music. What separates this from the worst electronic album? I played 30 seconds before my wife, who can listen to anything, said, Wow, that’s annoying. Yep, well said.

Holy fuck. More British bull shit! I swear this list has to be a psy-op by the MI6 to see how much terrible music people can tolerate before they quit.

More electronica. All blends together at this ooont.

808 State – 90 (1989) On Day 72, I hit a wall with 90. Halfway through, I realized that while the production is technically significant for its time, it honestly sounds like a video game soundtrack but somehow worse. There were moments where I found myself bopping my head a little, but overall, it’s not a good time. This is one of those albums that sours the mouth, but I’m looking at it as a necessary step in the journey. It’s part of the evolution of music, showing how this genre started as ass before evolving into the masterpieces I'll encounter later. It earns a 1/5 for the listening experience, though I acknowledge its place in the history books.

I don’t know why there are so many club music albums on the list. This music exists to be played as singles in a club. Who is sitting down and just listening to 40 minutes of beats?

I can imagine that if I was pilled up in a UK nightclub in 1989 this would be special to me. But I wasn't, and it really just sounds like a load of noises. OK to have on in the background when doing other stuff, I suppose.

Bangin' '90s Acid House is a bit much for my tender ears first thing on a Saturday morning to be honest, but I've got it on quietly in the background and it's pleasant enough.

another inoffensive listen

Ravey fun, if a bit samey

This is certainly music

genuinely magical and i love the fishie on the cover

funky, experimentell, aber naja

Not at all my usual kind of thing, but rather enjoyed getting into this. Some dated sounds, just like you would expect from a rock album of this era, but the grooves were hypnotic, interesting song structures and hooks.

Really? Some kind of soulless techno/house. Must have been big in Britain.

Too bad I wasn’t cool enough in college to know about them—I’m taken by their sound and the way it is close to 80s new wave and indie (Depeche Mode, New Order, even Yaz) but also pushes into new terrain—I guess technically acid house, but in the bigger picture, planting the seeds for EDM. “Pacific State” is a pretty stellar song.

I listened while walking Ramona in some high winds and this music was a great match for that

Nice ambient music. Best track was Cobra Bora.

808 state were one of those dance bands I didn't mind back in the day (along with Utah Saints). Like most of their stuff this is a bit hit and miss. Some decent tunes and some that are a bit too repetitive for me. Pacific is still a cracker of a tune though. I might still have the single somewhere.

Its not perfect, for that see their later offering ex:el but it still goood

I enjoyed this one more than I expected at first listen. It felt like I stepped into a club in a late 80's early 90's movie. You could tell that the synthesizer and sound sampling had been around for a while by this point and they were really starting to have fun with them. Some of these tracks would make killer video game boss music.

Found this one pretty interesting. Not entirely sure what to make of it. It almost sort of clicks with stuff I normally listen to, but it's just not quite the same wheelhouse. Might look into this artist more some other time.

Cobra Bora is the kind of song I thought I could make using a cracked copy of ReBirth on my 133 Mhz Pentium PC.

Fun electronica, nothing earth-shattering, but I enjoyed the whole album and would happily return to it.

Woof. This felt way longer than 39 minutes. Probably fine for what it is, but not my jam. 2.2

Soundtrack to 90’s techno-rave party. Boring as an album to listen to outside of this framework

Not bad. I won’t listen to this album again but I don’t hate it.

I quite enjoyed this.

Pleasantly surprised...

I enjoy a good bit of electronica & this floats my boat. It effortlessly cool

An excellent piece of electronic music just as the 80s came to an end. Pacific 202 is a standout track.

belle découverte, album bien en avance pour son temps, l’album crée une ambiance incroyable un peu rétro futuriste c’est fort. Mention spéciale pour Pacific 202, son de fou

3 Stars (8/15)

Some classic tunes and sounds

I had heard of 808 State, but it wasn't until "Pacific 202" came on that I recognised them. As soon as that heady sax riff came on, it was like being transported back to the early 90s. Early acid house isn't really my scene, but I do like this all the same. I can hear where 808 State have influenced later bands that I'm big fans of. In "Donkey Doctor" I can hear early Prodigy, and throughout other songs I can hear elements of Dust Brothers-era Chemical Brothers too. There are sax, flutes and other unexpected instrumentation thrown in with the breakbeat techno sounds, making it all sound quite unique, rather than just thumping beats. Playing "Pacific 202" today still brings vivid images to mind of what it must have been like in the Hacienda at 4am. Not my usual preference in genre, but enjoyable, interesting and definitely influential.

beep boop robot music

Started out kind of liking this, but in the end I couldn't wait for it to be over. There are some good beats here, but it's a lot at times. It's probably a 2.5 for me, and I'm likely being overly generous by rounding up, but it is what it is. It deserves some props for being a trailblazer. Wasn't much else like this in the late 80s.

Right off the bat, this premise is quite unique. I’m excited to see how this listening experience goes :) I think after a first listen of this, I can see it’s very of its genre. Very techno, very upbeat, which is something I quite enjoy. Ok, after a final listen, I’ve come to the conclusion that this music is a bit too repetitive for my taste. But I think it’s good for pumping at the gym because of this consistency.

90 is the second studio album by British electronic music group 808 State, released on 4 December 1989 as their first album on ZTT Records.[4] The album features the single "Pacific State", which reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1989. Slant Magazine listed the album at number 54 on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s", calling it a "thrilling expansion of the possibilities for acid house and arguably the best LP ever produced in the style". The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Pacific 202 will always be a classic. I totally understand why some people don't rate the music, but for me, it is and always will be fantastic. A real pleasure to listen to the full album again!

Impressive for 1989 but pretty boring for 2026?

Sounds like what people in the 90s thought future music sounds like

i like this

Wait i love it?

While listening to this, my thoughts constantly oscillated between "WTF am I listening to" and "this is awesome!!!"

Out of the 300 British electronic albums on this god forsaken list, this is one of the better ones, and probably the only one under 55 minutes. Nothing really blew me away, but I had fun, and I was singing Flight Tonight by The Avalanches over every song. High 3.

Magical Dream - 3/5 Ancodia - 1/5 Cobra Bora - 4/5 Pacific 202 - 5/5 Donkey Doctor - 4/5 808080808 - 5/5 Sunrise - 3/5 The Fat Shadow (Pointy Head Mix) - 1/5 Average score: 3.3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ i was ready to completely write this album off as house music from the late-80s that's too dated for first-time listeners like myself to truly appreciate, but there's actually quite a few gems here that i didn't expect. half of the tracks are kinda trash in my opinion, but the other half was strong enough to pull the score up a bit

Simultaneously repititively entrancing and unpredictable enough to keep me on my toes. Very fun and I would love to lose myself in a club to this. Favorite Tracks: "Ancodia", "Cobra Bora" High 4.

if i wasn’t sober this would’ve hit better tbh

Well this was a fun one from a group that I have never previously heard of. Maybe not mind blowing, but there were some solid sounds in here that kept me moving throughout. Ancodia is a vibe. 808080808 (not to be confused with Death Grips' 80808) is top tier zoning music. Reminds me a bit of another song that I can't quite put my finger on at the moment. Solid 4 in my book.

This was an electronic album.

Really funky electronic which I was getting down to. Sounded like the song that Mr Krabs was trying to call into the radio station but only knew it as Be-Bee-Boop-Bop

This definitely has a vibe to it and I really liked some songs. Ended up being a bit repetitive on some of the songs but not bad!

They had more layers and more invention than almost all their contemporaries in early dance music.

Not sure where one song ends and another begins. Definitely not worth inclusion on this list.

808 = b@d

Cobra Bora slaps

background music

Shockingly modern late 80's dance album! It's kind of glitchy, it's interesting, it doesn't hang on to one idea for too long. Unexpectedly enjoyable! Best Tracks: Cobra Bora;Pacific 202; 808080808

I am a fan of electronic music, but I'm not seeing the cultural significance of this. British/personal bias strikes again.

1.5/10 didn't have drugs with me, so I guess that's why I didn't enjoy listening to this electronica DJ mix meant for between sets. Highlights:

*90* isn’t even my favourite 808 State album and yet it is still amazing. I absolutely love 808 State. What makes 808 State particularly special to me is they are my “John Peel band”. I discovered so much amazing music because of the legendary BBC DJ, but 808 State are the one that I associate with that process more than any others. He led the way with psych and prog, through punk and reggae. By the time I was hooked on his show it was quite indie orientated but also featured burgeoning extreme metal, ambient and electronic vibes. 808 State, when this came out in 1989, were the global masters of the dance music genre. They seemed effortlessly talented at producing track after track of progressive bangers, beats to make all producers envious, and an endless creative vision and melodic ambition. I can’t quite remember how many times I saw them live back then (probably understandable) but I also saw them just last year and it was still an out-of-this-world experience. I also met them all once and they were absolute gents and funny, but that’s another story.

J'ai grave aimé ambiance centre commercial électro c'est hyper cool à écouter en fond en bossant. Certaines pistes pourraient être dans la bande son des sims sur une extension genre nuit de folie je trouve

Ça change, bien en soirée

J'ai trop kiffé, l'électro comme ça c'est vraiment ma came, au top en fond pour bosser

Boop Beep geeat

This music does nothing for me.

beep boop honk shoo

Shocked this is from the 80s! Tail end, sure, but still sounds ahead of its time to my untrained ears. I didn't mind it!

Clearly a precursor to a lot of 90s genres: Big beat, breakbeat/jungle, and rave. I can definitely hear what influenced the prodigy "experience" in here. Overall, the listen was very enjoyable, some tracks were a tad too long, messy and atmospherically not right for me, but the craftsmanship is all there and the creativity is off the charts. Really liked it and will be looking to listening to more 808 state stuff on my own.

Not my jam

Mellow club hard gabber anyway house

Great driving tunes

che me la subió eh

pretty good beats, pretty standard nowadays but I bet it was innovative back in the day

I didn't know they did **that** track... well now I do

Helt ok?

Electronic music. Not my cup of tea. Boring, repetitive.

I’m not a techno guy- but- this was fun. “Cobra Bora,” “Pacific 202,” and “8080808” really stood out to me. Sometimes you just need the menu music to every Gran Turismo game and you need it NOW. THREE STARS

Catchy and fun at once. Makes me want to play Geometry Wars late into the the night or something else to vibe in a flow state.

Better on the second listen. I had heard of them but never heard them before.

Oeeeh een elektronisch album! Tsja, dan ga ik altijd wat rechter op zitten want ik hou gewoon heel veel van elektronische muziek en naar mijn mening is dat zwaaaaar ondergewaardeerd in deze lijst. Maar een album van een elektronische artiest die ik niet meteen kan plaatsen? Waar ik de grote hit niet meteen van ken? Interessant! Sowieso ook lastig om nou te bepalen welk specifieke subgenre dit is. Het klinkt best wel lekker, beetje vibey en spacend maar ook heel veel geaarde geluiden zoals vogels enzo? Vreemde elektroshit, dat is toch wel iets dat mn aandacht trekt! Zulke gekke bleepybloopy prototechno. Als je dan weer bedenkt hoe oud dit is dan klinkt het nog steeds fucking spacey en raar. Dat is toch wel heel vet hoor... Alleen ik moet proberen objectief te blijven en dan is dit niet per se mn favoriete soort oude technoalbum/plaat wat dan ook. Het is wel wat korter dan de meeste elektronische albums op deze lijst, niet dat dat de boomers op deze site gaat helpen want er komt hier geen gitaar aan te pas. Ach, ik heb hier verder geen probleem mee. Dit is gewoon een prima, best wel lekker album om je dag mee door te komen! FAVO: Cobra Bora, Pacific 202, 8080808

I mean, at least it's short

Surprisingly good for House music.

I think it's the first time ever I enjoy an acid house/techno record. Well done!

Música de nerd

T-square + Kraftwerck = 808 State

No.

Heard Pacific 202 from it before. I think I like 90s (well, 1989) electronic music because this album is genuinely quite fun 3/5

This was cool, crazy it came out in ‘89. It sounds way more modern than the 90s stuff I’ve heard off this list.

WE NEED MUSIC!! а не тревожность и ощущение, что я лежу в аппарате МРТ

My life would have been better if I never heard this.

My favorite part was the short run time.

How big would this list be without middling English electronic music? Like 250 albums?

Album #1,025 Perfectly OK techno music. There isn't a whole lot more to say about it.

Repeat

This is somebody’s vibe no doubt but it ain’t mine

Another album never to listen to in one’s life time !! Shit. Donkey Doctor 🫤👎🏻

Some of this was interesting. I can recognize what might be influences on later artists, but it's also hard to say if I'm just recognizing characteristic Roland-808 patches. As a whole this was just fine, but not something I'm likely to come back to. 2.5/5

This wasn't it for me. I found it really repetitive and boring :( 1.75/5

Interesting and definitely see the influence it had on subsequent music throughout the 90s and beyond. Found myself grooving out to it more than I expected. Not musc I would normally listen to.

Actually enjoyed and a lot less dated than expected. Hard to sit and listen to deliberately but enjoyed it as background.

I’ve been getting a TON of techno and electronic lately, which isn’t really my jam. But this was ok. It definitely sounds like it’s more from the turn of the millennium rather than 1989. And it’s kind of cool. Some of the songs like video game levels from NES games, some sound like a rave from 1999. So it’s varied, and holds my attention well enough. But I’m just not a connoisseur of the genre.

p622. 1989. 1 star. Tedious electronica. I am sure I played Candy Crush with this as the background music. Bonus point for Pacific State, but otherwise this is a hard pass.

Beetje oud

Found myself really enjoying this one. The sort of 90s techno I really enjoy- clever use of synth and 808 machine without too harsh a sound. Good background music for working. Overall- 3.5 to 4.0

2.5

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"It's 1989! It's 4:00 in the morning! We're tripping!" is what I said as the first track started up. It's a good accompaniment to the video I'm watching where somebody put a gopro on their cat and let it out to run around in the snow. Aw look at that cat, it's having fun. OK I think I'm getting a contact high from the music. This is great stuff. A couple of the tracks had vocals that detracted a bit for me, but it's mostly lots of fun. 4/5 stars

Sounds like dated electrónica but probably very influential.

Good background music for work. Sounded like perhaps an influence on the White Lotus soundtrack composer.

Megaman music.

I've never heard of 808 State but I'm not exactly in the loop on this kind of music; late 80s electronica is not something I would listen to by choice. This album kind of sounds like the sound track for a cheaply made, 80s-futuristic, animated sci fi movie. Like I can see the dude from Akira riding into the big city on the weird red motorcycle thing. I don't know, I only saw that movie once when I was a kid. And I feel like I will only be listening to this album once as well. Not my thing, though I can see how it could have been a starting point in this kind of music. I got bored quickly and was ready to move on in about 10 minutes though. 2/5

I'm sure it works if you are partying and on drugs. It doesn't hit quite as hard while sitting in front of a computer with a cup of coffee.

J’aime pas aussi

J'aime vraiment pas la house sorry ...

this would go crazy in a techno club but i’m not in a techno club. i can appreciate it and how it was groundbreaking for the time - it starts quite strong as well but i felt like i was going insane towards the final song

Some cool songs but I don’t think I’m the right audience for this

I didn’t have any party drugs at my system when listening. Nor was I in the basement of a club in London. So who can say what I really think

I liked it more than Daft Punk, but this really isn't for me.

Чудовий танцювальний та некрінжовий ейсід хауз/техно з ембієнт вкрапленнями.

Перша половина наче норм, а друга не зайшла. Та і загалом не те щоб моє. 2.5

Didn't like the first two tracks and thought I was in for a snooze. Cobra Bora is kinda dope. Overall pretty good. Two straight electros.

Three stars is my default for albums where I'm not that familiar or interested in the genre but assume that it must be competent or influential by it's inclusion in the list. I'm sure if I was high at a rave in the 90s this would be great to listen to.

I can see how those in the know would rank this higher for being fundamental in the genre, but it was a bit boring for me. Overall length was okay at 38 mins, didn’t love this but didn’t hate it. Overall 2.5/5

The comment section is about as interesting as this album. In other words: Quite. Also: Props for not making this longer than it had to be. I'm pretty tired after listening, but in a somewhat good way.

Weather channel mixed with early 2000s Donkey Kong video game music. This got old fast.

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5/1001 I'm not ver well versed in this genre of music, but I like what I heard; I think I prefer when electronic music is (was?) more on the lo-fi side due to the older gear. Someone on here called it "dated" and I think that's why it's so palatable to a 60s nut like me 4/5 boiiii

Before: I don't immediately recognize the artist or album title, one of which is "90" and the other is "808 State". Not sure which is which. Released in 1989, given the artist name, title, cover, and date, I'm guessing it's going to be something in the post-punk realm. Here goes... | During: "Magical Dream" starts off as a fast paced electronic number with a danceable beat. I'm assuming this would have been popular amongst the rave crowd but I was never really into that scene. In fact, I ever went to a single rave, although I was in my mid-late twenties during that time and many of friends went to them. I guess this album is not going to be too bad a listen. Probably going to get a 3, but I doubt I'll be adding any of these tracks to my 1989 playlist. About the closest thing to this type of music that I actually a good bit is The Prodigy's "Music for the Jilted Generation", which came out 5 years after this. You can definately hear the influence. And of course I'm reminded of The Art of Noise's album "Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise", which came out 5 years prior to "90". I just thought of them while listening to the beginning of "Cobra Rose", but by the end of the track, I'm being reminded of Dan Deacon's album, "Spiderman of the Rings", which is one of my all time favorite albums, but did not come out until nearly 20 years after "90". If you haven't heard, it's like "90" on acid, and highly recommended to at least give it a listen. I dare say, "Spiderman of the Rings" may never have happened if it were for "90", so thank you for that, 808 State. Sadly, there are no Dan Deacon albums to look forward to in the 1001 albums list, which is a major miss in my opinion. | After: "808080808" is my favorite track on the album. I guess there's no harm in adding it to my 1989 playlist. Not sure it will stay there the next time I review and sort it. By the time I got to the end of this album I started to dislike it just a little so on that note, I've decide to rate it 2 stars. I'm just not a fan of this type of music, especially when it contains few to no lyrics. |

Not one of the best albums of the 1990s. Not even one of the best dance albums of the 1980s, but it was a serviceable album that made regular appearances at acid jazz/dance/raves in the late 80s/early 90s. I don't think it belongs on the the list, and if they were not British, I don't think Dimery would have included them otherwise, as they have never been as influential among the electronica scene as their Wikipedia entry and Dimery's book would suggest. Very surprised to see this album make the cut from the 19890s, but not any of the Yello records, particularly ONE SECOND, STELLA, or FLAG? They are 3 of the most important electronica albums of the 1980s. It just shows that Dimery doesn't understand the electronica genres at all.

House beats, nothing outstanding. Ok as background noise

Cool in the day, very basic electronica now - ok for bg music

Experimental, I like. Very ahead of it's time.

#823. I don't have drugs on hand, therefore this isn't very interesting. 2/5: meh

Pure Mancunian club classic.

"90" is the second studio album by British electronic music group 808 State. Acid house, techno and electropop are the Wiki-listed genres. Yep. The band was named after the Rowland drum machine and their members included Martin Price, Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson. Commercially, the album reached #57 in the UK. "Magical Dream" opens with poppy layered synths and electronic drum beats and bass. There's Vanessa Sherrington on lead vocals. A happy dance song. Very 1980's sounding. The pace picks up in "Cobra Bora." Dreamy vocals and weird synth noises. Keeping the dance vibe going. The top ten UK hit "Pacific 202" opens with a horn intro. The horns continue giving a sultry feeling. There's a rolling synth and even bird noises. I can see why this hit the top ten. Dance, techno and club. There are heavy layered synths and electronic beats. Some of the synth sounds are very 1980's synth-pop. Overall, I thought this was fine and very listenable. The album length of 39 minutes was also appreciated. I can see the influence on the 1990's rave and EDM scenes with bands like the Chemical Brothers. A recommendation for EDM and techno fans.

1. dream - 1.5 2. ancodia - 1.5 3. cobra - 1.5 4. pacific - 1 5. donkey - 2 6. eight - 1.5 7. zunrize - 1.5 8. zhadouu - 1

Interesting, but not to my taste.

3/5 solidly forgettable study music; not offensive in any way.

Techno beats with repetitive lyrics, usually just a single line repeated again and again. Hard pass. Best song: Pacific 202

Ho hum. Nothing here that made this rise above the basics of its genre.

This was alright honestly, it was a bit funky but it wasn’t like unlistenable. Would I listen to it again? Probably not. Favorite song on the album was Ancondia, Pacific 202 wasnt bad either, the rest was all meh?

Other than some cool drums cool in spots, this didn’t work for me at all. The only track I felt the groove on was 808080808… sort of. And Sunrise was pretty cool too. But like the title of the former, this album was so repetitive, and not in a good trancelike way. Every track felt like a beat with a little (mostly annoying sounding) electro riff on top of it over and over and over. Granted EDM isn’t my jam, but this one overall wasn’t remotely interesting and I looked forward to it being done.

Vjerujem da je ovo zvučalo futuristično kad je izašlo, sad zvuči prahistorijski i udara mozak u sve dijelove gdje ne bi trebalo.

3.0/10

Occasionally fun however pretty repetitive, sometimes sounding like a really boring video game soundtrack. RYM: N Saved a song: N

In my opinion, electronic albums normally don’t age well. This album is not an exception.

A vibey electronic album. Didn’t hate it, but didn’t feel like I would love it either

“Arguably the best LP ever produced in the style” and it’s just the soundtrack from a low-budget video game. I let auto play continue on Spotify after the album finished and the best song I heard all night wasn’t even on this album.

This album hit me at the right time and place. I needed to get a lot of work done and this was perfect background music. Will I be coming back to it? No, but it did serve it's purpose at the time.

The jobsite hated when I got stuck in an hours-long dance trace listening to this.

shaking my ass to completion

not my type of music but its cool

Tough to like a genre that sounds like all other electronica music. And this algorithm has somehow become a sentient algorithm by popping two in a row…it’s sadistic.

This was meh to me, just not my vibe.

It’s a fun album that also happens to be quite revolutionary. The instrumentation is insane.

Definitely 90s electro pop

Grooved along with this one, but nothing stood out in particular. The feeling of the overall album I did like though.

Oh how I fucking ADORE this album. I love this sound and these guys knew how to mold the sound perfectly. Interesting textures all throughout with insanely cool beats

In between the respective successes The Smiths/New Order and Oasis, Manchester was wrapped up in their own house music craze: Madchester. There were more conventional bands with party-ready anthems (The Stone Roses), bands who blended together conventional rock with electronica (Happy Mondays) and acts who went all in on the electronic beats, such as today's act, 808 State. With Manchester already on the map for electronic music courtesy of New Order, 808 State was one of a handful of acts to follow their lead, and their second record, '90', is a dizzying collage of beats, samples, vocal effects and random experiments that would've been commonplace on the Mancunian dancefloors at the turn of the 1990s. '90' may be sparingly known outside Britain in the grand scheme of things, but its influence is profound. You can hear the roots of a number of successful 90s electronic acts (The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim) on this record, and for 1989, '90' would no doubt have been as breath a fresh air for Mancunian teenagers as Nine Inch Nails' 'Pretty Hate Machine' was to select American teenagers that same year. There's very sparse vocals of note on this record, but the beats alone are intriguing enough to hold your attention, and if you're interested in seeing how house music developed, this is an album worth checking out. Best songs: Cobra Bora, Pacific 202

4.5

It was the auditory equivalent of being molested. One star

Amazing stuff, really enjoyed this.

I appreciate this more than like it. It sounds a lot like what I think electronic music sounds like...which I guess is the point with foundational albums like this. I won't be listening again but I learned a bit today and that is a good part of why I am doing this project.

Started off good, aside from the really bad vocals in the first song. Next couple songs were solid aside from some random noises they'd add in repetitively. After that though, things started falling off a cliff a bit. Don't think I've ever had an album start off at a 4 but bumble its way to a 2 before. Decent enough electronic music, but yeah, too many issues, and the music just isn't solid enough.

Early electronic music simply did not age well.

I’ve always liked but never loved Pacific 202 as a song, but hearing it within this album made me love it. This is a very good album.

Acid house not my jam so ill leave it to the crowds to opine.

Enjoyed, but nothing exceptional.

Some very solid late 80s dance music I in fact danced to it

Ah yes, an album that has the most annoying noises ever created…. And yet somehow it’s on this list

Ahead of his time for sure

Nice refreshment after weeks of dull and boring music. I love how “Kraftwerkian” it felt.

Electronic music that didn't so anything for me. DJ needs a bathroom break type songs

Listened Before? N Pretty atmospheric electronica. Still not really my thing. I did like the popular track "Pacific 202". Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Pacific 202

808 State a forgotten name from the late 80's and some Acid House/Techno. Their album "90" starts with the track "Magical Dream", containing bright, complex programmed electronic rhythms, all underpinned by a heavy, pulsating dance beat. Though this initial track intrigued me and "Pacific 202" sparked a clear memory, the momentum couldn't be sustained throughout the album and my interest expired by the time the record reached "Donkey Doctor". Not my cup of Tea so to speak. Two stars. 1. "Magical Dream" (3/5) 2. "Ancodia" (2/5) 3. "Cobra Bora" (2/5) 4. "Pacific 202" (2/5) 5. "Donkey Doctor" (1/5) 6. "808080808" (1/5) 7. "Sunrise" (1/5) 8. "The Fat Shadow" (Pointy Head Mix) (1/5) Total - 13 Average - 1.625 187/1001 103/187 albums reviewed were new to me.

Sagde mig ikke rigtigt noget, men ikke absolut skidt.

ja ganz chill aber auch nix besonderes

8/10… acid house / 80s electro/ *1989

Techno slop

If I was rollin' my tits off at a late 90s rave and this was on in the background, I wouldn't be mad about it.

I’m not sure what I spent the last hour listening to. It was like Moby but not…

I love the albums that come way out of left field that take you down a rabbit hole. This album didn't really start acid house, but it was one of a couple innovators for acid house and the rave scene in the UK. I'm not super privy into how acid house started, but Trance has always been my go-to genre, so i'm very familiar with this music. Acid house started in Chicago, but quickly found a place in the UK and the underground rave scene. If you were around in the 90's, there were all kinds of news reports demonizing "Raves" as weird drug parties that were dangerous, almost like they were a threat to society. In reality, they were just huge dance parties with music, and yeah people did drugs, but nothing about this was new.....it was just a new name and the party would be in different locations. Although it started in Chicago, I think acid house, house, trance, techno, etc all are better represented in the UK and Europe as a whole. Once this movement took hold in the UK, it really only grew from there and even today Europe is pretty much the Mecca for dance music and it started here. 808 State was one of the pioneers of acid house and their song Pacific State (not on this album) is well known to anyone that listens to EDM. This is an album that represents a movement and a culture, and although there are a couple of albums that could have been chosen, it's awesome to see that history represented here. EDM and dance music has always been incredibly inclusive and offers an escape from all the drama, politics, religion, work and just stress in general. The point of this music is to lose yourself and just feel the music and not think about anything. It's meditative and kind of goes hand in hand with psychedelic drug use. You don't need to talk about it or have a conversation about it......just dance and let the music flow through you.

I find this kind of music hard to judge but it was groovy enough I suppose.

Well it was not bad, but more background noise than anything else.

Ummmmmm

"Pacific 202" was a vibe but otherwise this was a very boring album, like most of the electronic we've had. Just real boring.

so much electronica/edm music on this list. and they all just kind of blur together 2.5 stars

it’s a vibe!

interessant album, in de club kunnen hier wel bangers tussenzitten. niet denderend, ook absoluut niet slecht

Very bad

Enjoyable electro classic. Good vibe for focus.

Good tututututus

Some of this was alright and I could see how they influenced the likes of the Prodigy. Didn't stop most of it being boring or irritating bleepy crap I could find a million not famous albums doing better.

no

This is god awful

Bon ben c’était pas fou. C’est visiblement assez avant-gardiste, mais c’est pas mon genre de prédilection donc je peux difficilement dire ! Pas mon truc, tout simplement.

Rubbish

Really annoying. Probably a frontrunner of drum & bass or something (which I actually like), but I don't like this repetitive sound. Sounds very low quality

Just the type of music I was hoping to come across in this challenge. It was an interesting and enjoyable listen, even if it is not a genre I naturally prefer. One thing I value in this challenge is how it occasionally highlights pioneering artists and sounds I might not have explored on my own. It leaves me a bit more educated, a bit more musically enlightened, and it reassures me that, even as I approach my forties, I am still not turning into a grumpy reviewer.

This is dance music, not listening music. I had to fast forward through the whole thing.

solid house album. pacific state is pretty amazing.

Of its time but not bad. Pacific 202 is the standout, though not the best version of the track.

Wow, that‘s bad stuff.

Very annoying

nope!

Music for shouting over at the club but not actually paying attention to.

Not typically music I like, but this was great!

Fine for background but not worth paying attention to.

Vocea ciudata, melodii line si calme, dragut dar nu super pe gustul meu

not a fan

This was fine but I don’t understand all of the 90s EDM on this list

Fun early techno that has me picturing a car chase scene. I’ll put this one on the next time i need to run from the cops.

Why it’s here... I don’t know .

Alicia had to keep checking on me while driving because she “was afraid this 80s lounge music was going to put me to sleep”

2.5

Not good at all

I grumbled to myself this morning when I saw this album before me. Hooray! More British Techno Wank! Look I'm not British, but from what I've heard so far from that genre, it's a wank or whatever. From the boredom I endured on Pet Shop Boys Behavior or that Guy Ritchie heist movie soundtrack that was Red Snapper. I was ready to hate this but I was hasty in my Judgment. I enjoyed this more than I disliked it Yes, it's repetitive but that's kinda the point & the lyrics don't really matter clearly. I loved the soundscapes & grooves on Paficic 202. This is far closer to modern edm than the 80s Techno that I have come to dislike from The List. It makes me want to listen to Disco Biscuits or that take some, that'll make this a 5 star album. I'm too old for that shit. So I'm Pleasantly surprised by this. 3

Pretty cool

Daft Punk beta

This was pretty good, it felt closer to a later '90s techno album than '89. I probably won't revisit, but I enjoyed it

Aight

não estava à espera de receber ganda vibe enquanto estudava geometria. isto é grande ambiente tipo kinda hacker num filme, deu para dar um bom lock in enquanto durou

Hypeeeeeeeeee

4/5

I am not on enough drugs (any) to enjoy this music, though there are some times from my youth I would have been down for a rave with this music playing. It was great to jam with headphones on while I got my work done. I did share with a friend who loves this type of music and he gave it a solid thumbs up.

Was good music while I complete my workplace harassment training. Will I listen to again: 35%

There's definitely some interesting stuff going on here. The project as a whole I feel lacks direction and doesn't feel all that cohesive as one piece of music, but there are still a lot of cool ideas going on that make it worth a listen overall.

Interesting, if I liked this genre I would really like this. Don't have too many complaints didn't give me a headache like the other electronic albums. I liked magical dream.

Kind of an intense album. And not really techno. Not really trance. Sort of dance. Can't really place it. Loons in the one album was cool.