Reviews (page 4 of 7)
Overall a solid listen
Was hard to decide between a 4 and 5. Some songs are a little ling, but otherwise I feel like the sound just.. gets me. 5/5
Bland, banal, overlong. Shoulda been Storm in Heaven by the Verve
I stopped listening during track two. Dirge-like and uninspired crap.
Tried to get all the way through. Got to Hard on for Jesus and gave up. There's just nothing there. I'd rather listen to clanker music.
Boring
This album drips with confidence and swagger, with a good hit of decadence as well. You get the feeling the Dandy Warhols could have been the biggest band in the world if they really put their minds to it. Big open guitar chords and some actually really good rock synth work, and quality songs in there as well. Not actually their best album (13 tales would be my pick) - but a fine effort.
Strange—sometimes clever, sometimes grating. Clearly see where FF got a lot of inspiration from this for One by One. Overall, not really here for the total album flow, though.
Late to the party, I a Dandy fan in the last couple of years. Glad to see this album pop up. I dig it.
Be-In - A slow start, but it was solid, with a killer synth part in the middle. 7.5/10 Boys Better- It's a cool guitar riff, but the drone noise at the start was so blatantly obnoxious that I am knocking it to a 6/10 Minnesoter- it was a quirky little song that was fun to listen to. 8/10 Orange- it is way calmer in comparison to the previous three tracks, but it maintains a certain edge throughout that is both entrancing and a bit off-putting. 8.5/10 I Love You - asmr for lonely people, it's kind of corny in a bad way 5/10 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth- I guess it was intresting but herorin is pasae so it doesnt matter 7.7/10 Every Day Should Be A Holiday - absolute banger for real 8/10 Good Morning - its a decent track so thats kind of drags the sentiment forward 7.8/10 Whipping Tree Green - a calm little track that i enjoyed a lot 8/10 Cool As Kim Deal - honestly a forgetable track and all that but its cool 7/10 Hard On For Jesus - funny name brings it up by a point other than that its kind of okay 7.4/10 Pete International Airport - really really boring but thats fin it is the definition of mid though 6/10 The Creep Out - 8 great end instrumental track
I like the music, but the lyrics aren’t for me.
Wow they really know what they’re trying to execute and do it well. Nothing in particular seems that unique but the blend of all the styles together does give them a unique sound. The first half was great. When it slowed down in the middle I didn’t get much out of it but then I enjoyed the ending as well. Really fun one and would’ve never guessed they were from Portland from listening to it. Rating: 4.2
Favorite tracks: Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth, Every Day Should Be a Holiday, Good Morning, Minnesoter I was pleasantly surprised to see this album on the list! High school Molly thought she was really cool for finding to this band. Great 60s psychedelic vibes brought into the modern era. Rating this one is tough because I really love the songs I enjoy, and the rest I would be fine never hearing again. A lot of the songs felt just a little too long, and we're interspersed with largely instrumental pieces that really dragged to me. I'll go with a 4, but I can't deny that it was nostalgia that set me over the edge.
3.3 2x good sound but nothing too memorable
Pretty cool. Definitely hit some lulls, but overall I enjoyed it more than the average album.
At first glance, this may seem like yet another obscure 90s British alt-rock album meant to pad out this list with NME's favorite albums of the decade. However, that's not actually the case. These guys are actually from Portland, Oregon! Hell yeah! I love Portland. This album's alright. It drags out a bit and it's not the most interesting listen, but it's a respectable affair. The musical style isn't completely unoriginal. I can definitely hear the britpop comparisons that others have made, with a bit of a shoegaze thing going on as well. That's neat. The singing is alright. The writing isn't anything to write home about, but it's not bad either. The songs are solid. You've got some good singles in there like "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth." This album's not perfect and it's basically the definition of "Good, but not great," but I can see the value here and I definitely liked the album. Solid 3/5.
It's pretty good, not amazing but good. I'm curious why they choose the first album and not the one with at least one hit song. the first is not always the best or most important for a band. If I was at a festival and there wasn't a band i had to se I would stay and listen to these guys
I guess 1001 albums is a lot, but does this one really make the cut. Not in my book. Not impressed. At all.
Un álbum poco relevante a mi parecer. No me molestó escucharlo como "música de fondo", pero nada del álbum me llamó la atención significativamente. Creo que es bastante inofensivo, en tanto que no es un rock muy agresivo o experimental, pero tampoco tiene el gancho del pop comercial. La calidad de grabación y mezcla está muy bien para el estilo, y la música está bien ejecutada, aunque no sea sobresaliente... a grandes rasgos, un álbum olvidable que no debería estar en una lista como esta.
album koji je načelno dobar. ima super momenata (npr. pjesma not if you were the last junkie on earth) al ima i dosadnih i slabih; pogotovo smetaju zadnje dvije pjesme, bezvezne, bezdušne i potpuno suvišne – instrumentalne stvari koje zajedno traju 15 minuta. čini mi se da je 90-ih puno bendova pokušavalo nagurati što više materijala na albume (jer CD ide i do 70 minuta), ali onda bi to rezultiralo u konačnici lošijim albumima pretrpanim raznoraznim nedovršenim pokušajima. u tom smislu ovaj album nije iznimka. šteta
Long
Very much a mixed bag of an album. I like the upbeat songs here, and on the whole there is a lot to like. But there's a decent amount here that doesn't work for me. Not a fan of Sonic Youth, and the influence of that band on some tracks is obvious in a bad way.
honestly surprised at how good it was
This is 451st album and probably my 351’s Brit Pop from the late 90s-early 00s.
Hits are upbeat, rest sludgy guitars
Not bad, and really enjoyed a few songs, but after a while it felt a bit boring. Had to push to finish the album
real good! like a more shoegazey horrors
I knew of The Dandy Warhols but had never listened to any of their albums until this one. It started off reminding me a bit of REM, certainly from the same college roots. The majority of the album is pretty decent and, apart from a couple of tracks which seem to go on a bit too long towards the end of the album, I really enjoyed it. Certainly a band I might explore further.
Yup
This was so samey that to be honest at the end of my second listen I just came away feeling tired. Not for me at all.
Not really any notes on this one, just a very solid album. High 4.
Nah not really for me - I wouldn't say it's bad but it did lack a bit of character
Veronica Mars!
A true gem of 90s rock, an effortlessly cool blend of indie rock with psychedelic and ambient shoegaze elements, coming dangerously close to but never quite going off the rails into meandering pretentiousness. It's not as good as their 2000 follow up 'Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia' IMO, but a very fine record. It still sounds great and atmospheric and timeless and it's easy to be seduced by its charms. From what I understand, the Dandys never quite got the recognition they deserved in the US, even though in the UK and definitely here in Australia they were relatively popular. It's a shame the US rock mainstream decided to spend its post-grunge years in the shittiness of nu-metal instead.
15 minutes of fame that should never have happened.
The Dandy Warhols are an American band, a fact that could be missed if you'd only heard this mix of Spiritualized and Oasis. It's a good mix; the guitar tones are interesting and there's a good balance of spacier moments and straight up rock. "Every Day is a Holiday" is a standout. The songwriting is a mixed bag though. There are too many songs like "Orange" that are slow and spacey without being interesting, and ending on 10+ minutes of instrumental noise is kind of a letdown. It's enjoyable but it doesn't use its influences in an interesting enough way to be memorable.
This is too long for me. At least in this genre and era. I dont love it so MORE of it isnt great for me. Theres some standouts like Green or Cool like Kim Deal, but it feels way too long.
Perhaps I need to spend more time with this one to appreciate it more. On first listen it was more a matter of enjoyable moments for me as opposed to songs. I did really find myself into the closer which was a long psych tune. It was good but kinda just washed over me. 3 stars
Uff... retomar y ver que el que te toca es otro disco que no tenés muy familiarizado (y ver que el que sigue tampoco), y que encima es un disco largo, rompe un poco las pelotas y da ganas de desistir. Pero voy a perseverar. Por la Patria. Los Dandy Warhols hacen un tipo de música que realmente no es mi cup of tea. Discos largos, muy psicodélicos, hechos con muchas drogas encima, con muchas referencias musicales a la década de 1960, y un poco grabado para el orto (o lo-fi, o con mucho fuzz). Por alguna razón siempre que tengo ganas de escuchar algo así voy a The Brian Jonestown Massacre (especialmente su gran Take It from the Man). Sé de la existencia de los Dandy Warhols y la música que hacen, pero nunca me enganché seriamente con ellos. Habiendo escuchado este disco creo, no obstante, que mi apreciación sobre ellos podría crecer. Todas las canciones me interpelan de una forma u otra y tienen arreglos que las hacen interesantes. Pero el disco es MUY largo. Esto es mucho para los que tenemos una primera (o segunda o tercera) escucha casual del disco. Digo esto porque estoy muy tentado de ponerle un cuatro y sé que es demasiado, que si le pongo un cuatro a este estaría siendo injusto con muchos otros cuatro con los que yo tengo una historia personal. Pero sé que va a llegar ahí. Si no me muero pronto, los Dandy Warhols van a tener su merecido cuatro. Las canciones, si bien tengo que reescucharlas y ver todos sus vericuetos, parecen ser bastante buenas e interesantes todas. Todas tienen ALGO que mostrarnos, algún pequeño toque que hace que se destaquen por sobre las otras canciones. Obviamente, esto no es sinónimo de calidad. No me gustan todas las canciones (al menos no todavía): hay algunas que me parecen interesantes pero en un punto hacen un coso psicodélico que me parece raro y me choca; otras se extienden un poco más de lo que (para mi) deberían. Las canciones que en estas tres escuchas me parecen menos interesantes son la última (bastante larga, se nota que es de esas canciones que alargan para el efecto falopa, siempre la última canción de estas bandas es muy larga), y las canciones que más se acercan a Brian Jonestown Massacre porque creo que son las que tienen menos nuevo para ofrecer, como Minnesoter. Igual están bien, eh. Las que me gustan más: Boys Better, I Love You, Every Day Should be a Holiday (¿Mejor canción del disco?), Cool as Kim Deal. Creo que las que me gustan más son las más concisas y rockeras. En fin, buen disco. A seguir escuchando.
Something about this band that I appreciate is they understand the fundamental truth that Kim Deal is, in fact, cool as hell. This was a really good album that I went into without many expectations. The droney ambient bits are pretty cool. Favorite songs were Minnesoter, Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth, Good Morning, and Cool As Kim Deal.
Really good album! Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth might be the standout but there wasn't really a bad song on it
The Dandy Warhols came about at a pivotal time, where grunge had been co-opted by shark fin businessmen, pure rock had been flirting with techno and the nascent forms of nu-metal, ska punk and adult oriented alternative began creeping into view. By coming on down, they make themselves stand out with an unapologetic stance with their power-pop approach, evoking influences from past and present to create a juggernaut of organized psych chaos. While they didn't take heed from the man whom their named after, this album could provide itself as a soundtrack for those to wash amateur home movies over makeshift screens at inexpensive lofts, should one take the chance to do such a thing. Favorites: Be-In, Boys Better, Orange, I Love You, Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth, Every Day Should Be a Holiday, Good Morning, Cool as Kim Deal.
Ok
It was ok, not sure why the last two songs had to be so long but whatever.
I am genuinely unsure as to why this is on a list of 1001 albums you must listen to. I assume they were influential and that is what got them on this list, but this is dull and shouldn't be here. I don't feel that it has added anything to my life. I did enjoy the very start and very end, which had no singing and were slightly more experimental. A couple of decent beats in the middle but absolutely nothing to write home about.
Britpop but they went all in on dull
Nothing offensive. Don't understand why this is on the list, very average.
Only thing I knew before listening was Bohemian Like You. This was ok.
Not a bad listen. Once.. and that's about it, nothing really stood out for me. I see why they're called Warhols, they're obviously trying to be a Velvet Underground clone but without Lou Reed. 2.5 / 5
I like this album. I guess you could say it was Dandy…
I enjoyed the synth mixed with rock, though many of the songs sounded alike. They definitely have an identifiable sound.
7/10 - it’s decent has some electronic elements that I liked plus I think the dandy Warhol is a funny name
Solid
Eh not really my sort of jam, a lot of it just blends together and sounds like nonsense, exacerbated by going for over an hour. Boys better, minnesoter and cool as Kim deal are my top 3
Not much musical talent or skill on display here; I always pay attention to guitar playing, and most of the guitar work here is just strumming power chords (with the obvious distorted fuzz effects added in). But they've got a pretty fun, relaxed, slightly psychedelic sound. I noticed the album came out in the 90s; it may be ahead of its time, then, since I know a lot of music like this got big in the 2000s. Enjoyable, but didn't strike me as too remarkable
This is so close to being a great album. I wish Thirteen Tales…. Was the album that introduced the Dandys to this world. It’s grungy, brooding, shoe gazing, sludgey, poppy and trance like. Choice cut: Minnestoer
Liked it, but mmm idk. There’s something i didnt like
Might grow a bit more on me after another listen, could potentially even go up to 4.
This was very long. Wa-a-ay too long. Indie-by-numbers slop.
This is a messy album from a messy band. It was genuinely hard work battling through a sound that is deliberately under-produced. I'm all for raw records, but you need the songs in the first place for it to stack up. The lyrics have aged badly.
Based on the first track, I thought I would hate this. But, I ended up liking it.
Album 891 of 1089 The Dandy Warhols -...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997) Rating : 3 / 5 Another one that I enjoyed listening to, but I’m not going to take much away from it. If it’s on, that’s fine, but I doubt I’ll think much about it again. It has that laid-back, slightly psychedelic alt-rock feel the band is known for, with plenty of fuzzed-out guitars and dreamy vocals. It moves along with an easy vibe, and there’s nothing offensive about it - just not much that jumped out at me either. A pleasant enough listen, but not one that leaves a lasting mark.
This album starts off very solid with a few psychedelic garage rock tunes that sound almost timeless. Unfortunately, the rest of the album struggles to keep up, turning into a mostly 90s Brit-pop adjacent record. Each song is catchy enough on its own, but a bit too samesy to make a well-rounded album.
Bit too bloated and prone to bouts of aimlessness, but there are enough moments of sweet space-psych dandiness to make the listening experience worthwhile.
chill
I dont usually listen to psych rock but this was pretty sick. I was pretty surprised this came out in the mid/late-90s because it feels like such an older genre. Would actually listen to some of these songs again.
I don't know why, but I knew from the start I would really like this album. Am I crazy for thinking this band is giving Radiohead vibes through the first few songs (just from an instrumental standpoint, not vocals)? Definitely into the spacey vibe. Loving the instrumentals in Whipping Tree...giving Pink Floyd vibes. Cool As Kim Deal might be the most fun, upbeat song so far. Alright well I'll be back for sure. Had some songs that I really enjoyed (Orange, Whipping Trees, Cool As Kim Deal) and others I think I would appreciate more on another run through (Last Junkie On Earth). Pretty high 4!
This album felt like it ran a little flat and a touch too long for me liking, but there were definitely some solid sounds tucked within. Found this one to be front loaded for sure. Really enjoyed the fusion of grunge and psych on Boys Better and the minor vibes of Orange (sort of reminds me a bit of Dismemberment Plan or something). The fuzzed out I Love You is nice as well. And as far as individual songs go I think Not If You Were the Last Junkie On Earth is the best standalone and immediately memorable. The back half is mostly forgettable for me, though Hard On For Jesus is a great song name and also a fun upbeat jam to mix up some of the malaise. At its highs, I loved this one, and I might come back for a few tracks. But across the board, just a fine album. Solid-high 3.
Definitely has some cool psych elements to it, but there was also a lot of emptiness in this album that was pretty forgettable.
Very unique album with some crazy effects and cool rock elements. Really like when albums like this come up from a pretty popular band that I have never heard of. This album had a little bit of everything in it and I can't really put my finger on what genre it should be. Kept me on my toes. Especially the last song which was just a trippy cacophony of cool noise. This is a fairly high 4
I went through a big Dandy Warhol's phase as a young lad but it's been awhile. Already loving the spaciness of this first track. Absolutely loving Orange. Very atmospheric and reminds me of early Weezer. I Love You is a trip. Getting pretty shoegazey with this one. I bet Jackson hates it. Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth was the only song I recognized coming into this one. Makes sense considering it seems to be the most poppy one on here so far. Pretty catchy. Man that was a fun record! Part of me wants to give it a 5 but I'm going with a super high 4!
5/5. It seems like an evolution of Oasis, but American. Like long winded riffs but with a more grunge energy and I honestly don't dislike it. At first, I saw the length of the album and thought it would be annoying but it got better as it went on and it is diverse enough that it didn't get old. They even added some experimental sounds as well. It sounded familiar yet fresh, despite the amount of brit is on this list. Happily surprised by this one. Best Song: Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth, Boys Better, Cool as Kim Deal, The Creep Out
fantastic singles giving way to Pyschaedlic shoegaze jam done really really well.
Very interesting, I feel like it also pulls from a lot of areas, and its very willing to be experimental, like having full songs of just a droney single guitar part lathered with effects, which I really respect, reminds me of stuff like the end of that one Unwound album where it slowly devolves into drone. I also think the parts of pop that it pulls from of this era, like the Weezer-style choruses and stuff are great, I think it shows that catchy stuff doesn't always have to sacrifice some substance. Also the areas of like dream pop it pulls from (and expands in experimentation) are great. Its also obviously got a sense of humour and doesn't take itself too seriously, which is always great. Favourite songs: all. Overall around 7/10
Creí que no conocía ninguna canción de este disco, pero está "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" que sí la conozco. Viendo sus canciones más escuchadas en general, no es mala banda y tuvieron dos o tres mega éxitos. He añadido también "Every day should be a holiday". Serían 2,5 estrellas, pero redondeo a 3.
Was late to the party on the Dandy Warhols. Really enjoy all of their albums. That compressed 90’s sound usually annoys me but it works amazingly well for The Dandy’s.
Good
Bedre enn forventa
I needed this album today. Thanks, generator
Middle of the road, nothing special to be honest.
fun and brit poppy i'll say
Love this. I was familiar with “A long time ago we used to be friends. . .” from Veronica Mars show. I really liked that song. To hear an entire album was a brand new discovery. This one goes in my keeper file.
Never heard of this group, but really enjoyed this album.
Solid 90’s Brit-pop sound
Not too bad. I like the album as a whole as much as I liked that one hit song of theirs. Might give them more of a listen.
Background alt rock, unoffending noise, some lyrical one-liners you might remember but not much more
Never listened to a Warhols album in it's entirety before, which is a bummer! Really enjoyed some tracks more than their singles. 🤙🤙🤙🤙/5
This was not too bad.
It was very interesting and weird.
This was interesting. I feel like I heard several songs from other artists within the album. "Horse with No Name" and some Pink Floyd and The Cure seemed really prevalent which I thought was really odd. Overall, not too bad.
Once again one of those bands I know the name of but have never listened to. I'm really surprised they're American because something about their sound is so late 90s post-britpop British. And I guess that's why even though not too many songs on the album were memorable I still enjoyed it quite a bit 3/5
Fine, but a bit forgettable. I don’t know that this really deserves a place on this list. Interestingly the best songs, Good Morning and Whipping Boy, were not the hits from this album
90s teen angst vibes
Not bad but not memorable.
Pretty good album.Lots of jam bandy type songs
I’ve only listened to their hits so it was nice to go through a whole album in context. There was a lot more show gaze than I realized, but it still held my attention.
4.1
Easy going late 90s indie rock from the US.
Good stuff 3.5
Expected much more from this but got disappointed. Just o.k. favourite: "Every Day Should Be A Holiday" 2,5
Better than I thought it would be, I'd be interested to listen to more of these
totally snoozed through this one. Never even knew the Dandy Warhol’s were a thing, and I still wish I didn’t.
Producer: Alright yall, I think we did. We have a 5 star, 40 minute seminal album, let’s start ironing out the finishing touc- Dandy: nah nah nah nah nah. We got at least another 30 minutes, let’s get that five star down to a 3. I could see this being an easy 4 if I’m in the mood for it. Shoegaze is very divisive for me apparently.
Everything people think is bad about 90’s music is this album
Wow, I wasn't expecting this. I've heard the band name before but this is my first listen. At this point in the game this type of music is what I'm seeking out, psych, shoegaze, drone, mellow vocals, catchy guitar lines. Really digging it. I'm putting this on the list of killer finds by the generator. Extra stars for acknowledging the shear badassery of Kim Deal.
I didn’t really care for this a whole lot. There was some good parts. I just found it boring.
Solid album. Mic just sounded a little muddy at times, and it was too long, and droning at times
I didn't know what to expect with this album but was pleasantly surprised. Great soft rock/shoegaze. Very Portland. Very 90's. Good album for a rainy day driving around the city.
I really enjoyed the sound of this album, very cool and fresh. The distortion on Hard On for Jesus is top notch, the album plays with a lot of cool sounds. But here's another example of a band wearing me out with too many tracks. If they cut this down to a tight 8, maybe even 9 or 10 tracks, it would be a no brainer 4 or 4.5. But by the end I was just ready for something different, so 3.5 rounded down.
This is where I stopped? This is a pretty solid album that I enjoyed each of the many times I listened, but decided I didn't pay close enough attention to rate. Boys Better and Green were both fun. This seems pretty replacement level. 3.5 but I'll round up cause some of these were a barrel of monkeys.
I want my 3 hours back. I know the album is only a little over an hour. But bloody Hell, the droning and sameness of it all made it feel like it was 3 hours.
I'm surprised this was selected over Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, and I'm also surprised by the largely positive reviews when people seem to like shitting on many (better) albums from this era. It's a solid album for the most part. I like how they mix a shoegaze type sound with some very commercial tracks, but there's a lot of filler in here. Just skipping the last 2 tracks (which seem to go on forever) would improve it.
Rating: 7/10 A lot of catchy riffs and melodies but too long, could have easily been 4 stars if it was 20 minutes shorter.
A kinda bland and boring page in the book of stoner music, started off alright
thank you portland oregon
Didn't like these guys much at the time. I think their name put me off. The film about them and the Brian Jonestown Massacre - Dig - was pretty funny, though didn't really cast them in a great light either. This record is actually alright. Some well produced pop songs, with a few leanings towards more shoegazey, krautrockesque, experimental territory.
Nu-psych with some gems, but also plenty of bland filler that drifts into forgettable background noise.
Downside is their repetitiveness - songs sound similar.
Was just 1 long long song
It was okay. Drones on too long.
Chill
I had tickets to see them in April 1998. For some reason I didn’t go. Regretting it now.
Not so bad, but the name repels me so much it’s hard for me to even start listneing to it. I will have to investigate this album a lil bit more… but damn that name irks me.
Representative of mid/late 90s alternative pop/rock sound. Not a bad option to play in the background
Bien
90s vibes all the way. I think I enjoyed this more in retrospect than I would have at the time because of the memories attached. Some good songs but its definitely more about the feeling than the actual tunes.
Really loved this! Felt like classic 90s rock. 4* because the last few tracks didn’t match up to the rest of the album.
Nice, surprised. Would give 3.5 stars if possible
I've heard of this band. I know i have listened to a track just not quite sure what it is. It's alright not really my style of music.
Boring
This was a little hit or miss for me. Like higher energy stuff and some of it felt like it could have been cut.
Fun!
Never taken much notice of this lot although often thought I should. So this appearance on my list was somewhat welcome. Started off alright but as I listened it became a bit difficult to distinguish where one track ended and the next began such was the sameness of the whole album. Not something I will return to. 2/5 4/8/25
2 - just not my thing
1997. US. Alternative rock, power pop, space rock
I absolutely hated this, just noise with no redeeming aspects from my perspective. I would give it a half point if I could
So difficult to get through that I listened over the span of four days. Some of it really wasn’t that bad but I still think that’s a sign that my subconscious refused this music
A fine experience listening to this album, but one that couldn’t really capture my attention much.
I remember them, didn't have brain space for them yesterday - listened to it but it failed to resonate.
Blah. I’m bored with this album.
Some artists possess an absolute purity of purpose. Songs have a natural resonance that just seem to arrive into the universe fully formed. There's an effortless quality to every note. Songs feel like they could have resonated in any post war era. But with just enough of a modern twist - and energy -to make them feel vital. I am of course not talking about this album but another artist I had the pleasure of seeing last night - Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets serving as his back up band. Simply put - absolute perfection. Songs feel like old friends even if you're just meeting them. The simplicity is misleading - it takes a lifetime lived give voice and sound to what feels like standards. There are chards Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins all filtered through an unassuming English heart that loves the craft as much and the music. All delivered with charm and wit. And the band - inspired. A perfect foil for our main man. Surf rock adheres to the basic structures of early RnR but adds just enough weirdness to make separate it from pure tribute. I simply had a great time. Music that forces you to move and dance on the aisles - literally. I wish everyone could be there to see a 76 year old man convincingly sing "let's have a party". It's everything good about RnR - communal, approachable, energetic - FUN. As far as today's album - it's the opposite of everything I experienced last night. There's not a genuine bone in the Dandy Warhols. They steal as opposed to honoring what has come before. Shielded by irony, sarcasm and effects frippery. What the hell is this album doing on the list. F*!? The Dandy Warhols. F*!? this album. F*!? Portland. Because there is no zero star option I'm giving 5 stars to Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets. I'm confident there will be enough negative reviews to serve as a counterpoint.
parts of it are good but most parts are boring
What a lovely surprise to see this album pop up. This is a fuzzy, hooky album and it's a big step up from their enjoyable debut album. It has a certain sonic swagger about it, and is well crafted. The second half of the album dips a little to my taste, but for an album very much of the CD age (i.e., too many tracks) it holds your interest and is compelling and fun. This is a great listen, and a very good album. 4 stars. If you like this, they have have a good catalogue that is worth exploring. "Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia" is probably the album for you to go to next. Oh, and they are a great live band. Check them out. Would I listen to this album again? Yes, I do. Would I buy this album? I did. 1 "Be-In" - Wonderful opener. It's dreamy start into a pulsating groove. - 5/5 2 "Boys Better" - This has a great riff, swing and swagger. Super bridge, bringing dynamics, that then transitions smoothly back into the main riff. Superb. - 5/5 3 "Minnesoter" - The drawl of Courtney Taylor-Taylor is great on this. Again, the swing and swagger on this is great. - 5/5 4 "Orange" - 3/5 5 "I Love You" - Oh I love the simplicity of this song and it's droning qualities. It shouldn't work but it does. - 5/5 6 "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" - The wry humour in this is wonderful. Great song. - 5/5 7 "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" - Here's a real foot tapper. Wonderful, danceable, 'pop' song. Nice sentiment too if somewhat impractical 😉 - 5/5 8 "Good Morning" - Nice dreamy introduction. Good build into the groove. - 4/5 9 "Whipping Tree" - 3/5 10 "Green" - 3/5 11 "Cool as Kim Deal" - Short and sweet with a punch. Great. This is as cool as Kim Deal. - 5/5 12 "Hard On for Jesus" - 4/5 13 "Pete International Airport" - Weird, in a good way. But is it necessary? - 3/5 14 "The Creep Out" - Slow build. Hypnotic. - 4/5 Total - 59 Average - 4.21
Another gem discovered through this list. Started strong, a few duds, but the highs are damn high. Be-in, Good Morning, Green, Hard on for Jesus, The Creep Out. Lovely mélange of genres!
pretty averagea
the dandy warhols aren’t british………….. good stuff! shocked i didn’t get super into this band when i was a teenager
DIG! was the first movie we screened with Truth and Dare, and I watched it three times and still never sat down and listened to Dandy Warhols (or BJM for that matter!). I even wrote about how they didn’t seem very good, and how that was a lot of what made the movie work. Well - turns out I do like it! It sounds good! Having seen the doc also made me enjoy it more, tbf!
cant really explain why but i was anticipating this pissing me tf off but it was actually pretty good! i love space rock so all the spacey stuff works on me
This may seem an odd, generic forgettable choice at first. But I really think combining shoegaze and rock and pop together like this is really special. These guys do it well, where it doesn't sound like just some shoegaze music, it could also just be fun pop songs. But fuck me, why is this an hour long? There's an incredible album here just being hoisted down by fluff :(. Still a 4 star tho cause the first half is so killer
Boys Better, Minnesoter, and Orange.
When the album started I thought it was nice but, as the songs went on, I started to lose interest on it. It's 90's alt rock... If you like it, good for you, but something that sounds like an Oasis album with some electronic sounds and bland intros (so you call it psychedelic – if the endlessly repetitive, ambient and uninteresting Pete International Airport is not an example of this but extrapolated to a whole "song") and repetitive lyrics is just not for me. Some songs weren't bad, but I wouldn't listen to the whole album again just to listen to them (in case I would want to listen to them again, which is not my intention for now). At least the last song, The Creep Out, is a nice ending with a better psychedelic attempt (if the album had more of it instead of... nearly all the rest).
Mediano, embora abuse de riffs repetitivos, camadas de guitarras com fuzz e teclados. Também não gosto muito desta opção de mixagem do música psicodélica moderna que se utiliza do excesso de camadas, tornando o som meio confuso e "embolado".
Erinneret mi ä bitz a Nirvana, aber vill weniger hässig.
be-in fangt leider so ah wie ich mir es 90er indie ding vorstell. noch 3 minute goht de song langsam los dasch guet. huuuere viel sounds e riese wand. ich verstoh de approach aber die ganze drone sounds sind gad chli viel für mich. boys better gfallt mer no, aber au wieder sooo luuut und z viel sounds. minnesoter und orange hend mi meh ufgregt. not if you were the last junkie on earth isch sehr cool sehr oasis, sehr geile titel. d production findi immerno nervig. bi whipping tree ghört mer de gsang nöd. s riff wär no herzig. haha hard on for jesus funny. afang vo the creep out wieder guet. ich ha afoch gern talkbox gitarre. songs vorher sehr fest a mir verbi. dasch es zwei. schono cooli idee aber d production und de seltsam gflüsteret gsang züchts uf es 2 abe.
be-in gfalltmer schomal! chli postgrunge mässig, s erinneret mich chli ane ruhigeri version vo nirvana (mit synthis) SPACE ROCK nenns doch grad meteorit HE JA MEGA sochli grunge meets brit pop?? aso d gitarre erinneret mich v.a. chli an kurt ohh orange gfalltmer sehr! I love you weniger hahaha hmm jz verlürtsmi langsam echli, d lieder sind voll okay aber mached jz nöd vill mit mier green chammer mache puh also die letschte 2 lieder sind jz nöd gad nötig... BRUDER es passiert ja echt NÜT und es isch nödmal e cooli atmosphäre wo sie kreiieret, es isch eifach langwiligs repetitivs gedösel?? git vlt 1 stern abzug de ahfang isch für mich es 4i gsi, no e spannendi fusion vo sache aber spötistrns ab de hälfti hets für mich doch sehr abgno blibt aber ufeme 3 glaub , füres 2 isch de ahfang schochli zu cool gsi
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Another album in my wheelhouse that I’d never listened to before. Some really strong songs on here. I can see coming back to this one as a fun listen. ……. Welp. Now that I’ve listened to every single second of “Pete International Airport” and “The Creepout” I can say that this album is FAT. The individual songs have a lot of fat on them, and the album itself has about six songs that could’ve been mysteriously erased and no one would’ve missed them. Were they afraid they’d never make another album, so they decided to publish as much material as possible? Did they get some kind of bonus from the record company for filling up all the space on a CD? Was it something to do with royalties? Who knows. All I know is you’ve got about 6 strong songs here, 2 or 3 them are bangers- so the verdict has to be- even though we used to be friends a long time ago- THREE STARS
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. From the look of the cover I was not expecting much, but I actually really enjoyed this. I loved the shoegaze-y vibe of it, and it felt very inspired by The Smashing Pumpkins. I could have done without some songs (esp. Minnesoter and Green), but overall, great album.
Perfectly captures The Dandy Warhols - seriously great 90s rock, with huge guitars and the britpop sense of strong melodies (see 'Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth'), and then they completely lose theirselves in the end. The last two tracks are awful.
I don’t care that you make an otherwise fine 90’s rock album. If you release 66 minutes of music where the last two songs, worth 15 minutes alone, is total waste of everyone’s time, it’s unforgivable. Total lack of discipline and respect from a the Dandy Warhols.
Pretty boring. Maybe in 1997 it was something new, but if you’re going to call yourselves the Dandy Warhols you gotta come stronger than that.
Ok
rly rough day today so i rly couldnt take anything that would be a challenge, thankfully despite my lack of current articulative ability i happened to roll this Melodic, Eclectic, Sound-Focused Rock Album so im playing total easy mode. not rly able to form thoughts or words but this was wonderfully inviting and comfortable...lots of great little sounds, lots of yummy tunes, and lots of great overall pacing through which the different Types of songs can be deployed. im sure ill enjoy it even more if i listen a bit more lucid, but dont let my terseness undersell just how pleasing of an experience this was
Not as jingly jangly guitar as I anticipated. There is quite a few synth/pop tracks that have a acid/pysch rock feel. Some tracks remind me of Django Django, which this band clearly influenced, which is no bad thing. Overall, better than anticipated.
6 / 10 Started off really good and took me by surprise, however I found it slowed down and failed to recapture me, still a good listen tho
surprised me, vibe with a lot of the songs
slow build but when that beat hits it hits. Be in is a nice tune when it gets going. and then it overstays its welcome. boys better is a good tune. oranges is such a vibe. honestly i reckon this album on acid would be a belter. some beautiful melodys. its a vibe, at times drags but i feel that is the point. really enjoying it. everyday should be a holiday 100
1-2 songs were of interest and the rest bland. Not awful, just not my taste.
Not bad. Better than expected - similar to lots of albums on this list (like that Jesus and Mary Chain album from a few days ago) but somehow, in a way I can’t articulate well, a little better and more distinctive. Still not excellent, but nice enough. Favorites: Boys Better, I Love You, Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
Boring
A wild one but not for revisits
I've had this cd forever and played the hell out of it when I got it. Be-In and Boys Better set a nice tone for what follows--ethereal and idiosyncratic. I absolutely HATE band names that pun on things irrelevant, but grrr can't avoid it.
The Dandy Warhols Go Up and Come Down. They hit heights and scrape lows. There are some great tunes here but sometimes there’s just not enough to grab you but conversely it goes on and on too long. I’d happily listen to selected highlights but ditch the rest.
I didn't get to give this a proper listen but there's a lot of good stuff going on. Some of it is a bit annoying but I think thats the point. I will need to go back and listen more.
I was introduced to this band as a reviewer — got served their first album and wasn't particularly impressed. Then, as part of a biz trip to Boston, a friend turned me onto this album upon its release and the rest, as they say, is history. Loved this immediately. The guitar driven, synthy, lush, saturated psychedelic pop took me on a trip, and this has been a fave ever since. Not perfect, there are a couple of tunes toward the end that, IMO, would have better served as extra material (or something other than included on this release), but I'm giving this 4.5 the bump because it started my love affair with the band. P.S. This album is not included in the printed version of the book, which is why I served up a later release in our extracurricular enterprise. Glad this made it in, it deserves it.
i've always had a soft spot for this one. The sound is glorious. Having said that, it's a bit too long (like so many albums from this time) and the songwriting isn't quite as strong in the middle.
When Andre turned me on to the Dandy Warhols, I was all in. Still am and so are our kids. This is just a perfect album. Every song just oozes cool.
They are trying so hard to be The Pixies that they don’t really establish their own identity and so the album becomes a bit muddled in what it wants to be. 4/10
No habia prestado atencion a los Dandy Warhols mas alla de los exitos Bohemian Like you y We used to be friends. Este disco ha sido una sorpresa, por momentos se acerca al britpop mas blur y en otros al trance groove. Me ha gustado.
I do love the dandys
Pretty good!
I couldn't get into this. The Dandy Warhols just sound so fake and inauthentic. Very generic. An American band regurgitating Britpop half a decade too late. BJM won the fight.
Very uncompelling, except for some great wordplay in a few of the tracks and titles.
Meh
An interesting mix of grunge and classic rock influences. I especially like the psychedelic influences here
"...The Dandy Warhols Come Down" is the second studio album by American rock band the Dandy Warhols. Alternative rock, power pop and space rock are the Wiki-listed genres. Yeah, they fit into those styles. The band recorded an album, "The Black Album," before this album that was rejected by their label, "Capitol," for containing "no hit singles." Capitol reached out to Tony Lash to produce the new album since he had produced their debut album "Dandy Rule OK." The bandmembers included Courtney Taylor-Taylor (lead vocals, guitar), Peter Holmström (guitar, vocals), Zia McCabe (keyboard bass, keyboards, percussion. Vocals) and Eric Hedford (drums, vocals). The album received generally positive reviews and, commercially, hit #16 in the UK and #22 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Chart. "Be In" opens the album with a long spacey synth intro. This leads into layered guitars, a drum beat, an organ-sounding synth and echoing vocals. A harder edge to the guitar and droning synth gives this a spacey/psychedelic vibe which fits the loneliness/druggy lyrics. The third single "Boys Better" continue with the layered guitars, the upfront organ-sounding synth and spacey/pyschedelic sound. Reverb on the guitar. I think it's about hipsters and a girl they should be afraid of. Taylor-Taylor said the first single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" was written about his girlfriend who became addicted to heroin while he was on tour. The famous opening line of "Heroin is so passé ." This song is more poppy with a 60's sound to the beat and guitars. "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" speeds it up a bit with the drums and guitars. It's kind of groovy with the keyboard sound. A simple message: just have fun. Taylor-Taylor describes that moment of transition between a dream and waking up in "Good Morning." A slow start transitions to a nice standard rock song. I have to be honest; I'm confused to what this band wanted to be on this album. Their singles and several other songs see them as a more 60's sounding, glam rock/pop band and then the rest of the songs are some sort combination of space rock, stoner rock and pyschedelia. The album suffers terribly from being in the cd era and overly long (66 minutes). They should have just ended the album after song eight (and about a 35-minute album). This would have been a totally different review. And what's with the last fifteen minutes being spaced-out instrumentals. Was that needed? I do like their three-released singles and maybe one or two other songs. So, I'd recommend listening to those songs and skipping over the rest unless you like listening to inconsequential stoner rock, then it's all on you.
A hazy, playful mix of shoegaze textures, psychedelic grooves, and slacker cool, … 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 feels like the laid-back American cousin of Ride’s 𝘕𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. The swirling guitars and dreamy atmospheres are there, but traded in are the melancholy and intensity for irony, looseness, and west coast nonchalance. Not every track stands out, but the overall vibe is immersive and unique — a charming slice of 90s neo-psychedelia that still sounds fresh today.
The dandy warhols weren’t half as dandy as they seemed to think they were. Just ask Len Houmous! 2.8 7/14 Everyday Should Be A Holiday
I know they had some bangers later, but I can tell they were young when this came out. A lot of being in love with weird sounds.
I didn’t mind this album playing in the background while I was working. That said, I don't think I would like it otherwise. That is, unless I was high. Then, it would be amazing!
I haven’t listened to this beauty for a few years, and it’s better than I remember it being. However, I find that repeated listens can wear you out, which is probably why I haven’t listened to it for a few years. This is the intersection between pop, shoegaze and post grunge, which is a delightful, sludgey Britpop-esque noise. It reminds me a bit of Sonic Youth at their more poppy, and Super Furry Animals, which is no bad thing. I love the soundscapes on their shoegazey tunes, and I the swing to catchy tunes makes it a good listening experience. It’s more cohesive than their debut but doesn’t have quite the same rawness. The last two tracks are entirely unnecessary, which make the album too long, but a lot of albums were in the 90s. Overall I enjoy the vibe on the album, and I can connect with (most of) it.
A bit of strummy jangle, a bit of brit pop swagger, a bit of shoegazey swirling noisey atmosphere, a bit of psych modulated drone, a bit of warm shaggy fuzz, a bit of college rock goofiness, a bit of winking throwback garage rock nostalgia, a bit of power pop harmony, a very stupid band name. Hey, they're out there having fun being a pretty decent guitar band, not hurting anyone (except themselves it seems), but not a whole going on. They have great taste in music and in cool vintage guitars to go with their a classic PNW hipster aesthetic - but a good example of how taste doesn't necesarily transmute into inspiration. The mythos outstrips the music. Would anyone care about this band if it wasn't for Dig! and the drama around their friendship/feud with another band with a very stupid name? Favorites: Orange, Every Day Should Be A Holiday, Good Morning, The Creep Out
not bad
Didn't really like this
Plain indie : not very good at all, self-indulgent, derivative, and far too long. Just because there is room on the CD, that does not mean that the band should fill it up with thin gruel like the 6 minutes and 9 minutes of the last two tracks This would have been a better listening experience at half the length. It might even have got a second star.
Solid late nineties album that feels like it was written on and off of drug trips with that dreamy far away feeling and almost purely instrumental sound
Me gustan las partes del album más dark y shoegazey, las partes más de pop noventero californiano se me hacen un poco menos interesantes.
Nice enough. Another one where the instrumental tracks (and instrumentals in general) are more fun than the lyrics.
Holy cow I loved this
Coolt! Konstigt att man har missat dem. Fyra
Good. A little sleepy This is one of those albums I've been meaning to listen to for years. It's a pretty chill album and a little too sleepy at times for me. Not if you were the last junkie on earth was a big fave of mine when I was younger. It's a pretty good album but not something I old listen to over again very I often. times.
De hecho está bastante bueno y me sorprende que no lo haya escuchado en 1997 porque en esos años lo escuchaba todo, particularmente britpop y lo que sonara parecido.
You know those people during the American Revolution who wanted to be like the British and remain under the crown? This is the American band equivalent…
Nice Pop-Rock Album with a slight touch of Country
Albums like this are what makes this project worth it. Don't know if or when I would have listened to this. But now it might become a new favorite!
I love space rock revival which makes this album more listenable to me but the indie sleaze of this record throwa me off. Courtneys vocals are really annoying but i love songs like "The Creep Out" they just feel so surreal and psychedelic. 6/10 Favourite: The Creep Out Least Favourite: Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
This just came off as depressing boring sad stuff. They officially lost me at ‘I love you’ and then I just got annoyed at how much left there was. This dragged on and I didn’t enjoy.
Holy jeez what a mixed bag, one of the more weirdly frustrating album listens I can remember. I honestly love the way it starts. Mysterious and building into 2 excellent 90s rock songs. Then it fell the hell apart; next 2 songs are just terrible, followed by ....roll the dice on the rest of em. Holy hell I really hate all the low-vocals songs. Like a Pavement meets Lou Reed which ...kill me immediately. I can't tell if that's a different vocalist or they were on crack for those songs but I infinitely prefer the crack-less. I've got a few cuts saved and would listen to maybe 4 or 5 of these anytime but trash the rest. Maybe the first 3 star ranking I'm giving that feels perfectly-placed (i.e. credit is due for a few damn catchy songs. Just crazy how much I hate half of this.What is with the stupid weird droney last cut "The Creep Out" too. One note for almost 9 minutes??? One note!! Honestly impressive in its focused insanity. Almost.) Faves: "Be-in" "Boys Better" "Every Day ...Holiday" 5/10 3 stars
I've quite enjoyed this album as my first exposure to any of the band's material. Its production is a big stand out for me - it boasts definition and provides a rock solid platform for the entrancing, spacious soundscapes which are aplenty here. This is very much a late 90's album in terms of its character and sound, but it translates well into the modern landscape too, with clear nods to shoegaze and hints of garage rock observable alongside the bendy, warpy psych-rock which takes the primary precedence. It's not all drifty here, however, with several tracks unafraid to dial up the energy a bit - notably "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" and "Cool as Kim Deal". Very keen to dig further into their catalogue going off this evidence.
La duración de más de una hora que en un principio me parecía un problema al escuchar el álbum por primera vez, ha terminado sin ser un problema. Una hora y seis minutos de psicodelia rock, de irónicas y sátiras letras que, aun así consiguen hablar de temas interesantes como soledad, amor adolescente, las drogas, simbolismo queer, crítica social y referencias religiosas. Las melodías psicodélicas, que en algún momento me han recordado a Tame Impala crean una atmósfera musical muy agradable que en conjunto con la batería y voz del vocalista hacen que el álbum sea muy fácil de escuchar. Uno de sus puntos fuertes para mí ha sido la pista que abre el álbum “Be-In”, más de 7 minutos de duración que se me han pasado demasiado rápido. Considero que es un álbum que a pesar de tener casi 30 años, suena actual tanto a nivel musical como lírico. Canciones como la mencionada anteriormente o “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” suenan muy actuales en ambos aspectos. “Every Day Should Be A Holiday” es una de las canciones que a nivel sonoro me ha parecido más fresca y actual; también en la letra y la importancia de dar espacio al ocio, el descanso y la desconexión en relación al yrabajo. Sin duda este álbum ha superado mis expectativas.
Good stuff.
Plutôt banal
I really liked it. 90's grunge + 80's Madchester vibes. 8/10.
It's fine
I love 66 minute albums when there's only 10-15 minutes of actual good music.
Two good songs
A bit too repetitive and boring for me and that comes from someone who listens to 13 min long black metal songs
Was pretty fun Will I listen to again: 57%
Goes on longer than it should. Started off as agreeable 90s alt-rock, but overstayed its welcome and lost my interest. Must I hear it? Maybe. Must I hear it for 66 minutes? No.
Definitivamente hay algo acá, debería escucharlo de vuelta, pero por ahora va Nota: 3.1
It started out slow, got much better, but the last song “The Creep Out” did not do things for me, at least positive things. This album wasn’t bad. I wouldn’t reach for it most likely, but I also appreciate how much it sounds like a product of its era.
Not my kind of music I might give it a try later again
like a chill alt album from the late 90's. vocals don't really stand out very blended with the instruments. maybe some radiohead vibes.
Impressively boring.
I actually really like this. It doesn't necessarily seem like something that'd be on this list, but it's got that perfect mix of alt-rock, psych, shoegaze and Yo La Tengo that's right up my personal alley.
I’m not sure exactly what it is about these types of 90s rock bands that I hate so much. The instrumentation can’t be both loud and chaotic but also really fucking boring. Combine that with mostly unintelligible singing (mumbling?) and you’ve got yourself a tough listen. The song about the junkie saved this from potential 1 territory.
Liked this about as much as I could for an album I'll never listen to again. The droning guitars and the moodiness work surprisingly well and the melodies they sneak in there can make for nice little ditties. Side note for a lot of these albums from the 90s on, moving to CDs after vinyl/tapes was terrible for the consumer. Too many of these artists think they need to fill sixty to eighty minutes with songs that normally would've been left out when an album couldn't be more than 45 minutes. Less can be more. Fitting for our demented post-Cold War era.
I liked this album, but I think it's because it feels like a grunge album for people who don't like grunge.
Can’t say that there was much here to get me excited
Eh.
It was alright. A few good tracks, a few bits that were too self indulgent. Nothing to bring me back, but nothing that I particularly hated.
Not what I was expecting I had preconceived ideas about the band but this album was not those. A right mixture of songs and instrumentals. Different and intriguing and will make me listen to more of their output.
En el documental Dig!, que narra las peripecias de The Dandy Warhols y The Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM) durante su apogeo, ambos grupos, de sonido muy similar, son comparados con respecto a sus actitudes. Mientras que BJM enarbolan la actitud puramente hedonista y autodestructiva del rock and roll, The Dandy Warhols son más inteligentes. Firmaron con una gran compañía, centrándose en adaptar su sonido para que fuera más apto para el gran público. Este álbum es la culminación de ese proceso, tras haber rechazado Capitol Records su álbum anterior. El resultado es un álbum casi pop-rock, muy melódico y fácil de escuchar, pero que mantiene la esencia shoegaze psicodélica que caracteriza a este grupo, con ese sonido tan único pero que no se hace aburrido. Una especie de rock sesentero etéreo pero enérgico, que sigue sonando actual a día de hoy. De hecho, me recuerda a muchos grupos actuales de neo-psicodelia, como Wooden Shjips. Lo único que no me gusta de este álbum (y del grupo) es el nombre; por lo demás, lo tiene casi todo. Un sonido innovador, divertido y que se mantiene vigente. No puedo menos que darle buena nota.
If the post-Britpop music scene gave rise to what has affectionately become known as "landfill indie", can we invoke "dumpster-fire grunge" for the corresponding era in American alternative music? And, more importantly, would The Dandy Warhols be included in the blaze? Hmm, possibly. Simple, but effective, shoegaze psych meets radio-friendly late-90s danceable pop-rock - the two sides of the Dandys are both fairly easy on the ear. In between, however, is some rather nondescript filler material which sees a dip in quality and focus from the band - dare I say it, they just don't have the musical depth of their self-destructive on-off chums Brian Jonestown Massacre. That said, Dandy Warhols carved a little niche for themselves, nestled one foot firmly into it and still managed to dip the other foot into the charts for a couple of years in the mid-to-late 90s. While it is definitely starting to show it's age, Come Down is still a reasonably pleasant, if slightly superficial and inconsistent, listen.
An enjoyable listen. The slow intro and outro really set the stage and while I found I lost interest a little in the middle of the album, the good songs more than made up for it.
first listen liked a lot of it but not all of it
Not sure what I expected for this album, but it was definitely way more chill than I expected, in a good way.
There were some decent songs on here. But it was to long and a lot of it was to drone-y
I remember the 'buzz' around this group, then the collapse from the greater public eye. Not bad for '90s.
Ikke så verst. God variasjon. Spor 6 og utover er spesielt sterkt. Liker vrien med to instrumentalnumre på slutten. Kunne vært kuttet til nærmere LP-lengde.
Another album which was an ever-present when I was growing up. The last time I heard more than a song or two from this album was probably in the car 20 years ago - let's see how it stands up! --- Ok, I forgot to have a listen so here's the review based on historical understanding. The Dandys deliver a groovy slice of fried (baked) goodness, with fun riffs and goofy lyrics layered over lush sounds. It's good, but doesn't have a highpoint like 16 Minutes. Favourite tracks: Last Junkie, Minnesoter, Boys Better
Nostalgia tinted plodding fun.
fine and, well, dandy
Solid, I thought the first half of the album was stronger than the latter.
This weekend put me in a mood for blunt takes. So here you go: this is forgettable garage rock. It wasn’t hard on the ears, but it didn’t stand out. Meanwhile, it annoyed me to have two white noise songs at the end of a 66-minute album. Don’t do that.
Nah. I do not like this stoner-y, garage, mumble rock. Some of the lyrics (the ones that were there) left a bad taste in my mouth. Pass
Meh, nothing particularly memorable here
Was very disappointed at this album because I love their song “We Used to be Friends.” This album didn’t live up to that song.
Might have the best song about Minnesota? Like their later album more. A lot of this was filler but I did enjoy a couple songs on this.
Lots of variety on this record, ranging from hard rock to psych rock. I enjoyed the lower tempo and heavier stuff. I couldn't get behind the heavier psych rock, but it wasn't bad. Favourite Track(s): Orange Least Favourite Track(s): Green
This album had me at “Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth” — cheeky, catchy, and soaked in snark. “Cool As Kim Deal” sealed the deal with its slacker charm and undeniable 90s cool. But somewhere around the swamp-fuzz oddity of “Green,” things started to wobble... and by the time “Hard On for Jesus” rolled around, the wheels were fully off the psychedelic tour bus.
Das Album markiert ihre psychedelischem Indie-Rock. Tracks wie "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" und "Boys Better" überzeugen mit eingängigen Hooks und punkiger Attitüde. Die Platte hat ordentliche Momente, verliert sich aber manchmal in ihrer eigenen Trance, wodurch einige Songs weniger einprägsam wirken.
Man that’s a POWERFUL album opener on “Be-In”. Great looping chorus, punchy bassline, memorable vocal harmonies. Had me very hopeful for the whole album! Sadly, I didn’t really find the rest of the project to match the Be-In energy. It wasn’t horrible, but oh how things could’ve been different. A few songs later, I’m having a hard time believing “Minnesoter” ISNT a playful impression of REM? Tell me that isn’t just my ears. Not sure I was a fan of the downward turn the energy took on the songs “Orange” & “I Love You”, where’s the “Be-In” type songs? “Good Morning” gave me the perspective that the lead singer is a bit of chameleon - changing all sorts of vocal deliveries and ranges to fit each song. “Hard On For Jesus” might be a bit of a return to form that I was hoping for in terms of punch and energy levels, but it was too little, too late imo. I’m also always a bit wary of songs that are THIS on the nose with criticisms of modern religion - I yearn for something with a tad bit of nuance/originality please! The album ends with a groovy, teasing closer in “The Creep Out”. I’m beating a dead horse by this point, but “Be-In” was almost impressionable enough to make the rest of the album worth the time. Nothing is performed poorly, but nothing else stands out either. Does its best to escape the y2k rock tropes with some success, not much else goin on. Won’t listen again but not bad either. Soft 3/5.
This album made me think heavily of Oasis and The Stone Roses
Opening hook caught my attention. Music was spot on
Strangely enough they have their own sound. Last couple of songs are real atmosphere drivers. I do miss the “bohemian like you” up tempo bangers though
Borderline 3-4 as it goes on a bit but feeling generous. Lots of fun for the most part. They're better at the catchy snappy tracks than the long drony ones.
The Dandy Warhols have the thick, swirly neo-psyche sound dialed in perfectly and get that a sense of humor is what's missing in indie rock, but boy, do they need an editor. "Don't bore us, get to the chorus" posters should be put up all over their (I suspect) immaculate studio packed with pristine vintage gear.
This is a solid collection of melodic psychedelia that varies from the trippy "Orange" to the dirge-like "Whipping Tree" and the four-on-the-floor disco thrum of "Every Day Should Be a Holiday." These lads and lady do a good job synthesizing inspiration from power pop, British Invasion and indie rock.
DEFINITELY BIASED HERE. This band turned up the drone-pop on this album and I LOVE IT. Zia turned 50 years old this week, which makes it sound like I know a lot about this band and I kind of do but I swear I only know that by accident. Anyway, back to the allcaps adoration. THE BE-IN SLOW-BURN ROCKS AND NOT IF YOU WERE THE LAST JUNKIE ON EARTH POPS AND BOYS BETTER JAMS AND YES THERE'S NOT A TON OF SONIC VARIETY HERE BUT COOL AS KIM DEAL IS PUNCHY AND THE DRONEY STUFF STILL SHOWS DIRECTION SO GLAD THIS ALBUM MADE THE LIST. "GREEN" IS A LOWKEY SLOWBURNER THAT BUILDS SUCH A MOSSY AMBIENCE, IT MAKES SENSE THIS BAND IS FROM PDX.
This had some good grooves and in general I liked it, but both the album itself and the individual songs needed a 20% cut in length.
A bit surprised the Warhols made the list. They're not British! Definitely in my top ten list of greatest band names ever. And Courtney Taylor-Taylor is probably on my top ten list of most pompous artist names ever. (Not sure I have a list for that but seems like Courtney would be a good place to start...) This is as drone as drone can get while still being pop music. And as pop as pop music can get while still being drone. If that makes sense. I don't think anyone pulls that off better than this bunch. It could be taken as a criticism that nearly all of their songs seem "almost fleshed out ideas but not quite" but I think that's the actual appeal of their output. It's more of a vibe than anything. Bonus being all the great electric organ on this played by Zia...who joined the band just to join a band and figured out how to play an instrument after the fact. Which is a great story.
really a 3.5 but i could see myself warming up to it with more listens
I like them. When they hit, it is really good. When they miss, it is still okay.
I was underwhelmed by this band at first but as the album went on I started to really fall in love with it. It also gets psychedelic at parts which was a very pleasant surprise. I’d say psychedelic rock is probably one of my all time favorite genres, so this album was actually interesting. It definitely had song that took me out of it cause they were either alittle too slow or just way too depressing (orange). But most importantly this album made me really want to look into more material, similar to how I felt after hearing Garbage by Garbage for the first time. I’m now going to spend the next several hours looking into both of those bands extensively, I suggest you should do the same.
Qué discazo. Confieso que no conocía a los Dandy Warhols, pero fueron una sorpresa desde los primeros segundos. Genial disco de rock, temas variadísimos y cuando la cosa tiene que ponerse intensa y psicodélica, no le dudan ni tantito. Los dos tracks finales son un viaje. Gran añadido a la lista.
Surprisingly good?
Late 90's indie/psychdelic pop/rock. A few tracks stand out with catchy melodies, witty lyrics or interesting production choices, whereas others just kind of meader along and never really make much of an impact. Too much of this falls into the indie landfill folder. Best Tracks: Boys Better; Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth; Every Day Should Be A Holiday
I previously only knew this band as the writers of the theme song for Veronica Mars, a banger. Thought I was gonna hate it, had to delete my angry first comments as I listened. I love the reverb, brother. Songs, they’re good. It’s like a great middle ground of shoegaze and alt rock. I think I’m back to back 5s today. The I love you and don’t do heroin songs really sold it for me. I listened to it like 4 times today and it’s better every time go team reverb.
This album kinda bored me. The first song got me excited for the rest of the album, but it just dragged on and didn't provide an interesting listening experience. There were some cool elements, but it was very long. I usually like this genre of music, but this didn't land with me. 2
I regret to inform that this record didn’t grab me. It was alright with some good noisy parts but then also some pretty boring cuts as well. Definitely too long. High 2/5
The Warhols move on from the garage rock sound of their first offering to something more atmospheric and distinctly neo-psychedelic and more removed from the then all-conquering grunge scene. What distinguishes them from others in that and related scenes like shoegaze is that they can effortlessly combine atmosphere with solid structure and harmony - in other words, Courtney Taylor-Taylor can write songs. You have to love a lyric like, “…never thought you’d get addicted just to be cooler in an obvious way/I could say, shouldn’t you have got a couple piercings and decided maybe that you were gay”… from Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth.
Better than I remember!
Mostly fine but sometimes it sounds like they don’t really know what they want to do. There’s the repetitive, psychedelic songs, the britpop-ish songs, the indie slacker songs and then there’s the more ‘’experimental’’ stuff and they doesn’t always work really well together
I was certain to hate this, but I really enjoyed it!
Hey, I didn't knew it, but now that I took time to listen to them... The Dandy Warhols are a really great formation! This album has an overall great and enveloping vibe that just drift you away from start to finish. I can't explain it, I just really felt the music all the way.
I enjoyed this, even the songs that overstayed their welcome a bit. It's a bit too buzz-y for me to get really into it, but I had a good time.
Okay. Good
Repetitive drones, killer guitar riffs, boring drives that morph into decent tunes, uplifting songs about heroin use, sometimes evoking Pink Floyd, but being less clever, ...I like it, but probably won’t listen again.
75% Best: Be-In; Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth; Every Day Should Be A Holiday; Hard On For Jesus Must-Hear? No
Goofy
Pretty good. Pretty fun. Like mbv, but not as noisy. 5/5
Such a good album! Great alt rock band and one of their best! Solid album
This was pretty fun. A little flat mix, but still a coool sound
Can't make up my mind on this one Feels like it's trying too hard to be ironic or Street?
It's just ok
8/10… indie / psychedelic rock
I was not expecting this album to be this good.
Really solid album. Mantra-style grunge rock, but it’s groovy. Sounds a bit like Nirvana, with a new twist.
Rally nice vibe and soundscape. Works best as a moodsetter while driving or doing something else.
No
Yeh ok. At Work
The musical equivalent of eating too much sugar and then feeling like shit after…but I think that’s what they’re going for? Kinda works…
4 because I enjoyed it. It was great music to work to. Not sure I love it all, but saved a few songs!!
Loved this. I always liked the Dandys but I never really dug in. This is a brilliant album. Hits all the right notes for me.
RATT Classic
I enjoyed that. Need to give it a few more listens to really grow on me. 3.5
How’d this band get so underrated? Great jams. Maybe a little repetitive?
Ok, I was predisposed to dislike this. Knowing my own taste, when I see the tags “britpop” and “psychedelic”, and an album that is 70mins long and starts with a 7 min opener I got the fear. And turns out I was broadly right to - this isn’t outright offensive and I won’t be wishing ill to the band, but god it was boring.
I don't recall The Dandy Warhols when they were current, this period of time being flooded by post-grunge and rap with latin music on the rise. with this album the group sets a standard for the indie pop that will follow in the next decade. 3.5/5