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britpop in wording
Its good but its too, \"sounds like\" .. for me. Liked the song Looking glass.
Being a big Fleetwood Mac fan this is kinda giving me the same feel especially Son of a Gun it carries a simplicity and just works. I’ve said that a few times but that’s the thing with music sometimes keeping it simple works. And not really knowing any of The La’s music it’s a pleasant surprise listening to their music for the first time. Little disappointed by the second half of the album definitely let’s it done but does obtain a difference from other albums.
I only knew the La's from the song There She Goes. The album sounded okay, but will probably not listen again.
Czlowiek sie ludzi, ze gdzies to juz slyszal, a nie slyszal, wyspiarsko indyjskim rokiem zalatuje, ale takim ktory moglby byc popularny, najblizej temu do oasisa z tego co znam, brak opisow w najblizszych dniach, pan Lee Mavers wydaje sie ciekawa postac po przesluchaniu tej plyty
The album smelled a bit like Hollies mixed with Searchers, prompting the British press to call them "the greatest band in the universe". Rolling Stone magazine speaks of One Album Wonders.... Well,... (6/10) FT: There She Goes, Feelin'
I had high hopes for this album. But it was fairly lackluster
This is very hyped but it was fairly average
Sound heavily Beatles influenced but solid enough.
Got tired towards the end. Not very sure but There She Goes is certainly a spark in this album.
It's alright, nothing that really stands out.
It was okay. "There She Goes" is obviously a big hit, but the rest seemed kind of common for the era. Nothing stood out. But hey, okay isn't too shaby.
Second Listen. Still very enjoyable. There she goes is a perfect Alternative song. The rest of the album is still growing on me. Some of the songs have a modern 60's feel to them. So many great songs on this album. 3/5
Enjoyable and definitely a first. The only song I think I’d ever heard here before was There She Goes
It was okay, but not a repeat listen. Average alternative pop rock from the 90s. 2.5/5
Halvbra album. Låter ibland som The Stone Roses och lite mer sällan som The Smiths. The La's når dock nästan aldrig upp till något som är i närheten så intressant eller bra som tidigare nämnda band. The La's är ena rejäla one hit wonders, med There She Goes. Och det är en riktig hit, med en catchig refräng (iofs är typ hela låten en refräng) och lite smithskt vemod. Förutom There She Goes är det bästa Timeless Melody, Feelin', och den fina, utdragna avslutningen Looking Glass. Looking Glass är med sina knappa 8 minuter typ den enda låten på albumet som är över 3 minuter (There She Goes är 3:01), vilket ändå känns lite slappt va?? Avrundar uppåt från 2,5/5. Bästa låt: There She Goes.
Started out really good but by the 5th song I was done.
A mixed bag of indie sounds, some still sounding fresh, others dated. Overall quite enjoyable and entertaining
not too memorable on a first listen but i’ll revisit
The first half grows in short bursts toward the familiar "There She Goes". Not quite unremarkable pop, but definitely past-worshipping for '90. On the other hand, a band that can move lithely through varied emotional terrain. The second half stretches a bit more, in the way debut albums tend to do - partially successful. But that eight-minute closer is, more than the hit, what makes this a curious album in retrospect. I suppose that's the way it goes: Sometimes you end on that note and then just fade.
nothing new for me listening this.
I thought I hadn't heard of the La's before but apparently I have. Timeless Melody! I know this from Pearl Jam bootlegs. I knew it was a cover but never bothered to look up the original. Great song. "There She Goes" - Again, I've heard this but never knew or looked up the author. I guess their biggest hit. Makes sense, feel like I remember this from various 90's rom-com type things. Overall, a pretty good record. It's a genre I enjoy so I'm probably biased. Not world shattering.
Pretty average, not very exciting.
There She Goes is pop perfection. Everything else on here was middle of the road. Definitely listenable, but I'm only returning back to that single.
Schön zu hören.
So this is the album that has "There She Goes" - good to know! The album as a whole is decent, but other than the well-known hit I already mentioned, I wouldn't say there's anything else on this album that really grabbed me.
Non very imaginative song writing, but a fun little listen 1-2 songs at a time. I almost didn't even listen to this because of "There She Goes": one of the most annoying songs I've heard. Knock Me Down and Son of a Gun were standouts on this album. I'm glad that I gave it a chance.
Scraped in at a 3 because of There She Goes
Ik had met het hitje moeten beginnen denk ik..
Wat is 'There she goes' toch een geweldig nummer! Rest is ook prima luisterbaar, maar gaat net wat stroever mijn oren in.
Mooi dat hitje en ik vind die nineties sound tof, maar de plaat in zijn geheel wat wisselend.
Op het ene hitje na kende ik dit niet, maar vond het best ok eigenlijk. Ga ik nog eens luisteren.
The 90s indie pop sound in a nutshell
It's okay. Not really my type of music.
The album starts pretty strong with Son of a Gun into I can't sleep. There She Goes is a 90 movies classic bop.
Not a bad album for a style that's normally one that I'm not into. I was surprised to see that if came out back in 1990. It definitely sounds like it's from a little later in the 90s to me.
It was ok. My initial reaction was "I've never heard of this band" and then heard "There She Goes" and said, "Oh, I know this song." I enjoyed the album but don't think I'd go out of my way to listen again.
Pretty good, had never heard of them but clear how much influence this album had on Oasis and various other Brit bands from the 90s. Would relisten.
Very mediocre album
un pasadon en comparación con todo lo demás
Interesting, nice to have in the background
Memorable scouse campfire songs
One hit wonder. Nothing memorable other than there she goes.
Il y a des albums qui vous marquent et d'autres pas du tout. Je vous laisse deviner à quelle catégorie celui-ci appartient. À la deuxième.
today I learned the name of the band that does There She Goes. I hope they at least got minorly wealthy off all of those 90s movies.
An album I'd always been aware of (a favourite of the 2 for £10 bargain bin at HMV), but never listened to - mainly because of their most (only?) famous song, "Here She Goes" which I must have ambiently heard hundreds of times from adverts and whatnot. It's a great song in isolation, but it can only be taken so many times. To my surprise, the majority of the album is much more muscular than "Here She Goes" and has a clear connection with the old Merseybeat and British Invasion style bands from the 60s - almost power pop. I even checked out some of the BBC live sets they made after reading about Lee Mavers' dislike for the album recordings and preferred these in some ways, a sharper and slightly more modern sound than the actual LP. It's influence on Britpop (a shameful mark on British musical history) is easy to hear, but it feels superior and better crafted than it's later counterparts. A solid 3.
Some songs were a little too country-twangy and the ending was a little bit stress inducing. Overall not enough energy, but not bad.
estuvo bastante bueno la verdad, no esperaba que me gustara pq nunca habias escuchado de la banda pero la verdad estuvo bastante placentero cool vibes
It feels very basic pop'y, I'm not a fan, but "There She Goes" bumps it up to a 3 haha.
Бритпоп эз из. Жанр, на который у меня никогда особой эрекции не было, даже на самых видных представителей. но к альбому постарался подойти с открытым сердцем — и, в общем-то, получил как опровержение, так и подтверждение своих опасений. вообще, надо сказать, начинается пластинка довольно бодро — первые три песни оставили норм впечатление, и цепляющие и сыграны вкусно. Потом был большой хит «There she goes» — и я поднапрягся, потому что это буквально напоминало практически одноименную песню вельвет андеграунд, только в несколько раз хуже, менее интересно и с какими-то абсолютно рандомными прыжками между фальцетом и грудным голосом. Ну и, на самом деле, всё было downhill from here. Большая проблема этой музыки лично для меня — она пиздец как лениво написана. я не то чтобы сторонник традиционных форм по типу «куплет-припев-бридж», но некоторые композиционные решения просто ничем не обоснованы. песни то слишком короткие, то искусствено растянутые какими-то не связанными между собой партиями. В целом-то слушабельно, но как-то напрягает, что по сути поп-альбом похож по построению песен на условный Примус. Ну и текста, они вообще никогда сильной стороной брит-попа не были (здесь появляется скриншот с отсутствующим определением слова «Wonderwall» в словарях), но какая-то ебала про «он зэ стритс фор ноуледж ю маст ит ё поридж» это че-то совсем уж стыд ебаный. По классике понравилась последняя тема, прямо очень хорошая, в таком бы формате хоть половину альбома... а так ну. 3/5, но допускаю, что когда-нибудь возвращусь переслушать
I liked 'feelin', 'freedom', and, of course, 'there she goes'. 'there she goes' is such a banger, every time. The others were good.
meh
Can’t quite stretch to a four however a great album with some really strong songs
It has some nice songs around the half of the album and forth. Otherwise pretty forgettable.
3.2
Scouse indie. BT: Son of a Gun, There She Goes, Failure
Not bad
6/10
Ah, das geheimnisumwitterte Lost Album. Und schon wieder hatte ich keine Zeit, tiefer in die wabernden Nebel aus Drogensumpf, Perfektionismus, böser Presse, schlechtem Timing und dem großen Schatten der Beatles einzusteigen, der seit 1990 über dem kleinen Stückchen Platz am Mersey liegt, auf dem sich die La's verkrochen haben. Und deshalb einfach so das ganze Album ein weiteres Mal gehört. Gefällt mir gut mit seinem klassischen Janglepop-Ansatz, wirklich schöne Songs dabei und auch ein paar Filler. Ur-3 für mich. Und jetzt warte ich weiter bis mich die Nebel hineinziehen und an einer nur ihnen bekannten Ecke in Nordwestengland wieder ausspucken.
brought back some memories
Good catchy tunes. I could listen to this again.
3/5
Pleasantly jangly. 6/10
Un bon album rock des 90s. 3.25
Pop de los 90, sin mucha sustancia
Folk rock indie
Kul spilling, ok standard låtskriving, litt grovlete, nasal 90's synging og aksent. Fin kort lengde på sangene, så ingenting har nok tid til å bli alt for irriterende. Forstår ikke helt hvorfor dette albumet ligger så høyt på så mange lister, men kanskje det trenger flere lyttinger. Alt i alt helt greit. Fin nok sound, men ingenting imponerende eller nyskapende som jeg kan høre. Straight 3.
I was going to slag this off initially, but I got into it more. Hard to say exactly HOW much I enjoyed it
Ну норм но вообще так себе однообразненько
Nice background music in the morning
There She Goes is amazing, though nothing else really comes that close on the album. It's all fine, but nothing very remarkable.
Was only familiar with 'There She Goes', middle of album was solid.
Bra, inte dåligt. Inte riktigt min smak dock. Inget sticker ut
🤷🏼♂️ erg rustig
There she goes, and other songs.
Good album. a good few songs on it
This is more music to me then the Beauty Boys. I know one song of the album of the La's. 'There She Goes' has not been a hit in the Netherlands. But it is aired some times on the radio. Although an eighties band they have a sixties sound. I could listen to it and to me this is reasonably nice music. But don't think I will especially look for it.
Enjoyable 'rooty' pop music similar to many va NB ds in the 69s. Enjoyable bopping to.
This one deserves another listen - I loved how fluidly this album moved through genres, and though they didn't always excite me there are definitely tracks worth returning to on this one
6,5
Fun. I've always loved There She Goes, but their other songs have a different sound to them. Cool, but I didn't make it through the whole deluxe album. Needed a break from his voice eventually.
É legal, bem o que se espera de rock inglês da década de 80
Feels pretty unique. Like a more folksy kinks?? Nothing really jumped out, but I enjoyed it overall
I can smell the fish n’ chips and cigarette smoke through the 90’s angst and good times.
It’s ok. Waited ages for ‘There she goes’
Solid album quite poppy liked it
Everything you expect from The LA’s. Jingly, Jangly, guitars, catchy tunes and their monster hit. It’s not a stand out from the crowd album and most of it passes by in the background. Just inoffensive.
Pretty solid English punk. Couple standout tracks such as there she goes and timeless melody and way out.
Not too exciting
Whether you like this album or not is really born out of your feelings about the music it helped spawn. The lone album from Liverpudlians The La's is often accredited for influencing key Brit Pop acts like Oasis, with the same credibility and obsessive UK music press praise as the Stone Roses' self-titled album. Much like Oasis' early records, La's principle songwriter Lee Mavers was clearly very influenced by the british invasion and it shows in these very punchy numbers that land somewhere between straight forward and off-kiltered. I am slightly biased because I grew up loving British Invasion music as well as the Brit Pop movement of the 90s, but those influences aside It's such a northern record of its time and yet somehow completely out of step with the decade in which it was released. Easily accessible, jangly, and bit neurotic lyrically, it's one that holds a lot of its credibility well. Favorite tracks: There She Goes (almost a perfect song), IOU, Son of A Gun
Jangly. It's fun reading the Wikipedia page and learning the band disowned it because it didn't fit their "vision". Curious what that was. Kind of a pretty standard pop-rock record. Favorite tracks: "Timeless Melody", "Way Out"
therrre shee goes
1/5 Cool album. Standout Tracks: I Can't Sleep, Freedom Song
There she goes band. I’m really sucking at listening at these luckily it gives me time to listen at my own pace.
Ganska tamt. Poppigt och väldigt ospännande.
Another ho hum album from Britain on the list, surprising. Their only hit sounds like they lifted it from Velvet Underground.
Kinda meh. If these are the people I have to thank for Britpop I would like to firmly beat them. Nothing really goes on for this album, just sort of mindless, vanilla British noises. Last song is extra dumb for being so long.
Perfectly average album. Nothing memorable or offensive. So again-why are they on the list? Silly me-it’s because they’re boring Britpop
A fine alternative rock record.
kind of awesome to be the missing link between the stone roses and oasis while making music that is total ass
Classic case of an album I don't like but don't think it's bad enough to warrant the dreaded one-er. I struggled to finish but I got there.
One brilliant song and the rest of it was fine.
But if a one-hit-wonder with There She Goes.
I don't like this at all.
Like if REM was British and bad.
It's fine. Congrats to the Gallaghers, Alex turner and whoever else that was inspired by this. I haven't. I think i only like how it ended.
4/10 - apart from the hit song here, not much else, could also have been 6-8 tracks shorter
Such a forgettable record that has absolutely no lasting legacy outside of "There She Goes Again." The Brit-Pop and British alt-rock bias on this list is so obvious and painful, it's a shame albums like this are taking slots away from groundbreaking albums of other genres.
"There She Goes" really feels like an outlier in this otherwise drab collection of Jangle Pop that feels stuck in its own Doledrums. 3 keepers in 12 (25%). 2 stars.
They sound like they were going for The Beach Boys meets The Beatles to me. Apart from 'There She Goes' the rest of the album was quite forgettable.
- fairly generic .... -
Meh 2/5
You know back when you bought an album on the strength of one great song and, because it was 1990, you had little means of hearing the rest before purchase, fearing the rest might be absolute trash? Well, the derivative, pub-band’s-own-stuff bilge that fills the rest of this record made my fears all too real. Can’t give it a one as There She Goes is some real lightning-in-a-bottle, so a generous two.
I should have liked this more. Spiky short witty songs. Just...not. Something strange going on with voices at the beginning. There She Goes stands out. If this was going to be a good album, they should all have been as good.
N é ruim mas n me causou nenhuma reação
The big single is an absolute marvelous song. The others aren't too bad but no other standout tracks to raise the rating for me.
There's a ton of jangle pop bands out there who only had one song that was really worth your time. The La's are just another link in that long lineage; though personally, I've never really liked "There She Goes" all that much. Just not sure what people get from this album that they can't get from like Close Lobsters or the Brilliant Corners or something, honestly?
soso, no auto
Bland - There She Goes is very different from all the other tacks. If the rest had been as good it would be an entirely different story
Talk about one-hit wonders.
Umm…. It was fine, I guess. I know some people really *really* love this album, but it didn’t do much for me.
Simply meh.
2.25
what if the smiths was mediocre
Not bad overall but not my genre
no me gusto pára nada
I like timeless melody and liberty ship. Failure is good as well. I did not enjoy looking glass.
Felt kind of repetitive and boring.
Utterly mediocre
Unexpectedly alright. My heart sank a little to see more 90s lukewarm indie rock (I'm on a tough run). But this had a lot of redeeming qualities. There seems to be some decent songwriting at the core. A lot of the presentation is pretty smart - kind of beatlesy in a lot of parts
Generally uninspiring Another example of an album that seems to be on the list because of a killer track. It really can’t carry the whole album, and there’s some pretty ropey stuff on there, particularly towards the end of the second side. Not horrible, but I can’t imagine ever listening again
#432 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ I had heard of the band, but not the music, except for 'There She Goes' obviously. Very R.E.M. sounding stuff, maybe with a bit more bite, which is a really good thing in my books. On the other hand there's some bits I associate with U2 and all that lame shit, which weighs heavy. It's not offensive, but it is quite... meaningless. Light 3, bending towards 2/5
Prima
One hit wonder.
Blah. One hit wonders, how did this make the list
Knew a few songs but don’t think I’d listen again
The La's one hit wonder. Why is this here
Meh. Forgettable except for the one obnoxious single. Enough with the Britpop already.
Just kind of boneless TBH. Not my jam, just a bit boring. Ended up becoming background music pretty quickly, and nothing ever jumped out to me. 2/5 stars.
ok, I guess, There She Goes is ok,
More like the Blah's.
One famous does not a bucket list album Make.
"There She Goes" is the only song that really appeals to me. A couple others started to be intriguing but didn't quite satisfy. I don't like the vocalist and the genre either, I guess I thought they said "there's no harm increasing your neighbor's lawn" I also liked "on this street for knowledge, you must eat your porridge" brilliant stuff
Hmmm don't know why this is listed here. Some nice tunes, but not really an album which listen as a whole. Only the longer Looking Glass builds up to something. 2/5
there she Goeess
mid
I generally am down with 90s alt rock but this album was just really dull. I’ve also heard There She Goes so many times in shows and movies that I can’t really approach it as a normal song so it can’t save this album
Oh man. Yet another album seemingly entered based on the strength of a single. It certainly does not sustain the record and it would seem like a flash of luck produced that one gem. The rest of it easily disappears into the morass of shiny, overly smoothed out college rock of the time.
I know a single song from this band, and that’s because of movies. If you had asked who the band was behind the song, I would have never guessed it. This album kind of showed me why this is. Outside of “There She Goes”, the rest of this album is bland and boring. I finally hit the stop button when the lead singer on another song sang “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”.... Like seriously dude, that childhood retort is what you came up with as lyrical content? Just a waste of a chunk of my morning.
This project really has a habit of finding a band or album that has like ONE good song and going "you need to listen to the whole album now" and then the album is just trash aside from the one song that everybody already knows
Do you like the hit single "There She Goes"? Do you have 53 minutes of nothing else to do? Check it out. This album is a perfectly fine collection of British Folk-Rock songs, though they aren't breaking any ground vs acts from the 60s. One hit wonder's albums should be removed from this list.
Tirando aquela
2.5 There’s a couple good tunes, and obviously “There She Goes” is iconic, but this is mostly just a warmed over Rolling Stone impression that has no place on a list like this!
Good ideas not explored to their full potential.
Mid
4/10 1 banger
Why is this on this list?
Derivative bad, just too mediocre to justify its existence. This does not need to be on this list. My least favorite thing about this project is the clear bias towards mid-at-best 70s/80s/90s British rock. Unfortunately another Dexy’s situation. The La’s but no Discovery? 3.5/10
Beigest album to ever beige.
The Bla’s Feels like an REM album but perhaps more aimless and less cohesive. There’s a lot of filler, and it’s propped up by one huge single “there she goes”. I did like “failure” off the back half. ⭐️⭐️
there she gooooooes thhhereee sheee goooes
The single has stood the test of time, but, this band feels like a one-hit wonder. The single stands out so much more than the rest of the album.
Не вывожу целый альбом, отдельные синглы свое сыростью могут забрать
There she goes is not a song I expected to hear from this group. For album from 1990 that song sound like the most 1996 thing ever. Overall this was pretty ok. It definitely has a mid 90s sound probably produced in 89.
Die besseren Beatles mit einem bekannten Song.
You could tell me that this was early REM and I’d believe you. This could also be a Stones rip off. Which is a better selling point in my opinion. So this album gets put on here because of one song from a spree of 90’s and early 2000’s movies? Got it.
El álbum (The La’s ) tiene un par de melodías agradables que se quedan en la cabeza. Aun así, en general no fue un disco que llegara a encantarme, en parte porque el estilo no es de mis favoritos. Puedo apreciar el valor que tiene dentro de su género y entiendo por qué es considerado especial por muchos. Además, incluye “There She Goes”, que es sin duda un clásico indiscutible. Sin embargo, más allá de algunos momentos el resto del álbum no terminó de conectar conmigo. 2/5
Pretty underwhelming britpop. The hit single everyone knows stands out as a completely different track compared to the rest of the album, like a pop hit was just inserted on this album. The most popular songs are the best, not much else worth revisiting. Top tracks: Timeless Melody, There She's Goes
It was alright, more brit pop rock type.
the amount of average english bands on here is mind boggling... it's so perfectly ok. not something you need to listen to before you die. 2.5
"There She Goes" is great. The rest is fine.
Unremarkable
not remarkable
The first half was better than the second. Really felt like the second half just dragged on and it kinda lost its way.
Nothing grabbed me on this one at all. Pretty boring generic Brit pop.
There She Goes hits me in the nostalgia but otherwise can't say this is my favorite album. Lead singer has kind of a whiny voice and it annoys me
I don’t understand the cultural significance of this record. Boring from the jump and never quite gets there.
We watched “So I Married an Axe Murderer” a few weeks ago, and it heavily features “There She Goes” across the length of the movie, so now I can only associate that song with establishing shots of San Francisco. I wonder if they wrote verses for the song and decided they weren’t strong enough for inclusion, or wrote a chorus and decided that was good enough to repeat for 2 minutes and change. Either way, it’s great. Nothing really stood out too much on the rest. The seven-minute closer was cool. 2.5
As much as I love "There She Goes," it can't carry the whole record. Another 80s British band with a good song, but an album that shouldn’t have made the list. 2.5⭐️
Frankly boring. There are too many albums on this list from this genre. 2/5
"There She Goes" is well-known, of course. The rest of the album is merely ok jangle-pop. Best song that isn't "There She Goes": "Looking Glass"
Meh
There She Goes and a bunch of derivative “meh”
2.5 - ok album
Mediocre 90s music that created a one hit wonder, no thanks.
Nothing special, pretty inoffensive. Honestly didn’t leave any kind of impression on me so I don’t really know what to say.
"There She Goes" might have been used in half the rom-com movie trailers of the 1990s, but I still don't think that warrants the entire albums inclusion on this list.
Definition of mediocre & forgettable. Does not belong on this list.
Anonymt. Og hittet trækker ned.
So is this who I have to blame for all the Brit Pop I've had to endure on this list. I do have fond memories of There She Goes being on the So I Married an Axe Murderer soundtrack which had an outsized play count in my teenage years.
I didn’t mind this as much as some other crap on here but it’s still crap. I’m giving it a one star bump due to “There She Goes” because it was the go to 90s rom com song.
there's some good individual riffs, but they're just repeated over and over until they're run into the ground instead of being developed, and the whole thing is suffocated by incredibly flat vocals. every song somehow manages to overstay its welcome despite only rarely making it over two and a half minutes
Bleh.
Another British band from the 90s. One hit (that’s a pretty massive hit), then a bunch of cast offs. Nothing terrible but nothing that makes it 1001-worthy for sure.
Day773 - i dont think this makes the list without “there she goes” cause the rest of the album is kinda bland
Eh, not really into it.
Generic alt rock album. Standout song: There she goes
It was alright. The back half of the album was stronger than the front.
This sounds more vintage than it actually is- has something like the smiths mixed with the pogues (but in a good way), a simplicity to it. This is fine. It's not particularly outstanding or offensive, there she goes carries this hard. Jangliness is pleasant enough
Not bad but nothing out of the ordinary. I didn’t realize The Las wrote There she goes. I’ve always liked that song. There seems to be influences of REM in there. I can’t imagine wanting to Relisten to this but it’s not terrible.
First time listening to that album, it had a very REM vibe at the beginning. I also didn't know the name of the band who wrote, there she goes. Now I do!
I couldn’t wait for it to end
This album sounded like the band who did the Friends theme song decided to rip off REM a little bit. 2 stars
I’m as unmoved by this album as I was when I was 16. The ubiquitous There She Goes was a long time hit on “alternative” radio and was the bane of my existence when it was continuously featured on MTV’s 120 Minutes which was the outlet through which I found new music. When one of my friends, also regular 120 Minutes watchers, inevitably got the album, I gave it one listen and dismissed it. My reaction is much the same now.
Ok never mind I don’t like britpop anymore I did recognize There She Goes, and although it’s pleasant enough and definitely the best thing this album has going for it, even that gets boring pretty quick. It’s got the same problem as yesterday’s album where it’s not like it hurts to listen to but there’s just nothing going on in any of the songs. I understand that without this album a lot of turn of the century British music wouldn’t exist, but it’s just a whole lot of nothing. Vocals, instrumentation, lyrics, all just kinda there and nothing else. Maybe I’ll listen to it again in like a year after getting a ton more 90s British albums but definitely not at the top of my list
The songs are too samey and low energy to listen to. And when they do have one upbeat song, it also sounds bad. There are some sounds in there that get my attention, but I dont want to hear it again.
I mean... okay, but if they inspired the most overrated band ever (Oasis), then they don't deserve anything more than a 2.
I knew the big hit from this album, but would not have expected this album to be on this list. I get it as a pre-cursor to BritPop, but I don't think it really wowed me. I like Timeless Melody.
Eh. Boring British crap that fills this last unnecessarily. 4/10
Awful stuff. Heads need to be checked as to why this got on the list. 1.5/5. Raising to 2.
Was looking forward to this, but was left pretty disappointed. There she goes is by far the best track, the rest was nowt special at all. It's fine, but that's it. Wasn't aware this was their only album. There she goes aside, completely forgettable. 2.5
Apple Music said "you might also like, Supergrass, The Stone Roses, The Verve, The Charlatans..." haha lol. I think The La's are better than those bands for the most part, but still a confusing one-hit wonder to end up on the list.
what in the hell is this? Listen to "I Can't Sleep" and be serious. "There She Goes" is a good song, not a good album. Every single song sits in the same twee, shrill, short register. Except "Looking Glass". A drop of water in a musical desert. This was a slog. Nothing is being said or done here, and it's also not good at saying nothing A tiresome 2
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Highlights: - There She Goes
I saw The La’s live once and they played There She Goes three times in the same set. Having just listened to their album, I can now see why - it’s their only song. The rest is just plodding skiffle and instantly forgettable.
gives me tom petty vibes
Favorite tracks: Son of a Gun, I Can't Sleep, There She Goes This album started out strong, but as it went on it felt very repetitive and the lead singer's voice was really grating on me by the end.
i was about to be annoyed that mostly bland college rock albums were making the list on the strength of one song, but then i discovered they're BRITISH and you know what that is notable how'd they learn to sound like that
There She Goes //
альбом не для меня, но мотивы песен неплохие. понравилось в looking glass постепенное ускорение ритма, вспомнился реквием по мечте. известная there she goes не зацепила вообще
Ok band. One hit wonder band.
To me I was disappointed, felt like I had high expectations but to me, after listening to a Beatles album the day before; it just sounds like a blatant rip off and trying modernize the sound. Some good tracks however
It’s okay.
This is a one-hit wonder. WTF? So I now understand that the listmakers are middle-aged Brit la's (see what I did there? What I did there is far more interesting than anything on this album) who had pretty mediocre taste in music while growing up in the late-'80s/early-'90s. That's it. That's the only magic. I still have a long way to go, but this might have to be the last album on the list in this category for the numbers to work out. Influence 1. Hits 4. Intangibles 1. Quality 3. Oh yeah, I remember that song. 2
Deux chansons sympas : There she goes (remix), I can’t sleep
The La’s? More like the Blah’s
Not as good as I remembered. There She Goes is still an amazing song, but the test of the album is rather confused. Some real 50s/60s i soired moments that really want to be The Kinks but fall well short.
Good if you want to see how old skiffle fits into britpop but aside from There She Goes it’s not revelatory otherwise.
This was fine. Everyone knows “There She Goes,” but I actually liked “I can’t sleep” more. Whole album had a little Stones and a little Byrds and was just fine.
The song about heroin is good, the other 11 songs sound like they’re trying to recreate the one hit.
2.1 There she goes is 5 stars, everything else is one.
You can tell I grew up in the 90s because I still think “There She Goes” is awesome. The rest is fine to annoying. 2/5
meh
This album prompted a discussion of what this web page means when it says "brit pop". This is clearly not a brit pop album it's an indie rock album from England but brit pop it is not. I get that it was influential on brit pop but it was not that good. There was one song on here that I recognized but the rest was just meh.
2.5 - Meh
Started okay but dropped off quickly and faded into thin air. Inoffensive but it doesn't belong in the book.
meh
Whiny British mid alt rock
Enjoyable but idk not notable enough for 3 stars
Sorta sounds like REM without any edge. Inoffensive but not what I would normally want to listen to.
Nothing really stood out to me on this album. Early 90s two stars
I've seen this album cover over the years, but never listened to it, nor do I remember anything about them from the time other than "There She Goes". The album has a lot of listens, so it was popular at one point. 480M listens for "There She Goes" is impressive, I always turn the channel when that tune comes on so I had no idea it was such a hit. From the first vocal of "Son Of A Gun" I was instantly turned off, below average voice that's not rock or pop oriented. The almost 60's vibe that permeates the album instantly makes it sound dated. It's no surprise to me they never had another hit. I was 6 songs in before I was ready to turn it off. Extremely average record. This is another one of those British inclusions that would never had made an American Top 1001. The author of this list has a soft spot for vanilla Manchester bands who lean towards a 1960's sound. Tell me I'm wrong. If you made it all the way to "All By Myself" you must have wondered how that ever got on any album, ever. 477M listens is impressive, but beyond that I got nothing from this weak ass release other than confirmation the T1001 was authored in England. One hit, albeit a big one, no influence, nothing groundbreaking, no staying power beyond the one single, zero influence that I'm aware of, flat boring vocals and average musicianship. 2 stars.
This one's fine, but aside from "There She Goes" there is not much I'm excited about. I don't think I would ever complain about listening to this album, but I doubt I would often go out of my way to listen to it.
Has some nostalgic power. Still it seemed like the high school memory for the masses.
'There She Goes' is the only bright spot on an otherwise forgettable album.
I'm not really into britpop
toooooo meh
I’m so tired of britpop
Not for me
I appreciate the harkening back to the British Invasion and contributing to the creation of Brit Pop, but at the end of the day I don’t find much to connect to here. “There She Goes” is obviously the teen movie anthem when the popular girl walks by, and is iconic - but everything else fails to capture my attention, no matter how much it jangles.
Sure. Why on the list though?
Generic af
This is definitely the case of an album being on the list because of one strong song. I'm sure you've never heard of The La's but I'm also sure you know the lyrics to their most popular song by heart. It's an ok song, but the rest of the album doesn't even hold up to ok. In a word, boring.
I feel like I should like this album due to it being popular in the UK. However, apart from ‘There She Goes’, none of the other songs hold up. Maybe ‘Timeless Melody’ at a push, but it isn’t great.
Pretty catchy pop, but there's not much beyond the stellar single There She Goes. Liked Songs Added Timeless Melody There She Goes
Poor jangly pop rock, annoying production.
This was a hard rate. There She Goes is immaculate. The rest of the album...
I wanted to like the Las more than I do, I really enjoyed the two main singles and didnt really enjoy anything else very much bar the final track, a high 2 for me
Maybe I'm just in a bad mood this morning, and I listened to this yesterday and didn't take any notes at the time, but this was totally forgettable. If I went with my typical normal rating, I might give it three stars, but I'm tired of albums that waste my time.
It's as the Beatles got back, wanted to make an album that's going to be hip with the kids, realized it wasn't going to work, and just split. Not nearly as deserving of the praise it's being given. There She Goes gives it a little bump in quality, but it quickly dips back down to huge mediocrity. Maybe even being downright disappointing, and bad. On the bright side, there isn't a follow up album, which is good.
It got better as the songs went on but this is super bland other than their popular song.
I obviously knew "There She Goes", but never actually knew who sang it so it was cool to learn the group who wrote that. Outside of that this album was bland. I don't need every song to be a carbon copy of that, but none of the other tracks came close to that track.
It's pretty fine. There are some parts of songs I like but ultimately it's all very samey and just fine.
There was something here at least, I can see why someone who likes this kind of music would be all over this. However, it really just didn't do anything special for my ears, even There She Goes.
A bunch of songs from some guys who grew up listening to the Beatles so the entire album sounds like the Beatles but not as good. Culturally irrelevant outside of being a one hit wonder. Does not belong on the list.
A 1989 album emulating 1960slop would normally be an auto-1⭐, but to their credit the instrumentation is solid enough to be engaging through most of this. Unfortunately that just makes it a bland experience -- whereas The Fall was so bad it makes me shudder anytime I think of Mark E. Smith, The La's existence will simply be forgotten in about two days.
Fuck. Now I have that song stuck in my head all day.
There She Goes is more like an anthem, it's simple with no verses and I guess very influential for Britpop. The album isn't my cup of tea and that one song stands out in an odd way. Not a fan of Freedom Song
The records that The La's emulate try to capture something vital of their moment with the technology available: they are modern and immediate. This record crams serviceable tunes into mum’s old miniskirt, anachronism as constipation.
This was fine. There She Goes slaps (even if I prefer the Sixpence None the Richer version) and it was largely enjoyable, although dragged a bit by the last 3-4 songs. Again not sure why this is 1001 Albums worthy - feels like more blah Britpop.
Another album that doesn't really strike me as anything all that impressive. Not sure why it's on this list. The most interesting thing about it for me was that it sounded more 60s than 80s/90s. Having listened to the Who's My Generation recently, I was surprised how similar they felt to me at times. I didn't really like either of them all that much, though. Nothing was really wrong with the album, so I'm not knocking it for being bad. It just seems like another album on here because of its one hit, which does not do enough to make it an important album for me. As a whole it was fine at best. Overall: 2.5/5
Bis auf den einen Hit so lala
Not a noteworthy album
The Plimsouls did it better
Eh, nothing to crazy. Only two good songs on here.
I heard Cast long before the La's. Cast are considered a second-rate Britpop band - they're fine, but not at the Oasis level - that I think the bassist from The La's went on to form. Everyone knew There She Goes, and I was told that the album was a hidden gem, with beautiful songwriting. I'd rather listen to Cast to be honest. It's just more of your meat and potatoes "I wish it was still the 60s" dullness.
Once again, another Britpop band that had a hit song gets their whole album on this list. There She Goes warrants a Star, but the rest is a ripoff of the Kinks.
It's whatever. There are other more notable rock bands and albums from this time period.
Enjoyed the music but not the vocals and lyrics. It would have been great if it were an instrumental album.
Not *that* bad, but yet another album that's on this list only because it's British and had one hit song in the 80s/90s
Yeah idk it's alright. I guess this was a little ahead of the britpop curve. Must've been influential or something to justify it's inclusion. Feelin' and Failures were pretty good. Obv There She Goes is a solid track. Other than that i didn't find much of it was interesting. On a side note, I saw these guys at the Rock En Seine fest in Paris in 2011 and their drummer didn't show up for some reason. They played as just a guitarist and bassist. The set was kind of a drag but props to them for carrying on with the show. Apparently that was one of their last live appearances
grand not great. 2.5
One hit wonder
There She Goes is a timeless romcom track. Singer has a unique voice. I Can't Sleep Timeless Melody *There She Goes Way Out Looking Glass Knock Me Down
Lower average among the whiny British bands.
dnf
Tiene un sonido tranquilo británico, incluso suena un poco como a vaqueros a veces. Pero s más que todo indie parecida a la banda "The Smiths" la canción que más me gusta es "There She Goes".
Struggle bus
definitely one of the rock albums of all time. could have went without hearing it before I die, tbh
Mostly just generic rock, nothing bad, but nothing too interesting either. Except for a couple. Freedom Song was pretty interesting. And the best was There She Goes. I didn't even know they sang it originally, I've only ever heard the Tatu version. Best song: There She Goes
Other than the song that everyone knows this was quite a boring album.
5/10
The best part of this was when it was over Spotify’s algorithm played Pulp. That’s Britpop I want to hear, but I wonder if it’s even on this list. This was another album I don’t understand why it made the cut. I suppose it sounded like generic late 60s Brit rock and whoever made this list has a massive thing for that.
Not sure why this is on the list of albums you need to hear before you die. It's totally forgettable.
One song does not make an album
“There She Goes” and the second to last song were the only ones I liked
Wasn’t a huge fan of this. Has the There She Goes single that was fine, and there was a bonus song at the end that had a nice crunchy lo-fi vibe to it, but overall not great.
Ok 2/5
Only really liked there she goes