The La's

There she goes I guess. This is not how I expected this album to sound. I like it less. Why is it a guy. And why is he singing like that. I don't like it. It sounds like he's singing badly on purpose because he's embarrassed to try. This is not good. I'll go to doledrum if I so please. I really don't like this. It sounds like something a kid would make. It's kinda just noise. You should be all by yourself. Favourite: There She Goes Least favourite: I Can't Sleep

Sigh. More bland bands with one notable song.

I feel like the more I listen the more I would like but rn it isn’t speaking to me. I never really liked there she goes anyways

Dosta lejm album. 1/5, 1/10

There She Goes is a classic but it’s not enough to make up for the boring repetitive shit that is the rest of the album.

Not a vibe :c

Got 0 enjoyment out of this, boring as fuck. 1/10 Favourite track: N/A

Dull

maybe wrong generation or wrong age, but i'm not in the mood for meaningless mediocre upbeat dream pop. i never am.

This one hit wonder band's one hit wonder isn't even good enough to justify making a whole album, much less needing to listen to it before you die. Don't! Looking Glass is laughably bad and is almost 8 minutes long. It might be one of the only songs I'm aware of that they sing the band's name over and over, so that's some sort of accomplishment? I hated this album so much

one hit wonders. and then elevator music.

No, you don't need to listen to this before you die.

Wow I hated this. Here she goes again is nice but the rest sucked

90s psyop

Not my thing.. didn't like it

1HitWda

This album is dogshit. The kinda dogshit where your beloved pit bull chewed up a tennis ball, swallowed it, then when he took a shit, the turds had fluorescent yellow patches in it. That’s this album. 1001 album worthy: not at all - 86/159

La, la, la, … langsam nervt die Auswahl der Platten nur noch.

Nobody cares …

Und wieder ein 90er-jahrebritpopbelangloslangweiliges Werk *gähn

This was fine. There are some pretty good songs. 1001 is a lot of albums. Maybe it's easier to make the cut than I thought.

A one hit wonder with a completely generic album? Not an essential listen in any way.

Son Of A Gun- This is not so bad, maybe it will be like R.E.M I Can't Sleep- Also not awful, but there just isn't any build-up or tension as far as I'm concerned Timeless Melody- John is repeating the end of the verses that rhyme from the kitchen. Running into the same sort of problems I had with the other tracks Liberty Ship- this is the point where it started to sink in There She Goes - This song single-handedly kind of poisoned the album for me going in AND I JUST CANT CONTAYAYAYAIN Doledrum-not the biggest fan Feelin- Sounds a little like the Friends theme Way Out- A little better than the others, I think it has a bit more momentum but still falls flat for me Freedom song- Absolutely not. im in hell Failure - No Looking Glass - imagine all the people, living for today....They are playing the same thing faster now, get me OUT I had to listen twice to do my due diligence before I talked shit about it and honestly ended up disliking it more on the second listen LOL These songs just feel like they go nowhere. They have these classic sort of British with a capital B pop structures and just repeat the same thing over and over at the same tempo and none of it is interesting for me. There isn't really any tension or release. Saying nothing in a nothing tone of voice. Metronome hell. Feels like drinking groundwater.

This dude dropped the lyric "If you look in your mind / Do you know what you will find" in the third song and I fully checked out. I'm sure it's a classic according to British rock journalists (and people who use the phrase "pop nuggets") (and Oasis fans) (and Oasis).

Sounded like shitty REM

meh

Who compiled this list? There's a reason The La's only made one album, they are crap. This project could very easily be renamed 1001 albums not to listen to before you die. And it desperately needs a zero star rating/

Not for me. 1/5

In this album: British invasion cosplay made by some losers in the 90's who were born in the wrong generation. Another generic British rock album but completely uninspired. Once I got to Looking Glass I wanted to shoot myself. I struggled to finish this record. Looking Glass and All By Myself were incredibly painful, I nearly gave up on finishing this album when I had to deal with them. WHY ARE THEY SO LONG AND REPETETIVE? I GET IT CUNT, YOU'RE ALL BY YOURSELF, SHUT UP. This album is obviously just a one-hit-wonder album, as There She Goes is the only recognisable (and good) song on the album. Why does the quality of the music suddenly perk up only for There She Goes, then the rest of the album sounds like it was recorded on a used microphone from the 1960's? Did they spend all their budget on the one hit song and forgot they had to record a whole album around it? Why is There She Goes a completely different genre to the rest of the album? Just go listen to literally any British invasion album instead, it sounds the exact same but at least it's good.

One hit wonder band. Even the 'hit' on this album is mid at best. I guess it's just an earworm pop song that's made it into karaoke mixes because literally anyone could convincingly sing this song which is almost an indictment on how basic this tune is. This was a total chore to get through. Really plain, no spark or panache. It must have been a chore for the band members too because The La's have had gone through more band members (25) than they've released songs on studio albums (12-17 idk) It's astounding to me that anyone would give enough of a fuck about this band or this album to warrant a DELUXE edition. The peak chart position in the UK was 30 and in the US it was 196. Nobody gave a fuck about this album when it game out, why am I listening to this in current year?

What shits me about this album is that because this is in the list it means we miss out on hundreds of other albums that are better than this generic crap. The only impact this album has produced is all the people that crashed their cars into oncoming traffic at 110km an hour because doing that is quicker than shutting off the fucking car stereo. Like dexies I can't get my time back from listening to this album, fucked up. Crazy frog has had a greater impact on peoples lives than this album. I only know "There she goes" from the hit movie parent trap (1998) and that's it. Fuck the guy that thought this warranted a place on this list, only saving grace is that this was not a Friday album so I don't have to worry about listening to this over the weekend. 1/5

Another prime example of an album that's only true value comes from the lone breakout single of this One Hit Wonder (in this case, "There She Goes"). The rest of this project could be forgotten about entirely, but the entire album is arbitrarily tossed on this list, because apparently by this list's logic, if you find a diamond in the rough, the whole rough is suddenly just as valuable as the diamond itself.

I think one of the things this list points out is that mainstream rock in the late 80s was just so awful that an album like this becomes one you need to listen to before you die. 30+ years on this is such a forgettable drag. They wrote “There She Goes” - cool. That song and the rest of this is a snooze.

This was in every charity shop in the 90s, I was one of the many who felt ripped off by the unrealised promise of that one great single.

Liked Song There She Goes

without this list, i would have in fact died never listening to this, and upon my arrival in hell would have been dutifully informed i had missed out on some classic British jangle pop. "thank god" i would have said

En esta lista hay discos muy prescindibles. Este está en el top ten.

Proof there are not 1001 albums you must listen to.

Not my jam

There she goes kenne ich

that one hit song sounds entirely different than the rest of the album… and is also their only hit. what’s up with that?

More boring britrock

Just dogshit. Id rather [description of immoral/dangerous acts] than listen to shit like this again. Listened to the first two songs, skipped around next three, hit the stop and hid the artist on spotify forever. Fuck this type of music. Significant 17/45 Liked 7/45 Added 1/45 Unironically fuck this album

One hit wonders. Surprised they on this list.

Meh

Jesus, who thought it was a good idea to include this horseshit on a list of 1001 essential albums? This is truly awful. This sounds like Dollar Store brand Stone Roses. One good song does not, a good album make. There She Goes is a classic song, but the rest of this album is awful. Generic alternative/pop rock from the 90's. The one good thing about it is most songs are only 2-3 minutes long. This generator seems to be weighted heavily to shit British bands. Overall, a horrible album that I can't wait to forget. No redeeming qualities. Favourite songs: There She Goes, Doledrum, I.O.U. Least favourite songs: Looking Glass, All By Myself, Failure, Freedom Song, Feelin' 1/5 (1 point for the only song worth talking about, There She Goes).

"There She Goes" stands out like a sore thumb on this thing because it is actually interesting.

not for me

This one was tough to listen to. 12 tracks of bad 90s romcom music. I'm better of having died before having listened to this one.

Genuinely awful

This was okay. I have a feeling this wouldn't have had much lasting power without "There She Goes" on it. The songs are pretty earnest and endearing but not super memorable. Seems like the thought was there but maybe not the execution? The closer is very good though!

This sucks

nothing much here

There she goes

If the "retro" that they are selling nowadays is the '80s, often represented with vibrant colors, what is the "retro" in the '80s itself? The answer is, probably, the '60s. Not colorful and bright, just simple. The good old days. And there she goes, the album that attempted to create a nostalgic retro album but ended up creating a painfully generic and tedious pop rock album instead. Not the best retro from the '80s amirite lads? Or should I say... L A' S ?

tedioso

Bien, there she goes es popular, IOU y no mas que esto. Es un disco que mira a los 80s o antes y es de principio de los 90s.

siuuuu

There She Goes was my favorite song on this album. It’s a sweet, upbeat song