Reviews (page 9 of 9)
THIS IS SNOOP DOGG
I forgot how much I adore "Looking Glass".
Very diverse but it all rocks! Ahead of their time at some times and a great throwback to invasion rock at others. Some of the songs get repetitive lyrically but they're generally catchy and most are under three minutes long. Refreshingly, nearly all of the album was different than There She Goes, even if it is a good song on it's own.
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.
Peak jangle pop. Fun, nostalgic, and "There She Goes" brings back a lot of memories. Gorgeous.
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.
Probably heard this a 100 times and is still awesome.
pas dingue, manque de punch, 2/5
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
Пока что самый внятный альбом из тех, что были. Чёткие, лаконичные мелодии, приятные мотивы, не сливающееся в нечто аморфное. Думал, что нечто подобное и будет основу списка составлять. Похоже на то, чему я при определённых условиях в параллельной вселенной мог бы заебенить пятёру.
блять ну у них в то время соревнование в ужасности голоса было или че блять я не понимаю. звучит уже даже приятно но суука ты можешь петь нормально блять а не выть как уебище сука йоко ты блять оно
Nice guitar part, but too quiet voice. Some very good rock tracks, but there are some very noisy tracks on the album.
I liked 'feelin', 'freedom', and, of course, 'there she goes'. 'there she goes' is such a banger, every time. The others were good.
meh
banger pretty fucking good i like yep
Not terrible really, but not for me.
No es mal disco, pero no hay ni una sola canción que me haya llamado la atención lo más mínimo.
Guitar, like it.
It's brilliant. I think I know every note. The most famous song is probably the worst in it. Like The Stone Roses, just so frustrating they didn't make more at their peak.
It’s fine. It’s like a mediocre 60s pop album that was released in the early 90s (which again, is fine) and because of that somehow considered really important. Enjoyable enough tho, but won’t revisit.
One hit single does not an unmissable album make. If you say you're going to revisit this you're a liar.
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
Great album. Only ever heard there she goes previously but thought whole album was great.
Scouse indie. BT: Son of a Gun, There She Goes, Failure
Not bad
Singy songy guitar and vocals. Meh.
Gotta love those strong Liverpool accents coming through in this album. It’s got a real folk sound but I’ve also read this album be described as some of the first Brit pop.
siuuuu
This was a good album. I really liked it. The last track was exceptionally great imo. That is all.
I reeeeally liked this
Good album this. There's a smash hit which is not at all representative of the rest, which is a good thing
6/10
Good.
„There she Goes“ Won‘t mind if she stays gone for longer
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.
‘’The La’s” by The La’s (1990). La? Why La? (inside joke for fans of Derek and the Dominos). “La” is “lad” in Liverpool dialect. I might rather have titled this album “The Ho’s” by The Hums. The songs feature lyrics that employ excessive obscurity in the dutiful service of meaninglessness. The point is, one must assume, not the words, but the sounds. And the sounds are a slight improvement over bad rock from the 60s. On a song entitled “Timeless Melody”, a serious listener would naturally have high expectations for the melody. But nope. Subpar lead vocal which absolutely requires reverb—not good. Otherwise, competent instrumentals and backing vocals, but nothing to applaud. One highlight on this album: “There She Goes” is cool, but when she’s gone, there’s not much left. A one hit wonder from a one album blunder. This album is Herman’s Hermits trying to learn from U2. Keep studying, lads. 2/5
There she gooooooes. Cuasi plagio Timeless melody.
brought back some memories
Good catchy tunes. I could listen to this again.
3/5
Good album, too bad they didn't do more. Didn't know "There She Goes" was by The La's.
Suenan como "The Beatles" :-)
#no
Pleasantly jangly. 6/10
Un bon album rock des 90s. 3.25
Pop de los 90, sin mucha sustancia
Folk rock indie
This is fucking awesome.
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
This is unexpectedly excellent! Nearly flawless poppy alt rock. "There She Goes" is properly timeless, as I was very surprised to learn this was its origin - I assumed it must be a cover of something that had been around since the 60s or 70s! There are a lot of great tracks besides that one, though. "I Can't Sleep" and "Timeless Melody" are both awesome, but my fave track award has to go to the closing phantasmagorical wonder "Looking Glass"...
That one song was good...
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.
Interesting voice there she goes is great not much else grabs me
Music for college 90s movies
Bra, inte dåligt. Inte riktigt min smak dock. Inget sticker ut
Somewhere between the Smashing Pumpkins and R.E.M. The La's sit comfortably with an early 90s rock sound that has definitely been influenced by 60s and 70s classic rock. It's a shame that they only managed one album however this one album does have a range of tracks. It seems to blend punk, rock, shoegaze and indie. I could listen to this again, 7/10
🤷🏼♂️ erg rustig
There she goes, and other songs.
I've heard them before, but after this I will look into them more.
Good British rock. It sounds a bit old school for the 80's, but I'm not complaining.
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 album was right up our alley. Also had a famous song "There she goes" that we know by heart, but had no idea who it was by. Now we know! Very good listen as an album, but the songs at the end were a little too slow to give it the full five stars.
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
Legendary single and easy to listen. Nothing extraordinary but it's a sign of their times.
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.
Just found that really dull. It wasn't necessarily bad I just got quite bored.
2.8
Other than There She Goes this was rather bland
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 actually knew a few of these songs, but never knew the band's name.
Has the song there she goes. This is a very fun album.
I can smell the fish n’ chips and cigarette smoke through the 90’s angst and good times.
A solid early indie album. Good for 1990, I can hear lots of bands took influence from this later in the decade
It’s ok. Waited ages for ‘There she goes’
Meh except for one song
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.
det här var fan rätt bra alltså
Pretty solid English punk. Couple standout tracks such as there she goes and timeless melody and way out.
Not too exciting
Perfect jangle pop, it's never been done better. If only The La's could have been happy with this album and released many other albums, the world would not have needed or noticed the overrated Oasis. I don't know why the band couldn't be satisfied, but I'm glad, at least, that this got released. It's happy and poppy, yet it is still one of the most enjoyable albums of the 90's
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"
Solid power pop album. Really great stuff in here, espec I Can't Sleep and Looking Glass. And, There She Goes is an all-timer. This one will get repeat listens, for sure.
therrre shee goes
1990. Key Songs: Son of a Gun, There She Goes
1/5 Cool album. Standout Tracks: I Can't Sleep, Freedom Song
Enjoyed much more than I thought I would. Reminded me of Small Faces?
There she goes band. I’m really sucking at listening at these luckily it gives me time to listen at my own pace.
The definitive scouse album. Cosmic stuff!
Ganska tamt. Poppigt och väldigt ospännande.