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The bard of my second home here, with a very weird soundtrack to a film noir that doesn't exist. It's cool, and occasionally really interesting, but it's often just plain odd and basically pointless. Love the TV news report samples that occasionally get used by the way.
This must be the dumbest "concept" album of all times. Very few soundtrack albums, and even less scores, can stand on their own. You listen to an OST cause it is inextricably linked with the memories of a movie scene and your own memories when you watched it. This one has nothing to draw from, and it doesn't help that the music is a completely random mess that can't decide what time period or mood it is trying to reference/recreate.
Supposed to be based on a fictional movie. Not sure what Letterboxd review I’d give that movie but it would probably match.
I love that the random generating machine gave us Barry Adamson and DJ Shadow back to back. To me they're doing the same thing, layering worlds of sound together, just different sensibilities to the same kind of project. Oedipus Schmoedipus seemed to be more like he's made the soundtrack album of the complete songs that you'd only hear snippets dropped in to punch up the scenes in his movie. Moss Side Story just goes for the whole soundtrack, moment to moment tracking every scene. There's a film called The Clock, very few people manage to see the whole thing since it's 24 hours long. Consists entirely of scenes with clocks in them, covering every minute of the day. A shot from a western cuts to a reaction from a character in a space opera, to a machine gun from a film noire, all with clocks in them that show the exact same time the audience is watching it. (Check the Wikipedia entry - it's insane) I saw an hour of it while killing time in Toronto, another 2 or 3 hours when it was in Winnipeg, didn't want to leave, its like being unable to stop scrolling but more fun. Long winded way of saying that's what listening to Moss Side Story feels like to me.
I can't say I'm sad that this is our last Barry Adamson album on the list. This guy made some truly odd musical choices in his soundtracks for non-existent films and I don't think I need to hear any more. I actually didn't have a bad time listening through the album though. It's got a jazzy sound and I like that there are no lyrics. That already makes it much better than Oedipus Schmoedipus with its creepy-ass songs. The film noir inspiration is so cheesy and funny and the quote on the album cover really gets me: "In a black and white world, murder brings a touch of colour." This album does have its charm even though it is completely all-over-the-place.
Idk about this one chief... The 1001 gods have clearly never seen a real film before, all the movie soundtrack albums on the list only exist for fake movies... (i guess Im just referring to Oedipus Shmoedipus... but that one was also not good) Just pick real movie soundtracks dammit, those ones have the best tunes (Music from Shaft, Virgin Suicides). All these fake movie albums are just way too out there, and would never really fully work for any actual visuals. I guess unless you were making an art film lol. Didn't care for it, will probably never seek this out again, and will probably forget about it by the time were through. There are worse albums that I have heard on this list, but this still gets a big fat UNO from me me.
ok gotta do some catchup here. wrong side of relaxation--oh my fucking goodness this is music????? i can't quit less than one track in, but i hate this. 1989 checks out. under wraps--now that i'm through 5 minutes of hell for the introduction... this is fine. so it's a concept album for a non-existent crime drama about his home neighborhood in manchester. honestly this sounds exactly like an '80s crime drama soundtrack. nothing more or less. "we see it something in the nature of a cancerous growth." maybe the cancerous growth was the albums we listened to along the way. jk jk ... but also ... i hear a tardis, is the doctor here???? ope there's the tardis again. the doctor said no thanks. man with the golden arm--going all james bond for the outro?? ok that one is interesting. really really not a fan of opening the album to a 5 minute sample of hell. the rest of it was fine. adamson obviously used all the normal tricks in movie soundtrack composing to create a movie soundtrack. like i said in track 2, it's exactly what you would expect an '80s crime drama to sound like. the question is, why? who knows. honestly, 2/5.
Don't really know what to think of this album. It is totally unclear why this mixture of sounds is one of these 1001 albums. If you haven't hear, you haven't misssed much.
Nooo
are we fucking deadass. what kind of white noise is this
"You have nothing to worry about, Mr. Adamson! I promise - I won't breathe a word - to anyone" I bought this CD when it first came out because "The Man With the Golden Arm" was getting a lot of airplay, and Barry Adamson had played with Magazine and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. I listened to it ALL the time then, but I haven't heard it in quite a while because you know how it is, there's always something new to listen to; I have a short attention span. But at the time this was one of my favorite records. On listening again today? Ha, I forgot how much I love this record. Starts off creepy and orchestral, then into the great bouncing "Under Wraps," then into what sounds like it could be a mid-60s soundtrack except... not. Thank you 1001 Albums for reminding me of this marvelously unhinged album. (I'm laughing at the 1-star review that says "Who is this for? Who is sitting around listening to this? People who listen to this need to be on a registry." I guess that's me?)
I kept just waiting for something to happen, and it never did. Reading about it after, I get the concept as crime movie soundtrack to a fictional movie, but it just is boring. I also feel like hip hop in the 90s took this vibe and actually made good music with it. So there is better music with this concept. There are all good songs but just never will listen again
Siisti ambient kunnon kauhuleffa intro. Levy muutenkin soundtrack olemattomalle salapoliisi leffalle. Ihan hauska sillein ideana, mutta kuullostaa ihan normi leffa soundtrackilta eikä tee siitä mitenkään erikoista. Parhaat: On the Wrong Side of Relaxation, Intensive Care
Ex-Bad Seed Barry Adamson crafted another cool album combined of noir film music, dark jazz and odd classic. It's great and has more of consistency than other albums.
Idk felt like the dude put this on the list because the artist worked with Nick Cave and the dude has a hard on for anyone related to Nick Cave, it’s kinda embarrassing. There’s some interesting points here, sometimes it’s fun and spooky but not for most of it, just boring and indulgent. Might put the over of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents theme song on my Halloween playlist.
concept kinda cool, album kinda meh
This is stupid.
How many obscure british albums of the 90s and 2000's do we need. There are tons of good 60s-80s british albums that are 100 times better than this junk.
I can hear some talent hidden away in there. Utterly inessential meandering nonsense.
Escutei 3 barulho e dropei
Pior que tomar sopa de macarrão, no dia 17 de janeiro, no ingleses ao meio dia.
Very cool concept. Industrial jazz. Bonus points for scoring a non-existent movie.
Like a soundtrack to a movie that hasn't been made.
This is ok. Sounds like a movie soundtrack.
I did not enjoy the first song on this album. Rest of it was OK
Very cinematic. I love the idea of a soundtrack album for a movie that doesn't exist. It must be amazing to make the kind of music that sounds like it would appear on a crime movie (because cinematic music is a particular style that's barely touched if it's not for a real movie), and still have full creative freedom because there's not really a movie. Some highlights on this first listen were: "Under Wraps" (I love how the end makes you almost dizzy if you're listening with headphones), "Sounds from the Big House" (with some amazing saxophone parts), "The Swinging Detective" and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World". Overall, 4/5.
Insane
Maybe this would be okay if it was actually the score to a film. But it ain’t, so it ain’t.
1001 list making me think unhinged thoughts like "you can sing the Andre 3000 song 'Spread' over the Barry Adamson song 'Under Wraps'" 1001 list gets a 1, this album is a 3
didn't mind it
wow this was weird as hell "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" was really Looney Tunes Animaniac type stuff but the rest was interesting
An unusually narrative work for the limited vocals herein. Unique among records for their own sake but pretty typical of soundtrack work. From the description, this seems, somewhat, to have been Adamson's calling card as a scorer of films. It works, and it did work for him. Is it a good listen? Maybe if you've got something to do. But I fully expected to hate this and didn't, so that's got to be some kind of credit. It's a bit of jazz, a bit of atmospheric electronic and it's a lot of throwback to earlier times (and earlier films). It feels like a tense noir. I should have imagined this as more akin to a Canadian favourite of mine: Matt Mays's 2006 album, 'When the Angels Make Contact' -- also a soundtrack to a movie (which was, allegedly, shot but abandoned). Mays's version is a bit better but it's also fairly different, genre-wise. Not totally sure I *must* listen to this before dying but I'm also not mad that I did. Better than Kid Rock, not as good as The Boss. 3/5
Wonderful album by Barry Adamson. A fictional movie score - 1950s film noir and electronic landscapes, reminding me of side b of Bowie’s Low and “Heroes”
I can't say I love this album, but I also think it's pretty cool. It's audacious for sure, writing a full score to a movie that doesn't exist. It's remarkably consistent, telling a solid story throughout, and incredibly well-executed. It's just that...well I don't really care much for movie scores except in context of the film. And absent a movie entirely - it just isn't my cup of tea.
Conceptually very interesting, but not as gripping as i would have liked. 3.7/5
Hard pass. Tried the first four tracks and this is officially the first album in this sequence I abandoned. I saw someone write that it sounds like a soundtrack. I agree, and not in a good way. Nope. (1/5). Just nope.
I have so many questions. They're all rhetorical though, because I don't care to know the answers.
Variety: 2 Adequacy: 2 Listenability: 1 Uniqueness: 2 Emotionality: 0 = 1.4 rounded down to 1 "Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" Well. This is going to be an interesting one. The idea of a fake soundtrack for a movie that never existed is actually the sort of thing that's right up my alley. I enjoyed some of the Mike Pattinson stuff where he pulled a similar gimmick quite a bit. I'm curious what sources this guys is going to be drawing form though as "English gangster film" ( Get Carter maybe?) doesn't conjure much of a series of tropes that could be easily mined for some winking, referential instrumentation. Before even hitting play, the listener is being asked to do a lot of the heavy lifting here. While this feels a little like having the rug pulled out from under me as I understood this list to be mostly rock, R&B, and soul music, I'll try and keep an open mind. However, I think I'm going to have to switch up my format a little to accommodate this. Even the best film scores can't help but sound samey and fade into the background. A breakdown by acts might be in order, seeing that the composer chose to demarcate things that way. THE ACTS ACT ONE - 'The Ring's the Thing' Right away I'm getting WAY heavier horror vibes than crime drama with the whispering female voices and the heeled steps that seem to be trying to escape someone or some thing. The screeching and twangy sting do nothing to dispel this. The dialogue clips are putting this less in mind of a film score and more into a sample-heavy version of stuff that JG Thirlwell ( aka Steroid Maximus, aka Foetus, aka Manorexia aka... a bunch of other names of The Venture Bros and Archer fame) does a lot of. This one has a very late 60s/ early 70s. Thirlwell does it much better though. We barely touch upon the crime theme here with some more faux movie dialogue and staticy chatter mixed with some jazzy inflections, but it really does not seem to be going anywhere. ACT TWO - 'Real Deep Cool' We seem to be in the sci-fi realm in parts now. The energy I'm digging much more right away, and could maybe imagine this in some so awful it's good Italian mockbuster from the early 80s. The jazzy saxophone meets industrial beat comes across as a parody of something David Lynch might have included on the Lost Highway soundtrack. At one point we seem to enter into a jazz club in our imaginary movie, but then it peters out and is over in a few blinks before going right into some schmaltzy piano balladry that ends in some Eraserhead buzz. Along the way there are brief stops into takes on Anton Karas's zither-heavy Third Man score, as well as some swingin' 60s spy guitar. I can't say any of it was effective enough for me to call it anything other than ill-conceived pastiche. ACT THREE - 'The Final Irony' This one seems to want to dive into 80s action thriller territory before quickly settling into more clanky horror. "Intensive Care" is the only track I'll call out here as it worked for me as a nice bit of creepy ambience. Then things wind down into a weird 80s thriller meets Danny Elfman section before quickly turning back to the horror realm to wrap up Act Three. ACT FOUR -'For Your Ears Only' A drunken, doppler effected clavichord ( ?) cover of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents tv show theme opens this last act and feels more akin to something you might hear in a pirate movie than ( what I think) the intended crime/ mystery/ suspense vibes. "Chocolate Milkshake" gives us a dip into what sounds like a depressed, minor chord version of a 3rd tier Mario character spin-off game theme ( does Birdo have a game yet?). And we end with an industrialized cover of Elmer Bernstein's "The Man With the Golden Arm", a track which I can't imagine anyone describing as iconic enough to warrant the treatment. HIGHLIGHTS - *crickets* MIDLIGHTS - "Intensive Care" LOWLIGHTS - Everything else FINAL THOUGHTS I remain baffled by the inclusion of this based on what's come before, but maybe we'll see more stuff like it later? I have to say this is very much a case of false advertising as this in no way resembles an film score. Experimental, industrial sound collage heavily inspired by genre films? Sure. As the imagined score for a vintage English crime movie I have to say it's a complete failure. I'm not against this sort of thing in principle. Thirlwell and Pattinson have both played around in the same sandbox, but have been much more successful in my opinion. Clearer goals, a cohesive throughline, and some more memorable material are severely lacking here. Track by track there was stuff to find interesting, but I'm wondering if this is another album that may have been chosen for its long term influence rather than its immediate impact. Barry Adamson seems very much like an experimental avant-garde industrial musician's avant-garde industrial musician. It's a shame as I genuinely find a lot of stuff in this realm to be interesting. I wouldn't call much of this a pleasurable listening experience, nor one I would recommend to most anyone else I know, lest my taste become suspect. This pales even i comparison with the more accomplished stuff by similar artists that I've heard. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - All bound for the recycle bin
Sounds like a college movie scoring project. Hope the guy earned that MFA in Sound Design off this. I'll give a point for keeping a coherent thought throughout the entire album. It does evoke an action movie atmosphere. But seriously, how does this merit inclusion as one of the 1001 slots?
I love that this exists
We all know by now that I love a concept album and my oh my has Adamson executed on his idea here. An excellent listen for my moody morning commute.
I am thankful that I read the wikipedia description, but also I feel like I would have loved this anyway. What a fun little ride, love that he just decided to make this, very evocative, loved that his name kept getting mentioned as a victim/detective/something else. Feels quite funny that this is on the list but easily one of my faves so far. I'll be listening to parts of this again I think
I quite like the concept of the album and trying to piece together a plot for a crime movie in my head based on the sounds but also it didn’t grab me that much.
I really really enjoyed this. I love the concept for this album so maybe that carried it a long way, but I feel the execution let that concept shine. It really does sound like something you’d hear in a film noir, and the structure helps this idea. Even no there is no story told, it feels like you’re making you way through one, which I absolutely loved. It feels like it has the rises and falls that a movie would almost structured in acts. There are tracks that are definitely better than others, but on the whole this was great
What did Barry have to do to get this album on the list? Sounds like a candle to me because this album blooooooows.
I love the idea of this and there are some beautiful melodies that bring you right into a noir film. Some of the screeching noises that are clearly for a crime film are less enjoyable without the context of a movie...top 1000???
Bizarre, big up moss side! Still strikes fear in my heart.
Definitely an interesting one. Do like the jazz/noir meets horror vibes. But overall, being a "soundtrack", I don't think its one I'll be going back to. Perfectly solid.
It was fine, I enjoyed the musical undertones but the singing killed it :(
𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 feels like the soundtrack to a crime film that never existed. Mixing jazz, funk, and cinematic arrangements, Barry Adamson creates a dark and atmospheric record that constantly suggests scenes, characters, and urban landscapes. The concept works remarkably well: the music has a strong film-noir mood, as if it were accompanying a stylish late-night thriller. Even without the imaginary movie, the album stands on its own as a compelling and distinctive listen.
I guess it's successfully a movie soundtrack, but without a movie it loses it's impact. Some of the tracks suggest emotion or intrigue, but, it at most it makes me wish I was watching the movie? I can't tell whether it's brilliant or a long job application to make soundtracks for ACTUAL movies.
superb concept; pedestrian execution
страхітливо чудово! не всі пісні сподобались. Проте альбом чудовий, переносить тебе в якийсь детектив... робиться лячно, але затишно бо ми там не насправді. ще трішки згадується сімейка адамсів (схожа атмосфера).
Fair play to anyone that takes their underprivileged estate and writes an ode to it if this order. Not at all what I expected, possibly pretty far ahead of it's time on release? There are electronic artists, hip hop starts, trip hop, neo pop artists that have followed in similar veins in production and with skits. I'll never come back to this album, but as a concept IMO it works alright. Some cool ideas and some passable background noise. Unfortunately there is a fair share of self indulgent wank nestled in the album too.
meh
No idea how to interpret this album. Is it jazz? Experimental? Alternative? Electronic?
This sounds like a compilation of early 90s David Bowie instrumental tracks that did not make the cut. I am saying this in both the best and worst ways possible. I can understand all the criticism, but I enjoyed listening to this one.
What even is this shit? I don't care that he may have been a Bad Seed, this is an utterly ridiculous album.
favorite song: the swinging detective vibe: rainy night, movies and angst rating: 68/100
This is some weird shit. But still pretty good. I guess it’s supposed to resemble a movie soundtrack. That actually works
The idea of making a soundtrack to a non-existent film sounds interesting on paper, but in practice it's a bit pretentious. The music is fine, but without any visual accompaniment it all feels hollow. It's the sort of music that someone makes to score the most generic crime noir film ever made, and as such it's completely devoid of any meaning. I want to give it 1 star, but some of the music here is genuinely good, I just think the whole execution of the concept leaves much to be desired.
Virker lidt halvfærdig. Lidt jazz i asendanten, men det var ikke et album til mig. Fik mig ikke til at tænke det som et film soundtrack.
Hvor er det et vildt koncept at lave et soundtrack til en film der ikke eksisterer. Og så lykkes det faktisk ret godt. Det er stemningsfuldt og holder mig nysgerrig. Jeg fået lyst til at se noir-krimier og spille Max Payne.
So now we are away from the west side of town and onto the moss side? I guess Adam just felt like making a soundtrack but just didn’t have a movie to set it to other than maybe in his head I suppose. Very interesting though but for my own enjoyment it was just slightly enjoyable for me personally but I suppose I could see a time and place where this could feel amazing as an epic soundtrack to like or something idk. Interesting pick though 1001 albums lol.
So the conceit isbthat this is the soundtrack to a noir murder film that doesn't exist. With sound effects, dialogue and atmosphere to burn, Adamson really commits to the bit. Whether it's a bit that's worth committing to is kind of dubious. What isn't dubious is that this is not an album I needed to hear before I die. It's never short of competent, but no more than that. Meanwhile, Blind Joe Death and My Feet are Smiling aren't on the list and this is.
Nightmare soundtrack
no, osea capaz, pero no
very weird and interesting and sometimes doing too much but i had fun feeling like I was soundtracked in a movie. Fav track: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Soundtrack to a film that never was. The ex Magazine bass player creates some interesting themes, you believe you were watch a movie. I’d probably score it as 3.5 but don’t have the option so it gets marked up
Interesting listen, probably won't be listening to it again. I enjoyed the first 4 tracks, but was not a fan of much of the rest. This might change with subsequent listens when I can spot the fine details, I am not sure that will happen though as I am not planning to listen to it lots more.
It’s a clever conceit but the music itself is background at best, quickly became forgettable.
No way a cool concept album? The whole premise of being a fake soundtrack for a fake film sounded interesting enough but it actually delivered. It’s super easy to imagine these hypothetical scenes in this movie, where there’s a chase going on, a murder, betrayal, or any other action that would take place in a noir film. The music can be a little slow at times, but as someone who listens to soundtracks quite a bit that’s not the end of the world. I don’t think the actual instrumentation or execution is particularly special, but it gets the job done. Most importantly it actually sounds good and isn’t ear grating like some other more adventurous albums we’ve had. This is definitely not an album I would put on for my morning commute, but it’s a cool listen when you’re working or focusing on something else.
i am one of those fucked up people who listen to soundtracks for fun love love love the string break in The Most Beautiful Girl in the World to break up the disjointed staccato and horns there's something about how music can evoke feelings and images. even if the 'film' this soundtrack is for doesn't exist, I can see it.
Revised review... Made a snarky review and then got into the meat of the album. Really solid. Debut album, supposedly written as a soundtrack to a non-existent crime film. I can appreciate it on that level. On the other hand, his earlier work also involved a stint with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. These 2 things must offset. But this was good, really good actually. It mixed various jazz styles with a soundtrack flair with noir and even a little Alfred Hitchcock. And as I listened, it kept surprising me. Originally gave it 3 but realized I'm going to test drive it again and that I really liked it.
I was told this album was going to be weird and I was not disappointed. This album is definitely unique, the lack of words except for the occasional screaming was honestly a vibe to listen to. Some of the songs lowkey reminded me of Kingdom Hearts and there were a few songs that stood out to me. I honestly enjoy music without words and so I might be a little biased for this, but I don't care.
I can't justifiably give this 1/5, because it at least had some substance and exciting moments. I found myself wondering how exactly this could be a soundtrack to a nonexistent movie. How did Adamson know where to build crescendos? How did he know where the moments of tension should be? This at least gave me something to ponder over, and combined with the music not being actively bad it was actually a fairly interesting listen. Reminiscent of Revolution 9 from the Beatles' White Album, particularly in the opening track, On the Wrong Side of Relaxation. Other than that, though, there's very little personality in the music. The mixing is also very dull and blurry, and considering it came out in 2012, there's no excuse for this. Albums that had been released more than 10 years prior to Moss Side Story sound significantly better. Did I need to hear this before I die? Probably not.
First track: oh wow, the whisperings and the violins gives it a mysterious tone. I love it, such a cool ambient track. That weeping scared the heck of me holy moly I'm getting goosebumps. — 90 Under Wraps: HOLY SHIT. INDUSTRIAL JAZZ? CRIME JAZZ? DARK JAZZ? WHAT IS THIS, this sounds so hard and creepy, I can hear like little weeping sounds in the background too. The piano is amazing what the heck, that percussion is insane. The funk guitar is amazing too. - 95 Central control: Reminds me of lava/underground levels in Mario games, and I'm dope for that type of tracks, amazing as always but I'm scared — 86 Round Up The Usual Suspects: Interesting interlude, wonder what he was saying. — 80 Sounds From The Big House: woawie, that's creepy as heck. That aggressive piano scared me hahah, the organ part is astonishing and spooky, reminds of something. Oh yeah the saxophone part is a chef's kiss. Hmmm this is a very interesting one, very influenced by industrial music but this fusion is kind of weird, in a good way, like I didn't know noir music could sound like this, and what type of scene in a movie could fit this type of song?? I guess I know a reason why this film doesn't exist at all hahha but a very interesting combination, I like it. — 94 Suck On The Honey Of Blood: I love that piano melody and that violin is majestic as heck, oh my god. The gospel music influence is notable, that's amazing. Definitely sounds something Isaac Hayes would do haha. — 87 Everything Happens To Me: hmmm very relaxing considering the creepy mess vibe this album has hahha. — 90 The Swinging Detective: woah, I need to listen to more ambient/crime jazz more hahah, I'm starting to get interested into spy or mystery moves, something like noir, yeah I should get into the noir genre someday, but uhm this is a very interesting track, but kind of boring, love the vibe. Somehow the second part reminds me of Batman xd — 85
2.5
Pretty cool? Stand-outs - Under Wraps - Sounds from the Big House - The Swinging Detective
Meh
I found some of an interesting but in the end, it just annoyed me. 1
Overall: 4/10 I didn't really do any research before starting this one so I expected a pretty straightforward jazzy type of album. Imagine my surprise when it ended up being the score of a film noir film that doesn't even exist. Once I had that idea implanted in my brain, it made the album a bit more digestible, but I still don't think it's anything to go crazy over. Maybe I'd like it more if the film was real, but it isn't, so I'm stuck with no visuals to interpret this. Fav Song: The Swinging Detective
Dude probably would have been fine making a soundtrack to a gritty crime movie or making his own music that was less atmospheric and more you know verse/chorus/bridge type stuff. Instead he went for this weird concept that is just super uninteresting to listen to.
Interesting concept!!!
Not sure why this is interesting or unique. I had tough time with it.
Simultaneously bizarre and fascinating
I'm not sure why this is on the list. It was probably a fun experiment for the artist but it comes off like a DJ cobbled together some clips and pieces of film noir stuff.
This was a terrible time to be able to hear.
It's ok. Very cinematic, with non-rhythmic tones placed strategically to tell a story, of sorts. Although no words are spoken, drama is created, romance is implied, and it's able to tell a tale from front to back. Do I like it? Not particularly, but I can see what the album is going for. It elicits imagination from the listener. It's well done in that regard, and I'm surprised it's not a movie soundtrack. I don't think I'll want to listen to it much beyond today, but it's ok.
Hearing that this was a fake soundtrack to a David Lynch type of film, I was expecting this to be a pretentious mess. I was pleasently suprised to hear decent instrumental arrangements that focused on mood and music instead of avant-guard noise.
Great title, absolutely no idea why this is on here, but full marks for the concept and some nice mood music.
I didn't NOT enjoy this, but????? Huh??????
Der Soundtrack zu einem imaginären Film. Eigentlich eine Collage aus Geräuschen. Interessant, aber nur wenn man intensiv zuhört.
That was definitely a change of pace! A film noir soundtrack for a non-existent crime movie. From the menacing violin of the opening track to the closing homages to Hitchcock and Bond, it was fascinating to see how Adamson could so expertly conjure images with instruments and distant, distorted sounds.
Started off really intrigued but by a few tracks in I found it grating and dated
Good fun, unpredictable, an enjoyable listen.
Good album, definitely some creative sounds. Would be cool as a film score. 6.3/10
Out of principle, NO
This album is a movie soundtrack to a non-existent movie. A lot of really experimental stuff on this album. I enjoyed some of the pieces, but as a whole album, it wasn't very fun to listen to. Then again I don't listen to the background music of many soundtracks, they're meant to be listened to in the moment while the movie is playing. Since this album does not actually have a movie, I didn't picture a scenario where I would enjoy listening to the music. This one just wasn't for me.
I wanted this to be a bit darker, more atmospheric. It was good, but lacked a little bit of something special.
This was a surprise to find in this list. I like the idea of a fake soundtrack, I loved the tension and build up in some of the songs. A few pieces were quite less interesting tho. A bit more consistency would have helped.
This is a joke right
Dont know what to think of this. Didnt love it, but I dont understand the style
Biggest takeaway here is that Nick Cave music is pretty cool without Nick Cave. Love the concept and execution. Perfect balance of silly and serious/interesting. Bit of a Krautrock/CAN vibe at times. Sounds from the Big House and Golden Arm stand out. May never come back to this, but eff it, that was fun.
It's a touch on the unusual side, but surprisingly decent and it didn't make me want to turn it off a couple songs into it. When I later found that the guy who did this album also contributed to the soundtrack for Lost Highway, it all made sense.
Interesting album, interesting concept. There are some genuinely excellent highs here, but other parts make hard listening.
I respect the concept. But you know, I already don't listen to movie scores..
This album is weird and cool.
I listened to this album as I was driving across Glendale to track down some Valentine's Day flowers for my partner. This is easily one of my most unexpected albums on the lost so far on the best way possible; what do you mean this late 80's experimental narrative industrial jazz concept album made it onto this list!? The soundscape of this album is so unique that in attempting to contextualize it within music I was more familiar with, I started pulling on albums and artists I rarely ever think about: the abstract narrative experimentation of Karma Fields' New Age | Dark Age, the seamless piano movements of Analogue Dear's small gestures, the disgustingly heavy and metallic bass of Against All Logic's 2012-2017, and the haunting dissonance of Perfume Genius' Ugly Season. The cover, title, tagline, and song names all gave me the impression of a noir film, and that assumption was reinforced by the music; this albums sounds like the soundtrack to the coolest movie I've never seen. With only a small handful of spoken word sections, the entire story here is told through experimental heavy noise, and I find that incredibly compelling and impressive. Highlights: On The Wrong Side Of Relaxation, Under Wraps, Sounds From The Big House, Suck On The Honey Of Love, Everything Happens To Me, The Swinging Detective, Auto Destruction, The Man With The Golden Arm
Nice to listen to once, not a project I’ll revisit.
Uma mistura bizarra de jazz com música industrial. O conceito de trilhas sonoras ficcionais é sempre interessante, mas esse álbum talvez faça isso muito literalmente –– no sentido que a maioria das trilhas sonoras não funcionam como álbuns por si só.
No idea what this is. Experimental - into track is just ambient. Rest is experimental multi-genre fusion. Jazz, blues, classical, electro, big strings and stabs. Sounds like a post-modern noir film soundtrack. Very cool effect, is like watching a film with no visuals! Best track - Under Wraps, Sounds From The Big House, The Man with the Golden Arm 4 stars, overall it's a great effect, brilliantly written and performed
it was prtty okay 6/10
Trash.
I became a big fan through David Lynch but this isn't my favorite album
It might be cool as a movie soundtrack but man, I just don’t really care?
That type of backround music I would listen to while reading crime stories or writing journal or whatever... Enjoyable for me but I see why so low rated.
Best Song: Alfred Hitchcock Theme This isn't even music. 1/5.
I'm going to Moss Side next month. Terrifying! This will not be the soundtrack to my visit though. That will be something more lively and with tunes.
très intéressante comme approche de la musique
Do livro: disco para não ouvir antes de morrer
Some interesting bits but mostly faded into the background for me. I guess that makes sense given it's styled after a soundtrack, but pretty unengaging overall
Very edgy noir. I like the vibe, but even as a lover of soundtracks as a genre this fails to keep my attention.
... yet another mysterious addition to the list, which I really think was created by 51% thought, 39% random dart throws, and 10% just to mess with us. This is from the 39%.
I genuinely didn’t know what to make of this.
WTF. Pioneered the "imaginary soundtrack"??? Does anyone just sit around their house listening to this? When I imagine a sountrack to my life, it certainly doesn't sound like this. Anxiety inducing.
To be fair, I don't like movie music when it's in movies; many of my Letterboxd reviews start with CUT THAT AWFUL MUSIC! I'm not a big fan of Dogma either but they do have a point about background music that the characters can't hear. That said, why not just score a movie? Or get your many famous friends to make a movie? I don't think this music would be too intrusive in this putative movie.
очень странный концепт) могло бы быть очень красиво, но конкретно эти мелодии не очень завлекли
Can’t figure out why this is on the list.
If it sounds like something David Lynch would have liked then it's not the worst thing ever
enter the mysterious world of moss side story, which advertises itself as the soundtrack to a noir film that doesn't exist. it's a very interesting concept, and honestly a really interesting album to dive into. can't really say i can imagine a "plot" of any kind throughout its runtime, but hey, i'll take what i can get here. there's a few moments, samples and stuff that'll make you a little confused, but i found this album a neat little spectacle. a cigar in my mouth and a fedora on my head... those bastards will pay for what they've done.
Albums like this are one of the biggest reasons the OAD project continues to be so rewarding for me. I loved it, but I can't quite wrap my head around it. Moss Side Story, a soundtrack to a non-existent film noir, is completely different from anything I've heard, yet it still sounds familiar. Aside from obvious comparisons to soundtracks, the closest connections I can make are a few cinematic trip-hop albums from the '90s (Endtroducing by DJ Shadow and Krush by DJ Krush come to mind) and some of what I've heard by John Zorn. I am utterly unfamiliar with this artist, but I can't wait to learn more. Four stars.
This one will be short. Really don't know why a soundtrack for a non-existent movie is even necessary. It was decent background music but what the heck.
This album is...interesting. Its a concept album for a noir movie that doesn't exist. I don't see myself going back and listening to any of these songs, but it is different. Clearly Adamson is talented and aspires to score great films.
i don’t usually like music without lyrics, and i found this album a bit creepy
Kind of intriguing. Not something I'd play very often, but it grows on you.
Loved this. Straight 5. Constantly interesting and vibrant, but I was not familiar with Barry Adamson until this. Nice reference to Mingus’ Freedom in Suck On The Honey Of Love too. Needs more listens obviously, but off the bat I know I will return to it. Welcome after patchy week (as always), I was only wondering this morning how long it had been since my last 5. Brilliant album.
I generally don't like instrumental albums and this did not change my opinion. 2 stars or D.
Uhhh what? I guess it’s convincing as a soundtrack even though it’s not for a real movie. Good mood setting and some interesting moments in this noir, but I don’t see why I’d ever revisit this.
This takes me back to the old black and white movies I watched as a kid only somehow very cool. It's really beautiful.
What even is this
This conceit tried my patience so I quit listening. This is the type of thing "intellectuals" use to shame the general public when they don't like it accusing them of "not getting it". I get how this might work for a soundtrack (credit for that) but it's not something I enjoyed listening to with no contextual reference.
Still to listen to.
A pretty good album, I liked Under Wraps the most.
Cool idea, but concept album + non-jazz instrumental makes this a tough listen for me
This is awesome. A soundtrack to a noir film that doesn't exist in the physical world, only in the world of your mind. Love it. "The Swinging Detective" and "Intensive Care" really stood out to me
pretentious shite, soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist, one for wankers to pretend is genius when infact it's just boring lift music with the occasional police radio or scream
A soundtrack to a noir movie that didn't exist. Sure? Ok? One hour of a dude's demo reel
This was pretty cool; kind of a dark jazzy detective movie soundtrack-type of thing. Some pretty cool sections here and there.
kind of weird but fun 3/5
Barry Adamson's career has taken him to a ton of different places, from punk rock bassist to film composer and remixer. Moss Side Story, his debut solo album, sort of encapsulates all of those interests into a single project; it's a soundtrack for a nonexistent film noir, complete with smoky saxophones, eerie strings, MIDI sequences, sampling, live instruments, what have you. you could call it acousmatic, given how difficult it can be to place just what's making all of these freaky sounds. for as interesting as this record can get timbrally, it's definitely a little bit kneecapped by the concept. it almost fits the nonexistent film it's trying to score too well, to such an extent that it actually feels incomplete without a visual component! I guess I should watch that David Lynch movie he worked on. decent 7/10.
Really cool album conceptually, similar to the iconic Soundtracks For The Blind. However, it just doesn't really sound incredible. It's not bad, but I'm not loving it. Overall, a solid album that does it's thing well, but not perfectly.
No
Just didn't gel with the album. Like an awkward first date, the chemistry isn't there, and without the chemistry nothing sexy is going to happen.
Nice to have a go to album for Halloween now
This was an interesting listen. I wasn't sure at first whether it was going to just be another ambient noise album, but then it surprised me and was quite good. I really enjoyed the inventive musicality of some of the tracks and it was pleasant and I enjoyed myself the entire time. I listened to it twice -- four stars.
I know that Barry Adamson played with Nick Cave and the Badseeds back in the day, and I had a kinda big-beat album that he did in the late 90s back in the day (I wonder what happened to that CD??). Other than that I know bupkis about BA's back catalog. This is... absolutely not what I was expecting hahaha. Two tracks in I thought "damn this sounds like a fake soundtrack of a film noir flick", which upon reading the Wikipedia entry is exactly what it is. How astute of me. Pretty cool all told, and it kept be engaged for the whole thing; impressive considering it's a instrumental. The late 80s recording thing of running everything through a giant compressor so there's zero dynamic range I found a bit irritating though... it would have been more effective if it breathed a bit me thinks. Not Adamson's fault per se, this was quite the norm back then. Or perhaps it was intentional? Who knows. Anyhow solid 3.5 stars with a round-down to 3 for the dynamics thing.
this album is really interesting. I really like the concept, and I found imagining the scenes the songs matched up with very enjoyable.
Honestly, a nice change to instrumental. Makes it a lot easier to listen to while at work. Absolutely obsessed with the idea of making a soundtrack for a nonexistent movie.
Atmospheric, often disorientating and pretty cool album this. A cinematic blend of jazz, orchestral, and soundscapes that would suit a tense psychological thriller. The song titles evoke vintage film noir, but distinctive 80s keyboard sounds that slip in occasionally ground it in its time and make me think of lower-budget British films from that era. A lot of users seem put off by the 'fake film' aspect, and I'm not sure why. It's really not much different from other narrative concepts in music. It just needs a bit more imagination from the listener, something that seems to be in short supply these days.
I didn’t really understand this album. I know it was for a made up crime film, but I don’t understand what was so great about it.
Conceptual - slightly odd
This is a tough one to rate as it is a film soundtrack to a non-existent film. I'm sure this would pair well enough as a score to a good neo-noir picture, but I've certainly heard better movie soundtracks. This ain't Halloween or Jaws, basically. Although there are some moments of dread on here brought on by the industrial synths, a lot of the production feels dated. Listening to this as a full album, it's a bit of a chore to be honest. This is another one why I'm baffled that it even made the list.
Points for originality, but the concept really fell flat for me. Boring and not really all that intriguing in practice.
Co to było? Dlaczego pierwszy utwór brzmiał jak Harry próbujący dogadać się z Bazyliszkiem? Czemu dobry rytmiczny kawałek przeplata się z jakimś dziwnym zbitkiem odgłosów? Dawno żadna płyta mnie tak nie skołowała. 4/10
I was really intrigued by the idea of this, and I enjoyed a number of the songs and much of the over vibe. It wasn’t bad, but I probably won’t listen to it again. There’s just too much other stuff out there.
This is what this albums generator list should be all about!!! A concept record soundtrack to a neo-noir film that doesn’t exist? Sign me up. This record is next to instrumental aside from some vocal screams and choirs. This was such a cool listen. Apparently this fella ended up working with David Lynch. So cool! There has been a lot of records on here that are just absolute trash. A lot of records that I have listened to that have made me contemplate even entertaining this list. 1001 albums to listen to before I die? Heck no. A lot of these records, so far, are forgettable. A lot are memorable only because of how bad they are. I truly think whoever is in charge of this list doesn’t know what they are doing. Whoever made this list, be it many people, did not listen to all of these records. I’m not convinced. If I were to entertain the idea that they listened to half of these albums, they definitely put the remainder of albums on here simply from a Pitchfork review. If you’ve read any Pitchfork albums review list you will know that they have no idea of what a good record is. I honestly wouldn’t recommend this generator list to anyone who finds the idea of this to be fun. It’s more of a chore than fun. I’m almost a year in of daily records, and I can honestly say that this record is, so far, the only interesting record. Sure, hearing some 5 star David Bowie records, or Beatles records that I’ve neglected to listen to have been awesome. And I am happy this list “made” me finally listen to them. But those artist are well known and attainable. Those artist are obviously on this list. There is no surprise. This record on the other hand, was a pleasant surprise. We need more hidden gems like this.
Truly outstanding. This album politicised me. Remarkable.
Lynchian? I dunno…
This was necessarily bad but like, why? It felt like a proto-Pulp Fiction soundtrack. It's 2.5 stars, rounded down.
I would actually rather listen to a real movie soundtrack than this. Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, Hans Zimmer... anything else.
What is this? Background music for a tv show? Don’t see why this is on the list. 2/10
Another album of the kind of: why is this something that I have to listen to before I die? Because it definitely isn't.
the atmosphere of this album is amazing. what a nice discovery!
Ok fine, I get the historical significance because he’s a storied musician. But that doesn’t mean I have to like it.
Good
i had a good time listening to the songs and imagining the movie scene that would go along with it
Wierdo album hard to listen to I like music not sound affects
so fun
6.5/10
Completely new to me, the soundtrack to an imaginary film. Barry has excellent heritage with Magazine, Nick Cave, etc, but this is a different beast altogether. Complex and intriguing, I loved it.
More interesting than enjoyable to me. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World was by far the most engaging to me, but I did like bits and pieces of a lot of other tracks. If the whole thing had been like the jazzy bonus track The Man With the Golden Arm I would have rated it much higher, but of course that was written by the great Elmer Bernstein.
Two words I will never be excited for: concept album. I must say that this album was fine music and in some parts did what it was supposed (i.e. had me picturing the non-existent movie the track was from), but mostly I came away thinking "what was the point of this?" There are far better choices even in Adamson's catalogue that I think are more worth listening to.
As a Yorkshireman I don’t care at all for Manchester. It contains the scummiest football team (the red entitled ones) and Moss Side is perhaps one of the most dangerous places in the Country. Nevertheless I did listen to this. It did nothing at all to enhance my view of that cesspit. 1/5 15/12/26
Fun movie score sounding album but not my fav
Was ready to give this a 1 but The Swinging Detective was such as banger that it drags it up to a 3 by itself.
Some interesting soundscapes, and the concept of a soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist has been tried a few other times, but I couldn't really understand the importance/cultural impact (even after reading through the Wikipedia page).
Interesting as a concept, but not very enjoyable to listen to.
This isn’t bad but I don’t think a resume should be on the list
Throughout this project I’ve occasionally asked myself “who is this for?” And I know exactly who this is for - This One Guy
I liked the piano stuff
Very cinematic. Great fictional soundtrack and good use of dynamics throughout the album.
I can tell you right now that I won’t be returning to this one, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it. I went in listening to it without any context, and as the songs built, I also was building a story in my head. In truth, good music should be able to do that, allowing its listeners to personified in the ways that they feel appropriate. I liked the combination of jazz, techno, classical, fusion that he threw into this. The saxophone on Suck on the Honey of Love was pretty awesome, and Everything Happens to Me was a beautiful piano part. I would never look for this album, but I’m glad 1001 made me listen to it.
Random thoughts: * I wondered what the hell this was on the noisy first track as I went in completely blind. * But as it went along I liked it more and more. I'm not really sure how to describe it but I played it on repeat several times on the day I listened to it. * I finally read the wiki article and found out he made a soundtrack album to a non-existent film to get his services sold to make move soundtracks. * I would definitely listen to this one again. I enjoyed the concept and the execution. Kind of a cool find.
I'm happy this guy got to make his concept album of a non-existent film's soundtrack. Unfortunately, it's not a very good soundtrack.
“In a world…”
Soundtrack-levy elokuvaan, jota ei koskaan tehty. Ihan mielenkiintoista musaa, mutta tuskin tämän pariin tulee kovin monesti palattua.
That was a really interesting album. Almost like a soundtrack?
Interesting concept. Certainly rewards a more attentive listen. Will probably return to this on a rainy night. Musically, Under Wraps and Intensive Care were some of my favourites.
I enjoy soundtracks (and I don't care that there isn't actually a move), but this album just wasn't very interesting on its own. I appreciate that not all movies need - or would benefit from - a John-Williams level, full-sized orchestral epic. But if you're going to put it on a stand-alone album (especially one that doesn't actually have a real movie to add an extra layer of context), then it needs to be more than this was. It just felt plain to me. I fully acknowledge and appreciate that are going to be albums from artists I don't enjoy that deserve to be on this list, but I do not understand the inclusion of this one. - Heard before? No. - Will I listen again? No. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? Not at all.
I love Oedipus Schmoedipus (which is also on this list) and As Above So Below which are later releases by Barry Adamson. Those records are mostly conventional songs with one or two cinematic tracks mixed in. This one is kind of the opposite. Under Wraps is an actual song with a funky groove but about half of the other tracks are closer to ambient atmospheric creations. Not all of this lands well, but when it does, it's decent. It's a record to have on in the background while hosting a murder mystery book club or an escape room. Most of his solo stuff is basically song versions of a film noir or James Bond movie - dark, foreboding, sinister - but often with some subtle humor. Vibraphone, upright bass, drums played with brushes, strings and horn arrangements figure into a lot of his songs, contributing to the retro movie feel.
Decent music, but a soundtrack without a film doesn’t really pack the same emotional punch
A soundtrack to a fictional noir album sounds like a cool concept. But it ends up feeling hokey.
If the goal of this album was to potentially get Adamson hired to write more film music, then I think it failed. I wouldn't hire him if I was a movie director. Some cool ideas here and there but overall I found myself bored and questioning why this album was included in this collection
why. 2/5 5/10
interesting
Review Score: 1/5 Instrumental album. A soundtrack for a movie. Don't care.
Honestly an interesting concept and well executed. would this be something I put in my regular rotation, absolutely not, but I did feel kinda compelled by it to keep listening.
Weird. Not for me! It felt pointless and disoriented. Not even listenable, aside from "Everything Happens To Me" and maybe "The Man With The Golden Arm". Perhaps I have too small a mind and lack sufficient education/culture to get it.
I’ve known Barry Adamson (and seen him play live multiple times) for decades as keyboard player with some truly great bands, ie Magazine and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. I knew he had a solo album but had never heard it. Turns out it’s an imagined film soundtrack. Interesting enough, but I won’t be relistening.
A bit of a weird album but having said that I listened to all of it and found it strangely interesting. I like instrumentals so perhaps that's what attracted me to it. I heard elements of Pink Floyd in at least one track and another sounded like music that wouldn't be out of place in the Dwemer ruins in Skyrim.
**an ok album,strange to me. Mostly sound effects.
Interesting concept album. Hadn't heard of the artist or the album before. Very atmospheric, all instrumental (with a few sound effects in the background). Could be the soundtrack to a "Film Noir" crime movie. Certainly worth a listen, but for me it doesn't have any replay value.
I found this interesting more than enjoyable but at least that is something Bazza
Ok
79/100.Intriguing, stylish and ambitious. Adamson crafts atmosphere like it’s second nature. An amazing listen, feels exactly like a soundtrack to a gritty noir film that doesn’t exist.
Nice!
Not really sure what that was haha it was like jazz and noise and it sounded like at points there was plot. I guess it was fine but I doubt I'd listen again
Anything that hadn’t been done before should have stayed that way. The stuff that had been done before was never improved on.
Does sound like music made for a movie, but for me does not evoke any real emotion. Could not listen more than few songs in.
This is a mostly instrumental soundtrack album to a non-existent movie. I could actually follow the sound of the music with the song titles and they both made sense to me, which was kind of interesting. Overall, this was fine and it felt like the soundtrack to a movie I would probably want to see. It doesn't mean I want to hear the soundtrack though. It's hard to determine exactly how to rank this album, as it isn't bad but I truly don't know why it is in this book. In fact, Barry Adamson has TWO albums in this book. Seems a bit much.
Is This Someone’s Favorite Album? Probably not.
Not really my thing, but worth a listen to experience this kind of experimental album.
Making the score for a non existent movie is a cool idea that sounds on paper mostly like a project for a music school composition exercise - this has a basic noir feel to it, fancied up with swirling psych organs and 70s action funk. Good stuff to put on for reading detective genre fiction.
Me gustó la primera recomendación de este señor, pero creo que ha sido hace demasiado poco y este disco se sido incapaz de escucharlo. No es algo que apetezca escuchar por curiosidad en cualquier momento.
I'm confused and not willing to watch the non-existent movie. It has its moments I guess
Excellent
Cool concept but I got bored
This shit was so ass. Favourite Track(s): Under Wraps, Everything Happens To Me, The Man With the Golden Arm Least Favourite Track(s): Chocolate Milkshake
Enjoyable and atmospheric, I love these kind of soundscapes
I genuinely have no idea why a fake movie soundtrack by some British dude I've never heard of is considered essential listening. There were points during this album where I genuinely couldn't tell anything was on. When it was discernible, it mostly just sounded like instrumental jazz-rock stuff with an eccentric edge to it. I can easily see this being good as a movie soundtrack, but it's far from great as an album, and even worse as an essential album to listen to before you die. It just does nothing for me.
Interesting concept but overall too high concept with little pay of music-wise
23/1089 1.3288* My cat left the room halfway through the first track. FWIW, he's more into hair metal so take that with a grain of salt. This felt like a film noir movie score without the film noir movie and i don't know a situation someone would listen to this album. It's music without a movie, though the music conveys an abstract storyline. Regardless, it still takes talent to put the whole thing together. Hits...Alfred Hitchcock presents because it's familiar.
FFS! This guy has one of my 2 1* albums. And the last one was also for a soundtrack of a movie that doesn’t exist. The concept and execution really annoyed me and here we are again…. He’s got a lot of winning me over to do, so he doesn’t stand much of a chance and getting equally annoyed by listening to average compositions for a movie that doesn’t even exist. Not sure someone’s calling card should make this list. And once again, terrible, terrible, track names. Ah I remember this frustrated feeling from his last album. So rubbish on every level. Like a GCSE music project. Man this is offensive, welcome to your second 1* idiotson.
I didn't really 'get' this one. Nothing offensive to the ears but very bland and boring. Felt like I could have fallen asleep after track 2 and not missed anything. Meh.
nogal achtergrond muziek
Would not have made it past song one unless it was for this- made it about half way through and had to turn it off lol I get contemporary work but how did this make the top 1000 something best albums
Barry Adamson’s album feels like a room you enter without quite knowing why. The music moves smoothly, almost politely, and if you let it play without listening, it will simply become part of the furniture. But if you sit still and listen, it begins to suggest things. A late-night street, damp from recent rain. A bar with no one inside except the bartender and yourself. Detectives in trench coats. The melodies drift by like half-remembered dreams, never insisting, never fully explaining themselves. I don’t think I’ll return to it often. Still, on this slow morning when time felt slightly unreal, it filled the room, and lingered as an atmospheric and quietly rewarding companion.
What TF was I listening to?
I'm surprised I didn't hate this... It does tend to blend into the background though, which I think may have been the point. But I'm not likely to come back to this album.
This shit is ass.
Interesting idea!
Weird
As singles, they're good. Makes total sense. As an album, I’m so stressed
(7/100)
Deserves credit for the concept alone, but this is straight up a bad album.
I listened to that cold and struggled to figure out what the hell it was. I am a fan of instrumental music and wanted to like it, but it just never hooked me. When it was over I went and read about what it was supposed to be and I found it an epic failure.
Ngl I barely paid attention to this but don’t think I missed much. Interesting concept so I guess I de why it’s on here, but musically it’s unremarkable.
So this is a fake soundtrack to a fake movie? Not sure why this needs to be on the list. Not memorable.
Waste of time for everyone
Really good sound & love the concept
not really anything else like it.
It was pretty good, not my favorite album but it had interesting sounds. I didn’t dislike it but maybe I’ll warm up to it.
Weird and I think I went to sleep at some point
main character energy but lowk epic
Intressante Mjsik, die ih nicht kannte. Eine Musik wie ich auf dem Cover sehe eienm "story" beinhaltet. Der Film oder Buch dazu wäre sicherlich Spannend.
I would rather live in Moss Side in 1989 than listen to this again
Yeah, for real though. Who is listening to this? It's not terrible or anything, but why is it here? Like what kind of nerd said this deserves a spot in the representative list of popular music and its evolution. Like huh? Ok. Well at least this next one will be eventful (3/10, 1/5 on this scale)
Interesting concept, not interesting music
I wanted to think this was very cool. The concept of a soundtrack to a non-existent film sounds so interesting. Sadly, I think it is only kiiinda cool. I do like how it guides a “story” with the song titles and the mood of the music, but it is up to the listener to decide what the story beats and imagery would be. That being said, the music itself is often is repetitive and/or abstract. So much so, that I found myself on multiple occasions thinking: “why the fuck would anyone choose to listen to this??” But, in spite of that, I still had a good experience. I dunno. I’m a sucker for concept albums, especially unique ones.
What in the B movie bullshit is this album about?
Why does this dude have 2 albums here? It’s an interesting concept, but Oedipus Schmoedipus does it better. This one’s not great.
"he recorded ...... in hopes of being hired to write music for actual films" Really? I am listening to someone's attempt to be hired....why....
It worked as a soundtrack while reading a book... 3.5*
Concepto súper original, no había escuchado nada igual y me ha encantado tantísimo que va a ser el soundtrack de mi vida durante las próximas seis semanas.
Scary fake soundtrack jazz
Some inventiveness, but too many ostinati.
It’s interesting, well produced.
Not for me
Weird, dark, ominous, strange, uncanny, but also smooth and cool. This is a very unique album, full of film noir-ready jazz cuts mixed with some experimental rock bits. It does lack a bit of focus to really take it to the next level. Like a movie for the ears, but the kind of movie you can hardly tell what is going on. Key tracks: The Swinging Detectiv The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Reminiscent of the soundtrack to Goncharov (1973), but without the distinctive character leitmotifs that made the former so iconic.
Never heard of this artist. Noticed that he has a lot of Lost Highway soundtrack tracks, so may be a composer. Had a feeling this was going to be a little out there
There were songs with a nice little jazzy/swingy vibe to it, others really were just background OST songs and some were straight up unpleasant to listen to. The few nice songs could by times really belong in almost a 4 Star category but the others just pulled down the album rating so much
++: On the Wrong Side of Relaxation, Under Wraps, Sounds from the Big House, Suck on the Honey of Love, The Swinging Detective, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Free at Last, The Man with the Golden Arm +: Central Control, Autodestruction, Alfred Hitchcock Presents +-: Round Up the Usual Suspects, Intensive Care, Chocolate Milkshake -: Everything Happens to Me 8,2/10
Really good
Sehr interessant, werde ich mir wieder anhören
Sehr geil! Eine wahnsinnige Vielfalt, völlig verrückt und trotzdem unglaublich gut zu hören. Ich liebe es!
Love it! Eine gute Giene, wie Autocorrect sagen würde - es passt einfach alles, wie es hier fiebertraumhaft zusammenkommt. Tolle darke Experimente, Texturen und Soundscapes plus witzige quirky Momente - super originell! Hat David Lynch sicher auch gefallen; könnte als alternativer Twin Peaks OST durchgehen. Zum Glück bekommen wir hier nicht jeden Tag ein solches Album gezeigt. Das Ziel ist gerade nämlich eigentlich eher weniger als mehr Platten zu kaufen … aber bei Barry Adamson beschleicht mich die Idee, mir stünde seine Diskografie sicher gut zu Gesichte … würde mich auf jeden Fall zu einem glücklicheren Menschen machen. Ich schätze, mein Schicksal ist besiegelt 🐻
Nach einem Podcast über Mute Records hab ich zufällig Freitag erst "Ödipus Schmoedipus" von ihm gehört und fand das gut. Das hier war auch super. Sehr abwechslungsreich! Werde mich mehr damit beschäftigen.
4/10
I found this album quite enjoyable. Very engaging instrumental music. "The Swinging Detective" makes you feel like you’re in a spy movie, "Auto Destruction" has a really cool industrial feel, and "The Man With The Golden Arm" is just a fun jazz song. Interesting all the way through.
Sounds exactly like the description.
I don't get it
Är detta ett skämt eller. Filmmusik till en film som inte existerar? Det är som gratismusik man kan ladda ner från en hemsida för att ha i sin heminspelade film. Man söker på "spännande" så får man detta. Ointressant och närmast provocerande. Det sjukaste är att det kommer komma en till skiva med Barry. Vilket är så ofattbart att jag är nära att implodera. Hur. I. Hela. Fridens. Namn. Kan. Detta. Vara. Av. Någon. Som. Helst. Vikt. Eller. Betydelse??? Det finns inget i detta som jag kände "wow, vad bra det låter". Detta sätter man inte på och lyssnar på. För det finns ingen film man sett och kan känna "jag vill lyssna mer på den underbara musiken".
Det är ju inte helt värdelöst i sig, men herregud vad långtråkigt.
Fine
I don't know how any person could listen to a single track without the context of the entire album. Even if it makes no sense together, it should totally be considered a film soundtrack where you have no choice but to watch the movie.
I didn't really enjoy it.
Bin ein großer Fan von Filmmusik. Die Idee eine Filmmusik für einen nicht existierenden Film zu schreiben, kann ich auch appreciaten. Wahnsinnig spannend, fand ich es aber musikalisch leider trotzdem nicht.
Nein.
Interessantes Konzept eines Soundtracks ohne dazugehörigen Film. Manche Scores haben mir richtig gut gefallen, manche haben jedoch standalone für mich gar nicht funktioniert oder klangen zu sehr nach einem Ripoff anderer bekannter Soundtrack-Komponisten. Besonders die Tracks mit Saxophon haben aber ziemlich geil geballert.
Interessantes Konzept.
Was bin ich hörend? Hörspiel ohne Texte? Ne, interessantes Konzept. Aber bisschen wie ein Tool-Album zum ersten Mal: Komplette Verwirrung, Begeisterung und Unverständnis.
Ich fand's an einigen Stellen interessant und gut, insgesamt hat es mich auf Dauer aber weniger überzeugt.
Interessantes Konzept, aber Film Soundtracks ohne Film sind dann doch leider etwas witzlos, funktionieren diese ja am besten mit zugehörigem Film, da sich die Emotionen hier nicht nur über Musik sondern vorallem über Bilder trägt. Paar Songs hier sind allerdings tatsächlich ziemlich gut. Ich wünsche mir, dass jemand einen Film hierzu dreht.
??? 'A soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist, eine kritik die niemand liest, naja irgendwie muss ja experimental auch rein in die 1001, also spannend, mal was komplett neues...haha aber irgendwie halt auch lame, dann gleich jazz oder Satie...c
Terrible
I'm torn. On one hand, I can appreciate the idea behind it and find the people who struggle with it funny. On the other, it's kinda boring. Like, I think the reason soundtracks are popular is because you can listen and associate the music you're hearing with the exciting and dramatic moments in the film. In this though....I don't know...maybe I'm just not imaginative enough? Or is the music not good enough to stir my imagination?
kinda just too weird in a not great way Will I listen to again: 2%