Moss Side Story

An album that's a concept album, a soundtrack album to a non-existent crime film. Conceptually I am 100% in. I love the idea that he made this partly as basically an album as a CV to folks saying "See, I can do this. Hire me!" Looks like it worked considered he worked on a few movies later. Only part that is kind of meh is the screaming of women which is pretty damn cliche, but then again maybe the time period this supposed movie would have been made would have been full cliche. I wouldn't say I loved listening to it, but nothing was bad and it was a decent background listen. Rated it high for the concept and execution, it definitely sets the tone well.

This album is both fascinating in concept and very well executed. This is what I come to this list for, albums that I've never heard of that expose me to cool new musical ideas. Yesterday, my album of the day was a Limp Bizkit album that I think was called "Buttholes and Hot Dog Water" and it was the worst goddamned thing I've ever heard in my life. This album was a tremendous palate cleanser after that, and it helped give me the will to go on living after hearing two different versions of the song Rollin' on the same album. Lots of cool bits of music on this album interspersed with sound effects and ambient music. I think it would be easy to fuck up this concept, but Adamson did a great job with it. Considering that this was made in 1989, I would describe this as a real achievement, and I'm surprised that it's not more well-known. I guess everyone was too busy listening to Whitesnake to care 4/5

Decent soundtrack type album, definitely got some Angelo Badalamenti vibes from it. Sax got a little grating at points.

This is pretty cool

Weird and surprisingly great

Good Soundtrack, a little unorthodox and off but very fitting. Trent vibes

Interesting. I read a little bit about the album before listening so I knew that it was created to be a soundtrack to a film that didn't exist. Pretty cool concept and the music had a dramatic flair to it, but i can't see myself listening to it in my free time.

Not something I'd listen to everyday, but a very cool instrumental album. Bordering on avant garde.

Well that was a pleasant surprise. I wasn't expecting much from reading the Wiki page, but I got the much - and some more. And now I'd like someone to make the film, please.

As something that should be looked at as more of cinematic piece of music that has no partner in film, I think it's an interesting work of art. Perhaps the artist envisioned took inspiration from such idea that it would be featured as a soundtrack. Although it seems to be just that, I do think it is harder to pick out what "scenes" it would have had because there were no actual situations to imagine. I'm impressed with it, but in terms of replay value it's difficult to think about whether I'd like to give it a 3 or 4. But I'll give it a 4, because I believe it deserves at least some credit. Highlights: -

At first I was like why is this? but then read the Wikipedia article. Cool concept and therefore +1 star

A concept soundtrack album to a non-existent crime film. Alright, I'm in. The song titles are descriptors for a film noir outline. Adamson recorded this for his film noir fascination and as a sort of a resume to film directors to hire him for their soundtracks. Well, it worked and he was hired for film soundtracks including David Lynch's The Blue Highway soundtrack. As strange as this sounds, I thought this album and concept completely worked. All instrumental as you would expect, except for some women screams (obviously needed). The songs are pretty cool, somewhat creepy at times like they should be and most importantly they do a great job portraying the actions I think they are trying to portray. By the way, Moss Side is a neighborhood in Manchester, England. Some song highlights: the first song "On the Wrong Side of Relaxation" - A nice creepy, proper way to start and has a woman panting, "Central Control" - you need a song with a xylophone in a film noir and "Autodestruction" - my favorite song on the album sounding like vintage Nine Inch Nails. No wonder Trent Reznor has had a lot of success with soundtracks. Overall, a fun and different experience with this soundtrack music for a film never made.

Horror movie meets Pink Panther, which made sense when I went back and looked at the title of the album. So, well done.

Based on the cover I'm expecting something political. Based on the name I'm expecting show tunes. Diving in, I couldn't be more wrong. The name of the first song, On the Wrong Side of Relaxation, is super evocative. The song itself is very tense, sounds like the opening to a scary sci fi thriller. Panning over a cold alien landscape into a lab with knocked over beakers and other troubling signs of something gone wrong. No people in sight just whispering in the distance getting louder as we move more and more quickly through the facility to finally arrive at a yawning hole in the floor. Suddenly we cut to a shot fading in like we are opening our eyes and our vision clears to see a lovely nurse talking to us lying on the floor. This music super sounds like a film score. The song titles imply a crime drama, possibly gritty, or even, as the album cover implies, black and white and raining, maybe in the style of Sin City. The second song sounds somewhat mod so maybe set in the early 70's. I've never heard of the movie though does it exist? ...Wikipedia explains no, this is the soundtrack to an imaginary movie. Which is fantastic. Love the premise. Loving the music. Tracks 6 and 7 are particularly lovely. 10 is a great mood piece. 2 and 11 and 13 are so fun. 15 makes me think of James Bond. Overall a little weird, but in a good way. I like it.

Spooky lil freak

This particular album stressed me out because of the horror theme. was a great gateway to a bunch of stuff i like better like jazzier music so raised a star.

I was partway through the album, thinking it sounded like a movie soundtrack, before I googled the album and found it was soundtrack music to a nonexistent movie!

Trippy, spooky, more vibraphone and it would be the Twin Peaks soundtrack.

A polarising album - but I like soundtracks and I like the concept

Don’t know what I just listened to but I liked it

Pretty good, easy background music. The radio static at the start of the album reminded me of 'Songs for the Deaf', maybe Queens of the Stone Age took some inspiration there, maybe not

very different to most things on here, extra star for innovation

Why has nobody made the film?

Gran disco en la forma del soundtrack de una película inexistente. Las atmósferas que crea te permiten imaginar la escena y las piezas tienen coherencia. Creo que logra transmitir una historia como lo haría un soundtrack.

Muy raro e inesperado. Creo que musicalmente es excelente, lleno de juegos con los sonidos que logran el objetivo de Barry Adamson: transportarte a escenas de películas de detectives. Sin embargo, es algo que me costaría trabajo escuchar así, voluntariamente, pero si me deja la curiosidad de checar sus otros discos.

Love this album, possibly his best. Evoking a cinematic universe of danger, love and shadows.

This is the album I have been most excited about until now. I love everything about the album cover and it makes me so intrigued! Is this som dark noir crooner with an 80's production? What is it? I'm so excited and I'm really setting myself up to be severely disappointed. But I'm not! It's quite good. A trippy homage to neo noir soundtracks. And actually some accidental dungeon synth sprinkled in there.

A bit of a revelation - I'd never heard of this. It's interesting & intriguing.

I found this really exciting and ambitious

Interesting idea for an album. That being said, I'm not sure that this needs to be on the 1001 list. In fact a few of these songs gave me a headache.

"Finally, some good fucking food." Memes aside, this is the type of album that gets me on concept alone: imaginary score to a noir thriller set in Manchester. Love the idea, let's see how the execution goes... UPDATE: Loved it.

Conceito muito bem executado. Quando não precisa tero filme para fazer a trilha sonora.

nice jazzy bluesy film music

Första låten var jobbig, sen blev den riktigt cool

Saved Prior: None Saved Off Rip: Under Wraps, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: I wanted to be a hater so bad but it wont me over. An album I never would've listened to if it weren't for this site and though it's not for casual listening, as an album experience it was actually super cool. Differed from Nick Cave in that I didn't get tired of his voice after a while because there was no voice, the narrative is carried through the music, song titles, and my imagination. Sounds super pretentious when I put it that way but this was super cool. Almost gave it a 5 lowkey.

Will listen to this again

Pretty good! Noir soundtrack with some contemporary sounds at points, worth listening to again for sure.

Moss Side Story is the debut album of British musician Barry Adamson released in 1989. The album is a concept album, a soundtrack album to a non-existent crime film. The music is almost completely instrumental except for occasional screams, vocal samples and a choir. To achieve the soundtrack effect, the song titles are descriptive of a film noir plot outline. The inner sleeve came with a short story written by Dave Graney which added to the concept. This complemented outer sleeve which displays the tag line: "In a black and white world, murder brings a touch of colour...". In a 2017 interview, Adamson reported that he recorded Moss Side Story due to his fascination with film music and as "a calling card [to] send it around to people" in hopes of being hired to write music for actual films.[2] The NME review of the albums describes it as a "Grand filmic suite intended as the soundtrack to a "provocative film thriller set in Manchester's Moss Side" and that Moss Side Story is "one of the best soundtracks ever, the fact that it has no accompanying movie is a trifling irrelevance."[4]

I was surprised and very much enjoyed this film noirish album.

Quite a stupendous piece of work here. First song was huh? But everything afterwards is *chefs kiss*

Really interesting concept and surprisingly modern sounding for a 30 year old album

Incredibly unique album. I lovet the concept. On personal enjoyment, its more like a 3, but Im giving a 4 just for how unique the concept is

(decent 6/10) If you like this sort of dark, intense noir-jazz with an avant garde edge then this album would appeal to you. I don't see myself coming back to listen to it for any reason really.

File under I for interesting. Also under I for interesting, I went to school in Moss Side and it was Very Interesting.

als achtergrond muziek is dit eig best goed

The concept of this album is more interesting than the music itself, but still pretty good

This sounds like the soundtrack to a B film

Like a film soundtrack

This is the musical soundtrack for some dark psycho-thriller that was never made. Beauty of it is that it genuinely allows the listener to create each helter skelter scene vividly in their own imagination. I thought I'd hate it and don't know if I'll ever listen to it again but, ultimately, I ended up liking it.

#425 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ When I realized this album had Diamanda Galás featured, I was kind of interested, but also worried. The whole "imaginary soundtracks" is a very wobbly platform to build on, as far as descriptive musical genres used to introduce music go anyway. I did enjoy the soundscapes, jazzy swingey passages and overall groove of the album. While not entirely in my corner of music landscapes, i might return to this album at some point. Strong 3/5, teetering on the ledge of 4/5

I can understand why it wasn’t for everyone. Very strange concept. It certainly went longer than it needed to and broke down into odd industrial jaunts from time to time but man it had some cool moments too

Самый необычный альбом за все время. Не понимаю всеобщего хейта, да конечно это музыка не для того чтобы слушать её ходить все время. Прослушивание данного альбома только под определенное настроение и ситуацию

Definitely odd

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Sounds From The Big House, The Man With The Golden Arm I didn't find this album objectionable, but I am not sure why I would listen to this. It's hyper-specific, niche, a moderately weird, and if I really want to listen to jazz or jazz-adjacent music, I can go listen to Coltrane or Miles Davis or Mingus. "On The Wrong Side Of Relaxation" isn't a strong opener either, what with the girl freaking out and screaming. Interesting I guess, but probably not the first track I would have put.

Cool concept. Had to look it up since it seemed very bizarre with no context lol.

Wrong Side of Relaxation kind of freaked me out, but I looove the concept of this album. Listened to with that lens elevates it. The songs can overstay their welcome tho

what a strange idea for a concept album. I mean it sets out what it plans to do and its fun to see someone just put their idea out there depsite how weird it is. Definitely feels like I'm missing an entire film. All I could think of is when Sting put out a song called Its Probably Me that has a lot of 50's jazzy detective tones and is bad. Only for it to be remade with Eric Clapton guitar solos for the intro to Lethal Weapon 3 and turned it into a sick ass song.

An interesting experiment! Overall it was a fine if not disjointed listening experience

An interesting concept, love that he used the album like a business card to get soundtrack work.

Adamson was in the Bad Seeds and was inspired by Angelo Badalamenti, so this had my name written all over it, but I didn’t really love it like I hoped I would. It was interesting though.

El mismo Adamson lo dijo, es el soundtrack de una película inexistente, y es que así se siente el álbum, como de una película. Creo que pueden haber 1000 (o 1089) álbumes mejores que este. No me pareció tan malo (habían unas canciones espantosas), pero tampoco me parece tan transgresor como para estar aquí. Hace todo el sentido que Adamson hiciera una banda original para una película de Lynch.

I'm not sure what's weirder...listening to an instrumental soundtrack of a movie that actually exists (but not watching the movie with it) or listening to the soundtrack of a movie that's not actually a movie. At least there's no real context missing here, so that's something. There was some cool instrumentation in this, but it was still a weird experience.

"Soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist" is a helluva concept for an instrumental album. Unfortunately, the music doesn't quite live up to the concept. There are some interesting riffs and themes going on here, often in a very '60s action movie vibe, but they're held back by extended repetition, some VERY synthy synthesizers, seemingly random dissolution into sampled sound effects, and a frequent lack of musical development.

It's weird but I don't hate it.

I struggled a bit with this one. Interesting concept. Definitely fun at times, but didn't always land. I think someone needs to pick this up and make a movie to it so it can fulfill it's true purpose. Between 1 and 5 lands 3.

Delightfully odd. 3.5

this guy shouldve made more music for David Lynch

oooOOOOooh spooky! I get the vision. Maybe it would be better if I could actually see the vision. It’s a complete thing but I just don’t know why I’d listen to this.

It was weird listen. At first I thought that it's a boring soundtrack-wannabe-ambient. But some good melodies and some Quality jumpscares elevated this thing for me

I don't think I would have enjoyed this album if I hadn't known the concept going into it. But knowing what Adamson set out to do, I can say he pretty much nailed the execution. Certain parts remind me of old noir films, others remind me of Bond movies-- it's a vibe and Adamson killed it. I loved his take on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," but my favorite track was "The Man With The Golden Arm."

low 3.5. Acho que tem ideias legais, mas a produção simplesmente não me passou a vibe que eu esperava, parece mais uma variante de dark ambient em momentos e não puramente crime jazz ou similares.

Áhugavert konsept.

I loved the concept, a soundtrack album for a fake movie. But I've heard better ones. "Internal Affairs" by Sunglasses Kid blows this one out of the water.

481/1089 - "Central Control" kinda sounds like if Stewart Copeland composed music for Yume Nikki. That was my favorite track.

I've seen this album cover while flicking through the book. It looks like your standard jazz cover, though I can't help but notice that 1989 release date. I'll hedge my bets on a smooth jazz album. Jazz fusion and acid jazz seem a little too eclectic for this album cover. Yes, I did consult Google for jazz subgenres which were popular in the 1980s. Let's get into it. Strangely enough, Wikipedia doesn't list a genre for this album, though Discogs pins it as acid jazz and modern classical. I'm not sure how to feel about this album, truth be told. I'm a decently-sized fan of soundtracks, but what makes them enjoyable to me is the enhanced emotional impact they have through being tied to specific scenes, images and memories. For this specific reason, it's incredibly jarring and blue-balling for me to hear a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist, which is a shame as the album nails its format. Moss Side Story fits the utilitarian purpose of a soundtrack perfectly, being decently expressive while also playing second fiddle to whatever story the music was meant to accompany. The result is a varied soundtrack with some decent moments and a neat atmosphere, but also quite a bit of dead air. Still, the good moments land. The best songs of this album are mostly in Act 2 of the track list, featuring strong piano chords and sax performances, though the dense, bustling atmosphere of Act 1 was decent, too. Act 3 sends the album out on a bit of a whimper with some directionless tracks, though "Intensive Care" was solid. I didn't mind listening to this album, though it did feel a little head-empty at points and the dated production, while true to what this album is trying to be, ultimately didn't do the music many favours. The 54-minute runtime also wasn't entirely earned, but on the whole I thought this was a decent and interesting listen. Book time. A soundtrack album for a movie which doesn't exist. A mix between classic movie soundtracks, post-punk and avant-garde music. Has a great atmosphere. Funnily enough, Adamson would later compose for real movies. Wikipedia says this album leans even further into the movie soundtrack concept by having the track titles describe plot events, adding a short story for the movie in the album's liner notes and dividing its songs into three acts (plus the last three songs, which are listed under "For Your Ears Only"). The album was partly meant as a way of finding composer work. The album title is a play on "West Side Story", with the narrative of the film supposedly being set in the Moss Side area of Manchester. Honestly, I like that tidbit. It's interesting to think about how a noir film would be adapted to English cities since towering skyscrapers are very much a part of the aesthetic. The few critic reviews for this album are positive, and the only place where the album charted was at No. 9 on the UK indie charts. Perhaps this album is punching a little above its weight on a "best of all time" albums list, but I do admire this album conceptually and there were some decent moments packed in here. I cosign this inclusion.

Interesting premise. A fake movie soundtrack. The premise was def better than the execution though. Some of it sounded quite cheesy. Auto Destruction stood out. 2.5/5

A cool idea in concept and in execution. I just don't know whether I'd actually ever listen to this? Maybe if you had like, a detective-themed party or something? I don't know. It's like this guy is begging for job in Hollywood making soundtracks with this one. 3/5 because it's done well, but personally, I don't think I'll ever listen to this again.

Weird, just weird. But I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Like a movie soundtrack for a movie that does not exist.

Interesting album. It's definitely headphone music. I also think it might be good as background music if you're writing a noir crime novel.

It was an interesting idea of a soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist, but really I'm sure there are tons of real soundtracks that would have been better than this for the list.

It definitely set a film noire kind of mood. Interesting album and interesting concept. Not sure it's one I'd listen to on a regular basis, but if I ever need background music for a film noir writing exercise I'm doing for some reason, I know where to find it.

This is such a weird album. After treading the description from Wikipedia it makes a bit more sense why it is the way it is. My initial thought was that every song sounds like an intro song that leads to nothing. But as I kept listening to it, maybe something clicked or maybe now that I understand what the intention behind the music is, I started to enjoy it. This ain’t music to rock your socks off, but it’s definitely very different than the norm and better than a lot of the other music on here.

Entre les bas-fonds sombre de New York en 60 et un dystopie punk 2040 imaginé en 70. Suck on the Honey of Love jazz ou soûl un peu classique très belle. Je trouve ça incroyable, les scènes, l’atmosphère les variations le long de l’album et les textures. Mais je ne réécouterai pas

This took some time, but eventually it clicked for me. It's all a bit doom and gloom, although some light does creep in. It started with one star and ended with three.

Experimental, theme music

Good musician, good music.

Interesting but not much I would want to listen to again. The more jazzy and rocking numbers are good but then the atmospheric pieces and sound collages don’t work for me. Sounds like soundtrack music

An instrumental concept album: the soundtrack to a non-existent crime film. The parts that are interesting to me are the more "sinister" bits where it's building on anxiety and horror, like for example the opening track "On the Wrong Side of Relaxation," the end of "Everything Happens to Me," or parts of "The Swinging Detective."

Ok

Well that was interesting

I rather enjoyed the noir soundtrack vibe of this. I can’t really envision wanting to listen to this regularly, but as a mood setting it’s great. 3.5/5

New to me and something I will listen to again. Swinging Detective and Man with the Golden Arm were initial highlights. It’s a high 2 / 3

Interesting piece of music, quite different from previous choices.reminded me of David Holmes albeit jazzier

A quality three stars…thank you RGP❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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.

Like a soundtrack to a movie that hasn't been made.

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

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.

I love that this exists

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.

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 :(

superb concept; pedestrian execution

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Pretty cool? Stand-outs - Under Wraps - Sounds from the Big House - The Swinging Detective

Interesting concept!!!

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.

Good album, definitely some creative sounds. Would be cool as a film score. 6.3/10

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.

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..

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.

it was prtty okay 6/10

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.

très intéressante comme approche de la musique

Very edgy noir. I like the vibe, but even as a lover of soundtracks as a genre this fails to keep my attention.

очень странный концепт) могло бы быть очень красиво, но конкретно эти мелодии не очень завлекли

Kind of intriguing. Not something I'd play very often, but it grows on you.

Still to listen to.

A pretty good album, I liked Under Wraps the most.

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

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.

Nice to have a go to album for Halloween now

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.

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.

Lynchian? I dunno…

i had a good time listening to the songs and imagining the movie scene that would go along with it

so fun

6.5/10

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.

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.

I liked the piano stuff

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.

Soundtrack-levy elokuvaan, jota ei koskaan tehty. Ihan mielenkiintoista musaa, mutta tuskin tämän pariin tulee kovin monesti palattua.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Interesting idea!

Weird

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.

main character energy but lowk epic

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.

It worked as a soundtrack while reading a book... 3.5*

It’s interesting, well produced.

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

Fine

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.

Creative mashup of sounds and pastiches of familiar melodies

Definitely Lynch-esque. It’s mood music, but I don’t know what kind of mood I’d be or want to be in in order to listen to this. Totally competent. Pretty weird.

Cover 6 This would be a great album to listen to while reading a noir crime novel or a spy novel. And if I remember to, I'll do just that. But I don't otherwise see myself listening to this again.

This wasn't terrible but doesn't feel like it was necessary for this list. Felt more like background music to a movie.

Right out of the gate, this thing is pretty disorienting. You could never pull out one track; it just doesn't work like that. It’s a very specific, tense soundscape. I respect the commitment to the concept, but it leaves me outside the velvet rope of this fictional film. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions On the Wrong Side of Relaxation Under Wraps The Man With The Golden Arm

3/5

5.5/10

I thought the industrial pieces were very well done and there are a few more decent works here but in the end I’ll probably not remember this one

Weird album but pretty cool. Wasn't familiar with this one before but cool story. Nothing too exciting.

Interesting concept for an album, but the songs are inherently a bit boring because of the concept. Great background music, though.

This was made as a sort of soundtrack for a film noir movie that was never made. It was also meant as a "demo tape", to help Barry get the kind of jobs he wanted (eventually he worked with David Lynch on the score for Lost Highway). It's weird to evaluate film-music without the corresponding film, but the album is decent. It covers a bunch of styles and has some sound effects mixed in.

6/10

Better than Oedipus Schmoedipus I guess, but why is this guy here twice anyway

huh. maybe its all the time I spent as a child listening to my dad's ambient soundscape creations but I actually quite liked this and thought it would be great as a score for that movie that was never made. I wouldn't listen to this casually in one go again but I don't think you're supposed to. pretty esoteric sound nerd stuff to include in this project though.

What was that? A sound experiment.

First listen

Interesting, but not particularly engaging. 3/5

Uffff eigentlich findi ja experimentelli Filmmusig no geil, und de Barry-Boy het mit em David Lynch zemegschaffet, au fetti pluspünkt. Aber heilandsack isch das es nervöses und biz verstörends album gsi bim schaffe. Wird em sicher nomal e chance geh aber für me wie 3 side stories wirds au denn ned lange

Soundtrack for movie that doesnt exist

A low 3; an unusual instrumental mix that wasn't appealing nor was it terrible. Not sure why I had to listen to this as it left me feeling nothing really.

Definitely sounds like a move

oh. an associate of somebody i know parasocially. my failure of imagining a crime film didn't lower my enjoyment of this album. 3.5/5

So this album very effectively accomplishes it's goal of sounding like a movie soundtrack. I like the concept of having an imaginary movie in your head and writing a score to fit. It leaves a lot open to interpretation for the listener. Fantastic idea and well done. I do think for the sheer uniqueness of this album it deserves a spot on this list. I'll never listen to it again but it was fun once. 3/5 mostly for the originality of the idea. Having said that, all I could think while listening to this album was that Barry Adamson must have been something like: "I know! Hollywood is where the money is at! I'll submit music for movie soundtracks!" (one year and exactly 0 movie deals later): "Those bastards. I'll make a soundtrack anyway."

Cool idea + a couple great tracks, should be right up my alley as I am all about film noir but alas. The 80s.

I must have missed this fist time around. Whew.

Not quiet what I was expecting. Interesting pieces, I prefer the more ambient ones, oddly not quite cinematic to me. I do like it though. Will check out more of his work. 3.5 rounded down Heard before? No Owned: No 17/1001, 17/67 (25%) Will I get? No

Barry Adamson again? Really? Whatever. At least this is the better of the two albums he has on the list. You know, in my opinion, at least. Here's the thing with Moss Side Story here. This album's concept is that it's a soundtrack to a fake movie. Okay. That's a neat concept. And you know what? This does kind of feel like the soundtrack to a movie, perhaps even a good movie. I can catch glimpses of a story of sorts and the ideas in my head are good. However, this is not the kind of movie soundtrack that I'd want to listen to on its own. In the context of the hypothetical film, these songs might work really well. But in the context of an album that actually just exists by itself? It's not the most ideal listening experience. There are definitely cool moments, sure. There's this organ part in the latter half of "Sounds From the Big House" that kind of reminds me of that one part of Pink Floyd's "Echoes." That's cool. There's some neat atmospheric moments spread throughout the album. Barry Adamson is kind of like the anti-Charlie Puth to me. They're both clearly talented, but whereas Charlie makes music that's too commercial for my taste, Barry makes music that's a bit too avant-garde for my taste. This album has moments like on the opener "On The Wrong Side of Relaxation" that just don't really hit the musical itch for me. I respect this album, but I don't see myself going back to it much and I don't think I'd call it a must-listen. Light 3/5.

Excellent musicmanship, glad I never have to listen to this again. 2.5/5

It’s an interesting album and should be on the list. But its premise goes to show that not every dude can just up and write a soundtrack.

“Weird album” yeah that’s the point guys

A decent start to his solo career, but not nearly as thought-out and mature as later albums like Oedipus Schmoedipus, As Above So Below, or Back To the Cat.

This is a pretty cool concept. The only issue I have, is it doesn't sound like one continuous imaginary film. It sounds more like a greatest hits for an imaginary movie composer, for a bunch of different imaginary films (for the exception of two cover songs towards the end). But overall still an entertaining listen.

Unusual for Barry...some interesting ideas on this album from the Jazz Devil.

Нуар, иногда он кажется слишком аматорским. Мне бы хотелось что он был более джазовым, местами песни вообще не мейк сенс в треклисте. ну как такой аля ост, под книгу или игру он нормальный я думаю. 6/10 Highlights: The Swinging Detective

This was maybe a 4 but then the latter half dragged so hard. I like an experimental album. It’s funny when I’m harsh on one and then on another I’m like no but I like what they are doing… this is mostly the case here but like I said that back half is weak.

so i LOVE oedipus schmoedipus. and this was unfortunately a big let down. it has its moments but overall feels very disconnected and thrown together in a way that OS doesn’t. still pretty interesting and cool but overall nothing in here that i want to listen to again which was disappointing

Pretty good instrumental tunes going on here. I’d need a couple of spins to fully appreciate it but at first play I’d say it’s a mid-3

Die Idee, den Soundtrack für einen Film zu komponieren, der nicht existiert, ist schon cool, ich würde es mir aber eher nicht nochmal anhören. Einfach nicht so meins.

Hmm. Tough one. It was an album comprised of really good interludes, so I was getting increasingly frustrating that it didn’t go anywhere. Once I came to terms with that (and found out that it was written as a soundtrack / score to an imaginary crime movie), I found it a more interesting concept….albeit a bit of a pretentious one. Probably a 2.5 but I’ll mark up because it didn’t annoy me musically.

Interesting concept--a soundtrack to a movie that hasn't been made. The music? I'm not a huge fan of soundtracks, but this was okay. I guess.

Absolutely never heard of this before. It's certainly interesting, and I may need to give it multiple listens to really decide what I think about this. It's got that combination of odd and intriguing.

Equal parts upsetting and enjoyable.

Kul koncept! Fångade mig väl inte mer än så men känns som man borde lyssna mer.

Pretty good

I like films. I liked this, though I listened as background music while reading... Catch my attention a few times. Noir film soundtrack. "I dig it", as other said. 3 stars.

There's some interesting sounds in this album. Especially in 1989? Its very industrial. But does an album exist solely to manifest a career in soundtracks count as an actual album? I mean I understand it's an album to visualize, but it only feels like a half idea.

Genius

A perfectly pleasant though inessential listen. Plenty of people have made soundtracks for imaginary films so dont' understand why people are getting so worked up. Does it belong on this list? I'm more exercised by ex-magazine bassist BA being in my mind the same person ex-XTC bassist Barry Andrews who made stone cold classic new wave single Rossmore Road.

This album offers a fascinating mix of styles and moods. I think it’s one you have to be in the right frame of mind for, but I ended up enjoying it far more than I expected. Glad it was on the list.

Some of the tracks are cool and interesting although everything sounded like it was for a soundtrack which, as it turns out, was the point. So, score points for that.

It wasn't my thing. Didn't annoy me enough to skip tracks.

Eclectic. Never heard of before, part experimental, drifts from styles, not really coherent. Worth a second listen.

wot

No private session used for Spotify and I had no idea what I was getting in to. Interesting stuff going on here, mood music for a nightmare. I liked it, but not sure when I will listen to it again, I will have to keep it in mind next Halloween.

Intereting concept. Execition is okay. A few tracks that stand out and a lot of background music, so really like a lot of Film soundtracks.

I would have this guy write my soundtrack any day of the week. Some fun stuff. 3.5*

Cinematic

Interesting, but would sound better if there was a film to watch

Sound man

Pretty good modern jazz

So evocative.

First of all, I want to clarify that I find this album quite interesting. It is this kind of dark jazz, very atmospheric and a bit experimental, which are some traits that I really appreciate. But it took me having a pair of moments of peace with nothing else to do to truly digest it. I tried listening to this album 3 times while working and each time, it wasn't a good experiences. And even when I finally had the time to calmly listening to it, I couldn't find anything appealing enough to keep me returning to this record. It is an ok experience with some interesting ideas. My favorite songs are the ones between 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World' and 'Chocolate Milkshake', both included. Everything else is just fine.

Good background music. A film soundtrack searching for a film.

Interesting concept but it didn’t really hold my attention.

Al empezar pensé que iba a ser un álbum de jazz, pero es como si estuviera escuchando el soundtrack de una película de misterio. Leí algunas reviews y al parecer es el royo de este tío y de hecho acabó componiendo música para alguna. Nunca me encontré algo parecido, muy curioso, pero tampoco me pareció increíble. El royo de película de terror en los 80 está guay al principio pero en la quinta canción ya va cansando. De todas formas aprecio el royo experimental que imagino que supuso en su época y tampoco estuvo tan mal. Le daría un 2,5 pero como no se puede lo aproximaré al 3.

Really feels like a movie thgrough listening. Was a really entertaining listen, which made me see pictures while listening.

Gostei dos climas desse álbum, de fato tem cara de trilha sonora e uma ambiência mais dark, mas a estética não me agrada. Quando sai um pouco do lance eletrônico e ganha uma pegada mais orgânica, com saxofone e piano, por exemplo, acho que cresce bastante, mas infelizmente é uma parte pequena do disco. É uma proposta interessante, que se fosse feita com uma banda seria muito melhor.

Kind of cool - I thought it might be a real soundtrack, and I like the idea of evoking a movie plot through the track names. Actually, I’m pretty sure there’s album on the list with the same concept - was that the same guy? I’ll have to go back and look. Either way, I liked the jazzy and horror elements here. Very atmospheric. Some parts were boring, though.

Not sure what's happening, but I like it? I had to read the Wiki to confirm this, but it felt like a dark exploration of a big city, and it kinda is. Really cool.

Multilayered and moody instrumentals from the Magazine man. A dark ‘soundtrack’ that puts me in mind of Roy Budd’s ‘Get Carter’.

Probably a 3.5, neat concept album. Was pretty confused at first but once I read the wiki I started to understand what I was listening to.

This was Under Wraps at first, but The Swinging Detective brought it into the light.

Not at all what I was expecting. Varied and experimental. Felt like listening to a soundtrack to a movie. Liked some parts better than others but overall a good experience

I like concept albums but not instrumental music

I kind of liked this. A concept album with an interesting concept (a soundtrack for a film that does not exist), but I don't think I would ever listen to it again for pleasure and it's hard to imagine who would.

Almost entirely instrumental, with some "newsreel" type voiceovers. Reminiscent of an 80's cop action/thriller movie soundtrack

Funky instrumentals. Not all songs were compelling, but there are some really good soundtracks in here.

There's good stuff in here but it feels more like a parody of a film noir soundtrack than the actual "soundtrack to a film that was never made".

There were parts that I did like and parts that I did not like

Really experimental and very immersive. Pretty cool!

Fun little english jaunty version of a 1930s gangster/detective soundtrack. Nothing crazy but has good sampleability. THR!

What the fuck was that, a whole new genre. What people don't seem to get with art is that it's goal isn't for you to like it, it's made to inspire thought and to cause emotion. This album certainly manages to do that. Haven't heard something like this before. Researching the album I found out that there are genres like "dark jazz", "crime jazz" and several film related genres. The album is mostly instrumentals with rare voice clips taken mostly from movies, or made to sound like that. It's intense, right from the first track you start to get a feeling of what you're getting into. Most of the tracks are crime/mystery inspired, nervous and designed to keep you on the edge of your seat. Every now and again, there's a lighter track. It's a concept album, so it's meant to tell a whole story, and it really does manage to sound like a story, a soundtrack to a story to be more precise, since it manages to convey the emotion it intends too with ease. While it's certainly one of the best from the list, it is one of the more interesting and unusual ones.

So, this isn’t bad, and it’s a helluva lot better than Oedipus Schmoedipus. There’s often a blend of more traditional jazz instrumentation with industrial percussion, which makes for some interesting contrast. But, while it’s a passably entertaining listen, why would anyone need to hear this? What makes it essential?

Writing a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist is a fun experiment. I could feel the cold streets where a crime was unfolding. I am unfamiliar with classic crime films but I could hear some similar sounds from Blade Runner 2049's score. "The Swinging Detective" was my favorite track.

I probably won't revisit this again, but It was interesting. It had a few good pieces of music and was not boring.

Not really sure, feels quite unique for the time, although it feels a bit too 'serious' for some reason. Other than the really goody woodwind and marimba bits which feel like a cartoon clique. Some of the creative effects are quite cool, like the drums seemingly being recorded playing in a really reverberant room, and the tape loops and samples. Overall feels creative, but that's about it. Favourite songs: sounds from the big house, everything happens to me, the man with the golden arm, they are all pretty good though. Overall around 6/10

I've got another of his albums (Oedipus Schmoedipus) that I quite enjoy but this one I find kind of monotone.

I don't get it?

Different. But in a good way.

I had never even heard of the artist. A nice experimental instrumental album.

This was an interesting experience on this list, but I’ll never go back to it or seek out anymore from him. Even with it being interesting, I’m baffled why it is on a list like this

Complete

3.5 stars

Torn thoughts on this one. On the one hand, if they wanted an album with this vibe on the list, why not go with Angelo Badalamenti's score for Fire Walk With Me. Arguably the best film noir soundtrack on existence. On the other hand, as I listened, it did begin to grow on me. I started to see scenes from a movie that does not exist play out in my mind. It does a great job of playing with tropes and expectations to create visuals from nothing but music. And that's pretty neat. So I can see why it would be on the list from an experimental point of view. Doubt I will go back to listen again but I did have fun with it.

I found some good moments on this album, but, with a few notable exceptions, I find movie soundtracks are best listened to as part of the movie-viewing experience. This is not one of the exceptions, so sans movie, it's just unremarkable background music.

3/5

Liked this more than I thought I would. The concept is cool; I mean I’ve listened to multiple film scores without seeing the movies they’re attached to anyway. Probably won’t be coming back to it very much, but it did make me feel like the Trader Joe’s I was in was about to get robbed

It took me a while to get used to it but in the best moments it reminded me of some Neofolk/industrial like Der Blutharsch. I still don’t know what to think of it.

I am conflicted about this, it reminded me of twin peaks and thats a good thing but as an album its difficult to listen to because its unsettling and beautiful at the same time, weird mix.

An interesting album. I find the idea of composing film music for a movie that doesn't exist funny. Apparently Barry Adamson has often made this joke. It was good to have heard this album. But I probably won't be doing it again any time soon. 3/5

Concept a bit strange, but not a bad listen.

Een soundtrack voor een film die niet bestaat. Het concept vind ik niet eens heel dom. Het is niet dan ook niet compleet kut, maar ik vraag me toch een beetje af waar ik nou eigenlijk mee bezig ben. Dus wat krijgen we nu precies? Aardige stukjes muzikaal thema, afgewisseld met gekke industriële geluiden, wat herrie en chaos. Ups en downs, onrust en ontspanning. Qua laagjes allemaal prima tot een mooi beeld gekleid. Op track 11 klinkt het alsof je op de Gamecube bij Bowsers kasteel naar binnen loopt. Maar hoort dit nou echt thuis in deze lijst? Nee. Er is geen hond die zegt: De beste albums ooit zijn Sgt Peppers, Nevermind en Moss Side Story. En dan blijkt dat deze man er 2 keer in staat, waanzin. Qua cijfer is het enorm lastig. Het is een keer wat anders en ik vermaak me er daarom wel mee. Ik hou het zonder het te ingewikkeld te maken gewoon op een 3.

Beetje flauw dat er in de lijst geen albums met filmmuziek mogen, maar dan wel een concept-album met muziek voor een film die niet bestaat. Barry Adamson en zijn maffe invallen hebben bij mij de gunfactor, maar er is toch wel betere filmmuziek dan dit, dacht ik zo. Dus dit album toch maar beoordelen als popalbum. Ik mis Adamsons prettig gestoorde stem, de instrumentale tracks beklijven niet zo. De volgende keer toch maar weer meezingen, Barry.

I do like Barry Adamsom and these are pretty nice cinematic soundscapes.

Album 707 of 1001 Barry Adamson - Moss Side Story (1989) Rating : 3 / 5 A soundtrack to a non-existent movie. Odd concept, indeed. It drug at points but by the end it was really cool jazz that made me want to see this fake movie. Nice surprise.

Very avant- garde. Kinda reminded me of Mr. Bungle.

Apparently, he wanted to create movie soundtracks, and according to Wikipedia, he made at least one for David Lynch's movie. I'm happy that this album helped him on his way to his objectives, but it is not much more than it... an imaginary soundtrack. It's not bad, but I guess it could be better accompanied by the movie.

An interesting concept here: a soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist. The result is essentially a varied sort of soundscape. It's not so much an album as it is a listening experience. It's actually quite varied. There's some rather bombastic jazz at some points, and at other times there's this very harsh noise. This isn't something you just put on on a whim, but at the same time, it's something that you can't really intentionally focus on either. You'd go insane. It's almost as if you have to be specifically dedicated to listen to this in the background. It's ridiculously niche. I can appreciate it for what it is, and I'm glad I experienced, but I probably won't be listening to this again. Fav tracks: Under Wraps, Sounds from the Big House, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

It's.... very filmic. A great soundtrack to a film that doesn't exist, but putting on this record brings scenes to mind. It's really quite clever. Not a 4 or a 5 because it's not something I'd put up an enjoy, but as Art music it is nice to have. A bit like some modern art, to be admired for the idea rather than just the thing at face value. A 3 it is.

Very creepy, a bit scary. Not my usual thing, but I can see the brilliance.

An interesting cinematic feel to it, but kind of eerie and distracting in the background.

Listened to the whole thing and couldn’t almost say a word about it. Was it music or was it silence? Surely has to be considered enjoyable if it whistled 45 mins through without knowing it was there? Strange, enigmatic, brilliant, terrible? 6/10

atmospheric as hell. definitely a bit difficult to enjoy at times, but adamson nails the vibe he’s shooting for.

I dig the concept more than the music. I love picturing someone in a basement composing music for an imaginary movie 😂 2.5

Almost pissed off that we got some niche indie film soundtrack until I read about the concept of this album not actually having a real movie to go with it. I needed the concept to understand this record, then it instantly became cooler. Perfect? No, not at all. But really cool. I’m reminded of a few other musicians I really like when I listen to this. First, the concept reminds me of the M Machine Metropolis EP series, where there was some loose conceptual lore written down to build up the world of the music. Second, in MSS’s haziest, craziest moments, like “The Swinging Detective” I’m reminded of DJ Shadow’s “Endtroducing” with how music like this can be greater than the sum of its parts when you give it the time and space to develop. Lastly, I feel like I can draw a direct line between this album and some of the stuff Onehotrix Point Never was doing in his best years. “The Most Beautiful Girl In the World” is my highlight on here and super reminds me of OPN soundfonts with that touch of surrealism. Neat stuff, worth a listen, won’t go back to it, but can be appreciated in a vacuum anytime.

An insane idea that for some reason works. My initial thought is a ⅘. BUT - is this list really the right home for this imaginary soundtrack? I don’t think so.

Listened to this while playing Imperium: Legends. I lost super hard. This was ok. Some parts were super enjoyable...I'm looking at you, "The Man With the Golden Arm." Other parts reminded me of musique concrete experiments i had to listen to in college, and not in a good way. A very low 3.

Interesting that this is the soundtrack to a fake crime film. It's not something I'd want to listen again, but it is creative.

This was really interesting and would never have been something I would have otherwise chosen to listen to. An intriguing experience and a great premise. Feels like it deserved a film to accompany it!

Yeeaaa, I mean, i can see why it's on the list but I don't care to ever listen to it again.

Fun score to a non-existent film. I always enjoy a concept album of that nature. Some things reminded me of "Lost Highway" only to discover this artist did work for that soundtrack. It all makes sense now

i have to give credit where it's due - this is a cool idea! it's not always fun to listen to, though. have you ever tried listening to a movie soundtrack and gotten to all the ugly bits that play during fight scenes and thought "eugh, i only really wanted to listen to the big emotional track, actually" - because that's what this album is to me. a little *too* much realism lol. the parts with the sax were far and away the best. very creative, love the initiative, probably not something i'll listen to again.

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