Moss Side Story

0* Dog shit

What even was that... By far the worst album yet. Most of this sounded like they threw a dozen toddlers into a recording studio to just randomly hit anything around the room. Any semblance of an organized sound was ruined within 30 seconds with the addition of some random noise... 0/5 Reading the summary says it was intended to be the background music for a crime film, which was never made after I assume they heard the soundtrack and shut it all down.

Serial killer shit

Dreadful, wish I didn’t listen to it

This is awful.

Moss Side must suck to live in.

Really? WTH. Not even a good recording for what it is, which is utter noise and garbage. One star at best...

I started listening to this while I was making coffee and I thought my oven was broken until the screaming started. I was relieved that my oven wasn't making that noise, but wtf? Some parts of it were good, but I'm not going to sit down and listen to this. 1.

like a horror movie soundtrack

Is this a soundtrack to something? Cannot fathom why it is on this list

I don’t get it. Sounded like city noise background music for an early 60s crime drama. Not for me.

Creepy

I did not like this.

14/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 Daphuq? Is this a joke? Debut album, no less? "I want to put myself out there. Oh, I know! Concept album! Soundtrack for a movie that was never made! That's the ticket!" Some moments didn't entirely suck, so still better than U2, but c'mon, man. Nobody needs to hear this before they die, unless it's their punishment.

well, there goes another 1 on the list. Just as the other record by this guy

This made way more sense when I read the context on Wikipedia that it was a soundtrack for a film that doesn’t exist. I hope this film never gets made.

I did not enjoy any part of this.

‘Soundtrack to a nonexistent movie’ sounds like it could have been a load of pretentious crap. Thankfully, this is not too pretentious. It is crap though.

Is it over yet?

Sheit

The first couple of songs were alright but I don't think this album has any right being on this list at all. It feels as if I need to be watching some sort of noir film to appreciate it more.

Just a strange pick for a list of albums you "have" to listen to. Son of the tracks were listenable, but this album is filled with weird music with background chatter and other noises. 1/5 Won't listen again

OK, i handn't heard of this guy or his album before... and now that I've listened to it, i understand why I had never heard of it. So Ok, it's supposed to be a conceptual experimental album based on a soundtrack to a film that doesn't exist... but it still did my tits in with all the wandering introduction of noises and this kinda industrial machinery thumping... nah... its for the birds this one. Yet another album that I've no idea why I had to listen to this? I like to enjoy my music, not disect it into critical review about genius composition that just sounds crap.

Act One: The Ring’s The Thing 01) On The Wrong Side Of Relaxation - 1,0 02) Under Wraps - 7,0 03) Central Control - 5,0 04) Round Up The Usual Suspects - 1,0 Act Two: Real Deep Cool 05) Sounds From The Big House - 3,5 06) Suck On The Honey Of Love - 4,5 07) Everything Happens To Me - 5,0 08) The Swinging Detective - 5,0 Act Three: The Final Irony 09) Autodestruction - 2,0 10) Intensive Care - 1,0 11) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - 3,0 12) Free At Last - 1,0 For Your Ears Only 13) Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 1,0 14) Chocolate Milk Shake - 3,5 15) The Man With The Golden Arm - 7,0 TOTAL: 3,37 (34/100)

Is it porn music? Is it a moody 80’s thriller soundtrack. Fuck knows.

First off this isn't a rock album it's a free style jazz album and my God is it boring

Seems like it was fun for the artist, but I wouldve been perfectly okay dying without listening through this album

fine? a little too distracting to have on the side, a little too atmospheric for active listening

#30. How did this make the cut? I wish some pretentious know-it-all had gatekept me away from this. 1/5: terrible Song added to playlist: Suck On The Honey Of Love I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

Painful, pretentious, art school crap.

What the hell is this nonsense? It's a fake soundtrack? That's not really that cool of a concept. Maybe if the songs were better or painted a picture of an actual movie it would be. That's the orst problem though: none of this is enjoyable. Get out of this list.

Shit. Absolute garbage. Waste of time and energy to listen to. Just a random collection of noise and mess. Another example of why 0 stars should be an option.

Sounds like listening to a movie (without watching). Might be a good concept album but it’s a weird and unpleasant experience.

Not good.I have no idea what’s the point of this album.Nothings a real cohesive sound.Or a real song.It’s just bad

Soundtrack to a movie i haven't seen? Wow, an amazing experience

It was a bad day to have an album like this and listen with the kids. Was not received well...

Yikes

I just don’t get it. You can’t even argue the song writing elevates poor music because there are no lyrics. The music is fine but nothing special and downright weird at times. If I want to listen to a soundtrack, I’ll just listen to one.

No quiero escuchar soundtrack ambiental

weird as fuck

No voy a escuchar esto.

Maybe there aren't actually 1001 records worth hearing before I die...

The premises is its an album about a fictional crime that happened. The reality is its lots of obnoxious noises, punctuated by the occasional scream. It's really uncomfortable to listen too even though it's all instrumental and I've no clue who it's made for.

I can't even get high enough to make this interesting.

I really wouldn't recommend listening to this album while drunk in bed. The vibes are just clashing

Musically not horrible. Concept is a bit interesting, but you could make the argument that a lot of albums could be film scores. Overall, not a significant or meaningful enough album to warrant my time.

No. Just no. Why the random insertion of background noise mimicking an audience? Why the ruin of a perfectly-good Alfred Hitchcock theme with off-rhythm feedback noise? Why ANOTHER concept album for a fake crime movie from this guy? But more importantly, why is this considered influential, good, or noteworthy? I exercised every bit of my self-restraint to not fast-forward through the entire album. I want to give zero stars.

I’m sorry, wonderfully named album, but this is a haunted house sounds compilation you get in a Count Chocula box.

More token instrumental bollocks. No thanks

What is this first song? Really weird... Is this music? This is video game music.

Garbage music

Film-muziek, interessant idee, maar uiteindelijk kut. 1.5

DNF. I've never felt so much stress listening to music.

I admire his creativity and the idea to make a concept album/movie soundtrack. But I can not keep up with the story and it starts to bore me. Music is great to sleep on, but that’s not why I am on this website rating albums.

This was so boring and awful

A soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist, but if it did, it would be bad. Is the novelty the reason why this album was included? Because I'll be honest, it's not doing it for me. Movie soundtracks work when you go back and listen to them because you have something visual in your memory to associate the music with. It plays on the emotions you felt watching the movie. Here you don't get that, and it just doesn't work.

Just noises, dont get these

Reminded me of a school music class project, an interesting idea perhaps but not enough to justify an album. Overall it was a bit tedious and self indulgent.

Instrumental??

No thanks

O.5

What are we doing here? Is this music? Is this the history of the vinyl record?

It was hot garbage.

Absolutely pointless

Moss Side Story is a sountrack with a film to connect to. It's what it is, there's nothing really that stands out. 1/5 because it's boring without that context.

i don't understand why this album is on this list

the fuck was this? some weird ambient album. i hated it.

Making music for a movie that doesn’t exist is like sex without a partner: it’s fine but ultimately joyless… …and don’t be passing off an *actual*soundtrack track by covering Elmer Bernstein’s magisterial The Man With The Golden Arm theme. Point docked.

I can see and appreciate the concept, I just don't have any desire to listen to it.

Note taste

Nonsense.

No actual songs on it, only a variete of soundscapes. I do not get it. Would perhaps had worked well as a movie soundtrack, but then there is not a movie..

Pretty odd album. Basically just instrumentals and ambiance type music. Never really felt worthwhile or enjoyable. 2.0/10

First song is just noise. Weird album, not very musical.

Nous avons ici malheureusement affaire à un hors-sujet total : ce film policier d'entrée de gamme n'a en aucun cas sa place dans la liste des 1001.

Pfoe

Weird!

03/12/2022 Not for me. At all.

What is this? - I don’t even feel like it is worth the research..

Tried it twice. Worse the second time. A movie score for an imaginary movie seems interesting in theory, but in practice? Nonsensical. Moreover, "themes" means something. Listening to Shiffrin's "Bullit", you'll hear a melody repeated throughout the score - it's the THEME. It's the musical thread we follow from scene-to-scene. In Moss Side Story, there is no theme and worse, there's no context. In "Bullit", you know what "Music to Interrogate By" is referring to. In "Moss Side", it's just random pieces poorly welded together. I listened to it twice, on consecutive days. Didn't enjoy, at all.

What an insanely stupid idea. Is there seriously anyone out there who actively listens to this? I can't imagine willingly devoting an hour of your life listening to a soundtrack to a movie that does not exist. Waste of time, space and energy. The most baffling addition to this list so far. The only good song is "The Man With The Golden Arm" and it's just a bonus cover.

When I first looked at what this album was about, I was initially skeptical. I mean, a man holding an umbrella with the words, "In a black and white world murder brings a touch of colour..." a) who would write that on an umbrella and b) who spells color like that. It's still color without u. And as Sinead says, nothing compares to u. Except v. It's awfully close to u. Turns out I was right about my initial skepticism. If I recorded an "album" that was the sound of every point that Rafa Nadal has played, it would be truly inventive. But does it deserve to be listened to? I would say "yes", because whoever voted for this list of 1001 albums that you should listen to before you die might be thinking the same thing. I would call the first song, "Losing builds the man"... then work my way through "Clay court king", etc. etc. It would be genius. Not like all the rambling in this review. Or the rambling of this album.

Soundtracks aren't my thing. Interesting concept, but that's where my enjoyment for this project ends.

No. I get it's a fake soundtrack and it's moody, but really!?

What the hell is this?

It's just a fake film score. I'm sure it would fit a film very well, but why must we hear it without the pictures? Who curated this list?

What is this? Why is this? It's so confusing and so expansive across music styles. It sounds like video game soundtrack music sometimes

As a movie soundtrack, pretty cool. As an hour long album, ehhh The Swinging Detective was pretty dope, however

Scary. Very scary

Dumb

Pues si, parece una banda sonora. Pero lo veo a años luz de ser un imprescindible. Mas bien es un experimento o incluso un disco de piloto automático

“Score for a made up movie” 0/10

Con una radio vieja y unas latas vacías yo podría hacer mejor música

Very weird - listened while trying to finish up ERRS requests and it feels hectic. I do think it'd be a good as a film soundtrack as intended, and it's an interesting concept, but not my cup of tea.

A mess

a soundtrack to a nonexistant movie.. PASS