Reviews (page 9 of 9)
Niet helemaal kunnen luisteren, klonk best ok!
Stem deed me in de verte aan Finn Andrews van The Veils. Buiten dat vond ik het maar een matige plaat en de viool een stoorzender
Aantal erg toffe nummers, maar over het geheel teveel folk en violen voor mijn smaak.
Mooie stem, mooie violen, weer eens iets anders.
At first me be like “na” then me be like “ah ok this isn’t so bad” then me be like “too much”. Didn’t even have The Whole of the Moon on there. Wtf?
Irlantilaishenkistä kansanmusiikkia. Olisin halunnut tykätä enemmän, mutta olihan tämä aika pitkäpiimäinen setti. Levy tuntui todella pitkältä, vaikka ei tuo mitään ihan kuraakaan ollut. Ei vaan oikein ollut tarttuvia ralleja tai oikeastaan mitään muutakaan mikä olisi erityisesti jäänyt mieleen.
Didn't find this very exciting, really not a folk person tbh. It was kinda rocky at some points and I quite liked "The Stolen Child" at the end. Don't really get the significance of it either. 5/10
i listened to it a few times. Not bad. Not great. I will listen again on St Patty's Day 2022 I give it three lucky charms
I didn't mind this as much as others, but I am partial to a bit of folk music. Reminded me of The Levellers. 2.5 rounded up to 3.
Got sick of it but it did have some things which were palatable
Fond memories
I liked it. Potential for a 4 but parts of it kinda dragged on
Good vibes! So acoustic! I really liked Strange Boat.
I really enjoyed this! Like a precursor to Arcade Fire or a lot of other indie rock of the late aughts
Was alright. Liked Fisherman's Blues....
It's decent but not really my thing. Wouldn't ask for it to be turned off
Enjoyable
Una grata sorpresa. Me gustó mucho todo el disco. Las instrumentaciones son variadas, conmovedoras y llenas de textura, uno se imagina que es otro disco folk y ya, pero es como si pidieras unas papas chicas y te dan unas extra grandes. Favs: The stolen child, el interludio celta Dunfords Fancy, We will not be lovers y Carolans welcome. Mood: grito sad de banshee
First few tracks were superb. Fizzles out in the middle
4
`Good, interesting to listen it.
Good celtic pop album, an original proposal when it was released. Fisherman's Blues is a great single. Rest of album is full of ups and downs, though...
:/
Muy folk y con mucha melodía. A mantener en el tiempo.
A weird melange of Simple Minds stadium rock and Celtic folk sensibilities. Unfortunately, there are many better stadium rock acts, and many better folkies, and this falls between the cracks.
This album was surprisingly good for me. Very good songs with a nice vibe.
Canción versionada por Celtas Cortos. Ya la conocía y estaba entre mis favoritos.
Este no va a ser mi disco de cabecera. Tiene un par de temas que me han gustado, pero en conjunto :(
They remind me A LOT of Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, but defo with a very country music vibe and Irish music. I liked it, the single is a tune.
Good music to put me to sleep. Fiddle music makes me uncomfortable slightly but mostly this was just alright.
Remember discovering this record when I was younger but kinda lost track of it. Pretty good, but gets kinda same-y by the end.
Very interesting, hard to classify. It's got some rock, some bluegrass/country, some 80s sounds, a little jazzy, etc. Good tunes with a little more depth.
Fantastic well crafted music! From relaxing and almost soothing to absolute foot stompers.
Just generic Scottish pop rock. 5/10.
I actually liked this album. Not the biggest fan of Irish/Scottish folk music, but the songs were good. Some of the more poppier songs reminded me of 80s U2.
Started off so promising and then fell off a cliff
Loved it, surprising good
Me gustó tanto este álbum que hasta me atreví a escuchar toda la versión extendida. Fue una buena decisión, siento que conocía a los Waterboys de nombre, pero nunca los había escuchado. Joyas. Eso de meter sonidos escoceses (espero que sí lo sean) resulta muy acertado, pensé en una onda medio Nick Cave, pero también Belle and Sebastian y gente más rockera. Hubo una canción que me encantó: "We Will Not Be Lovers". Las otras favs fueron: "Sweet Thing", claro "Fisherman's Blues", "You in the Sky" y "When Will Be Married". <3 10/10
Cool when it cuts between studio and amateur recordings. Sincere music and lyrics bestow hearty emotions. Bloody long
Great title track. Second half of the album is better, country vibe. Some songs overstay their welcome.
Folk. Agradable.
Think of the Pogues, but not cool.
I really enjoyed this album, exactly my type of thing. From what I understand, this album is a departure from the band's usual post-punk stuff so I'll have to check that out too.
Not my favorite, but still better than the Allman Brothers
A good folk album that has punk influences in its first half, but slows down - much to my disliking - in the second. STANDOUTS: -Fisherman’s Blues -We Will Not Be Lovers -World Party -And a Bang on the Ear
Jam band - not really my thing
Fine. Unremarkable.
What is this? Who is this? 22 tracks?!?! Why are they just singing “Blackbird” in the middle of one song? Why is every album suggested so far overflowing with folk instruments? How many dudes are in this band?? Etc.
Started ok, but got boring and that odd 70's & 80's easy listening near the end
A little long winded but pretty cool sound in general. Irish Bob Dylan? 6/10
Not really for me, but the music was good.
Este no me gustó tanto. supongo que el bluesgrass no es lo mío.
Not awful but like ehhhhhhhhhh 2.9
Damn i LOVE that title track. okay, stolen child is really bad. rest of the album is actually pretty enjoyable.
I tried but at one point I just had to turn it off I got busy n it just sounded like noise
I had no expectations. It blew me out of the water. Who are these people?
I’ve never heard of them, but I like the description on Wikipedia of folk-rock. I tend to like that, so I anticipate that I will like this one. I really like this one. I would buy their albums.
Irish springsteen/dylan
I found this... quaint? Idk, I didn't really enjoy it much.
Folksy? Whatever it is I dig it. Remind me to look into The Waterboys in the future.
Interesting.
This was a blast. Plus I knew the first song from “Waking Ned Devine”
Klinkt zoals de naam
Naaa
Pretty good, but didn't hook me
I've listened to this album and really liked it before, but I couldn't get into it this time.
Good stuff. Bit too sombre for a dark January mind.
An absolutely fantastic album. Love the strings
Found this to be relatively run of the mill folkish pop. Possibly harder on it than it deserves because of the annoyance of not being able to just play the album as released due to YT Music and it's weird presentation of it's available selections.
Felt like it had potential but didn't get there
More listenable than The Pogues but still doesn't really work for me.
Liked this a bit more than I thought I would. I would say the more coarse/rough vocal stylings help separate it from generic folk/rock. Overall a nice sound. The original edition of the album only spanned the 1st disk so I stopped there. The sounds for the most part sound pretty same-y, but I'm sure if you like it it's perfect that way. Deluxe is a bit too much for one take. 3.5 down to 3 since there weren't any standout tracks for me.
Ontzettend iers, viool geeft goeie vibes
Eh, it's fine. I was distracted while listening.
Brilliant. The title track is a classic, stolen child, bang on the ear, their version of sweet thing all brilliant. Overall enjoyed it a lot
I’m sure it’s a big hit across the pond
Folky and easy to listen to
1. Not bad. 2. Really good guitar, I liked the track. 3. Liked it. 4. Piano and bass really shine, like the track a lot. 5. Lead + rhythm guitar is really nice. 6. Pretty nice, chill track. 7. Okay track. I like the Rhodes-ish synth near the end. 8. Nice piano, song is laid back and chill. 9. Starting to kind of get tired of the violin, but not a bad song. The piano sounds really nice. 10. Really cool guitar riff throughout the song, interesting vibrato on the lead guitar in the intro. Like the laid back vibe of the song. 11. Okay track. 12. Really like the intro, nice piano and flute parts. Piano work is amazing throughout. 13. Cool jam track to end the first part of the album. 14. Really cool flute, reminded me of Breath of the Wild. Really nice how the piano and other instruments join in and make the song that much better. 15. Not bad, instrumentation is nice. 16. Horns are nice, really like the instrumentation. 17. Good. 18. Good. 19. Good. 20. Good. 21. Liked it. 22. Good.
hated it
Like attending a celidah at the village hall and watching her dance while I eat a scotch egg. She will never love me.
Started strong, but it was fine. Solid album, just not amazing to us.
Super Fun album. This is not the first time, I've heard this!
Bit Like Dave Matthews with annoying fiddles
Kaksijakoinen levy - alkupää oli oikein miellyttävää ja helposti lähestyttävää irkkufolkia, kun taas loppu meni vähän enemmän kikkailuksi. Alkupään kappaleista pidin kovasti, mutta ei tätä kokonaisuutena jaksa moneen kertaan kuunnella. Genre ei ole muutenkaan ihan itselleni läheisin ainakaan tällä tavoin toteutettuna. Levyn alkupäälle 3,5, kokonaisuudelle alaspäin pyöristyvä 2,5.
Sjefe greier
Fav Song: When Will We Be Married - 1987 Version
Very surprised by this one! I almost wrote this one off before listening for some reason but I was hooked by the first two songs! Love the fiddle? Violin? Not sure but it's great and love the lead singers voice. Wasn't able to listen to the whole thing will have to listen again soon!
Knockoff Dylan/Springsteen. Boring.
Banging
This is like a more roots based Drive By Truckers which naturally means I love it.
So loving this album. 4 songs in and I think I've added 3 to playlists. Great sounds: piano, strings, driving base, catchy guitar. Vocals are solid aswell. Driving, ensemble rock with lots of instruments/variety of sounds with folk roots - but more rock than anything else. Piano theme, and horns in 'World Party' are incredible. Strings create a great feel to the song. Every song has so much great feel. this is likely going to be my first 5 star. some nice authentic feeling songs on the second disk. The final song, 12 min long, Soon As I Get Home builds to the most pumping crescendo in the second half of the song. definition of a full on jam session. yes a 5 star album.
Not for me.
Decent Celtic-tinged folk. May want to re-visit at some point, but not immediately drawn to it.
decent old stuff, sounds good
This is actually pretty cool!
Feels right at home!
Zero space in my life for sea shanties, cheers anyway
Wonderful to see the influences they bring to the table, from country to blues to scottisch/gaelic folk. They put out a masterpiece with themes in wide range so there's something for everyone to love. They accompany their unique brand of music mix with clever and raspy vocals that fit their respective themes well.
Really enjoyed this!
Emotive, impactful and uplifting
Wonderful
ши.кар.дос. интересный фолк с элементами народных инструментов из Великобритании и окружающих островов. звучит красиво.
I don’t care for them
I liked the folksy aspect and the fact it was very Celtic - felt very at home. However, maybe I've just been oversaturated by Celtic trad that it‘s just not to my taste. Good tho!
really nice, but long and starts to drag by the middle. didn't finish
Really good folksy celtic vibes with great production values.
This is two days in a row I've been served a Scottish band (last one was Orange Juice) but this is a completely different experience. The songwriting is excellent. Lyrical, nuanced, and nostalgic while remaining modern (for 1988) and relevant. Shades of Dylan meets Springsteen but with an undeniable celtic energy. Overall, a really intriguing and engaging album. It came out in '88 but holds up really well overall.
Meh
Really solid and really honest folk album, I'm impressed. Great atmosphere, almost like I just stepped into a pub after a long day's work of harvesting vegetables or something. Fiddles and mandolins are both top tier instruments in my opinion. Best song: When Ye Go Away. It has just the right blend of jangly acoustic rock and trad Celtic folk.
I honestly kept on changing my mind about how I felt throughout listening to this album. I liked the traditional Celtic sound towards the end, but the record dragged for me as a whole. This is a bit too weak for me to give it a 4, so I'll give it 3 stars but it is more like a 3.5 than a 3.0.
The country/folk fusion here is cute, and exactly my bag. I felt that the more rocking numbers were the more forgettable, and that the tropier material was the most fun. I admit that fiddles are a huge weak spot in my taste, but I enjoyed them immensely. I wish that the closing track were longer, and I'm delighted that this thing was produced at all.
7/10, when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed when will we be married molly when will we be wed when will we be bedded in the same bed
This is pretty cool, just Irish kinda rock. Only criticism is that it gets a bit old towards the end, like most other stuff in this genre I've heard before. I think the Irish pub rock scene could do with restraint - there's no need to add 60 renditions of folk songs onto the second half of every album. 3/5 all the same.
Listened to this all the time in college.
Just a fantastic piece of folk rock history.... it’s a classic!