Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Eh. Nothing about it catches my attention. It's inoffensive, though, so not a terrible grade. Just nothing special.
If this were the first rock album I’d ever heard, I’m sure I’d love it. But it isn’t, so it shall be added to the ever-growing pile of OK basic-rock albums I’ve heard and forgotten about. Fav track: About You
3 1/2
Decent but nothing out of the ordinary
Old school 80's melancholy alt-rock
Best Song: Down On Me Worst Song: Nine Million Rainy Days
New to me, neutral
very meh neither bad nor good yk
Decent.
I suspect JAMC might be a little too cool for their own good. I appreciate that it's got some teeth, and there are a few real standouts on this record. It's not quite as good as Psychocandy and a gets a little repetitive at points, but still an enjoyable listen I'll likely come back to. Top notch driving music. Favourite songs: "April Skies", "Happy When It Rains"
3.5 thanks
I liked it.
Better than expected
Hm. Had some cool moments but was a bit boring overall. 6/10
Guys where’d the edge go...
Sounds like a cross between Primal Scream (even though Bobby Gillespie had left by this point), Dinosaur Junior, New Order and the Stone Roses. It has an overall gloomy vibe but on occasions builds to more euphoric moments. I would prefer more of these. Quite a few of the songs seem to be about, or are evocative of, bad weather. An acceptable album but not one I will revisit. 3/5.
Szkocik z kolejnym albumikiem, klasyczne rokowanie bandy braterskiej, bo glownymi czlonkami sa bracia Reid, nazwisko chyba skads kojarze, ale skad nie potrafilbym powiedziec dokladnie, albumik w orginalnej wersji, to klasyczny epek 36 minut, 10 trackow, ale spotifajowa wersja zawiera ultra miod delux, gdzie sa jakies czwarto wymiarowe strony vynyla i nigdzie indziej nieujawniane traki i trwa to wszystko godzine i 44 minuty, ale nadal trzyma poziom i nie ma sie uczucia, ze jest to meczony odsluch, niektore surowe, niekonwencjonalne wersje odkrywaja dany utwor na nowo, swietnym przykladem tego moze byc otwierajacy i zamykajacy darklands, w orginale jest to stonowany kawalek oparty na dwoch gitarkach, ale po dodaniu tam dodatkowych smyczkow i nadaniu surowosci wokalu przez jego lekkie podbicie kawalek wchodzi na nowy poziom, dlatego znajdzie sie dla niego miejsce na plejce, jedynymi kredytowanymi artystami sa gitarkowo wokalni bracia Reid, za drumy odpowiedzialna byla drumiaca maszynka, wiec tez wplywa na to jak je slychac, dobra pozycja na sluchansko nastawione na gitarki, ostatnim trakiem jaki jeszcze plejkuje to on the wall, jakos wiliamowe wokale bardziej przypadly mi do gustu, ale najczesciej obaj pojawiaja sie na traku jako back upy jeden drugiego
Better than I expected, only heard 1 of their albums before
Nothing bad but just boring. 6
A little slow in tone but a easy vibe
Eh it's a pretty good pop album but it's so much worse than Psychocandy. 7/10
Never heard this before. I like how they created a ‘sound’.
Decent but not life changing
Was not aware of this band. Thought it was ok. Their guitar sounds made me think if the Raveonettes, the way they almost sound uplifting if they weren't soaked in reverb as if playing from a dark empty dungeon.
middling
Never heard of Jesus and the Mary Chain before, but really liked this album for its 80s-fused feeling to a lot of the instrument sounds and vocals, with catchy lyrics. Spotify continuous play introduced me to "Orange Juice", which is another great 80's band with some great tracks. Highlights: -Darklands -Happy When It Rains -
I enjoyed this. Never listened to them before.
early albums way better...
80s rock
Meh was ok
Pretty chill but was just sort of "there" for me, I do like the slow-dark delivery though.
Great sound!
A nice album from this (alternative) rock band. Music I can listen to. Maybe I wil listen to it again.
Another classic 80's rock album, liked it but nothing particularly outstanding about it.
Appropriate for the time, not a bad album, just slightly tough to recall at the moment
A little too mellow. Not really sure I get it. I like the couple hits on the album, the rest fell a little flat.
A cool alternative discovery.
Pretty interesting stuff. Kind of laid back and easy to listen to. A solid 3.5 stars.
This album surprised me, actually enjoyed it.
Nice album, love the genre. However, I didn't manage to 'fall in love' with any specific song...
Steady, liked some parts better than others but felt like loud noise for the most part.
Hm...this is a tough one. I enjoyed it for the most part, but nothing really stood out. I'd have to give a second listen, but would be welcome to check out the rest of their discography since "Just Like Honey" caught my ears first. 3.5?
Not my Jam, but ok
I hate it when I like gen x nonsense like this. it's catchy and every song feels like I've heard it heaps of times, but it's also complete gen x crap. lol.
Britain during the 60s: she loves you yeah yeah yeah ✌️😜 WOOO!! Britain during the 80s: you know I actually like the rain
I wanted to get there with this album. There are just too many slow repetitive pieces. They did at least keep the album relatively short, but it felt like they didn't get a lot done with the time they had.
Miserable, moody music for goths. It's alright if you like that kind of thing, although Cherry Came Too is weirdly Beach Boys or pop. I didn't enjoy this as much as their other album on this list, Psychocandy.
De paso, nada memorable, pero no por eso es que carezca de calidad Personalmente no me llamó la atención pero si veo que tiene si personalidad en cuanto el lado del post punk o shoegaze Ameno, no el más reescuchable dentro de la lista de álbumes hasta ahora
reheated velvet underground nachos
I would like the opportunity to never be in the Darklands. 2/5
Pretty mid
vibe moody, rock old school, un po' monotono
Far too mellow and boring for my liking. Zero bangers
🫤 This album is for fat chicks named Amy (that really didn't want to go to the prom anyway).
Boring.
Disappointing
Meh.
Suffe popmuziek **
Meaningful to a lot of goths this band. However once you have heard one of the tired arrangements and vocals you have heard them all
its relaxing but faded away without having any highlights remembered off this full length project... maybe on another try (2.5/5.0)
cure light
Sounds like a late 80s alternative rock album from the UK.
Bored to tears. RYM: N Saved a song: N
unpleasantly-textured monotony, except for when someone sings, which makes it less monotonous but more unpleasant
Not a fan of these guys
Not really my jam. 2.7
É um disco infinitamente mais agradável do que o anterior "Psychocandy" que é extremamente barulhento, mas não chega a ser cativante ou interessante.
The Jesus and Mary Chain are another band I’ve tried to like on several occasions and just can’t. I find their sonics flat and their songwriting forgettable. I’ve long preferred Darklands to Psychocandy (man, I do love their album names), but there’s only so many of these bleary-eyed, reverb-drenched, slower-than-midtempo tracks I can slog through before I have to admit I’m bored. But hey, this should be someone’s favorite brand of indie rock, it’s just not mine.
1. dark - 2 2. deep - 2 3. rainz - 2 4. douun - 2 5. dayz - 2 6. april - 2 7. fall - 1 8. cherry - 2 9. uuall - 2 10. you - 2
Just another loud alternative album.
Cool
I wanted dark, I got sad boy Simon and Garfunkel
scotlandddd
Corte que islas muy oscuras.
Not for me
Alternatiivista rokkia.
It has a couple of moments but nothing special for me.
I listened to it. But didn't rate it immediately. Now I can't remember anything about them which is telling. 2 rats.
Budget 80s Lou Reed.
Didn't even notice one song end and the other begin and next thing you know I was back at the start of the album. What even happeneed, who knows
Not bad.
Kinda like a soft rock. It was okay.
Not Great!
Nothing bad about but not very exciting to me
2.2 at least its not too long, listenable but not memorable at all
It was ok. Soft rock album
Wasn't horrible, but wasn't very engaging either. Was easy to lose focus. 2.5/5 Won't listen again
Alternative / new wave? Idk didn't like them that much
I thought that I'd enjoy this more than I did. This band is adjacent to others that I like. I found it fell pretty flat overall.
eh, not offensive, totally forgettable
Meh
잘 모르겠음
Meh
This is true to what it is.
It was okay. Captures that 90's indie vibe but a bit too on the nose. Darklands and About You were the standouts.
Taki britpop kolejny. 2
Alternative rock. Monotonous
Hard for me to write something, as this is not bad music, but very generic. To me, it was very unremarkable and made no impression. I feel like I have heard similar song before.
Okay
Generally pleasant noise pop. They sound the same, some slower, some faster. Background music. Not very good guitar solos.
I think everything The Jesus and Mary Chain had to offer was covered by their first entry in this list.
There’s just enough of this stuff like this that is so weird for me, I don’t think I’m a fan of post punk. Anytime I hear this kind of music, most of it is just not for me, not sure exactly what about it. Two stars.
It’s become quite pathetic how this list pushes every have asses UK band that happened to make an album as if they’re essential listening when they’re nothing more than just another band. Minus one for being boring.
It’s like the Beatles meets u2 but not in the best way
I’ve heard of the band, of course, but I’ve never actually listened to their music. I don’t really think it’s that great, to be honest. Two stars...
Found myself not paying attention
Never heard of em - very generic pop sounding. Meh.
boring, the same every single song.
i mean... not really much here in my opinion. feels like kinda a filler album for this list
Not for me. Too dated.
I enjoyed the first part of this album - but with no songs standing out, it all just started to blend together. There was no variety, really, which slightly disappointed me. However, I did enjoy some individual songs. The lyrics are very melancholy from top to bottom, setting a very common theme for the album. I have not heard anything by this artist before, but I may give them a listen later on. However, I feel that you have to be in a very specific mood to listen to this genre. Favourites: Darklands Happy When It Rains April Skies
Dull and dreary. No thanks
Ahead of its time (derogatory)
It has some hits and a consistent mood, but kind of to its detriment. Feels kinda lifeless on the whole. Much prefer Psychocandy
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring
it got very uninteresting very quickly
По крайне мере, это музыка
a very meh record for me, felt repetitive
Not my cup of tea
Warm, feelgood, but ultimately extremely 80s-esque Britpoppy nonsense. Even the Scotsmen can't escape from their Britpop callings. They use some of the worst parts of the genre, though – from the horrifically airy 80s production style to the hyper-blurred guitars, to the vocals that are difficult to make out because everything's on full stadium-blast... And yet I also get the sense that The Jesus And Mary Chain just aren't putting in any effort, and the production team is working with the meagre scraps of quality tossed to them during recording. As another reviewer wrote: "'Dispassionate’ doesn’t work, for that implies strong emotion. ‘Disinterested,’ ‘impassive’ seems to work better." Darklands, the title track, commits to using this one "dit-dit-dit-dit" hook, which is good for the first three or so minutes, but gets a little stale after that. For a track of this length, I would have much preferred just a simple instrumental to end the song. Still, I can't deny that it's pretty catchy. The same cannot be said of Deep One Perfect Morning, which is the first of a disappointingly large number of weaklings. Flops. The vocals can take a lot of the blame here: they sound kind of like the empty shell of what was once a great ripping punk voice. I don't know if it's due to the strange mixing, but the vocals are somewhat drowned out by the other instruments – and that's probably for the better. "Down On Me"... they're not exactly trying to be subtle with this one. The song Fall is the closest thing we have to classic rock, and hence it's pretty good. Relatively speaking, of course. On the Wall is just Heroin (by the Velvet Underground) without the tempo changes. 2/5 Key tracks: Darklands, April Skies, Fall
hella mid
Eipä oo mitään spessua tässäkään, perushuttua.
meh
The second album is never easy, here limitations of the band are exposed and it seems to have lost it's edge. Maybe it was the Honey but more likely it was Gillespie leaving 2 for me
Why on earth did these people replace their drummer with a drum machine?
não tem nenhum motivo pra álbum durar quase 2 horas; ainda mais quando todas as músicas vão soar a mesma coisa. as músicas não são ruins apesar disso.
okay
2 1/2
Tranquilo, deep one perfect morning me ha gustado
Love the band name. That’s about it. Music for the Slacker generation. Don’t hate it, but won’t make the rotation.
I liked it at first, but as it went on, I forgot I even had it on. It's fine; it is nothing extraordinary. It is boring in some places. I don't even have much to say because it didn't leave that much of an impression. It's just so inoffensive that I can't say much about it. There is nothing much going on, honestly.
I don't get it. This is the kind of album which simultaneously makes me want to buy the book so I can understand exactly why this particular boring ass album is included, but also makes me pissed off enough that this is included over scores of better albums to refuse to give them my money. It's a conundrum.
The advent of shoegaze and noise rock is about as exciting as one would imagine. Which is to say it’s not. This album is a snoozefest. Gratefully as someone that is into shoegaze, there are much better options.
The noise was the only interesting thing about Psychocandy so without it this is pretty boring
This album just sort of blended into the background for me on my listen. It felt like something I should really dig but didn’t quite get me there. Maybe I’ll go back to it someday.
Aikas laahaavaa. 2,5⭐️
This was such an underwhelming album that I will surely forget in the coming days. It is just everything I’ve not only heard a 100times before (gloomy new wave) and even heard several times on this list already. I’m not sure if this album is more interesting when yo know the backstory around this album cause I know nothing. I don’t know the artist, and I’ve never heard their music before, and worst of all nothing about this album makes me want to look into more of their work. It didn’t get under my skin and upset me enough to get a one but it’s also wildly forgettable. This is another album that could’ve been replaced with a Primus album and it would’ve benefitted everyone more cause even if you didn’t like the Primus album, it at the very least would be something COMPLETELY different that would’ve brought something new to someone’s life. This was an actual waste of my afternoon.
This is hard for me as it sounds like something I should love but I’m just not connecting with it. I like a few JAMC tracks but I prefer it when they’re noisier, this feels very weedy and dreary without the emotional resonance to back it up. Seems like a more boring version of what Pulp were doing a few years later. Also I swear these guys only know two chords. Couple of moments that were decent. Lush production too.
Droney, a bit one paced. Doesn't sound as old as it is. But not really my bag. There is something here, but it would require significant investment to get at it.
I knew absolutely nothing about this group except that the older cool kids were into them. Consequently I wished I was into them and may have represented myself as such. Having now *actually* listened to them I am prepared to make a judgement. In the age-old dichotomy of taking or leaving, I'm gonna go ahead & leave it
Bezveze, ali nije katastrofalno. 2/5, 3/10
I feel like it's a way different experience than in Psychocandy and I don't like it. Like I'm sober trying to understand someone who is inebriated and I can't make some sense of the things they are trying to convey.
388/1089 - The Velvet Underground and its consequences were a disaster for music.
Sehr unspektakuläre und ustuschbare 80er Rock. Chönti jetzt 3 geh aber willi da nüm innlose wird machemer mal wider zwei Stränge Ave Marias und Hail JC Junior
When I fall asleep, I sometimes have auditory hallucinations (e.g. a door opening). Those tend to be more exciting than this tepid, lethargic album.
This is an over-produced, cleaned up album, compared to their debut. I like the raw, less produced version of them better.
Dunno, just sounds like a more boring Joy Division
Pretty enjoyable, not sure it’s aged too well though. Some songs are good, some okay, some bad. Again, I’m not really sure why this is on the list - it feels very safe and not that groundbreaking… 4/10
Älskar shoegaze men detta är lite för tidigt för min smak. Lite för långt in på 80-talet
My second JAMC album after Psycho Candy, which didn't grab me at all. The songs are, again, repetitively samey. The overuse of reverb remains. But the background feedback has gone. They still remind me of the Stone Roses (of course I know they came first) with a bit of upbeat Leonard Cohen thrown in. Better than Psycho Candy. But not much.
makes me wanna get shaggy bangs
Either too dark to not dark enough.
Unbelievably boring. I guess this would be nostalgia value if I were unfortunate to have to listen to this in the 90s.
No me generó mucho. Deben haber mejores albumes de la banda y del género. 4/10
Waiter waiter, more mediocre 80s new wave please!
This was pretty boring to me. I couldn't get into it. 2
2.5
Not for me. I remember nothing from this listen and I just listened an hour ago. It seemed dark and depressing. 2/5
Bored
Some parts are okay, but it is really quite boring. 2 stars or D+.
Slow rock has a time and place when it fits well. Maybe unfortuenately for this album today wasn't one of those days for me. While I can't point out what is bad about it nothing draga me in and makes me want to keep listening.
2/5
I remember 'not thinking much of' these in period. Things change, so let's see. By the end of track two I am bored and feeling vaguely uncomfortable, I'm not sure why. One side done. The album has failed to engage. The band don't sound like they're trying. It's all a bit 'music by numbers'. 2/5.
Another '80s alternative rock band. Not standouts, gets boring quite fast.
Best Song: April Skies. It has a kind of dad-rock quality to it, that isn't unpleasant. Worst Song: Nine Million Rainy Days. Just dripping in a corny melodrama. Overall: Who is getting excited about this music? Admittedly, it's marginally better than the other album of theirs on this list, but goddamn if it isn't monotonous. Every song is the same as the previous one.
494/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Sounds so definitively 80s. Man there was such a strong sonic signature on this era. For better or for worse. Everything soaked in reverb, gated drums, that crunchy guitar tone. Even the alternative stuff has that same sonic palette but a little rougher around the edges. This is very much a vibe record, where nothing really sticks out to me, but the energy is nice enough to keep on in the background. The songwriting isn't very compelling for me. I likely won't revisit it.
Wait is this a joke. Psychocandy took some real liberties in recycling the same song over and over again. And then Darklands, their follow up album starts, and its the same song again?! Next track, Deep One Perfect Morning, starts with the Just Like Honey drumbeat. Happy When It Rains is finally a new song, hooray. We manage to get through a few songs that don't smell like honey until April Skies which can't resist an oscillating two chord progression that mirrors JLH. Its kinda funny at this point - I go into each new track hoping it will be another JLH clone - Cherry Came Too is another one - slow strummed guitar chords, the same chord progression, basically the same drum beat. How did they get away with this?! TJAMC are really one of the least creative bands I've ever heard. Which is truly a shame because I really do love Just Like Honey. I'd say there's a bit more diversity on Darklands compared to Psychocandy, but there isn't the OG JLH, so it loses marks for that. Neither of these albums should be on the list. 2.2/5
The best part of the 1001 album challenge is listening to stuff I would have never listened to otherwise and broadening my music knowledge. This one definitely broadened my knowledge. I don't listen to this genre ever. This sounded like Billy Idol as a lead singer of Midnight Oil or something. Unfortunately his voice sounds like my white noise machine that helps me fall asleep, and the repetitive drumming makes each song instantly forgettable. I do appreciate that they have a unique sound and it does feel different from the mainstream. I wouldn't be able to listen to it again, although the guitars were enjoyable.
Never sounded like it got out of 1st gear to me
I feel like I am just a clock on the wall ... the time ticking away through another day and another mediocre album.
The Jesus And Mary Chain are one of the most overrated bands I’ve had the misfortune of seeing live. Thankfully it was at a festival and I could go watch something else. Just boring as hell, and I’ve no idea why they’re held in such high regard.
might be good for its time but it felt bland. sorry
I've never listened to this album (52). A bit too flat and whiny for my taste.
Get a drummer that knows how to do more than that one set of banging lmao. Once I heard it, could not unhear.
1987. Decent enough English rock band.
Steeped with 80s production with a vocal delivery and mix full of premonition. I'm old enough to have lived through the 80s,but I have no connection to this at all. And it doesn't work for me, listening in 2025.
Darklands Happy When It Rains April Skies
meh...
- guitar rift reminds me of "are we the waiting" by green day - du du du du du dooo , fluffy, chill - ("hit") what am i listening to what - everything has sounded so chill and samey up until this point huh - i was just thinking damn i would've loved this album in 2014 during my indie rock obsession but now it just falls flat for me - but maybe things will change from here after this track? - "kill surf city" HUH same thing it goes from a guitar riff to distortion? things are spicing up - now we in the demonic screams part of the album - is it weird that its making me like this more - demonic cumming now - how did we get here - and then we go full circle back to indie chill - okay - this was.... an album lol
2.5
too slow and intimate
2.1
2ка, защото On the wall е копие нa Heroin на Velvet Underground. Не може така да се копират чужди песни и да се редят някакви тъпи текстове по мелодията
Slow and boring af
A snooze fest, honestly. I still don't know how to define "shoegaze." I'd never heard of the genre before embarking on this project, and I have had several albums that fall under that label since. I can't define it, I don't know its origin, but I know I don't like it. This wasn't a whole lot different, except that it was largely boring. Vocals from a guy who sounded like he doesn't care about what he's singing and who was kinda hard to understand. Guitars soaking in reverb and pedal effects that they lose coherence and intrigue. Most songs were at the same tempo. The whole affair was just largely boring and felt like a slog. It's a bummer, because these guys are/were probably a solid act. But this album can't be the best representation of their work because it was a snooze fest. Two stars. Standout Tracks: Down on Me, Nine Million Rainy Days, April Skies.
Ok
A typical artifact of a bad period in recorded music. Was everyone really so smacked up? (rounded up to a 2 because of the sound quality in the mix)
Very dull and repetitive
Didn't do anything for me. Average.
Definitely out of my Q zone, this one's not for me
Has not aged well.
It was meh. I liked it but nothing really popped for me.
I would definitely consider this an 80s emo band/album, and it turns out I'm just not a fan
A little too downbeat for my tastes, I'm afraid. Plus, I recently became aware that there are no Warren Zevon albums on this list. That albums like this should make it while Warren gets overlooked is a travesty!
This album is ok. It’s a little drab and bland to be honest. I get where it was the bridge between post punk and elements of grunge, and I hear that, but it just doesn’t strike me the way I thought it would. It’s kind of like a history lesson. It’s interesting, but it’s not as fun as recess.
I did not like that it is neither foreground or background music
Slow motion alt rock. Not unpleasant, but not something I would ever put on. I love darkness, but this isn't dark, it is just uninspired. I don't mind the drum machine, but if you are going to use a drum machine, do something interesting with it for fuck's sake. The result is an album that I enjoyed slightly more than PSYCHOCANDY, but not enough to actually care about. JOMC is never music altering in the ways that their contemporaries Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, or the Pixies were. They just kind of exist. Almost anything else from the 80s was more enjoyable than this. Boring and tedious like a Sofia Coppola film. Definitely doesn't belong on an all time list.
# 567 : Darklands Darklands - the musical equivalent of a shrug It’s moody, slow, and vaguely atmospheric—like someone dimmed the lights and forgot to turn the music up. The guitars jangle politely, the vocals mumble introspectively, and the whole thing just sort of... happens. It’s easy listening in the most literal sense: easy to listen to, easy to forget. I get what it’s going for—post-punk melancholy with a pop sheen—but it never really lands. There’s no tension, no release, no standout moment. It’s like watching a black-and-white film where nothing dramatic ever occurs. You sit through it, nod occasionally, and then move on with your life. This isn’t a bad album. It’s the kind of record that critics adore and fans defend, but for me, it’s a soft pass with a polite wave. Verdict: Not hated, not loved, and definitely not remembered. File under “80s excess with no payoff.” Best Track (if you must): Happy When It Rains – the one moment where the clouds part and something resembling a hook appears. Listened: 12/09/2025
Not wanting to be a one-trick pony (it seems), the JAMC shed the screeching layers of feedback of their debut album in favor of gently-distorted guitars on this, their second album. In place of the wailing guitars however, did the Reid brothers bring any new elements into their sound? Not really, which places the focus squarely on the songwriting, which (unfortunately) relies on a lot of fairly tired chord progressions. The shapes of the vocal melodies don't vary much from song to song either. The JAMC might have been aiming for a Phil Spector-ish classic pop sound with *Darklands* but the songwriting chops weren't strong enough at this point to pull it off. Lastly, this album is a more polished record than its predecessor (drum machines, anyone?) but it's the anarchic spirit of *Psychocandy* that makes that record a more thrilling listen.
average
this doesn't sound good. drum machine is shit, guitar too twangy. everything played in different rooms. it's like leonard cohen from around the same time. could use a good remaster maybe?
klasicky britpop album (skotsko), pocuvatelny, nepustil by som si tie pesnicky sam od seba - iba ze by som chcel byt pretentious as fuck. je to pomale, hlas je prijemny ale nepaci sa mi vyuzitie nastrojov... nepacia sa mi nizke toniny
Meh
meh
No live drum, kinda boring kinda okay
Kaipaishan sitä vähän enemmän tunnelmanvaihdoksia, tässä on nyt vain joskus vähän vimmaa ja joskus ei. Happy when it rains toki kiinnittää huomion, muuten ei. Jos olisi enemmän sellaista, tää olis varma kolmonen.
Um, ... meh?
Kind of boring
This record is so forgettable I can't remember it and I finished it half an hour ago.
Was drifting in and out of the room for Darklands and On the Wall but other than that steadfastly listened to the whole thing...with difficulty. Very dull, except for Nine Million Rainy Days and About You which are good.
Just another drubby fuzzy post-punk album that we have heard many of times on this list. Nothing at all stood out to me on this.
The first song caught my ear. 2
Me gustó hasta ahi.
Honestly super boring. Was disappointed with this given the interesting album title and cover.
Kind of a run of the mill late 80s album.
The tracks sound like intros/ montage backround music. I swear I've heard Darkands in a film- also why is it 5 1/2 minutes long. I like the singer's- William Reid (?)- careless sound. kind of resembles Lana Del Rey in a sense. I like Nine Million Rainy Days lowkey hard to get through- idk like im not entertained- not rlly sure what im looking for. OVERALL RATING: 2/5
Nothing really stood out to me here.
i do wanna know why the Jesus and Mary Chain seemed so deadset on making the wrong aesthetic choices at all times. with fuzz and reverb, they'd created one of the most iconic and influential sounds of 80s indie rock, melding 60s pop and 80s post punk in a TV static bath. one of the things that kept me from fully loving Psychocandy was how so many of the songs sounded so much alike. surely, on the next album, they'd fix that little bit of disappointment, but keep the strong suit of their revolutionary wash of noise. well, to make a long story short, the Reid brothers are either fucking stupid or just really wanted a hit. maybe they're both. this record sounds like everything else that was coming out at the time, but with the dull songwriting from last time around wholly untouched. for the brief moments where the band actually comes up with a new idea, like "Happy When It Rains" or "April Skies" -- a song with great bones and a genuinely great track respectively -- it feels stunted by having the same sonic palette as The Cult. every jagged edge that made the band exciting and dangerous is now ground down to nubs of indie teen prom rock. listen, i'm not one of those people who gets irrationally mad when a band changes sound. it can be fun to shake things up, and it can be a necessary evolution. but when you take away the noise, you realize just how shallow an act JAMC are. whoever called them a one trick pony for their noise and not their slavish dedication to this sleepy musical formula, you're a monster and i am unsure how you can sleep at night.
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It was okay. Didn't hate it but it didn't grab me are make me want to listen again.
Not a lot happening here. It's decent, but not particularly engaging. 2
I found it a very short and simple record, a very consistent 80s UK indie rock/pop sound, instrumentation and vocals just on par for the genre. It's not bad, but it's certainly not outstanding either. It's very stripped down, a bit minimal even. My favourite song was probably Darklands.
I did not use a private Spotify session for this one. 80s music on Benadryl, boring.
soort poppy kruising van Sisters of Mercy en VU... niet mijn ding
This album is sonically so different from their debut Psychocandy it must have come as a shock to fans and critics alike. Having lost their drummer, who went off to Primal Scream full time, they replaced him with an 808, leaving just the Reid brothers and Douglas ‘2-Strings’ Hart. They decide to shuffle off the hype and let their songs do the talking. Bad idea. What this album reveals more than anything else is that the Reid brothers are pretty mediocre songwriters. On the first album the whole thing was wrapped in an original and highly entertaining package, part Joy Division, part Ramones. Take that away and it’s just third division teen angst predictability.
just not melodic enough for me. quite like some of the guitar sounds. don't like the beat machine.
Better than I expected.
Bland shoegazey rock, not very interesting or inspiring. Execution is ok
One note and just kinda there.
Not to be harsh but man, this is forgettable.
Not my bag. Nothing special.
Ok. Wouldn’t listen to again
Tinny and dreary.
It sounds like every song is being performed at the back of a very long cave. I don't think the heavy use of reverb helps the songs at all. Some of them sounded like they had substance, but then it got lost in the reverb. Didn't hate it, but probably wouldn't put it on again.
Every song sounded the same…
Not really my kind of music
Didn’t finish it, the doo doo doo song got stuck in my head and I didn’t like it to begin with and it made me angry
So forgettable, that I forgot the album was on halfway through. The biggest hit of Darklands was extra slow and boring - it was actually a pretty good representation of the whole package. It wasn't the worst album ever, not even close to the worst on this list, but certainly it was a wasted time with ol' Jesus and Mary.
its aight seems like really good roadtrip music
this was ~ok~ It's easy listening, I just probably wouldn't throw it on.
It’s was ok.
Kind of sounded like one long monotone song. Not bad, just boring. Singer sleepy mumbled most of the album with no range.
I just don’t care enough sorryyyyy
The soundtrack to a straight to video movie that takes place in a goth bar, but the band that plays these songs in the movie clearly never touched an instrument until 30 seconds before they started filming. The bar is just a set from golden girls lit like an operating room with two bats on the wall. Guess what I'm saying is they clearly don't live up to their name.
There's something kinda drunk and dopey about this guy's voice that I can tell people think it's romantic or sexy but I don't enjoy it enough to say I like it. Pass. 2 stars
I hear the influence on alternative music to come but it kinda drags. A bit monotonous. 2.5 rounding down
Never really clicked with these guys. It's decent enough. High 2s
Mary Chain minus the characteristic layer of beefy screeching feedback. All of their Shangri-Las and post-heroin Velvet Underground-isms laid bare. For me, the point of it was that you had to ‘find’ this stuff in the mix and I can only conjured so much enthusiasm for a dozen slow songs about rain (typical Scots, eh?).
I remember liking these guys in Jr High but onlyh a couple of tracks - this faded into the background - and my mom said, what is that crap you're listening to .. LOL
Dull
Lame 2/5
This is one of those bands that I should like on paper, but don't like on their records. Nothing much happens on this records. The songs are not bad but very basic, the singer sounds uninterested, guitars are straight forward and predictable, drums are computers. Boring.
Not terrible. For some reason was thinking Metal and not 80’s soft rockish. It’s not bad but it couldn’t keep me interested.
I'm not going to say this was bad, because I don't think it is. However, it is more boring than listening to paint peel. 2/5
Very middle of the road. I’m starting to feel there’s too many 80s/90s rock albums on this list already. That’s not to say I didn’t like this, it’s easy enough to listen to and the songs about rain were fitting as I was driving through rain, it’s just mid, as the kids would say. Very forgettable. Top tracks were Happy When It Rains (more for agreeing with the title’s sentiment than anything) and April Skies.
I’ll give them an extra star for being Scottish?
I don't know why so many people have rated this album as 5/5, it's a mediocre album at best.
So sad. 2/5
After the personal affront that was Psychocandy, I am really hesitant to give this band another chance. But here goes... "Darklands," the opener, sounded like New Order's "Love Vigilantes" (I want to see my family...) meets Bowie's "Heroes" within the first 20 seconds of the tune. Beyond that, I guess I couldn't care less about these guys. At least I didn't despise it as much as the other.
Some bands just don't do it for me. It's not necessarily their fault, I just can't get into them. TJAMC is one of those bands.
Went on far too long, and nothing really stood out to me. Not willing to listen to it again to figure out if there are actually good songs on it.
Not so great for me.
Like Goth Lite but not very interesting to listen to. A star for being Scottish but wouldn’t listen again. Nothing catchy or evocative
Not bad, but I got bored pretty fast.
Fuhgetttaboutit!
Did not bring me joy
Not my cup of tea, but i understand the efforts. This kind of music is rather on the “safe” side and i would get why many people would rather listen to this. I enjoy the sound tho.
Completely forgettable pop rock
At least it's a short album? Really average stuff here and another British bias inclusion on the list. I don't even know what to say about this album it's so unnoteworthy. 4.25/10 (2.125/5)
Nah.
This sounds like a soundtrack to a movie. Not complaining but not loving.
Pretty unremarkable if we're being honest
Wasn't available on YT music. Didn't really matter that I found it on YouTube, nothing really stood out. Easy listening, '90s soft rock.
Boring
Depressing and high energy. Unsurprisingly lame.
Yep still not for me
Pop-rock cansino. Un 2.
First song? Awesome! Rest of the album??
First couple of songs, Just ok, nothing spectacular so far. Full album -- meh, nothing really caught my ear.
I listened to this yesterday and now can’t remember a single thing. Neither positive nor negative. It just washed over me. 2.5/5
What a pile of nothing. I remember the era where anybody could be a "singer". I don't miss it. At least it didn't irritate me, that's why I gave it a 2.
This was fine, just unremarkable.
Pretty mediocre. I haven't heard anything that brought my attention. 2.5/5.
most of my reviews are just repeats of the same 5 complaints. one thing they have in common with this album
Fair to middling
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Blah
Fine I guess, but I found this pretty unremarkable.
I understand and appreciate just how influential and important The Jesus and Mary Chain are, I just don't like their style of music that much.
Its catchy enough pop but in the end its just work to listen to.
I don't like the lazy 80s sound of this whatever.
Weak everything
I knew a few songs from TJAMC, but never listened to one of their albums. You have to be in a very specific mood to listen to this or need to get into a brooding, melancholy, ennui kind of mood. Decent music……but only at times.
Boring 80s.
Not bad but not really my sound. Very 80s sounding.
kind of bland album, probably won't go back to it.
Writing melodies is hard, eh Good news! The lead singer has such a limited range that it doesn't really matter! Not my thing.
Good music, but worn and dated. Listenable in mellow setting but I wouldn’t seek it out or buy it.
Felt that this was a super generic album. Forgettable sound. Didn't really stick with me, although not bad per se. 2/5