Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Meh
- it's .... ok. It will stay in my rotation for a bit as a pallet cleanser while the music is on shuffle ..... Kinda middling with some good riffage .... but it's done better before and since. .... and I have to give a shout out to the other reviewer who nailed how completely annoying the singer is; SO much affectation and not in a good way. It can be painful .... 2.5 rounded down. -
Two decent songs at the start then I spent the rest of my walk waiting for this to end do I can listen to something else
Didnt do too much for me. There are simply better records for this genre.
Too on the nose in the Bowie-worship? It's okay, but nothing I'll revisit.
другий альбом suede за тиждень, звучить так само як попередній, я б сказала шо він посередній
this really just isn’t for me i don’t think.
Meeeeehhhhhh
I really didn’t need to listen to these two Suede albums.
Suede is the most boring of all the Britpop bands. The singer is whiny, the melodies are unoriginal. A desperate mix of Bowie and The Smiths, without any of the vibe or charisma.
Fave tracks- animal nitrate
This sounded samey and just wasnt my thing
I can’t remember any song except the first one
I've enjoyed a lot of the Britpop on this list, but this one fell flat.
milquetoast forgettable bland britpop. there is at least one interesting track, "breakdown", the only one i cared to learn the name of which has a sense of epic scale to it that is enjoyable. the rest of it though? pretty rough. it's not aggressively bad it's just kinda Nothing, ya know? it's aggressively british though, that's for sure. brett anderson's vocals are just awful. that's probably why "breakdown" is the best track on here to me because he's at least trying to sing there instead of just whining and it takes a back seat to the generally solid instrumentation. but on the whole? i already forgot all of it.
It's a weak britpop album. I don't really like the singing much on this, and it just generally comes across as underbaked to me. I've never liked Suede though, they're like the britpop band that even half of England forgot existed and it is very easy to forget about them. A discount The Smiths which, lets be real, is already a discount band. I really don't hear the david bowie comparisons wikipedia says they're compared to, especially early bowie, unless they're talking about like The Laughing Gnome Bowie.
Interesting cover art, but the music just sound the same to me. Like something i already have heard from other bands.
Ugh. Another 45 minutes of Brett Anderson’s whiny, pretentious voice. Once again, Bernard Butler is the redeeming feature with some great guitar work. But it’s never allowed to shine alongside the vocals for long enough.
177 Una de las razones por la que estoy haciendo esto es para escuchar todos esos artistas de los que "la gente hablaba" pero nunca me animé a escuchar. De verdad siento que ya escuché esto, es como un The Smitsh-Oasis-ish versión acuenta. De verdad se justificaba que estuviera en esta lista?
This album is like when your high school sweetheart broke up with you and you locked yourself in your room to cry for the whole summer holiday. Who could you do this to me Caroline? What we had was special. Your dad tries to get you to come outside and go to a rugby game, or play golf, or eat dinner. Anything to try and get you out of this hole. But he doesn’t even understand the pain you are in.
Yep. It's britpop. Kind of really yawn.
I was underwhelmed by it, though it wasn't bad.
Made me feel suede and swayed
Not a fan
Ugh. I didn't really need to hear this.
Like most Britpop, this is distinctly meh.
Keysey voice: Brit.Pop.Slop. Shamefully boring and singer's voice is grating. The zodiac sign song and love in a Volvo, that was supposed to be deep, but it really wasn't. You can tell that the record company or whoever decided on the singles from the album because those three are all somewhat faster and energetic than the others.
I don't know if this does anything meaningful...
BritPop album, they're all alike. Production wise is ok 5/10.
This was ok
Comparing this to The Smiths is just lazy, and wrong.
It's trying but achieve nothing a mix of a lot of different things without making it personnal, not harsh to listen but without character
One half-decent hit does not make an album, and this is definitely not a great album by any metric. I was done after listening to half of it, and killed it as soon as Spotify took me into bonus tracks. Two stars.
A painfully mundane listen. As "alternative" as rock can get. Some interesting buts at the midpoint but not enough to salvage. 2/5
Hmm. Suede is a band I think I've heard of, though I'm confident I've never never seen this album cover before. Going off the year of release, I'm pretty sure I'm in for an alt-rock album. Might as well get on with it. Faaaaark. More Britpop. These editors need to get it through their skulls that Britpop isn't all that relevant in the grand scheme of things. Especially these fledgling albums which had a marginal influence over the genre. Anyways, this is a tolerable listen, I suppose. It's admittedly interesting to hear what a proto-Britpop album sounds like. The guitars have that distinctive crunch to them, though just about everything else is somewhat disorganised - especially those vocals. Overall, I was pretty spaced-out while listening to this one. "She's Not Dead" is decent. The moments where the sensitive guitars become more pronounced are quite good, and the atmosphere is pretty great overall. "Moving" features some pretty cool guitar distortion. I always enjoy when guitars adopt the "submerged underwater" sound. "Sleeping Pills" has a cool, dreamy atmosphere. "The Next Life" is vaguely familiar. Oh wait, I heard it in The Chase. I thought that movie was pretty alright, though everyone else seemed to hate it. Anyways, good closer. I like the vocalising sections along with the delicate piano. Book time. Has a lot of influences. Nothing much in there beyond that. Wikipedia says that this was the fastest-selling debut album in the UK in nearly a decade, got in on the ground floor of Britpop, has a solid critical reception and influenced a few bands of it's own. I guess I can let this one slide - these are some pretty solid qualifiers. I cosign the inclusion.
Technically sound music that doesn’t set itself apart from its peers. There’s no reason to listen again. Yes, I understand its influence especially for britpop, I’m still not interested.
Is Suede considered Britpop? This album smells like it and it stinks!
Generic British album that could be dropped and no one would notice #784 4/10
I thought this was Weird Al before he got weird but it was kind weird so I guess it would have been Kind Of Weird Al but then it wasn’t him so I guess it was Not Kind Of Weird Al. 4/10
It gains an additional star for the pleasant vocals. Other than that, this album is essentially one, long slow song which makes 40 minutes seem like 40 days. Favorite Track: "Breakdown"
She's Not Dead was probably the best of a dull bunch. Listened to the album twice, couldn't really get into it. Too vague, Smiths-lite. Ethereal, some tracks too hard on the feedback pedals.
Me gusta suede pero el album no le llego a pillar
Meh
bowie mimics. diluted music. tough listen gah
I prefer more upbeat music, but good all the same
Wasn’t really fan
meh
It was ok
Bit boring innit
This band could benefit from a lyricist. Most of the tracks have the frontman sing the same line on repeat while the band plays in the background. Weak.
"Displaying a sound of Britishness..." - the Suede article on Wikipedia.
A lot of non-notable tracks for me, but Animal Lover was an absolute banger.
It must have been the moment because I don't get it whatsoever.
Very mellow 90s British alt rock a la The Cure, but not nearly as interesting
nothing really stands out on it, vocals pretty grating to me
Smiths wannabes
2.5
This is the ultimate uk gen Xer rock that no one else likes
Instrumentals okay, but I really disliked the vocals on this. A bad case of "Bowie voice". I don't understand where that comes from, it seems to only affect British singers but I've never heard anyone speak like that in real life. Anyway it's not my cup of tea. I found it very difficult to make any sense of the lyrics so can't really comment on those. Reading the Wikipedia page for this album it looks like the band were enormously hyped before its release, which is honestly baffling to me
Gotta be honest. I'm just impressed the author can find so many albums that sound the same and feels that I need to listen to them all, I can't even tell them apart.
I liked some of the guitar riffs. Vocals not so much. This is just forgettable. Not required listening I hate the album cover for it's colour palette.
Brit. Pop, schwülstig, 1993 -> 2
Quite liked the songs, but the whiney vocals were too much to handle.
I should like this, but I didn't. 2/5
not a huge fan of this. not bad enough to be a one... but i don't get what this album is doing here.
Starts out very strong, heavy 90's britpop. The second half of the album was a let down for me.
Ok
Pretty good, not my cup of tea har har har
Apparently patient zero for Britpop as we know it. The hallmarks are there: soaring choruses, layers of guitar, opaque lyricism, Smiths homage. It would probably really work for someone, although that person isn’t me. The Zodiac sign breakdown in “Sleeping Pills” was one of the only discernible lyrical moments for me which is not great.
Everything about this was meh
anguished, mannered, and rather dreary
There’s a lot of reheated Smiths on here. This among it.
It was interesting. Not too basic, nice vocals, I enjoyed it. 3/10
Meh.
yaoi. 50/100
Wailing, annoying voice.
5/10 Want to like this but it just gets exhausting after a while. 45 mins of Suede is too much, sry. Highlights: Animal Nitrate So Young
My wife hates Bob Dylan, can't get past the voice to get to the poetry. I finally understand a bit better.
This is too overly dramatic for my taste.
Definitely sounds of my time, but it's too far on the melodramatic side of alternative (yet without the sonic charm of The Cure) for me to enjoy very much.
It's like New Wave meets Britpop. The result: the production value is good, but the songs are dull.
Generally felt a bit dreary to me and didn’t give me much interest. 2 stars
Wikipedia says Suede is part of Britpop's big four, with Oasis, Blur, and Pulp, but I swear I've never heard of them. I guess this album was fine? 2.5/5 stars?
Meh. Fine. Nothing more. Nothing less. 2/5
The lyrics are repetitive and boring. The music is decent but holy shit it's repetitive lyrics just remove any enjoyment of the band. It's like they tried to rip off better bands and got stuck on vibes.
This was ok, even if it was a little depressing.
Listened to it yesterday and don’t remember it.
Not for me
Just ok. The vocals are abrasive but the guitars are cool. Sounds like all the other bands in this genre trying to be something they aren’t. Not much authenticity.
I find Brett's voice and Bernard's guitar tone equally enjoyable.
i didn’t hate it but i didn’t love it either, minus 1 point for sounding like an amalgamation of a million things that already exist, plus incestuous undertones on the drowners
Boring
The voice sounds like it is constantly cracking. I hope the singer tries to make a new album after puberty.
I found it kinda boring. For me, that is one of the worst things for an album. I did like the increasing pitch at the end of the 2nd last track (Animal Lover) though If music is very extreme like Kollaps’ album, I actually enjoy that cause it is something different and pushes the boundaries. Something unique to “listen to before you die”. Kinda like how love and hate are not true opposites. An opposite of love/hate would be boredom
This was fine. Nothing that I'd want to listen to again though.
There's some interesting guitar work on this album, but it's overshadowed by a lead singer trying hard to be a Morrissey bootlicker, and not doing a very good job at it. There isn't any song on here that really stood out. The singles are all flat and tedious. Quite the disappointment.
Couple of catchy songs but the rest was a bit grating. I always liked Animal Nitrate. I think their Britpop contemporaries were much better than this offering.
This singer is just so annoying. Maybe if he sang differently, I'd enjoy him? But he doesn't and I don't. 2.5* because the rest of the band is fine, but still rounding down.
This might be the most boring Britpop album I've heard. So, props for beating Oasis.
Not necessarily bad, but also not particularly interesting.
The Smiths (again), so no surprises here. An unobtrusive album that has little character, barely any stand-out qualities, and I couldn't name or even clearly remember a single song after listening. 2.5/5
Some of it's OK, but a fair bit of droning and boring bits. Bit of a meh overall, not bad but nothing especially compelling.
Not my.cup of tea. Didn't care for it.
This is Britpop?? Wow it's nothing like Blur or Oasis and I am not a fan. Really don't like the singer's voice
2.5
Suede, much like the fabric, is soft and matted but when you rub it one way it shows the texture. Definite Smiths sound but more upbeat and layered. I'm betting more attention was given to the album due to the cover art...2 dudes, 2 chicks, dude/chick? (I checked on it and it's 2 chicks). Interesting to find out that one of the founding members started her own band Elastica and dated Damon Albarn. Not a bad record but not much of a triumph either...2.28 stars.
It's okay. It sounds dated. Reminds me of the Smiths. I just dont find it very interesting. There are no stand out songs for me.
not gunna listen to this whole thing
This was an album. What it did, I can’t really say because it’s run of the mill, droning britpop.
this mix sounds so strange in my ears, kind of muffled in a way? i don’t really enjoy this much. idk why. i’m just… noup. “pantomime horse” probably the best song. 2.8/5
Very middle of the road. No songs jumped out at me as either good or bad. Would not listen to again.
I've had 90s Brit pop for 3 of my last 4 selections. Mostly forgettable stuff. No thank you. 2/5 Album 28/1001
Ok.
Britpop can be cool I guess
2.75
Getting this the day after Oasis's debut album puts things into perspective. This just sounds messy.
The voice is so British lmaooo I've never actually heard Suede's music but I know who they/he was?! Like I heard of the name before. Was an interesting listen for sure. Moving sounded like it was recorded underneath my bed Fave Songs: Animal Nitrate Pantomime Horse Metal Mickey
Kinda forgettable brit pop
This album, and you can’t blame them, started off with the best song. Sadly, for me it then meandered and never really found the magic again. Ultimately, an uncompelling cruise through a 90s take on a resurrected sound.
>>>>>>>>>> It was solid, but probably won't revisit it. <<<<<<<<<<
Don't like the voice, same little trick over and over again.
Wow. 2 Suede albums in a month? That's a lot of Suede for me.
I don't know why, but their songs and their Bowie infused sound just don't appeal me. I have a hard time with britpop and glam rock, so when they're both together...
Melancholy britpop of the bland variety.
Before I begin I would like to say that Brett Anderson's voice makes me want to shoot him and myself. That aside I will try to stay objective. -1 star for good-quality instrumentals. I feel like the rest of the band should chuck Brett and do their own thing because they're pretty great musicians. -1 star for a good mix throughout the album. It's a pretty nice variety of sounds. -0 stars for innovation. This one is pretty obvious. -Let's say half-star for lyrics. He does address weighty topics, but his lyrics aren't exactly genius. -Then 0 for catchiness again, which also has to do with his stupid voice. Overall, 2.5. Let's say 2.
This album really reminds me of the excessiveness of glam rock imo, like there's more to alt rock than just really over the top production, not my cup of tea
really fun guitar work but vocals that grate by the end
I thought this was going to be a little more...progressive? aggressive? based on the blurb and the cover and a song being called "Animal Nitrate" but wound up feeling let down. There was less energy here than I expected and a lot of the tracks really bled together for me. Maybe if I were someone who could parse lyrics on a first listen there would be some good lyricism in here but I unfortunately am not one of those people so whatever it is, it's lost on me.
Nice
One star for So Young and one for The Drowners
Embodiment of the two star album. It just exists. Doesn’t annoy. I would never choose to listen to it.
I dismissed 90s Britpop as "boring music" when it was happening, but maybe it's time for a critical reappraisal? I'm a wiser dude than I was 30 years ago (I hope). However, this fist of what I suspect will be many albums from that whole scene hasn't convinced me that I was wrong.
This was a big deal when it came out, and I didn't get it then. I know this came out a few years before Oasis but I can't help but think that Oasis is the much better band of this type and there's no need for this to be on the list.
The closing track here was decent. The rest was unmemorable, and the vocals are a bit wearing after a while.
i’m really not into this genre of music, the creamy whiny voices with the extra reverb, the big epic wits in the songs, it all just seems royal cheesy.
Pretty chilled out album that I have never heard before. I enjoyed listening to it but none of the songs really stood out to me. That isn't necessarily bad though if you want some chill music that isn't overbearing.
Depeche mode meets Radio head
This, the smiths, and all that has never really been my vibe. Once again, respect the artistry - but not something i'd pick out at a record shop and spin at home in my free time. But respect to the project - i'm going to give everything the listen it deserves
god this is going to make me defend britpop one of the more interesting modern genres, as it is not categorized by sound or music styles. there’s a line to be drawn when evaluating britpop and it think it boils down to how you are using your influences. successful britpop bands sound new and interesting. but they don’t reinvent the wheel (oasis legitimately ripped off many of their influence) BUTTT they were exciting. another great example is Justine leaving suede to form elastica suede falls on the side (to me) of sounding boring and derivative. this doesn’t make me want more suede. I just want to listen to Bowie now. I’m very glad Justine got out and did some cool stuff with that elastica album. this one just doesn’t hit
I wanna know what the hoes rating this 5/5 think of actually decent music. It’s so damn whiny, bland, and poorly written.
Time and time again, this just isn’t my style of music. It’s a specific English depression that is too foreign for me to make any connection. The whiny council flats vocals sound like the 80s, before my time. Washed out guitar tone blends together to sound exactly the same in every song. These albums show up a lot on this database, I get the British flair, but time and time again I can’t do it. Came into this one with a complete open mind but it ain’t for me.
Like the guitar work, but disliking the operatic voicings. The song structure is beguiling but those reverby vocals are constantly irritating me. Shame. Actually had to stop listening after four or five tracks.
Like Animal Nitrate, The Drowners. singing voice not my favorite. would never go out of my way to listen to them, and i'd probably skip if it came on. 2/5
british no
belangloses rock/pop-geheul .. das soll britpop eingeläutet haben? verstehe ich nicht.
Not for me
Nothing remotely interesting here
Fine britpop? Nothing special other than his voice.
Not bad. I like the tones and atmosphere. The singer has a pretty good voice. 2.5
The most Britpop album on this list. Mixed like mud, yammering about pub life as if I give a fuck, and being quirky with guitars over ‘60s mod revivalism to little success. There’s a good band in Suede somewhere, and I can see it in some of the melody lines and riffs here and there, particularly when stripped back like on the closer, but it never lasts long. Still better than Oasis to my ears, somehow, but I don’t mean that as a compliment.
It's like a movie that should work but doesn't. All of the pieces are in place, but for some reason it comes out a mess. Interesting sound. Guitar player has chops. But none of the songs grip me. No ear worms, the harmonic progressions sound calculated, and there's a weird incoherence between the musical instincts of (1) whoever wrote the backing tracks and (2) whoever wrote the vocal melodies. It all adds up to an album that sounds fine but that doesn't work.
Short songs with some catchy moments. Nothing memorable for me though. 2.5
Can we chill with the britpop?
Fine, 2.
The voice breaking vocal style annoyed me. Other than that, it could have been just decent, but it strays into boring territory more than I'd like. Close to 3/5, but not quite.
Fine, forgettable background music for me.
4/10. It was ok. They had an okay style of story telling but wasn’t really my thing.
There were parts of each song that I did enjoy, but I also didn't enjoy the vocals in every song either. Too mopey/ghoulish. Not awful but nothing stands out either. Meh. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)
Bleh
When this album came out, I wasn't into the single that was released on my college radio station (The Drowners). I was also the only one in my real close group of friends who listened to alternative music so I never heard this whole album. Putting it on today for the first time I heard the first 2 songs and I thought oh man I might have missed out on a album I might have really liked. Then I kept listening. It lost me. Songs got similar and tired. Some songs were just too boring. Too much whining for my liking. Morrissey didn't even whine this much. Weird turn of events, my 2 favorite songs on the album are The Drowners and Metal Mickey.
Didn’t like it, didn’t dislike it. It just played. 2.5
I get that this list was made by Brits but wow I never expected to hear THIS many people sing in an English accent when I started this list. A lot of these britpop albums really aren't bad at all, but I've been served quite a few of them at this point, and a lot of them just feel really unremarkable.
Nah, annoying voice. Nothing noteworthy
Proto-Britpop with strangled-sounding vocals, long fuzzy guitar chords, sloppy crashing percussion.
Suede’s self-titled debut album has its moments, but overall, it didn’t resonate with me as much as I’d hoped. Fans of the genre might appreciate its style, but for me, it fell short of being memorable or groundbreaking. A 2 might be slightly harsh but I can’t see myself revisiting it
The rating on this one is tough. When thinking about it being on a "1001 albums to listen to before you die" list, it solidly deserves a 1. Compared to all the music I've heard in my life, it would get a 3, because it's incredibly average. Nothing really grabs at me. So I'll meet in the middle and give it a 2. Also, the comparisons to The Smiths or Bowie almost made me give it a 1. That's honestly insulting and an incredibly surface level analysis. I guess the singer kinda sounds like Bowie, and the guitar has a similarish tone to The Smiths? Sometimes, for both of those. That's about it
If you’re like me and wanted a record to engage in your confirmation bias that 90’s britpop was largely overrated and melodramatic, boy do I have the album for you. Much like beans on toast, you can only hope this is a product of a bygone, more troubling time
Album was okay. Didn’t have much wrong, but wasn’t that interesting either. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Didn't get how this is anything special
This album was nothing terrible but did nothing for this guy's musical interest. Moving on to the next with no interest in revisiting. 2
Nothing special.
Surprised by this, some of it I sort of liked and some I sort of didn't. Yet it also seemed very much of a muchness. I really don't know how to score this, it feels better than a 2 but I don't think it's worth a 3. If it was out of 10 I would definitely give it 3, which would make it a solidly in the 2 zone out of 5. But.........
Rock and always rock
The music, musicianship, and musicians are great. Unfortunately, the lead singer suffers from a disease where he believes his purposely cracking voice and end-of-sentence yelps add to the music.
I probably would have liked this when it came out, but today it does not interest me much.
Uninspiring
I suffered through the singing. 1.5 Stars. Sorry, Suede.
Damn, what a controversial album cover for the 90s. This was ok, has a lot of elements of other music I like, but nothing super outstanding. 2* Damnit, I had it on shuffle and not even sure where it started or ended.
Esta lista tiene muchos discos de new wave y no me gusta.
Big yawn.
Not awful but not my tunes
Generic britpop from the 90s
Yksi iki-inhokeista. Levy sattui osumaan aamulenkillä kuunneltavaksi ja teki mieli heittäytyä liikkuvan auton eteen. VMP.
Found this extremely boring. Some of the retro guitar tones were alright but not digging the vox.
Kivan vahvasti alkaa, pojilla on tekemisen meininki tässä! Henk koht mulle Suede vaan ei silti lakkaa olemasta tylsää ainakin pidemmän päälle, mielenkiinto ei pysy koko levyn aikana. Varsinkin kun kaikki paukut tunnutaan käyttävän kolmosbiisissä.
Mitä helvettiä, miksei tämä debyytti ole parempi kuin Dog Man Star? Haistan yliyrittämistä - musikaalimaista biisinkirjoitusta ja tavoitteellista 60-luvun eksentrisempien elementtien valikointia. Menettelee toistaiseksi. 2,5
I like Metal Mickey well enough, and much of the music. But the lead singers voice gets on my nerves.
Wasn't on my radar during the Brit Pop era. Fine but nothing really stood out. There are other bands of this time and era that i'd rather listen to.
A couple of decent singles, but, so.much.filler.
Another dud this week. Just your average Britpop album you heard 50 times already. The singles are bland and forgettable. The only highlight is "Animal Lover". It was fresh in 1993 but it has since gone off. 2 stars for "Self Titled".
nix besonderes
i hate this one oh i HATE this one huh
Some parts of this reminded me of Rush, but more British and less "Proggy." The rest of it didn't hold my attention very long.
Yawn.
You'd think I would love the band that "kicked off Britpop" but I do not enjoy Suede. Annoying vocals. The music borders on interesting, but never quite gets there.
This was bland. Music, lyrics, production.
Brass in pocket lekker hoor Maar voor de rest niet echt mijn ding
Meh. I thought I would have liked this as it was during my formative years. I now know why I am not familiar with them.
Bland, at best
Late 80’s angsty raves. Pretty solid. Nothing popped for me though.
Music was alright but the voice and lyrics... Not it.
Bored to tears. Dull Brit-pop, every song is the fucking same. The vocals are so reverbed and washed out that I just get lost, like the reading a boring book lost, where you read 5 pages and remember nothing.
I hate it, but I'm fine with it also? It's complicated.
Very easy listening, but didn't really stand out
Didn't feel like it. Probably higher if I really gave it a chance, but allas
Nothing interesting here except first track.
Um no
Don’t need to listen to it again.
#179. I kept waiting for the good part, but it just kinda never happened. 2/5: unfulfilling.
Not as smooth
didnt totally dig it. Slow and non engaging. 2
Britpop in its infancy. I'm sure it's an incredibly influential record but it's not for me.
Is this the worst album on this list? No. Is it at least mildly interesting or enjoyable? Also no. My drive to work would have been less boring had I listened to nothing at all. “This album has music on it” is about the best I can say.
Hmmmm, first track is ok. Second track ‘Animal Nitrate’ is huge. Rest of album could not be more definitive of the expression “meh”.
Can see why this is beloved within its genre. It's just not my genre.
Not my jam. I simply don’t like this kind of music. Really I just don’t like this kind of singing but the music was OK at times. I didn’t enjoy it though overall. 2
1. young - 0 2. animal nitrate - 0 3. not dead - 1 4. moving - 1 5. pantomime - 1.5 6. drouunerz - 0 7. pillz - 1 8. breakdouun - 0 9. metal mickey - 0 10. animal lover - 0 11. nezt life - 2 12. he'z dead - 1.5 13. pigz fly - 1
... I tried. Maybe if O heard when it came out, I would appreciate it more, but does nothing to me. And it's a double album? .. I cherry-picked some of the songs other said check out, and they all sounded the same. No way near comparison to Cure or Smiths...
I stand by my first Suede analysis, whiney and boring.
Couldn't stand the vocals. Music was good though.
Nostalgíu fílingur, góðir spretting en svolítið þreytandi
like fine but pretty dull tbh
The Britpop voice. Ugh. It’s so whiny to the point that it’s grating. The music itself is great. The band is talented and writes good riffs and melodies. But I cannot get past the Britpop voice. The entire thing also seems to have a sense of self-importance about it. This isn’t for me. I didn’t get it and I wanted the singer to stop singing the entire time.
This didn't do much for me.
Animal Nitrate is a great single, rest of the album wasn’t doing it for me.
Yeah, it was fine. Not something I will particularly remember, but not bad.
meh
I'm not sure how I felt about this one. Was not a fan of most of it, but had a few that I liked here and there.
What was the buzz about? Bad singing and BORing.
Some good songs (Animal Lover), but the psychedelic ambience didn't do it for me. 2/5.
Couple ok songs but way too much whinny singing.
Ugh.
Parallels to The Smiths. I did enjoy the vocal and guitar harmonies
Nothing I can point out as bad, just felt boring
Not bad, but not for me.
This album definitely flew by, and not in a good way. It was over before I knew it and I left feeling really unimpressed. During some songs, like "Sleeping Pills", I even just wanted it to be over and to skip to the next track. The chorus hit me and it has a nice statement chord (a major 3 chord) but it then immediately went back to weird apathetic 80's worship. Maybe it's because this came out in 1993 and there's some innate feeling of it being "behind"? Just sort of dated and living in a place of familiarity.
Unremarkable. Nearly experimental in its manic switching of forms. A two is probably fair.
Boring. Boring. They are trying so hard to be artistic
meh
britpop
Interesting shoegaze album with no playlist additions. Didn't hate it, but also didn't particularly enjoy it and I found it a little boring and saw a theme of track similarity throughout. No one song really stood out for me to add to a playlist.
Unlike their second album, "Dog Man Star" which boasts an abrasive, dark iteration of glam rock, "Suede" is a much less interesting and more generic take on britpop.
A bit boring
Not really my thing
Tad too dramatic for my taste
This album was fine, but unremarkable. There's nothing about it that makes me think I'll listen to it again. If I did, I wouldn't be opposed or anything.
Meh
Band sounds cool but his voice
I used to like Suede, I don't know why, man was this boring.
Wispy and one note, you get the feeling that they are taking themselves too seriously
Very bleh....did not intrigue me
this was in the background, and i forgot about it. not sure if that is good or bad
second suede album on this list and i have yet to discover what makes them interesting. it's fine, but bland, music. there's some more of a punk sound than i anticipated, but it wasn't enough to save suede, at all. a 2 because i'm generous, and their music was... actually music, but flat.
Every now and then, you enjoy this album, then you remember Brett Anderson, and you're back to square one
Another album another Englishmen who can't sing.
This is the second band recently who was supposedly the first band to do britpop. Hmm. Not necessarily this band's fault but I'm getting a little sick of that sound. They have some good qualities, especially the catchy guitar riffs, but I was worn down pretty quickly by the vocals and the sameness of the sound.
I used to think I liked Britpop. Then I started 1001...
Heavier fragments vere enjoyable, can't say it about the vocals. Nothing to write home about. 2,5/5
This is a no from me, dog.
I listened to it. Some things I enjoyed, but the vast majority of it didn't click with me. Sorry guys.
Probably a 2.5 but I doubt I'll listen again
extremely bipolar. still boring. fav songs: shes not dead, pantomime horse, sleeping pills, breakdown, the next life.
A bit boring to be honest but the album is fine (2.5/5)
Literally can remember none of this and I listened yesterday, actually remember the singers voice being annoying let’s call it a 2
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-i do like the groove of this -i really like animal nitrate -it has a little bit of an 80’s feel to it -it has lots of pop moments but lots of more indie moments -its a little boring for me personally -each song only stands out a little bit more than the others -i also probably wouldn’t listen to these songs again, so its gonna be a 2 star for me
Can’t deal with his voice. Hasn’t aged well
Meh niet voor mij
mediocre britpop
Ok
For the most part, I've been really enjoying the diversity of genres and regions represented on this list. But there is an overabundance of mediocre Britpop. This was a big meh for me.
Cat: Guy’s voice is kinda whiny but I like the music. Some of this actually gets quite cool. I liked moving. The guy is still shrieking. AJ: Hate the vocals and lyrics. Musically, pretty cool rock and roll. Oasis they are not. Not for me, guy’s annoying. Couldn’t finish it.
Not one memorable song
While it has definitively more verve in the instrumentals than its compatriots, this LP falls squarely into the Britpop bucket I’ve grown so tired of throughout the project. I did find myself bopping my head to a few tracks, but otherwise the vocals were forgettable at best and the overall feel tiring at worst.
Decent Brit rock
Didn't love the songs where it sounded too new wave-y like the B-52s but the songs where it sounded Bowie-ish I was into. I was digging the jangle-y guitars too. Overall, a miss for me though.
some ok songs/stuff but, overall, not my thing.
Remarkably unremarkable. I forgot the sound immediately after listening.
Wildly inappropriate cover art.
Couple Ok songs. 2.5
Decent BritPop, again with the whiny voice from the lead singer though. The best songs were the ones where the guitar was allowed to rock out a little bit.
Boring. The last song is definitely the worst and leaves a terrible aftertaste
This was just……there.
Okay, don't even remember it a week later.
I can see why some would like this album but Im not one of them.
The London Suede is how spotify lists the band. It's fine. 90s brit pop.
Ok, didn't do much for me
niet speciaal, na een tijd wat saai
painted people is good but this album isnt that much my style like a 2/5
Not sure how to feel about this one. I like some tracks but I’m now wowed by it. Funnily enough, it sounded better when I left the cinema after watching The Whale.
“I wazzz baaawwnnn a paaaantmione haaaaaaaaaaawwwwsss.” No thanks.
This really did not capture my interest at all.
Meh
I didn't dislike the songwriting at all, although instrumentation was a little subpar. Those aspects together get 3 stars from me. What really kept this album from being enjoyable, however, are the horrible vocals.
An okay Brit pop album. I will say that the album art is pretty weird, who kisses like that. The music wasn’t that weird but more so boring. It seemed similar to the smiths but with less character or douchebaggery. Overall it was pretty forgettable. 5.2/10
It was ok, kind of boring. Nothing really stood out to me
It was something. Forgettable
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meh 2 stars
Not really a fan of British hyper pop and this album was not able to change my mind. Only voting this for the cultural impact it had and I like the guitars.