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Meh meh. Two mehs.

Not bad, but I couldn’t listen to the whole thing.

It sounded like the Dead, and that was bad. Other than that (or maybe because of that), it was completely forgettable.

Not bad but idk what its purpose is

Eh, nothing special

Known Before: Standouts:

One of many albums here that aren’t too bad, but don’t belong in such a list either. I guess most readers of the original book had a hard time noticing this, but in the age of streaming the king’s nakedness is repeatedly exposed…

I am dreading listening to this. An album from 2011 that’s not something I heard then, the love of pretentious comedy optics and Dimerys knack for picking irrelevance and mediocrity doesn’t bode well. Not just mediocrity but derivation. The first few tracks sound like something the Beatles would have given away rather than take up space on one of their albums. And then watched it flop. Track 4 sounds like they said ‘hey let’s write a pink Floyd song’ having heard dark side of the moon precisely once and were aware of ‘another brick in the wall.’ The rest of the album meanders in trying to find an original voice. And never managing it. I don’t like psychedelic music so that’s part of it. But I also suspect that if this had been released between 1967-1973 I might have been more tolerant of it. It’s not awful. But I’d rather listen to a whole slew of other stuff from the early 2010s. 1.5

I had never heard of this band or any of these songs. I am not sure what to make of it. I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. It is just meh.

Not my thing

I just did not click with this one.

Imagine it’s in the 2010s and you want to pick the best album to represent the decade. You pick D by white denim.

The music is musical, but kind of boring. 2/5

songwriting didn’t stick out. production was glossy but it was also kind of over stimulating. this carried the illusion of being good but i don’t think it really was.

Fairly unremarkable. Some songs felt intentionally underwhelming.

oof. 2 star album so far.

kind of like "the tea party" but worse at the farm river to consider bess st

Meh/5

not my usual kind of music

Not for me

Empieza bien y hasta ahi

Pretty underwhelmed, some so so indie rock and then psychedelic noodles. Not my thing.

I dont know

Meh on this album but one song heard outside of the album was good. Still, not good enough against a lot of other music.

Nope

It's okay I guess. got like 4 tracks in driving to a friends house.

Didn't stand out for me at all

Very meh, 1 maybe 2 good songs on here that I enjoyed

Got a song or two on here that I really enjoyed. The rest was just okay

Cool band. Album was interesting when it first came out. Street Joy is a 2010s jam. I wouldn’t say this belongs on any list of this nature though.

4/10. Losing an extra point for being the second boring album I've listened to today, and because there are definitely cooler albums from the 2010s

a little too “jam band-ish” for me. not a fan.

Mitään ei erityisesti jääny mieleen. Melko basic

Not a fan.

This is a catseye album. In that it is absolutely middle of the road.

grateful dead 2.0, no thanks

Meh. Forgettable.

it was fine

2.4

Indie, proggy kinda vibes. Obviously technically cool, but not really my thing, nothing stood out, probably a 2

Taas kahden vaiheilla, onko kolmosen arvoinen. Sanoisin, että ei ihan, koska on liian tasapaksu. Toisella kuuntelukerralla löytää varmasti kerroksia. Tykkään junnailusta kyllä

eh it was fine?

I’m not giving it a 1 because there’s nothing specifically wrong with it, but I don’t remember anything about this album. I just didn’t notice anything about this album.

Didnt even register

Well that happened without even registering for me

Yet another band I'd never heard of. Yet another album I didn't really need to listen to before I die. It's alright, just didn't engage me in any meaningful way.

Incredibly boring.

too compressed, fatiguing..

Waste of time

fav songs: street joy dull, boring, exhausting 10/100

Weird!

D indeed!

I don't think I'll ever be in the mood for this.

#114/1001 🇺🇸 I'm struggling to see the relevance of this band, sorry. I mean they are very competent musicians, but I think that they are just a bit too aware of that. Its probably a bit too polished for my liking and whilst its not a long record it just seems to go on a bit. I was expecting a more garage rock sound but its just not gritty enough for me. All the jazz rock tempo chamges just grate on me. Normally i'd skip but i'm 114 albums in and am not going to do it now. Best Tracks: Street Joy.

nnno

mühsames gedudel, geschrammel und dann noch gesang.

Tönt nach 70er at its best. Unerträglich.

Horseshit

boring

Meh

There are harmonised triplets on that Born Ruffians record. There are Highlife guitars on the Vampire Weekend albums. And there’s plenty more of the same on records by actual Highlife musicians. There are compound time signatures all around us! There is really no reason to go to White Denim for any of the music they make on D. But if you’re short on time or money, there’s no harm in carbo-loading it all here, I guess. 1.5 Slightly unexpectedly, I hated this. I went back to it several times. Come on, I thought, nifty players energetically counting to 5 every so often with the satisfying crunch of multiple lightly distorted electric guitar everywhere, this is right up my alley. No. It’s vacuous, posing bullshit is what it is. The main problem is the top line. These aren’t real melodies - they are just a veneer to give the impression that a song is being performed when what everyone here is really interested in is the splicing together of hypnotically busy loops. The razzle dazzle of mixed time signatures is all well and good but melody should be the main event, not a sideshow. The lyrics - once you’ve looked them up, for they are indecipherable in the mix - are nothing at all. For technical musical achievement this lot are well worth their Rock School Grade 7 certificates. Who goes home and listens to the exam book CD afterwards though? 1/5

Derivative shite

Utterly forgettable. To my ears this is indistinguishable from any of the number of early 2010’s folk pop revival acts. Maybe there’s something more interesting in the composition of these songs to set White Denim apart from those acts - some of sound experimentations for example. I’m just not able to discern anything ‘moving’ or ‘bold’ from the overall package.

Not for me. 1/5

Not for me.

I seriously question how this band got on this list. I've never heard of them...maybe they're only knowni in Texas? Dreadful jamming. They don't know if they want to be psychedic or a jam band a la The Dead. Really boring anyway.

A great effort for five high school kids figuring out their tools and trying to be creative. Will make you sit in a dark room and fight away the sadness when you realize that are adults.

1. him - 0 2. burnizhed - 0 3. farm - 1 4. joy - 1.5 5. anvil - 1 6. river - 1 7. drug - 0 8. bezz - 0 9. iz - 1 10. keyz - 1

I have never heard of this band or the album. When I listened to it, I realized why. The band and the music are not worth hearing. This applies primarily to me, of course. If that's your music, so be it

Too boring for me.

I tried.

Never heard of this before. I'm excited... Nah, not my cup of tea. Was hoping this was some cool 70's music looking at the album cover but really its just boring, uninspiring mush.

So bland I didn't even realise it had finished.

Kinda jammy and not my jam. They do have a Kenny Rogers cover that I kinda like....but it ain't on this album

Nothing special 2 me, also didn’t give it a full listen sue me!

Überhaupt nicht mein Ding.

klingt für meine Ohren zu experimentell - ähnlich zu Bowie

Much like a vegan Thanksgiving dinner, where loads of effort has gone into creating something appetising, I’m hoping that the pizza place is open because I’m still hungry.

Overrated. Might listen to back catalogue. 2/10

Not my cup of tea. Not quite sure what the appeal is for a 1001 list.

1.5

Never heard of them before. Honestly completely lost on me why this is on the list. Music for ‘musos’ and the like who feel the need to stand at the back of gigs so they can analyse everything, instead of actually having fun. My ex would probably love it

Eh.

Absolutely hated this. I *really* did not want to give this a 1. I was looking for any redeeming factor, but I just could not find anything. There's nothing special here, nothing for me. Just simply did not like.

Found this really boring, had no effect on me whatsoever and the next day i can’t remember it at all.

Kun pitää jatkuvasti olla vähän "erilainen" ja muita fiksumpi. Sinänsä ymmärrettävää, erityisesti vuonna 2011, mutta tämä levy ei ansaitse kokonaista kuuntelua.