Reviews (page 12 of 13)
Bro I could not actually make out what they were saying
Its fine, better than I expected but not my cup of tea.
It was fine, nothing grabbed me about it.
Not a huge fan of the vocals, but the rest of the music was fine. 2.5/5
it alright. Every time i thought it was over it kinda just kept going.
Brass in Pocket raises this one to 2 Stars - just a little boring otherwise.
I typically enjoy post punk and new wave type stuff, this just isn't clicking with me. Not much really stands out, though a second listen definitely brought out some moments of greatness, only moments though. There is a pretty good Kinks cover in there.
I never liked hearing the pretenders on the radio, mostly due to chrissie's voice. But, I gave them a fair shot here
I do not like this band at all. Plus it’s Rush Limbaugh theme music.
Can pretty confidently say I just did not enjoy this album
no me gustó mucho algo en la voz/actitud/ en la cantante
The only good song on here is “Brass in Pocket”, the rests are meh. 1001 album worthy: nah - 101/186
This simply did not hit for me.
Muy soft, me ha aburrido un poco
langwiilige rock, han zugegebenermassen aber au nöd s ganze album glost
Brass in Pocket was the only song that stood out for me on this album.
Good thing we don't judge a book by its cover. Univen more than eclectic .I 'd favour the punk tunes.
Maybe this album was a game changer at its time... but today it really seems classic and I didn't find anything particular at its listening.
Ugh, just so generic.
More 80’s blah
Honestly, I couldn't even get through half of it. Same beat, same voice; it just sounds like listening to the same song multiple times, and it gets changed up just by the lyrics. Even the lyrics are the same, it just gives the same song, wanna get laid then anger nothing deep in my opinion, but congrats if you like it!
Boring and annoying
Wasn’t convinced by this. Didn’t enjoy it
Very mid. Not good, not bad, just adequate. I can't say I've purposefully tried to listen to The Pretenders before, and I honestly don't think I will again. Though, I did not realize they were behind "Tattooed Love Boys" (one of my least favorite songs from Guitar Hero II) and "Brass in Pocket" (grocery stores and pharmacies). Seems like it doesn't need to be here.
Would be interested in the background of this album and purpose here
Brass In Pocket is an incredible song. Bummed to find out the rest of the album was just them dicking around until the tape ran out
Generic retro pop punk. Not bad, just bland. This was a song that didn't need to be an album. They had some funky bass lines though
Chrissie always wanted to be a star. She had a lovely voice, but I personally found her songs a bit bland. This is one of the better ones, but I’m just not a fan
After only ever hearing singles.. now I think I just don’t like the pretenders
Wasn’t really into it
Meh, isje heilt mi greia. Likte quoten om å skyta seg sjøl åg suga typen ittepå
Not my fav!
Nice guitar riffs but god the vocals are just not for me.
Sorry, I'm not a fan of Chrissie Hynde or the Pretenders. I always thought "Brass In Pocket" was lame.
Not bad, punky Rock
Känns som det finns många bra idéer, en del experimentella riff o trumkomp men helheten når inte riktigt ända fram för mig tyvärr och jag känner att kompositionerna lämnar en del att önska.
2.0/5.0: Disappointing
Cavakes nie zo mijn ding
What ever
It was fine. Can't say I really got into it thougb
it was okay at best. i don’t really have much to say and didn’t make note of anything in particular, good or bad. however, this does not get a 3/5 just because it was so mid that i zoned out. 2/5.
- litt fattig tekster - helt ok beats/melodier. Litt kjedelig og formløst - vokalist synger ganske kult
Was ok. Not a fan of her voice
ran out of gas after like 15 minutes
Chrissie Hynde is pretty cool. This album is not. Too smooth to be punk, too plain to be new wave. There’s not much to really enjoy on here.
Got a bit samey
Didn't like it on the initial listen, will try to give it a second go
Just okay
Interesting but didn't enjoy it that much
Irgendwie alles sehr ähnlich und nervig.
That was not very good… weak vocal performance and mid instrumentals 2/5
Punk.
Muito britpop, não desgostei, mas a maioria achei meio chatinha, porém favoritei 2 que gostei. Nunca tinha ouvido falar da banda, achei que era a musica do foo fighters por um momento
This is just not for me. I'm not into that early poppy punk stuff. I can elements of this in some subsequent groups from the '80's and early '90's. It also gives me some Heart vibes. But, like I said, this isn't for me.
Why is the guy on the left so alone lol Good vibes makes one want to smile
Was just ok, not in my musical wheelhouse
Started off fairly promising with an edge to the songs, but it got progressively worse and seemed to be a bit disjointed.
An album kind of like a microcosm of its time. Half a side of half arsed punk vibes moving into a second half of the beginning of turgid 80s rock. Nobody is a winner here.
I rate stop your sobbing a a 2 star because its really not for me and ive listend to this befroe and i didnt like it I rate kid a 2 star because its really not for me and ive listend to this befroe and i didnt like it. I rate brass in paket a 2 star because its really not for me and ive listend to this befroe and i didnt like it.
Song: Stop your sobbing this song is good but why does the girl looked kind of depressed Song: kid this song is good because this is like a song the radio puts on sometimes so it is good Song: brass in pocket this song is okay but I would give it 3 stars
I don't like this song because of the beat. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because it was not my type. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because it was not good. I would not recommend this song.
I think this album is mid because I like the singers and their voice but the instruments overpower the music. They don't sound good with the singers voice.
nothing special, especially the lyrics and vocals were pretty bad. However the intrumentals were great. Favorite track: space invader. Overall score: 4.8/10
Was okay, no huge interest in listening again
Didn't really rock wid it
Ain’t for me
the individual elements are great - vocal delivery, drummer’s parts and pocket, guitar tone and riffs, but when put together, it doesn’t deliver too much the album is so interesting and changes in a fun way but nothing about it feels incredible. the songs sometimes get dull or are annoying to listen to there are some good jams the album also doesn’t seem super cohesive. listening to an individual song would be nice but as an album, it feels like almost every song is a bit too seperate from the one before or after and it makes it hard to get into the vibe of the music the second half is way different to the first “private life” is way way way too long not a fan of the way the vocals are mixed at all
It was ok
1. preciouz - 1.5 2. phone - 1 3. neck - 1.5 4. boyz - 1 5. zpace - 2 6. uuait - 1.5 7. zobbing - 1.5 8. kid - 2.5 9. private - 1 10. brazz - 1 11. loverz - 1.5 12. myztery - 1.5
An unknown band for me. I enjoyed some of the tracks but skipped the ones two punkish for me.
I only enjoyed the first half where it sounded more anarchich-garage-punk. It threw me off completely knowing that this is the band that wrote “brass in pocket”
Idk really
I would never listen to this again
Not my type of album, not terrible tho.
2,5
Brass in Pocket is a banger but otherwise dull noise
a couple of great singles - Kid, and Brass in Pocket - and a mish-mash of sixties pop and angular late 70s new wave ideas.
2- Stars (4/15)
The singer's voice annoyed me and the band just felt like an accompanying act to her. Still, far more authentic than Madonna's "Music" so this isn't a 1.
was alright.
Not much to bring me back
I didn’t find anything in this as particularly memorable, I’m not sure I could pick out an individual track.
Some good ones, others painfully bad songs
Perfectly fine music, but nothing really jumps out from the album. A lot of nostalgic sound however
it was decent i guess, no real standout songs here, not even the well know Brass in Pocket.
Oh boy. That's not what I have in mind when you're mentionning "New Wave".
This is like pop punk at its birth. Still more punk then pop but so very close to what we know as pop punk today. The vocals are short ranged, almost spoken but the hardness in her voice doesn’t make it come off lazy like a Lou Reed delivery. The music is quick, the guitar is simple. This album moves along quickly but I don’t find myself replaying a track because it was just that enjoyable. The best track was Space Invader and it didn’t have any vocals on it. What a waste. There isn’t much to this album after a full listen. I wouldn’t return. Choice cut: Space Invader
Very interesting type of music.............. Kinda just that music that plays in movies when they are driving or over a space filler scenery type scene.
Yeah, I just don't get the hype.
Just okay
Just don’t love the sound of this genre
Meh, not really my thing, but 80s usually isn’t
After the run of albums we’ve had lately this was pretty boring, would rather listen to the foo fighters song than the album tbh
To be honest, they were Pretending to be a good band. I would say that this was a pretty mid album - it was alright to just have somewhere in the background but pffff, if you were to listen to this as your main activity, then you would likely just get annoyed and move on to something more stimulating. Overall, meh.
It was okay
Definitely marks the opening of the 80s in that it's a bit corny and smooth all over like a barbie doll, rock without edge. Perfectly serviceable for a high school 80s movie and I bet ma and pa love bopping along to it, can't fault it for that, it's just a bit boring and forgettable. The Wait is a good track though.
I don’t get the hype at all. This album is a snooze fest. Every song sounds like it’s just killing time until something interesting finally happens, but spoiler alert: it never does. Chrissie Hynde’s voice is supposed to be iconic, but on these tracks it mostly just drones on and on. Honestly, the whole thing feels painfully average. If this is supposed to be a classic, I’m missing the appeal. There’s nothing here that hasn’t been done better by a hundred other bands. I was bored ten minutes in and just waited for it to end.
2 sterne
I can understand why, and even agree, why they are in this list. All I can say is that it did not resonate with me. 5/10
meh, very horny and weird, also off tone and off beat often. but certainly not awful, all things considered
#399. The only one I had ever heard before was Brass in my Pocket from when I heard it two or three times a day while working at the grocery store. Thought that song was annoying then, and it apparently hasn't grown on me since. The rest of the album isn't any better either, so yeah I don't know. 2/5: What does "gonna use my sidestep" even mean?
I know, I know. Just never been my groove.
There's the one Pretenders song everyone knows, then a bunch of other songs that sound nothing like that one but all sound the same.
Sånn bortsett fra at Tattooed Love Boys gjorde meg nostalgisk, så ga da meg ikkje så masse
Um
I liked the guitar solos the rest of the stuff not so much
I remembered the single from the album. Overall it was okay but to me not very memorable, I wasn’t really feeling it overall.
hmm, naja ... aber da kam ja noch was
Personally just not my vibe
It's Joan Jett and the runaways, but British. Tattooed Love Boys Kicked on, and suddenly, I was back playing Guitar Hero at my parent's house. Stop your sobbing, is a great like 80s driving down some desert highway with the top-down song. Brass in Pocket has been forever stuck in my head since I was like 10 and used to watch the VH1 "I Love the 80s" I can still see the music video playing The album starts to decline at the end; I think you just reach a point where the songs sound the same. The guitar on The Wait helps pick back up some of the momentum Overall 5.3/10
Can feel the 80's seeping through on this album. Fun ride. Tight performances. Fav Track: Brass in Pocket (fire emoji)
Really disjointed scoundscape. Ranging from unfiltered punk with 'precious'; into slow ballad masterpiece 'brass in pocket' with a banger finish of 'mystery achievement'. The whole album is underscored with a bass guitar that won't stop "noodling" and sometimes it works like the aforementioned album closer, other times its distracting. With a mix that just feels like it was done by a 13 year old who cranked every dial up the entire middle of this album is skippable. Overall, I'd say there were only 3 solid tracks in a sea of mediocrity.
Good band from the 70’s-80’s. Good songs.
the vocals and the instrumentals dont feel like they match on the first two songs idk if it is a mixing issue not sure why but there always seems to be at least one thing that bugs me in 75% of the songs in this album
2 best track : tattooed love boys.
To begin, all my life I'd been combining the Pretenders with the Procailmers, so I thought this was the "I would walk 500 miles" band. Turns out they are not, and are much more rock than I expected. Now I am surprising myself with this review, especially since this Era and style of music is so foundational for me. But I'm hungry and the house I'm shooting is hot and stuffy. I like the instrumentals on most of these songs. There were many moments that very much rocked, but something about the singer just annoys me. I don't think she's a bad singer, I just get the feeling that I wouldn't like her in person. Whatever personality is coming through in her singing is just bothering me today and as such I give it 2 grumpy stars. Album cover: B- The two guys on the right look fun. I dig what they're putting down. The lady looks like Debbie Harry. The guy on the left looks like he wasn't ready for the picture to be taken. Also he's the only one that doesn't pull off his outfit.
I finished it. But not memorable. I don’t even know what made this special
4/10 Zanimljivo, nikad nisam (*nikad nisam*) cuo za ovaj bend. [..] mah. ne dira mi niti jednu stanicu u meni. Jedina pjesma koja mi je bila iole ok je Kid, ali samo uvod, kad je pocela pjevati opet mi je bio teski meh [Private Life] jebiga, suker sam za gitarske solaze, iako je ova trajala samo par sekundi. Fino me razbudila, reko to, deri ga, saće to krenut peglat, gazit, bučit, idemo istrazivati kozmos kroz gitarsku overdrajv solazu od 7 minuta. Ali ništa od toga. Nisu svi bendovi Grejtful Ded. Nazalost. a ok je pjesma, šta ja znam. Vjerujem da ce ovaj album bolje sjest ljubiteljima Fleetwood Maca B strana je bolja, ali ono. 2 je labud moj, bit će.
didnt resonate
Cozy album. Reminded me of a tamer version of Joan Jett stylistically, with a voice closer to B-52s.
why are all these british albums from 1979 so boring . this truly gave me nothing
This honestly bored the balls off me.
Ok
Well executed, but not really my jam.
I don’t prefer that style of vocal.
Slightly tainted by the fact that I can’t unsee young Scarlett Johansson singing this in a Japanese karaoke room to Bill Murray in what is a very weirdly over sexualised role from Sofia Coppola.
I love her voice but the songs were mostly boring
I prefer when the other person sings Smelly Cat
Fairly ordinary pop record. It always strikes me that these so called punk albums are so bland. Not that the Pretenders were anything more than a rock 'n' roll/pop band. It was all image no substance. Maybe why I was never that interested in first wave punk apart from the Sex Pistols. Even the singles sound a bit crap after all these years. Didn't realise I disliked so much music until I started listening to this list. I wanted to discover all the good stuff I'd been missing out on. So far it turns out I haven't missed much!
There is a lot of good instrumentation on this. And I actually don't hate the vocals. But for me it all adds up to less than the sum of its parts.
Didn't like this one at all The songs themselves weren't bad, some were catchy even. But the off beat talking over the music, the whiny singing and screeching was too much for me. Didn't like her voice sorry to say 2 ⭐️
i am so happy there has been a female fronted band this early on, unfortunately she is really the only part of this album i enjoyed thoroughly! the music was mediocre, lots of loops, and the solo sections and variations were not particularly captivating at all i feel like it starts off reeeally strong and then loses direction in the middle-end which is sad because i had really high hopes for this album i thought the first three tracks were excellent though! 2/5 maybe 2.5/5 definitely not suited to my taste i think 😔 but i would think it could develop on a second listen
lowkey this was just ok. I didn't really click with the lead voice much. like its fine. 1.) stop your sobbing 2.) brass in pocket 3.) ....????? idk i only rlly liked those two
I loved later work by the Pretenders, but this one is pretty awful. Punk meets pop, with punk winning unfortunately. 2 stars.
it doesn't hurt but it doesn't stand out either
I'm pretending to like this. JK it's fine but just not for me.
I just think I dislike borderline edgy 80s rock. I wish they just went all in or weren't edgy at all. It just gives me a performative and artificial feeling. Also, this album gives me major Police vibes, which I already dislike. The album does end with 2 banger songs in Lovers of Today and Mystery Achievement, but that doesn't make the rest of the album better. Best Songs: Lovers of Today Worst Songs: Tattooed Love Boys, Private Life
i couldn’t get through this album but i love women and the bass was fun
I feel like I’m supposed to like the Pretenders but they just don’t appeal to me. Rating: 2
Meh
Although I love Chrissie Hynde's unique voice, as a 'Pretenders greatest hits' kind of guy, I found it pretty irritating toward the end of the album. Perhaps its a little too high-energy, jangly, new wave for me?
I think there’s a reason only one of these is really known
Very 80s, I liked a song or two but I don't think I'll be returning
idk about this one.......55 songs man I couldn't get through it all. It's not bad music by any means, but it didn't leave a lasting impression on me.
Boring. Honestly annoying
Not bad
Nothing was really popping out for me on this one.
I didn’t think much of the Pretenders back in the day, and I have never explored beyond FM radio staples, That seems okay after hearing this debut album. It’s a solid 1001 ABYD inclusion, though. Some obvious but not too obvious influences of the time. A few new twists that had lasting impact on artists yet to come. Appreciate Chrissie Hynde’s talent, influence, and longevity as an artist. Have to admit, though, that only about half of these songs connected with me, and my faves were generally not the radio hits.
it's ok new wavey stuff
No
the one song that i knew makes me feel like i am in purgatory. 2.5
Not for me
There later work is better.
Was not an album that impressed me.
It was an album I could have on in the background. As the kids would say "It's mid".
Vocals didn't seem connected to the music. Not keen
Not as good as I was expecting, wow.
I was expecting more tbh .. for sure decent band! It seems to be just an average album to me 2/5
Meh
File under "80s new wave where the cover is people standing in front of a bland background with the ugliest font known to man, that I'll completely forget about in less than a week", which has been a frequently recurring theme. There's better female-fronted new wave bands out there. Get real.
I'm not really impressed at all? Maybe because it's "old" pop punk, but imo this isn't that good. Space Invaders is rad, but the majority of everything else is a miss for me. The soft ventures into other genres is really cool, but when the base sound isn't great, it's like adding sprinkles to bad food.
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Op zich is er weinig écht mis met dit album, maar dat getuigd meer van een lak aan durf dan een overvloed aan kwaliteit. Deze band belichaamt de brug tussen punk en new wave, maar de elementen van het eerste missen de energie van het moedergenre en de aspecten van het tweede zijn lang niet zo avontuurlijk als dat van vele gewaagde new wave acts uit hetzelfde jaar. Ik zie eigenlijk niet in waarom ik dit aan zou zetten in plaats van een Talking Heads, een Elvis Costello, een Blondie of een B-52's. Sommige songs pakken wel even m'n aandacht, zoals 'Precious', 'Tattooed Love Boys' en 'Brass in Pocket', maar de algehele tendens is vrij slaapverwekkend op deze maandag. 'I said hush hush hush hush, baby sleep tight now' horen we aan het einde van de plaat, wat de lading wel aardig dekt. 5,5/10 Highlights: Tattooed Love Boys Brass in Pocket
Weer een albumpje van de rand van de jaren 80. De meeste platen uit dit tijdsgewricht leveren wel een interessante luister-ervaring. Pretenders is echt een album waar je de overgang van Punk naar new wave goed kunt horen. Sommige nummers hebben een klein beetje de cringe-vibe van new wave (Brass in Pocket), maar zijn over het algemeen toch wat duisterder en ruiger dan veel van de new wave platen uit de jaren de zullen volgen. Ben met name onder de indruk van Space Invader. Het muzikale stuk heeft wat weg van Definitive Gaze van Magazine (toch niet de minste). Private Life vind ik irritant. Met name die gitaar-solo, jeetje, daar kan Guns 'n roses een puntje aan zuigen. Ik vind de stem van Chrissie Hynde eigenlijk net niet tof en boeiend genoeg om dit echt vet te vinden. En dus blijft het bij een magere voldoende. 6,5/10 Highlights Space Invader
nope
Just OK!
chaos van gitaren
Her singing style just does not work for me at all. She sounds like a theatre kid immigrating the lead singer of a band. Her voice isn't bad, I just don't think her style works for me. I also just can't work out what the album was going for. I really enjoyed brass in pocket and think they should have stuck to a style more like that. The more pink side of things just felt so weak, and the pop combined with it really didn't feel like it added much. Really disliked the first part of the album, the later parts were a step up. Not one I plan on revisiting ever.
I’m sorry; I hate Chrissie Hyndes’s voice so much.
Chrissie Hynde has such a great voice, low pitched, but controlled tremolo. Not sure why 'Brass in Pocket' is the big radio hit from this album.
Never been a fan.
Alas, another album I wanted to like more than I actually did. Liked the music, just not so much the singing style (though she's talented!).
Listened to it this morning and already forgot about it. Not my cup of tea.
Truly crappy. Maybe one decent song
Pressed play on 'Precious' and somehow time warped until 'Brass in Pocket'. Strangely, there's no real desire to go back and re-listen the songs in between them.
Boring 80s rock. 2 stars.
From my (very limited) previous exposure to Pretenders I thought this was going to be nice if maybe a little boring. It wasn't. Some songs were okay but overall not a fan.
I liked Tattooed Love Boys, but the rest was forgettable. I think I only remember TLB from guitar hero anyway.
Noh ei oikein iskenyt. Kasarin alun soundia ja tollasta aikaansa edellä olevaa postpunk menoa. Olisin ehkä kaivannut vaan parempia biisejä. 2/5
Meh. Just can't will myself to like them.
mixing is really awful in this album, vocals are whacked, spoken word is lame Significant 40/127 Liked 19/127 Added 4/127 NNN
no me gusta
Honestly not sure I really liked this, and it comes down to the vocals. I just wasn't a fan.
Not my type of music. Good mix of pop and rock but not unique enough
Didn’t really like the singing but fun beats
Side one has some catchy riffs but nothing great. Side two is better but not by much. Favorite tracks: Private Life
Mir gefällt nur das Lied Brass in Pocket.
Wasn't really feeling this one
Pretend I didn't listen to this, geez
Blir orolig/ känner en oroskänsla av denna musik
Fine but not really for me
Ok
Funky noise! Very prominent vocals, beautiful writing.
Pretenders singer has a kind of annoying and repetitive voice. Dope punk notes in the music
lots of meh
enkelte gode numre (tattooed love boys), de fleste er kedelige og alt for rent produceret. Ikke helt vild med Chrissie Hyndes stemme :/
Sgu bare ikke min stil, sorry Pretenders!
Boring
Not bad, kind of repetitive but also the voice of the lead singer was slightly annoying
I like Chrissie Hyndes voice. I like the one or two songs I know by the Pretenders. But this just wasn't doing it for me. A little too monotonous of a sound, without the sound being super compelling.
I went back and forth on this one for a while. After the first few tracks I thought I was about to give my first 1 star rating, but it got a little bit better in the second half of the album. There were a few redeemable moments, but nothing super impressive. I don’t see myself revisiting this album.
2.16
It's OK. Not a fan of the guitar tone: sounds like they have their chorus cranked to 11. I know this band is a seminal new wave group, but it's just not for me.
Ik herkende ze meteen! Da's die van Friends in die een met Phoebe daar, ge weet wel.. ja. Ik had nooit geweten wie ze echt is en wat voor muziek ze maakte, dus bedankt zeg. Het was wel ok, maar ik ga er niet naar blijven luisteren.
Not my cup of tea but decent
prima saai
'80s childhood trauma vibes
i like the attitude, but find the songs kind of forgettable. 2/5
Really cohesive album in the same way that sludge is a cohesive collection of dirt and parasites. Not good
A small handful of instrumentals were fairly decent, but there wasn't really anything worth listening to again here
was aight had a soccer game today that I played in for the first time in forever, also the chain I ordered from flip came today #newice
Difficult album for me to listen to - a couple of the more mellow tracks saved this from being my first one star review!
This album is an album containing various songs in a variety of styles and moods.
"Learning to Crawl" is one of my favorites. This album is NOT "Learning to Crawl." And for that, it will be punished.
Brass in Pocket is not like the rest of it. New wave and punk. Not melodic really.
- crusty and cringe - like I really don’t like the female vocalist - space invaders isn’t bad (when they don’t sing) - the hits on the album are more tolerable but still not that good - only parts I somewhat like are the instrumentals near the end of the song sometimes but they’re still mid, could probably find similar stuff with many other artists - 80s radio
2.75
Meh. 1 or 2 good songs but ultimately forgettable. Says a lot when the most famous song is boring advert fodder.
It's alright. One of those albums that'd inspire you to be in a band but it doesn't hold up to me.
2/5 - nothing special. One listen through was enough, not really my thing.
bof. et pas dispo sur yt 3/5 ?
Reminded me of pat benatar
Another album that makes me really wish I could enjoy 80s new wave... but I still can't get there. There are so many tracks that are close, but don't step over the edge. It almost feels like incomplete thoughts, or like when you need to sneeze but then you just can't. I found myself enjoying beats and themes, but then disappointed at how none of them fully develop. Incredible debut album, but it isn't for me.
Blah. Not my cup of tea. Whiny vocals and pretty bland background music.
Safe to say I did not enjoy my time spent listening to this. I felt like the whole time I was listening I was wanting the song to either go somewhere or end and move on to the next. Now none of the songs are objectively bad I just didn’t find myself engaging with any of the material and a lot of the songs dragged on. Shame.
Like it's okay. Not something I need to hear again.
Vähän tämmöistä dressman rockia naislaulajalla. Ihan ok riffejä, vähän ärsyttävä laulutapa
‘Up The Neck’, ‘The Wait’, ‘Private Life’, ‘Brass In Pocket’ and probably ‘Mystery Achievement’ are the good songs on this album. The rest I found extremely underwhelming.
Ok
Meh.
Female tatooed sting and the police
I wish we could give half stars. I would have given this 2 1/2.
Album with ups and downs. Mostly downs
The singular hit on here was fun. The rest is very forgetable
Sånn bortsett fra at Tattooed Love Boys gjorde meg nostalgisk, så ga da meg ikkje så masse
4/11
Forgettable
Sometimes a style of music is just not for me. This is one of those cases. Even the best songs on this album I found to be just OK.
Ei koveta ja wow-efekti jäi puuttumaan. Harmitonta taustamusaa.
Ei jääny erikoisesti mieleen
Bit dreary
i dint like the way she yells at me :(
אף פעם לא הייתי פאנקיסט אז אני מניח שזה פשוט לא היה לטעמי. 4/10.
Best: Precious Worst: Space Invader mid 2.4
This is not my cup of tea, too synth-pop to my liking. Feels like curated punk. I grew tired of the same overall sound. I guess if you're into this type of style you'll enjoy it but I'm not sure what makes it stand out to be in this list.
ihan kiva, kasikytluku pelottaa..kuuluu musiikissakin SE VAAN TULEE.. EI VOI PYSÄYTTÄÄ ISÄ AIKAA... mutta vielä löytyy seitkytluvun.. instrumentaaalit.. hyvää on tässäkin... jos osaa etsiä. space invader
Patong.
5,5/10
Nothing too special, album sounded quiet
It's poppy, it's punky, a precursor to divergence of music in the 80's. Second side is better than first
The album is way too long, and for some reason it didn't really interest me all that much despite having many of the elements I'm usually drawn to. Favorite track: Mystery Achievement
yok abi 2 kere dinledim albümü arka arkaya ama beğenemedim ya özür kadının sesi çok sinirimi bozdu böyle şekilde şarkı söyleyen insanalr sinirimi bozuyo albüm iyi ki kısaydı ama yani dinlenmeyecek gibi de değildi
Meh
I haven't gotten one of those completely bland albums that plagued my first six months of this list in a while but here's another one. "An album that mixes punk, pop, and rock" describes countless albums and this one doesn't contribute much to that massive pool of similar albums. I like the album cover for some reason though, maybe ironically.
I don't especially like the lead vocal's voice.
Much more a classic punk sound than anticipated having only heard a few singles before from them. Decent songwriting and vocals but fairly forgettable instrumentation. I'm not blown away.
Dont like the vocals. Great growling Bass Sound though. Overall Sound kinda meh. Gets better in the second half of the album. Private Life and Brass Pocket are ok. But they are different to the overall sound of the album. The rest is more punkish.... and although punk was the music of my youth, this album does not work for me. It sounds to me like... they are pretending to be punk.
I got the replacements and the pretenders confused and was incredibly disappointed. This was fine.
Eh it's fine
First song was a bit punk and fun, downhill after
I didn't hate listening to the album but its not my favorite style of music or singing. Couldn't get into it.
This felt like a chore. Best track: ?
Hi- Brass in Pocket Sorta girl punk-pop; I'm okay with most of it, but Brass is still probably the best song on the album.
I know a lot of people love this album but for me it's jarring, unsettling and disconnecting. Just not my thing.
One great track, couple of other interesting ones, sounds like one foot in the 80s and one in a different time. Not bad, won't be listening again though
Je préfère le côté punk rock de la face A, mais le mix mets la voix beaucoup trop en avant. La reprise de Stop Your Sobbing des Kinks est bien réussie. Un essentiel pour le rock féminin, mais pas si accrocheur pour avoir envie d'y revenir régulièrement.
Middling.
it was ok but not my vibes. too much hablar
Fine, I guess.
Nothing really stood out except for 'Brass in Pocket'
It’s an ok album. Their main song is pretty well known but other than that the band felt like a sub par Fleetwood Mac. Don’t know how much I’d revisit it. 5.0/10
Overall didn't care for it, but Brass In Pocket is a great song
A faden punkiger Schinken
Gesang dynamisch, auf jeden Fall punk Energie, aber am Ende des Tages klingt alles gleich, auch text unverständlich. So la la
Meh.
Didn't like this one much. It just didn't have enough interesting or different about it to capture my imagination. It just felt like some more generic rock with some fairly cringey lyrics.
Decent Album. Dont know If listen to it again tho. Would give an 2.5 / 5/10 or sth. Like that.
A bit boring. I liked a couple of songs.
It’s ok. Not as bad as I thought
Ik vind hier niks bijzonders aan. niet waar ik met plezier naar luister
Meh
It was ok. But her voice always annoys me
very underwhelming. i was hoping for a whole album of chain gang and brass in pocket. it is not that.
Enjoyed it, but not really my style. Quite neat for punk.
stopped at song 6/26 because i got really bored. milquetoast. everything sounds the same. i would listen and maybe nod along if someone had it on in the car, but i feel like it's a waste of time to play it for myself when there's so much good stuff out there
the only pretenders are people that think this is good
Not bad, not great. Was interesting, but would not listen again.
on par with Dry
Not my cup of tea. Brass in Pocket is a classic, but the rest of the album isn't really for me.
Something is off about this record and it’s hard to put my finger on exactly what. The songwriting is fine, if occasionally dodgy: just about every song seems super long, and sometimes it seems like they’re a collection of just-okay guitar riffs. Several songs are instrumental but aren’t interesting enough to justify. Not a fan of the mix: the vocals are way too high and sound disconnected, the drums are muddy and ill-defined. The middle run of this record is good - “The Wait,” “Kid,” and “Brass in Pocket” at least attempt hooks - but the beginning and end don’t do much for me.
Got bored. Didn't listen to the whole thing, but it wasn't bad. Just didn't catch my attention.
Like a popular made for radio version of New York Dolls or FEAR
I don't like the voice. Voices are so important to me and can quite easily become annoying when they use weird inflections and contrived strangeness. At some stages on this album I can't even recognise the language being used. The music is kind of okay.
Bb
meh
I like that single where she's a waitress in the video. Gwen Stefani obviously took a big influence from this. Kind of blah though.
Ganske kjedelig punk-rock greie. Super simple riff, lite (men noe) variasjon i sounden, 4/4 trommer, og alt i alt ganske lett å glemme. Sangeren var ganske distinkt, noen av sangene var bedre enn 1/10, bassen på Space Invader var ganske fet ngl, Brass in Pocket var faktisk alright, og det er sikkert noe mer her for noen. Ikke min ting.
Pop-rock / New Wave 🥱
Kinda interesting lyrics, but mostly about being 'so special and unique'. A tad boring.
honestly not into it