Pretenders

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

Couple classic hits, very 80s girl punk mixed with slower jams. Not my speed though, just a miss for me first listen

-Female Lou Reed -Mediocre.... Brass in Pocket obviously is a really well-known one, but I was thoroughly unimpressed.

2.6

Eh.

ENOUGH FUCKING NEW WAVE JESUS CHRIST 2/5.

was zur hölle?????????

This is trying to be like "raunchy" and have "attitude" but it's so fucking cringe. There's a very specific kind of unhygienic about them, like cigarette breath and cat hair, like wearing the same stained pants because they're your cool rocker pants (until you pop the button trying to do them up). And like, they're sloppy drunk and all over you and when you don't recprocate they ask if you're gay? And they don't even have any tunes, except "Back on the Chain Gang," and that isn't even on this album.

Just please stop giving me garbage

Nää

We have too many of these, especially on social media.

Ysjdcsksbuscs gs

I’m just bored listening to this album yeah this might be the first album that I’ve liked one song but still give it a one star. It was very boring not my cup of tea. I mean if you like the album cool but I’m not pretending this one ain’t it it’s a no for me dog.

i will tear you apart bird guy from reddit

Not my style at all. Couldn’t get through it

Mich hatten die dann damals schon genervt

Not my style just speaking with instruments weird

Quite punk ! Freaky lyrics… Fav song is ‘Mystery Achievement’.

Ordinary in every way. Never liked them as there's just nothing that grabs you and they sound like a good pub band at best

shi

5/20 Je n'ai vraiment pas aimé l'album Que ce soit la voix de la chanteuse, les musiques parfois vraiment horrible (et sinon, simplement pas très belles), et l'ambiance globale de l'album, rien ne m'a plu. Vraiment, j'aurais préféré ne pas connaître l'existence de cet album. Seul palmarès, le titre Space Invader, seule musique instrumentale de l'album, qui est écoutable. Sans être exceptionnelle, c'est clairement la moins pire de tous, et la seule que je pourrais réécouter (mais uniquement sous la contrainte, jamais de mon plein gré).

Saai

Really uneven, second half sounds like an entirely different album. Her wailed lyrics are unintelligible and maybe would be better in a different language? Better "pop girl rock" music here than the "punk" efforts in the first 6 tracks. Oftentimes sounds like the lyrics are completely detached from the music, like the band recorded the song in one room, then shipped it across the world to their singer, who sat on it for 12 months and then slapped some half-finished personal poetry overtop "Brass in pocket" almost stretches this to a 2, but... nah.

I pretended I didn't hear a harmonica! shite

If someone asked me what a stereotypical punk sounding, female fronted, 80's band sounded like. I'd show them this.

punks punk

Not for me. 1/5

Not a fan of this one. I can’t stand the dramatic performative nature of 80s music at the best of times, let alone when it’s as washed up and forgettable as this. The songs are so forgettable, instrumentals are bland but my biggest issue is the singing. Every lyric is delivered with this smug swagger but is completely mumbled. The things she’s singing about don’t make any sense or you can’t make them out at all. Her singing is really unplesant Brass is Pocket is arguably the only good song but it’s floating in a pool of shit which really brings It down. Fav tracks - Brass in Pocket Worst track - The Phone Call ( seriously what the fuck)

pass

22 maj Precious - alltså den är svängig men hade inte lyssnat på den annars The Phone Call - nej. Up The Neck - det här är inte riktigt min typ av musik. Tattooed Love Boys - den här musiken är lite pappa core Space Invader - tror inte dom sjöng nåt i den här The Wait - alltså låtarna är svängiga men jag tycker bara inte om dom Stop Your Sobbing - börjar bli less på detta album. Kid - känns som npc ahh musik Private Life - nu vill jag att det ska vara över Zoonade ut under dom sista låtarna Betyg: 1/10 förlåt

This is the hundred third album I’m rating. I have no idea what this shit is. Adding to my Playlist - Space Invader, The Wait, Stop your Sobbing, Kid, Brass in Pocket, and Mystery Achievement. Not Adding to my Playlist - Precious, The Phone Call, Up the Neck, Tattooed Love Boys, Private Life, and Lovers of Today. All in all I liked 6/12 songs. Not the greatest thing in the world but it was ok.

Didn't get anything out of it.

Har redan hört. Aldrig gillat pretenders tyvärr. Törs inte lyssna. Tråkigt att få denna som andra album.

I don't like this song I don't like the beat and I don't like how they sound. The second song was the same it is boring and it is to quiet . I do not recommend this album the songs are to slow.

the first song i didt really like its not bad but its also not good its not really my style of music the second one i dont really like ethier its just not my style of music. i dont like genre the third one i dont like ehtier the lyrics are werid and i just dont like the song and the type of music

the first song is okay the lyrics were alr the background music was good but there was something making it sound a little weird idk if it was the voice but it sounds weird . the second song is okay to but now I know its the voice thats making it sound weird

I hate British people Bland and uninspired

sbatti smith

Not on Apple Music? Boo hoo!

I just dont like it

stop it

I just couldn’t see the appeal. None of it resonated with me.

awful.

not sure

Nicht meine Richtung

Didn't really liked it

Very much a ‘back in my day’ album that doesn’t hold up now

hate that one song. and the vocals are way too upfront. hate it

Monotonous and dreadful Punk Rock.

Brass in Pocket was a really good song and that was the only good song. Wish I could say I liked it but 20+ songs later and i definitely was waiting for it to end.

This album.. And probably band gets an award for an artist and/or album that I didn't expect to hate as much as I did. I truly thought this wouldn't get any less than a 3 star. Thinking it would just be a very generic, mediocre rock album. I did not expect how much I disliked what was being presented. Especially the vocals! Her voice isn't terrible.... But it doesn't sound like it goes with the music. It's as if she's singing over different music. Her melodies are so poorly written in relation to the music. The choices she has done with her vocals is absolutely uninspiring and just bad. The guitar is far too cheesy. Not CC DeVille level of cheesy... But I'm certain every member of this band is trying to show off and not cator to the song. It comes out messy and all over the place. The bass player is the only enjoyable member. What a shocking disappointment. I'm half way through this record and am very confident that this gets what I'm rating it.

Meh

langweilig und doof.

On the strength of one single

singer has a good voice but songs are just boring and all sound the same

Yawn. This album is so boring and overrated to me. The vocal delivery is droll, and the songs go absolutely nowhere. I find myself feeling this way about many albums released in 1979. Definitely a low point in music history for me. Hard pass.

Space Invader Cuban Slide Tequila What a start with precious. Not a good start either. I like the instrumental but the lyrics are just so bad. Not a fan at all. Way too long for that quality.

Weinig werk van de Pretenders was mij bekend. Dit album is me compleet nieuw. De stem van de zangeres prikkelt mij niet. De teksten staan me niet echt aan (of eigenlijk écht niet). Verder is het instrumenteel behoorlijk goed. Eigenlijk zonde. De stem maakt of breekt het vaak, bij deze is het breekt. Toch wat enkele lichtpuntjes, instrumentaal nummer Space Invader bijvoorbeeld. Rating: 5,5 Highlight: Space Invader

so fucking boring

Couldn't find the album on apple music

Not for me dawg

Nikdy jsem o Pretenders neslyšela, nevěděla jsem, co čekat a přesto jsem byla zklamaná. Ze začátku to působilo jako rádoby punk, druhá půlka už byla pomalejší a víc vibe za mě. Ale celkově? Hrůza. Nejvíc ze všeho to zabíjely texty, ty byly naprosto otřesný, divný, občas se do erotiky přimíchala mateřská témata a už jsem se děsila, kam to ještě zaběhne. Někdy jsem byla dost znejistěna, jestli “baby” referuje k milenci, nebo skutečně k dítěti… a to je v písničce, co se jmenuje “Lovers of Today” docela problém, dle mého skromného názoru. Cenila jsem ženské vokály, ale ty texty… Melodie byly vesměs podobné, nicneříkající a neuvěřitelně nudné, prostě totální učebnicový punk přes kopírku, což je přesně to, o čem punk není. Pozdější písně už byly chytlavější, ale už to nemohlo zachránit to, co bylo spácháno na mých uších. Vracet se opravdu nebudu, je to rozhodně jedno z těch horších alb tady. Nevím, čím byla kapela přínosná a asi mě to ani nezajímá. Jedině mě napadá ženská reprezentace v punku, což je smutné… Nejlepší: Kid, Private Life (texty nic moc, ale dalo se to aspoň poslouchat) Nejhorší: Precious, Up the Neck, Tattooed Love Boys, Stop Your Sobbing, Lovers of Today (a další… prostě ne, děkuji) Verdikt: 3/10 (nic pro mě, texty příšerný, občasná vibe melodie to nezachránila)

Couldn't be bothered with this that I stopped doing 1001 for about 6 months.

Nah

Slip on a leather jacket, slap on a bass, scowl through some sunglasses and you too can pretend. But we don't have to make-believe too.

Really not my cup of tea. Didn't even finish the album.

The sound of this album is painfully stuck in the late 70's/ early 80's and the lyrics come off as trying to be angsty and edgy.

missery

another very meh album...not for me....

Nicht meins

De manier van zingen is me te gemaakt. Klinkt daardoor ook gedateerd. Elvis Costello met een baarmoeder. Ik ben er geen fan van. Het begint als een soort punk-omdat-het-moet, maar richting het einde van het album laten ze die act ook maar vallen omdat ze er zelf net zo moe van werden als ik als luisteraar. Helemaal aan het einde herontdekt ze nog dat ze als kind in een ketel met vibrato is gevallen en mogen we nog genieten van wat kattengejank. Dit was vast ooit heel cool, maar nu is het momrock voor rokende, vergane glorie, gescheiden vrouwen die hun haar nog elke vier weken (zelf) zwart verven met een potje Kruidvat huismerk haarverf en daarna in de lokale kroeg zelfingenomen kijkend slechte whisky zitten te drinken fantaserend dat ze elke man nog om hun vinger zouden kunnen winden als ze zouden willen, wat dan weer bevestigd wordt doordat stamgast gekke Henkie nog wel eens een rondje wil geven als ie zelf al de hele avond zit te tanken. Favoriete artiesten Janis Joplin, Blondie (waarvan ze 1 nummer kennen) en Kiss (2 à 3 nummers). Maar misschien vul ik nu te veel in.

говно

Do not like pretenders. Struggled through half an hour of this 1;45 album. Just confirmed to me I don’t like them

not my cuppa tea

Did not like

Sometimes there's a reason you've only ever heard one song from an ablum.

Spero di non essere stato l'unico. Ma a parte la prima traccia, che mi era quasi piaciuta, ma poi anche no, il resto m'ha proprio fatto schifo.

ruim

Average at best - bit wishy washy

I made it about 3 tracks in. I felt like I was being punished for a crime I did not commit.

Why

Not a fan of the pretenders

Sounds like 60s rock - I think the second song might've been up my alley.