Raw Like Sushi

I’m surprised this came out in 1989. This sounds like much older (late 70s or really 80s) rap both lyrically and musically. It was an ok album, kind of generic lyrics.

The sound of this record is very dated and doesn't hold up at all. The rapping was mediocre and I wasn't a fan of her voice. I did not enjoy this album.

Unbelievably 90s 2.5

Oh boy, does this album broadcast 1989, or what? The videos for some of the tracks are a perfect encapsulation of that point in time for popular music. Other than recognizing a time period, I don't have much in common with who this record was written for. I like understanding different cultural perspectives, but this is not music I would choose to listen to. Once was enough.

This album made me smile, and I’m not a fan.

I said I would give everything album on this list a chance, but I just don't like this. It's not bad, I just don't like the style. I couldn't listen to the whole thing.

So dated. Nothing that sounds great these years later besides her nice voice. Not a total waste, still interesting to peruse through it, so it's saved from the dreaded 1...

This one was a slog. I managed to finish it so it gets a 2, but I am really not into 80s/90s hip hop

What could generously be called an eclectic mix of styles or truthfully: throw enough shit at a wall and see if it sticks. 80's R&B/pop with lame attempts at rapping. Once again, more proof that the 80's was fairly dire for mainstream music. Best Tracks: Buffalo Stance; Manchild; Kisses on the Wind

Não curti muito mas tem seus méritos 😅

"Raw Like Sushi" is Neneh Cherry's debut album. It's a hip-hop album incorporating many different instruments from the trends of the 80's, and has Neneh either singing or rapping. This album's popularity at release was bolstered by the hit single "Buffalo Stance" that took the world by storm. I appreciated the classic 80's hip-hop sound, paired with the beautiful rhymes by Neneh. However, this is not an album that I would add to my collection, based off of my preferences.

Even though I enjoyed Queen Latifah's album I got a while back, I still don't think this type of music is entirely my thing

Weer een redelijk slappe r&b plaat, iets beter als die van mariah carrey maar totaal niet mijn ding

Thought this would be a quick buzz thru, but it reminded me of Will Smith and others so I hit the skip button only a couple of times. Still, I'll never listen again.

Umm, no.

This was not my bag

Sounds really dated. The pop bits hold up a bit better, but the rap-heavy sections have aged poorly.

Not impressed. I don't like most of the music and I don't find it genre or industry changing.

All that I loathe about the 80's rolled into one dated-as-fuck sonic package.

I have to be in the mood for 80s pop and synthesisers. I was not in the mood today. Full disclosure: I couldn't make it through the full thing. My review is based on the first four songs.

Two good openers followed by a load of old shit.

2 openers that most will recognise and like. The rest is, well... a bit shite.

Sooooo I remember when this came out and I basically feel exactly the same way now as I did then: I should probably like this more than I do, but this tracks do nothing for me. :/

A couple of good tracks, but generally not me.

More of a 2.5 but just not much there. Very 80s and it's all very similar. Buffalo Stance was cool for some pop nostalgia but I didn't need six minutes of it. Meh.

Can appreciate the inclusion of this in the list without really loving the listen, outside of the opener Saved: Buffalo Stance*, Inna City Mamma

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Buffalo Stance, Kisses On The Wind, Inna City Mamma Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: This is what plays when a documentary flashes back to 1989 and needs to set the vibes

Eh. Buffalo Stance is good, but one song doesn’t make an album.

Not into this style of music to begin with, but I’ve been doing my best to be objective on these. Unfortunately not much sounds that unique to me here. The 80s sounds in this album have not aged well imo and it’s overshadowed by a whole lot of music in 1989. Benefit of the doubt gives it 2 stars instead of 1, but I didn’t hear much to justify elevating it past 2

It's a no from me dawg

Like stepping in a time machine.... fine for what it is (mix of female hip/hop and pop), but definitely not my thing.

Hated it when it came out. It was such a lame pop interpretation of hip hop. I thought it might have been an unfair judgement. Nope. It was totally fair. What a POS. In the Demo tracks on Spotify there was a track with a Swedish Roxanne Shanté vibe, but in a good way. It shows she had some promise. But that was it.

Not my favorite style. Very dated sound. Lyrics don't always rhyme, even though they likely "would" if they were pronounced differently, but for some reason she didn't. Nothing in this album reached out to me as special. Did somewhat like the record scratch sound, but didn't really need an hour of that.

Really didn't like this, just because of the 80s pop sound and high cheese factor. Some of the lyrics were a bit cringe, but some were good. There were a few songs that were a bit political and I liked those because they had more depth. Maybe it would have been better 20 years later with less synth.

Not bad per se, just too familiar and too much filler.

Groovy, but, somehow this album has not aged very well. It has a very 90's pop and early 2000's pop sound.

Got a few tracks in, not as bad as I thought it might be. Not really in the mood for this kinda thing..

Not for me

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Tja, voor mij nu niet echt een album wat je "gehoord moet hebben", de hitjes zijn voldoende voor mij

Afgezien van de hitjes deed het me weinig. De tand der tijd ook slecht doorstaan; klinkt erg gedateerd.

Mja, vroeger vond ik dit schitterend. Nu vind ik de hits wel te doen, maar voor de rest erg gedateerd en behoorlijk Rick Astley gehalte qua sound.

Ik was in mijnnjeugd een verknocht radioluisteraar en top 40 liefhebber. De eerste 4 nummers van deze plaat zijn blijkbaar destijds de singles geweest, want die kon ik nog woordelijk meezingen. En was leuk om weer te horen. Maar allea daarna was meer van hetzelfde of beter: minder van hetzelfde. Heel gedateerde 80's rap.

Ik heb er niet zoveel mee.

Mix of good and awful

No didn't like this one either. Sounded like the soundtrack to a rubbish 90s film.

Stupid

I have no idea what's going on. But this sounds like it was a banger in the 80s. Good for her?

Not my style. Repetetive melody, uninteresting lyrics.

overall not great, but Buffalo Stance is badass

4

Some great energy and messages here, but the tracks could've used some editing -- cut everything by 1-2 min and this would be a much tighter, catchier album

kõik lood suht ühesugused.

Buffalo Stance & to a lesser extent Manchild are decent tracks, the rest leaves a lot to be desired, she was definitely on the cutting edge of what would be later early 90s era pop/hiphop

imm sorry, i know this album is very drag and gay culture but i didnt vibe with it

This is definitely not for me and I think I actively do not like it. You can do so much better when it comes to pop music.Lana Del Dey, Madonna, Lady Gaga, the list goes on. 1/5

nah

What fresh torture have you in store for me today generator?

??? Das kam im gleichen Jahr raus wie 3 feet von de la soul... 1/5

Too raw, need to cook.

Eh why is this on the list

A shameless cash-grab that tries to integrate the nascent rap culture into mainstream pop. Quite sad when you think Neneh Cherry started her career with punk bands... The occasional rapping is actually not bad for someone who was probably quite far from the action at the time. But the overall result is terribly outdated - the mix of cheesy synth sounds, annoying claps and wannabe Michael Jackson singing is insufferable, and the way she uses all the early hip hop gimmicks out of context, and at a time when the genre was already evolving past them, feels like a caricature (this came out the same year as 3 Feet High & Rising and Paul's Boutique, for crying out loud). As someone who was a preteen when Neneh Cherry was trending in the charts, this just painfully reminds me of everything I used to hate about 80s commercial music. Hard pass. 2/10

Except for Manchild, I have a hard time getting into this wall of 80s sounds. By then, plenty of artists had already started moving toward a more 90s sound.

Seriously? One great song followed by a bunch of middling detritus. Oh Mr Dimery- why? Give me Pretzel Logic over this any day.

I think I liked one song, but I don't really remember.

It's just not good. Didn't age well

Another one for the I never needed to hear this crap list. 0.0000

Already rated this why is it not submitting?

Look, I believe that art is subjective, and thus not everything appeals to everyone (don't yuck someone else's yum). But this album is so bad, that if you like it, I don't want to be your friend because you have no taste and should be ashamed of yourself. Also, that any critic gave this anything other than the lowest possible ranking explains why I have trust issues.

An entire album with only a few minutes that I found interesting. So dated, I don't even know what movie could include anything from this album, probably Buffalo Stance the only track that has a catchy moment. Even that track isn't solid the whole way through. Is this the beginning of swedish people writing american music. Obviously they've gotten good but this is not.

I'm sure I'm not in the majority here but I hated it. I would've told you it's bad AI music if I hadn't known it was from '89. The vibe is trying to be edgy with no substance, or vulnerable with no texture.

80s era corporate pop crap. A Dominican Tiffany with low rent backbeats.

There's some catchy stuff here, but overall not my thing

1. Удари ме деведесетарска носталгия, ама мн ме дразни тая музика

1.5 este álbum nada que ver aquí

Me costó mucho escucharlo

NO

yuck

I mean.... come on...... it's not for me is it! I had a quick spin through a couple of tracks, shan't be back. I did have a quick listen to the track Outré Risqué Locomotive, in case it was about a steam train 🤣

Ne, ne, Neneh!👎

No

Struggled to engage

Well, I got through the whole thing, but the less I listen to this, the better.

Not for me

I mainly know Neneh Cherry from her collaboration with Massive Attack. It's a mix of hip-hop and pop but it sounds way too much like the 80's shitty pop sound for me to like it. Favorite songs: Manchild ; So Here I come

Not for me. 1/5

Nope 1

Meh

Wasn't a fan. A lot of the lyrics sounded super dated and it just didn't click for me. 1.5/5

Buffalo Stance 3/5 Manchild 2/5 Kisses on the Wind 2/5 Inna City Mamma 2/5 The Next Generation 1/5 Love Ghetto 1/5 Heart 1/5 Phoney Ladies 1/5 Outre Risque Locomotive 1/5 So Here I Come 1/5 My Bitch 1/5

Pass

2 words God Awful

Now TAMBOURINE!! UNHH!! Has the same energy of CJ doing the Jackal on West Wing. If this is on this list surely Weird Al is on here somewhere.

This was so painful. My ears are raw from this onslaught of awful digital, harsh electronic over-produced pop. Grating is being kind. Lyrics are vapid. "All those feelings, I felt them first"?!? Puke. I couldn't find anything redeeming here to lift it above 1.

Oh, c' mom!

Oh, fuck no. I can't even give her an extra point for not being Rufus Wainwright or Sad Jitrag (or whatever the fuck that shit-ass band with the Steve McQueen album was called). This album is the 80s dance-pop equivalent of some sad British bastard whinging about the weather or something. Uuuuuggghhhhh.

Predictably, I really didn’t like this album. Buffalo Stance nearly made me think I was going to get surprised. I kind of like that song and faintly remember it. That might have earned this 2 stars but the shallowness of the beats and songs erased that goodwill. I think it’s telling that this was 1989 and it sounds like mid-80s production. This album was retreading ideas. Finally, why on earth is every song 5 minutes long?

1/5 - No

Didn’t expect, with this album name, to have a tambourine directive within the first 20 seconds. 1 Point

Raw like sushi. Aged like milk.

This really isn't for me. Super upbeat, overproduced, doesn't really let her voice get going, overall quite dated. Felt like Paula Abdul. I much prefer Save Tonight, by her brother, Eagle-Eye Cherry.

Not a fan. I am sorry 😞

Absolutely terrible, pseudo hip-hop pop. This sounds like something that would be whipped up in an afternoon for a low-budget 80s high school comedy. It's practically a satire of itself.

Always considered this artist a one hit wonder. Nothing really stands out here.

I've heard one of these before. 80s noise

dated

Not a fan of this album. It's too 80's sounding. It's supposed to be the roots of trip-hop but the samples are lame.

Unlistenable

Yup …. Still don’t like her

Not for me.

Day Should this be on the list? No.

Not really my jam. It has some very few interesting parts, some rhythms and instrument usage. But I'm missing more melodious songs, and better lyrics. It's a bit too much 1989 for me. 1,5/5

So bland and plastic, couldn't wait for it to end.

Music is supposed to be evocative, to make you feel things. Well if I was reviewing albums on their ability to do that, this album would score high. Unfortunately how this album made me feel was annoyed. There were small bits where the rapping was somewhat interesting or enjoyable but the choruses, singing stole, lyrical content and backing tracks were just beyond irritating. Definitely not my style so I wouldn't expect to enjoy it, but getting through this was a genuine challenge.

trash

very dated, not a top 1000 album imho

Tää oli aika karmeeta jotenkin. En saanut nyt yhtään otetta että mikä tässä on hyvä. 1/5

Never liked this 80s / early 90s pop / rap sound. Very dated, very repetitive, and not at all enjoyable.

Passionless. I'm certain Nenah Cherry spent no time in the ghetto or the street corner. She has a relatively weak voice and limited range. But most of the songs are for 16 year old girls anyway, so it is difficult for me to relate. Simple production, monotonous and even a little cliché. Is this trying to be the English Madonna? Do we really need another Madonna? Do we even need ONE Madonna... But then I gravitate toward stuff like De-loused in the Comatorium by Mars Volta, so what does that say about my taste?

Awfully dated, does not embody 80s pop or hip hop all too well. Dreadfully repeative and formulaic. This is the type of hip hop your nerdy cousin listened to because his parents didn't let them listen to anything of actual poignantcy.

Listens: 1 Standout Tracks: Inna City Mamma I did not care for this. At all. The music tries way to hard to be authentic in its approach to hip-hop and utterly fails to do so. Inna City Mamma had a nice piano/keyboard arrangement. That was the only thing that stuck out to me.

Woof

Big John Studd was your Royal Rumble winner, Sushi had a vice grip on the Western World’s most insufferable people and Neneh Cherry inexplicably titled an album using the latter fact rather than the first. Westside Gunn wouldn’t fumble this. He would say something about “EATING SUSHI AT THE MAYBACH DEALER, PASS THE BRICK THROUGH THE TWO WAY MIRROR. GET THE BAG LIKE BIG JOHN STUDD IN THE BODYSLAM CHALLENGE.” Keen eyed observers amongst you will have ruled out that this review was written by Westside Gunn AND will note that it was Andre who took the bag of money and spilled some of it for the fans. You can’t blame a guy for trying. What fresh hell awaits behind the tough guy pose of Neneh? Buffalo Stance - At first glance I thought this said “Buffalo Sauce.” I am indeed too fat. I am also cringing from the very first word. This is ROUGH. There are so many good female rappers. This does not appear to be one of them. Chorus is insufferable. I have heard better songs made by insane people on instagram reels. At least those elicit mild amusement and end with a swipe. Manchild - I made the mistake of reading some reviews of this album. This is one of those days that I don’t feel like I’m a human. The singing? Dreadful. I wanted the lyrics to hit harder but they are incredibly middling including the random rhyming dictionary bridge. This is supposed to be a blistering one two punch to start the album according to the morons on the internet, but both punches whiffed here. Kisses on the Wind - We’ve got an English woman born in Sweden doing some Latin dance music about a neighborhood crush. Why is this here? I know why the song is here, because of the horrible taste of the artists and album staff, but why is this record in this list. Inna City Mamma - Ham-Fisted relatability always sells. This feels heartfelt, but it just doesn’t resonate with me. I don’t hate it as much the other songs, so we’re getting somewhere. The Next Generation - Are there weird anti-abortion undertones to this? If so, gross, if not, it’s still incredibly preachy. She’s like Queen Latifah if Queen Latifah had zero talent or gravitas. Love Ghetto - I know this was 36 years ago but can we please retire that dumb instrument that reminds me of Brazil. That’s the only reference point I’ve got. It’s bad. Heart - That “full of baloney” line had me ready to stop this whole thing. I feel like I would be embarrassed for her if I heard that in the second grade. The word “confident” seems to come up in reviews for this record. Maybe she need to dial that back a little bit. Phoney Ladies - Ladies who talk on the phone. Next. Ehh you know what. The weird little breakdown around 2:30 is actually pretty rad. Obscenely rare W. As the kids say. Outré Risqué Locomotive - Gross x2. Actually just keep that going. Oh man. The deep male background vocal “Coca-Cola Cool.” Trying to write hits 101. So Here I Come - What the sweet hell is she talking about? I was dressed in green and I wore a dress I must confess that I was the best dressed. I went to school and I wanted to learn. It goes on like this. This ain’t for me dawg. Terrible rap somehow worsens lame pop tunes with really laboured messaging. We act like people were dumb morons who were just discovering basic concepts just because this was like 35 years ago. Whoa! A confident female! What a revolutionary!! This sucks and I was in pain the whole time. Never again. 0.5 HIGHLIGHTS: The sweet release of realizing that the standard version doesn’t include the last tracks.

Pure trash.

boy, has this aged badly

This one simmers in the zeitgeist of 1989 dance music that I rebelled against. If I could capture a scene, it would be like coming back from far-off travels to your suburban hometown, walking into a bar where the music is so loud you can’t even hold a conversation. You’d scan the top shelf hoping for an anise or something exotic, but all you see is Jose Cuervo Gold, so you order a Bud in a bottle and try to drown the mediocrity. Good grief critics, this is one of the 1001 albums. If pressed, I think I could come up with 10,001 better albums. This one conjures up shitty memories of shitty times with shitty music. Wish it was better as Neneh has a decent voice and although some music does breakthrough in the same genre like Madonna or Deelite or from some Acid House dj booth, this one will get the lowest rating. Sorry Neneh, but you caved into the time and place to make something rather forgetable.

A slightly raunchier Paula Abdul.

Not my kind of music at all

“Ghetto love” “inner city mama” bitch you’re from Sweden

Fuck that!!!!

I do not enjoy this album.

A nauseating jumble of pop and phoney attitude.

It’s never wrong to sample Stevie Wonder, that one song stood out. Sorry the rest sounded the same

How to make an hour feel like 3 hours

It's amazing what you can accomplish with a $40 Casio.

Ears hurt

Uninspired beats, mundane lyrics that often felt like free styles, and the oh so distinct flavor of the 90s. To borrow a term from the era… WACK!

Eletronic swedish dog shit

Ne, das war jetzt gar nix für mich…

Prior to this shitshow, I only knew of Neneh Cherry because of the song "Kids With Guns" by Gorillaz. The opening track was fun, and catchy, but the rest of the album was forgettable dollar-store Hip-hop/pop/whatchamacallit. Favorite Track: "Buffalo Stance".

Buffalo Stance was her big hit and it was everywhere when this came out. I wonder if the Buffalo in Buffalo Stance refers to the city or the animal? I wonder what a Buffalo Stance looks like? Is it her pose on the album cover? An hour of 80s Swedish dance music? That is not an appealing prospect especially when the big hit is the lead single. Manchild is the second single off the album and it is laughably bad. The rapping is hilarious in the context of a Swedish woman in the 1980s. This is classified as New Jack Swing for some reason. This is terrible. The Next Generation is like terrible, socially conscious MC Lyte. This is an awful album and a terrible representation of New Jack Swing if that's how it made the list. This sounds like the rap from a 90s cartoon. My Bitch sounds like a parody song The Lonely Island might do. Nothing says hard like a Swedish woman rapping and using profanity. Closing the album with two remixes is just filler. The stupid "What is he like?" line in Buffalo Stance is doubly annoying in a remix. Two awful remixes.

Boring. Every song sounded the same. I'm always amazed how artists get rapped up (no pun intended) in sounding of the times (gated snare drum , bad synth sounds). This album screams 80's and sounds old and dated. Not sure why this is a "must listen".

Just not great…

Not my style - 1

#645. This sucks. I don't know how anyone could like this. 1/5: no

I can’t remember why but I once owned this CD. Must have had some aberration because listening today there not one track upon it which appealed and was glad that I eventually sold the CD on to Music Magpie for a few pence and it no longer stinks out my collection. Only dilemma I have in rating this album is should I take note of my younger self and accept that 36 years ago there was something likeable and don’t we all have a guilty pleasure? Hell No! I do have guilty pleasures but these involve the likes of Abba. Instead I plead guilty and ask the music community for leniency for my incongruity. 1/5 15/7/25

I’m surprised I made it as far as I did. Turned it off after she started talking about unwanted black market babies. This may be the most dated album I have ever heard, not timeless in the least. Still trying to understand why I needed to listen to this? Who exactly was influenced by this? Definitely not hip hop.

80s dross. Completely forgettable.

One "hit" and an hour long album full of songs that nobody has listened to since 1989 that sound older than that.

It might have been 'groundbreaking' at the time, but it's not working for me today. Sorry Neneh.

Hip hop - strike one. Electronica - strike two. Highly representative of 80's music - strike 3.

- nicht meins, aber keine schlechte Musik 1-2/5

Nah.

1. buffalo - 1 2. man - 0 3. uuind - 1 4. mama - 1 5. nezt - 1 6. ghetto - 0 7. heart - 0 8. ladiez - 0 9. rizque - 0 10. come - 1 11. bitch - 0 12. heart - 0 13. ztance - 0 14. child - 0

EHH. KINDA BAD

I only listened to the first two tracks, didn't like them and looked her up on Spotify. It turns out they are the most popular two on the album. I won't be giving it another listen.

Un álbum al que me parece que le pesan mucho sus casi 40 años. Temas de protesta, de rebelión, pero enmarcados por una música que parece salida de un disco de Paula Abdul o Janet Jackson de los 80 o 90, lo que me mata de la flojera.

Produktionen lyder SÅ flad. Gjorde ikke noget for mig.

Horribly dated

Just rating this album while in a Buffalo Stance...

Robert man what are we doing here?

I hated every minute of the album, due to the terrible fad of the production (New Jack Swing?) Neneh did her best with the vocals but the music was bad back then and hasn’t gotten any better since. A short era of R&B/Hip-hop that deserves to be forgotten.

A little bit like Mano Negra, but they were better.

A hippity hop please stop.

I tried with this one, but I just can't stand any of it. Just annoying. Stopped after The Next Generation. 1/5

Yes, it's raw, but freshness is a different story

1 minute into the first song and I can tell I won't like this album. Oh it gets worse. Manchild is so, so bad. Kisses on the Wind? (FFS, what am I listening to, and why?!) This album is like a bad parody of bad commercial 80's music. Did not finish.... was this a test?

First impression when I got the album… raw like sushi just sounds stupid, it might’ve sounded cool back in the late 80’s but now you can get sushi literally anywhere it’s just cringe. Isn’t Neneh cherry who is on seductive Barry by pulp??? I don’t know. But Before I started this album I had to listen to the track again it might be one of pulp’s worst songs but it’s one of Neneh cherry’s best. I would also like to note in my boredom of this project I distracted myself halfway through buffalo stance (the first track) with an AI 60’s cover of love will tear us apart. Admittedly manchild isn’t a bad song, that’s something. But the rest of it is just difficult to get along with it’s just a genre problem I think, the specific kind of pop rap fusion feels messy! 1/5

Holy 80’s

Fuck det her stinker af sure MC Hammer bukser.

This aged like, well like raw sushi that's been sat on the shelf for over 30 years I guess. Neneh Cherry sucked in the 80s, somehow managing to put out an album that felt dated even when it first dropped. I guess the only silver lining is that we were about to go into a period of some truly great music, music that actually was innovative and not just awful pop music constructed to a formula. This is truly awful, soulless, bland, and deserving of the 1 star rating I'm giving it.

Sounds like a one song album and the one song isn’t very good.

1.4 I was going to make the joke "Raw like" and then say something that was old and rotten but Im better than that. Album sucked. Where else have I heard that guitar lick from Buffalo Stance?

Not my kind of music, just couldn't listen to it. Nothing against the artist eho was probably good at her job.

Generic

Ik vind dit hemaal niks. 2/10

Really really bad. Gave me more appreciation for the good ones.

Only got through a few songs. This sucks. Feels like a mishmash of random beats and samples thrown around poppy choruses to cash in on ‘street culture’ despite this chick being from Sweden.

nah, this aint for me

Do you remember the classic 1989 movie Teen Witch, and there’s a rap battle in the streets? That's all I could really think of. https://youtu.be/se7csr5LZgU?si=mZ8NM3T0EJMna_N_ Respect, but no thanks.

Nope

“Senator Peterson, do you vote in favor of this album being one of the greatest of all time?” “Neh”

Album 554 of 1001 Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi (1989) Rating : 1 / 5 While I'm sure this is someone's favorite, in my opinion it really sucked. I laughed a couple of times.

Very dated. Not heard of for a long time. Very telling.

Sooo terrible

I hate this shit.

What... really. I dont think i will last long listening to this one. Whats a buffalo stance? - I looked it up... "an attitude you have to have in order to get by" "Don't get fresh with me".

Pass.

Goofy, amateurish and uninspired. Asinine lyrics that sound like what some put of touch executive thinks sounds like music for teens. Very dated, and aged poorly

Maybe it's just that I had to listen to Beyoncé, Destiny's Child, and this all in one day, but it's just a no. This album caused me way more stress than I needed today.

This is another of the 1001 albums that was a hit in Europe, but never really landed in the US. I don't feel that I missed much. It's a pretty bland hip-hop production. And the CD version runs well over an hour. I guess you had to be there.

szwedzka czekoladowa typiara probuje nasladowac klimat NY, w trzecim utworze nawija po hiszpansku, takze ten... ogolnie jej nie idzie

Very, very much of its time. She's really getting very excited about really bad electronic versions of hi-hats and tambourines. And that's in the first few seconds of the album, which has a surprising amount of cringeworthy production, raps and lyrics. I mean... She's definitely matured since then, but I can't bring myself to give this 2 stars. It's just... Phew. It has so much really bad 80s stuff on there in bloody 1989.

Ugh

I don’t understand how multiple human beings with functioning ears could be involved at every level of the production of this album and then just release it out into the world like this. Did they lose a bet or something?

Absolute shit.

Like sushi that's been left out too long. 1 case of musical diarrhea out of 5 💩

Bad

Thought about two stars but really didn’t find much to like

This was the most 80s teenage pop music you could make in a lab if you had to. I like how she taught us the instruments for the best of the song. All we needed was a fun math problem and a zany side character and we’d be all set for a weekly show. This was really some Sesame Street level music. Surprisingly awful for having Norma beats and being in English. 2.0/10

Meh, is my best response. The album feels very amateurish. The music is thin and soulless. This album does not belong on this list.

Couldn’t get through this one. Dreadful. Some things need to stay in the 80s.

Unbekannt

Not for me. Not even the nostalgia could keep me engaged.

This is NOT one of the 1001 albums I needed to hear. Sounds like 30 year old teen pop.

Really loved the McDonalds kitchen line beeping thing sample on this one. A real Highlight

Nah this aint it

It's okay, music sounded good but I'm not a fan

Unlike sushi that album was terrible

I said no rap

I wanted to be surprised with how much I’d love it but honestly so dated sounding!! Amazing that the female empowerment was so strong and bold and ahead of its time though.

Somehow made it through the 30th Anniversary Edition / Deluxe, but really didn't like even a single track.

Ugh - horrible. Bunch of screaming nonsense.

Lord give me strength.

Hip hop sueco e não percebi nada de mais.

Buffalo Stance

Not gonna lie, this was bad 1/10

This album was kinda trash. I feel like could have made the beats on a game boy advanced. Definitely felt like a chore listening to it. Not my kind of music, although “Kisses on the Wind” was kind of a banger. I can see the appeal, but this is just not my type of music. I liked the songs where she actually sang more than the ones where she tried to rap. Don’t think I will ever listen to this again.

While this album isn't bad, it felt like a weak attempt at a mix of Janet Jackson, Madonna, and hip hop. Most of the tracks were outright forgettable with how similar the vocal performance and production was to each other. Featuring decent singing, lacking much emotion for the subject matter, and hip hop bars thrown in - I couldn't figure out what this album wanted to be. For songs like 'my bitch' I would expect a lot more fire given the matter of the song. The length of the tracks played into my confusion as well. For an electro pop hip hop album I would expect tracks to range from 3-3:30 min but a lit of these went 4:45+ The production features: the same sounding drum you could hear on any other number of albums from this time, strings which fight the electro pop elements for attention, and an overall sanitized and heartless feel. While there was good content in terms of lyrics, or story telling, it never came together with the other elements of the album to feel special in any way. And I'll probably never listen to this again. Fav songs: buffalo stance, kisses on the wind

To my non-lyrical mind this is very boring.

Poopoo

Maybe I am too used to current day's hip-hop and that makes me consider this sound stale. Also, I understand it is a little bit experimental, but I did not like the experiments she tried to perform. Did not enjoy, few songs can be saved.

There's something here worthing listening to, but I'm struggling to hear it amongst the uncessary arrangements. The very definition of trying too hard.

I dont think there is a single redeemable thing about this album. It most definitely is the worst album I have heard on here, and it probably would top the charts of my all-time worst albums I have ever heard. Nonsensical lyrics, funny sounds in mixes, the flattest and cringiest beats and instrumentals that would make an average contemporary producer "take a trip to Belize", if you catch my drift. Im going to go on a limb here, and guess that Mrs Cherry is a nepo-baby, and her daddy gave her some cash to make this pile of waste, cause she wanted to prove to everyone that she got something special.

While listening to the first song my first thought was. What am I listening to? Not a good start, but we will see how this goes. No. I can't. 0 out of 5 (if that was an option) so a forced 1 out of 5.

This is irritating Bad 90s beats, awful lyrics, annoying voice And no singles.

Dated af and pretty annoying

Absolutely terrible. She can't sing, music videos are strange, and the lyrics are childish at best.

Meh. Late 80s pop R&B crap.

Heart //

One hit

Zero stars. Why listen to a Swedish knock-off of Madonna, Janet Jackson, etc., when you can just listen to the aforementioned artists? Instead we have what would eventually spawn all of the synthesizer-based, auto-tune Radio Disney garbage. What a crap sandwich.

I remember her being pretty foxy, and those two hits weren't terrible, but the rest of it...ugh

Not my thing at all. And it’s dragging on and on. Very underwhelming stuff. 2 out of 10

Corny

My ears are bleeding

I have no clue what type of music this is supposed to be. The combo of terrible 80's sounds and some just not great rapping (?) makes this a no from me dog.

Way too much drum machine. Basically a deep cut 80's RnB album. I don't get the inclusion of this at all.

This is a ripping 1980s parody without the ironic lyrics. Absolute trash.

I recall when "Buffalo Stance" came out, and I liked it, but I never heard anything else from Neneh Cherry. So when this album came up on my listening list, I was curious. And then, reading the intro on Wikipedia, I saw comparisons to Prince and Madonna. Coupled with the fact that this is in the 1001 album list, I went into this interested. After the first few songs, I realized that this is very average '80s pop. I think '80s pop is the best decade for pop music, but this is average at best. Maybe even less than average. This is the first album I'm giving a 1. It might deserve a 2, but since it has no business being on a "1001" list, it gets a 1. (It's interesting to read the 5 star reviews. Of the almost 60 albums I've reviewed, looking at other the average rating for each, this is actually the lowest of the 58 I've reviewed. Sooo average pop. But yet, there are a lot of 5 star ratings talking about how Neneh should have been huge. Interesting. Are people serious or trolling?)

What is this?

Ok but why

If I keep getting albums like this I’ll give up.

1/5. Honestly, even the hits were not interesting. I usually remember at least something from the album but there was nothing to gather from this one.

This opening to Buffalo Stance is rough. The hook on the song is pretty strong, but the rest of the performance feels forced. There's no flow to it - it doesn't sound genuine, more like something that was scripted out beforehand. And this carries throughout - any rap on this album sounds like it's coming from someone who doesn't mean it. The rhymes are pretty weak. "If you want to rock, you've got to roll it / If you gonna live, you've got to show it" - this sounds like something that came from a producer saying "The kids don't give a shit what you say as long as it's got a beat!" The hooks are fine but pretty thin overall. Outre Risque Locomotive is probably the second-best song on the album - it punched through from the background. The lyrics don't help it, but the hook got into my head. And putting this in context - this is an album I needed to hear before my inevitable death? And we still haven't seen a De La Soul album? No Whitney Houston? Not even the Lauryn Hill solo album? Come on.

Literally some of the worst music I have ever heard. I couldn’t make it through the entire album because if I did then I’d have to kill my self. Like holy shit is her voice and lyrics complete dog shit. Damn this album is awful.

Nothing special about. Just an 80s pop album. It’s not bad, just no song stands out and are easily forgettable.

This was awful, some things just need to die and be left in the 80's and this is one them.

An easily forgettable compilation of generic “hip hop” style tracks. I wouldn’t remember this from the past except that Buffalo Stance was a bit of an MTV hit. Not Bjork bad, but bad.

This is just terrible. Everything in this album has been done, and done better, by other people. Not for me at all.

Not for me

Not good AND cringe

I know my mate Nick loved this album giving it a 4, not for me though. First song was boss as well but the rest just didn't wet my whistle

Very dated sounding. It's fun and upbeat and she has a good voice but not really my thing.

Pretentious if pop can be. 80-luvun poppia ja karseaa räppiä. Lyriikat eivät tarkoita mitään. harmittaa miten helppoa tätä on kuunnella. Oikei, välillä kun huomio kiinnittyy lyriikoihin.. vitutus on suunnaton.. Jos ei englantia osaisi... voisi albumi nousta leveilemään kolmeen tähteen.. Monikaan ravintola saa sen enempää.. rengasyritykseltä..Mitselin.. Tämä Tuntuu aivan selvältä ykköseltä.. KATSO ALBUM COVERIA!! Ja kyllä se on hyvin tärkeä asia.. Easy listenimg oaskat lytyiikat, pop yrittåmättömyys... Kuitenkin harmittaa antaa yksi.. hyvä laulaja.. never forget...

Lolz wtf? I'm guessing this was like groundbreaking when it came out but generally to appreciate that stuff you need to have been there or at least read some context. Painful listen tbh.

What is this

I cringed the whole way through this. Very embarrassing

Not for me. Even the singles at the time annoyed me, and the rest of the album is the same

I feel like I'm walking onto some sort of social experiment seeing the praise this album got, I don't get it AT all. Sounds like a parody or demo. Could not finish. I'm sure it had its time and place, but it sounds incredibly dated, repetitive (same flow over and over and over again) and dissonant. Love Ghetto and Phoney Ladies do stand out, they are quite groovy but the crowd samples ruin it in the former. By the way, what's with the lyrics on "Kisses On The Wind"? Kind of creepy...

She copies several of her contemporaries but never comes close to approaching their level. There are some really non-sensical lyrics in here, too. The only track I enjoyed was the bonus track. Best track: My Bitch

Sucks

Maybe had it’s time and place. But it’s a hard pass for me.

only made it a track and a half. I have no idea if this woman is talented or not because all i can hear is "THE EIGHTIES" screaming at me with every single instrument and reverb slider. No thank you.

Oufff! C'était pénible ça Ça a mal vieilli, cool solo de piano sur inna city mamma mais le son de casio est atroce So here i come est sûrement la moins pire... avec le hit Buffalo stence Je ne voit que la nostalgie comme raison d'écouter cet album, personne écouterait ça sinon... Vraiment hâte de tomber dans la talle de bons albums pcq le moyenne au bâton est plutôt faible

Elle a un super bon flow. Ça coule sans accrocher nul pars. Par contre, il ne faut pas qu’elle chante, parce que là ça se gâte pas pire. S’en est gênant (Manchild). L’album part avec son plus gros hit, mais ce hit part tout croche. Ça se passe mieux quand la toune est bien entâmée, mais les première 30 secondes sont pénibles. Dans le bag, j’aime mieux Salt'n'Pepa ou Janet Jackson.

Sounds really outdated, wanted to turn off the album many times.

Thanks, I hate it. Zero stars should be an option.

I dont understand why this would be on this list.

I went in open minded, but I felt this wouldn't be my thing. It's got that 80s vibe, and I am really not a fan of 80s pop. I'll continue to spin these sort of albums to see if I can be surprised but this one didn't do it for me at all.

блять какая же дженерик хуета в духе того времени написанная 10ю белыми мужиками. сейчас вообще невозможно слушать эту залупу

I can just about see why this is on the list, but it's really not for me. Incredibly corny. The drum beats and samples are monotonous and abrasive throughout. A few tracks that I was almost liking are then ruined by unwelcome samples of whistles, crowd noises and scratching. Feels like a great example of everything that went wrong with pop at the end of the eighties. Her voice is kind of cool, but that's about it. The whole thing sounds like a novelty album. As if some kids in a popular TV programme formed a band within the show and then the producers decided to try and release some music for real. Serious PJ and Duncan vibes, though I would much rather listen to Let's Get Ready to Rumble on repeat for an hour than have to suffer through this again.

This was garbage

Made my 4 month old cry every time I hit play

2/10 not my thing

No

Not my style and the rap content was just awful

Infumable

Not my favorite