Reviews (page 14 of 14)
Not for me
Het is weer eens een pestplaat. Hoor ons eens interessant doen, het was absoluut onze bedoeling niet dat je van onze plaat zou genieten. Niet dat de valse zang, de takkeritmes en het onoordeelkundig gebruik van instrumenten daar aanleiding voor gaven. En dan heb ik het nog niet eens over de puberale humor. Man man man.
Weer iemand die niet kan en niet wil zingen. Vanaf de eerste woorden, wordt alle energie uit mij getrokken. Triest, heel triest, dat dit in deze lijst staat. Meer woorden wil ik hier niet aan vuil maken.
I am usually pretty good about being open to singer's voices. Not this one it seems! I feel like I'm being hit on by a guy that just got dumped and is bitter about it, and the whiskey on his breath is also hitting on me.
A funny album.
Generally annoying vocals combined with chords that are mostly mediocre. This album wasn't fun, enjoyable, or significant culturally
not my thing
There are the type of people who love this band, Tom York's singing, black licorice, the Kardashians, Tik Tok trends, and eating boogers. Then there are people, like me, who will never understand the aforementioned people. For the love of all that is holy, why did NOONE have the balls to tell this guy to stop singing?? One star for at least being decent music.
Unenjoyable
I endured five songs and really needed to decompress, this made my skin crawl and I hope to never hear it again
If this is music then butter doesn't spread.
No
Some bands only had one good track in them, and that's ok. Why is this on the list?
Dios mío parece que no me gusta la música tanto como pensé. no sé cuál instrumento les falta, pero algo les falta. Todo me suena mal/ meh no me gustó.
not violent, not femmes… just plain white men music. whiny and outdated lyrics - maybe also just not my genre but this was not a good listening experience.
No es lo mio
Pretty generic
It was terrible but not complete dogshit -
no me termino de cerrar. al principio me hizo acordar a los beatles pero muy oscuro
no.
Didn’t listen to it
couple of ok songs, but in general I don't like punk and apparently making it more folksy doesn't help.
Ears are bleeding a little as I bash my speakers in with a baseball bat that I may find some sort of reprieve in the sound of static hiss and sparks as the noise dies.
Add It Up wasn’t bad, but I had to stop mid way through the album, just not for me. 0/5 ⭐️
Ugh.....no. 80's hipster garbage. Hard pass.
Maybe if I was like 13yo I would like this
Dreadful outdated pseudo new wave tosh not deserving of inclusion on this list
too folk and indie
20 years too late to be relevant to the second-wave rock 'n roll it attempts to emulate.
Опять человек не умеющий петь и опять гитара поверх голоса
Woof, So this is where the Whiny Emo bands got everything from. The lyrics from Add it Up? MAAAAYYY be a bit problematic... I used to think I was the kind of person that would listen to all types of music. This process has shown me that I absolutely do not listen to all types of music.
Stand-out tracks: nothing really Wasn't impressed by this album at all and is one I wouldn't want to listen to again. There are no tracks to highlight here unfortunately. The intrumental side is very hit or miss with this blend of folk and punk. Weird to hear so much acoustic guitar in a punk context. The vocals were just annoying and turned me off immediately (they turned the singer on though : > ). All in all, a debatable 1, but I'm still not sure how harsh I should be, so it is a 2 for now.
At first I thought this was merely mediocre, but no, no; this, in fact, is asswipe
Many old songs that I recognize but not good imo
Knew 2 of the songs on here before listening to the album. I can tolerate "Blister In The Sun", but "Add It Up" still grates on me. The rest of the album was actively annoying. The only redeeming quality of this album is the acoustic bass guitar. Even though his vocabulary is somewhat limited and repetitive, his bass lines are interesting throughout. Still, not enough to save this album from getting 1 star.
1/10 - Favorite song: Add it up
1/12
Nja, det här var inte speciellt bra. Jag gillade Good Feeling, som var fin, men resten av albumet kommer inte ens i närheten av ”värda att lyssna på”.
siroba. shua gzashi mivatove da blocked them
bad
jfc
Absolutely not my style, not a single song I enjoyed
If I could give 0 starts, I would.
This album wasn't my vibe at all. The singing, the guitar, the talking. Nothing really worked for me.
The first song is the best because it's used in quirky indie films, the rest of the album is hot trash. 1/10
Okay, this was actually really bad. The music wasn't terrible, but definitely nto great. But the singing was awful. They sounded false, and the lyrics were dumb.
It started a little off, i wish i didn't focus so much on the lyrics but can't help they make no sense. confessions is a good song
No thank you.
turned it off like 4 songs in this shit is ass 0 stars if possible
One good song
no likey, and there are some unique melody
I took absolutely no joy in the listening to this album. Indefensibly mediocre music, that bordered on folk jazz, and just about the whiniest, most self-indulgent lyrics put to record. Honestly, it reminded me on how my own head space has been over the last month or so, and God knows I don't need reminders of that. Drivel.
Whining. I couldn't finish that - punishing
nice guys finish last: the musical
konstigt och tråkigt samtidigt, inget för mig
I did not listen to this one. Stop fucking asking
Not my vibe. First song is a soundtrack mainstay
this sounds like a practical joke
Shit is ass
I can’t get through this without skipping. The instruments sound AWFUL. The vocalist sounds terrible. It’s just a no from me.
1. This is truthfully not really my genre and while this might be a foundational album in this genre it's just a little bit whiny/screamy for me. In other words, while I can acknowledge how some others might like this album, it's not for me.
General out-of-key vocals, not particularly enjoyable. Instruments were overall okay.
Odié que son hombres, increíble
Bliste run the sun is pretty good. But not amazing. Xylophone on go daddy is great. Good feeling is a sweet song
Not really for me but I can understand how some people might really like it
Boring
Absolutely unreal that one album has two of my least favorite songs of all time on it: Blister in the Sun (and a little bit softer now!) and that awful incel anthem. So much crap here. I absolutely hate when bands pretend to be too cool for their own lyrics, like.in the songs here where it is counting and says some dumb shit like "I don't remember what 8 is supposed to be" - like you didn't record that line on like 20 takes of this track. God I hated this album.
Occasionally, the guitar work was interesting, but other than that, there are no redeeming features.
positves: + i knew a couple of songs thanks to my dad + the ones i knew were a vibe negatives: - the songs were all similar/ had similar themes causing the listening to feel repetitve - the piano plinking and plonking randomly especially during gone daddy gone really annoyed me my favourite song: blister in the sun which scored a 6/10
Nah. Can't stand the vocals.
Too simplistic and poorly performed for my tastes.
Boring. 1/5
I was really not into this
Trash! Talking and bad singing over bad music. 1001 albums you have to listen to doesn’t know anything yet again.
Not for me
Horrible trash.
Terrible
Missed it
A truly miserable experience.
The music is ok but the singing is not. Sounds like he's just rambling on. Best song: Gone Daddy Gone
one hit wonder of blister in the sun. the rest of the album was a real flop for me.
Folk punk, allegedly. Sounds more like the drama club crashed a frat party. A-side is all whine and campgrounf tunes. “Blister in the Sun” has been played to death, resurrected, and killed again. B-side improves. A bit like Television if they started busking. That this sold 2 million copies is either proof of a marketing miracle or a cosmic joke.
The lead singer sounds like the child of a Lou Reed and Jonathan Richman union. Unfortunately, these two greats produced an embarrassment. Better luck next time, fellas.
Did not listen. you know why
Well, that was quite shit. I hate this (often popular) style of singing slightly off key
Mwah
Bad, cool sound sometimes
Quite dull
Pretty boring album. That one song is not enough.
Poco entusiasmante e coivolgente, nonostante siano buoni musicisti
This is a ramshackle affair which hides the fact these songs are little more than nursery rhymes without any charm whatsoever. You can hear the influence of The Clash and Stray Cats and you could probably - at a leap - see the acoustic genesis of what woudl eventually become grunge but, honestly, by the time you get to the live stuff you feel like throwing the speaker out of the window.
Didn't really like the roughness of the mixing on this album. Definitely more raw and unpolished. Liked Blister in the Sun and Gone Daddy Gone 3/10 -- wouldn't listen to the album again
I loathe Blitser in the Sun pretty much more than anything on earth. And it was such an alt-music staple I heard it constantly for so many years. And my disdain for it just grew and grew until it became a foaming-at-the-mouth maniacal hatred unrivalled by any other. But in the interest of fairness I still put this on. Yep. I still absolutely hate that song and this album. If I could take away stars from it I would. This sucks so badly I’m surprised the earth still has an atmosphere.
Listened: 6/02/2025 Album no: 15 % rating: 33% Fave Song: blister in the sun Listening to men sing about women is so fucking exhausting; like pick literally any other subject to sing about. Jfc. Ended up skipping a bunch of the latter tracks because they sound insufferable.
Nawh
Outside the two singles, this borders on unlistenable... and even those are brought down by the overall experience...
shit
"In 2007, Gano angered Ritchie by selling advertising rights for the classic 'Blister in the Sun' to Wendy's." Talk about beef!
gordon gano seems to really hate himself, which is relatable because i also fucking hate him
Not a huge fan
Punk is one of my least favorite genres. I hate the singer's voice and the melody choices.
Leider kann ich den „Gesang“ nicht ertragen. Furchtbar. Nullnummer!
Music for couples who watch 500 Days Of Summer in their matching Snorlax onesies, call chicken nuggets ‘nuggy nugs’, and watch NPC TikTok videos.
Nah bro
Only one good song on the album. dont waste your time
Nothing that struck me... why not but definitely not an album I would give a second listen.
Songs i know: 1 Song i like: 0 WTF is this? It sounds like it has been written by 2 year stoned 10 students for their music gcse coursework and recorded in the PE changing rooms. Absolute codshead of an album.
Sounds like a teenager in his bedroom making up songs
3.5/10. While I understand that this album is really important, and has its fair share of devoted fans, it really isn't for me. The music gave me a massive headache, and I constantly waited for the album to end. It was an incredibly unpleasant experience for me, personally.
Boring and hurt my head
I had high hopes at the start of this album, but it was overall quite insufferable. The instrumentation is really interesting sometimes but the lead singer is annoying and there are some quite terrible lyrics. I just know their rehearsal room smelt really bad. Take a shower please.
1. blizter - 1 2. kizz - 1 3. do not go - 1 4. up - 1.5 5. confezzionz - 1 6. love - 1 7. promize - 1.5 8. kill - 1 9. daddy - 1.5 10. good - 1.5 11. ugly - 1.5 12. car - 1
Whiny AF. Never really loved them
Almost done the album at time of writing. Tbh I didn't like it that much. Not even great as background music to me.
just no my thing i guess
Some catchy guitar riffs and solid drums but not a huge fan of this guys voice. Very whiny. Dude is definitely on a ton of drugs. Brief brief moments of ok music. Overall sense of when will this be over.
Good lord no music should ever sound like this. Within two minutes I knew this would be one of the worst albums I’ve heard in my entire life. I’m sorry but it’s horrible on every form shape and sound and I hope to never hear this again. The only explanation I can see this being on this list is a blueprint of what people should never ever replicate.
Dry like dog shit. Violent Failures. 0/10 0 stars.
Meh
not for me
Overhovedet ikke min stil. Jeg synes ikke instrumenterne bliver brugt helt rigtigt, og vokalerne lyder hele tiden off i mit hoved, som om de ikke helt rammer de toner der er tiltænkt. Når der er eksempelvis en bas solo, er det som om lyden af at spille på instrumentet overdøver selve tonen der skulle skabes. Vildt ærgerligt. Det lyder som om de har hentet inspiration fra rigtig mange gode kilder, men ligeså snart man hører det, ender det med at lyde forvrænget på en eller andet måde. Absolut ikke et album jeg har lyst til at høre igen.
Not impressed..
😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
Horrible
Awful
I have hated Blister in the Sun since I first heard it, but I decided to give this an objective listen because that's what this list is all about for me. After some thought, I have decided that I hate the rest of it too. The music is uninspired, the vocals are from a whiny 5 year old and why is there acoustic guitar in every damn song that's front and center in the mix? My disdain for this musical style runs deep. Here's hoping this is the only album on the list.
Ah yes, my forty year hate affair with this record continues. I have hated this album passionately since it was the number one favorite at all 1980s camp socials. It never failed to make all the girls shriek. All my punk folks say that I will never truly understand punk until I can wrap myself around this album, so I have tried time and time again, and…we’re just going to have to agree to agree on this one. I mean, I get punk that is angry and passionate, and I get punk that is sarcastic and nihilistic, but I can never figure out which way they’re trying to go here. Plus, Gano’s vocals are just so flipping awful, and that stupid acoustic guitar…I guess everyone’s gotta have a most-hated album, and this one’s mine.
Did not resonate with this at all. I can admit there's some quality here, but it did not satisfy me in any particular way. I think it's vocal performance/production issues for me. It sounds to me like an album full of Talking Heads' "Swamp." Sad to say it's 1 star.
I really don’t like this album
Blister In The Sun is ok, not a fan of the rest.
Do one
Not listened yet
Recognized 1st song, really the only one worth it
1 - suht putsis värk
Not my cup of tea.
awful. Painfully grating voice
So are we going to be forced to listen to full albums just because they feature a single one-hit-wonder? God awful music made by from what I can gather are incels.
Not expecting to like this much. "Blister In The Sun" always struck me as a song that got radio play for its weirdness more than its tunefulness -- which with many other albums has been a tick in the plus column. Not sure it is for me this time. I love Daniel Johnston, Pavement, Tom Waits - all the weird, wacky, idiosyncratic, messy artists, but at some point the rubber meets the road and music should ultimately be something you want to listen to again and again. And on that basis, this album has overwhelmingly earned its one star, because I don't have the slightest desire to ever hear this again. I did genuinely enjoy "Prove My Love," however. Hated it. Glad I listened.
Not something I would want to listen to during a colonoscopy.
Jittery. Neurotic. Darkly comical. And that’s how the description of the band begins on Spotify. Might I add - can’t sing? It opens with a familiar song, Blister in the sun. Starts out good, but never did like his singing. After that - just a no from me.
This album was grating. Couldn’t listen to all of it
Some cool basslines but terrible vocals and lyrics. Too many people trying to solo at the same time leading to chaos
I don't like this
Sounds like a garage band. Not much talent in this group
Not my style.
Nope. Frenetic hillbilly punk, no thank you. Never liked Gano’s voice and it's not improved with time. Zero adds to the playlist. Sorry Wisconsin, but you can keep them.
Not a fan
Awful! Very vulgar and whiney! Would give negative one
Way too punk for this old bird.
Awful piece of turd.
Annoying voice. Annoying music.
1 Star, really weird for my ear.
uh. lyrics and beat is uncreative. might be a bit cringe
Ich bin jetzt bei Lied 4 und es nervt mich eigentlich größtenteils. Irgendwas geht mir da richtig auf den Zeiger. Vielleicht, weil es so ein Lo-Fi-Geleier ist? Immerhin fast die Hälfte geschafft. Nicht mein Ding.
Kanker
The vocals sound like a bad version of Bob Dylan, the music sounds lazy and the lyrics are kinda shit
I don’t get the Violent Femmes. One of my least favorite groups ever. Never again.
Considering the familiar “Blister In The Sun” starts off the album, I wondered if the Violent Femmes would have other recognizable tunes. After listening to a few more tracks I deduced that they were just another eighties one hit wonder. “Please Do Not Go” is a plea to the listener as much as anything, and the irritating “Add It Up” is actually a minus. I can appreciate how the Violent Femmes may have influenced other alternative bands of the eighties and nineties; Blind Melon (and their hit classic “No Rain”) is a good example. However, I just find the vocals too annoying to enjoy the album.
Something about the singers voice/singing style that just deeply annoyed me and made my toenails roll up. Super annoying, drunk yelling singing style that I just was not in the mood for, awful
Did not enjoy
From the opening track "Blister in the Sun," which features a acoustic guitar riff and frontman Gordon Gano's unmistakable and odd vocals. The vocal delivery is a problem to me all thr way up to the closing track "Good Feeling," which comes with some powerful energy but falls due to the vocal performance. What makes Violent Femmes stand out from other albums of the time is the raw, unpolished nature of the recording. The songs are simple and straightforward, with minimal production and a focus on the band's dynamic interplay. The lyrics are brutally honest and relatable, covering themes of love, sex, angst, and alienation with a dark humor that is both cutting and endearing but gets pretty repetitive after a few tracks. Overall, Violent Femmes is not an album that I will be revisiting due to the off-putting vocals and the repetitive themes. Not a good album and I can’t justify anything else but a 1 star here.
Annoying.
bem fraco. não gostei da sonoridade, todas músicas pareciam a mesma, meio folk? não gostei do álbum.
Not good
To its credit, I could see how this album was influential. Seems to straddle the lines of genres.. much like how the lyrics straddle the line between acceptable and rapey. I feel like Bill Cosby listened to a couple of these songs and got some ideas. If the vocals on your album sound like I do when I sing, it’s usually not a great sign. Which is the case here. I get that it’s a particular “sound” and “feel” they’re going for. But i’m not super keen on this album, I wish it would just be Gone, Daddy, Gone. And if you Add It Up, it’s around a 1.6. But it doesn’t allow me to give that, so….fuck em
Thoroughly unenjoyable
weird in a bad way
Very, very rough, and outside of the lead track surprisingly un-fun and low energy. Their singer is horrible. The usual punk rock playbook is to cover up for lack of ability with manic energy and winking mockery (self + otherwise). They really don't have either - it's just slow, sad, and low-quality. Contrast this with "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables", which came out around the same time and is also not going to make anyone forget Ludwig van Beethoven. There's barely a track on there clocking over 3 minutes or under 180 bpm, and Jello is at times downright funny. Violent Femmes fall way wide of that mark.
LOL.... no.
Lyrics are bad and vocals are like nails on a chalkboard.
what the fuck
Hier zullen vast liefhebbers voor zijn, maar als je zo zingt win je mijn hart niet 😉
Annoying as hell
Didn't like it at all.
Amateur hour.
A highly irritating album. Mostly because of the vocalist. Twangy guitar, terrible bass sound and no hooks/catchy phrases that ever stood out. No thank you.
Apart from "Blister", this is weak poor music. Not actually bad music, just completely mediocre and weak post-punk. Not sure why it's on the list. Disappointing.
So not my thing
sorry but this music makes my heart hurt.....
Gonna have to pass, even the Crazy cover wasn’t doing it for me.
Wasn’t a fan
What a load of crap
blister in the sun was good, went downhill from there; not really an album for me
Meh
Drunk Beatles & Creedence Cover-Band
Average
Oddly familiar