Kilimanjaro

I had gotten to the 4th song before I realized it was the 4th song. I thought i was listening to a single long song. Their music all sounds the same.

Sounds like all the radio stations who claim to have the greatest variety of hits yet refuse to play anything other than 80s crap. These radio stations get a lot of airplay in my dad’s car so I consider myself an expert and a certified hater of the crappy 80s genre. Not my favourite album if you couldn’t tell.

allt låter likadant och generiskt

It's not that hard to make a passable new wave record, so it's surprising someone could make one that's this annoying. Same tempo, same volume, same everything throughout the whole thing

Pas du tout aimé

It’s a tired trope to criticize albums on this list just for being obscure British albums. So I’m gonna do something different. I’m gonna criticize it because it sucks and I don’t like it.

Every time I get an album and artist I have never heard of, I get excited. And invariably it is something like this, some forgotten and forgettable new wave junk from the 80s. It sounds like a bunch of other stuff and like it's been picked out of the bargain bin to make up the numbers on the list. It's far from the first time I or anyone has had this thought, but in a list with so many obvious omissions, it is literally incredible that this album has been included. You know, I was going to give this two stars, but I am just so sick of this shit, one star.

New Wave makes me want to fucking die! No more no more no more!!!

Ich war bei 2, weil irgendwie okay, aber der fucking französische Song hat dem Kamél den Rückén gebrochén, 1,4 wird abgerundet zu

Ich kann keine 80er Post-Punk-Dudlei mehr hören. Und es ist erst mein 90. Album. Wie viel kommt da noch? Ich kann nicht mehr.

Nu mi-o placut

I didn’t like this album. It seemed like bad early new wave by a band who couldn’t agree on their sound. Echo and the Bunnymen did it better.

Didn’t care for it too much

more new wave shit

la misma cancion solo que cambia las letras

i ended up skipping through this one - unironically sounds like elevator music

I feel like this album doesn't know what it is. Or maybe it exists only to be an unexpected concoction of sounds, but if that is the case I don't really respect it. Many of the parts just feel like they weren't well thought out, not arranged intelligently, and not written with a lot of intent. The tones aren't impressive, the singer is fine at best, and the instrumental often seems kind of random. The organ/keyboard doesn't do any favors to any of the songs it's used on. On top of that, the production is extremely lack luster. There is but one song on this record I can stomach hearing again, Use Me. The least like the rest of the album, the most stripped back. This album is experimental, and the experiment failed. Use Me doesn't experiment - and it works. It isn't amazing, but I hear that song and I hear the potential of what this album might have been able to be. Very unfortunate. They hit in a few moments and I have it give it points for that, but there is way, way too much miss on this record. I struggle to imagine why this is an album I must hear before I die. Maybe just for some perspective so I can really appreciate the good albums. 1.2/5

This album is mixed strangely. It accentuates the singer's annoying warbling and incoherent ramblings that have no meaning or connection. Another sound in the foreground are the cheap sounding synths which play melodies that I can only describe as profoundly lame. The album drags with an intolerable listening time. There's even an atrocious assault on on the French language to round out the awefulness. The spotify version has a live rendition of one of these songs and the singer sounds every bit as arrogantly, own-fart-sniffingly annoying as I had feared a live rendition of this material to sound like. The worst the 80's had to offer.

Not my cup of tea The music sucks too

That's why I feel 80's new wave (and in general) as a very boring genre. The songs are... meh! And the album is... too long for being too short! This is bland, insipid, uninteresting, generic... What else? Oh, yes, bad too. All the songs sound the same and it starts to get even annoying.

So this album started as mediocre 80s music, and it really went down from there. Definitely not my favorite decade, and the 2nd half of this album was truly ass.

Chirpy. Tiresome.

Didn't care for this at all.

Not for me. 1/5

Imagine every 80’s post-punk trope wrapped into a single band and throw it in a bag, toss it around, and then dump it in a lukewarm bag of tea. That’s what this posh wankery sounds like, a total mish mash of angular rock, new wave and funk that makes a pretty flavorless gruel. It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever heard but it is pretty insufferable.

Almost made it all the way through, but gave up on the last track. It’s another nothing burger if an album, places on this list for no reason that can easily be discerned. Most of the crap that came out of the UK post 1980 was garbage and this is no different.

Well I am not sure what about this project and app has become worse. The disposable white male musicians that either the creator or algorithm keeps throwing at us (this is literally a band of Julian Cope who we were just subjected to earlier in the week.) Or the equally insufferable and disposable white male opinions lauding this horseshit, while bemoaning actual jazz and period staples because they listen with their snowflake 2025 ears. Gangsta rap from the '90s offensive? Oh no. American songbook selections from the '40s don't hold up? You don't say. If I wanted asinine takes I could just head over to Pitchfork where at least those asshats get paid to be pretentious douchebags. This project needs to become a lot more random in its musical selections. Because at this rate 750 of the 1001 albums are going to be akin to this drivel.

Q magazine placed Kilimanjaro at number 95 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Really? Did Q listen to it? It's a big NO for me.

Well that was forgettable

Nope

Don’t understand why this is I’m the 1000 albums collection.

"Kinda bollocks mate innit" Previous listener summed it perfectly.

Very dreary

p468. 1980. 2 star. This has not aged well. Average songs and dreadful lyrics. One great song ("Reward") but that's it.

1. ha - 1.5 2. gaz - 1 3. treazon - 1.5 4. head - 1.5 5. poppiez - 2 6. crazy - 1 7. brave - 1 8. babiez - 0 9. bookz - 1 10. thief - 1.5 11. dream - 1 12. reuuard - 1.5 13. jaro - 1 14. znouu - 0 15. uze - 1 16. traizon - 2 17. zleeping - 1.5

Not for me.

- irgendwie eher nichts sagend bzw hat mich einfach nicht gecatcht

Why have I never heard of this before?! I'll tell you why. I really like post punk/new wave, and could just fancy a bi' o' Bri'ish music, but this was quite dull most of the time. Started to get a little more interesting at the end of the album, can't tell if that was the case or I was just looking forward to it ending. Sounds like it looks. Two stars knocked down to one for their influence on Morrissey. Fuck him. One star.

you wait around, look around and wander around. yes we get it - Unfortunately this album is a little tooooo consistent for me, as in I'd struggle to pick them apart in a line up. I did like the music but the lyrics just did nothing for me.

Every track sounds identical. Why would you do this.

Rough listen. It was kind of generic and didn’t feel like they knew what kind of music they wanted to make, nor did it feel like they really cared.

Early 80s music, did not enjoy.

Man, no way this belongs on the list. Post punk with occasional spacey keyboards. Extremely boring. One star. Another case of a band that’s only on the list because it’s from the UK.

I don’t know how else to describe it, but the overt “British innit” thick British accent singing is terrible to my ears.

Well this fucking sucked

Terrible, innit. Boring and repetitive riffs, nonsensical lyrics, just couldn't listen to it. I found myself skipping a majority of the songs.

0/10. Shit.

dull 80's music

No thank you

Meh. Over all these British rock bands not named The Beatles

It was alright I guess, just clearly not my style of music.

Pass - failed new wave?

Like an echo and the bunny men like sounding band? Not as good? I guess Treason is fine?

80s new wave garbage. All the songs sound the same and the singers voice bothers me. 👎🏻

Mediocre post-punk. Feels like one continuous average track. Least creative basslines I've heard in a while.

A perfect example of the music I hated in the 80's. 1 star or F.

80's Brit pop. Turned off during the 2nd song (Sleeping Gas) when it sounded like the record was skipping. It was not, it was intentional and unnecessary. Not a fan

In a nutshell: surreal The lyrics are woefully written. The combination of post-punk and psychedelic synthpop doesn't work. It is something I'd expect to hear in the background of a shitty 80s soap who couldn't get the rights to an ABC or Simple Minds track. Overall: 1/10

Genre-ly speaking, this is the kind of stuff I love. Unfortunately, this album misses the mark, and the one thing I can absolutely point to is how most of these tracks ultimately devolve beyond mere refrain into an endless loop that feels downright burdensome. I hated when "Message In A Bottle" did it, and I hate it here, too. Shame - because there are some elements on this album that could have been used for greatness. It hurts me, but I have to fail this.

I want to kilimanjaro this album. It's just generic 1980s British Pop, and it gets boring quickly. What a disappointing way to close out 2024. Favorite Song: "When I Dream".

This album is awful. Not a single song I enjoyed. Extremely repetitive and just honestly terrible. I also find it funny that the most played song from this album wasn't even on the original release of the album and was released in 2000 as a bonus track...

O pouco que ouvi devido às restrições do Spotify conseguiu ser totalmente descartável.

Terrible stuff

This sounds like junior varsity police and I hated every dreadful second of it

So irritating

Nothing psychodelic about it

Relentless 80s pop that was very repetitive. Didn't finish the album. Or did I??

This is so forgettable! I don't see how I needed to hear this before I died.

It sucked

Blech. Seriously, just…blech. Tough to get through.

There’s a lot here that I wanted to like. New wave, punk, reggae influence and a cool sound and aesthetic, but the bones of these songs are not good.

TF was this

Terrible

Nicht meine Richtung

Very goofy and dated. Also frustratingly borderline discordant at times. Not a very appealing listen, and a lot of the songs overstay their welcome far too long. Nothing really positive to say, and largely forgettable.

So much 80s indistinguishable british pop albums on this list that I'm starting to think that the project was started just to give some wanker the material to justify making his mates listen to crap music that only he likes. 1/5

Just awful. Some attempts at post-punk/pre New Romantics sounds but shitty vocals and unreproducible melodies. Listening to this a waste of whatever time you have left on Earth.

Generic Smiths. Enough with the English wanker music.

Wow, I did not like this. I found it to be extremely repetitive and unenjoyable.

We've gotta do better as a group. This ain't it

Pure shit. Who actually likes this nonsense?

"I want the Smiths" "We have the Smiths at home" (puts on these clowns)

"I just wander around/I just wander around/I just wander around/I j--" No kidding. As soon as I heard the corny, plastic horns at the beginning I knew I was in trouble. Just another subpar 80s British pop record. "Neo-psychedelic"? Get out of my face. Nadir: Brave Boys Keep Their Promises

Føler at jeg lytter til den CD med baggrundsmusik, som pan-fløjte gøgleren på Strøget bruger... Jeg er ved at være lidt træt af "essentielt" britisk musik fra 80'erne...

Very hard listen to me. It started as bearable, but as long as the tracks passed by, it slowly got in my nerves.

Another day, another brit pop album, nearly at 150 albums and I don't think I've gotten a good one yet

Oh man. I got on this elevator and the music put me into such a stupor I was barely able to press the button and stumble off and out on the fourth floor. If I'd kept going It would have left me comatose.

pass

This is what it would sound like if the Talking Heads sucked.

Jeg hader alt ved det her lort.

Did not like

Was intrigued by neo-psychedelic, pretty disappointed by the fairly generic 80s Brit pop rock sound. Should have Zevon on the list instead of this.

Very repetitive.

VERY DATED NOT FOR ME. KINDA BLAH

(regarding 1001 journey: Lately I've been on a down streak and I've come to realize it is not the 1001 best albums, just ones you should hear for better or worse) This album almost had me going, ready to really take it over the coals, until I eventually picked up that it is a joke album, or satire. I should have expected it when the for track literally has "Ha Ha" in the title, but it wasn't until track 5, "Poppies" before I figured it out. Unfortunately every track seems to be making the same joke over and over which eventually got dull, then it kept going on and on to where I had to wonder if maybe it really was just a terrible album and not actually a joke. Now I don't know what is worse. Favorite track: "Poppies in the Field"---because it made me realize it was a joke. 1/5

I don’t know man. This one was hard to get through

Didn’t finish the album. Did not enjoy.

So much did not like this

Feel like I would need to use Quaaludes to fully appreciate this album

Ok, not the worst album I've hear on this list, but it's close LOL. Seriously these lyrics are laughable! Maybe this was impressive in 1980, but now it sounds like something you could generate with Ai. Not good.

Passive Listening Notes: IM SO TIRED OF THIS HIPPY SHIT FUCKKKKK Most of the songs blend together, Ha Ha I'm Drowning \ Sleeping Gas > Tuned out this drivel. 2.5/5 Treason / Second Head - Decent, liked the chorus. 2.7/5 Poppies - This guy never gets tired of waiting. Didn't like chorus, sound, or vibes. Not through any fault of its own, just tired of the sameness. 2/5 Went Crazy - Some shit about boys vs girls and he is pain? 2/5 Brave Boys Keep Their Promises - I actually don't care 2/5 Bouncing Babies - God's bounciest baby, was a bit better than previous shit, 2.5/5 Books - Stopped listening by this point Thief of Baghdad - Stopped listening by this point When I Dream - Stopped listening by this point Reward - Stopped listening by this point Extra Tracks: Not reviewing any other shit except for "Use Me" because it sounds like it goes hard Use Me - A couple of the YEAAAHHWOWOAOOAs were cool, rest of the song was 6 different lines repeated over and over with shit ass strings in the background. 0/5 for not living up to the name Overall: 1/5

Awful

Æj. Þetta fannst mér leiðinlegt. Beið bara eftir að platan kláraðist.

Nicht mein Geschmack

Meh

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

Meh.

Could not get through this one

Painful

When I first encountered the name "Kilimanjaro" (it is the tallest mountain in Africa for those who don't know), I thought it was a kickass name. One of the names that I would consider when I form a band or something. It's a shame that the name is given to a terrible trumpet-infused '80s psych-rock parody.

classico album dos anos 80. todas musicas soam iguais, so o tempo que muda. da pra dançar pelo menos. talvez eu gostasse se eu tivesse ouvindo numa pista de dança a 40 anos atras.

Overstylized & boring

Couldn’t get through this one.

Niks an

Not a fan

Not my style nor impressed with this album. The only thing I will compliment is the album’s cover. Love the beauty in all animals and this safari setting

Yuck