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First time listening. Gave it two listens. While it has it's moments, they ruin it every time. They sound like teenagers trying too hard to be different. I could do without the whiny singing too.
Why do people love this so much?
I don’t get it
I appreciate it. It's phenomenally creative. They craft beautiful soundscapes and have a knack for melody. For some reason it doesn't quite suck me in. While I like the parts the drummer comes up with, his timing is off (which is THE cardinal fucking sin for a drummer) and the overdrive from those cheap 80s solid state amps is terrible - cold, tinny, and just abrasive. But I'll keep listening. This is definitely an album that I could end up liking quite a lot more after 10 listens.
A bunch of early indie groaning
Pre grunge - eind jaren tachtig - pixies-isch Goeie bass Toen had het mijn ding geweest nu ben ik er wat uitgegroeid
i'm steadily learning that i am not a huge fan of shoegaze, but sometimes it is imbued with just enough punk, emo, hard rock etc elements that i can at least have an enjoyable listen.
Good but not as good as the second one. This is more generic.
First song distonal but others were okay
3.0 RYM
This is the debut album from this UK band, and is the second album we’ve had on the list. It definitely has a 1980’s sound. As with the earlier album, many of the lyrics are unintelligible. There are two or three good tracks here but not enough for a good rating.
I got excited reading about this band until I realised it's the same band I got excited about (and then disappointed by) not one week ago! Fooled again! Reviews compare them to Nick Cave or Cocteau Twins, and I guess I can see the elements there if I squint, but this is just so *noisy* I could never enjoy it. I still don't know if that's in part because I listened to this on Youtube and the sound is worse there... but I'm not about to go buy the album and find out. Because it's bad.
Big Love für My Bloody Valentina aber mit dem Album bini leider gar ned warm worde. Biz zu crunshy, zu indie und zu wenig shoegazig wie loveless und m b v. 3 biz enttüschti träne
Sweet Aber isch es mega wieder hörbar. Glaubs zum schaffe chan mir das immer hindedrah lose. Aber zum aktiv dra si biz zu rockig und zu wenig guut. E klare fall vum ne 3.5. ez ischd d frag rundet de lil’g uf oder ab? Au kei mega banger wo ich abgspeicheret hm. Gibe mal 3 sternonlinos
Too noisy
From the days when Creation Records was a powerhouse in the Indie world. This album...yeah, it's OK., but there are better Creation output from that era.
a lot of noise, no good music
Fav: (When You Wake) You’re Still In A Dream Least Fav: Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) Think I’m developing tinnitus from this
The music would be good, but it’s undercut by dissonance and noise.
I had to search this one out via Youtube which means sound quality was not great. First time listening to the album. Props for the feelings of nostalgia - it feels very late 80s (I went through a massive Love and Rockets phase). There were a few bright spots but nothing to write home about. 2/5.
The first 2 tracks I feel like a very old person, "this is just noise". You can hear the shoegazing inspiration of future bands. I don't mind wall of sound music, but I didn't love this.
Couldn’t find the whole album anywhere, but what I could find was decent but not great.
i just wish it was noisier
I didn't think I was even marginally going to like it. It looked like some quirky "shoegaze" thing that only people who want to a) agree with critics or b) lie would like. I thought I was right too, with the opening drumfill of the opening drum track sounding like the band's about to pop off....and results in one of the most disappointing climaxes of my life (I will not expand). As the album wore on, it actually started sounding like actual songs and instrumentation and melody. So I don't know if that's just being psy-oped by the album, or it legitimately just got better as it wore on. But with an introduction to the album that bad, I guess the only way to go is up.
My personal taste is offended by the "wall of sound" concept, with poor mastering being done on purpose, and the instruments being blended into one mess to hide blend bocals. Add primitive percussion track on top and I just hate this album.
Not a fan of shoegaze and this album is no different If it were mixed and produced like a regular rock song where the vocals are not washed out this would probably be a good album
~this album was not available on Spotify so this review is for their album m v b~ Didn’t like anything about this myself
This is not a fair assessment as I was unable to find this specific album on Tidal so I listened instead to m b v which was just ok ish for me.
Sonic Youth probably had a good wank listening to this in 88. Great album that clearly left an impression on early nineties indie rock.
Not for me.
I like My Bloody Valentine, but this ain't it.
Finally, an album that isn't available on Spotify as of writing this (10/30/25). My Bloody Valentine's debut record sets the stage for the shoe gaze sound that would define their next record, but on this record, the approach is slightly different. I can certainly hear Bliinda and Kevin's vocals clearer and even decipher words. I never thought I would see the day. I don't care for the opener too much, but afterwards, the rest of the album after two listens serves a good purpose. It gets refreshing after some time and I could start to jam my head more and more through each hard chord and breezy soundscape. I was struck especially by the noise rock direction the band goes into beginning with Feed Me With Your Kiss and onto Sueisfine. I've only ever known MBV from their songs that sound like To Here Knows When, so hearing more Only Shallow-like stuff was amusing. Not every track hits on this record, and if we're comparing it to Loveless, there's nothing too close to that record besides its sound. But I do hear the band brewing up their soup like the witches and wizards they are. It's only right at this time of the season (7/10, 4/5 on this scale)
Sin comentarios.
Certainly not as fully formed as Loveless. It’s solid shoegaze, but is missing the spark that makes Loveless iconic.
not in my shoegaze era though the san francisco weather right now certainly is
This album isn’t available on Spotify or Apple Music… so I didn’t listen to it. I did listen to some other stuff by MBV… and I didn’t care for it.
Hadn't listened to this in a long time. In my memory it was a lot better.
Isn’t nothing, but close.
wasn't much
I liked the mood of the album very much and that’s all that really stood out to me from it tbh. I do think it’s good music but it didn’t grab ahold of me like I like my music to do.
I always want to like listening to MBV more than I actually do
The meh-est of all mehs.
Great stuff
Nothing memorable. Some songs felt very repetitive and drab/annoying and i felt like skipping them. Deleted it
Hey, My Bloody Valentine. One of the few artists on this list that I own an album of. Loveless is pretty good, though I can't think of the last time I listened to it - shoegaze drives me up the wall when I listen to large swaths of it. My Bloody Valentine are also one of the few artists to have every album from their main discography on the list (m b v was removed from future editions of the book, though it still counts). Loveless is the only album of theirs that I've listened to, so I'm curious to give this preceding work a listen. Yep, this definitely sounds like an earlier collection of songs from their discography. The groundwork is there, though this album lacks the atmospheric and immersive sound which made Loveless a great album (with few exceptions). The vocals also leave a bit to be desired, especially from the male singer. That being said, the album is pretty alright overall. It's definitely unique, that much can be said. "Lose My Breath" is pretty good. I like the disorientating sound. The pensive vocals are pretty cool, too. "No More Sorry" is pretty alright. I like the anxious atmosphere and garbled guitars. "All I Need" has a pretty great soundscape. The harsh, overwhelming guitars sound pretty beautiful. "I Can See It" is a good closer. I like the solemn sound. Book time. Doesn't feature any guitars - just the residue isolated through studio tampering. Pretty interesting. A landmark album within shoegaze. Wikipedia reveals that this album was very well received by critics and performed pretty well on the charts. Yeah, this is a solid pick. I cosign the inclusion.
There are glimpses here of the greatness that was to come with Loveless. It's still really good in many places, though, even if not quite at that height.
Gear: 64 Audio Duo Artwork: 🔦⬜🫣 Production: 👂💥😵 Music: 🚫🔈😤 Ratinng: 🫥(🫥)/5
While this is pretty good, it's just wasn't in the mood for it. Just sounded a bit like a wall of noise. Good, just not good today
Despite being a big fan of Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins and plenty of grunge I admit I've never listened to My Bloody Valentine before. Where have I been? Bloomin brilliant! Just the angst and muddy mix my ears needed to start a Monday morning. Would have loved to seen this live.
This is just the worst every try-hard, look-how-cultured-and-hip-and-better-than-you-I-am nonsense music ever. Absolutely fucking love it; just wish I could play it loud enough at the office.
pretty solid, gives me similar vibe to cigarettes after sex but more rock and more intense. 3.5
Detuned guitars, the 'glide guitar' effect, breathy background vocals and melodies rising and falling out of a bed of noise. It's all here, but in an outline form that would be filled in (concreted over?) in Loveless. Here the songs are more conventional and could have been written by another band, the arrangements could already only be MBV. They'd bring the two together next time out.
The sound is there, but the songs just aren't yet.
Not my thing. It doesn't make me glad to be listening to it.
Middle of the road. Didn't hate but didn't love
Although i have appreciation and admiration for those pushing the musical boundaries, this album is really out of my scope of personal enjoyment.
Couldn’t decide between a strong 3.5 or a weak 4 so I figured I’d just round up
I prefer their other two albums, but this one has its moments, too.
Almost unlistenable…
Surprised I'd never heard this before, equally surprised how bad much of it was. Certainly gets better as it progresses ("Feed me with your kiss" is a bop) but I wouldn't blame you if you bail on track 1. 2.5*
Listens: 1 Standout Tracks: No idea Not available on YouTube Music, and so I had to resort to some random uploader on YouTube. There are a bunch of different uploaders who have added the album, so for the second listen, I'm going to try someone else. The point being, I'm not sure if what I'm listening to actually sounds this distorted on purpose or if that's just the quality (or lack thereof) of the upload to YouTube. It's certainly not flac quality. I ended up listening to the album from these two links (not sure if posting a link is allowed, here I go...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfnVoY6RHMc -- Probable terrible quality, but 14k views and was the first hit when searching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpsinKIfLY - Much higher quality audio (and a supposed remaster), but far fewer views. Anyways. I liked some of the distorted qualities of this album. I'm always on the lookout for avant-garde stuff, because even if it sucks, it's still pushing some boundary. I appreciate that in music. There's such a diversity in the music that you can get weird and still have it be good (sometimes). Overall though, I thought this band was average at best. The interesting distortions in the audio don't really make up for quality of the music and singing. The whole album felt very "emo" even though the concept of "emo" didn't really peak until the mid to late 2000s. I could have sworn that the emo kids listened to My Bloody Valentine in high school, but perhaps I am thinking of My Chemical Romance or something else...
What truly makes this album interesting is seeing all the ideas that would be developed and perfected in 'Loveless', the following project to this one. Like in that one, there are the mellow tracks like 'Lose My Breath', 'No more Sorry' or 'All I Need' and the hard hitting ones with those heavy riffs like '(When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream' and 'Feed Me with Your Kiss'. The main differences between these two is, for obvious reasons, the production, and it is not just that this album has a worse production when compared with 'Loveless', is that, in general, the production is very weak, specially for the voices. They feel very very flat, and even though some of the vocal melodies are pleasent and nice, a lot of times the singing comes across as out of tune or lacking in energy. This alone was detrimental enough to give this album 3 stars, regardless of how much I liked the dream aesthetic this album present with the wall of noise made by the instruments.
Liked it. Has a certain rough noisiness to it that makes it stand out from other airy shoegaze bands.
I liked it! Two new favourite songs. Cupid Come and You Never Should. I liked the quiet upbeatness of the album. Perfect for a Friday night in.
Not bad, but buried by trying to be too loud.
This noise-pop album is murky and fatiguing, its layers of distortion and buried vocals smothering melody and emotion beneath a cluttered haze.
So. much. NOISE. I really disliked this one. The vocals are okay, but everything else is annoying. Somehow, a similar experience I had when listening to Dub Housing by Pere Ubu. Not-the-worst-song award goes to Nothing Much To Lose
# 585 : Isn't Anything Isn’t Anything – Isn’t Much, Really At just 37 minutes, this album is mercifully short—but that’s about the only compliment it’s getting. Shoegaze, whatever that is, seems to mean “everyone plays a different song at the same time while staring at their feet.” Sometimes it felt like the guitarist and vocalist were in separate rooms, recording on different planets. There’s a lo-fi charm, sure, but mostly it sounds like a guy doing a demo in front of his tape recorder while hoping no one walks in. The musical competence is questionable, the energy is flat, and the whole thing feels like a blurry photocopy of a good idea. “Cupid Come” is the most listenable track, but even that’s like finding the least soggy chip in a bowl of cold soup. Verdict: ★★ for historical curiosity. File under “albums that sound like a rehearsal you weren’t invited to.”
Decent.
Some good songs mixed with ok songs but I still enjoyed it!
Love the unique only-we-do-it sound. There is something haunting, both emotionally and sonically, about these songs. This is indie-pop at its most hard to pigeon-hole: avant-pop? noise-pop? post-post-punk pop? indie-pop? The punk ethos is lurking just beneath the eerie dreamy lyrical sound. I have no idea what the lyrics are, and don't care. Brilliant.
I never particularly clicked with MBV. It’s a cool listen, even if disjointed. I’m not sure I’ll return to it but it was inoffensive.
This is OK.
I forgot how weird this album is. I love how they pull apart the threads that normally hold a song together until there's almost nothing left but the melody. Their music is almost industrial at times. If they didn't have a great sense of melody, half of these songs wouldn't hang together. Having said that, the production is weak and the drums are mostly shit. It's an important album for the shoegaze movement, and one that influenced me personally, but boy it could do with a makeover. These tunes were incredible live. Also, this listen reminded me how much I loved Belinda Butcher, my second musical crush. Gosh, she was dreamy.
I don’t know how I feel about this album. By one respect, it’s a solid indie album that sets the foundations for later bands to come like BMRC, Wilco and Humanist. In the other respect, I don’t know if it offered anything their other album on this list or the Pixies didn’t offer as well. Key songs were (When You Wake) You’re Still Dreaming, and Sueisfine. Overall, it’s an album that feels garage and unpolished, and exactly the antithesis of the overproduced 1980s pop at the time.
Random thoughts: * I hate it when the music isn't on Spotify. But props to them if they have taken it off because of an integrity play. If it is off because of some record execs, then it's bullshit. * I listened to this one on YouTube. * I seem to have liked this one better than the other MBV album that was on 1001. But I don't know if I could tell much difference or even why I thought that. * This sounded like a template for 90s grunge in my opinion. Maybe not quite as rock heavy but had that kinda downer vibe going on. * I couldn't tell you any songs. * I'd definitely listen again but am unlikely to explore without the easy access via Spotify.
Well, it took about 2 years or so, but I finally got the last My Bloody Valentine album on the list. Why is there whole discography here? Like, Loveless obviously belongs here, but Isn't Anything and especially m b v? I don't know. The band's whole discography is good, but I think you really only need Loveless for a list like this. Though, of the two other albums, I do feel that Isn't Anything's inclusion is more justifiable as it was a pioneering album in shoegaze. However, this isn't like a Black Sabbath situation where the second is the masterpiece but the first gave birth to the genre. Isn't Anything is important for shoegaze's development, don't get me wrong. However, when albums like Psychocandy exist, it's hard to definitively call this the first shoegaze album, even if it is a candidate. Still, I think it's time to move past that and discuss the album itself. It's good. Not a masterpiece like Loveless, but still a respectable debut. The elements are still here. The guitar tone is still quite hazy and befitting of the shoegaze scene. The writing is still vaguely sensual. The singing is still mostly unclear. However, the overall quality is less refined. There are some good songs here, sure. "Lose My Breath" is a highlight for sure, but nothing really reaches the heights of Loveless. I know I shouldn't compare albums to each other too much, but I can't help but think "It's not Loveless." But you know what? It doesn't need to be. All it needs to be is a good debut album, which it is. Isn't Anything is a landmark release in shoegaze that has aged well, but has also been seriously outclassed. Still, a neat listen for any shoegaze fan. Light 4/5.
I always thought these dudes were just a bunch of emo dorks. I’m very glad to find out that the problem is actually that I’m an ignorant asshole, because this rips!
Rock, Punk, 1988 -> 2
Thanks for the headache.
One song on spotify.....
Made it through 2 or 3 songs before turning it off. Really not my jam. Drums, guitar, all of it was just bad.
Never listened to My Bloody Valentine before and after this album I don't think I will again (unless of course they appear again in this challenge cause mama didn't raise a quitter).
A couple songs are ok, but most are less than mediocre
Ik zet dit album aan en ik merk aanvankelijk wat tegenzin. Ik heb hier eigenlijk niet echt zin in vandaag. Ik begin aan dit album via de speakers, maar besluit toch maar te wisselen naar de headset voor de optimale ervaring. En dan staat het een tijdje aan en dan verandert de gruizige bak herrie toch in iets wat ik wel graag luister. Onder de gruis zit een heerlijke laag melancholie die ik lekker vind. Zo'n half tot driekwart emo-zangertje met af en toe een kleurrijk CKV meisje erbij. Wat overlap met moderne bands als Ovlov en Drug Church, maar dan wat dromeriger. Een drummer die heerlijk bezig is op sommige tracks. Het is tegelijk soort van muziek voor softies maar ook kneiterhard. Ik vind dit op een gekke manier een beetje een verslavend geluid. Ja jullie lezen het goed: De man die te pas en te onpas zeikt over schelle bendes vindt dit een verslavend geluid. Ik weet niet hoe of waarom en ik voel me een beetje een snob, maar ik ga 5 sterren uitdelen hiervoor.
This is appropriately named ...
You know when you hear an album and you think, this would probably be pretty good if I like this kind of music. This was that kind of album for me.
Groupe légendaire indie. J'aimerais pouvoir me transporter dans le temps à la fin des années 80 pour les voir en show.
Un genre de proto grunge avec des touches expérimentales, j'ai bien aimé. J'ignore sinje vais y revenie, on verra!
Not enough harmonic intrigue. Top track: You Never Should
DISTORTION. All of it. Maybe the insulation for some grunge?!?
Making teenagers depressed is like shooting fish in a barrel.
This album adds nothing to the greater music scene. I’d barely call it music. I honestly feel that this is terrible.
C’était vraiment intéressant, de la bonne musique. J’aurais aimé aimer ça plus, mais bon. Cet album est l’ancêtre de bien de la musique que j’aime maintenant. À suivre !
Not my vibe. Production quality is too inconsistent and I do not really get a sense of what the purpose of this album is. A little too drony for my taste as well.
I can't seem to get into this band. It's enjoyable but it slipstream through my fingers.
Noisy. Meh.
=The Beatles
Well, only one song appears on Spotify. But I really like MBV, so four stars for their first few albums!
great shoegaze incel stuff but nothing too crazy. sucks no spotify
Couldn’t listen on spotify
Really enjoyed this. Brilliantly produced, ever evolving and constantly interesting. I was familiar with Loveless but none of their other output, and this surprised me. Completely different to what I expected. Does not sound like an album released in 1988. It feels wrong giving an album a 5 on the first listen, so a strong 4.
Time to hear where it all started! Not quite as hazy or distortion-happy as MBV's two later records, but for its time it's pretty darn out there. I'm a little surprised this was liked as much as it was on release, given that the shoegaze genre was all but nonexistent back in 1988. Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) hits you immediately with an endless, overpowering wash of slightly off-tune guitar noise. It's just as overwhelming as I hoped for the debut song on their debut LP. It transitions into the unusually mellow (for MBV) Lose My Breath. No More Sorry is another standout, not necessarily for being a strong composition but more so for being utterly strange, yet at the same time completely on-brand. It sounds like there are a series of overlapping organs, and maybe some Indian classical instruments way back in the mix. There are no obvious percussive instruments (or indeed any rhythm), apart from a quiet, slightly hypnotising rumbling in the right ear. (That's what this whole project is: hypnotising.) It's an intriguing track, for sure. The following song, All I Need, is conceptually very similar – the main difference being having guitars instead of organs – so it's a bit of a weird choice to have the two back-to-back from an album-building perspective. Feed Me With Your Kiss isn't my favourite. It's too rocky, almost punky, for a band like MBV. Several Girls Galore and You Never Should are also pretty unremarkable as MBV tracks, and are barely passable as post-new wave (which I have to assume the band was going for). Not a fan, but at least the album ends fairly strongly. It's a solid effort but definitely weaker than the other two records by the Bloodsters. 3/5 Key tracks: Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside), Cupid Come, All I Need
I don't really see the purpose of having every MBV album on the list, especially this one, which is just a bit of a slog to get through. I guess it's to make me appreciate that they went on to actually make GOOD music.
I’m 0/3 on MBV albums. Not my jam at all. I actively hate how pretentious Kevin Shields is and I find that if you’re going to be that much of an asshole about your music, then it should at least be something that anyone couldn’t jus throw together in a long weekend.
Liked parts of it, but overall had a hard time staying engaged. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Great band. I would have picked Loveless for this list but no worries!
I know I've heard the name of this band before, but I'm not sure I've ever really heard anything by them, and certainly not from this album. And perhaps with good reason--this is *not* my idea of a fun or entertaining album, however "innovative" their guitar work seems to be. I was constantly reminded of a goth version of The Cocteau Twins, minus any ethereal nonsense lyrics, or at least I think those are actual words being spoken on this album, because it's largely impossible to make out much of anything on nearly the entire album (so maybe more of an ethereal Dinosaur Jr?). Given that we get two more albums by them, I'm hard pressed to believe that this debut album was really worth including; of course, I haven't heard the other two yet....
The first track was so horrible I almost did a Did Not Listen but I gutted it out and the rest was fine. Seriously, that first song made me feel physically ill.
1 - just nothing to it
I wish it was on streaming and in better audio quality
mbv? more like nbd.
I hated this. Sorry. Is this what "noise music" is? Some parts of it weren't awful but overall I felt like there was just too much discordant sound.
It’s not quite at the level of awesomeness of ‘Loveless’ which has all the elements (including guitar distortion) turned up to 11, but ‘Isn’t Anything’, while a bit more straight forward in execution, is still pretty ace.
Great
Good album
Cool indie sound for starting in 1988. Had no idea their first album was that early.
Started out a bit weak for me but picked up steam.
Just ok. Not enough grunt in the giddyup. Double the tempo, and I’m all in.
Isn’t Anything – My Bloody Valentine (1988) | Shoegaze / Noise Pop | Avg: 5.91 | Favorite Song: “(When You Wake) You’re Still In a Dream” Isn’t Anything feels like a record caught between two worlds. It’s noisy, reverb-drenched, and often intentionally disorienting, but not quite as transportive or enveloping as what they’d later accomplish on Loveless. There are moments here that genuinely intrigued me—tracks where the textures lock in and the emotion starts to peek through—but just as often, the songs drift into that muddy middle ground where the fuzz overpowers everything else. “(When You Wake) You’re Still In a Dream” was the clear standout for me. It’s the one moment where the haze lifts just enough to let the melody shine through. There’s a perfect balance of noise and structure there that I wish the rest of the album hit more often. The lyrics are a bit more tame and written a bit better on this track compared to the rest. I can appreciate what this album was going for, especially considering where it sits in the broader shoegaze timeline. The experimentation is already present, and the groundwork is being laid, but the full vision isn’t quite there yet. The inconsistency in my scores reflects that push and pull. Some cuts hit with hypnotic clarity, while others feel like sketches wrapped in a wall of sound. It’s a fascinating listen historically, but not one that fully clicked for me on its own.
Not for me
Such shoegaze. I didn’t realize how shoegazey music could be in the late 80s, but this sounds like late 90s, or even early 00s, shoegaze. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad, but it feels relevant.
Literally what were they even saying on this album? The sound mixing is so whacked to the point the already muted vocals just get overwhelmed.
shoegazeeeee. different for sure but not for me
Let me accentuate the only positive: I've come to learn of the subgenre that is "shoegazing" and with the wonderful assistance of My Bloody Valentine, I now know that this and pretty much all shoegazing absolutely fucking sucks. 1/10.
431/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
I prefer their next album. This one focuses more of the noise a bit too much and not enough on the song structure.
I did not enjoy this one bit. Want to hear the most annoying sound in the world? Track 1. From the very start it was a no go for me. I have heard of this band before never listened. In the wiki here says "shoegazing" which I like somethings. Not this one.
A very experimental record, it's very early noise pop. It feels innovative, while also a bit rough and disorganized at times. It feels like the soundtrack to a very weird dream. On the good side, I feel like they definitely were able to capture a clear and unique vibe and sound here. The bad side is that the performances feel all over the place at times, barely synchronized with each other. I think that this album's redeeming quality are the overall tone and feeling it evoques, much more so than the instrumental performances. They're very much aided by the production, adding effects and feedback that make for much richer textures. The tracks sort of blend together a lot, but I think that the best is "Lose My Breath", with that catchy vocal melody. "Cupid Come" was also good.
What even was this?! Except for an extremely boring noise that you can listen to damage your ears and torture your neighbours maybe.
It's cool for the time period in which it released, it's also very interesting and very well stylized. But it's still not for me. Cool, unique, and then just a little too emo for me.
Once upon a time, this would have been an easy 5 for me. It's not quite on that level for me these days (I've never really cared for "No More Sorry" or "All I Need", but it's still probably my favorite of MBV's albums. Like yeah, I love my noisy guitars and I love my 80s alt rock, so what's not to like? That being said, it's a shame that they finally make a total break from the twee-er side of their sound here; no "Drive it All Over Me" equivalent here!
Ne mogu ovo slušati. Strašno. Čak ni s tipa 14 mi nije bila jasna ekipa koja ovo sluša. 1/5, 1/10
This probably wasn’t Soft as Snow.
Had to find this album on YouTube, as there was only one song on Spotify. It really didn’t feel like it was worth it to find it-this album was a snooze fest. But kind of interesting, I guess? I wouldn’t revisit it, that’s for sure.
i will say the vibes were off from the start for me unfortunately! the second song of the album was personally much better.
I know this is heresy but I wish the vocals were mixed higher.
The washiness of the vocals does not inspire, but I enjoy the heavy textures.
Only one song was available and I didn’t like it. Pretty sure I don’t like these guys anyway.
This has been a regular listen since my early high school years. An absolute classic that I'm more than happy to revisit for the sake of the 1001 list. I'll keep my review short and to the point. Where "Loveless" is the feeling of being under soft warm blankets on a cold winter night, Isn't anything" is laying on the cold floor of that same cold winter night. There's a true darkness to this record.
Mbv is a strange band but you can’t help but like the songs.
This really wasn't anything.
I think there is only one appropriate review for this album. Thanks, I hate it. For all the right reasons. For some reason it's obscure enough that sooner if the songs can only be found as reuploads on Youtube. The mix is so uncanny that I'm not sure what I spent 40 minutes listening to. One thing is for sure, I'm not listening to it again.
I would love to give this another chance. I really liked some of the songs and as the album went on it got better. They definitely experimented with this album and I respect it and enjoyed a lot of it. My biggest gripe is the vocals that are barely discernible. Maybe if this album was on YouTube Music or Spotify, it would sound better. There were things that I liked and things that I didn't like. Again, I would love to come back later and hopefully up my rating
MBV again - again noise
There are Zero reasons there are two albums from this band on this list. Zero.
Much less focused than Loveless, harder to vibe with. Probably sounds better without youtube compression 🫠
Having already listened to Loveless and MBV it was interesting to hear the origins of what proved to be their signature and unique style. Songs with heavily distorted guitars that at times have a kind of droning quality to them. Vocals that are fragile and on the verge of being annihilated by the aforementioned guitars. Isn’t Anything is a very good album that signaled the arrival of a sound that kickstarted an entire sub-genre of rock.
I don't like this but I like that I don't like it. The one thing that this project has taught me is that the certain albums that I avoided listening to in the 90s, my instincts were right. I didn't enjoy this in the 2020s and I'm certain it wouldn't have been enjoyable for me in the '90s. I like my cacophonous indie rock with a little more pop around the edges, like Sonic Youth or The 3D's
A weird gender of music iam hopeful to keep exploring. With a nice ambience to listen to with headphones at your home with no other noice. 6.5/10
The "My Bloody Valentine" reminded me of that 2009 movie that I went to see in the cinema but was very young and interestingly enough didn't really hate it. Overall, quite meh of an album, with some songs being pretty weird, with a lot of background sounds that don't really make a lot of sense.
noise, just noise
6/10 This is a bit of an ‘almost’ album for me. While some of the tracks have got real drive and that massive collapsing wall of sound that My Bloody Valentine are known for, there are also areas where that is a bit lacking. I also think that extends to the mix, where the focus of the sound is a bit jumbled through the album, where sometimes the noisiness of things overwhelms, and some where it is a little too in the background, but there’s not a satisfying flow as to how that happens across the record. It’s just a little bit uneven. The band’s sound became far more established and refined on Loveless that this just doesn’t quite scratch the itch in the same way. This is obviously an important record that inspired a lot of music that would follow, in both good and bad ways. Funnily enough, I feel like there are a lot of 90s bands that listened to this and then picked the least interesting bits as inspiration. With all that being said, when it gets things right, this album is massive and magnificent. It can be quite oppressive and tiring to listen to, but at its peak it’s a noisy, dirty spectacle of a record and a stepping stone to better things down the road. Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) - It’s an interesting start to an album, for sure. It’s quite dissonant. It’s also quite one-dimensional, particularly the flatness of the snare drum, but the wall of sound is quite satisfying in some respects. Could do with more variety, but at least it sounds different, which is something. Lose My Breath - This is another interesting one, it’s kind of like a fairly run of the mill song idea that’s peering out of the mist and edged with chord choices that make it feel quite dissonant again and edged with anxiety and threat. Cupid Come - This is a more traditional song and feels like the kind of thing that saturated mainstream pop rock for the next decade, but there’s enough grit to it to elevate it above that, especially the haze of fuzz and noise at the end. (When You Wake) You’re Still In A Dream - This is a more like it. Really good pace. Again, it’s got a very 90s sound, particularly the backing vocals, but there’s so much grime and drive to it that it really kicks. It doesn’t do anything particularly interesting in terms of variation or dynamic change, but it’s a really decent song. No More Sorry - The shimmering, rumbling noise of this is cool, and the way it drops out is a great effect. But there’s not a great deal to it. It feels like a slightly underdeveloped idea. All I Need - Again, this feels like there’s a song under there trying to get out, but the stylistic wash of it all just swamps it. It’s all a bit too trebley for me unfortunately, even though I appreciate the sonic adventure of it all. There’s just not enough tonal variation for my tastes. Feed Me With Your Kiss - Back to something more driving. When it kicks, it really kicks. They certainly don’t go for the obvious mixing choices and the subtleness of the vocal, combined with its position in the mix is an interesting tone against the heavy, driving thrust of the rest of the song. I can imagine this is beastly live. Sueisfine - This combines some of the best elements from the album so far. There’s a bit more going on compositionally, the heavy noise and calm vocals work really well here. It’s frantic and noisy, heavy and driving. Great stuff. Several Girls Galore - This is back to more of a noisy wash, with elements of dissonance, but it has its moments where everything gets brought together really nicely. It’s got good drive to it and some of those distorted tones just cut through in such a nasty way. The vocal does feel a bit disconnected from the rest of the track in the mix though, which is a shame. You Never Should - Another more traditional song, but so noisy and gritty. They’re determined to be as noisy and in your face as possible, without ever being vocally aggressive. This is one of the more satisfying songs on the album, where everything is pulling in the same direction, without compromising on the massive driving wash of sound that they’re always striving towards. Nothing Much To Lose - Again, this feels more coherent, without any compromise to the overall sound. There’s a bit more structure, but the vast wash of noise and distortion still dominates and creates an epic soundscape for the song to live in and peak through from. Great stuff. I Can See It (But I Can’t Feel It) - This is a bit more pedestrian. There’s still a wash of noise, but it’s less overwhelming than on other tracks and I can’t really work out if that’s good or not. It feels a bit more straightforward and generally a bit less interesting as a result. Overall, not really the most interesting track on the album, but has some nice elements.
This was an interesting listen. I’ve heard their next album Loveless so it was cool to see them use some of the same techniques in a more accessible way. I’d listen to this again. Favorite tracks were Soft As Snow, No More Sorry, Feed Me With Your Kiss, and Nothing Much To Lose.
I always love listening to people strum a bunch of power chords while someone sings tuneless over them, it makes for such interesting and pleasant music to listen to.
This was a really cool record. I like the wall of noise and the refusal to give into their pop sensibilities (which are always lurking). I'd call this a noise-pop The Go-Betweens album if MBV weren't so doggedly themselves. Hugely influential, but the best was yet to come. Choice tracks: Cupid Come, Sueisfine, and Feed Me With Your Kiss.
I don’t get it.
Waaay ahead of their time. I'm going to give this another few listens.
Well that sucks Spotify only has one track from this album Feed Me With Your Kiss. Sounds cool. Maybe I'll listen to a few of the others on this album on YouTube. Yoooooo what the hell? I didn't know these guys were doing stuff in 88! interesting. I did find it on youtube so listening now.
MBV is great, this is not their best.
I like MBV but I found this one a bit underwhelming. Songs all sound very similar and the fuzz can get a bit overwhelming. There aren't really any standouts like there are on Loveless. You Never Should was my favourite. 3
very ethereal, sound that somehow still ends up being cohesive. quite enjoyable - 8.2/10 shame that it's not on Spotify anymore though. Could someone like this review when its back?
This was surprisingly bad. The first track really turned me off of the whole album, I just couldn't get over the strange sounds and layering. One of the few albums that just sounds like noise to me and not really music.
Pretty good debut album
Dýpra á snilldina. hljóblöndun einkennileg eins og oft áður en vantar eitthvað. allt í lagi ekki gott.
It was so-so.
Pretty cool for 1988, but didn't leave much of an impression--even twice through. Probably a 2.5 for me, but bumping
I’m delighted to say that this is better than the other album of theirs that I reviewed, but given that I gave that album 1 star and called it “depressing droney bullshit” it’s hardly a high bar to clear. This is still kind of indistinct and boring, but at least there’s some melodies in there and some interesting soundscapes at times. 2.5 rounded down.
Pretty interesting. Overall I liked it.
5/10 It interested me, but I didn't enjoy it. Main weakness are the vocals.
Doesn’t seem to have the magic of mbv’s other albums
Shoegaze, lo-fi, noise-rock...whatever you call it, I call it disquieting and unnerving. It's loud and hard to hear at the same time?! I guess that kind of makes it interesting, but struggling to hear lyrics over distortion isn't my idea of music (good music, anyway). I never thought a style of music would creep me out and make me feel uneasy.
Quite familiar with Loveless, hadn't heard this though. Loveless is fantastic - this has all the ingredients but not as well put together. Opening track is probably the weakest link, and perhaps a poor choice as an opener.
7/30/25. Really dig the shoegaze sound and all the layering. I do think a lot of the songs blend together, but it's a unique sound. Might require a few more listens for me to see if I really grasp it.
What a boring depressing album.
Could not find album anywhere and could only find half the tracks on YouTube.
Tuneless bollocks. Okay that was a bit harsh, there are a couple of tunes in there, but I wouldn't advise listening too hard to find them. Guitars are just a wall (and a wail) of noise, vocals are everywhere except on the beat. Would have got one star anyway, but I'm knocking a point off for the lower case spelling. So in my mind, zero stars, but officially it's a no from me and one single, solitary star. Edit: it wasn't harsh at all. This Isn't Anything like what I'd want to listen to again on this side of the mortal plane.
Every song has been taken off Spotify except for Feed Me With Your Kiss. I cant really give it a fair rating but from the one song I listened to it wasnt great.
I was quite familiar with Loveless, an album I always felt was more interesting and innovative than a truly compelling and enjoyable listen. This record is quite different - a pre-shoegaze version of the band that hints at what's to come on songs link "All I Need". But this MBV is a post-punk band, and a damn good one at that. My new favorite MBV album.
it’s super nice to see them developing their sound here
Tolerable but I would never choose to listen to this.
first masterpiece
Well, this one is different. It’s both simultaneously odd and uninteresting at the same time. In all honesty, I wasn’t that big on this album. It probably doesn’t help that I’m not into the late 80s noise rock albums, so that already puts this album at a disadvantage. I wasn’t that big on the vocals, they felt like they got drowned out in the mix a lot, and even then they kind of just sounded like they were copying Ian Curtis or Robert Smith with the vocal style. The guitar parts sounded atonal to me, they distorted the sound a lot, but it still felt like it was being restrained, like they needed to crank the amp up a few notches. None of the songs really stuck with me, they kind of just went in one ear and out the other. So, overall, I wasn’t a big fan of this album, but hey, maybe I’ll like Loveless better.
Phwoar, yeah. This is the good stuff in the world of shoegaze. Maybe not quite as good as Ride, but right up there. It's the wash of sound on here that is really noticable and special. It bathes everything in this ethereal glow and creates an album that's very much a single piece. Really very good.
A shoe-gazing spectacular
Let me start by saying I think Loveless is a masterpiece. I think this is also a remarkable piece of music but during and after I realized I didn’t really enjoy. Loveless took me several listens to appreciate so I will probably go back and revisit this one.
Very much a roulette record - every song is either really solid or uninteligible garble. The distortion and sound balancing is very off in the first half, but the second half has some very strong hidden gems. Would've been a much stronger EP. Top tracks: Feed Me With Your Kiss, Sueisfine, Nothing Much To Lose
Could only listen to one song on Spotify. Was eh but can definitely tell it was influential for grunge and alt rock.
Just came up short for me. Didn't hate it but nothing made me hit repeat.
A bit underwhelming, production is quite noisy with vocals quite far back but that’s flipped in the 2nd half of the album, but the vocals aren’t that strong.
There are times i can tolerate, even enjoy, some MBV. Overall though, this album ain't it.
The album (as an album) isn't available on Apple Music. Some of the songs are available individual or in collection.
Enjoyed immensely.
Maybe I could have given it a better chance. What I heard was OK.
As tuneful as listening to 12 lots of feedback. Hard to know why this is revered. Not much on this is worth listening to if anything
I couldn't find a full version of this record to listen to, so N/A
Liked this a lot, very noisy and with some surprising variations.
despite their importance to shoegaze (pronounced like Fugazi) as a genre, the only MBV i've heard is Loveless. that album sets the shoegaze bar wayy too high i think. but this is a different album. a scrappier one. less like the warm enveloping avalanche of Loveless and more like a rough and tumble slacker indie album from its time. it gives The Microphones and sludge metal at points. not super electrifying but i enjoyed my time well enough deserves to be one of the 1001? i lean yes but i don't have super strong feelings
goats of shoegaze, I don't really like the vocals on this album as much as I do on loveless but they're still great on certain songs. Overall a really good experience of an album, I really like mbv.
This band and genre has no impact on my life.
Couldn't find this on Spotify, but listened to their other popular songs. Some are better than others. Some are unlistenable noise, but most were edgy alternative rock, a bit on the harder side.
Album was okay, frustrating you have to listen on youtube. 4.9/10
this is traumaqueer music. i won't elaborate on that or belabor the point—i feel like if you know, you know, y'Know?—but i'd still be remiss not to mention it at all because it was, like, my Revelation halfway through the album. full-on Epiphany. lightbulb over my head and shit, it was cartoonish. so here we have a record as intimate and horny and lovestruck as it is leering, desperate… Obsessive and Neurotic. it's kind of bpd music as well, actually. there's a lot of overlap, probably, between these two not-genres of music that i just made the fuck up on the spot. i digress. lyrically, the album keeps oscillating between a sort of intense sexuality (soft as snow, lose my breath, feed me with your kiss) and debilitating dissociation (you're still in a dream, several girls galore, i can't feel it). i like how both themes seem to make the other feel That much more disquieting. and it's interesting, too, because sonically the record is pretty bright and airy, at least in arrangement. there are Pop hooks on this thing. the track where Kevin Shields croons the word "suicide"—like forty fucking times—is Catchy. not to get all watchmojo-youtube-video-top-10-happy-sounding-songs-that-are-actually-depressing on you or anything. i mean, firstly, i don't know if i Would call the songs "happy sounding" (the evocative and noisy production, i think, unlocks some other emotion whose name is known to neither God nor Man). i don't even think i'd call these lyrics "depressing" either, actually. it feels like there's something Reclamatory, almost, in the album's tonal incongruities, though i can't quite put my finger on it. i suppose my only "evidence," as it were, is anecdotal: i don't Find this thing to be a depressing listen. okay, well, no more sorry is a bit Intense; that one Was a depressing listen. it's also like the best song on the album. it Did make me a little nauseous. it happens. but otherwise, yeah, i don't know! it feels more cleansing than anything—vacuuming up (because it's the vacuum band haha lol) all the fucked up bits of my dumbshit brain and soaking them in fuzz and reverb and whatever the hell else until they're unrecognizable. that is, to me, pretty valuable. and i'm Also several girls galore. so i appreciate the representation.
I guess you could say there Isn't Anything of note on this album.
I gave it a couple of listens, but not a lot stood out. There are some nice melodies and "in your face" drums and guitar, yet no songs really gripped me. fav tracks: "Feed Me With Your Kiss", "Lose My Breath" I thought the strings on "No More Sorry" and "All I Need" were cool 2/5
I really tried to like this, but it's like it wants to be disliked. I didn't choose the rating, this album did.
This album does not seem to be on a Tidal anymore.
This is the third My Bloody Valentine album I’ve needed to listen to on this list. Hopefully the last. This is the most coherent of the three, both in terms of the vocals being audible words and the music being actual music (to an extent), but it’s still not very good.
Some decent songs, nothing spectacular
# Playlist Track - Lose My Breath # Notes - There's something about this that makes me feel incredibly old. I just can't seem to enjoy the droning mix on those tracks. - Everything gets blended in a repetitive, monotone rumble that just isn't for me. Not event a single good track on this one.
Same thing in all songs: quite monotonous singing with pop/rock guitar sounds
Obvious classic, innovative, beautiful and strange. In my cd collection.
Not on Spotify.
Ça suce vraiment fort, je suis désolé, ça pue la charogne auditive cette daube, les fantômes de la table tournante peuvent bien se morfondre...
"Isn't Anything" isn't as legendary as "Loveless", but it still has the MBV charm. It begins with a strong track called "Soft as Snow". The others are cool as well. Some songs prevent "Isn't Anything" from earning a 5-star rating. "All I Need" is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. 4 stars for "Isn't Anything".
very dusty/airy mixing on here. a respectable debut
DIdn't listen.
Meh.
Verbal meme: it’s the big Lebowski scene, “god I hate shoegaze man”
Loveless is much better but this still sets the stage for shoegaze. Decent album, really unique and interesting production for the time but I won’t rush back to listen again
Was on a heater of good tunes...now we're on a huge run of garbage
Marvellous
cudan listen na prvu malo su mi pomjesani osjecaji ali svida mi se neka doza eksperimentacije koju osjetim
didn’t finish but i liked the songs i did listen to. would give a 4/5.
See ratings - good and pretty hard rock 6.0 1-2 crap 2-3 crap but I get why it’s on the list 3-4 close to music 4-5 good enough to get through without getting mad 5-6 hey it’s palatable 6-7 that was fun 7-8 well deserved to be listened to 8-9 classic, amazing 9-10 all bangers, perfection
All right, I'm liking the emo feel here. Still a background-listening one, but a nice variation.
Sigh. This isn't MBV's best album, just thier first. This isn't the best, most iconic, nor most influential shoegaze album. Just the first. Shoegaze isn't the best, most original, nor particularly influential rock sub-genre. Just - wait, no, just nothing. Shoegaze is an interesting footnote. So why does this abbum get a spot on this list?
It's on YouTube
MBV is an important band, but this isn't even their best album. This music style isn't my favourite.
Ik kon het zelfs niet uitluisteren. 12 nummers van deze herrie is toch wel te veel van het goeie. 1.2
Started off slow but by the end I ended up really enjoying this album
not dated well
Sidste album med dem var en del mere memorable
Punk rock udgaven af Loveless. Lyder pissegodt, bedre end jeg huskede (det er meget længe siden jeg har sat den på fordi jeg plejer at sætte Loveless på i stedet).
The first song was absolutely horrible! The album progresses into the noise and the sound I love.. That side of the album is written by Shields.
This valentine so bloody I can’t find it
Was very confused to see how old this band is and learn they started in Dublin, till I remembered that I had yet again confused them with Bullet for My Valentine... I tried but it's SO not my thing - mumbly, uninteresting tunes, out-of-tune singing, heavy but sleepy at the same time (so an uninteresting middle). Quite liked the 'ooh' bits of Lose My Breath which are sweet with nice chord changes but that was all I liked on the whole album so...not great. Survived to the end of 'Several Girls Galore' but then gave up.
Nice punk album with jangly The Church feelings and such. I liked it.
Didn't like and wasn't on Pandora or Spotify so had to listen on YouTube. Dreary and all sounded the same.
The odd song was decent but overall not really my cup of tea
I’ve enjoyed shoegaze a lot when it’s been here or in music league but this was just ok. The above was my original review but I’ve been revisiting it a lot so clearly it’s stuck, upgrading to a 4
Is the second My Bloody Valentine album? Still not a fan. Pass.
Unable to really listen due to copyright
Interesting one, you can feel the pieces really clicking and coming together for some uncharted territory. Loveless is a singular record imo, and this does not reach those heights but still very cool sounds, unique compositions of grain and noise.
3.6 Very interesting to hear. Though not as good as MBVs other outings, it's good to hear their debut as it contains some of the elements that made them special but not all. It's more varied then flat out shoegaze, sometimes landing well (the Autechre sounding 'no more sorry') and sometimes landing very flat (the awful opener 'Soft as snow'). Sounded a bit Sonic Youth in places which is something I never noticed in later releases. Must add, although enjoyable, don't really think it belongs on this list unlike their other appearances. More one for the interested fan.
Ts is not a vibe 😭✌️
Did not get far
4+/5
Many tell me to listen to this band. Just okay for me
If you don't like MBV I don't trust you
I can't remember ever listening to this before. It is astonishing.
Not that boring like the previous mbv albums. But somehow they have the ability to turn a song, that contains every facet I love in music, into something annoying. I totally agree with the album title - isn't anything for me! 1,5
3.0 - Ok
There are beautiful songs beneath the gleaming sunlight. This is a masterpiece of textural art - layer upon layer. Much has already been said about these ghoulish guitars; the drumming is equally intense. Brilliant with every fibre of its being.
Slitsomt å høre på. Måtte ta flere pauser for å komme gjennom dette albumet.
Albums like this definitely make me regret not listening to more of this in high school.
Found through this project that I am not really a big fan of Shoegaze. This album is okay. The moody, ethereal-sounding stuff doesn't really do it for me, but the post-punkish songs midway through the album are decent. Feed Me With Your Kiss is probably my favorite on the album, which I think in isolation would give you the wrong idea about MBV's overall sound. Much of the back-end of the album sounds like a less sonically experimental and more production-polished Sonic Youth record. Clearly contemporaries in sound if not heading in the same direction. Overall, it is a decent album that I'm probably not going to go out of my way to hear again. Having recently listened to m b v for the project, I can safely say I like this album more. I'm assuming Loveless will be coming at some point as well, since it seems to be the most well-regarded of their albums.
This isn't great. It was REALLY dark (borderline creepy) and poorly mixed. At times I couldn't figure out what part of the song I was supposed to be listening to *cough* *cough* "feed me with your kiss" *cough* *cough*. This was not great. The guitar and drums were really good tho. I love the drumming here. There were some good songs here which raises it up a little. Good moments for sure. Liked Songs "Cupid Come" , "(when you wake) you're still in a dream" , "sueisfine" , "you never should" , "nothing much to lose"
liked songs: several Very dark, dissonant, shoegazey. I liked it for the most part. 3.5
Dug it. Probably would've rated higher after a few listens, I feel like MBV deserves it to get into their albums more.
Highlight Song/s: Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside), Cupid Come and Sueisfine This is one of my favourite albums of all time - probably Top 10 but not certain. It is a pretty eclectic album with the Dream pop songs (Lose My Breath and No More Sorry,) the punk-esque (Sueisfine and When You Wake) and the really noisy ones (Cupid Come, Feed Me, Several Girls and All I Need.) Their combination of noise and pop is nothing short of marvelous. How they use the voice as an instrument is pretty unique. I love how that most of the songs are so blissful yet so grating to the ears. They have such an original sound.
o.o
I used to enjoy this album. I like the texture of it and many of the guitar tones make me feel like I'm floating on a metallic cloud. But I'm not sure there are many songs here, just ideas that float by a little aimlessly.
Actual favorite album so far.
Another alternative/indie/rock something
banger if i wanted to kill myself banger rn
10/10 no notes
I don't know whether this is early emo, crossover punk or what. I can see why it would end up on this list as it's fairly experimental. Definitely seems to have made a lot of influence on 2000s rock bands. "You're still in a dream" seems to anticipate the Foo Fighters. All that being said, it isn't something super easy to listen to. Kind of grating at some points. Like the first track, where the weird noise seems off beat. "No More Sorry" and the next track after are like tripped out noise, Velvet Undergroundish. "Several Girls Galore" is a cool-sounding track. "You Never Should" is decent as well, also reminiscent of Foo Fighters--Dave Groll must have been a fan. So I guess this is shoegaze music? Just learned about the existence of this trend. I don't really feel like I missed much there. That being said, it's a decent album. Better than some of the indie rock it seems to have inspired in the 2000s. It has a lot of energy at some points, and I guess that's something. 3/5
Peak noise beauty, which feels ahead of its time.
After listening to this, I've come to the conclusion that I am not a fan of shoegaze.
Just the biggest load of nothing I can remember hearing. Fuzzy recordings of what sounds like a garage band, inaudible lyrics, no tunes or sometimes even rhythms to speak of. There's nothing to get a grip on, it's like trying to grab fog. At times maybe it's noise rock, but it mostly sounds like literally nothing is happening, but loudly - typical shoegaze. Would have been one star as this was defying my attention totally, but the last couple of tracks actually had some beat and tune to them, adding an extra star.
Couldn't find it! Listened to other MBV album and it was not my thing.
I bought this one soon after buying Loveless on a whim (circa 2000) and was really quite underwhelmed. I'm glad it laid the groundworks or whatever for the follow-up, which instantly grabbed me and became a favourite, but while I find the noise and production strangely soothing, I don't ever find myself reaching for this one with much enthusiasm.
It's crazy that this was in 1988. It's very ahead of it's time.
Not available on Apple Music
Another one of those bands I'd heard of before but never actually listened to. And another band I know I won't be coming back to an awful lot.
Meh
Day501 - never was a fan. this is tedious music
bad production i don’t know i don’t KNOW
The YouTube video I watched had no timestamps for song titles so I don’t know a single one, but it rocks
Could grow on me but it's not loveless. I might be leaning negative because I found out that ALL 3 MBV ALBUMS are on this list and I think that's ridiculous.
had this on while cleaning my kitchen so not the most active listening but it was rainy out and it was good
1.5
Nowhere near the brilliance of Loveless
no
Very raw.
Some great stuff and some stuff that was really grating.
Listening to this album now, I'd give it 4 stars, but it is a tough call, because I could see someone giving it a 4.5 or even 5 stars based on the time it came out and the massive influence it had even up to today. There still some great songs and great sounds on this album, though it is very disjointed. It wasn't until Loveless they made an album that I believe will be timeless and forever be 5 stars.
Really wish I liked this more, considering that I view both Loveless and the more contemporaneous You Make Me Realise EP as masterpieces. But it feels shapeless in a way that those two releases don't. I can still appreciate the fuzz, and it's certainly better when turned up loud. A good record that is more important than it is great.
i'm familiar with mbv, particularly Loveless. never heard isn't anything til today tho Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside) - 3/5 (this confuses me lol) Lose My Breath - 4/5 Cupid Come - 5/5 (When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream - 4/5 No More Sorry - 3/5 All I Need - 3/5 Feed Me With Your Kiss - 4/5 Sueisfine - 2/5 Several Girls Galore - 4/5 You Never Should - 3/5 Nothing Much to Lose - 5/5 I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It) - 5/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) this is definitely not the mbv i'm used to i think the only thing keeping me from liking this album more than i do is the production. sometimes it adds to the charm of their sound, other times it muddies up their performance a bit too much for my liking. the tracks are hit-or-miss because of this overall, this was a refreshing listen and it was cool to see the group's earlier work. personally i don't think this isn't a "must-listen" like Loveless is, but a worthwhile listen if you're wanting to discover more of mbv's discography side note: why tf is this not on spotify??
Meh. Not a big fan.
I hadn't heard this album of theirs before and liked it so much I listened to it three times! Definitely paved the way to Loveless (and a lot of other music) and I actually liked some of it better.
There are no actual songs here, and I'm a big fan of songs, but there's a vocal here and a guitar there that appealed to me (the mix was really odd throughout--I have no idea what I was supposed to be hearing). I replaced my Bluetooth speaker while listening to it (one tiny channel wasn't working, which I discovered on Sgt Pepper day, because When I'm 64 had no vocal track) and frankly I liked it better on the busted speaker. Giving it a 3 because I'm told they get better.
I like my bloody valentine but this really shouldn't be here. considering both loveless and m b v are on the list, i have no clue why this is here too. 2.5
I like this a lot more than I thought I would. It felt a bit dirge-like at the start but it almost took on a hypnotic element.
5/10 I feel I should like this more than I do. It's so flippin noisy though. And discordant.i can appreciate it.
It was pretty good, nothing spectacular but I understand the influence it had on the shoegaze genre. I'm between 3 and 4 on this one but giving it a 3.
...and this is how I find out my bloody valentine isn't one of the newer indie bands. I don't know if that makes things any better or worse.
I’d listened to the other two MBV releases and really enjoyed both. Their debut leans away from the mud a bit and embraces more of a pop sound. Still has some really good shoegaze vibes overall. Really enjoyed it 4 stars
Bit of a dirge, lacking depth, slow, some decent tracks but mostly monotonous.