Reviews (page 8 of 8)
I'll be honest, I skipped some songs. Technically I did start them all though. But it's a lot and whiny so 👎 objectively not bad though.
Ei oikein mun juttu, pikkukivaa rokkia.
Nothing special. Parts of it seems like purposely bad.
Meh... Dificil ouvir um album qnd vc não gosta da voz.
It's fine. Not to our taste.
Not for me
Yuck.
Too many rock albums here that sound nothing special this one is included
What if Iggy Pop & Lou Reed made a shitty generic 90s album together.
I don’t think this album is anything special either. One star...
fav songs: sir rockaby boring, messy, filler 20/100
Another long, loud, incoherent, nondescript British album. Pass.
I can’t sit through this. Buts are good, but in parts I just want to shut it off.
a compilation of men banging their instruments and screaming
Oh, this tricked me into going in with an open mind. I hate The Pixies. But I didn't recognise the name. My optimism lasted about 20 seconds. Then I began to dislike the odd chord progressions, the overly jolly basslines combined with everything else trying to sound edgy and mean. And then I looked him up. AARGHHH. Look, I don't know why I hate this guy's music, okay? I like indie, I like rock, I like grunge. My contemporaries generally rate him. Even David Bowie liked The Pixies. It really seems to be just my ears' personal response. They're like, nope, wrong chords, nothing remotely appealing here, make it stop. I listened. I did not enjoy it.
absolut null
This album was a year long
Alrigth wtf is this bullshit again. One of the worst cover ive ever seen with one of the weirdest name for an album Ive ever read. And ofc its an hour long album. "HeY lOoK aT uS wE mAkE wEiRd MuSiC" This shit sucks. But you just dont get it !!11!111!1 Its not suposed to be good its supposed be fun !!!1!11!1! Yeah im having a ton fun listening to basically a teenage band jam session with the most annoying vocalist known to earth. All the """"""""fun""""""""" wears out prety quickly. The songs starts to sound the same and it gets incressingly more annoying with each passing second. Hitler/5 (ITS ASS)
Borderline Unlistenable.
Now why would you make me listen to a solo album of the one guy in Pixies who kills the vibe of their music for me. The music itself on this album is just nothingburger 90s alt rock, not the worst thing I've heard. But there are way too many songs, the album had no business being over an hour long. For that alone I'm giving it a 1/5 because it pissed me off
Mer Hassan-rock! Här har vi en amerikansk alternativrockare som gärna vill va tuff och rocka. Singeln "Headache" är faktiskt riktigt bra och många låtar ch melodier är betydligt bättre och roligare än föregående LH, men han lyckas misshandla dom å det grövsta med gap, hårdsrocksdist och oklädsam attityd. Marginellt bättre än Pixies
Det blir rätt trist när Mr Black maler på i över en timme. Headache är förstås bra och det finns partier i flera låtar som låter helt okej. Samtidigt också en hel del dynga. Vad är Fiddle riddle? Borde det inte finnas någon sort körkortsprov innan du får lova att lägga ett baktaktskomp? En sån här uselhet kan ju nästan leda till vållande av annans död. En tvåa svagare än Norrlands alkoholfri. Nej förresten. Vid närmare eftertanke måste ettan måste trots allt fram.
I struggled hard to get through this one..
Well, now I know who had all the talent in the Pixies
3/10
I've heard of Frank Black because he was in the Pixies (where he called himself Black Francis) but that's about it. Not familiar with his solo work or anything else. After listening 3 times ... Wow - the first song about Pong is horrible. Not a good start. 2nd song - "Thalassocracy" - just a bad. "Headache" - kinda reminds me of the band World Party (in a good way). Was the title for "Freedom Rock" inspired by the old TV commercial from the 80s for the Freedom Rock compilation album with the 2 stoners? "Hey man, is that Freedom Rock? Well turn it up man!" That commercial is more entertaining than this song. This album is way too long. There are 22 songs and pretty much all of them are just as forgettable as the one before. Only song I ended up "liking" is Headache and being honest it's just an "ok" song - it's not a great song by any stretch. I almost liked "Fiddle Riddle" because the music was different but upon subsequent listens the lyrics just seem stupid to me. I tried to get into this - but could not. Just seemed like a bunch of throwaway songs to me. Just to compare to other stuff around this same time ... Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream from the year before (1993) is light years ahead of this in terms of quality music. Even Cracker - Kerosene Hat (also the year before, 1993) is SO MUCH better than this - it's not even close. Same with what Pearl Jam were doing with Vs and Vitalogy, Green Day - Dookie, Soundgarden - Superunknown. Liked songs on Spotify: 1/22 Rating: 1/5
Nul
👎🏻
Who voted for this idiot and his bullshit album? Hoping it’s an April Fools joke.
This sucks serious suckage.
There’s a lot of weird choices all over this album, and not in a good way. TLDNF
1.5?
Te lang, weinig inhoud, zegt me allemaal niet veel.
I feel like it look too long to convey what it wanted, but I did like the first song so 3/10
Starts of really annoying reaching into the second track. The rest is so basic... I don't know why this album is on this list at all.
I HATE this album cover and title and lyrics and tones. Total crap.
Uninteresting and repetitive. This album is like all the worst habits of 90s alternative rock and poprock mashed into one. Some of the lyrics really live up to the title of the album, being just so unbelievably simplistic and stupid. I do think there are some interesting musical bits to the album, but unfortunately they're just wholly overshadowed by the mediocrity that surrounds it.
zeker een 90s album. niet Slecht of zo maar beetje inwisselbaar en vrij samey door t album heen. Freedom Rock wel lowlight. 'how can u free mehhh' accuraat voor de luisterervaring okay u know what dit is wel gewoon Slecht. wat de fuck is Olé Mulholland (daarna afgehaakt)
Nicht mein Geschmack.
Dosta lejm. Ne mogu dati više od 1/5, 1/10
absolutely terrible album. i made myself listen to all but the last 2 songs. it definitely should not be on this list. waste of time
Awful. Terrible. Literally the worst thing I've ever had the displeasure to be exposed to. Sounds like a bunch of crap songs Pulp decided were too shit to continue working on. Wish I could give this a zero.
Yeah not my usual style but found some I liked
Extremely hard to get through to the end. Don't understand its presence here. Sorry
Nothing without Pixies
Nah
a bit above dookie
why is everything going on all at once in every single song
The sound was unmistakable. A subconscious tic. A soft, sharp inhalation followed by a gentle clearing of her throat. This only ever preceded an expression of doubt and fear.
I could not even make it 30 seconds into the first track of this drivel.
Comes across as trying way too hard to be clever, like a college freshman taking his first Comp Lit class. Only works occasionally.
This album is chaotic, and I don’t like it. It was a very long hour.
I had never heard of Frank Black or his album Teenager of the Year before today, and honestly, I could have happily kept it that way. The album is long, meandering, and often dull. There are a couple of moments worth noting—“Freedom Rock” stands out as a genuinely strong track, and “Headache” is well-titled, as that’s exactly what I was left with after sitting through the rest. I can’t quite understand how this record made the list, and it’s not one I’ll be revisiting anytime soon. Favourite track: Freedom Rock Least favourite track: Pretty much the rest of the album Album artwork: A terrible cover that does nothing to improve things.
Frank was rank
This album was clearly named by a paedophile
No es mi tipo. No está mal pero no he disfrutado el disco
Different group.
Headache
Sounds like Pixies demos. Indie Meh.
Oh hell no, awful
droning
Couldn't finish the album
i dont like this guy's style of singing at the start it's ok.......... nothing to note would prefer to not to listen to this stuff again is not my cup of tea.........
I can’t stand Frank Black.
Mediocre music with a sub par singer. So glad I had to listen to this before I died👎
Not my jam
Crappy garage band of the year…
god this was a frustrating listen. When I saw the cover I immediately thought I was going to dislike it, but once I saw it was Frank Black of the Pixies fame I thought it might be interesting (though my enjoyment of the pixies is mixed). This album was a mess. Bloated to all hell, with 90% of the songs being entirely uninteresting. I was the 10% that experimented with more loud rock elements was extended. Unfortunately this one doesn't make it to a favorable rating for me. 1.4/5 -> 1/5
Amazed that this got on the list. Couldn't even finish it
Couldn’t make it through the damn thing. Men need therapy if they think this is good.
Just couldn't get through this album. It was too noisy. How is this music?
sucks that this was awful
Frank Black / Pixies are the epitome of suck rock of the early 90s, and I mean that in a yes they are horrible way.
This list ... this 'Must listen to' ... He's pranking us, isn't he.
No a fan. There’s too much pixies content on here!
No. Just. No.
Überbewertet! Schon das Cover sagt mir: Nix! Habs trotzdem probiert. Nö, tatsächlich nichts!
Zelfs op de achtergrond begon die te vervelen
Iggy Pop made headlines 25 years before with better songs so trying to be his clone is no success plan.
p724. 1994. 1 star. Average vocals, average songs, average playing. And it's a double album. Who decided this was essential listening?
1. pong - 1 2. thalacracy - 1 3. plain - 1 4. caliztan - 1 5. zpiez - 1 6. zpeedy - 1 7. headache - 1 8. rockbaby - 1 9. freedom - 1 10. reelerz - 1 11. fiddle - 0 12. mulholland - 1 13. eyez - 1 14. forever - 1 15. hoztezz - 1 16. zupera - 1 17. red - 1 18. zpace - 1 19. noize - 0 20. band - 1 21. uuorld - 1 22. zky - 1
I like the Pixies. I don't like this.
Big chore of an album with nothing coming close to the best Pixies songs. First few tracks are absolute pain and torture and whilst it does become more listenable as it goes on it’s still about 20 tracks too long. 1.99 stars.
I really couldn't get into this. I honestly skipped over almost all of it.
Could not get past the chaos of noise. 1/10.
If I was christened Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV I would have felt blessed and the last thing I would have done was change it to Frank Black. But this critter did and that lack of judgement and sensibility is very much reflected in this collection of music. I say music in its loose sense because there is nothing here in this long procession of songs to interest me or offer anything new which is always something I hope for when I am given a previously unknown artist. 1/5 1/9/24
Not for me, thanks.
hard pass
gosciu z Pixies czyli zespolu ktory mi sie pierwszy trafil w tej kompilacji i skomentowalem to tak - Słabe. Taka muzyka dla "uhm uh jestem zajebisty i slucham pixies i pije tanie piwo z puszki pod czarnym kotem"
Who is this? I’m gonna struggle to keep going with random nonsense
No
It had potential but kinda made my ears bleed
19%
Good lord it was bad, I had a hard time getting through it
frank black is my opp
Did not like
What do you call this, talk rock? I mean, if you're going to make such a point of not singing melodically, at least have something interesting to say. This dude is fucking gross. This isn't interesting to me at all. It's hard for me to imagine anyone actually getting into this. There's nothing here.
So many really good musicians in the US. I wonder how Mr. Black made it into this List? - 0/5
Wholly and shockingly unremarkable...when not otherwise just terrible. I hated this album then, and I hate it now. Sounds like a talentless kid gifted some recording equipment and a budget. A few non-horrible songs (e.g. "Calistan") don't save the overall boring dogshit. Anything in the Pixies family tree should have suffered the fate of the Fangorn trees at the behest of Saruman. Tear them all down. 2/10 1 star.
I could't get into this at all. I thought the vocals sounded awful and off-key throughout the majority of the album.
This really gave me nothing
I’ve listened to this once before and did not enjoy it. Three songs in and I feel the same way again. The Pixies really just didn’t do anything nearly as interesting after breaking up. At least The Breeders and The Martinis were sort of doing different things than Pixies and were relatively better for it, but Black Francis/Frank Black sort of just seems like he wanted to make poppier Pixies songs here, and I think he at least succeeds at creating a Pixies-esque sound, which is not something that The Breeders or The Martinis seemed like they were really trying to do. However, it’s an unfortunate continuation of the downward trend that started with Bossanova. You’re better off turning this off and listening to Doolittle or Surfer Rosa.
Uhhhh Punk rock zonder energie
Garbage
I don't like the pixies, and it turns out because if this guy!
2/10
Definitely NOT. Salvaged ‘Fiddle Riddle’ from the hot mess of an album but other than that it's a tosser.
Didn't enjoy it, at times it was alright but mostly just mad yelling sounding
Going to need someone to explain to me why this isn't hot garbage, because that's exactly what it feels like to me.
Not my thing
A divisive album with inconsistent song quality and an experimental sound. It may appeal to die-hard fans but falls flat for me
Not my jam...
I understand the Pixies to be quite highly regarded, but this just did not cut it at all for me. It felt extremely bland, and I actually didn't manage to sit through the whole of it. Even though it was just an hour long it felt like I was listening to it the whole morning. Not in a good way.
Headache good. Rest ok.
This was far too long of an album, completely void of any consistency. After halfway through the terrible vocals started getting on my nerves just wanted it to end. "White Noise Maker" yes that's exactly what this album was. Booooring.....
Didn't really enjoy this. Aggressive and boring at the same time. Not to my taste, won't listen again.
Meh. First song didn’t seem to bad but after that I didn’t like it
pas trop écouté
Shit was ass
Yea this album is just annoying (its a pixies related thing after the good years of the pixies is not that surprising)
No
Miksi tääkin on näin pitkä?? Ei joka biisiin riitä ideaa! Jos yhdessäkään biisissä on kunnollista. Täytyy olöa tosi karismaattinen sooloesiintyjä, että tällanen toimik. Levylle asti se ei välity
Tiedän - kun säveltäessä tulee vaiheeseen, jossa pitäisi kehittää biisiin koukku, on huomattavasti kivempaa vain laittaa sen tilalle jokin jännä sointu tai monotoninen huudahdus. Loppuun mietittyjen biisien sijasta on myös paljon kivempaa tehdä kokoelma lyhyitä näytteitä, joita voi sijoittaa monta putkeen, ja leikkiä, että ne korvaavat 'perinteiset' kappaleet. Ehkä artistilla ei omassa historiallisessa tilanteessaan ollut realistista vaihtoehtoa. Traagista.
Made it through it. I feel like no way this album is on this list if it wasn't for the Pixies pedigree.
Not for me. Enjoy the sound but not the lyrics. Can appreciate how clever they are nonetheless.
Not for me. I didn't see anything special in this.
Terrible
Sarà sicuramente stato una perla rara per il suo periodo, il suo genere, il suo stato ecc ecc. ma su di me, è totalmente ininfluente.
slightly dissonant kinda gritty ramblings. Dragged on and on. This is loading screen music for a C-tier skateboarding game.
Yuck
Didn't enjoy this one. Didn't finish it. 1/5 stars.
Terrible
Too punky…. Nope
puuuuhh idk zu lang, kommt irgendwie nicht aus dem Knick, nir in bestimmten Stimmungen gut
What a dreadful noise. If I could give it 0 I would.
I quite like the Pixies. But this is one of the worst things I’ve ever heard. 1/5
Eh
Hey Frank, the 90's called. They want their award back. Apparently you were not a teenager at the time of the award and furthermore, your album isn't even listed under your "Albums" section, instead it is under "compilations". I don't know if that is because it is a collection of your worst songs. I won't ever find out. Frank Black, wearing all white, at least got me to write more than "How bout no" but I can't put any more words towards this.
Hard pass...
3
aweful
Gosh, two crap albums in a row. Pretty disappointed in this part of the selection algorithm.