Calenture

Kan ikke hade, da jeg synes det lyder godt. Det er super intetsigende og hvis du spørger mig hvem The Triffids er om 2 uger, så aner jeg det ikke :) Det lød dog skønt

Man ved, det bliver en lang og træg omgang, når man sætter første nummer på, og efter hvad der føles som en halv time, er der stadig 1,5 minut tilbage af åbningsnummeret Fuldstændig overproduceret ift. hvad det er - kedelig 80'er-pop. Numre som Hometown Farewell Kiss får foden til at vippe, men det er i langt højere grad stemningen, end det er nummeret selv. Ind ad det ene øre, ud ad det andet. Dermed endnu et eksempel på et album, du slet ikke behøver at høre. Igen - er det en 1'er? Ja, måske. Men det er jo ikke forfærdeligt at høre på, det er bare komplet ligegyldigt. Jeg ved, at der kommer noget, der er et godt stykke mere forfærdeligt, så det er alligevel lidt for hårdt her. 1.9

ligesom razzmads var jeg meget skeptisk, inden jeg gik i gang med albummet. Men efter de første 2-3 numre var jeg imidlertid positivt overrasket og tænkte, det er da meget tilforladeligt det her. Måske kunne det endda komme op på et 3-tal. Men så gik det godt nok hurtigt ned ad bakke. Og da jeg nåede til det helt horribelt ringe 'Jerdacuttup man' for første gang i denne liste næste ikke klare mere og ville bare have det til at stoppe - og så manglede der kraftedme stadig 7 numre. Formår at trække sig ned på et 1-tal

nice late 80s pop/rock Aussie record

I tried hard to enjoy it, but it's bland and boring. Even Nick Cave hated this one. Drivel.

I adore 80s music, and this definitely had its highlights, thanks to the instrumentals, but I still struggled to get through it. Unfortunately I won’t be tuning in ever again.

Since the eighties, if asked If I liked the Triffids I’d say “yes indeed” Because since then, I thought did But I can’t recall Hearing these songs before Either they’re unmemorable Or I’m a fraud.

It’s 3.5 for me, rounding down because it sounds like so much of the same era and genre. Nothing special here.

Excellent. Never heard before and will gladly listen again.

I don't get the inclusion, but my inclination for anything with a solid 80s vibe, even when it's a heavy imitation of what is done much better elsewhere, earns this a second star.

I didn't get on with this... questionable lyrics and overall pretty boring stuff. Not unlistenable but I was bored and didn't want to finish.

Any appreciation I have for this is on a purely objective level because I find most of this genre pretty annoying. It's a good example of the type of thing that it is. Call this a low 3.

High three? Just not quite reaching the four probably? They remind me of The Church, The Cult, Midnight Oil, maybe a little Brendan Perry. Liked it enough that I let the bonus tracks go instead of skipping them. Wouldn’t mind hearing more of them eventually.

2/5

I do like The Triffids, and I really enjoyed listening to Calenture today. Although it’s a little long, this album is packed with melody, great pop songs and is really well produced. There’s plenty of variation throughout, and it never feels like you’re listening to the same song over and over again. I’m surprised this has received such poor reviews from others doing this challenge. There is a lot worse on this list. In places, it has a slightly Pogues-like sound, and overall it’s incredibly catchy and easy to enjoy. “Bury Me Deep in Love” is such a lovely song and was probably the highlight of the album. There are no weak tracks here. Everything is enjoyable, there’s plenty of variety, and I’ll definitely be listening to this album again. Favourite track: “Bury Me Deep in Love” Least favourite track: Nothing, everything is worth a listen. Album artwork: Cool album cover.

A pretty interesting take on this style of jangle pop. It feels larger than usual, with heavier instrumentation and notable sweeping string sections. But the genre's sweetness and catchiness are still very much present. 'Bury Me Deep In Love' was an early nocturnal highlight, just super grandiose with a very deep and majestic delivery on the vocals here. 'Hometown Farewell Kiss' is a pretty neat take on country rock through this jangly lens. 'Holy Water' was the most traditionally jangle pop thing on the album; as a result, it was honestly one of the less interesting songs. And despite it reeking of '80s clunk, the following 'Blinder By The Hour', with its strings, heavy piano keys, and wailing guitar, was great. And 'Jerdacuttup Man' was pretty cool; it had this Celtic rock feel to it. It feels like every song off this album could be a lead single for its own album, for better or worse. The music can feel a bit overproduced, clean, and directionless at times, but it is mostly held together by the glue that is the lead vocals and the harmonies - which were generally great. Enjoyable record at the end of the day.

More middle-of-the-road folk rock

Alternative rock and folk rock built from lush guitars, swelling strings, keyboards, measured drums, and David McComb's deep, dramatic vocals feels like being taken through a grand, overheated landscape where every view is presented as if it were supposed to leave me breathless. There is atmosphere and ambition everywhere, but for me the emotional grandeur feels somewhat overworked rather than moving. The album's polished, expansive production gives it a strong identity, yet I often felt more like an observer of the scenery than someone actually drawn into it.

Started off enjoying it, but quickly got tiring. Not enough variety, not enough daring.

Today’s album was brought to you by the letter M, for meh. The most interesting things about this band are that Martyn Casey was. Member before joining Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and that the main songwriter and singer was a heroin addict who had a heart transplant and then died 3 years later as a result of the drugs. Thats like trying to kill yourswlf with a gun, somehow missing or having it misfire and then choosing to bludgeon yourself with it. To go through a heart transplant and still not give up drugs is diabolical.

What a frivolous bullshit.

love the mix of folk-rock in this record. 4.5/5

The Triffids are extremely OK in the realm of 80's New Wave and this isn't even their best album.

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great vocalist. everything else is so overwrought

This wasn't anything offensive and the lyrics are quite interesting. I found the music itself a little bland though and the songs just blurred into one

Sounds like a Mentos commercial. I wouldn’t listen to a whole album of that. Not even a week in and I am being tested. I’m sure I haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of the music I don’t really want to listen to. Only three more years of this

I typically enjoy some jangle rock. This one didn’t resonate with me, their jangle felt insincere and the album is bloated. I just didn’t care for this one, not much more to say about it. 2 stars

What?

Pretentious but I liked it.

Too much gloss and not enough substance. ★★

Some pleasant jangle pop in this, but overall there are about a dozen other albums that hit better than this.

Just because the author of the list lost their virginity while listening to this album doesn’t make it essential listening for everyone else.

3/5

I don't think this record was very special. Many of the tracks sound quite generic or annoying. I usually listen to every track no matter how good or bad on a record, but I had to skip most of these just because of how abysmal they are. The best track here is a one minute track where there is no vocals. Favourite Track(s): Calenture Least Favourite Track(s): Unmade Love

Never heard of this band. Interested to see what they sound like. It's alright, not for my ears

Not offensive but didn't move me either. Listened to halfway first disc and then gave up. Confused as to why this is on this list.

Crikey! People seem to hate it, but it was fine? 2.3.

So. Much. Reverb. Personal enjoyment: 1/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5

Couple of decent tracks.

Pre-listening notes: this looks like it's gonna suck Post-listening notes: to be honest I wasn't really listening

Not great, not that bad. It’s very 80s but pleasant.

Milquetoast

Ok 80tals rock, låter ibland ganska generiskt

Ei se huonoa ollut. Ihan mukiinmenevää rokkia. Välillä kuulosti niinku ois nick cave ollu laulamassa mutta kait se on vaa joku aussien välinen juttu.

Sólido disco de baladas de rock. No estuvo mal.

80's meh

I admire the ambition, and some songs were great and connected, but it sounds so aggressively 80s and dramatic that I just couldn’t properly enjoy it as much as I would have liked. I might be being generous giving it a three, but I found it solid, although very of its time.

Disc 2. Bonus tracks. Nein, danke. I hate that it sounds a little like James in places. No me gusta.

Sounds exactly like everything else that this sounds like. Overdramatic, cliched and derivative. Poorly executed 1982 New wave but 8 years too late.

Had to start listening to this like 10 times to get through it. I'm just glad the second disc was all demos so I didn't have to listen to all of that.

Yikes… 2 hours of 80s ballads. .8

Hmm. I don’t know how I feel about this one. The bits of lyrics I picked up were definitely weird/interesting! But overall it hit my ear as fairly generic 80s pop. 5/10 Decent

3.0

Not terrible. No doubt the songwriter is putting some effort into this. There are some interesting arrangements here but sounds very much like a wedding band doing an originals set. It doesn’t quite work for me. Its quite polished and a little too ”songwriting by numbers”. No disrespect to the songwriter, B- for effort and A+ for ambition but it doesn't really sit well on this list (and that's not the bands fault). Interesting wiki on David McComb RIP. Glad to learn of his story and untimely death. The album is a 2/5. I hope David McComb is at rest now.

I went and listened to Born Sandy Devotional afterward and you know what? I like these guys. I'm a big Nick Cave fan so I guess it shouldn't be surprising to anyone that knows me. I don't know if it's really worthy of the 1001 inclusion, but I don't care.

Very strong opening song, Some songs do ramble on a bit long with barely any changes to them. Some songs overstay their welcome with dragging outro's. 3.0/5.0

Calenture by The Triffids is about as generic as late-’80s pop rock gets. There’s almost nothing here that gives the band a distinct identity or separates them from countless other acts of the era. In fact, its complete lack of personality is the only thing that makes it stand out—and not in a good way. I genuinely don’t understand why this album earned a spot on this list. The lyrics rarely rise above the ordinary, the songwriting is painfully straightforward, and the production is so polished that it strips away any sense of personality or edge. Everything sounds competent, but nothing is memorable. To make matters worse, Apple Music only offers the 20th Anniversary Edition, forcing you to wade through a mountain of bonus tracks, demos, and outtakes that nearly triple the album’s original runtime. If I wasn’t interested in the actual album, I certainly wasn’t want to spend another hour listening to its leftovers.

This sounds like the best music an 80's B Movie could get licensed for the film. Not sure why this is here, but it's inoffensive and unremarkable.

Meh

This was fine. I didn’t listen to the demo versions on the second disk since it was all the same tracks

Now that was obscure- never heard of the band and didn’t recognize any of the music. Three months from now I’ll probably say the same thing since it’s all very forgettable. So maybe I did hear it in the past 🤔🤔🤨?!?

The album is good, but nothing really stands out for me. 3 stars or C+.

Autumn Music

Es un clásico que no llegó al mainstream, tiene temazos memorables que fácilmente podrían haber marcado un momento icónico en alguna película. Me hace reflexionar sobre la cantidad de bandas y álbumes que no lograron marcar pauta, pero que sin embargo merecen un lugar entre los "clásicos", este es el caso de Calenture, el cual posee todas las facultades para cumplir con ese lugar.

I liked the very 1980s pop/new wave sound of this band’s music.

With a rather refreshing and blissful lack of serious caring, I played this album through with no positive or negative repercussions .

I can see how people can get obsessed with this music. However, I am too old and too time poor to become obsessed with this music. I choose not to.

Uno dei tanti album anni '80.

This was pretty dismal, but it wasn't shit enough to warrant a 1, which really annoys me for some reason

quite twee but a nice experience

um álbum ruim seguido de outro álgum ruim. que ódio dessas músicas que querem se fazer de épicas, mas só conseguem ser clichês, ruins. as músicas desse álbum tem um quê de cópia. esse álbum é tão genérico e esquecível, que ele ficou só tocando e foi como se não tivesse nada, nem percebi que tinha música. unmade love é boa. Que álbum infinito e ruim.

Never heard of this before. Pretty generic alt-rock sound with the typical wavy type of sound to it. I wasn’t too impressed, and I won’t revisit.

Make it stop. This is just bland 80s crap

I haven’t a notion who The Triffids are, why the album had to be that long, or why they were on this generator in the first place. Not the worst thing I’ve been subjected to here but very dull and uninspiring.

I don't really understand why this made the list. It's perfectly serviceable 80s fodder, but I can't help but think loads of other people did it better. Also Love the Fever was bizarre. 2/5

Nipplers

Was ok. 3.0

Put this one in the how in the hell did this make the list category. It's not bad. It's also not at all good. Imagine you had a magical blender and just started adding 80s bands and hoping that the combination made a delicious original 80s pop smoothie. Unfortunately, it made one that wasn't entirely unpleasant, but also rather bland. That's this album

this did not need to be 29 fucking tracks long. So many of these songs just kind of melt together too, its not terrible, but it doesnt give anything that stands out. Its an average late 80's rock album that is plagued by an insane running time. Although I do get Tragically Hip vibes from it here and there.

Does absolutely nothing to justify its length

Very mid album to me? Little puzzling it's on this list

Another 80s band that just sounds like little bits and pieces of other bands put together into a blender.

Not good

You really gotta do this type of music right if you’re gonna make me listen to it. This one didn’t do it. How can you expect me to listen to a song that just repeats “holy water” over and over again? Blinder By the Hour was almost okay but still, can you please turn it off? Calenture was the best song because it was 59 seconds and no lyrics.

new album! new artist! total unknown! feels a bit like the cure, maybe a bit nick cave? 💥unmade love 💥vagabond holes?

Es un álbum genérico que q mi parecer no tiene ninguna canción destacable o interesante.

🎧This is cheesy and I like it

Never even heard of the Triffids. Album was better than the artwork conveyed. But still pretty unremarkable.

odio il folk, mi dispiace ma per quanto ci provi non riesco ad apprezzare questo genere :|

Rrr

Neutral on this, very neutral

1.67

First Listen; 1.5; This is a perfectly pleasant sounding album, but it doesn't do anything for me, and I can't pull out anything interesting from it. Very overproduced, with that 80s gated snare. On top of that, it's pretty long. Favorite Track: Bad News Always Reminds Me of You

decent 80s ballads. 2/5

More 80's copycat, soundalike, pop rock stuff.

A very bland album for me. I found the vocals quite annoying after a while. Apart from that nothing really stood out. Didn’t hate it enough for a one star but not one I will remember for long.

Think I'd rather be stung by a Triffid.

It's normally but I don't think that I would listen to many tracks from it

Meh... Mas o menos....

It's good, but nothing stood out.

Not for me this album. Didn't listen much so maybe I'm not being fair but didn't want to waste good music time listening to something that didn't immediately appeal

It’s clearly 80’s music. I hear connections to various bands of that era: U2, The Cure, etc. It’s a pretty long album where disc 2 has the demo versions of all the songs.

I know I listened to this last week, but I really can’t remember anything about it, and can’t be bothered enough to related to it now. Never a good sign.

It's weird how we've not had one INXS album but we get this shit.

Didn’t like this effort, nothing really happening here.

Utterly forgettable, sorry.

535/1089 - This isn't bad. It's a lot of stock sounds for sure with a tinge of CCM but it's well made and put together. Probably the best 3.

I liked this album but I didn't feel like it was anything to write home about

Bury Me Deep in Love 3.7 Kelly's Blues 3.8 Trick of the Light 3.5 Hometown Farewell Kiss 3.5 Unmade Love 3.6 Open for You 3.3 Holy Water 3.3 Blinder by the Hour 3.4 Vagabond Holes 3.6 Jerdacuttup Man 3.8 Calenture 3.5 Save What You Can 3.4 Score: 3.533333333

Like I'm walking through a grocery store. 2.9/5

Spotify has the release date of this album as 2005, so when it started I thought wow they did a great job of making this sound like the cheesiest 80s shit of all time. Turns out it was originally released in 1986 and boy does it sound like it. This album stinks, it’s technically fine, but everything about it is 80s cheese and I did not enjoy it for one second.

Très bonne découverte. Potentiellement un grower en plus. À voir à la réécoute.

C'était un très très bon album

This album breezed me by in a pleasant, but forgettable manner. The lyricism is pure poetry and evocative, I could feel myself drifting on the imagined worlds of Calenture. But good lyrics does not a good album make.

It lacks identity, I could get the comparisons to Nick Cave and Tears for Fears if only the music was on par with those artists. 7 note melodies are common, and everything is played at a similar moderate pace. God dammit shake me awake for once.

I couldn’t get into any of these songs and kept looking to see when it might be over.

*2005. Australian folk-pop band. *This band was formed in 1980, and it definitely sounds more 80s than 00s. *This is my vibe though. Good chill, soft rock music. *Definitely a pleasant new find on this list. Not mind blowing or anything, but I dig it. RATING - 7.5/10

"Hey mum, can we buy the new INXS album?" "No, we have that at home".

I found this fairly innocuous as far as background music. It is completely forgettable

Didn't know them yet. Good sound, good tunes

🎵bury me deep in🎵- nope. 18 seconds in. I might come back and give this a fairer shake another time. No promises

Hmm, there were moments here that were alright, but I thought overall it was pretentious and over produced. A pretty low value of 2.0 stars for me.

This one took multiple listens. The lyrics were so dark and mysterious that I really wanted to focus on them. This is now the 4th artist that I had no clue about that just blew me away. I enjoyed this immensely. 5/5

A really good album, I liked Bury Me Deep In Love, A Trick of The Light and Hometown Farewell Kiss the most.

nah

Not for me. Not the worst thing I've ever listened to.

So mid I am so sick of the obsession with this kind of music

70s folk rock with 80s flavour. Australian. Nice good natured 80s pop rock.

80's pop sound that I couldn't get into

This album had been flagged to me by (fellow Projecteer) my dad, as one that he didn't know but really enjoyed, and I have to say I totally agree. It's got lots of things about it that are bad news in the wrong hands - bits of new wave mixed with power pop and post punk - but it all comes together really nicely. It's a tiny bit boring at times, but I've got a high threshold for that. There's also a sudden hint of Springsteen in the really tremendous Hometown Farewell Kiss, when some horns sneak in and there's a giddy rush of euphoria. I dig that very much.

peak

I really liked the singer's voice and vocal delivery the most for this album. I feel like it was the best part of the album and fit with with the music at times. I found the music itself to be alright to have on in the background.

bored! 2

5/10

Boring

Not quite my mood or tempo.

This was a very enjoyable listen. I like the lead singers voice and singing style. The songs are well written and I enjoyed the musical arrangements.

Really not my vibe

Initially hated it because the first song started sounding like a Christian band, but on second listen I don't hate it, but it's not that great either.

5 / 10

If I had heard this when it came out, I would have been a huge fan. Hearing it for the first time now, it's still good, but dated.

Bury me deep somewhere so I don't have hear this album anymore.

Its good

Low key enjoyed this. A lot of it is quite bland but in places it had some lovely lush production and the quality of the vocal was often excellent.

I actually didn't mind this. I'm not sure why, nothing really stood out. Got better towards the end as well...

rated Jerdacuttup man, but it couldn’t save this album for me, just too wishy-washy. Like jangle pop written by management consultants. Okay at best

I did not really get it. Maybe sounds like the Australian version of the BoDeans. Did not really jive with me, but I guess that have a big following. I can see them being good live, maybe?

It baffles me how this is on the list and yet the huge Kick by another Australian band (INXS) from the same year is absent. I had never knowing heard this band before and initially found it a bit insipid. However as the album went on I warmed to them a bit without actually particularly enjoying the music. I found out the follow up to this record was recorded in a stately home in South West England about an hour from where I live which intrigued me. There's also the Bad Seeds connection and the fact they recorded three Peel sessions (which is more than Captain Beefheart or Joy Division incidentally) which left me feeling that there must have been more to them than is apparent on this set of songs. Maybe they were great live but never really translated it onto record or they didn't get on with breakthrough fellow Aussies or Kiwis who could have given their career that extra push. I was intrigued by the band, even while not fully embracing the music. There were a couple of better tracks towards the end in Jerdacuttup Man and Vagabond Holes but overall I'll give it a light 3 because there's something here, even if it's not quite discernible on first listen.

2/5. This album is the musical equivalent of eating unseasoned boiled chicken and rice. Like sure it will sustain you, it functions as music, but it’s still pretty god damn bland. For an album that’s supposed to be about “insanity and deception” I really didn’t feel that at any point. I don’t really have anything interesting to say for this one because the album is so uninteresting.

There is a clear bias in this list towards british pop bands from the 80s, and I have to admit that I don't see the appeal. I know this band is Australian, but they are in the same vein as the other bands that just kind of suck (Dexy's Midnight Runners, Pet Shop Boys...the list is massive). Fuck this mediocre band.

Det er lett å forstå hvorfor verden ikke husker The Triffids. De har forsøkt å blande låtskrivinga til The The med atmosphæren til Echo and the Bunnymen, og oppriktigheten til U2. Resultatet er ikke bra. Into the dumpster it goes.

Litt folksy Nick Cave, mer polert Waterboys

Maybe there would be something there if you dropped the list 80s Phil Collins instrumentation and production, but as such there is not much here to recommend. Throw will sergeant in here and maybe it rises to average, occasionally good, but that’s not what this is.

Es klingt wie ein heiß flimmernder Fiebertraum, der trotzdem saubere, klare Töne trifft. Die Triffids verbinden hier weite, fast filmische Arrangements mit David McCombes eindringlicher Stimme, die zwischen Verletzlichkeit und Pathos pendelt. Songs wie „Bury Me Deep in Love“ wirken wie offene Landschaften, während die dunkleren Stücke eine unterschwellige Unruhe tragen. Nicht jeder Track sitzt perfekt, aber das Album hat eine leuchtende, melancholische Klarheit, die lange nachhallt.

midmidmid

Based on the first track alone I was fully prepared to give this 1 star. Almost all music of this era suffered some of the production sins of gated reverb drums and digital chorus etc but even the underlying song was just unsalvageable. Most of the album continued this way until the last few tracks it kind of settled into something borderline listenable albeit not memorable. It almost brought me to 2-star territory but no now I'm remembering the bury me in love track again.

Thoughts before listening: Never heard of these guys. Judging by the album cover and release date, I assume this has to be some sort of post-punk or britpop album. Review: This certainly interesting. Its like a mix between the dark post-punk of a band like the Cure, but with some sunny melodies that lean closer to synth-pop to my ears. Apparently these guys were Australian and after a series of well received indie albums gained them attention, they signed to a major label that helped them record this album with a much larger budget. I have liked quite a few of these songs, especially when they add in organ textures and horns. Overall I find this to be a pleasant surprise. 3-stars

It all sort of sounded the same to me.

Not really memorable

Yeah... I knew this was a 3 by song 2

Sounds like the Adventures but not as good. Not bad little album.

It was poppy but a bit sad and definitely not without its vibe? I didn't mind it, so rounding up to 4* :)

Long

rubbish

2,5 +

No idea who this is. Off to a good start. On track two. I thought the album quit play and skipped to a Smiths track. So either influenced by or this is an English band of that era. The depressing melancholy electro pop was what Europe chose to do in the 80s rather than hair metal. Clearly exposure to sunshine makes you happy since most hair metal came from the Sunset strip. 😂🤣 This is good. Just living up to a stereotype. Track three is my favorite so far. Turns out this band is Australian. Which does make sense because they’re mostly British but more sun so happier. 🤣😂 I know I’m giving them crap about sounding like depressed Brit pop, but man this is a good album. Only on track four, but this is really good. Very thoughtful arrangements. Now track 8 “blinder by the hour is my favorite.

cute but forgettable. these reviews are a tad harsh tho

This is not exceptional or interesting in any way, not even how uninsteresting and unexceptional it is. Why is it here?

Welp I was hoping that a band named after gigantic murderous postapocalyptic plants would be my kind of thing, but ah ha ha ha no This is like U2 minus any of the things that are appealing to me about U2. Like if U2 decided that they wanted to expand to an even more mainstream audience and told the producer "please make us sound more like Neil Diamond." I liked the title track (a minute or so of creepy piano that ends with a phrase that reminds me of Bowie's "Moss Garden”), so I’ll give it 2 stars.

Not bad but meh.

Bury Me Deep In Love // 2.5/5

Long, boring with a dated sound.

All that to not hear Wide Open Road smh

The one Triffids song I knew wasn’t on here but this was such a good listen. They have such a cinematic and expansive sound and it does sound so Australian. Felt like this was such a gem. Particular favourites were Bury Me Deep In Love and Everything You Touch Turns To Time

Wasn't sure after the opening trick but there is some semblance of bands like Suede in here

I liked the vocals on this album (very reminiscent of Tim Booth from James), and it had a few tracks I enjoyed. The ending track was an odd note to end on, leaving the album with no momentum. Overall I didn't hate this nearly as much as many of the comments, but I agree with the overall opinion that it's an odd choice for this list. 4/10

not bad

Overall: 2/10 This was so bland and boring and not worth listening to at all. Just a nothing of an album. Fav Song: Kelly's Blues

I liked their sound and style. Had a kind of Irish thing going.

bury me deep doesn‘t sound right when you just watched the episode from 911 where a man almost got buried alive besides that the album is not terrific

It was just standard 80’s music. It wasn’t bad.

The selections from Australia have been a bit disappointing. Just too ordinary. Nothing special.

1001 albums to hear before you die of too much 80s music consumption 110# i like this aesthetic but runs out of beam kinda quickly as the songs blend together and sound samey.

There were one or two songs on here that made me think “this is what Tom Waits would sound like if he sang normally,” but overall this was a very bland album. Nothing remarkable. It was terrible by any means, I’m just not sure there’s any reason I need to hear this before I die.

complete shlock omg i’m kinda gagged…

I had system of the down yesterday and weirdly i'm going to post a similar review. This is not my kind of music, but i cant deny there is value here. The vocal is good, there is some strong melody and its well done. Got a bit boring towards the end but was fine.

I’ve owned this record for almost forty years, and friends of mine hail it as outstanding, but I’ve never liked it. The rich dramatic vocal style doesn’t work for me, the production is commercial and sounds now horribly dated (didn’t sound great then), and the songs are a real mixed bag. I don’t understand the reverence in which it’s held, and am really surprised to find it on this list. 2/5

not my kinda jams but they’re alright

Sounds like a mix of Rolling Stones (but not as hard rock) with Dylan (but not the whiny voice). Enjoyable.

Nick Cave impressionist makes the most boring album in existence. A sad day to be called Cal :(

I’d never heard of The Triffids before which is something of a rarity. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed them. The album is extremely cohesive and thoughtful in its subject matter. Due to Spotify only having the Deluxe version, I thought I had to listen to 105 minutes of album but during the last song on the original, I found myself thinking “wait, this is clearly the end, isn’t it?” and looked up the initial track list to confirm. The highest praise I can give to this album is that at no point was I ever worried about a potential nearly 2 hour version becoming boring or bland even if I did ultimately call it at the end of the original just for the experience.

The concept is there. However, it's executed so poorly. The lyrics read like a parody, and the songs sound like they are working around McComb's voice rather than with him. While it's not the worst thing I've ever heard, these topics and feelings are portrayed so much better in other songs from this time period. I wouldn't recommend it, let alone group it with "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die."

This was unexpected. The eighties was probably my favorite decade for music. Never heard this band before. Probably a mixture of Lloyd Cole, Waterboys and Icicle Works. Decent album. Some good tunes. Will need to investigate further.

Corny, but i didn't hate it

I had never heard of the Triffids or this album prior to listening to this one. This is one of those albums that pops up on this list that I have to wonder how it got here. Nothing bad about it, but pretty boring. Some of the songs just weren't very good. Seemed a little bit like Nick Cave does yacht rock to me. When I read up on the album, it didn't do well commercially and didn't seem to be influential in any way. Most of the reviews were just middle of the road. It was re-released in 2007 as a 2 disc set with some bonus songs at the end of disc 1 and some rehearsal and studio cuts of the original album songs on disc 2. Let's just say that I only listened to the original songs on the original album and skipped the rest. Again, not because they were bad, but because I have better things to do with my Saturday morning.

Groupe inconnu. Pop/rock standard et plutôt mou, pas désagréable (+1) mais pas original. Pas de seconde écoute envisagée. =>2/5

Meh…kind of boring and the songs sound the same. They have a similar vibe as Echo and the Bunnymen which I like.

This selection is blah…one I really don’t an have opinion one way or another. Totally just background music.

I like the singer’s voice and the whole vibe is reminiscent of a lot of 80s stuff I love. But this album grates in places and drags in others. Some cool moments, but not something I think I’ll revisit in its entirety.

This was a decent album, nothing too crazy but not terrible either

It's the 80s. But made in 2005. Weird album, and I really don't think it deserves a place on the list. But not the worst listen at least.

Washed over me, nothing special

Never heard of the Tree Fiddies before, but here's hoping that they're worth the chunk of change. Boom - that's the intro. For the record, I think that this will be an uhhh umm oh fuck I don't actually know. I'll hedge my bets on an 80s rock album. Folk rock, apparently. Oh well, I was more or less there. This was a nice listen. A little unengaging down the centre, but the music holds its own thanks to the earnest sound and sincere subject matters. The strongest aspect of this music is the vocals. While the actual performances aren't much to write home about, they get the job done thanks to some adept vocal melodies from both the lead and back-up vocalists. I also like some of the finer embellishments of this album like the sax, strings, bell and xylophone. Where this album falters a little is in the production. The percussion, pianos and jangle poppy guitars are all noticeably dated, which sadly leaves many of the instrumentals sounding a little messy and diluted. Fortunately, this sound doesn't bug me all that much - I'm used to it now. Overall, I didn't mind listening to this album, though I find it unlikely that I'll ever return to it. Book time. Oh, hey. These guys are facking Strayan. It's been too long since I last rolled an album from the motherland. Anyways, the frontman of The Triffids was a child prodigy who "...won school prizes in English literature and divinity". I've no clue what that latter award is for, but I shall fear his divine wrath nonetheless. The lyrics are "poetry". Well-received by critics, but the band were unsatisfied with their level of success and split up once their follow-up album failed to attract the same level of praise. The frontman of the band also pursued a solo career before dying in a car crash in 1999. Man, this book entry really closed out on a fucking downer, huh? Wikipedia says this album was well-received by critics and had some modest chart success both at home and overseas, floating at around No. 30 on the Australian, Belgian, New Zealand and Swedish charts. However, that's about it. 80s Australian music is always difficult for me dislike. Obviously, Australian 80s music doesn't hold a candle to the quality or cultural significance of the UK/US equivalents, but the music just sounds Australian to me. Like our Auspop counterpart to the UK's Britpop. I am left scratching my head as to why Midnight Oil or Men at Work aren't on the list, however. In any case, I enjoyed this album and it's a decent example of what Australian music was like during the time, so I gladly cosign this inclusion.

We ve heard worse from this decade.

into their sound

theres some cool songs on here but its pretty unremarkable otherwise. jus another 90s pop rock album.

Why is this on this list?

Didn’t really care for it. Generic 80s pop

good album

Just not my personal type of music

Listening to the first track I figured I was going to hate this, but the longer the album went on, the more I enjoyed it. I kept getting Nick Cave vibes from it, and I adore him, I think it's the Australian connection that does it. There's some really great songs here, and some truly baffling lyrics that keep taking me by surprise. I'm quite quick to judge music, so it isn't often an album will completely win me over from hating the first to loving the last like this. Good stuff.

I see the vibe. I think they’re talented. I just wouldn’t choose to listen to this again

4/10 - A few fun/catchy songs. Very 80s in sound. Sounds to me like it was inspired by Bruce Hornsby “The Way it is”.

Feels like a poor man's Echo & The Bunnymen. Not something I would relisten to but I did like A Trick of the Light and Blinder by the Hour. 5/10

3.5 - Good

As a kid, I saw Day of the Triffids at a local theater as a Saturday Monster Matinee and it gave me nightmares. This album is a ray of sunshine in comparison.

There is a word my daughter employs often which best describes this album: Cringe. Oh boy, generic 80s ?soft rock with the most awkward lyrics I've heard in a while. I was listening to it in the car and turned the volume way down so nobody passing would hear as this was embarrassingly bad. Not sure why this is in this list, maybe they have a niche/cult following?

2 hours is a bit much ngl

Reminds me of 80s independent music, but the vocals are dull and the music not really inspirational 2.5/5

This was like a parody of an 80s album

This is that white noise type of album that I find really boring. A couple of decent ones but not enough to make this album memorable in any way unfortunately

I had to skip several songs but there were 1 or 2 that were a good listen

kind of bland but it's not as bad as everyone claims

Intetsigende

Bezveze album, baš ne znam šta bih mislila. Ne mogu ga ni pohvaliti ni posrati, eto. 2/5, 3/10

The cheesiness of this album alone keeps factory farming alive.

in no way merits inclusion on a list of a 1,001 anythings.

2.5

Meh. The're fine I guess. Not offensive, but nothing special. Why are they on this list??? Strikes me as another one of those deals where someone creating the list just thinks it looks cool to include obscure bands even when they're not worthy.

The blandest thing I've ever heard, but no worse than anything else out there in 1987.

This one is from an Australian group - the first Australian entry that I recall. I listened to the original release (twelve tracks). I’d describe the music, which well-crafted, as dramatic rock with some country rock. The title track is a short instrumental piece. The final track is nice. Overall the music is good enough for three stars.

Pleasant! ("Calenture" is a tropical fever; makes sense)

It’s always cool seeing Aussie’s on here but in this case, this was probably one of the most meh albums I’ve ever heard.

Okay it's pretty boring but all the reviews about it being bad Christian rock I'm not picking up on. It's just kinda dull indie music.

Just within the scope of the 1001 Albums Generator, I've heard so many other acts make better versions of this style of music. This is only a must listen if you need an annoyingly mediocre baseline to make other acts like New Order sound even better by comparison.

It’s ok. Fairly bland,formulaic eighties really. Not much else to say. Won’t be listening to it again.

This is ok, pretty average really. This is not genre breaking, but it does not offend. The lead vocals at times reminded me of Lloyd Cole, who I once liked. Some tracks were quite bland, would not revisit.

fav songs: none why is this album on this list? 05/100

Maybe the middest of all the mid music we've listened to. It's like they were adjacent to all the great collegw radio music of the late 1980s, tried to pick up on the zeitgeist, and fumbled by landing it up with enough baroque shit to make me angry. Still, enough passable songs to earn a 3.

This flirted with 1 star but I almost liked Trick if the Light, so... I don't like the voice, songs or production for most of these. Meh.

Parts felt like they were going to build into something, however overall it didn't capture me.

Only interesting in places , dragged slightly

Let down by weak songwriting

The instrumentation is beautiful, the production sublime, but the songwriting is drab and boring. At its best, a rare song like Blinded by t!he Hour reminds me positively of Echo & the Bunnymen, but most of it was uninspiring.

Solid 3 for The Triffids, i like it but nothing is really grabbing me. Some lovely melodies and nice tunes but nothing i can hear to warrant it’s place on this list.

I mean, it definitely sounds Australian whatever that means.

At first, I was thinking it was pretty boring 80s trash, but somehow it was still enjoyable. I almost felt like I was talking myself into hating it. As the album went on, I realized there's some actual depth and complexity to it. It's just buried in the mix a little on the earlier tracks and comes out more further in.

The worst kind of 80s music sound.

A band I’d not heard of but a good listen. Early nineties but with definite 80s pop vibe. Nothing spectacular but enjoyable.

Eh, it wasn't bad but I wasn't extremely into it. But it was pretty good.

reverb

Not even worth the time to write this review.

Not loving this album. It sounds 80s but tired and not as fun or deep as other bands.

Calenture feels like driving through dramatic landscapes during sunset with emotional songs blasting beautifully, sounding thoughtful, grand, and slightly mysterious, although a few calmer moments slow the adventure before the album quickly pulls you back into its dreamy atmosphere and heartfelt storytelling once again afterward.

As a child of the 80s, I have developed a taste for plenty of cheese, but I guess because I didn't hear this in my tender years, this variety of Limburger never imprinted on me.

So, so 80s. Enjoyable but a little too earnest for me.

I was rooting for these fellas, they seemed nice. All album long I thought: the next song is going to be good. But alas… no.

Another 80s pop rock album. It has the familiar elements of muted drum sounds and a kind of general cheesy nature. This one incorporates real instruments and strings instead of synth beats, however. I thought the music was just okay. I liked "Blinder By the Hour" in particular.

Dreadful

Awful 80s slop. Stopped listening cuz it sounded like a bad Eurovision group from the 80s made an album

This is such a pocket rocket of a choice Never heard of it but it was a delight. Love the 80s production. Songs are good Good

I knew when I heard the first track that I wasn't going to like this, and yet, with more listens, I disliked it even more than I thought. This album is.. indie? jangle? folk?. At least it is clear that it is pop. Either way, this record is absolutely devoid of feelings. I found everything here to be extremely dull, forgettable, uninteresting, pretentious and mostly not catchy at all. There is, in addition, a clear intent to be big and grandiose with the use of an orchestra type of instrumentation but I don't think it works at all. Only thing I can say I liked a little bit are the choruses in "Vagabond Holes", which is a bit catchy. Still just a mere moment in one of the twelve painful songs that are here. What a tedious experience. Absolutely forgettable.

Decent bit of melancholy pop. Did loose me a bit in the middle then brought it back slightly, then lost me again. Enjoyable listen overall and some good tunes at start of album. A trick of the light has to be my favourite off this one, brilliantly dark and some of the better song writing on this album in my opinion

I did not enjoy this at all. It was way too long. Honestly, I found it very boring, nothing about it spoke to me. The music was generic 80s to me. It wasn’t unlistenable, but I did not enjoy it. 1.5/5

Started really well but dropped to just "listenable".

Unequivocally 80's sounding. Huge highlight: A Trick of the Light.

boooring don't know how to explain it, but it's the kind of an album that gets stuck in your car - you get used to it, you may like it or consider important to you, but it would never happen if you weren't stuck with it by force

Yeah, this really isn’t great. I was cringing at times at the terrible lyrics and the amateurish feel of it all. It comes off like a high school musical production. Only saved from a one when I realised 2nd time around that I didn’t have to listen to the last 5 tracks on disc 1 as they are the extras

I think I may have liked disc 2 than 1 (practice demo versions). Triffids was a new discovery for me but as a fan of Echo and the Bunnymen, The Beat and The Smiths, they slot in very well to my music library. Is it revolutionary? No, but some great songs all the same

Classic, easy-listening 80s. Neutrally okay. Favorite track: Blinder by the Hour.

Big standard 80s rock

2.5

It didn't hit very hard, but it's good quality music.

There is nothing wrong with this album, some songs are quite catchy. But at the same time there is also nothing that pulls me in or makes me want to come back to it again. I can't really even remember the catchier songs when the album is over even though I was bopping along to them while listening.

Little cheese, not much substance musically, lyrics are mid. Second song was kinda cool. Everything else jus blended together into boring 80s indie rock. 2

Десь 2.5. Деякі пісні прям сильно не сподобалися. Хоч і є досить непогані композиції як Hometown Farewell Kiss. Дуже необов'язковий в цьому списку.

Щось таке абсолютно ніяке. Дефолтний поп-рок 80х. Сподобалась хіба що пісня Unmade Love.

Este disco lo tiene todo: una buena voz, los instrumentos en buena cohesión, diversidad en los géneros musicales. Además tiene dos partes el disco, una maravilla. Volvería a este disco una vez mas.

Why is this on the list it is not good

Eh. Bland and dated. I might like the songs if they were done acoustically or in some format without the dated production, but did nothing for me as is.

A fairly pedestrian album without much to be excited about.

good! lots of people didn't know this actually. aussi rock

Eh. Not really my thing

Cheesy and not in a good way. Last song, Save What You Can, might have been the best but still toss.

Shite

Shite

Shrug. What was the point in that then? Never get that time back...

Shite

Not good

Not a particularly compelling album but some really good songs and great production

Beautifully whimsical at times whilst being lyrically intricate and punchy. Playful without being silly, vocally clever with varied arrangments. Its just a really well put together record.

One or two decent songs but not a good overall package

Sounds like a bunch of mid-tier 90s Irish Eurovision entries.

Album #1,087 Sophisticated mid-80s pop. I've never heard any of these songs before, but they'd fit right in a John Hughes movie soundtrack. OK, but dated sounding.

"we have echo and the bunnymen in australia" the echo and the bunnymen in australia:

To be honest, dont remember a lot from this album. A lot has been going through my mind lately, though. I think A Trick of the Light and Save What You Can stood out to me the most, although I'm basing this off of what titles I remember glancing at and saying, "Huh, cool. I'll probably remember this song". 5.6/10. The government is designed to keep us sedated.

Idk, I only liked one song

É, existe

Não me puxou