Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Better than Coldplay
it was alright
V good, would listen again
Nothing too inspiring or must listen album to this listener. Got pretty bored quickly. Best thing I can say about this album is sometimes I thought the singer sounded like Ian Astbury, lead singer of The Cult. The Cult has some really good tunes. These guys, not so much. 2
2 Before I get into my review, I want to point out that this was produced by Gil Norton. Other works from Gil Norton include: Pixies - Doolittle Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape Jimmy Eat World - Futures All albums I love… so what happened here? There’s no sense of edge or lush instrumentation to be found anywhere - it’s just generic ‘80s adult contemporary. Except, it doesn’t seem like this was popular in the ‘80s either. How did this end up here? The most positive thing I can say about this album is that the Irish instrumentation was enjoyable, but those moments were few and far between and only felt hinted at at best. I was also going to give The Triffids shit for being an Australian band trying to sound like an Irish one, but I guess they had relocated to the UK a few years before this released, so it’s somewhat justified. Instead, I’ll give them shit for not fusing the two cultures musically as well as AC/DC did on It’s The Long Way to the Top. As far as the negatives go, I don’t have much to say on that front either, but that’s really because this album is just kind of an unremarkable nothingburger. It borders on new wave just enough where you can almost get a taste of the sound, but you’re ultimately left unsatiated and wanting more. It’s even kind of reminiscent of Echo at times, but moreso a low-cal, sugar-free, off-brand version of the Bunnymen. Far from the most offensive music I’ve heard in style or substance, but I was snoozing pretty early on. I’m glad it was only uphill for my guy Gil from here - I’ll just assume this was an early project he took on to support his still fledgling career.
Those are some odd lyrics
This is not even a good album at all.
Was already over this album halfway through the first song. I want someone to defend their reason for why I must hear this before I die.
This one was very underwhelming overall, though the back half seemed to be a little better. I never heard of these guys an probably will not listen again, but who knows. I won't actively avoid it though so that's why I give it a 2 and not a 1
MID
Meh
80s rock from an australian band i've never heard of. very soft and sometimes dramatic tracks about feeling distant from the world, disassociation and surrealism. there's a bit going on here, but again this is an album that doesn't spark my interest nor attention too much. it's not to say that the album is terrible, but really it doesn't speak to me compared to the many other albums i've listened to in the past. it needs more. a lot more.
Finishing this was a testament to my patience.
I can’t. This album is terrible and the songs are terrible
I guess this was OK. Nothing motored the boat for me.
Boring. Such a waste of 1001. AND it’s almost 2 hours long?!? Give me a break.
It’s alright
Favourite song - Baby Can I Walk You Home
Easy to listen to.
Great grooves. 2.2 outta 5
The music is not terrible, but it is boring. I had a hard time listening to the whole album. There is one bright spot. David McComb is clearly influenced by Nick Cave, but David McComb's singing voice is not even half as annoying as Nick Cave's. If you're listening to this on Spotify, the original album is just the first 12 tracks. Spotify has the much anticipated (I'm sure) 2007 double disc reissue. Yikes
Solidly meh
I'm pretty sure this is what you would get if you asked AI to create a generic 80s pop/rock album. Boring, bland, inoffensive. It didn't actively annoy me, so it gets a 2.
Shades of Echo and the Bunnymen, The Waterboys, and INXS in here, but nothing truly noteworthy. No idea why this is on the list.
Not unlistenable but pretty dull throughout, I'm afraid.
Tagged as jangle pop, but doesn't sound like it to me. It does sound like the 80s. The lyrics are terrible so they sure stand out. 2 Heard before? Nope Owned: Yes 16/1001, 16/60 (26%) Will I get? Nope
Very good. Holy water is a great track.
I don''t feel my life has been greatly enriched by hearing this album 😐
Unexciting. Lots of chaff for not much wheat.
Album 903 of 1089 The Triffids - Calenture (1987) Rating : 2 / 5 My first reaction is to wonder what exactly was so special about this one that it made the list. I can think of hundreds of “better” albums that might deserve the spot more — unless there’s some hidden importance about this record that isn’t obvious on a casual listen. What I heard was some easy-going rock that wasn’t insulting to the ear, but nothing that really stood out either. Pleasant enough in the background, but no track ever reached out and grabbed me. Not terrible by any means, but also not an album I’d call memorable.
I had completely forgotten this group existed, which kinda seems like the whole point of them, I guess. "Jerdacuttup Man" is kinda fun. And the songs sort of grow on you the deeper you get into the album. But "forgettable" is still probably the best way to describe them.
Coming into The Triffids' "Calenture" with no prior knowledge of the album, I was immediately struck by its romantic and dramatic flair. The record displays very good pop songcraft, filled with rich melodies and a lush production that makes excellent use of string arrangements. The songs are well-arranged, creating a sound that is both grand and intimate. The vocals, in particular, stand out. The singer's delivery has a similar gravitas to Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, with moments of darkness and theatricality that bring to mind Nick Cave. This is perhaps where the album's main criticism lies; its sound, while excellent, feels a little derivative of its time. It echoes the influence of bands like Simple Minds and The Bad Seeds, rather than pioneering a new sound itself. Despite this, I found "Calenture" to be an engaging listen. My initial impressions, on listening to "Calenture", were so strong that I'm sure my appreciation will strengthen with repeated plays. This is an album I'm seriously considering buying. Four stars. 1 "Bury Me Deep in Love" (4/5) 2 "Kelly's Blues" (4/5) 3 "Trick of the Light" (4/5) 4 "Hometown Farewell Kiss" (4/5) 5 "Unmade Love" (4/5) 6 "Open for You" (3/5) 7 "Holy Water" (3/5) 8 "Blinder by the Hour" (5/5) 9 "Vagabond Holes" (3/5) 10 "Jerdacuttup Man" (4/5) 11 "Calenture" (4/5) 12 "Save What You Can" (4/5) Total - 46 Average - 3.83 104/1001
Bury Me Deep in Love - 5/5 Kelly's Blues - 4/5 A Trick of the Light - 3/5 Hometown Farewell Kiss - 5/5 Unmade Love - 3/5 Open for You - 3/5 Holy Water - 3/5 Blinder by the Hour - 4/5 Vagabond Holes - 3/5 Jerdacuttup Man - 2/5 Calenture - no rating Save What You Can - 3/5 Average score: 3.5/5 (rounding down) interesting choice to put on this album list. i think i had higher expectations for it before listening, however. it wasn't bad. in fact, it started fairly strong. however, as someone who usually loves jangle pop, i feel the middle tracks were a little underwhelming. from what i can tell, they have other albums that are supposedly better than this one, which has me hopeful for when i explore their discography further. though i didn't enjoy this album as much as i hoped i would, this certainly wasn't bad. i'm glad i've been exposed to a group i likely wouldn't have discovered on my own, and i hope their other material is better
Kind of meh. I don't see the hate and I also don't see why it's here. It's just there as an album.
This was my first time listening to this album. It seems to have had a lot of positive reviews when it was released, but to me it felt very run-of-the-mill 80s rock. Nothing really jumped out to me as being new and experimental in any way. Maybe in the context of its time it would grab me more, but it really didn't do a lot for me. Not something I'm likely to return to. 2/5
This is an album on this list.
Sort of reminded me of an alt tears for fears. Not bad but not as catchy as I would have liked.
This was truly awful, a crime against music. The only purpose I can see for this album is to identify people I won't get on with, as anyone who rated this a four or a five is lost to me I'm afraid. Yeah, you heard it here, you have awful taste in music if you like this. It's like someone took all of the pretentious awfulness of the 80s and managed to make a whole album of this distilled down with not even a single catchy song to break the dullness. One star.
Remember when the gang from Saved by The Bell made a band? This albums makes them sound like GG Allin
I didn’t hate this one, but nothing really stuck with me either. It’s got a clean, polished sound and you can tell The Triffids knew what they were going for, but it just kind of rolled by without leaving much of an impression. The atmosphere is there, and the songs are fine, but they play it pretty safe. I kept waiting for a track to really jump out or hook me, and it never happened. It’s listenable, but not something I’d reach for again.
This sucks
A bit too eighties for my tastes at the start, butsome good tracks and grew on me the longer into the album, to the point where I really enjoyed it
Bland, long, boring
This was just ok. Some of it I liked, some was a pass. Overall it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good either. I liked the themes, but musically it could have driven those themes home a lot more powerfully.
Not my exact style but still listenable I suppose
point1.
I liked it more than the previous album, but still not anything in particular that stood out. It sounded like a basic 80s album, just not necessarily a good one. I liked the song “Save What You Can” though. 5.7/10
This was so moody but I kinda loved it?
I feel like there’s an identity crises happening here? Couldn’t tell what the sounds was in each song and it’d change by the next one.
Similar thoughts to yesterday’s album. I could take it or leave it. It’s just not my thing.
This record had a glossiness/sheen to the production that was hard for me to overlook. Instrument choices and sound effects were cheesy and felt kinda silly. It was honestly hard for me to take this seriously. At its best, I view this as background music; at its worst, it was cringy and unmoving. The vocalist sounded like he had a few cotton balls under his tongue. There was also an annoying sibilance on “sss” sounds that made it hard to listen to. I will not revisit. 2-2.5/10
Pretty fun album. Well produced, good songs, lead singer has a nice powerful voice. The style fits with the era but isn't completely tied to it.
Eh. It was ok.
I admire the songwriting here as it's unlike anything I've heard. Somewhere between Fairport Convention and Post-Punk rock. I would pick up an album, but there's nothing super catchy here. Probably more of a grower.
Just not very good and SO LONG!
Not great i have to say
This is pretty obscure. Never heard of it or the band. I guess there's a reason... it's not all that good. I mean, it's earnest, but I found it overproduced and a bit full of itself. Very derivative, like they are channeling other bands.
The other reviews of this album make it pretty clear - this is derivative, moody, 80's rock slop. Shouldn't be on this list. The fact I'm a sucker for 80's music but had never heard of The Triffids should be a sign it's not worth the listen. But within three tracks, especially the excellent "A Trick of the Light", David McComb's (I had to look that up) captivating voice had me hooked. This album got into me way more than I thought it would. It was damn near a five.
This is too literate and poetic to be lumped in with a lot of other boring 80s rock music that this might be mistaken for. Tracks like A Trick of the Light show what these guys are capable of: simple but evocative writing and a kind of slow, mellow instrumentation that complements it very well. High 3.
This was a really nice listen. Some of these songs honestly sound like overlooked classics. A Trick of the light for example sounds like something I would have heard playing in Blake’s car in 2010 😆. It meanders a bit as it goes on, but on the whole, a really solid album. ✨
Forgetting it as I listened to it.
Not bad late 80s pop rock. The textures are very 80s and haven’t aged well, but they are not alone in being victims of that. I could have done with more instrumental work from them.
This feels like it's come out of a machine which dispenses generic factory-made soft-rock albums from the mid-80s. It's very, very boring, so unremarkable in every way that I can't really give more of an opinion than this, although one song that stood out was baby Can I Walk You Home, which was bordering on hysterical. Did no-one involved in its production say, "Hey, man, this is a little much, and the central theme is too weak to support it?"
Sounds ok
This is a long album, and there's not too much variance between a bunch of decent songs
There are way too many middling albums like this on this list. A little tired of the alcoholic and heroin abusing idiots on this list. It doesn't make you a deeper emotional person and better artist, it just makes you a rube. Unlike a significant portion of the listeners on here I have no problem with, nor do not I recognize, such a thing as over-production. The production quality was the one thing that I enjoyed here. There just weren't enough song arrangement and style ideas to make those songs interesting from an all time perspective. I feel The Triffids should have listened to the producer who wanted to try a a reggae/calypso version of "Trick of the Light". It might have made a boring same old song (with exception of the bridge) a bit more interesting. Again, why is this on the list? Almost any other Pop album from the 1980s was more enjoyable than this. As a fan of 80s music and knowing which 80s album that were not included in order to keep stuff like this on this list is deeply disappointing.
This gives me Waterboys vibes…except not as good. It appears 1,001 albums leaves a lot of room for mediocrity.
I was not previously familiar with the artist or the album. This sounds like kind of generic, bland 80s pop. While there isn't necessarily anything particularly objectionable, I don't care for it and would not listen again.
New to me. Melodic, impressive.
Pretty proud of myself for guessing that they were Australian by track two. For me, this was one of those “hey this is pretty good — wait, nevermind, what the hell is this — or maybe it’s actually great — but no, wait” albums. (ntm.)
Very strange and all over the place. Some interesting stuff. Heard all sorts of influences and such. Just not for me.
This band/album reminds me of a lesser Saw Doctors (from Ireland) or the 80's output of fellow-Australian band The Church. However, The Triffids doesn't stand up to time like those other two bands, I feel like what we're hearing is something that feels like a tier 2 representation of the 80's jangly guitar pop rock that doesn't really feel like it belongs on this list. It's fine. It's good, but it's ultimately for "fans of the genre" and not so much as a showcase or something I think will ever take hold of a newer audience in a way The Church or other bands from the era consistently do.
Particularly liked Trick of the Light. Never heard of this band before, but I quite like this. Sounds like the soundtrack to a lot of 80s movies. I'll be listening to this album again and trying out some of their other albums
I feel like honestly I probably should have liked this album more than I actually did - I do resonate with this sort of very dramatic 80s production, I like the vaguely folk-y instrumentation in parts, the brooding/dark (almost emo at times?) lyrics. Had never heard of this band but maybe they were sort of like the Australian answer to the Smiths or Simple Minds, which I SHOULD like in theory, but something about it all just didn't quite work the same. Blinder by the Hour is actually a pretty decent song and I enjoyed it quite a bit, but some clunkers for sure. Didn't hate it but not likely to return to it.
Listening to this made me actively irritable and angry.
Music for people who make AI generated 80s nostalgia slop
2 80s.
During its best moments, it reminds the listener of a mid-tier Nick Cave record, and at its worst, it's a bit dull and just forgettable. I enjoy when records take a stab at incorporating non-pop elements, this one offering quite a few homages to sea shanties; and that's what I wanted to hear more of instead of typical 80s power pop.
There's something in the Australian water that breeds these slightly left-of-center acts like The Triffids, whose folk-rock-post-punk fusion on Calenture feels genuinely refreshing despite its middling execution.
Ok, this record was surprisingly good. I was not expecting this. How come I didn't knew The Triffids before?
Not memorable.
Solid 80s pop rock. Interesting songs and vocals.
Average 80's style "mid" rock. It's entirely uninspiring. I didn't necessarily hate any of the songs, but I couldn't connect with them either. I guess the best song from the album is, Kelly's Blues. I'll add it to the playlist, but I don't really want to.
Well that wasn't very good. They're no Men at Work, that's for sure.
I believe the appropriate response after the first 10 seconds of every song is, “ugh”.
I guess it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard?
Pretty lame, Milhouse Seriously, who the fuck is like, “Bro, you got to hear this generic ass, Australian, adult contempo album from the 80’s before you die.”
Thoughts while listening: I'm about to leave work early to drive to my storage unit and find my boxes of books and dust this book off to read the fucking write-up on this one. LOL at Wikipedia calling this "Rock." Was this just added to fill the Australia quotient? This list better have some AC/DC. This has no redeeming qualities. Would not listen again.
Australian folk pop. 2/5
Everything I hate about 80's music all wrapped up into one album.
I don't get it.... 3/10
It’s like a bad movie-musical soundtrack
(8/100)
1,8/5
Very corny and generic. Not much to say or anything going on beyond the surface. Another album I'm very surprised to be included in this project.
Poor man's INXS?
solo puede rescatar las intros de algunas canciones y alguna instrumental, pero la verdad entiendo hate que le llegó
Wow! There’s probably something for every pop loving listener on this album. Very impressive for its fine imitation of various pop genres.
Well... That was the 80s. 3 stars.
It was fine.
This list is a long con. Just a practical joke that keeps on giving.
I can hear something Nick Caveish about them. I have to recognise that it's a good record, although it's not my thing really. Something a bit folky about it I'm not a super fan of.
Based on the comments here, this wasn't as bad as expected. It is a bit dated, reminding me in parts of The Stranglers.
I alllmost want to give this one star. But I won’t, because it’s not completely unlistenable. But god it’s sooo 80s (derogatory). And not even in the fun pop way. The songs are all one-note, the story-telling is weak, and the singer just sounds bad. Sorry bout it.
Generic and bad. Shame on you list
Was meh, wouldn’t listen to again
Ok band but not my thing.
It is not necessary that anyone listen to this ever. There were 1000 bands that sounded like this in 1987.
Lítið spennandi við fyrstu hlustun, en svo venst þetta við aðra og þriðju. Alveg allt í lagi níundatugar Ástralíurokk. Mögulega eru textarnir einhver snilld, en ég pældi ekkert í því.
Fans (if there are any) of this album can cry me a river. 2/10
Not to my taste.
Meh
this is the most 80s album ever (derogatory) jesus, this is a long album two (?) of the songs were not-atrocious enough to merit a 2 instead of a 1
Niet m’n ding
Plenty good, 80s Australian alt rock. Never got bored or annoyed. Good vocals, baritone and performative in a good way
It's okay. Mostly a pretty ho-hum album, but a few moments that jumped out over the rest. Perfectly listenable but nothing special.
no es malo pero es bastante genérico y olvidable
I really wanted to hate this album, but I listened a couple of time and didn’t? Can’t say I liked it tho
Definitely has those 80s-isms but I do enjoy how passionate and intense the vocals are. The epic instrumentals and strings work really well with his voice.
I had never heard of this band or album before, and none of the songs sounded familiar. I really like it though, even though none of the songs individually really grabbed me. Really good late 80s stuff going on. 3/5.
This is one of those albums that sounded good, I enjoyed for the most part, and finished it wondering why I needed to listen to it before I die. A solid record. If anything it makes me appreciate musicians that create art like this without much financial success, which apparently The Triffids never achieved. Good on them and RIP to the lead singer, who sounds good and confident on the record.
Haven't heard of them and I thought I know all the most important 80s bands that could be featured on the list. Listening to the album didn't help me understand why it's here. There were so many better bands in Australia in the 80s that'd deserve this spot more 2/5
Meh
Calenture refers to a fever-caused delirium where sailors envision that the sea is a green field and walk to their deaths. It's a little known fact that folks who make "best of" lists can also suffer from the musical version of this, where they believe whatever album is a personal favorite is also worthy of inclusion on whatever list they are making. 1/5
Ok but a bit middle of the road
I have never heard this before. Some of the songs were a bit too 80s pop for me, but I enjoyed several tracks on this album. I ended up listening to the 2007 edition with bonus tracks. I found many of the bonus tracks superior to several songs from the original album. Some favorites here: "Kelly's Blues" and "Vagabond Holes". I will listen to this again.
Reviews of The Triffids suggested they “should be at the same table as U2”. Sorry, but I don’t hear it. Plenty of good songs on here, but nothing quite sticks as hard as Bono and the boys. I might give it another listen. The production also sounds a little flat, and that might be what keeps this album below top-tier.
What is this doing here? Magic fm off cuts. Not for me.
Digging the 80’s new wave type beat and hooks. Takes me back to simpler times of electronic synchronization. Guitars are singing on Kelley’s Blues.
Åpner overraskende bra, men for hver låt som går blir det mindre og mindre verdt å høre videre. McCombs stemme holder heldigvis interessen oppe gjennom albumet, men det er for mange svake låter. Blinder by the hour drar det opp litt igjen, og etter det sporet er det litt opp og ned, men ingen låter som topper åpningslåta. Tittelsporet og siste låt er dog en fin coda.
Cheesy, cringey and dated. So 80s (in the worst way). Oh and the singer is almost always flat. Why is it two discs?????
Never heard of this band. Started out slow but somewhat grew on me over the course of the album.
I have to admit this album started out in the hole with me on account of it being less fun than INXS's Kick and less meaningful than Midnight Oil's Diesel and Dust, both of which came out of the Australian New Wave the same year and neither of which are included on this list. But by the time I got to "Holy Water" I was on the right wavelength to enjoy it for what it is. To use another 80s analogy, if Kick is Magic and Diesel and Dust is Kareem, this album is, if not James Worthy, at least Michael Cooper - reliable, maybe unspectacular, difficult to replace even if not essential.
Well, that was terrible.
It’s fine.
Utter dreck. I hate that this is now in my streaming history.
If this is Christian Rock, it’s the best I’ve ever heard. If it isn’t, it’s competent and sounds like a lot of the bands I like from the time.
I think this gave the same vibe as Morrissey in the best way possible. Without his whiny voice, it was similar and I did enjoy how it was a kind of “longing” voice.
Immediate thoughts after the first chord: late 80s soft overly-reverb-laden fey mid-tempo faux-sensitive pop "rock" that will be utterly unremarkable and indistinguishable from myriad others of the era. Unfair, right? Actually I think I nailed it. Ranking these even on a personal level is such a weird concept - am I really going to place this at the same basement level of Linkin Park, White Stripes, and Leonard Cohen? Based on my revulsion in attempting to get through this, yes. Yes I am. I am 1070 albums in and perhaps had I had this at, say, album 37 I may have stated it's just not for me with a 2 but it seems I've run out of time for this vanilla pablum. Utterly terrible and not even funny-terrible. Uninspiring - that's it. One of the 10-20 most uninspiring albums on the entire list. 3/10 1 star.
I forgot to listen to it, probably alright though
Not the worst but I could only handle about half the album before surrendering
A friend of mine in high school went to a Primus concert and tried to give the famously hat-positive Les Claypool a chef’s toque, at which Les shook his head and said, “No thanks, man, not my speed.” Sam’s sentiment applies here. I like some of these sounds, but for the most part it’s just not my speed.
Are we being for real now?
Favorite Track: Bury Me Deep in Love
I couldn't even get 3 tracks into this maudlin, reverb-drenched navel-gazing drivel.
Hyggligt album.
the Smiths for people who hate music
This is such a horrible feeling.
Not for me. 1/5
this exercise has really just taught me the 80s aren’t my vibe
Inoffensive but not sure why I’m supposed to think this is important
I've said it before I'm always sceptical of 80's bands I've never heard of but this isn't bad. I hear a little Lloyd Cole and some Prefab Sprout in there albeit quite a bit darker. Fairly standard late 80's "alternative" but good
Has there every been an album with a blurry picture of a sad-looking white guy on the cover that didn't suck? Heard it once now; will never hear it again.
A bunch of radio friendly 80's songs
Not offensive, but it's *very* 80s in its cheesiness. Okay to listen to, but I can't say anything stood out whatsoever. Very minor plaudits for Bury Me Deep in Love and Jerdacuttup Man. Also docked some points for being a double album.
Nope
eh
I believe they made the record they wanted to make. It's just not a record I want to hear. It's not technically bad, but it's boring. I'd swap this for INXS - Kick, also from Australia, also from 1987, more exciting, more successful, and somehow not on the list.
A pleasant but forgettable enough listen.
Never heard of them before. Good stuff.
Calenture song was good. 1.5/5
Interesting pop rock album with some mid surprises and arrangements. 80's new wave pop rock vibe with 80's over produced sound and some dull moments which is typical for that period objectively. Interesting recommendation overall.
This really sucks. Like really. I think it's the style and performances that I don't like. And the songs, too, now that I think about it.
A nice listening, I can't say I particularly like or dislike it 2/5
I didnt think it was all that bad until I realized there were two parts and it was almost 2 hours long. Not doing all that.
Lyrically this is on a par with Kirk van Houten's post-divorce classic: "Can I borrow a feeling? Will you lend me a cup of love? Broken hearts need a-healing, put your hand in my glove of love." e.g. "I'm on probation – FROM YOUR LIPS"
2/10 This doesn’t really do much for me. I think there are much better examples of similar music of the time, like Simple Minds or Tears for Fears, both of which had already released better music by the time this had come out. Weirdly, the label were apparently interested in the singer, but not so keen on the rest of the band. I think he’s the worst bit. He’s not a bad singer, but his delivery is all over the shop and lyrically it feels a bit like a teenager who thinks they’re deep. He’s also really having to work to fit some of the lyrics in with the rest of the song. I think there are some kernels of quality hidden in some of these tracks that having a really strong producer might have teased out, but even the production is a real mixed bag. I started getting more annoyed at this towards the second half of the album. Funnily enough, the version I listened to on Qobuz had a bunch of bonus tracks. They were way better than anything on the album and the production was SO much more subtle. But we’re not here to judge them by their outtakes. Overall, I’m not quite sure what to make of it. I don’t think it was as bland as Aimee Mann. But I also think that her album was more consistent and had better production. I’ll have to rank them equal. Bury Me Deep in Love - This sounds like it’s supposed to be epic and massive, but it just seems hollow. Likewise, the main lyric seems like it’s supposed to be really profound, but just feels awkward. This track was used in Neighbours for the wedding of Harold and Madge. Seems about right. Kelly’s Blues - This is a better song, but it’s also not that interesting. It’s very 80’s. A Trick of the Light - Some truly awful keyboard/synth tones on this. Very meandering and the lyrics seem somewhere between try-hard and didn’t try hard enough. Hometown Farewell Kiss - There are some nice ideas in this one, but the execution and the production just let those ideas down. And it gets more cheesy the longer it goes on. Unmade Love - This seemed to be building up, but never actually arriving anywhere. Just a bit dull. Open For You - This is just terrible. Sounds like a bad children’s Christian rock song. Holy Water - Some really odd choices in this one. A sort of steel drum synth patch and then some church bells followed by a terrible synth flute. And the lyrics are woeful. He couldn’t even be bothered to write some of them and just did do-do-dos. Underneath it all, I don’t think it’s actually a bad song, but it’s been produced to sound half way between a Christmas song and a calypso. Blinded By the Hour - Again, there are some decent elements to this one. But overall it’s a bit boring and doesn’t execute very well. And then it’s got a piano ;playing out of key in the background near the end. Vagabond Holes - Another one where there’s something decent in there somewhere, but executed poorly with bad lyrics. I particularly dislike the machine gun snare drum. Jerdacuttup Man - I quite like this one actually, but it really reminds me of something else that I can’t quite put my finger on what. The vocal delivery feels a bit try-hard and there’s too much reverb. Calenture - This is a strange little interlude. Don’t really see what it adds. Save What You Can - A ballad with tortured lyrics that sounds like the cleanest pop production of the whole album? Why not. It’s quite boring.
Truly never have even heard of this, which kind of made it fun to figure out as I listened: big bang 80s drums, relentlessly earnest 80s lyrics, and some real easy cheesy listening arrangements, mixed in with flashes of country, synth, drama, and Jeebus. I can't say I liked it, but kind an entertaining experience. Why it's one of the 1001 records remains a puzzle. I guess 1001 is a lot.
When I first put this on, I thought I was listening to a Flight of the Conchords parody of bad 80s soft-rock. Don't think I will be revisiting this one anytime soon.
Never heard of them and found album entirely unmemorable. I also made an executive decision only to listen through track 12 on first disc, since that was the end of the original album.
I am left wanting more from this album. It felt like something was missing; I did not find it super interesting to listen to. I wasn't the biggest fan of the vocals or the production. The album felt very 80s, negative connotation. While I do think the emotions behind the lyricism were captivating, the music and vocals were not doing it for me.
If You Cannot Run, Then Crawl 1001 Albums Generator 64 (07/01/2025) 1001 Albums That Make You Want To Just Listen To The Cure more like. That's a bit derisive, but seriously, Calenture is an album that left me feeling very disappointed. Looking at the genres (indie pop, jangle pop, folk rock) had me feeling excited. This list is at its best when it uncovers albums outside of the general canon that are truly unique and high quality. Some of my favorite discoveries so far have been KIWANUKA and She's So Unusual. I thought perhaps The Triffids' fourth studio album Calenture would be another such album. The opening track, Bury Me Deep In Love, for all of its cheese, is quite good. It opens with this lightly neofolk acoustic guitar part before falling into a sort of U2-esque big sound. The drums sound awesome and the piano is cool too. The strings and lyrics are extremely cheesy but underneath all that is a good song. From here the album stays strong and arrives at its strongest song, Kelly's Blues. Although its tempo is slow, the energy of this track is undeniable. I love the bass and drums during the verses. Hometown Farwell Kiss is drenched in this self-aware semi-ironic glam country sound that I really like. Blinder By The Hour has this great, dissonant piano part that plays throughout the chorus. It sounds wrong but also works so well. The last song, Save What You Can, is also great, with the interplay between the guitar and piano being a highlight for me. Much of this album is not super great or memorable however. Open For You is super annoying. It has a completely unserious sound and grating female backing vocals. I do not like the vocal style on Jerdacuttup Man, where vocalist David McComb does this gravelly voice that just sounds fake to me. The interlude title track is actually one of the nicer moments here, but as it is an interlude, I can't give it too much credit. Most of the other songs are just okay, but as I alluded to above, I spent the album wishing I was listening to something better with a similar style, such as The Cure or Sam Fender at different points throughout. The Triffids are a talented group, but their landmark album, Calenture, does not impress me much. It's a 2.5, which I will round up to a 3 since there's more good stuff here than on the albums that I have rated a 2. Favs: Bury Me Deep In Love Kelly's Blues Save What You Can Least Fav: Open For You
It starts out horrible. Gets better, but not enough.
idk just feels totally nothing, quite souless, especially on the instrumental side. Its also quite out of date> quite a lot of the vocal parts feel like Nick Cave ripoffs, I swear I'm not only making that connection because they're both Australian, some parts sound exactly like Nick Cave songs. Not much else to say I feel like some songs have some level of personality. Its also really bloated, too long. There's also too much reverb on the kick imo, just sounds bad. Favourite songs: bury me deep in love, a trick of the light, open for you, baby can I walk you home, everything you touch turns to time. Overall around 4/10
This is a hard one to rate. The Triffids were a low key indie band in Australia with a minor hit song that could be our national anthem (Wide Open Road, it's not on this album). They are from Perth, and an 80's band from Perth trying to make it on the world stage is an almost impossible task. Calenture was their 'big budget' shot at fame. It's good, some great songs and some that seem to try too hard. Recorded in the UK - and that's probably the reason they made the 1001, getting noticed in Perth doesn't happen. But if you don't hate this - have a listen to Wide Open Road.
Album which I don't seem to get my head around. There's many genres mixed and instrumentation and production seem to go all over the place. I wouldn't say that I especially like it, but somehow I want to listen to it more. It has hints that there's more to find if one scratches the surface a little bit more. Lyrics are at least interesting.
I liked it. Kind of reminded me of late 80s early 90s Inxs meets Beautiful South meets Simple Minds meets early U2 meets Level 42 maybe?
I did not use a private session for this one. No idea what I was getting in to, but between it being an 80's album and the dude's hair I got nervous about keyboard heavy poppy rock. After giving it a listen, the album is more straight forward rock, a bit gothy and gloomy, sort of shoe-gazing, but with some country twang.
Did not finish.
Average. Algun so bastant Beatles.
The Christian stuff stopped me in my tracks. Some decent orchestration.
Very 80s, and schmaltzy AF
Good late 80s rock with classic and Brit rock throwbacks. Not sure how I've never heard of this band, but the album is good.
#618. Spotify says there's 46k monthly listeners for this band. Surely there's not 46 thousand people at any one time listening to them for this list, so it makes you wonder who are these people out there listening to this intentionally? 2/5: not great
80s bombast and production at its most grating and pretentious.
I was excited when this showed up as my album of the day. Courtney Barnett mentions the triffids in a song, so I always assumed they were super cool but had never listened to them. I usually try not to read other reviews until I've listened to the whole thing first and formed my own opinion. But this was so bad that by the third song I had to look up some reviews to see if I was just missing something. Nope, I'm not missing anything, this album is pretty much universally hated. As it should be. Because it sucks. Sorry Courtney. The song Unmade Love could pass for a The The B-side. The only bit of redemption on this album.
Tepid, like lit fic
Not for me
I would have thought there would be a thousand other albums way better than this that could be included in this list. That being said the last four songs were pretty good so it got bumped up a star for that.
"Bury Me Deep in Love" is a fun (and incredibly cheesy) opening track, but the rest of the record is simply uninteresting and wholly underwhelming. If you're gonna listen to Australian bands, for the love of god, stick to Tame Impala or King Gizz.
Ok
This is my first time hearing about this band and this album, but I liked it. Nice casual pop music in which there was literally nothing that bothered me. I was a little surprised by the storm of bad comments on the generator and the relatively poor rating - in my opinion, 80% of everything I've listened to so far was worse than this. It's realistically a three, but out of spite I'll give it a 4/5 because it doesn't deserve so much hate. It was completely OK.
These guys are great! I’m surprised I’ve never heard of them before. They sound a little like The Smiths, but with less melodrama and maybe a bit more post-punk edge? There’s also some folk-leaning tracks and some pop. Really good 80s rock overall. I almost wonder if the reason they’re not more famous is because their name is The Triffids. I keep having to look back at the name as I listen because I can never remember it. 3.5
There's some nice 1980's pop rock charm in this. I've never heard of the band but as I went through this I found a lot that I liked. The production is nice (love the gated reverb snares- SO 1980's), the vocalist has some over the top 80's emotive vocals, and the arrangements are interesting and change enough from track to track to keep me interested. 3.3/5. I'm surprised that this has so few song plays!
2/5
Found the songwriting to be weak, and the music itself wasn’t particularly compelling
Why? Why is this crap on the list? Someone test the author of 1001 for utter stupidity. Or that he was working on two lists and got them confused, the second being 1001 albums to avoid at all costs. Because this, like far too many others fits that list much better.
This album is the equivalent of motel art, only you're forced to stare at it for 1 hour and 47 minutes
Pretty good. I enjoyed it. I could see this growing on me, but right now it was just ok.
This album didn't even make it into the top 30 of its own country's charts when released. I'm not surprised, I listened to it today, and it's as boring as batshit. It's upsetting when I think about some awesome albums that don't feature on the list and yet I have to listen to this dross. Lowpoints = vagabond holes (😳) and trick of the light
Couldn’t be more dull
8/10 pretty good, I wouldn’t say it’s good enough to be on this list, but I had fun
Booring. Sounds like someone threw the lead singer of Tears for Fears into an uninspired 90s rock album.
Cheese
This is the lame stuff that I would hear on tv shows in the 80s that I assumed was just music made for the show be people trying to sound like current music. Kind of like Cure rip offs and such. Very confused why I should have to listen to this.
Я уже забыл о чем это было
I hadn’t heard of these before so had to google them. I would have thought they were a British band if I hadn’t researched them first. Remind me of UK acts like Level 42 and Curiosity Killed the Cat. I didn’t hate this but after a while, the songs sounded rather samey. I’d have to listen to it again but wouldn’t hated to listen to it again
This was enjoyable and inoffensive, albeit a little bit long. Nothing special but definitely not bad
1. bury - 1.5 2. bluez - 1 3. light - 1.5 4. kizz - 1.5 5. love - 1.5 6. open - 1 7. holy - 1 8. hour - 1.5 9. holez - 1 10. man - 1 11. calenture - 0 12. zave - 1 13. baby - 1 14. region - 1.5 15. fever - 1 16. bad- 1.5 17. touch - 1
Cierto, alguien acertó con su semejanza a algún grupo de alguna iglesia cristiana. Buena definición y cuanto más los escucho, me teletransporto a un escenario donde hay coros con velas
okay bit of a random review as jade Jenson made me listen to the wrong fucking album. gonna be an outlier here... and rate the zombies album, Odessey And Oracle. gonna go ahead and give this an average review, as I did like the album but wasted 35 minutes of my life because I can't work this stupid little website yet. feeling no better than a middle aged boomer being tricked by AI on instagram reels, I can't figure out new technology. the album that I listened to was great anyways, Care of Cell 44 was my favourite. Im sure this Celenture is good album too, but I am employed and studying so I don't have any more time or mental capacity to rate it today. god bless xxx
To me, this album is a bland, forgettable, relic of the past. I'm sure it was a hit during it's day but i don't think it has aged well at all. The vast majority of the album sounds like a fever dream/desperate attempt to create a memorable 80s banger about love. The songs went in one ear and out the other. The only decent track is Love the Fever(being generous here), thanks to the catchy synth lick during the chorus. Other than that, i can't recall a single lyric, riff, motif, or lick off of this album. Wet noodle Neutered dog Stale bread An absolute bore to listen to Hated it Fav tracks: - Love the Fever 1/5 (i would give it 0 if i had the option)
Say it with me again y'all: I like the sound, but not much sticks out
Unfortunately this one didn't really make much of an impact on me. It was okay, and probably the best "no-name" random rock group from the 80s or so that I've heard from this list so far - but that doesn't mean much.
A few solid songs on here, but overall this felt like the most 6/10 album imaginable. Can't imagine getting much out of active listening on this.
No idea why this was on this list. It certainly didn’t make any impact on me. I feel like the only way someone could love this is if they had a nostalgic connection to it. And judging by the l number of listens, I don’t think anyone does.
This gave me occasional flashes of The Cure, but poppier. It's a bit weird that a 2005 album sounds 15 years older than it is, but it's pretty alright.
There are some crappier songs at the end of this one but the run of songs at the beginning is so good I didn't care. Trick of the Light is fantastic. I love how they stuck the little piano piece at the end. Felt like I was on an adventure.
It's ok. That's it. Wouldn't include this in albums I had to listen before I die tbh. Sounds nice but not something I would play again.
I wasn’t sure what to think. The first song made me go nah…but it got way better. Some Songs had me singing them in my head after. I was pleasantly surprised. I thought I was gong to listen to garbage. This was not garbage.
What is a Triffid? Is it even a real thing? Well, no they aren't. They're a fictional, predatory plant that could move around and kill other living things. They're from a 50's science fiction book called "The Day of the Triffids." Now, I didn't know that without looking it up. And I don't think you probably knew that when you listened to this album. I kind of think that's all I needed to know, really. I mean I didn't know that going into this album, and that's probably a good thing. I would've thought less of this album going in, and that wouldn't have been fair. But come on - to name your band after a fictional plant from an obscure science fiction book from the 50's? I mean you do you... This felt like the most generic light 80's rock I have ever heard good god. None of the lyrics are that incredible or insightful, the production feels like two dozen other 80's albums, and it's just...boring. It feels so safe, so *nice* and just so boring. What's something new that this brings to the table? What does it do exceptionally well that it deserves to be here? I'd love for someone to tell me. Because what does feel edgy (and there's little of it) feels derivative and the rest? A snore. Two stars. Standout Track: Calenture
J'ai trouvé les arrangements plutôt chargés et l'ensemble, sentimental et peu intéressant.
Gourgeous album. A lot to like, especially in the instrumentals and lyrics. It's got a lot of great songs, but the standouts were "Unmade Love," "Holy Water," and "Blinder By the Hour." "Jerdacuttup Man" is a really interesting one. This album sounds like a cross between Midnight Oil, The Church, U2, and R.E.M, and frankly that's a great sound to have. Totally surprised by this one, just like I was by the Go-Betweens 16 Lover's Lane. Maybe Australia really does know what they're doing in the late 80's alt-rock sphere!
fine... whatever
Bury me deep in crud Just listen to Tears for Fears or Level 42 instead
Mediocre
I really tired to see the appeal of this one. The fact that Domino Records re-issued it had me a little intrigued that there could be something special under the surface here. But I'm sorry to say that I just found it a bit boring. It's kind of the "smoother" side of new wave, maybe just as people were starting to get sick of the genre. I guess this is one of those "you had to be there" sort of albums to appreciate it. Unfortunately, I wasn't and this one was mostly forgettable.
2.5 A truly average album. It’s far from the worst thing I’ve heard, but there’s nothing really extraordinary about it. The first song stinks, but then the song after that is pretty good, and it kinda goes back and forth like that for the whole album. The good isn’t consistent, and the bad is just around the corner. The singer is also like that. One of the most average voices I’ve heard ever. Nothing special about it at all. For these songs to connect, he needs to be a way worse singer, like Leonard Cohen, so we could focus on the lyrics, or way better, like Bono so we can focus on the melody. As it is now, it’s just “okay.”
Boy, was this not for me. I've never heard of The Triffids (other than in their original sci-fi context). This never grabbed me in any way. I played it, the time passed, and I moved on. I felt nothing. Not a fan, not sure why/how this album made this list.
I'm partial to a bit of 80's now and then - with one of the great appeals being the nostalgia/ memories that the songs evoke. I don't know the Triffids - so am listening fresh without the nostalgia glow or the familiarity of having heard the songs on repeat over the last 30 years. Without this the album feels like generic 80's pop and I don't have time or inclination to listen to it enough for the songs to worm their magic.
Calenture Never heard of The Triffids, and I’m not entirely sure I’ve been missing out. It starts off with a very pleasant 80s country and Irish folk twinged pop-rock track, and while there’s but after a few songs that overall sense pleasantness descends into a limp and anodyne insipidness that I actually found a bit aggravating. Combined with the vague whiff of Christian-rock and the 80s production it became a bit of a slog to get through, despite the on the surface ‘nice-ness’. Bury Me Deep in Love, Trick of the Light and Holy Water are obviously the strongest songs, the melodies and arrangements are good and there is a sense of quality and interest that is missing from much of the other tracks. While some of them pass by inconsequentially well enough, if, as I say, rather limply, like Hometown Farewell Kiss, Open For You, Blinder By The Hour or Jerdacuttup Man, a few are actually actively quite bad, especially when they attempt a harder, rockie edge on Kelly’s Blues, Unmade Love and Vagabond Holes. The pleasant songs are ok, if rather mundane and unremarkable and the bad songs are bad in a particularly banal way, adding up to a rather annoying listen. There’s no reason to ever come back to it, and that irritating nature I think rather harshly puts this as a 1, albeit, and as if it matters, as a high 1. 🌱 Playlist submission: Trick of the Light
The album opens with the savagely anodyne 'Bury Me Deep in Love'; a song that I would happily have believed was penned by David Brent. This was the soundtrack to Harold and Madge's wedding on Neighbours. As Neighbours-wedding songs go it comes in at second place, a good few laps behind Angry Anderson, and ahead of no others I'm aware of. 'A Trick of the Light' provides a glimpse of the dated pop glory that could have been, save for Dad vocal and truly bad lyrics ("I was beating on her like an anvil; beating her out of original shape"). 'Save What You Can' is also a decent one. But hey, even a blind squirrel will find a few acorns. I'm happily waving goodbye to the day of the Triffids.
Vidim da mnogi mrze ovaj album. Ja definitivno ne. Ali nemam ni ništa posebno lijepo da kažem o njemu. Prijatan je, može se slušati, ali nemam želje da ga opet slušam. Nadala sam se da ću imati nešto bolje da kažem ali nije iznadprosječan album, šta ću.
I'm not sure why so many are hating on this. Maybe I'm not able to discern between decent alt pop/rock and otherwise, but I liked it. It reminds me a bit of Lloyd Cole, a bit of Echo and the Bunnymen. It isn't my favourite genre but I don't get "Christian rock" from this, I don't find the arrangements terribly dull and I don't find the sound overproduced. Not many standout songs but an enjoyable listen overall, and McComb was a charismatic vocalist.
I don't know why all these other reviews are completely dogging on this album. It's not anything great but it's not horrible
Cutely bizarre. Catchy enough. Never really broke through.
What is that sound on the right speaker in 1:20 of Open for You? The rest of the album, just fine, dont see the reason of it being on a 1001 list to hear before you die. It feels like its drenched in reverb for no reason. Listened twice but was not impressed by the band, not feeling feverish as the title implies. 4/10
Not bad, but very generic and similar sounding throughout. Standout song: A Trick of the Light
I will not include the bonus tracks or rehearsal demos of the 2007 reissue for this review. I can't say I've heard of The Triffids before. They were an Australian alternative rock band that blended elements of folk music, where they seemed to get lumped into the then-burgeoning post-punk craze of the 1980s. They eventually found success overseas in the UK with their album Born Sandy Devotional and secured a recording contract with Island Records for this album, Calenture. The recording sessions for Calenture sounded difficult. The band constantly traveled back and forth between the UK and Australia to work on it, and they went through multiple label-appointed producers before bringing back Gil Norton, who worked on Born Sandy Devotional along with earlier efforts from Echo & the Bunnymen. These constant changes for the band also tied into the songwriting, where frontman David McComb sought to capture feelings of isolation and distress akin to what sailors would experience overseas for long periods. The illusion of the loved one who's not there on "A Trick of the Light" and "Unmade Love", the burning down of a hometown on "Hometown Farewell Kiss", the imagery of being found buried in "Bury Me Deep in Love" and "Open For You", the sinking feeling of being distant from friends and loved ones on "Vagabond Holes" and "Save What You Can". It is evident how pained David must have been penning these words, delivered in this sultry croon that reminded me of fellow Aussie Nick Cave. David was the focal point of this group, and the album is well-produced around him with the necessary string arrangements, synthesizers, and reverb to bolster his voice. That said, I struggle to determine how distinct this group was compared to other post-punk groups around this time. Besides David, the rest of the band members played decently. There were a few instrumental highlights, such as the guitar work on "Kelly's Blues" and "Open For You", the bouncing shuffle-rhythm with accompanying bell chimes of "Holy Water", the autoharp melody of "Blinder by the Hour", and the dissonant title track that encapsulates the feeling of losing sanity. But for me, these distinct moments felt few and far between as the focus was kept on David. I still consider Calenture an intriguing listen, reflecting what the band went through being pulled away from their homeland. The Triffids are remembered fondly back in Australia, which is pretty cool.
There’s some really awesome Aussie bands that could be on the list and this is not one of them.
Not bad. 3
Forgettable (Definitely didn't need to be a double disk album with rehearsal / demo recordings for each track)
This is so absurdly bland, why is it on the list? The songwriting is so safe and predictable, it never goes anywhere I didn't expect. Musically, it's pretty toothless. It it just feels so safe. It nearly does things to pull me in, put gives up and goes back to being safe. E.g. I was kind of enjoying the country twang on Hometown Farewell Kiss but its pretty subtle and it eventually gets dropped entirely. The performances are generally fine but nothing to make a fuss about. Bury Me Deep in Love sounds ripped straight from the sad scene from a Dreamworks film At least David McComb's voice is pretty good (he shows that off pretty well on Unmade Love) and it has the 80s drums sound that I'm fond of Highlights: Unmade Love
Not the most exciting or revelatory album I've listened to. So far I'm struggling to find the point of this list
I’ve never heard of The Triffids before, but based on the description of this album, it sounds pretty interesting. I don’t know many Australian artists, but I’m excited to see what these guys bring to the table! I don’t think this album was much to write home about. I had some pretty high hopes for it while I was listening to the leadoff track, but those hopes were dashed pretty quickly. I really enjoyed “Bury Me Deep in Love.” I loved all of the reverb, the booming drums, the shimmering guitar playing, the piano, and the string arrangements. The sound was really unique, but also distinctly late eighties. The lyrics were a bit on the cheesy side, but they matched the big sound. I didn’t like “Kelly’s Blues” as much musically, but I thought the songwriting was pretty good, and the music matched the atmosphere of the lyrics really well. “A Trick of the Light” was good too, and I really enjoyed the backing vocals and the keyboard playing. Over the rest of the album, I enjoyed “Holy Water” and “Vagabond Holes” as well, but most of the album after the first three tracks felt like it relied heavily on the sound that had already been established, but without doing anything particularly interesting with those elements. This was still a fairly enjoyable album to listen to, but I wanted more memorable melodies and explorations of that big, echoing sound, but I didn’t get it. I could have looked past that more if I thought the songwriting was stronger than it was, but I didn’t find that part of the album to be particularly noteworthy. Still, it was interesting to listen to an Australian artist that I wasn’t familiar with, but I don’t think I’d go back to this.
It’s an Australian band. 2 stars not for me
I had this on whilst I was making breakfast, and one of my dogs decided to shit on the floor. Cleaning that up was more memorable and enjoyable than this album.
Totally eh, maybe so should give it another listen
80s pop but without the fun element. Never heard of them before, I’ll try my best to forget them now.
If I had heard this independently from this list I would have thought it was a group of semi talented teenagers who just need a little guidance. But to find out this was their 4th album and on this list is shocking.
Sounds like a cheap knockoff of Simple Minds ... and I don't like Simple Minds.
My initial impression is that this album would most often be found in a record store's CD bargain bin. While I'm positive that this could be a hidden treasure to some, it feels like off-brand Echo & the Bunnymen to me. There are hints of something greater, but overall unimpressive. Not sure this one needs to be here.
I’m not mad about it, but also nothing to write home about
Jesus. No. This is not something you need to listen to before you die. It's so inoffensive that it becomes offensive. I normally just listen to whatever version is on Spotify but this time I looked up the original track list because I could not take 2 hours of this.
What is going on in AUS
Pretty good
Not my jam, but this was probably fine at the time. Kinda sounds like discount Billy Joel.
Didn't do it for me.
This is totally overproduced late 80's shit. I can understand if it was popular in 1987, but this did not age well. If I heard this in 1995 I would have felt the same way about it.
I liked this one a lot
Yeesh, using this analogy twice in a day - about as interesting as a white bread sandwich with no toppings and its crusts cut off. Nearly two hours of this!? Come on.
Disappointed.
There's parts in these songs where it's alright but I think I don't like the vocals, and overall the music isn't doing much for me.
Some of the songwriting is interesting but it's so dripping in 80s sound that it's hard to enjoy
Better than Born Sandy Devotional
Ah pretty enjoyable not necessarily my thing
- «Bury me deep in love» var vibe - Veldig akustisk soundscape med mye reverb - produsert på 2000-tallet, men høres ut som det er produsert på 70/80-tallet… - litt overprodusert - Alle hater visst albumet? Var ikke så ille engang.
Absolutely awful, dreadful vocals with every instrument (such as cheapo Casio keyboards) swamped in shiney 80s reverb. Somebody is having a laugh at our expense including shite like this
Is it echo, is it james, is it some 80s/90s indie shizzle? Average
This was dreadful. Summarises all that was bad about 80s rock and then doubles down on it by somehow being even more shit. How in earth did this make the list?
Not even popular enough to be an obscure pub quiz question.
Some of the tracks were okay-ish, but overall it was quite bland. 1.5
Like the Thompson Twins, but less interesting. I never thought THAT was possible.
Its like if HIM were a Christian band
Idk this was not good. Worst track: vagabond holes 2/10
Pretty condescending and treacly from a bunch of Australians.
I’ve had bowel movements that were more satisfying than listening to this turd of an album.
About what you’d expect. Nothing notable
I think it’s a solid album, but I don’t think I’ll ever revisit.
started off being like, why does everyone hate this? it’s fun 80s stuff, some fun synth. then it definitely is too long and starts to get so derivative. but still waaaay better than some of the british crap on this list, respectfully
Folk pop, pretty fun
This is, without competition, the worst album I have ever endured in its entirety. A master class in ugly drum tracks which were justified only in how perfectly they matched the rest of the sound. Why was it so long? From the first seconds I was eagerly awaiting the end and it just kept going.
Good instruments and music. The lyrics aren't as nonsensical, but otherwise it reminds me of Crash Test Dummies, another favorite of mine.
Just so long and boring
Reminded me of a discount echo and the bunnymen vibe- they were all over the place in this album. But I did like a few songs like the unmade love song and walk me home or whatever
A couple decent songs, but mostly just that thin, echoey, terrible 80s sound.
This sounds like if The Smiths were straight. Not mad at this 👍🏽
80's music was rough. Not sure this was top 1000 even then..
Catchy and pleasant 80s pop/alt rock. Nice, but not especially interesting to me Favorite track: Blinder by the Hour?
Langeweilig!
Annoying with its bombastic ass sound. Their previous two albums are much better and nicer sounding with sparser arrangements, and with songs that are present here, but done much better. Literally, Jerdacuttup Man is a leftover track from In The Pines, albeit more rockish, while the former is more melancholic and desolate, like the outback of Australia where they based their sound from. And much better. Especially sad that this is in the 1001 albums list :/. They have better releases, people! ⭐⭐
This would not make the top 1001 albums of 1987, so I’m confused why it is on this list.
This is not an album I needed to hear before I die, let alone one of the top 1001.
Nice 80’s indierock, with interesting lyrics
Yikes.
This is a somewhat forgettable 1980s Brit-Pop album. There are some good songs, but it honestly doesn't really stick out as a full piece. Best Songs: Bury Me Deep in Love, Kelly's Blues, Vagabond Holes, Everything You Touch Turns to Time Worst Songs: Holy Water, Love the Fever
Uninteresting
Looking at the genres, I expected this to be a folkier take on Morrissey's shtick. Instead, I got if the worst of Nick Cave was produced by U2. Bleh. I usually think these low average scores are an overreaction, but I completely understand why this left a bad taste in many people's mouths. It's not awful, but oh so dull.
If you like The Church, then man are you really gonna think this… is ok.
Bella la prima: "Bury me deep in love" tutto bello!