Calenture

I really don't like it. The album is overproduced, insanely boring and full of the most generic songwriting I've heard in a long time. There is literally zero edge or anything interesting to report here, the album may as well be a collection of cheesy songs written for run of the mill 80s films.

I did not really get where this one was on this list. It reminded me of a bad 70s soft rock cover band that perhaps one it’s high school talent show thought that maybe they could come up with some of their own music. Totally forgettable and certainly nothing cutting edge warranty, any particular attention.

Pret-ty lame.

pass

I don't like this very much at all. It makes me want to listen to things that are way better. Like The Smithsz and The The and Inxs and Midnight Oil and Simply Red and that opening song done by the guy with the pony tail at the begining of Lost Boys and... you get the point

Yeah. I'll pass on this one. Not sure what this is or why it is on this list at all.

As solid as water, as watery as fire, as fiery as a pink fluffy cloud.

This is not even a good album at all.

Finishing this was a testament to my patience.

I can’t. This album is terrible and the songs are terrible

Boring. Such a waste of 1001. AND it’s almost 2 hours long?!? Give me a break.

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

Not great i have to say

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.

Everything I hate about 80's music all wrapped up into one album.

(8/100)

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.

solo puede rescatar las intros de algunas canciones y alguna instrumental, pero la verdad entiendo hate que le llegó

This list is a long con. Just a practical joke that keeps on giving.

Fans (if there are any) of this album can cry me a river. 2/10

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

What is this doing here? Magic fm off cuts. Not for me.

Cheesy, cringey and dated. So 80s (in the worst way). Oh and the singer is almost always flat. Why is it two discs?????

Well, that was terrible.

Utter dreck. I hate that this is now in my streaming history.

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.

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?

I couldn't even get 3 tracks into this maudlin, reverb-drenched navel-gazing drivel.

the Smiths for people who hate music

This is such a horrible feeling.

Not for me. 1/5

Nope

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.

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.

Did not finish.

Very 80s, and schmaltzy AF

80s bombast and production at its most grating and pretentious.

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 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.

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

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)

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.

Bury me deep in crud Just listen to Tears for Fears or Level 42 instead

Mediocre

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.

80s pop but without the fun element. Never heard of them before, I’ll try my best to forget them now.

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.

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.

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

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.

Idk this was not good. Worst track: vagabond holes 2/10

I’ve had bowel movements that were more satisfying than listening to this turd of an album.

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.

80's music was rough. Not sure this was top 1000 even then..

Langeweilig!

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.

Yikes.

I couldn't pay attention to this and what I could hear was not very enjoyable.

Standard 80s drivel

No No No. And not in the Destiny's Child way.

At least it's not another Leonard Cohen album.

I tried. I really did. I gave this two full listens. This just isn’t good to me. Everything on here was done better elsewhere leaving this feeling hollow.

Why on earth did I need to listen to this before I die!? This is some of the most sterile, lifeless music I’ve ever heard. Most tracks sound like 80’s Contemporary Christian music. 1 star.

Poor. Not memorable in the slightest.

Boring :/

In a nutshell: nauseatingly melodramatic. I'm not a Triffids fan but I can safely say on behalf of many Australian music lovers that "Born Sandy Devotional" should be here instead. Fans adore it. Critics rated it highly. It inspired many indie rock/indie folk artists of the 80s through to early 90s. On Calenture, the lyrics are deep and the delivery hymnal (just like Nick Cave). David McCombs' crooning is irritating though. The production feels too clean. Too polished. Overall: 1/10

This shit ass, bro. Whilst I did think some people were blowing it way out of proportion with their hatred of it, that’s still not enough to save it. It’s bland, it’s boring, there is absolutely no substance to this album at all… All whilst the vocalist tries to convey some “deep and meaningful” lyrics, making the whole album sound like it’s trying too hard, like a sixth form student smoking weed for the same time, starting to cry and saying we are all the same in God’s eyes. There’s a massive stink of Chris de Burgh on this album, it’s very Christian Rock kind of vibes. Writing a song about a caveman on display in the museum must be one of the most lukewarm takes I’ve ever heard, the most cheesy fucking thing I’ve ever heard. Which just about sums this album up.

Fuck you man

this is meant to stay on the shelf at the thrift store forever

No idea why this is here.

Ugh, I think this is maybe the worst album so far, and I'm approaching 600. And I've already had Scum. This sounds like a desperately untalented person trying to imitate Simple Minds, but it's like they've only ever had Simple Minds described to them and never hear them first hand.

Dark waved rock album, not my style.

dog shit.

Gear: Abyss DIANA MR Artwork: 😑🟠🔵 Production: 🔊🌌🔄🎶🌊🔊🌌🔄🎶 Music: 🎹🎻🎤🤡🧼🤢 Rating: 🤢/5

Never heard of this band before. Apparently they were big in Australia. Good for them. I don't give a shit. Fuck man this was just so annoying and just feels like a lesser version of those eighties bands that rode the line between new wave and mainstream rock like The Cars. I really tried to get it because I do genuinely like all that "adult alternative" eighties stuff but I realized after a few tries I don't truly like any of the songs on this album and that I couldn't wait for it to finally end. It's like, not literary enough to be a "sophisticated" pop band like Prefab Sprout or The Blue Nile, not punk-leaning enough to be alternative rock or new wave, not catchy enough to be a good pop/rock band, I just don't understand who this is for or why it's seen as good. And then it started to sound like The Pogues after a while and it's like come ooooooonnnnnnnnnnnn... shut the fuck up........... I gave it a fair shot and listened to all of it more than once but yeah fuck off.

VERY 80s, not terrible, but it came off as a wannabe Tears For Fears. Some of the repetitive lyrics (Open For You and Holy Water specifically) got obnoxious. I don't know what the song Jerdacuttup Man was on about is that some sort of British boogie man or something? It sounds like a Tom Waits character but not cool. I take back what I said above, I kind of hate it now after hearing the corniest shit I think I've ever heard that is called Baby Can I Walk You Home. This sounds like a Christian rock band trying to dip their musical toe into Sting levels of reggae. Please stop with the Gaelic music if you're not actually in Ireland or Scotland or Wales or whatever it's not cute. This album did not need to be an hour long and I gotta dock it for doing so with such lousy music. Everything I touch turns to time, but I would rather just have my time back. I was wondering if their inclusion on the list was just because they're British but it turns out they're not. They're Australian, which is just hick British I guess, so still sort of counts since this list just adores mediocre British rock music. This album isn't technically British, but it is fairly bad, not worth your time, and shouldn't be on the list

Half a minute into this album I set Spotify on private session because the thought of this showing up in my Spotify wrapped mortified me. Throughout the whole album I vacillated between repulsion and laughter - this sounded so much like an absurd overdrawn satire.

For coming out in the late 80s, this sure comes off as a derivative copy of several 70s and 80s artists. The difference is this sounds like a copy of those artists at their worst. A mediocre vocalist, forgettable songs that drag on and on. Really there is very little to like about this album, so it's a shame it is on a list like this. I'm glad that I realized "Save What You Can" is the true ending of the album as I was starting to be miserable. 1.2/5 -> 1/5

This album was probably OK in its day, but I don't see the timeless value.

An Australian Band? An Australian Rock Band? I don't believe it!

Horrible

Alternative Irish band. Strange music.

reingehört ja, und weggehört .. beliebige hintergrundmusik?

I was a few albums behind so just caught up with a few of the greatest albums ever made. This was like a slap in the face with a wet fish. It's awful.

5 years in the dungeon for this one. Will I listen to again: 0%

I feel like I heard a lot of versions of this album from a lot of bands. This version doesn't stand out particularly. Didn't really grab me then, and still doesn't now. Well done, I imagine, if you like this kind of thing.

There’s good schmaltz and there’s bad schmaltz. This is bad schmaltz.

How did this crap get on this list?

I'm not sure if I was just in a bad mood, but something about this was not working for me. The instrumentation seemed fine. The vocals weren't working for me. Overall there was an overly sanitized white kitchen tile vibe to this.

I tried. But it's a no for me.

How drunk was the person that decided you had to listen to this album? I mean, there's nothing about it that should have landed it on this list. I think what makes it even worse is it's a whole double album with the second disk full of demos of the same unremarkable songs that make up the first disk. There's this weird mix of very typical 80s alternative/pop male lead vocals and country pedal steel guitar on a number of tracks that just doesn't make sense in my mind. The lyrics I've been able to pickup on are barely surface level deep and there's just really nothing that has me wanting to hear this record (or any of their other albums) again. Maybe use this album to kick off a new list of 1001 albums that would have made no difference to the world had it just not been made. 1/5 (because that's as low as it goes around these parts)

Awful

Very dated and not strong enough to withstand that

Dreadfully unoriginal and way too long. I don’t understand how this album made the list, most cover bands are better.

Absolutely terrible. No wonder nobody in the US has ever heard of this. The lyrics are so corny and sophomoric, it’s almost impossible to believe that whoever wrote them understands the English language. The music is beyond dull. It’s a sad, watered-down new wave postpunk experience with no energy whatsoever. There are a few albums that I have given low ratings to so far, but I can understand how their popularity or historical significance justify their presence. This is the first album that I can without a doubt say has absolutely no place on this list whatsoever.

Did not like at all

Didn't care for this at all.

Not good.

That’s 80s pop sounds get so annoying after 20 minutes

Eek. Awful

Honnêtement, j'ai essayé, mais rien n'y fait, cet album m'ennuie. Qu'il est long... 17 chansons, c'est infini !! Même si je peux cultiver une certaine tendresse pour le pop rock 80's un peu kitsch, pour le coup ça ne m'a pas transporté pas du tout. Pas une seule chanson n'est sortie du lot, même pas certaine d'avoir mémorisé quoique ce soit. Parfois j'ai eu l'impression d'écouter une sorte de INXS de pub un peu mollasson... Décidément pas conquise.

Oh my goodness, that's AWFUL! The absolute worst, most dreary, and pretentious band of a truck load of similar bands; only a few of which were objectively 'good' ( by which I mean displayed talent rather than whether I liked them or not). I can only guess that whoever put this on the list was either related to one of the band or lost a bet. Terrible.

Bad, and not in the 80s "bad meaning good" way, just.... Questioning how this made it onto this listing.

Pretty sure this album is used as an interrogation tactic as listening to this will get even the most hardened of criminals to spill the beans!

STANDOUTS: n/a; the first album I started skipping once I became bored OVERALL: 1/5; bad jesus dad music....I THINK NOT

These are songs YouTube personalities would come out with in like 2015 to have as their quirky little side quest.

Not for me 1/5

drivel

No fucking way does this belong here

Nah. Nothing there for me

Have no idea why “Calenture” is on this list… The music is pretentious, the albums is over-produced, and the lyrics are absolutely dreadful…. Every song comes across as the musical version of a Hallmark Channel special… The people who create that Hallmark content, think they are producing something really exceptional – but for the rest of us who accidently watch it – we’re like WTF is this, and how could this get any worse… Here’s a little tidbit of the Triffids lyrical stylings in case your wondering - “Bad News Always Reminds Me of You” “…You get to itching for the devil's next love thing…” “…The time has come to look yourself in the face…” “…When everything around you moves fast…” “Look yourself in the face”??? I could see look yourself in the eye or something along those lines, but face??? Wow – there are just no words… This album is one of the worst of those on the 1,001 that I’ve listened to, and would give it a 0 if I could…

Oh this was hard to listen to…cheesy and overproduced (Church bells? Pedal steel? Why??) but most of all just the most over-the-top melodramatic lyrics this side of a musical.

Bland.

Not a good album, very dull and pedestrian - there are far far better bands from the land of oz

Had never heard of this band and after listening to the album I know why. Generic 80’s sounds abound and it occasionally reminds you of music by a better artist. Not sure why I needed to listen to this one before I die - unless it was to show me there were better albums in this year. If you want a better Aussie music from 1987 go listen to INXS - Kick which is criminally missing from the list.

Boring

I didn't like this album, and there's a lot of space to improve. For one, the main vocalist's voice is barely passable. It has that distinctive 80s-pop-synth-man that's trying to be embellished and theatrical, but doesn't quite get there. And yet it's obvious that the music is centred around the singing, excluding the short title track Calenture, which was a mess of orchestra and piano, attempting and failing to deliver any drama. The remaining tracks aren't exactly terrible, but they're very uninteresting. The instruments are easy enough to focus on in terms of volume and texture, but they don't vary much, instead yielding to the singing, which isn't the best idea for this band. The strongest track was the album opener Bury Me Deep in Love, which was heavily 80s-acoustic sounding but still decent. Disney-esque. It overstayed its welcome by a minute or so, which was also true of many other tracks. Vagabond Holes was so ridiculously poorly written, mostly in terms of melody/rhythm, that (coupled with the catchy instrumental) it looped back around to being kind of fun to listen to. Save What You Can was a decent piano-driven track that ended the album on a good note. All the remaining tracks were aggressively forgettable, even while I was still listening to them. The reason behind this was most likely the poor melodies – easily the music's weakest link – and the lack of any good hooks. Very surprised this made it onto the list. It isn't captivating, innovative, inspiring, catchy... or popular (judging by Spotify listens). 1/5 Key tracks: Bury Me Deep in Love, Vagabond Holes, Save What You Can

Well. That was definitely techno.

Stereotypically 80s sounding but without any discernible hit, just extremely forgettable and lack of talent for song-writing.

Why

I dont like this

Confused. Country or 80s soft rock.

That was terrible. What are those lyrics?

Wow, this album really, really sucks!

No thank you.

Drowning in 80s production plus a Kenny G ish sax solo equals a whole lot of painful listening. If the book needed an Australian band in the 80s to be represented, Men At Work and Midnight Oil would have been more palatable.

There must be 10000 better albums then this unlistenable garbage.

could i write poetry to this?

Sucked

Never heard of them, not an album/CD I would buy.

Schrecklicher 80er Schnulzengesang.

Complete garbage

I just don’t get it. I go I to these wanting to like the music. That’s why I started this project. But this was awful. I dreaded each new song. How was this cutting edge ever? It sounded like it was written by eighth graders who thought they were deep. I was convinced it was Christian rock for half the album. I’m still part way there. Oh how I long for my life one week ago when I could honestly say I’d never heard of the Triffids.

Someone asked me what I was listening to and I was embarrassed to tell them I was listening to this. #notcool

Every song sounds the same. no song stood out, same beat same tempo same cadence. this should have been a single not an album. there are some songs that add small different elements but they stand out uncomfortably over the sound of the album. instead of adding a fresh take it creates an awkward unwanted strain on the ear. and that is saying something when the entire album feels monotone and depressed. I cant see this album having an impact but it somehow has. and I dont undertand how

such a boring album. none of the riffs were interesting, the vocals were extremely subpar. I really had to fight to get through this album

Maybe if I grew up with it? Feels like some pretty standard 80's rock but I guess these guys mattered in Austrailia. I can see the Kirin J Caliinan may be taking from these guys quite a bit honestly.

1.5

DNF

This sucked man.

I don’t know man. It didn’t vibe with me. It was like Bryan Adams but without the talent

Pretty boring album. They know how to make 10 minutes sound like an hour. 1.5/5

I just couldn't

Was going to try to listen to every album on this list but after two songs I realized this one would never ever remotely be something I would listen to. Who made this list? This album is utter shit!

Under pitch

Bland. 1/5 Won't listen again

Ew.

Honestly, I just finished listening and I’ve forgotten it already…. What was it about again?

This overproduced, slightly American sound was really in in the 80s, this, Simple Minds, a slew of other bands I can't be arsed to remember, but then, so was ignoring HIV because it only affected minorities, and both are better left there to rot, frankly.

Niin helvetin mitäänsanomatonta paskaa onko konsepti albumi häh huon musicianship konspeti,,,,

This. What the fuck?. This is. This is one of those records that couldn't sell for a dollar at the record store. How the duck is this crap on the list? Can I give a zero? This deserves a zero.

Completely boring

Could not make it through this album.

Whatever this was, it was NOT alternative. It wasn't bad, it was just completely uncreative and boring. It would have fit in well as the lousy soundtrack to one of the many lousy movies that were prevalent that year.

my first 1, why is this one here

Terrible.

Irrelevantes Gedudel, das mich in keinster Weise tangiert. Bitte weniger davon.

Horrendo

They’re the mayonnaise of 80s music

Shit was ass. Nothing more to add to that.

Can't beat the sagacious verdict of a earlier reviewer: Shit is ass

This was poorly disguised Christian music, wasn't it?

This album was so boring and I really did not enjoy it.

AJ: 🚮 Just doesn’t sound good.

The Day of the Triffids is also boring.

Aburrido

Not great, skipped around and stopped listening.

Why?

As harmlessly stupid as astonishingly boring. Who put this on the List?

Landfill 80s jangly guitars. Couldn't finish it.

I had never heard of this band and it turns out they’re from Perth lol. I am not sure why but I found this really, really cringe. Especially the opening track and Open For You. I think it’s the delivery coupled with the lyrics. Something about it turns me off it. It’s like some of these songs sound like religious Christian rock?

Really bland. Pretty terrible sound too - I thought I was listening though my phone speaker, not my nice fancy headphones.

miksi tämä pitää kuunnella? onhan nämä biisejä, mutta oikeaa kokoaan suurempia. eka biisi oli vielä jees

Harvinaisen mitäänsanomatonta kasaristereotypiaa.

Sometimes you can judge an album by its cover. Saw the band name, album title, font choice, and awkwardly stylized image of the lead man's face, and I had a bad feeling. I tried to remain cautiously optimistic but boy was I ever right. Speaking of album covers, I think simply using the lead singer's face, no matter how stylized, is always the absolute weakest creative choice possible. It's like you have this opportunity to express something visually you're just like "nah." As to the music, this might be the most baffling 1001 choice I've run across yet. Just painfully, embarrassingly bad. Doesn't stand the test of time to say the least. It's almost as if they deliberately wrote songs to emphasize the cringiest cliches of late 80s studio production techniques. I'm still listening to it as I type and considering how much further I should go... I give like 99% of things on this list a fair shake but after the first song I knew I'd heard all I needed to hear. Okay I'm pressing on here... It doesn't necessarily get better or worse, but simply maintains a constant state of melodramatic shittiness. Well, I hereby nominate this album to be the first in line for the chopping block to make room for something more worthwhile in the next edition of the book.

I really did not enjoy this one.

Just awful

Meh. Keep waiting for John Cusack to appear behind my shoulder and mope about his lost girlfriend or something.

I’d have given zero if allowed

I couldn'teven get through the entire record. Not good at all. A snoozefest.

Nope.

Väldigt intetsägande, ointressant album

Already forgot how that sounds

slow

"The title refers to a fever suffered by sailors during long hot voyages". Seems to me the album has the same effect on me. Is an album of the 1001 you SHOULD NOT hear added to the MUST hear list? We will never know, but this is a 1980s rock album and production you can certainly live and die without.

Not only are these songs trite and poorly written (musically and lyrically), this album contains the worst aspects of mid-1980's production quality. To top it off, the Wikipedia article about this album quoted a NME critic (regarding a 2007 reissue of this sonic nightmare) who compared the Triffids to U2 and R.E.M. based on this album alone. I don't know the Triffids. But how does THIS album prompt that comment?

Eh. For some reason this really bored me, the mixes felt hollow and the singer was trash. It also lacked any interesting ideas.

same as echo and the bunnymen, just so boring I quit after a few songs

fuck this. the best insult i can give this is that it must be the 80s version of snow patrol. if snow patrol turns up on this list it can fuck right off to the bottom of the chart.

I was hopeful because it was folk rock, but its badly dated and generic at the same time. Wasn't my favorite experience

chato

1 estrela pra não dar 0.

Estragou a semana. é isso o que tenho a dizer deste álbum. Esquecível

not good

Noteworthy songs were Kelly’s Blues, Jerdacuttup Man, and Calenture

really bad. really really bad. nothing enjoyable

Not for me