Reviews (page 8 of 8)
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