Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Didn't hate it. Found it quite relaxing and a bit weird which I don't mind on a Sunday morning. Sounded like something my girl Cerys would play on her 6Music show. Hard to do an indepth review as it was very much background music whilst I pottered around the house. The kids found it quite funny as they were eating their scrambled eggs on toast and trying to get their heads round the oddness. They enjoyed it though and was funny hearing their impressions of it. Standouts: The opening track is the closest to a song so I guess that one Low Points: Thought the album got really great at the end but then I realised it had finished and was playing Brian Eno instead.
Supercrazy. Men det låter för det mesta som filmmusik som man inte riktigt noterar. Det är verkligen inte speciellt trots försök att vara megaudda. Det är inte musik man aktivt vill lyssna på känner jag.
Nja jag vetefan, det här plingiplongandet var inget höjdare.
The songs may be performed well, but this album just wasn’t for me. Luckily, it’s quite short, so that at least saves it from being a 1*
Yeah, no. I liked a few songs at first, then they just went weird with it. Won't listen to it again.
Correcto. Raro
Most songs here are pointless and boring, but inoffensive. Zopf: Milk is annoying. Mostly instrumental pieces, none of which move me, even though I appreciate the violin throughout. The Sound of Someone You Love… is okay, nice background music until the violin takes a left turn
This is a cheesy 90s movie soundtrack. pirate penguin ninja laser beams I'm so random omg pew pew
I tried but nope. I don’t get it.
Best Song: The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter. Maybe the most "coherent" track on the album. Feels buoyed by its title, which really does evoke a very specific emotion that you can then try to interpret from the track. Worst Song: Zopf: Milk. You can really feel the "experimental" here. This is music in a technical, literal sense, but is also just sucks to listen to. Chaos for chaos-sake. Overall: Not altogether unpleasant background music, even if it does take an ugly and unnecessary descent into experimentalism in the middle. Can't imagine in what context I would want to listen to it again though.
I would rather watch happy feet
Mfs really said "lets make a concept album" with no concept of what they were doing (idk if it is a concept album but it must be because of the goofy ahh songs they have on here)
I feel nothing towards this. Milk and Pigtail are the best tracks !
Interesting
Started out fairly interesting but the further into it I got the weirder it became until it reached the point of nonsense on occasion. Afterwards I researched it and saw Brian Eno was affiliated with it and it all made sense.
I'm somewhat familiar with Penguin Cafe, but not this album. The tracks here seem much more experimental and at time a little irritating (e.g. "Zopf: Milk", and "The Sounds Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter"). The rest of the album is decent, but I think it comes off as a disappointment to me because I like their other work so much more, the stuff that is more orchestral and chill. Interesting that it was produced by Brian Eno. I guess that fits.
Not bad, per say. Just back ground music.
Interesting, but I guess you have to be in the mood for it to really appreciate it. I wasn't.
this was like listening to clips from movie soundtracks - not altogether unpleasant, but I'd never buy this cd. I'd never heard of them
Hmmmm, I'm not sure about this one. Milk is quirky, and Pigtail was catchy. I did enjoy The Sound of Someone Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter...although, to me, it sounded like it mattered.
Ganska svårröstat. Lite för experimentellt emellanåt. En stark tvåa
I don't really get it.
Niet slecht, maar ook niet goed. Teveel muzikaal behang, alle nummers erna door Spotify klonken hetzelfde.
Indeed, a relaxing cafe vibe
2/5 whatever
Something something Wes Anderson soundtrack something. Cover art 8/10. (ntm.)
This is exactly the kind of pretentious wank from the 1970s I should like. But it's just annoying and tuneless and souless.
Not really what I was expecting. Pretty boring.
Great album cover, bad music. 1.5
This is the first time I can recall a pop/orchestral/classical album listed. It's fine for background music.
Album cover is awesome and had better hopes for it. 2.5 stars
why
nooo ._.
Why? Never heard of this. Background music and nothing more.
This was fine background music but I don’t know why this album needs to be here or what its significance is. High 2.
I was looking for more penguins. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5
Lovely at parts, others not so much. Never been a huge fan of the advante-garde scene, so we when enter that phase of the album on ‘In a Sydney Motel’ and ‘Milk’, it kinda lost me. But all in all, it’s got some decent parts. Probably a 2.5 for me, but not enough to push to a three. All that said, one of the coolest album arts we’ve had.
I tried with the Penguin Cafe orchestra in my pretentious teenage faze and like now I couldn’t quite connect.
boring and weird.
Not particularly stand out classical type music. Just sorta there as background noise. No wonder I never heard of it.
Very interesting. I am glad I listened to it but I will probably never hear it again
Brian Eno is a fraud and must be stopped
I recognize the album art for some reason, but no idea why… This album has been more enjoyable than any of the other purely instrumental albums we have listened to so far, in my opinion. It has a feeling of light heartedness and whimsy, which takes me away from the problems of the real world. Oh, I guess there is also singing (From the Colonies), which is very depressing. I liked the lighthearted parts, but could barely make it through some of the terrible squeaking on string instruments. Just… why?
Definitely preferred it to the preceding album. Kinda felt like a anime soundtrack. Some of the melodies felt familiar, which made me enjoy it even more. I’m kind of tempted to make it a 3, but this is 1001 albums - gotta come harder.
Sometimes it was a movie score, sometimes it was background music at a wedding, and sometimes it was beeps and boops. Why is this on the list? A two because the album artwork made me chuckle.
I want to like this a lot more than I do. It’s experimental, avant-garde classical pop which should theoretically appeal to me. But at its best, Penguin Cafe sounds boring or mildly pleasant, and at worst it’s harsh on the ears. At least other experimental groups like the Residents or Throbbing Gristle put some humor into what they do. Penguin Cafe on Brian Eno’s record label just really doesn’t inspire me.
Uhm huh
Started off decent enough, than vocals started and it immediately went full cringe. Not the worst British album that didn't deserve a spot on this list, but still pretty bad.
Nice music but grey
this is an album i wish contained no vocals! they weren't remarkable and were kind of drone-y. the music by itself could be good. some parts were jaunt-y or jazz-y or just plain pretty, but then you'd get such jarring violin screeches and my goodness. i don't think there was one song i liked completely, because the penguin cafe orchestra saw fit to ruin at least some part of each song.
I made the mistake of listening to this strange, ambient album right after listening to a strange, ambient Brian Eno album. So I think i was already all ambient-ed out. In any case, this didn't resonate with me as much, unfortunately. Love the album cover, though.
‘The sound of someone you love’ was very nice but the start of the album had an almost creepy quality
Yacht rock music and Eno soundscapes.
Aprecio la intención y sin duda que es un disco digno de escuchar al menos una vez.
Avant-garde but not for me. I'm sure it's influential but I wouldn't listen to it again.
Pleasant enough as background music, but can't really see myself revisiting often. (2.4)
Pretty sure I have heard a few of these on hold with AT&T or walking into a wedding reception. Abstract and somewhat interesting. Situational for sure, but it was not terrible. 2/5 1/5
Its fine. A good listen and interesting. Just not sure why it stands out.
Sounds like a bunch of themes to BBC light entertainment programs. Not unpleasant, but not something to actively listen to either. OK to have on in the background as it doesn't disturb me while I'm working.
not too bad . kinda boring
Snoozefest
Meh
I like the cover art and a couple of the song titles and I sort of like Giles Farnaby's Dream. That's about it.
It was ok. I had it on in the background whilst working and I mainlyt forgot it was there.
As advertised
Really really enjoyed the first song and added it to my favorites. The rest of the album was good as background music but won't be revisiting anytime soon.
Eclectic and interesting but not something I am likely to seek out.
Rating: 3.5/10 Mostly boring and overly meandering. This album is very unfocused, there is no clear theme musically. This should have been completely instrumental, the vocals totally threw me off and did not fit well with the music. The only consistent theme is the use of orchestral elements but every song feels so random; it feels like they wrote 11 songs with orchestral elements and called it an album instead of crafting something with purpose. Despite all of these faults, I found two songs to be great and there were a decent bit of good ideas on here, even though most of it seemed pointless. Favorite songs: Penguin Cafe Single, Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream, parts of The Sound of Someone You Love... Worst songs: the rest of the Zopf songs.
Very avant garde. At times melodic but at other times less accessible.
Idk how to feel sometimes chill sometimes v unnerving
Surprisingly good. I liked some more than others. Will listen to it again. Possibly.
strange
jaaa chammer mache, bin nid wück en fan
Only instrumental music. Some of the songs are reachable to everyone, but others are not that much.
Too weird for me
Wasn't the worst thing I have heard but that doesn't make it good.
Not for me.
p366. 1976. 2 stars. Sounds like the incidental music from failed BBC sitcoms of the 1970s. Background noise for cheese and wine parties. Technically well done, but insipid and dull.
I didn't mind most of this, though I don't particularly enjoy when an otherwise good if not weird song descends into noise making for no good reason in the middle. I am ten thousand percent positive that wayne coyne lyrics and vocals would make every single track a certified banger. i think i expected the flaming lips to show up on every single track.
A shame that the best track here was the last one - Chartered Flight - the rest of it was fairly grim.
Weird
Found to be very boring and not very good driving music.
I don't know. It was different, and I get why people would like it. It's good music to ignore in the background. To me it sounds like the soundtrack to a lost Mario video game where all the main characters are just standing around because they stepped in a glue trap...and that's the game.
Struggled to capture my attention
This album started off alright. The first song was a classical instrumental that was enjoyable and had some nice rhythm. It dragged on a bit and seemed to repeat itself but still okay. Then the second song hit. The singer and lyrics really blew me away at how quickly I could go from liking something to disliking it. So morose and tone deaf. Everything after that was just meh too. A shame since it started so well. 3.9/10
Maybe too experimental for my mood today. Very unnecessary on this list.
One beautiful track in "The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter" is not worth the price of admission alone. Much here consists of exercises in 'listenability' - is this pushing the envelope? Maybe. Do I want to listen to it? Maybe not.
sounds like a wes anderson score kinda all over the place stylistically.
Well that was....different. Interesting mix of haunting and uplifting. Favorite track: Penguin Cafe Single
Orchestral chamber music that paradoxically sounds both proggy and baroque. There are moments of experimentation and moments of serenity. Not much stood out on the first half. “The Sound of Someone You Love…” is very pretty. It takes some interesting turns in the second half of the song though - almost sounding like a horror movie score for a bit. That’s that proggy side of the music coming out. Not bad but didn’t do much for me.
Weird name, weird music.
Didn’t really get this one. A measly 2*
Sadly didn't live up to the promise of the cover art
Weird
1. Creating a new apartment in the Sims 2. Just some random *twang twang twang* 3. My head hurts 4. Sudden teleportation to a classical music concert 5. Is that a museum of contemporary art in Dusseldorf? Someone left the kettle on at the end! 6. Why is it in here? 7 & 9. Those are actually nice! 8. Aliens are visiting or dialing a number on an old phone. 10. Looped sample. 11. And once again we're playing the Sims. Overall - I'm confused. That's not pop music!!!
Well.. yeah... The only exceptional thing about this album is it's oddity. Beggining was promissing but next songs went all over the place. It almost does not feel like album.
Boring jazz
Brian Eno music continues not to be for me. Didn’t enjoy the listen
There is some excellent stuff in here, but it is scattered in with a whole bunch of garbage.
Not for me.
I enjoyed parts of it. On track towards the end reminded me of an instrumental version of ‘Annie’s Song’
A bit dreary. I don't mind the idea but it wears thin quite quickly.
Not sure about this, it's pleasant enough on the ears but it's experimental without being at any point exciting. Feels like it's been made by people who aren't quite as clever as they think they are (or maybe are just so much cleverer than me that I've missed the point). 2/5.
Hmm yeah okay. Not a fan.
This is actually kind of dull. There aren't any tracks that I would save or any theme that would make me want to listen to the entire album again. It's just Brian Eno-style "experimental" fucking around for 45 minutes. 2/5
Well that was freaking weird
It sounds good but the pure instrumentals just doesen't grab me that much.
First of all, I like the name and the cover, very funny. Secondly, with some songs I can even imagine Penguins walking by with their little steps 😂
What is this. I did not enjoy it. Best song: Penguin Cafe Single???
Just so boring
No thanks, not for me.
I'm unclear as to why this album is one that I needed to listen to before I die. It's a quirky enough (mostly) instrumental album, I suppose. But is it really that impressive? I guess it's avant-garde enough to be annoying so maybe that means it's important to someone? I see that Brian Eno got his hands on it and things make more sense now. Low 2-stars.
Mest instrumentellt album, frontat av Simon Jeffes och utgivet av Brian Eno's experimentella skivbolag. Vissa låtar är Brian Enoskt "ambient" och stämningsfulla. Medan andra, de flesta, är gitarrplonkande, experimentella, och lite knasiga på det där störiga sättet. Känns som meningen är att det ska låta lekfullt och lättsamt, men blir i stället bara ploj. För det kan låta bra också, som de tre låtarna på B-sidan gör. Bäst och vackrast är 11:46 långa'The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter', som är precis vad det låter som. Ett album som hade varit bättre om det tagit sig själv mer seriöst. Men, i ärlighetens namn är inte topparna skyhöga heller. Bästa låt: The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter.
Classic music? or??? I like how it is experimenting with the various instruments. A bit weird though.
Strange psychedelic 70s moments. Good to work to Fairly unforgettable Decent classical music with a twist
This record should be renamed, "let's fuck around for an hour playing same sounding songs." It's not bad actually. But there is nothing here.
This is the background music of a gallery opening for a friend of a friend. You're attending to support your original friend, but you're desperately hanging out near the open bar and waiting for it to be over. Thankfully, you only have to be there for 45 minutes, and your alarm is set. Also, they have canapés.
I don't have much to say about this. Hardcore background music.
Some interesting stuff in here but there’s definitely some intonation/ tuning things that bothered me
Some ok moments but very forgettable
There were parts I really liked (see: Hugebaby) and parts that were weird (see: Pigtails). Don't have to listen again. Special shoutout to song name: The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Away and it Doesn't Matter.
Well that was odd, there were some elements I liked but it was a bit all over the place, seems an odd choice for this list.
Some of this was pleasant as background music, but it was forgettable. Sorry penguins, should stick to swimming and fishing.
This was different! I found it a bit weird to be honest. There were parts of songs which I thought were really nice, but then other parts that were hard to listen to and abrasive. They are probably telling a story or something and Im too basic to appreciate it. The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter (quite a title) was really nice in for the most part and the best track but again it got weird towards the end and I thought it ruined it.
Yeah, no.
Well, it's different. Not sure I'd bother to listen to it again.
What in hell? alrighty then. The opening track loses its way about half way and then finds itself again. Great now these weird assholes are now singing about milk. Produced by professional weirdo Brian Eno. The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter is a pretty soothing song 3 minutes in and so far its my favorite on the album. you know the last 3 tracks were quite nice and pleasant. Zopf can fuck right off a bridge.
Noodley, interesting in parts. Fun instrumentation. But generally didn't really grab me.
'The Sound Of Someone You Love Who Is Going Away And It Doesn't Matter' is the clear standout on this album and also its redemption. It's no wonder at 11:46!! That keyboard is just a delight tickling all the keys in your brain and 'strings make everybody feel everything'. It's a gorgeous and lush song--until they drive it off the god damned cliff 7 and a 1/2 minutes in. Hugebaby is also good and they manage not to fuck it up. Chartered Flight is fair. I could do with less standup bass plucking.
That was nice, penguins are cute. This album is a joke. and play time is over now.
Just weird - some of the instrumentals were chill, some a bit annoying, and I swear there was some repetition. Didn't care for the vocals or keyboards.
I don't want to go to the cafe
Interesting, but not my jam
Listened to on 10/4/22 2/5 Favorite song: penguin cafe single I wanted to like this a lot but it just got progressively more strange and unsettling with the quartet and eerie singing. Naked penguin man on the cover was a nice touch though
Såg intressant ut men det var inte särskilt kul.
I only realized halfway through that I was playing it on shuffle. oops. Too late to go back now though. At some points I thought it as nice, then weird, and then other points I was bored. Album cover: 3/5 I kinda like it
I like weird, but this one was too weird, mostly an unpleasant listening experience, though that might've been the point?
Too-arty rock that fluctuates between "I'm not cool enough to understand this" at its lows and "this is forgettable and inoffensive" at its highs.
love the sound of someone you love whos going away but can't really get myself to listen to the whole thing. solid 2.
A bit redundant
Not my cup of tea really.
A strange amalgam of classical and folk that all falls a bit flat. Not sure who this appeals to really. Its not classical or pop or truely avant garde. The opening track is the stongest but it soon dips. Unmemorable. 2.
Note to self - add this band to my "venture capital presentation backtrax" playlist. While engaging at times, and definitely a sound that has been revisited by many bands since, it all just falls into the background until you barely realize you're listening to music at all.
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream (7) 2 - The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter (9) 3 - Zopf: Milk (5)
Better than I thought it was going to be, but it is a long time since I heard any Penguin Café Orchestra. In the right setting it would be good as background music, but it's not for me to sit and listen to.
Kinda boring ngl
would be nice bgm if i were in paris or something i guess….
Well this was a bit different. I enjoyed most of it but I doubt I'll ever to listen to it again.
Hard to rate for me. I guess i disliked more of it then i liked.
Un peu ennuyant pour être honnête. J'avais l'impression d'écouter un album composé uniquement d'interludes
It's not interessant for me, I didn't know this orchestra.
Love the album cover and the title plus the name of the band is sick, the album itself is pretty weird to say the least. Also felt repetitive at times. Quirky, but not interesting enough.
More of a soundscape, pretty experimental stuff - didn't really land for me
Their later stuff is more interesting. 5 star if you're the music supervisor for an early 2000's indie coming of age comedy. 2 star for everyone else.
This was a bit boring and twiddly… not my idea of good experimental!
Not as many whacky curios as the 1981 self-titled album, and noticeably more controlled than that one, which sawed and whirred and plonked and buzzed with an organic unpredictability. Pleasant but not thrilling.
Penguin Café Orchestra is another art project. It’s weird and textured. But surprisingly enjoyable and playful at times. I wasn’t expecting to be pulled into the flow of it as much nor annoyed at the interruption of sudden stark sounds (which was the point, I believe, on “The Sound of Someone…”). In the age of Spotify sleep or concentration playlists, this album would feel defiant. In amongst every day, it felt like I took my coffee break at a museum’s cafe. Not revolutionary but something to talk about when I get back to work
Odd, weird.
2/5 not at all...
Won't be rushing back
Please, please save me from SHACK.
Very light music. It may have been innovative when it came out but I have to admit it left me a bit cold.
so I found most of the album kinda pleasant, but it failed to really provoke any kind of emotional response from me, just kinda fell flat, album art is cool however, so bonus point for that
I have no idea what this is going to be but title and album art alone have me very excited to find out. A big let down based on naming convention to start. it's not bad, it's just kind of nothing, pleasant background at best. Track 4 had some very Chris Remo vibes running through it and made me want to listen to the Gone Home and Firewatch soundtracks instead. Nothing after there was really different. It tread a strange line between mostly being nice enough ambience before some violin kicked in and drew away from that. Very unsure why this has made it onto the list at all, even in albums so far I haven't liked personally I've been able to see why people might rate them highly, this I can't imagine anyone saying 'You MUST listen to this album', or even a single song off of it
the cover goes crazy but the music doesnt
Wat was dit nu ineens? Ik heb er niet erg lang naar kunnen luisteren.
Chilled hippy melodic stuff. Bit boring, not my bag. 2/5
meh
Avant Garde. Unusual mix of classical and modern instruments. Some pleasant gentle music and some discordant. Very interesting artwork.
What the hell was that? The 70s must have been fun. The hilarious conversations I've had about this album will not permit me to give it 1-star, so I'll give it 2.
Not sure why this album is on the list. It was better than others but not inspiring in any way.
Not for me...
weird
Brian eno’s shit music strikes again
Intressant och rätt fint album. Men inte riktigt min grej och kommer nog inte lyssna igen. 2,5/5
Too avant garde for my liking. Sound is all over the place.
The sound of someone you love I would add to a chill list. the rest is meh
provavelmente mais interessante quando saiu do que hoje em dia. sinto-me insuficientemente cultivado para apreciar seja la o que for que se passa aqui. se tivesse de descrever em 7 palavras era literalmente musica de ir ao cu a passarinhos.
joo men fan lyssna så lite,
Ganske kjedelig egentlig. Er bokstavelig talt restaurant musikk. Ikke helt flat nok til å være heismusikk, men ikke noe man headbanger til. Ville spurt om skip hvis vi spilte sammen og sanger fra dette albumet kom på.
Background sound.
Some of the tracks feel a little bit charming, but also completely baffling at the same time. So respect, definitely not my cup of tea but I can imagine this album being important to a lot of esoteric artists. 2.5/5
I'm not quite sure what to make of this one. It's a bit of a curio. A cool artefact of its time, but not necessarily something I'll come back to. I appreciate the intent to bridge folk, classical, and rock ideas, but I can't say that it spoke to me in a significant way after a few listens. Favourite track: From the Colonies Rating: 2.5/5
I enjoyed the first track and the dream one, but the Milk thing alone required one star to be subtracted. It was an eclectic mix of fun and strange.
This album made me uncomfortable. Very confident I will never listen to this one again.
It was OK. Certainly not the worst album we've been given, but not exactly special, either. The musicianship is certainly good, but the experimental nature was really self-indulgent and makes repeat listening unlikely.
It got better at the end. Not something I'll revisit. Experimental music to be appreciated as such- not as something you actually listen to
like it's all just instrumental but it's cool. not my cup of tea but i liked "the sound of someone you love who's going away but it doesn't matter"
“Whacky” orchestra tunes
avant-pop
It got better as I got used to it but I'll leave it for the biiiiiiirds
Under "meh" in the dictionary is a picture of this album
Too artsy for me
Hmmmmmm vähintäänkin outo levy...
Sounds surprisingly modern, but the older-style stuff isn't my jam.
There is certainly something to be said for the way that the strings, in particular, are recorded. From the first track the slight scratch which is nearly inevitable in a performance is evident. But despite Eno's producing efforts, neither the experimentation nor the songs reach the heights of his other work. There is much better chamber music out there, and some of it is even well-recorded. And there is also much better experimentation with chamber instruments, better arrangements, less repetition and repetition and repetition of chords.
Sounds a bit like a film score. Probably good for background music
jazzy...
I don’t even understand how this was ever recorded and then someone went back and “remastered” it?! Why? This is pointless music. Bored after 2 songs
0.7/5 Orchestral classical type of music just isn't my thing. Sure I could put this on in the background and it would be good background music but that's about it.
Intrigued by the artist name and album title. Sadly that was the high point for me.
The music from the end of Napoleon Dynamite, appropriately kooky for the film...asinine for this list. 50 minutes of light-hearted instrumentals better suited to being the score to a coming-of-age movie than a stand alone album. This was the working music for Dan in Real Life. They were on Brian Eno's label and opened for Kraftwerk...that's all I need to know. This is better than anything either of those bands ever did. Spacehog basically reworked Telephone and Rubber Band with In the Meantime. I like that better because the ringtone is annoying after a minute. Daniel Johnston loved this band. The cutesiness gets old after a while. This is too long for this kind of album. The cover of Walk Don't Run adds to the overwhelming whimsy. This is the musical equivalent to Wes Anderson.
bit ambient, bit odd, bit dull
Not my thing. At all. I gave it 7 tracks. So weird. And I prefer lyrics.
Weird, but not really in an enjoyable way. Though I did like the 7th track
Brauche ich nicht
Naja ganz nett aber iwie auch nichts besonderes und zwischendrin auf einmal bisschen weird
Can you imagine being born into an absurd world, with the capacity to do and create and be anything, and deciding you want to spend the relatively small amount of time you’re randomly allotted in this existence making music like this?
Better off watching Batman instead
I love penguins. They are funny little fellas. I feel like their lack of fingers means they can't play music that well. If I was ranking this against other penguin albums this would probably be higher. But life isn't fair, penguins. Blame the system.
trippy nånting?
Chamber folk and minimalist instrumental music built from acoustic strings, piano, harmonium, and delicate ensemble playing feels like spending an afternoon in a waiting room where the same pleasant conversation loops endlessly in the background—gentle, tasteful, and ultimately too subdued to sustain interest. The album favors nuance over momentum at every turn, but its relentless restraint often drains the music of urgency and excitement. What some might hear as charming, whimsical, and quietly transporting I only register as monotonous.
Not my thing
awful
Sounds like a 6th form music project. The new gold standard for 1*
Not for me
1.45
Disguised Brian Eno.
The 2nd half is better than the 1st but that’s a low bar…… it’s still pish. 1.3
Not my bag. At all.
Odd.
So many 5’s! So many freaky humans! I hope they don’t breed.
The album starts quite interesting ("Penguin Cafe Single") and got pieces I enjoyed. Annoying pieces ("Milk", "Pigtail") cost it the two stars for me. 1,5
No
01) Penguin Cafe Single - 5,5 02) From the Colonies - 5,5 03) In a Sydney Motel - 5,0 04) Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) - 5,0 05) Milk - 4,5 06) Coronation - 4,0 07) Giles Farnaby's Dream - 4,5 08) Pigtail - 4,5 09) The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter - 3,0 10) Hugebaby - 4,5 11) Chartered Flight - 4,0 TOTAL: 4,55 (46/100) Current ranking: 799/830
Nope. This is exactly why we can't have penguins in bands.
Horrid, not listenable
Lets get weird
Funky but not my style
Bizarre
just no
def one of the more wierd albums ive been recommended on this app. Gile's Farnaby Dream was better than these other songs tho
Yea, not what I was expecting this morning
Seems like this album is trying to do a lot of innovation over classical melodies. Not something I will listen to again.
why ? It's awful
No idea why someone thought I need to listen to this mess.
Nah
I might have been able to listen to the music, but then droning singer who is no Peter Murphy started.
What the hell is even that
Uggh. Just, no.
Not really getting the idea that I "need" to hear this. Suivant/next!
The fuck is this lol
I don't know if I'm too smart or too dumb to enjoy this music. If you know the answer, please keep it to yourself.
Baffling that this is included on the 1000 albums list. Mostly just unmemorable instrumental muzak, though it has a very irritating middle section before the genuinely good Sound of Someone…
fucking brian eno mann. aso s isch cool ich ha gern rhodes. so d single. und d melodie isch super. aber mues alles wo de siech alangt uf die liste? from the colonies würkli?? aso de isch no cool gsi. uh sie singed! milk isch da woni mer erwartet han. sie brummled chli giles farnabys dream no cool???
Yawn. And sigh
The fuck?
Van een aantal nummers zoals Milk en Pigtail krijg ik echt de kriebels, een paar leuke instrumentale nummers maar over het algemeen vond ik het maar matig.
Not a massive fan of instrumental albums but there were some sweet melodies in this one Highlights: - Giles Farnaby’s Dream - Charted Flight - From The Colonies
Bad, just bad!
Best thing about this album was the cover art. Had a very hard time getting through it, had to skip some parts and got actively annoyed. Felt more like doing a bit than experimental at times
Jede Katzte wimmert musikalischer.
Shite
didn’t like it that much, so psychedelic for my taste
No no no
What the actual fuck.
this is sick
I sensed it early on in track 1, the stench of Eno. Track 2 confirmed it. I didn't get any further. There are very brief periods of real music, but the rest of the time it was horrific, like my ears were being raped!
What a snooze-fest. Boring.
Not for me 1/5
It was ok background music, but I didn't find anything that stuck out. Not really an album I'd go back to or recommend to anyone after hearing it.
Meh. Not my thing too soothing and relaxing. Not bad but not my type of music
I didn't like this album because there are barely words and I think it is very boring and all the songs sound the same to me I do not recommend this song because it is boring
Maybe if you have a master's in music or something, this is great to listen too. But since I'm a basic bitch when it comes to music, this was a good to get through.
God awful.
I don't mind the instrumental track here and there, but a whole album of it is going to be a bit much. Even if it were really good, I don't think I could rate a mostly instrumental album more than a 4, and this one isn't even that good. It's dull and weird. Just like ambient sounds with a little strangeness thrown in. A couple tracks have some good parts, but then go back to the weirdness. Best song: From The Colonies
Not an album I’ll ever go back to. I have some “challenging” music in my collection, but this was too much for me.
For a chunk of this album I was waiting for a delayed bus, and it made me feel like I was in the sad bit of a Richard Curtis movie. Fuck this album.
This was a tough listen, basically just music you'd expect to play in snippets in a lift. Either koffis finger slipped and he added this by accident, or koffi isn't anything to do with this and it's really the penguin cafe orchestra behind it all. I'm not sure which one of those 2 I'm least happy with.
I’d heard the first track previously and enjoyed it this time. The rest of it wasn’t my cup of tea. It went off piste far too often for it to be an enjoyable listen. Struggling to think of a situation where you’d want to listen to it.
Kun tämä alkoi, ajattelin: kuulostaa ihan "kivalta". Ja tällä tavalla piru houkuttelee syntisiä. Onneksi vajosin omiin ajatuksiini ja ihan vain unohdin houkutuksen - lukuun ottamatta paria hienoista mielenkiinnon/ärtymyksen hetkeä.
A friend who'd already had this on their list told me to listen to it again to give it a proper appraisal. So I did. And now that's 90 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.
# 348 : Boring as f@ck. When your only claim to fame is you are on this list, it is no surprise I haven't heard of these guys before.
Describing this as “music” feels generous. Imagine an entire album composed by a couple of penguins hitting random keys and you’re 90% there. Repetitive and directionless, listener satisfaction fell from 30% to 10% over the album’s duration.
Weird classical-ish album. I didn't get it.
This was a weird one. I don't know if I would ever listen to this again. Sorry guys but 1 star.
I'm guessing that the Penguin Cafe is not very busy? What a load of musical nonsense!
45mins of my life I won't get back
Interesting - but not my thing
I wanted to get past the weird before forming an opinion. But damn, it is weird. Not enjoying it at all, even in a curious way.
An album of all time
70’s
Boring. I gave up listening after 4 tracks. 1/5
is this some kind of high-art shit about subverting the expectations of a listener? i dont know if i just didnt get it, but it felt really boring and repetitive there are a definitely more significant albums than this NNN
not for me - 1.5
I would have preferred listing to an actual orchestra. I liked the last minute of "Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream". That's about it.
WUT
A bit dull
Stones. Beatles. Zeppelin. Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Not necessarily in that order
The 70's were wild, man.
I don't understand how some of these albums make it into the top 1001.
Interesting music, but just feels like ambiance. Not really for me
Dan laten ze iets op de toetsen vallen, dan vinden ze de meest neurotische manier om een ukelele te introduceren en dan laten ze horen dat je met snaarinstrumenten ook kan krassen. Alles ter onderscheid. Alsof Brian Eno zich ermee bemoeid heeft...O, wacht....
With a name like Penguin Cafe Orchestra and song titles like Hugebaby, I thought this would be some weird avant garde stuff. It wasn't. It was just boring. Unfortunately, there was really nothing here for me to enjoy.
Did I really have to listen to that before I die? It couldn’t have waited till after? Boring pretentious shite.
Strange, Brian Eno production, why is it on this list?
I hate this.
Weird and Strange, rather than good music
Background music at best. Heard it for the first time today but will not live long in the memory.
felt like a soundtrack to a period piece movie but there is no movie so I’m left confused