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Everything about this is cringy. The name, the lyrics, the band's politics and opinions. I feel dumber having learned of these guys. I didn't hate it but I won't be revisiting this album.
I enjoyed the sound, but it was very samesy to me. All the tracks kind of blended into each other.
Idk if this is supposed to be parody or not but I got a chuckle here and there. That doesn’t mean the lyrics aren’t supremely childish though. Like ‘good head’? Is this middle school? I was going to give it three stars, cause there’s still some fun riffs here, but then I found out they’re flat earthers. That’s stupid.
It was a decent album. Surprisingly I did not hate it. It was more of a punk album. None of the songs really stood out but I didn't skip any. It was a little too long.
Almost bearable punk with almost unbearable vocals. Low 2.
Just not good. Thumbs down for lyrics and vocals.
This album is great, a ton of fun. Lots of good old guitar rock, great interplay. Put it on loud and love it. Love. It.
This was a bit annoying at times, but there were parts I enjoyed and I’m not a big fan of this style of rock, so I’ll give it a 3.
A clean-sounding typical 90s punk band with a speedy heavy 70s rock sound and catchy hooks. I don't personally care for it much, but if you're a fan of Motorhead or Bad Company or other hard rock from the 70s, or maybe even skate punk fans who want someone catchier, then this has plenty to offer. It can be a bit samey with a few having nothing new to offer besides a slightly different riff or weird lyric, and it also goes too long with its track length. But it's pretty high-quality among its peers. Unfortunately, I couldn't pick out any songs as excellent. Even my favorites are just "pretty good". The 3rd star is given for consistency, production, accessibility, appropriate opening and closer, and simple true-to-form style without relying on cliche gimmicks or garbage ideas. I can see the thought that went into even my least favorites tracks. Favorites: Get It On, Prince of the Rodeo, Are You Ready For Some Darkness Least Favorites: Rock Against Ass, Rendezvous with Anus, Back to Dungaree High, Monkey On Your Back
Didn’t think I would like this one at first but turns out I did. Definitely punk but with some metal guitar tones. Some of the guitar riffs and solos are reminiscent of KISS and I even caught a whiff of some Mötorhead vibes on occasion. For sure not all-ages appropriate 😂
I'm afraid this one is a hard no for me. I'm sure others will like it, but for me it is really bad pop punk with nothing to it. I've listed to all albums so far from start to finish, but couldn't do it with this one and stopped half way through! Even tried listening another time, and still didn't like it at all.
Almost a 5! Great energy and an honest presentation.
Simply put: a fast paced rock album by a bunch of Norwegian dudes. Sounds a little reminiscent of 80s rock. Funny lyrics and titles like "Good Head" and "Rendezvous with Anus"
I went into Apocalypse Dudes expecting loud, outrageous, over the top rock and roll. I do not mind swagger or silliness if the songs back it up. Unfortunately, this one just did not land for me at all. It leans heavily into parody and glam infused sleaze, but instead of feeling sharp or knowing, it felt cartoonish. The whole thing came across like a poor man’s Spinal Tap, all attitude and excess without enough genuinely strong songs underneath. The riffs are big and brash, but after a while it all starts to blur into one long exaggerated joke. I can see how the tongue in cheek style and camp bravado would appeal to some. There is clearly a cult energy to it, and I imagine it would be chaotic fun live. On record though, it felt more irritating than entertaining. It is not one I will be revisiting.
It was an album composed of multiple songs where music was involved as well as lyrics
No me ha gustado. Muy típicas las canciones y además insoportables
(ntm.)
Really cool energetic punk rock!
Seemed like some good straightforward punk rock. I would probably like this more some other day. Yesterday was not a punk rock mood.
What silly collection of songs. It kind of reminds me of Infectious Grooves if they played less funk-metal and more punk and rock. It was a bit exhausting to listen to an entire album of what is essentially party rock (more Andrew WK, less LMFAO).
This just is uninteresting for me. It's like AC/DC with punk, but not in any way that is good. It's also corny. 1.5/5
Good shit. B
Meh.
Драйвовый альбом для настоящих победителей
Solid 3. Some great riffs, but can’t get behind the vocals.
Solid as fuck rock band. Objectively good. It’s not gonna change your whole life or anything, but it definitely falls under the “good shit” banner. Think Motörhead or Lucero without the twang.
Made me smile
Yay, Turbonegro! Really good album from. First track, the age of pamparius, is sucking you into the next 54 mins. Probably their best album. I was surprised to find it on the list but it quite makes sense.
Sounds like the public domain version of the THPS4 soundtrack.
One song familiar, not terrible.
Not a fan. Dig the punkish music, but the mixing and lyrics I can hear are not my bag.
2/10 Dumb AF punky metal, but at least it is self-knowingly stupid and not self-serious. Kind of shocking this is considered top 1000 of all time Really not my thing, 2-3 songs in a row is ok, the whole album caused me a headache… Chugging riffs and driving drums, sounds metal, but the vocals are more representative of pop punk and emo bands, think Offspring or Green Day. Bit of a clash. Best: Don’t say Motherfucker, Motherfucker (but just because of the name, didn’t like any of the music)
Average
This album fucking ROCKED. As an Electric Callboy fan, I can totally see how these guys blazed the path for them. Great production, full sound and blazing guitars. Favorite tracks: Age of Pamparius, Monkey on Your Back
Punk??
I've never heard of this album or artist before, so I had no idea what I was in for with this album. As the first track started, I thought there was a good chance that I was going to love this album. I loved the piano intro and how the heavy guitar riff was slowly worked in over it. Unfortunately, that was about as much of the album as I enjoyed. I'll admit that I enjoyed a lot of the guitar playing throughout the album, but there still really isn't that much of a unique sound from song to song, and there's really nothing interesting happening with the other instruments. The lyrics are... well, odd to say the least. At their best, they're nonsensical, and at their worst, they're nonsense with the occasional swear word tossed in to no effect. I think the only other nice thing that I can say about this album is that it probably wouldn't be terrible to work out to, but then again, there's about 1000 other things I'd rather listen to while working out. Overall, there's just nothing of note happening on this album, and I have no idea how the author of the 1001 Albums book came across this and decided to include it. Fun fact: I said "Turbonegro" out loud five times, and now I'm a GOP Senator.
I enjoyed what I heard during my first listen, but, honestly, I don't really see myself coming back to this beyond one or two tracks. Still, though: motherfucking pizza.
Definitely in my ballpark.
This album is absolutely what I hoped it would not be after the first 2 tracks – a kind of PS2 butt rock soundtrack. If you were to just listen to a random song off this album, it’s probably a great burst of energy. Like, if you threw this album into a workout playlist and had a song occasionally come up on shuffle, I’m sure it would be a great boost. Yet, as a listening experience for a whole album, due to the lack of variance, it’s absolutely the least enjoyable of what we’ve done so far, at least to my ears, and I’m rating it a 2.
Didn't need to hear this weirdly unironic album. Did they listen to Kiss and Spinal Tap and want to mock it or honor it? No idea but wasn't a fan
Brilliant fun
Previous Familiarity: None This is the first album of this project that I had never heard of. After hearing it, it could have stayed that way. This is the generic quasi-punk meets hard-rock sound that the Ramones coasted on in the 80's. This was the sound of the Ramones in their least interesting phase, and apparently where Turbonegro live . Sounds like they're having fun, but unfortunately I wasn't.
This album is a solid 4 musically. Great rock n roll album with solid guitar work. The lyrics are flat out dumb. Theres a way to do sexual/humor/party lyrics in a clever way and then there is this.
Good
Great new discovery! Gives off some Rollins and Offspring vibes with a mix of humor and high energy songs.
Good guitar work, really well produced, but this album felt good for about 2 minutes and then It turns into weird mix of Glam metal and Ramones with some bad vocals and strange lyrics. For me It is kind weird for this album to be on this list, It does not feels memorable at all (I listened to worst stuff so far, but they were important somehow), so I went to look at the book and found this explanation below: " When other European rockers of the '90s were being influenced by Pearl Jam, Sevendust, or Radiohead, Oslo, Norway's Turbonegro decided to provide a throwback to the decadent, hedonistic glam metal, heavy metal, and hard rock of the '70s and '80s. Combine the influence of punk rock with traces of Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, Judas Priest, or Quiet Riot, and you've got Apocalypse Dudes, an in-your-face album that thrives on wild, rowdy, bratty fun. The whole thing is decidedly over-the-top, and titles like "Good Head," "Don't Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker," "Rock Against Anus," and "Zillion Dollar Sadist" end up turning this CD into a very entertaining and humorous caricature of pop-metal, hard rock, and punk. In fact, it's hard to miss the parallels between Apocalypse Dudes and Spinal Tap. But outrageousness alone wouldn't make this CD worthwhile — thankfully, Turbonegro has a lot of catchy, infectious hooks to back itself up. Alex Henderson" Personally, I feel that Spinal Tap is way better. 2/5
Much better than I was led to believe by the reviews. Enjoyed the sound and the vibe.
Not my jam
Bored me immensely
Kind of cool music with somewhat basic lyrics that show very well that they are not native English speakers. I expected a bit different sound but the first song of the album struck me and pleasantly surprised. After that it just sort of stayed solid but nothing else really stood up.
AJ: 🤘🏻 🍕
Based on the guitars in the opening few seconds, I thought “why have I not heard of this band or album?” Well, now I know. Because it’s trash. Absolutely awful.
I would love to read why this is included on the list. I find it hard to believe anyone says let’s put on the wonderful Apocalypse Dudes album. First riff I thought ok this sounds pretty good, then the rest of the album happened.
No, no, no, no, and no. The most meaningless lyrics, with random obscenities thrown in for flavor. Their hit song, Age of Pamparius, and I kid you not, is about making a pizza and refers to pepperoni and calzones. This one feels like it was included as a joke. Another “hit,” per Spotify, Get it On, just repeats the same line over and over.
никогда не был фанатом хэви-метала или такого панк рока, но время от времени слушаю такие альбомы, пытаясь полностью понять этот жанр. обычно мне выборочно заходят лишь некоторые треки, такие как Get it on на этом альбоме, это прям пушечка. в остальном это просто качёвый или не очень рок, который очень сильно отдаёт духом старого времени, что одновременно здорово и не очень. с этим альбомом всё примерно также. Но что мне понравилось у Турбонегро, это то что у каждой песни есть конкретная идея с соответствующим настроением. и пусть палитра этих эмоций не слишком разнообразна, всё таки интересно наблюдать за новыми идеями и образами панков 90х. короче чётко
Har väl aldrig lyssnat på TN egentligen. Så bra riff, produktion och röj. Tror att det fastnar på leadsången, och kanske melodierna. Som om det hade varit till Nicke Andersson eller Pelle Larsson på sång så hade det varit en femma.
This is what plays in the brain of a child when you say the term heavy metal and honestly that's sort of super endearing lol. Lost one star because the name made me think this would be an early all-black hardcore punk band and it was disappointing finding that wasn't the case
Fun enough but pretty same-y throughout.
Perfectly listenable punk
"I aint no architech Aint got the intellect" "Fornicator of the lasso Sperminator of the asshole" "Cheap thrills done and the dirt cheap ants 'Cause I got a headache in my pants" I was considering just leaving these actual lyrics from actual songs in here just by themselves, as they say a lot about the quality, but it wouldnt be fair to the music. The instrumental are quite nice, they sound punky, ramonesey, there is energy behind them. Some song progressions are nice, some solos are cool. The lyrics and vocals tho? Shiiiet, why bother? If its your fourth album, and these are the lyrics you are coming up with, just give up man. Most importantly, its most definitely not an important you really have to check before you croak. If you dont like punk like this, you arent going to get anything out of it, and if you, there are hundreds of bands that did it better, before and after this record. Significant 24/68 Liked 10/68 Added 3/68
Well that was brash, loud and in your face. It was also infectiously catchy and I found myself enjoying it a lot more than I would have expected to
English is clearly not their first language because the lyrics are cringe.
Good hard rock music (not thrash or noise metal) with proper guitar solos and also some punk rock which sounds like The Stooges. Well produced. Some vocals are fine, but others are a bit punk and gruff. Content is generally puerile, obsessed with sex and swearing. However, I enjoyed the Guns 'n' Roses-esque rock 'n' roll.
yeah this album didn't really move me. it's fine enough. not my preferred type of music but listenable. but uhh,,, the band name??? i had never heard of them, it seems like it's supposed to be ironic, at least according to wikipedia (based on what their other choice was) but then they made up some dumb story about no it's fast and dark! like our music! and i think that makes it worse somehow. antiracist or not, it feels like maybe not something we should go to the norse for.
fine. catchy and upbeat, but not personally meaningful to me. 3?
Decent rock-style instrumentals mixed with mediocre pop punk-style vocals. 2.5 stars.
I feel dumber having listened to this
It was pretty good, happy to listen to it, but I don't think it added much to what Stooges, Bowie etc had already done
Dumb. The whole "punk rock party" thing was done better by Andrew WK and it wasn't even punk. Songs come and go and are barely interesting, just power chord after boring power chord. Lyrics are impressively bad and maybe you can argue "well that's the point!" Well that doesn't change the fact that I don't enjoy listening to it. This reminds me of what the Darkness went on to do except Turbonegro has more of a punk edge to it. Still, I think it's bad.
Never heard of them, but they are definitely entering my rotation. This album was exactly what I needed yesterday.
I liked this way more than I thought I would. I would probably give it a 2.5 if that was a thing but I’m feeling generous. Lol
more fun than i expected could i write poetry to it: no
Never listened to Turbonegro before this. Pretty good Punk Rock. Not as extreme as I expected.
This does not qualify as metal. At best it’s pop punk.
Solid dumb Rock fun
Loved the glam rock much more than the punk.
Hard hitting! Some nice solos and guitarwork
Hressilegt og hálf tímalaust.
I enjoyed the guitar work on this, and there's a glimmer of what could be some fun, hard party rock songs here. However the lyrical content is trying to hard to be edgy, it comes across as cringey and immature, unfortunately that spoils the whole record.
Mostly boring?
This is the type of thing that is perfect on the list. It's not a well-known album, but it's truly fun from the top to bottom of the tracklist. It's not perfect, but it's really enjoyable.
This is a gem I'd never heard of.
3.75
Not for me. 2/10
Tony Hawk music. I keep having to look at the song title to figure out if what I’m hearing is what they are actually singing about. Sure enough, ass… motherfucking… anus… “I got a headache in my pants” this is just one of those bands that can sing about anything and just brush over it. “Do you want to be a dirty boy?” “do you want to suck the cock tonight?” “You claimed the monkey shaved your balls” “sperminator of the asshole” The fuck am I listening to? Teenage boys going through puberty? I’m not a lyrics person but when the lyrics are so blatantly obnoxious it breaks me out of the song I have to dock points. I’m sure if I was 13 years old I would find this album great but those numbers are reversed and my taste has expanded beyond chicken nuggets and cheese pizza. Other than the lyrics being trash, the music felt like generic rock, punk. All I can say is “fuck you. I’d rather have some good head.” 4/10
You ever wanted to play Tony Hawk Pro Skater but have the music just be a little heavier and a lot worse? Then boy do I have the album for you! As a fan of the punk genre this hurts me but boy is this a let down. The album starts strong with the first 2 tracks but progressively gets worse the further you go and listen. After the first 2 tracks the music becomes average at best and in some songs downright butt rock. The lyrics are some of the worst shit I've ever heard in my life and if you like Beavis and Butthead then I guess you'll like this stuff. 4/10
Skateboard music to thrash to. I’m pretty sure this entire album is in Tony Hawk Pro Skater. With a band name like Turbonegro and an album name with the word apocalypse in it, I thought this would have been darker and heavier. Combining synchronized vocals and standard heavy rock sounds this album doesn’t do much to blow you away but is still enjoyable enough. It’s not the worst I have heard in this genre and not the best. You could have replayed the same song over and over and told me they were different songs and it would have been no different from listening to this album normally. The whole time I felt like I had heard them before then realized they sound just like The Hives but heavier. 5/10
Really good songs, really subpar lyrics
Nope nope nope
This was interesting. There's something here. I know not what.
I've met a few of the Turbojugend at rock festivals in Europe, and I say this with love - they were some of the biggest scumbags I ever met. Great music though! A mash-up of the Stooges, the Hives and the so-dumb-it's-fun brawling punk of the Dictators. The song titles are some of the best encountered yet.
nice rock/punk
My first observation upon hearing the first song on this album is halfway through "The Age of Pamparius" the riff of "Clock Strikes Ten" by Cheap Trick is "borrowed." My second thought is the music isn't bad and this album probably deserves to be on the list. The lyrics and the song titles are that which would make Blink-182 request the band act a little bit more mature, but otherwise the music is pretty good. Would I ever re-visit this album? I may want to, but "Rendezvous with Anus" is a song title and I am a respectable adult.
Humiliation Street // 2.5/5
Great guitar & drums. Meh lyrics & singer.
Music was decent but the lyrics and song titles are beyond stupid. Maybe this was a joke or some other comedic stunt but it didn't work for me. In a way a shame because I do hear talent amongst the musicians.
I was having fun even though the lyrics are more dumb than juvenile, but then I was like this is been going on for I while and I was only at the 9th track. 1 additional star for the Wild Boyz theme track… good times!
It like the Hives…but less fun
A pesar de que entiendo que este LP puede tener cierta relevancia contextual con respecto al desarrollo de la escena de rock duro de los 2000s, se siente como una ridícula pieza de época, con un sonido desarmado, sin dirección y con muchas pretensiones que no son validadas por interpretaciones vocales y líricas mediocres y casi irrisibles. De tener que destacar algo, me iría por el trabajo de las guitarras, batería y bajo de Turbonegro y nada más.
Not really my taste
Jack Black would love this I can guarantee it. Don’t say motherfucker, motherfucker! Hard rocking, tongue in cheek, balls out!
Good modern rock album with influence from past decades. Great pick.
Kinda boring
It’s punk music 3/5
Nothing special
What a find. These guys are great.
Some pretty good tracks but a lot of filler too. Good guitar. I liked the parts where the Norwegian accents were really apparent. Overall fine.
The lyrics were very silly on this album. The music itself was fine but not something I’d come back to again. The lyrics unfortunately take away from this album for me
Never heard of this band but I really liked the blend of post-punk and semi-metal rock and roll. The various guitar solos were the highlight for me.
A mix between scorpions and Sex Pistols. Some of the shredding was out of this world but otherwise my great music.
Did not care to listen
Is this a joke? Sorry.. I just don’t get it. The lyrics are awful and the production makes it hard to listen to.. overcompressed, way too much treble. Awful.
is it weird to say that this album bored me?
Good but could've been more aggressive.
Nice finding!
they definitely get a good 4 solely based on the song titles
Extremely generic, extremely unoriginal, boring and bad. It’s got that problem where Europeans try to write in English, but their understanding of the connotations of certain words or phrases is off, so it really comes out sounding very amateurish, like a toddler trying to write a song. Add to that a teenaged sense of edge and danger, and we get some of the most gutless sounding punk rock I’ve ever heard. Not only are the lyrics extremely poorly written, the music is so deeply bland. It is by the book punk rock. Just total cookie cutter. No attempt to experiment or create anything, just repetition of well trod ground. The worst part of it is I know there’s a huge market for it. Dudes who think skeletons and the word ‘fuck’ are as cool as it gets, and there’s no need to examine anything further. There’s nothing actually ‘punk’ about this record, just a facade of it. It’s kind of like if the Disney channel made a DCOM called Punk Rock Musical. It’s just so bad and cringe and I understand why Bam Margera likes them so much.
Not to be contrarian here but… I think this album is misunderstood! It’s giving diarrhea planet, it’s giving liquor store. Some songs sound so much like Jeff the Brotherhood it’s kinda crazy. Nothing groundbreaking, but it’s a party rock album that’s weirdly timeless; it could easily get released tomorrow. It’s catchy and fun! 3.5/5 tbh, would go see Fidlar open for them
Reminds me of like stuff they would play on Viva La Bam. Skater punk with lots of bad words to be cool. Certainly elements of things I like but not put together in a way I can get down with. Plus that band name is rough, very teenage-boy-pushing-boundaries. I know they’re like Norwegian but still. Honestly, was leaning 2 stars, but learning more about them and re-listening to Rendezvous With Anus, I talked myself down a bit.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
So, not really my thing, but.. quite enjoyable. I can't say I'll revisit the album ever again, but I enjoyed it. I'll go with a very low 3/5
A fun hard rock album. I like that they don't take themselves too seriously. Tracks I like: The Age of Pamparius Selfdestructo Blast Rock Against Ass Prince of the Rodeo Monkey On Your Back
Wow. Intense, whimsical, punk as hell. This reminds me of the best of AC/DC, and just seems like they are just out here to have a great time. The band name, some of the historical context (ie playing in blackface) hasn't aged well, but I think some of that can be chalked up to them being a European band. Regardless, this feels like glam rock as it should be - fun as hell with absolutely killer guitar and drums.
All blends together
Reminded me a little of the Ramones. Not bad.
Glam punk, glam metal. Rollo.
Easily one of my favorite punk albums from this project, if not THE favorite. They've successfully blended genres to make a cool new things while also respecting their roots. Best track: Get It On
If The Ramones were an English as a second language band that played hair metal, you’d get this album.
So many better bands in this genre than Turbonegro. High school band wanting to be a bit punk and a bit harder rock. Lots of noise
What in Halo: Combat Evolved skateboard dorito chip is this shit and why is it on the list. Listening to the whole album on Spotify seems like the wrong way to consume this. I should be listening to crusty MIDIs of these songs while looking at a GIF of a flaming skull on an old GeoCities site. I love dumb music, but this is sadly kind of boring. Wasting such perfect song names like "Rendezvous with Anus" on a bootleg The Hives track.
Ah, the soundtrack of my youth. In their heydays Turbonegro had a sizeable cult of followers in Scandinavia. The die hard fans all had denim jackets with Turbojugend patches. Some friends of mine even had a tribute band. I saw them live a couple of times in the early 2000’s but most of all i remember the many singalongs while partying with friends. Turbonegro is the sound of young male camaraderie. Although i might even prefer the trashier, dirtier and even more idiotic punk rock of their previous album Ass Cobra, my pants are bulging from the riffs and shout-along-friendly lyrics of Apocalypse Dudes. When so much fast and heavy rock takes itself way to serious Turbonegro brings back a juvenile excitement to rock’n’roll with their homoerotic punk rock.
a generic rock n roll record. like there is really nothing special about this but it’s not terrible either. the road was paved long ago and these guys are simply driving down it at them exact speed limit. very forgettable. too long for how mid this is.
I hadn’t thought about these guys in 20 years, and I suppose I never face them a chance back in the day. This is a really solid album, though. Punk rock with a fair amount of hard rock thrown in.
punk but with melodic guitar, not bad, a surprise
Straight shot of adrenaline for much of the album! Stays true to punk roots while adding wit and musicality.
I liked this one! Never heard of this band before but they were good.
Pretty good punk-glam hybrid with not so good lyrics. Not sure if I'd put it on by choice again, but wouldn't mind it if it was already on. 3.5/5
I dont hate it. 3/5
Nice
I wish I could say this album was turbo-tastic, but I sadly don't think it earned that title. The beginning had me interested, but then it just became punk rock, and I kinda lost interest. I don't know, I like the aesthetic of punk, but I just don't really care. I liked this one a little bit more because it had more rock, but it's barely a 3. My favourite song The Age of Pamparius.
Big dumb fun. Good stock standard punky tunes with a bit of Glam metal thrown in. Mix up Ramones, Kiss and the Misfits together and you are pretty close to the sound on display here. I really enjoyed this album but it is isn't world changing to my ears. Best to ask a Turbojugend as maybe they can tell you. Don't ask me to ask a Turbojugend as few things weird me out but those beautifully obsessive fans are an exception
Only slightly better than metal, slightly.
overall rating: 10/10 favourite song: get it on ( 9.5/10 ) runner up favourite: rock against ass ( 9/10 ) least favourite: are you ready ( 8/10 ) album cover: 8.5/10 vocals: 9/10 instrumentals: 10/10 would i recommend ? : yes i have already mentioned it to two people other: first album / band i’ve been recommended that i haven’t heard about before hand. a lot of the songs sound relatively similar and i don’t notice a song change , that isn’t that bad tho. i really love this album and will definitely listen to more by the band.
say it with me. fourth studio album. So much energy in this album. Not sure how you manage this night after night without some drugs involved. or ADHD. Some people walk against cancer. they rock against ass. Some people have booty calls. They have rendevouz with anus.
A bit fun and strange approach to pop-punk-rock. The titles/lyrics are certainly more of the tongue-in-cheek/Spinal Tap vein. The songs are pretty straightforward, but don't particularly stand out. Get It On and Prince of the Rodeo were probably my favorites. A fine listen.
That one reply about Disney Channel was right, but some of this was still fun. European stuff is always ... interesting BT - Rock Against Ass - Zillion Dollar Sadist - Prince of The Rodeo - Are You Ready For The Darkness
Guitar riffs were great. A very enjoyable listen.
This album is fun enough, but I don't really get why it's significant. It's one of those weird bands where I'm 100% sure that I would have fun at their live shows, but I'm not really sure why I would want to critically listen to one of their albums. 3/5 It's done well, it's just all been done before. Also, where are all the goddamned Butthole Surfers albums? If I can listen to Rendezvous with Anus, you all should have to listen to Dog Inside Your Body
Glam metal with a sense of humour, from the late 90s. No complaints listening through it but I won't be playing any of these songs again.
While there are standouts in Age of Pamparius, Zillion Dollar Sadist, and their cover of Bowie's Suffragette City for great guitar work, unfortunately the crass lyrics hold this group back.
An interesting snapshot of just how amateur rock had gotten before it really started to die out. There is an interesting DIY feel to the album, but due to the lyricism and boring instrumentation, I wanted others to do it for them by the end.
norjalaiset ei musiikkia osaa tehdä...siinä asiassa ruohti vie...aivan vitun paskaa ja vuonna 1998 ei voi millään, ei yhtään vittu millään tavalla voinut olla mitenkään influentiaalinen missään muussa kuin norjan itsemurhatilastoissa (1001 review yksilausahdusmainen kommentti siinä heh) näin tehdään nopeasta ja äänekkäästä rokista saatanan tylsää. Turbonegro's lyrics often attack political correctness, holy fck...brave... meikä antaa yhden tähden...snowflaikki heh... kun ei tykkää.... pricne of the rodeo (homoanalsex reference)
Immensely immature, but incredibly entertaining.
Turbonegro, or Turboneger as they are somehow called in Norway while winning prizes, are just immense fun. They roll up their sleeves and just starts pounding while Hank von Helvete, may he rest in peace, just serves one ridiculous line after another. It’s stupid. It’s rather iconic. It’s not really that groundbreaking or fantastic. It’s just a whole lotta fun.
Hard punk... Kind of fun kickoff to the summer weekend. Likely won't listen to again
Outstanding riffs and overall sound. Lyrics of felt like someone was forcing nuggets of shit into my ears. 3.
Cool quirky rock from talented musicians. Brilliant song titles too.
Enjoyed the listen, would listen again.
Kinda sounds like The Ramones had a baby with some poppy hard rock band like KISS. Some of it isn't TOO bad, but it all eventually blurs together into a mash of chugging guitar, wanky solos, and juvenile humor. Not for me.
*snore*
This might make sense on a cassette. But in a different place time and music system than mine. As the song by this band says "all my friends are dead" and "FTW" and "don't say motherfucker motherfucker" sum up their developmental advancement and contribution to the art.
This is all the usual cliches played out, I'm grateful there wasn't a song about snot. Completely unimaginative and straight out boring, there is nothing to do with greatness on this thing and I'm tired of these ridiculous entries to this process. There is a great Sopranos episode where Adriana talks Chris into managing and recording an awful band called Visiting Day. They have a song called Defiler, with lyrics such as "get out of our way, and dont be so gay, we're coming to defile, defile you". Listen Elizabeth Strout fans, if I was given a choice on the purgatory loop jukebox between that and whatever this utter rubbish is supposed to be, I'm going for "we're coming to defile, defile you"..
Listening to this album was like being at a pub gig in Sydney in the late 70’s or 80’s, watching some Detroit-influenced, post - Birdman band, and having a great time. Totally generic. Full of those quirks that you only get with Scandi bands who have a particular way of using the English language - Rendezvous With Anus? Really??? Absolutely. The Scandis do not take a backward step when it comes to sex. There’s hardly a track here that doesn’t remind you of some 70’s American rock band. I love Euroboy’s guitar. A big highlight. I’m a Hives fan & for a while I was sure that the track Get It On borrowed heavily from their song Hate To Say I Told You So, but turns out the Turbonegro track predated the Hives cut by a couple of years. This is so not a 90’s album & that’s a really good thing. There’s nothing ground-breaking here, but what a pleasure it was listening to it.
It sounds ok, I guess. It's energetic and loud, and the guitar player is pretty hot stuff, but the singer is rubbish and the adolescent sniggering lyrics and rock and roll posturing wear a bit. I mean, I can see the appeal, but it really wears its influences on its sleeve, so why wouldn't you just listen to Ziggy Stardust or any Motorhead record or something instead?
This was a cool album in some ways. The tunes are catchy and there are plenty of good riffs to be found. Much of the lyrical content is pretty sophomoric and the band name makes me uncomfortable in it's implications.
Energetic with a cool feel, hard to understand the lyrics but thats punk for you. Saved a few to playlist.
Really? I thought I had gotten through all of the lame ass, okay-guitars-shitty-voice, obnoxious punk albums earlier on this list. I'm completely over albums like this at this point so I'm just going to discuss my thoughts on the director's cut woodstock documentary I watched today: It's the best concert doc I've ever seen. It gives a perfect feel of what it would've been like to be there for the full three days and also does a great job of contextualizing how the event became what it was. My favorite parts were just the slice of life looks at how people acted and what they did in between sets as well as how the event functioned logistically. The sets were almost all great but I was surprised that they mostly avoided the most popular songs from each featured artist (i want to take you higher and purple haze being the most notable exceptions) and didn't show ccr or the band which were personal bummers. Joe Cocker was probably my favorite raw performance due to the sheer energy (it looks like he's having a full-body seizure at all times) and I can't recall one that I actively disliked. Overall, it was not only a great documentary but a piece of history in and of itself that functions as an archive of the greatest musical event ever. Also, I don't think I would've appreciated the doc as much had I not been doing this list because people like Joan Baez would've gone completely over my head while the doc simultaneously added context to some of the albums on the list I've gotten like Country Joe and the Fish and Joan Baez. This dumb punk album gets a 2 but this documentary gets a 5.
I first heard of Turbonegro last summer on the Covino and Rich Show podcast. Covino was talking about listening to their song "All My Friends Are Dead". I was curious about what they sounded like, so I gave them a listen, and thoroughly enjoyed what I heard! These guys are punk/hard rock from Norway. They don't take themselves too seriously, singing songs with titles such as: I Got Erection, Blow Me (Like The Wind), Hobbit Motherfuckers, Shake Your Shit Machine, and Stroke the Shaft to name a few. People who get easily offended won't like these guys, but that's kind of the point. I have listened to "best of" lists of theirs on Spotify, but never heard this record cover to cover. I knew the song Rendezvous With Anus, but that was about it, so I was looking forward to hearing some more of their stuff today! Unlike what most people think, Turbonegro isn't racist at all! The band claims that the name is in reference to their style of music: Turbo = fast Negro = dark Overall, a great album! Don't take anything too seriously, and you may enjoy it too. The instrumentation is unapologetically fast and thrashy, and the lyrics are simplistic and hilarious. The first song on the record, The Age of Pamparius, is about making a pizza! I will absolutely listen again, and was excited to see that they made the list! Favourite songs: Monkey on Your Back, Prince of the Rodeo, Rendezvous With Anus, Are You Ready (For Some Darkness), Humiliation Street, Rock Against Ass, Get It On, Selfdestructo Bust, "Don't Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker", The Age of Pamparius, Zillion Dollar Sadist, Good Head Least favourite song: Back to Dungaree High 5/5
Not my first time listening to Turbonegro. It's very cheery punk if you could call it that. Maybe it's more glam rock. Apocalypse Dudes is a fun album.
Fun punk rock album with heavy metal overtones on some songs.
Fast, tight punk but the music gets pretty heavy too. These guys must have had a great live show. The songs have a lot of forward energy and big, full rock sound, including piano on a few tracks and some soaring guitar solos. The album is much more musically accomplished than you might expect from a band singing about pizza, blowjobs and having a pocket full of mice in your pants.
This is probably one of the more shocking inclusions I've seen on the list. I heard about this band a while back as I think the Jackass / CKY / Bam Margera guys were fans of them and they would have them in their skate videos (or TV shows? I don't recall exactly). I always thought they weren't that good but I don't hate what I'm hearing so far on the album. I have a soft place in my heart for super modern punk, with plucky basses, distorted guitars, compressed drums, and gang vocals, and this album does a good job of capturing that sound. Surprising to me that this was 1998 though as the production is actually pretty tight for an act that I didn't think was popular enough to be able to afford the good stuff. I really genuinely thought that no one knew about this band. Alright here's a weird production thing. Listen to the end of track 3, "Get it On" and then listen to the start of track 4, "Rock Against Ass". It sounds like two really different levels of fidelity right? Like track 3 ends with such a wide and full sound and then immediately track 4 sounds so weak. Plus the singer sounds different (maybe it's a different person?)... just a weird switch here. One of the worst band names ever. I don't know if they were trying to be edgy but the thing is that their sound isn't really that edgy "fuck everyone and fuck you" sort of punk sound ya know? If you are going to go out of your way to have a band name like this then you really have to play up your edge I think. Their lyrics seemed to have more humor in them.
Very little to recommend here
Too metal for my tastes
A little schticky at times, but on the whole, their style of rock n roll is irresistible.
What the fuck is this doing on the list?
Anthems for a mid-life crisis.
Good, straight forward rock and/or roll. There's really nothing groundbreaking about it. It sounds like the vast majority of early 90s rock. I can see how they might have been an influence to the pop punk bands of the early '00s. It's still fun, rockin' music and I'd for sure listen again.
Sounded like garage band punk. Less singing more yelling lyrics. Lots of swearing. Overall loud, not the worst thing I've ever heard but I'm notbsure I'd recommend it to anyone
This album rocks! Very first song I knew this album would be killer. This reminds me of drinking beer, watching jackass as a teenager, and shredding anything on wheels.
Not bad, as thrash metal goes. Hard to connect it with any Norwegians I know.
A lot more fun than I expected, 4/5 stars
Fair to middlin' punk rock.
I was hoping for some Metalocolypse style fun. The cover has it, but the album really doesn't. The opening track is maybe something but the lyrics are too absurd, Get It On is almost enjoyable but the the lyrics are, well, nothing. And those are the high points. Whatever these guys are aiming for they've missed.
It’s nice, really cool but also really forgettable. Idk 3/5
fast and dark
Starts off promising, but by the end I was a bit fatigued due to the sameness of a lot of the tracks. I liked the sound overall, just got a little tired/bored by the end.
I really don't know what to make of this. I don't hate the music; punky with a little more metal than I'd normally like. The lyrics, though, are something else, and not in a good way. The album gets really samey too.
Not sure how I feel about this one. It's sort of punk, reminds me a bit of the Ramones, which I like. But on the other hand it's a bit much. I prefer my punk a bit more stripped down I guess. But it goes hard and definitely has some good energy. 3 stars.
This got old fast. I get the whole retro glam metal shtick, and Turbonegro is perfectly adept at what they're doing, but what's missing is any sense of charisma. The lyrics are purposefully dumb, which isn't necessarily a problem, but without being entertaining at all. I imagine this band is fun live, but I could have lived without hearing this album. Fave Songs: Humiliation Street,Prince of the Rodeo, Zillion Dollar Sadist, Back to Dungaree High
Not great as a rock/glam/punk album, and lost me with the “muther***£r” over and over again with “Rock Against Ass” track. Good artists don’t have to cuss their way to respect. Dylan, Beatles, Stones etc didn’t have to cuss to be great.
Jajaj las letras están bien cagadas, pero el álbum está increíble. Strong 8 to light 9.
Está cabron
the beats are cool but the lyrics are a bit silly, very mid
Interesting background, +1 star for St.Pauli, listenable music.
Whatevs
hmm. Not great dudes, not great.
Instantly forgettable punk rock.
From the tongue in cheek opening, felt like Spinal Tap-esque homage to The Beatles and Britpop, I was ready for some non-serious euro-punk-rock fun... and it sure did deliver! 3.5
Very mid
Played two songs and then turned it off. Wasn’t into it
Like I said it’s basically Tim’s review but if you weren’t in the mood for this type of album. Shit is fucking dumb as hell and I hate that the instrumentals are often good cuz I want to give it a 1. The singing and lyrics are so god damn bad but I respect the dedication to the theme.
It was just pretty damn average
These guys clearly haven’t seen tropic thunder because they just went full retard. They took some pretty ordinary (but often catchy) instrumentals, threw the most heinously idiotic lyrics over top and call it a day. I’m willing to admit the 55 miles in the last 10 days may have made me delirious enough to like this, but nonetheless, I did. So bad it’s good type of thing. This shit is hilarious and nobody can tell me differently. Something about this album, on this day, gave me a real sense of enjoyment. I was thinking of giving it a 4 just because of how much fun I had listening to it. But I know in my heart it doesn’t deserve that and if I got this another day I might hate it. At the end of the day it’s a novelty listen at best, but it’s what that I find generally entertaining. Best - Prince of the rodeo, good head, humiliation street MMM: GOOD HEAD‼️ O-WOAH-O-WOAH OHHHHHHHH 👌🏼GOOD HEAD😩 O WOAH O WOAH OHHHHHH💯
cool
This was embarrassing
Ramones inspired riffs (some are straight up lifted), but fun songs, nonetheless.
At first I wanted to say ''who the hell is Turbonegro and why is this album on the generator?" But, as soon as that came up, a wild series of memories came flooding back. They were somewhat familiar to me but only through snippets via Viva la Bam and Wildboyz and, as soon as those songs started, everything began to click. For me, it's not nostalgia, it is a full circle scenario hearing songs like The Age of Pamparius, Selfdestructo Bust and Prince of the Rodeo for the first time in a very long time, but in full. As for the other songs on here, there was a slight feeling of dread when it came to their titles (Rock Against Ass, Rendezvous With Anus, Don't Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker) but ultimately they caused no harm while guaranteeing a good time. A glamorous punk rock romp from beginning to end that ensures hooks that would stick inside ones head for a while. I'm glad to have reconnected with Turbonegro while hearing something new.
How do you not love a band with a song "rock against ass", "don't say motherfucker, motherfucker" and " rendezvous with anus" all in a row!? This album is perfect teenage boy rediculousness. It's high energy, in your face fun. It definitely makes me want to go get into shenanigans.
kinda good. 3 stars
Not my thing.
Outdated
Listened Before? N Wow, this album surprised me. I've only vaguely heard of these guys, but I've never listened. This is awesome! Good punk vibes mixed with some glam and an immature attitude. Great "garbage" listen. I'll listen to this one a lot. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Are You Ready (For Some Darkness)
Highlight: Humiliation Street 3,5/5
Turbomurzyn taki punk, "Selfdestructo Bust". Troche za slabe na 4, takie 3.5
Awesome high energy hard rock. Really enjoyed while at the gym.
Hahahahahahahahahaha this is fucking dreadful.
вообще не мой жанр
Really cool
It is very one note and doesn't sustain its 47 minute runtime. It's generic at its best, but often it's just plain annoying for my ears. Were it up to me, it probably gets thrown in the recycle bin.
Norgee ??
Pretty rocking punk and pretty funny. Hells yeahs dudes
Jag fick int så mycke av de men de va helt nice!
Let me check my notes… “if you want to rock, you gotta roll”, Wikipedia page says they “attack political correctness” and went blackface in early shows to “challenge the audience”. Musically, this means “rendezvous with anus”. Lead guitarist invoicing by the note. Chords strung into a forgettable rush… party band for the alt right… “Are you ready (for some darkness)” why the parentheses and which idiot thought this song needed an outro, all of these songs are too long… ah shit someone found the cowbells in the studio’s percussion larder… For the second day in a row I think of the Didjits, who made the patently offensive fun. Crap.
sounds like untalented teenagers playing The Hives (if that's not tautologous). If you love sub-South Park childish swearing and rudimentary rock tunes this is the album for you
Weird lyrics but cool riffs
If Monster Energy and spiked hair and Xbox and black and red and neon green sonic adventure 2 hot chip motorola phone dial up internet made an album. Also the Bowie cover at the end is genius. Great record.
4/10 perfectly fine punk music with lyrics that make it very difficult to listen to
6/10. One of those where the music was pretty good, but the vocals brought it down. Didn't totally ruin it, but I don't think I'd want to listen to more of this
This is one of the dumbest albums we’ve gotten on this list. I wanna cut these dudes some slack because English isn’t their native language, but they make Kiss sound like geniuses. Rendezvous With Anus?? Rock Against Ass??? What the fuck are you on about? 4/10
Just find this type of music boring, sorry.
Overall the album had a lot of promise. Besides the odd name, The instrumentals are unique and some sound like classic rock and some are more alternative and punk. They are taken down a notch with their cheap false edgy lyricism. Overall there are songs similar to the who and good bands but given that they made this album twenty something years after those sounds were popular they ruined the tone with the mid 2000s tone of saying a bunch of things that don’t have substance. 4.7/10
The energy and the fun are there, even quite decent guitar riffs... it's too bad that it all gets lost in the terrible bad lyrics and mediocre vocals.
Genres: Glam punk, hard rock, punk rock Formed: Oslo 1988 Run time: 15 songs, 54 min 5 sec Although I enjoyed the album, none of it really made me think wow. It’s got plenty of energy and the musicianship is good. I probably won’t listen again, but I may give some of their other albums a try. I did like the nod to Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Baby”, with their song "Zillion Dollar Sadist". On Spotify, seven songs have less than 1M plays, six 1-2M and two over 6.5M. They have a good following but its not massive, as you’d expected for a group that was considered underground. My Rating: ***
Forgettable punk rock, not sure it deserves its place on the list.
At first, I thought it was aight but just really cringe lyrics—but it just seemed to get worse the longer I listened to it
This was insufferable. They even tarnished David Bowie 😢
first listen a grindy 90s vibe
The very introduction fooled me - I thought it was going to be folky rock, but nope.
I think in this genre there are some better albums. Still enjoyed this one. The only thing missing in the band is some great vocals. The riffs and sound they have is amazing, just not a bit fan of the vocals.
I liked this enough, the wailing guitars were fun. I’m into the sleazy punk rock genre, I just think if you’re gonna do it you need to be a bit more clever with the delivery or have something different going on (See Black Lips, Jay Reatard, The Viagara Boys) Turbonegro did enough to hold my interest I just found the delivery a little lazy but again the musical deliver was fast and furious and I’m always down for that so the I’m still gonna score this a 3 even though I was left a little dissatisfied
3.5 stars if I could.It was ok.The sound got grating after a while.Still pretty fun though.
Not into punk
I too have listened to the Stooges. Rock on
Do you want fun, energetic rock riffs while a bunch of goofy dudes say words like 'anus' and 'motherfucker'? Because that's what this is. Don't threaten me with a good time!
Easily digestible 3 Ramones if their music was actually exciting also the opposite of dark But some of this really slaps, even though it's so cute. godammit why do i like this
Punk, glam, and r&r. Went down the rabbit hole to try and figure out if Turbonegro was racist. My conclusion isnt that they're racist, but careless. Therefore I'll keep Prince of the Rodeo on my best of list. This is pure rock. Audibly said goddamn multiple times while listening.
Dig the funny rock
Not bad, not great. 3/5
Not really a fan of punk music but at least there is some decent guitar playing on this one. I think it’s way too derivative to be included in this list. It’s a bummer when you hear 5 seconds of a record and immediately know what the rest of it is going to sound like, but that’s most punk records I guess.
I really loved this. It got boring at the end but it’s funny and gritty and I love it. i would listen to this whole album again.
Brings me right back to my childhood. Some of these songs have most definitely been used on Jackass. Great opening in The Age of Pamparius. Prince of the Rodeo is a BANGER. I fuck with this hard.
Highlights: "Zillion Dollar Sadist" Here's a narrative: rock music has a boomerang in the 90s where it gets grunge, basically sorts out these fresh timbres and higher fidelity, and then reapplies them to the preexisting genres in a regression until we get all the way to the blues under curatorial pretensions with Beck, Black Keys, and White Stripes, guys Seeking to Imbue Simple Structures with Deeper Meaning. Turbonegro is at the inflection point of regression to hair metal, where people are thinking "hey, what if we took 90s rock and instead of it being about being a loser we made it about being perverts again." The performance of Westminster quarters in distorted harmonics can only be a reference to Cheap Trick as far as I know, and all that that implies. It does manage to sound like the climax of a song for the entire album. The solos are pretty rote but in "Zillion Dollar Sadist" and "Good Head" he does have these inspired intervals in the middle of some ascending lines. In the end, I don't know what I'm trying to appreciate. It's ultimately a Scandinavian response to pop punk of the earlier '90s, and then what? It's the Hives except the band's original name is Nazipenis and they're singing about sodomizing teenagers. Why did I need to listen to this?
3.5/5. Hank von Helvete is a cool name but the band name is awful, why did they decide on that? There’s a huge difference between being provocative and racist.
Quite good
Hard rock.
Some reasonable but forgettable rock
Feel like this sits in a nice little niche before pop punk made this sound very cynical, but it didn't need to be an hour long.
My friend Huw recommended this to me at least 15 years ago. Great stuff, punk, but melodic.
A decent punk rock album but nothing too special. 3/5. Favorite Track: Zillion Dollar Sadist
ALMOST nothing interesting about this whatsoever. At least they are playing well?
Questionable. Dumb. Sort of fun at points. But felt like a very long album of similar stuff.
Fun but too long. Wonder if they paid Alice Cooper some royalties for that first song.
Wonderfully stupid.
i'd play THPS to this for sure.
Why is this on here?
This was okay I guess. Nothing really that special. Maybe it was in Norway which is why it landed on this list. But by 1998, there was better sounding, better implemented, better written punk and rock out there. And the name of the band, while probably not negatively intentioned, is not going to help them. I had not heard of them before today. And it's likely I will never hear them again.
Excellent grungy punk. Loved it!
Not so good.
This was not what I was expecting and maybe because of that I was more receptive to it than I would have been. 3*
Fairly meh.
Abit heavy for me, but still a good album.
spoko
Such a good album with very interesting and danceable rythms and nice melodies: pretty incredible.
Amateur hour
This is an enjoyable album. Well put together. Keeps going.
Enjoyed this more than I should have, silly childish glam rock
A generous 2. Tiresome.
Yikes!!! Hard to finish
Ca demenage et c'edt rock a fons. J aime bcp 3.95
Why would you ever want to try to resurrect glam metal in the late 90s
I've said many times that by the 80s / 90s I had grown weary of heavy guitar dominated rock but something about this 1998 Euro version of guitar heavy glam works for me. How can you not like the song "Don't Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker". I don't care what it sounds like, I'm liking that song. On "Get it On", it sure sounds like they pinched the "like it, love it . . ." from Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen". It did get a little tiring though and I admit I had to pass on 5 of the last songs to jump to Suff City.
Once again I have to wonder what the authors of 1001 were smoking when they compiled this list. Although they're Norwegian they sound like your average American metal group from the 90s. Inane lyrics and cliched guitar riffs. I think I would prefer Norwegian Death Metal to this.
Eine Platte, die gar nicht so klingt wie aus den Neunzigern. Wenn man‘s weiß, hört man es der Produktion an, ansonsten verweigern sie sich dem Zeitgeist. Angenehm. Hatte ich nicht erwartet. Gerade so drei.
Goed om wakker te blijven in de ochtend. Goede melodie. Iets te meeslepend voor tijdens het werk -Christophe
Fun dumb rock. Not really worth being a \"must hear\" album to me but it's enjoyable. Kinda cringey sometimes though.
sounds like untalented teenagers playing The Hives (if that's not tautologous). If you love sub-South Park childish swearing and rudimentary rock tunes this is the album for you
Amazing. The wildboyz theme. This album had it all
perfectly alright mid 90s punk. Short angry songs that are listenable and then immediately forgettable. 3/5
Surprisingly awesome.
Some of this sounded a little too formulaic for me, but a few tunes were more interesting. I kept comparing it to The Hives throughout, whom I prefer, but I'm guessing this album would grow on me over another listen or two.
What a whole bunch of fun!
Ok, this is dumb, but also very fun - gave it three playthroughs on different days to be sure it fell squarely on the "fun" side of the line. Spinal Tap does punk vibes. Fave track - "The Age of Pamparius" does an excellent job of being a pompous and portentous album opener, as is the custom. "Are You Ready (For Some Darkness)" also grabbed my attention. I think if I'd have been familiar with this at the time the nostalgia bump woulda taken this to 5....
Glam punk. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Glam punk, glam metal. Rollo
High energy, hectic sound, you really need to be in the right mood. I wasn't.
Did not break any ground. Was also ok
4-5
Hard repetitive rock
A bit of an awkward band name (not to worry, it means fast and dark), but an alright album. I did expect something more different, maybe a twist on rock music or some unusual touches by way of sound effects or unique instruments. Instead, it just sounded like generic, radio-friendly rock music with some not-radio-friendly lyrics. There WERE good songs, like Prince of the Rodeo, Humiliation Street, and their Suffragette City cover. The rest though, sadly pretty forgettable!