OK

1) I can appreciate the level of craft and talent that went into this but I am not who this music was made for. My intermediate school art teacher would have been blown away by this. (I mean this positively.) 2) These are the most 1997 drum machine sounds. 3) Tracks 2-4 made me feel like I was playing something like Xenogears or Terranigma. 4) If I was to listen to one of these tracks again I'd go with Eclipse or the title track. They felt the most like songs and not experiences. 5) I don't understand how people danced to this kind of stuff. 6) Missed opportunity to have the rasta dude yell "Mistah MOMBASSTIC!"

Nothing going on

Just 'OK'. It's a mélange, a gallimaufry, a farrago. Look at all those $10 words to describe this pseudo-sophisticated hodge-podge. Far more than it is worth...

Crap.

At a restaurant once, I chose a starter because it came served with banana curry flavoured ice cream. The idea intrigued me, and included 3 flavours I knew I liked. But all mashed up together? Surprisingly it did actually work on that dish, but because it was served in a small amount. I couldn’t have eaten an entire bowl however.

Some of this sounds like the music they play at a spa when you get a massage (there’s so much pan flute!). Some sounds like music you’d hear at a rave. Some sounds like it’s from a Bollywood musical. Those tracks are my favorites - I probably liked “Eclipse” and “Ok” the most. The music is fine for background noise. I’m not going to listen to it again, but it’s well done and a nice break from all the 70s-90s rock artists I’ve been getting so much lately.

o co chodzi w tych zestawieniach, ledwo kto to zna/?? ale no faktycznie ciekawe brzmiemie jak na 1998

Not too bad at times, but very long.

Actually pretty interesting

Seems better in principle than in practice; a stronger conceptual idea than its ultimate musical execution. Took an unfortunate turn when the digital voices came in at the end of "Sutrix"...

(1/7) wasn't really in the mood

Feels like a lot of work has gone into making something that doesn't really measure up. Maybe because this sound has been copied a million times, maybe because the iMac album cover, maybe because the breakbeats are dated, maybe because the world music is blended down until it's all same round corner easy listening of a piece that keeps it from ever taking advantage of its sources. Instead we get a fairly matte-finished collection. I keep poking it with a stick and asking it to do something.

Nice album to listen to in the morning

usually i love these progressive eclectic records. this one was a bit too trancey chillout electronica-y for my taste. i imagine this must have been groundbreaking in 1998...

"OK" was OK! Not my favourite kind of electronica, but I'd leave this on in the background. "Butterfly" is a really, really good track. There were times throughout I kept thinking "Man, they should get Singh to work on the next Shin Megami Tensei soundtrack". I bet he could make one hell of a battle theme.

Pretty nice mix of traditional and electronic music. Enjoyed it very much.

1.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/talvin-singh/ok-1/ Absolutely not. Why is this in the list? Seems like there's someone in the creation team that is into Indian-inspired 90s electronic music (see also Nitin Sawhney), but it doesn't even come anywhere close to the true electronic greats of the 90s. Bah.

Of its time, which has passed.

Dude plays obscure drums really fast and adds in a bunch of generic IDM noises and calls it "OK".

Genuinely what earthly purpose does this have in a list of the best albums in history. Seems like every week I get at least one album that seems like it was picked at random

Second half improves but I absolutely hated the first half

Not great.

Better than I expected, but i think forgettable

skip

Like many I found this to be a mixed bag. I didn't dislike it - except for the electronica, I really can't say I liked that - but it was interesting. Lots of stuff on this list that I know nothing about, but I keep asking, are they the best representations of these more obscure (to me) genres? I'm not sure.

Not very interested in the "electronic" part of the album, but it was still enjoyable. 5/10

I didn't enjoy this when it came out. It was trying too hard and placing its novel influences too front and centre. Less subtle sampling has flooded mainstream pop since this and now it feels much more elegant. I really enjoyed this one 4.5

I guess this could only be described as Indian electronica. Some not bad, some tedious. Glad I heard this. Don’t see myself coming back to it for any reason. Will award a gentleman‘s three.

Got exponentially better the moment i listened to it fried lmao, but in all seriousness very cool and pretty

Talvin Singh's debut brought the classic style of Indian music into the modern era with an electronica heartbeat. OK won the English/Indian the Mercury Prize and a slot on the original Lollapalooza tour. Musically the album feels exotic but still approachable, successfully bringing world music to millions who'd never heard it before. There's not a bad song on the tracklist but there is a sameness to all the songs due to the electronica used to connect it all together, but that's a minor quibble.

It would be really lazy if me to say this album is OK. That's about the sum of it for me, though. Intersection of Indian music and electronic, I suppose, but nothing special to me.

It was OK. The sort of thing I expect to hear as background muzak at my local Indian curry house.

I appreciated the addition of Indian music sounds to this, but at the end of the day, it's a techno album and I just am not into it.

favs: butterfly sutrix ok light disser/point.mento.b rating 2.3/5

here's one very interesting and unique album on the list... i sure do wonder what the audience thinks of it! ah... makes sense. a part of me understand why the masses wouldn't like an album like this but man the mixture of South Asian instrument and breakbeats are just so tasty and a beautiful combo. always will appreciate an album like this.

Pretty cool album, the Indian influences on this electronic album worked fairly well. idk why the review score is so low, like it isn't so boring but whatever.

Not what I expected. A decent techno album

Pretty neat. Not something I would choose all the time

I tried. Listened to about half, but not my jam.

unlike everybody else, I liked the back half of this album more than the front half. However I don't like techno

ブライアン・イーノみたいなアンビエントの巨匠が民族音楽をとりこんでやってんのかと思ったら、ガチで民族音楽とかをルーツに持つインド系のイギリス人らしく、驚き。そらいいもんができるよな。 Eclipseが良かった。O.K.に沖縄音楽が使われている上に、坂本龍一も参加しているらしい。 いろんなマイナーというか、土着の音楽をこんなのにしてんのすごいわ。聴いてて楽しいし。

Decent enough - would never have listened but quite enjoyable

Relaxing and engaging. I can admit there's probably no mass appeal or standout quality, but I enjoyed it.

OK no

Favorite Track: Eclipse

The opening track, an 11-minute stretch of structureless ambient noise, is a mistake. After that it suddenly kicks up a whole lot of gears, delivering tight, groovy techno with a cool exotic flavour to make it stand out.

Bit of a low average rating for how much of a bop this was. Good beats that make an hour fly by really fast. More of a background listen than anything to actively engage with, but it does well at what it sets out to do. The strong Indian accent that sometimes appears in the album is a funny touch. It goes hard at times as well. Pretty good.

Less than OK. Boring.

Very melodic and interesting, but not up my street.

I first heard him on a sampler in the late nineties, but never followed up to look for more of his stuff. Fun to come back to it. I still like the chillout mix with world influences. I still don't like drum n bass rhythm tracks.

1001 Albums Generator is teaching me so much about the music of the world. Like Indian-electronic fusion from 1998. Or Portugese-electronic fusion from 1998. Or French-electronic fusion from 1998. Some really good moments on here like the strings at the end of Traveller and the point where a guy yells "NASTY" in a really cool way. Anytime it was actually being 1998 electronic music it sucked.

punjabi DnB

With Shpongle and now this... Totally digging Worldbeat infused Drum and Bass.

This was very good. Well played Talvin

Ok I guess haha pun intended. But no this was nothing noise with some occasional fun beats

Thought I got OK computer and was hyped. Not happy finding out it was TS

Weird but not the worst

I see the value of this but do not enjoy it

one of those albums where you get why it's here: Talvin Singh wasn't the first person to arrive at combining classical Indian music with electronic elements and he certainly won't be the last, but he certainly was one of the few doing so while British dance music was booming in the 90s. But no amount of concept can forgive just how punishingly boring and undanceable this is.

Rate: 7.5/10.

I see the vision and I’m grateful for what he’s done for the music I do enjoy now a but… eh😅 it’s like having your feet rubbed for 10 minutes straight when you thought you were about to get some real action

Love it. At last again an album, which is not an average pop/rock album from UK/USA. The percussions and indian background sounds work nicely together. It will never become one of my favourites but is a decent album.

I mean this was kinda weird but also entertaining and interesting. It's not exactly my vibe but I respect the crossing of musical genres into something unexpected (for a white man)

I don't like it when you start your album with the longest track. With that aside, the ambient Western dance tradition pairs pretty well with South Asian beats. Nice study mix too.

You know he thought he was cooking when he wrote “the world is sound” This works best when the main focus is on the low-fi beats and instrumentals. Unfortunately, for most of these tracks, he takes that and just throws the kitchen sink at it, which is not OK (ha, get it?). Likes: Light

Some lads here, while reviewing, show their uninterest in the albums, songs, and even the concept of 1001 albums with their arrogant & ignorant reviews. Most of the reviews i've read was just stating "Indian electronic bullshit", while the album consists of Ryuicki Sakamoto's flutes, collaboration with Jon Klein from Siouxsie, Guy Sigsworth's keyboards, Suchitra Pillai's vocals, and so on. Talvin Singh's obsession was to produce a "World sonic sound", collaborating key sounds from multiple regions in the world with their own instruments. When Beatles does this and slaps a repeating & memorable pop pattern, you all lose your shit, start bouncing up and down that abbey road schlong but when someone from another culture actually makes an integrated album, it's suddenly shit and unlistenable. This is like listening to Sadao Watanabe's albums with heavy African sound influence, but saying it took bips and bops from rap and combined it with Jazz. The only problem with this album is the pretentious electronic beat in the background, which usually isn't the main course but the supporting role to whoever/whatever is in the front. Is it an album i would listen to all times? No. If i were to create a game, a book, a movie in the future, would i take instances from this album to match with? Hell yeah. Would i rip this bad boy out and say check this out on an audiophile meeting? Hell yeah too. It's okay if you don't like the album, but if you avoid even the smallest research of why the album is important and how it was made, stop your search for finding new & different albums and just listen to algorithm ai slop. When god sings with his creations, will Talvin Singh not be part of the choir? (A joke, obviously, but fitting)

Interesting and unusual Indian music. Not really my thing

I enjoy Indian music. I don't enjoy the beats below it.

As a drum n bass fan... This was mid.

saugut!

It was a fun listen. Wasn’t too engaging but it was enjoyable and had good moments. Not my favorite electronica or bass & drum but it’s solid

A wild blend of global electronica. A tad on the long side but some cracking sounds.

Unusual and unexpected, think I might like it more on subsequent listens.

Weird

this was a bit of a rollercoaster. some good stuff and some bad stuff. maybe other albums will be better by this artist since this is his debut. hopefully he develops into a more refined sound

Like with many similar electronica albums, this was cool for a while, until it just started to feel boring and a little tedious. I did like the Asian instruments and chanting; unfortunately, it wasn’t quite enough to place this as a solid 4. Favorite: OK

Yeah I’m not finishing this one.

The album has an interesting concept. But I find the result far too taxing and annoying. I won't be listening to this album again. 2/5

The title gives a rather generous review. I can’t be bothered to work out if this already cliche in 1998 or if this type of overuse makes it cliche. Listening to this won’t change your life. To be fair won’t make it worse. But I struggle to see its importance.

The first half is pretty exhausting, but I found myself enjoying it towards the end. Maybe it was because it was a rainy friday at 6.30 travelling to work but it clicked. Still not something I'll be listening to in the future I imagine.

This album is to out there for me. There was some fun parts in there but I just couldn't get in to it at all.

2, had its moments but maybe too experimental for me

The concept sounds promising, the result is yeah, but no.

He no Daler Mehndi.

acho que os elementos de citara e outros instrumentos não convencionais deu um charme para essa música eletronica, mas no fim do dia, é música eletrônica.

Really good Indian dance music. Never heard anything like this before and I think it's really good. Very nice blending of genres ,very creative.

The 3rd worst album I've heard on the list so far. But it takes the #1 spot of making me question the list as a whole, what are we even doing here.

feels wack but not enjoyable. would fit modern high paced dance action scene in a movie but I wouldn't watch that movie. Drink: poor quality Pepsi with butter from machine popcorn butter that accidentally fell in. rating: 4.06/10.

Kind of a cross between Aphex Twin Banco de Gaia. Not sings as such, more soundscapes. Nothing to Singh along to.

426/1001 Talking Singh - OK Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ Never has an album title been as appropriately entitled, as these are my exact feelings. There's sone interesting stuff thrown into the mix with the tabla and Indian sounds thrown into the drum n bass mix. However, at an hour long, it very much outstays its welcome and my attention drifted away.

Not OK. It’s albums like this one that make me fear the generator. Just a whole lot of nothing that goes on for too long.

A mellow mix of 90's house techno and Indian music. A fun, if not a tad repetitive, album.

Really intresting. Cool mix of breakbeat and Asian folk which is ace to see. Gets a bit repetitive at times but overall.

I can see why this album would be considered influential and “this is what the future sounds like” but it hasn’t aged well. So much tabla.

Do not get it.

I suppose if you are going to listen to this then it soundtracks a monotonous train journey quite well; watching endless towns and fields go by whilst the fairly bland beats with electro-ethnic instruments, melodies and vocals fly past your ears much like the passing landscape.

Индусы очень странные ребята

I would say it's ok... A bit too weird

Cool flute but could use more microtonal riffs. Those were rad!

ok : ok. für 1998 geiles konzept aber world + drum n base? ok . c