OK

Oh man, this bad. The strings that close out the excruciatingly long first track were my only highlight. The rest was unbearable. I have no idea why this is here. Perhaps I will use Google to find a possible reason because I am stumped.

Doesn't catch me at all unfortunately; already had the urge to turn it off during the first song, and persevering didn't make it better.

OK is not OK. Terrible

Would have been perfectly fine if I'd never heard this

Terrible fever dream

OK: Music to Pretend Your on Hold to.

Why are there so many electronic albums on this list? That’s 2 this week. This stuff is fine for background music at a spa or in an elevator or something. Hardly what I’d call an album worthy of being on a “must listen” list. My apologies to Talvin Singh, as I’m taking my frustrations out on a genre as a whole on this album. But there’s no way any of these electronic albums are even in the same league as dark side of the moon or there’s a riot going on, or anything else for that matter. Congratulations you can program some loops.

Okay, two genres I don't care about put into one album. LFG! That Wiki about it is pretentious as hell and I don't give much credit to "this is great because it's different and they tried really, really hard." -Traveller- (We initially queued up a Led Zeppelin song accidentally and were VERY confused and were like, "this is unexpected and great, but WTF does he sound like Robert Plant?") Bryant: The world is sound. Got it. Bill doesn't mind this. The beats kicked in and Bill is less impressed. This guy does NOT sound like Robert Plant. I'm not sure if the world is still sound, but there's a lot of flute. 8 min in and I could use a snack. But not too much, we've still got a long way to go. Boom! Orchestra out of left field. Erica: And more flute, good, that's the one thing this song was lacking. I was hoping they'd throw it my way. -Butterfly- Erica: "This one kinda slaps. (2 sec later) This guy needs to travel to places with less flute. (2 sec later) starts dancing" She likes the "mandoliny thing". Bryant: 2 songs in and this one is my favorite on the album so far. -Sutrix- Bryant: I really hope this is Indian for "the world is sound" Erica: It sounds like she's saying milky something Bryant: Milky butt. Erica: If you're going to say one phrase over and over again, make sure it doesn't sound like milky butt in someone else's language. Both: Giggles every time she says milky butt. Bryant: Someone got a pan flute for Ramadan, awesome. The dude at the end just realized they were saying Milky Butt, maybe that was the start of the next one. Going into song three looking for a new favorite on the album. -Mombasstic- Bryant: I'm not on enough acid to enjoy this. -Decca- Bryant: I highly doubt this is a true story of Ecstasy. That was blessedly short. Erica: That scared me a little. -Eclipse- Bryant: This one seems okay. Very "prodigy". Halfway through the song and therefore the album. This has been an experience so far. Erica: *interpretive dancin* I like the background singers more than the main guy. I like the background on that quite a lot. Someone should sample it and put it in another song. -OK- Bryant: Title track, here we go. Sounds like a synthesized didgeridoo in the background. It's like girls singing over a 1980s arcade. I do not like this one. Erica: This might be my favorite so far. This is definitely the Japan song. It sounds like a fun one to sing, like the girls were having a good bouncy time. -Light- Bryant: Some smooth jazz. Alright. I officially don't get it. That said, this is probably my second favorite song on the album so far. Erica: This is his Pure Moods album tryout. This is good, I was really missing the flute. -Disser/Point.Mento.B- Bryant: Maybe if you have to try this hard, music isn't your thing. Kung-Fu fighting was written as a joke in 5 minutes in the studio and I'd rather listen to it on repeat than sit through this again. Erica: Eats an egg, "those white eggs are not as good, though." -Soni- Bryant: He misspelled sonic. That game had a better soundtrack than this. Erica: Grimace. I feel like you give me any instrument, preferably something I've never played before and I could do a passable impression of any song on this album. But maybe that's an argument for the "you have to know the rules in order to break the rules." Like, maybe a stunt man has to be really good before he can look like he falls. It sounds like they're falling. -Vikram The Vampire- Bryant: Ooh, lasers. Let's be honest. If this came on a playlist while I was listening to tunes, I'd give it the thumbs down and block artist and I'm like 2 min in. 30 seconds of silence at the end. Cool. Erica: By the title, I have higher hopes. The death of an old robot? What am I listening to? This is the 1 at the end of the 1001 albums. End notes: Bryant: With the other ones, even if I didn't really like it I could see how they were influential/whatever. This came out in 1998. The Prodigy had 3 platinum albums by then. There's nothing here that I see echoed anywhere else, thankfully. I have no idea why this made the 1001 anything. I guarantee some hipster gets a hard on anytime this comes up. Erica: I don't understand who listens to that. It's not boppy enough to be electronic dance scene, it's not chill enough to be "I'm high and want to listen to something transcendental." People who take mushrooms and want to have a bad trip listen to it. I think that the point is that the target audience is pretentious fucks who say they like it because it's like nothing else.

Ok but, wut? This album could be subtitled: The Blue Man group takes some Gregorian Monks and the Flute Player from Jetro Tull to a Children’s Museum. Where Trent Reznor runs the Dippin Dots stand. On the way there they run into some Hare Krishnas.

não entendi pq o álbum está nessa lista, apenas mais um álbum de música mais chill, decente mas nada excepcional

Sabe quando aquele colega da escola ou do trabalho te convida pra um programa e você acaba aceitando por educação, mesmo sem ter interesse em ir ? E daí chegando lá você percebe que achou tudo uma bosta ? Mas não quer ser rude e daí quando te perguntam sobre, tu responde: "ah foi uma experiência". Sabe ? Então, esse álbum é basicamente isso, não vou falar que é uma merda só porque não é meu estilo, então vou dizer que foi uma experiência, uma experiência que eu espero nunca mais repetir.

Tråååååååååkigt, enformigt, intetsägande och onödigt utdraget.

Hier kom ik echt niet doorheen. Heel eerlijk gezegd ook niet echt doorgezet, even geen zin in vandaag. Maar ik weet wel dat ik hier nooit blij van ga worden.

Baš mi nije ovo sjelo

Utterly dreadful.

Nope

Nope

Not really sure which of my thoughts to go with so here they all are: This album evokes so many firsts for me: Playing with a sound mixer and the immediate overuse of reverb; The first feeling of revulsion upon finding 93.9 Smooth Jazzzz Beats FM on the radio; The thrill of changing the sound from piano to a dog barking on my first Casio keyboard; The first time I tried blending all the flavors I loved together, like citrus and milk. This era of electronic music has never resonated with me. It simply tries too hard to justify its existence. I wanted to give this album a chance but the sledgehammer subtlety of "The world is sound" repeated over and over again in the first track didn't help. By the time "OK" rolled around, I was trying so hard to like it again. Optimistic thoughts "OK sounds like it inspired Prodigy's Firestarter! Maybe that's something good I can take from this." quickly disappointed once I realized that "OK" was released _after_ Firestarter — the song's inspiration was actually just a cliche derivative. This is what a braided goatee sounds like. It’s like putting Kenny G, the soundtrack from Moulin Rouge, and Seal into a blender and then adding a generous splash of pan flute. Nope.

I don't know... I like electronic music, but this is missing something for me. I'm not feeling it. It's too earnest and kind feels like an imitation of something better, except I haven't heard anything like it before. This is music's version of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. I almost hate the first track. After that it becomes palatable to a degree, but i did want every song to end sooner. So that's not good. I can't say I hate it, but I certainly don't want to do this again. ✔️ I kinda do like Vikram The Vampire, though 🤷‍♂️ Maybe because I knew the album was ending soon.

If (as track 1 says) "the world is music", this album is an overcrowded, polluted and impoverished city. Tradition and culture meet industry, but the latter erodes the former to create an unpleasant and monotonous experience for inhabitants and listeners. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Traveller Date listened: 05/11/22

ass

i did not like this

yeah nah yeah

Sorry, did not enjoy it at all.

Nicht so meins

I could not finish this. It was not an album but a sound collage so it should not be on this list. I’m sure it was difficult to make but these are not songs.

Did not enjoy listening to this. Didn’t find much meaningful music to be heard here. 1/10

If anxiety had an official soundtrack.

Near unlistenable noise. Sorry, not sorry.

meh

sitars and flutes and chanting over a bunch of clicks and pops. I can appreciate the incredible effort that went into producing this album but damn, this is not my thing

So this was half electronic ambient meets world music and half drum n bass where the bass is replaced by traditional music from India or other parts of Asia? It started out really OK with the long and nice ambient track Traveller and then went downhill fast when the album continued with it's weird drum n bass-ish fusion electronica. I guess this gets a couple of points for originality. But those couple points are not enough, since I still hated all of it. Sorry Talvin Singh, but I never want to hear your music again.

Nope. Dazu kommt, dass ich so gar nicht in der Stimmung war für sowas

Sorry

No. Unlistenable noises.

The story behind the album creation is awesome, but this is so weird. Way too experimental to actually sit and enjoy.

Weird noises. Not for me.

Awful computer noise.

It's OK...

No thank you.

Couldn't get into it at all, not really into electronic.

Associare strumenti indiani a ritmiche e sonorità elettroniche l'ho sempre trovato infelice e questo disco non mi ha smentito. Copertina e sound sono da cesto dell'autogrill.

pfff, voor mij niet te doen. Na het eerste nummer kwamen zelfs de kinderen klagen. Snel uitgezet, klaar!

Wat moet je hier nu precies van vinden he? Gewoon ellendig en niet leuk!

Nope

Välillä heräs fiilis, et onkohan tässä sitä jotain, mut jos 95-prossasesti muuten vitutti kuunnella, nii ei yhtä tähtee enempää ansaitse. Ja kesti muuten kolme päivää kuunnella kokonaan...

hm.