Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Hated the vocals, sorry.
Grating voice, nonsensical lyrics. ‘Shatter’ was the best song from this album, because she stopped singing for 3 whole minutes of instrumental bliss.
I dig girl rock and 90s music, but I did not enjoy this album nor Liz Phair overall. Her voice is mediocre and the music is meh. I dug some of the lyrics though. (I do want to give props to Liz for the album cover, a little nip is always hot.)
Ok so I never want to hear that again. Never heard of the artist or album and I was happier for it.
Mostly filled with boring songs with lackluster vocals. Some of the lyricism on display here is also not my favorite. One or two good tracks on here.
This album was sterile, and an absolute bore. It was only just under an hour, but with 17 tracks I kept hoping it would end so I could move onto something more substantive. I won't listen to this again. 1/5.
I get quite excited when an artist and album I’ve never heard of comes up on my list. I hope that it will be a gem which I have previously missed. But not this one. What a load of old tosh. I’m no expert on the Stones’s Exile On Main Street but see no similarity at all. Out of interest I googled the comparison reviews and to me they all seem to be academic highfalutin nonsense. Making it something its not.
wow i hated this a lot. something about this indie/bedroom sound really rubs me the wrong way
Meh.
I really appreciate that they started with a song about my height, that was cool. Some songs would start and I would like them, but were so repetitive that I was over it by the end. Never Said (Nothing) is a great name for a song where she says nothing. Some of it sounded demo-ish which I’m down with, but on Explain It To Me, the whole rhythm section fell apart for a couple bars and they didn’t think to do a retake??? That or they were playing some big brain polyrhythms. Also if you listened to the 2018 remaster what happened at the end of Strange Loop.
I have to agree with ben here that nothing really stood out. I saved Glory. I have nothing else to add here and no reason to give this anything than the 1 it deserves.
“In 2013, The New Yorker's Bill Wyman dubbed it "patently one of the strongest rock albums ever made", feeling that each song "reverberates powerfully". He described it as "arguably the quintessential example" of indie rock.” What?!?! The reviews of this album confuse me, because I found it very underwhelming. The best parts I could find were the piano parts on some of the songs, but the vocals are boring and amateurish, the songs don’t get me excited at all, and it’s just an overall dull album. Unfortunate as I’ve heard her name forever, never actually dig into it, but now that I’ve heard it, I’m not impressed. Listen again: nope Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: Canary (for the piano)
I honestly don't get why people like Liz Phair. She sings off key. Her voice is much worse than even the harshest, bad singing punk singers. At least with those singers, they can carry a tune. Which leads me to the second point of this album - there is no tune to most of these songs. Often, it's just howling. It's like listening to little children make up songs, only with irritatingly repetitive guitars in the background. The good news is that she got better over time and Whip-Smart is a pretty good record. This, however, is supposed to be her great indie album. No. It's not. Back in the 90s, she was hailed for her honesty. That translates to using the F word a lot and talking about sex. Sure, but does that make her music good? No, it doesn't. Instead, it's like listening to a low rent version of a off kilter Patti Smith album. I'm five minutes into listening to it again (so that you don't have to) and I'm already annoyed at it. Just... no.
Not for me
Monotone melodies. Flat voice. Don’t like.
La portada no está mal.
meh
Really did not enjoy this album. It's very nineties and for me the bad nineties. A strong pass from me.
Awful whining whinging voice
I'd give it a zero if I could. Out of tune, drones on. No thanks
girlboss-grunge? ich finde das Songwriting wirklich sehr schlecht das Album strahlt negative Gefühle und Frust aus wirklich sehr insignifikant
It's a little bit Hole and a little bit P J Harvey. But the song writing isn't overly stellar in my opinion.
didnt love
sembra sempre un film, voce monotona
Wank
Eine knappe, bisweilen unerträgliche, Stunde postpubertärer Petitessen.
Some of the worst singing I've ever heard.
i expected there to be some sort of hidden one hit wonder on here but we weren't even treated to that. it's very shit.
Fuck the fucking fuck off
Didn’t really enjoy this one and felt like it was hard to get in to. The lady doesn’t do a bad job of singing or the production of the songs but it more so just wasn’t music that I find enjoyable. 3.5/10
It sounded terrible…
not worthly of this list
Not for me then, not for me now.
Not very good.
Un best of des musiques de fin de Buffy contre les vampires
was not something I was into. Didn't sound good either. Just not for me.
bruh
Like Cheryl Crow but worse.
Distilled and concentrated 90's punkrock. If you want to know why a lot of pop songs from this decade took on the patina of angst and confusion, this is why. Although I grew up during this era and love the influence it has had on pop culture, it's a little too distilled for my taste.
I don't like this album much at all.
Her voice didn’t really sound good, so I couldn’t finish it.
wtf!!
Fences. Total garbage. She can’t sing.
Grim
Thought I would like this, but couldn't finish it to be honest
feminist grunge mixed with stonesy blues. nice