Reviews (page 8 of 8)
That's a no.
meh
Got boring real quick
2/5 nothing rememberable
mid-80s singy-songy music. interesting lyrics.
Rollo patatero. Parece que va a ser como Rufus o un musical, pero no. Rollo patatero.
wasnt too bad
I don't remember anything from this album
sigh
Boring
Opzich wel fijne britse sound, maar mij te poppy
Decent pop rock, I should dive a bit more to.
meh
ok album. does this need to be on this list?
One standout song. The rest felt a little bland.
Not my style
eh
Started off strong but quickly got into everything I hate about the 80s
Somewhat boring, inoffensive, meandering slop. Nothing really notable here, but ….hey, their English so naturally gotta out em on this list. Minus one for the UK bias BS.
Skylarking? Performed by a guy named Partridge?? I found this whole experience very 'gull'ing.
WTF
Honestly other than Dear God this was just straight up bad. Boring and pretentious and cheeky and I found myself not really caring about whatever they were saying. No thanks.
Cornball music
First thought upon starting this album is that I hated the opening song, then I checked and it turned out I was already on the second song. Second thought: I really hate this third song. It's mainly the vocals that are causing this reaction. I'll admit that the songs are probably not that bad, but this guy is just pressing my buttons. It's like the legions of people who can't get past Neil Young or Bob Dylan's voices. I love those 2 guys, but I can't get past this. The only XTC song I heard before this was Dear God and this album was not what I expected. At all.
meh
I don’t understand why XTC are on this list they’re absolute shit
This book is fast becoming the handful of albums you must hear before you die.
Really didn’t enjoy this
The Good: We get to fool around! The Bad: It’s not the kind of fooling around we’d hoped for… The Ugly: Another XTC fail… So the previous XTC album I had to rate got a 1* and I mentioned in that rating that I was looking forward to listening to this album as, according to the intrawebs, this album #9 was a real favorite with those people who know about music… I know nothing about music… 1* PS the Dear God song, all at the end of the album, is the only descent song on the damn album… and it was originally not even on the album… I should subtract points for that...
boring
Like a worse Duran Duran. Couldn’t stand it.
Rubbish I tell ya, XTC is rubbish. I thought they were a fun band before this project, but after listening to their albums in full I realize I was naive.
I hate this so fucking much.
Just no. Very samey. Not interesting. Didn’t like this.
I had a poor impression heading in and after listening to it it didn't even meet that low expectation.
I did not care one bit
Forgettable
It is a rare album that makes you challenge your deepest beliefs about the meaning of life. This is such an album. After Skylarking, I now believe that reincarnation is real and that I have done some sort of horrendous, unspeakable acts in a previous life for which I must now atone. That is the only explanation for the punishment I endured by listening to this torturous collection of musical masturbation disguised as songs. They are so far up their own asses with this music, I have no idea how anyone let this be released. There remain no redeeming moments in this endeavor. It is a boring, pointless collage of off-key singing and other assorted unpleasantness. What a bunch of asshats!
What was the point?
There is a reason why people don’t buy albums. That’s because they are not very good. This is a good example of that. This album, like a lettuce has not got better with time.
Nothin really stands out, this is pretty forgettable and this is what makes good albums so sweet.
This was terrible. I wanted to tie it off but I powered through. I was not rewarded.
Fair to say I hated that. Basically a guy whining off-key to the sound of a ticking clock. I gave up after three songs and put on Raw Power.
Wow I really just wanted this to end
This style of music is just not for me.
Oof... I did not like that. Some songs were okay but others felt like they were off key. I don't know exactly what it was but it just was not pleasant.
no.
This shit is so boring and so lame it made me legitimately angry. Never again.
Ugh. Not my jam.
All of this, from the singing, to songwriting to music, is only vaguely entertaining. Far too theatrical for my liking. Sounds like a bunch of idiots trying to be British bards.
The hell is this?
I hated this. Maybe I'm missing something, but it was a chore to get through.
1. Summer's Cauldron - 5 Average rock song. Lyrically okay, instrumentally okay, vocally okay. There is nothing overly remarkable about this track. 2. Grass - 4 It's not great vocally. I think the sound of the vocals is what I take most issue with here. Instrumentally it's fine, and the outro fade is enjoyable but overall this is just a boring track. 3. The Meeting Place - 3 Vocally unpleasant. The guitar and drums sound very good but the lyrics seem so random. It is as if they're trying to paint a metaphoric scene but use too many metaphors in the process of doing so. 4. That's Really Super, Supergirl - 1 Absolute cheese. 5. Ballet For A Rainy Day - 1 Vocally and lyrically very poor and way too inconsistent. 6. 1000 Umbrellas - 2 A little bit stronger in the vocal performance but still littered with inconsistencies and underwhelming lyrics. 7. Season Cycle - 1 Like a very poor Beatles track, which there's over five albums of them in this challenge so I'm sure we'll get to those too. Still, it's bubblegum-like 80s pop rock with poor lyrics and uninspiring instrumentals. 8. Earn Enough For Us - 1 If hippies sung about working a 9 to 5. That's about all this song is in a nutshell. And no, it doesn't sound good. 9. Big Day - 1 Rough sounding track. Lyrics are all over the place. Vocally it doesn't sound great either. 10. Another Satellite - 0 It has the same problems as Big Day but it's even worse sounding. 11. Mermaid Smiled - 3 Vocally it doesn't sound good but it's lyrically better written than the last two tracks. The guitar on the track is quite enjoyable. 12. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul - 4 Much more fun track. It gets a little repetitive but it's still significantly better than a lot of the previous half of the album. 13. Dying - 2 Lyrically very repetitive. The pace is ok and is maintained well by the guitar but the track isn't particularly great. 14. Sacrificial Bonfire - 0 Just a random song with very random lyrics. The pace is all over the place and the insturments constantly come in, out, and stutter between with it. Also I don't know who the lead singer is but after fourteen tracks I think it's safe to say I think his voice is awful. 15. Dear God - 8 Lyrically this is miles better than anything else on the album. Really solid track and the instruments help the track and its theme magnificently. Average Rating: 2.40 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 1.20 Rounded Down: 1 Star
I don’t get it. Like, what’s with the overdramatized singing about non-dramatic topics with non-dramatic backing music? I actively did not like this — it’s like listening to a self-absorbed self-important version of Squeeze. Or like Joe Jackson (who I like) trying out for his high school play. A 1.
Poor
After enduring listening to this album my only hope is that the algorithm for Apple music won't serve it up to me again.
Crazy showing from Dave Grohl. Writing and recording all instruments while being a pivotal member of Nirvana.
fast 80s
I did not care for any song on this entire album
Nope
Quite simply....Crap
Dreadfully mundane. I really hoped for more from this. Track after track left me gobsmacked that they found *yet another* novel sequence of chords to blandly ring out and lackadaisically sing to. Boggles the mind, really.
I really like the Dear God & Senses Working Overtime. So I wanted to like this album, but I did not.
Boring
Well this is awful.
enjoyed the first 30 secs with birdsong, then quickly went downhill
I absolutely hated this album. Something about the vocals and the lyrics combined with overwhelmingly boring music made it hard not to hit the skip button on every track.
Meh, one good song
Bad bad bad
They have one good song and it isnt on this album. Rosie and Jim level songwriting.
Not a fan.
Overrepresentation of new wave and this is not one of the good ones. They say it sounds like the Beatles and I think that’s an insult to the Beatles 😆
I HATE NEW WAVE ITS DISGUSTING 0.5
I had high hopes for this but I did not like it at all. Some of the music was okay but I found the vocals so irritating, the guy's accent + singing style really grates for me at points (esp in Grass, Dying and Sacrificial Bonfire). 1 star given grudgingly
I've tried to listen to this 3 times, and got bored 3 times. Unsure why is this album on this list and what value it adds to the greatest albums but for me 1 star
Hated this one so much.
'Dear God' is the name of the last song, and also what I said to myself when I realised I had finally got there. I don't even think it's (objectively) bad, but I just honestly disliked listening to this and I don't exactly know why
Alternative band from the late 80’s/90’s. Music ok.
insipid
Why does anyone like this band. They are so boring.
Did not enjoy this album. Kinda found it like squeeze but without the humour.
Not for me. 1/5
Noooope
Kedeligt og ensformigt - kan ikke definerer musikgenre (meget blandet og ensformigt)
It’s like The Beatles but bad…
Utter shite that must only sound good to dildoes who missed the Beatles so much in the 80s that they settled for this garbage and tried to convince other people it was good.
Leaves me cold
Langweilig
meh, pass
could i write poetry to this? n
Sounds like Depeche Mode did shroms
This wasn't a record I expected to struggle with. And yet, it took me 4 tries to get through this album. It's painfully bland in the absolute worst way possible. After every song I thought "why am I listening to this, there's countless thousands of better records out there". One star for the lack of *anything* noteworthy artistically.
Not a fan. Lyrics seem pointless and not in sync with the rhythms. Move on. Cannot believe this album is highly rated.
Not for me 1/5
Not very special. I could not stand the whole record
Ruim demais, credo kkkkkk
Horrible. Pure garbage. Worst album on this list so far.
Not into it
this rock hard fortnight long constipation turd of an album makes me yearn for the classic 70s style 2 hits and filler album. XTC have 2 decent songs, neither of them were on this utter wank. this is so shite i'm annoyed i had to listen to it.
Really not into that 90's Britpop thing
Couldn't even manage to finish this album. Thought it was god awful.
Had absolutely no idea what to expect from this. Kinda wish I still didn't My initial impression was it was very 80s, but there's quite a lot of different styles in here. Don't think I really like much of it though! Most of it sounds like it's trying to sound like something else. Supergirl was quite catchy. 1000 umbrellas sounded a bit like Elvis Costello. The best track by far is dear God but that alone cannot redeem it. The rest is utter rubbish. I would feel guilty giving this the same as jay z as I much preferred that so this is getting a 1. Dear God is good though!
4 Tracks gehört, absoluter trash
There are about 15 songs by XTC that are absolute bangers. Every time one of them comes on I think "I should listen to more XTC." Then, I listen to more XTC and remember why I don't listen to more XTC. This is roughly a yearly occurrence. I struggled through this record, but I really liked 2 songs.
Not for me. I truly did not like any of the tracks.
Ik lige min kop te
huilusta miinusta. alku ei ollut niin paha, loppu meni toisesta korvasta sisään, toisesta ulos
Turn it on. It was ...
Nope, did not like at all
This album was pretty dumb
Didn’t like
I found it quite boring. Not for me.
Hated it. Most of it sounded like 80s sitcom theme song music to me. Dear God was the best track and even that didn’t really vibe with me.
meh
Not an easy listen, that’s for sure