Reviews (page 8 of 8)
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.
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