Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Wow, the whole album was a guitar and drums doing the exact same thing throughout all of the songs and this guy singing in the foreground. You could say that it was very much out of tune but I am sure there was some weird tune that I couldn't catch properly. Anyway, this represents the average British band in the 80s and it is just... not very appealing.
Ekki fyrir mig
I am not a fan of spoken word singing honestly. Also alot of the lyrics were really troublesome and hard to get through. 1/5 could not finish.
Thin, no bass, no voice. A poor version of The Kinks.
So boring Never wanna hear this again 1
Yeah I can see why some people would like this - combination of punk and rockabilly .... I am not one of these people. I appreciate that the mix is fine for this genre i.e. this isn't a low-fi noise mess like Stooges (which they don't sound all that far from), but that's more than a bit of damning with faint praise. It's attitude music - it's an attitude album. Whereas I either look for or just gravitate towards melody and construction; some drama. We're just not ever gonna see eye to eye on this album/band/genre so let's call it a night and go our separate ways. ...I was considering giving a generous 2 but after 5 ... now 6 songs it's making me irritable. I'll never listen again and frankly hate it and so what else is a 1 for? EDIT: i actually had completed writing the above after 7 songs. I had to come back in during goddamn track 10 to reiterate how much i hate this. fairly unexpectedly not terrible mix be damned, this is utter shite. 2/10 1 star.
This might be the worst album I have ever heard. Definitely the worst on this list so far. It sounds like a band you would see in a house basement concert in the worst way possible. Worst track was cool drink of water blues
Thought I might like this. Did not.
Meh.
Today I learned I absolutely hate The Gun Club. It would be far more pleasant to listen to construction sounds as I try to sleep each morning than to ever listen to this album again in my life. If the vocals could be muted, the blend of blues and punk is at least a new taste in my mouth. An instrumental version of this album might actually be quite palatable. The band jams and guitar riffs were bright notes in an album that felt it was devoid of life. Tracks like “Jack on Fire” were so difficult to listen through due to the lyrics and voice. The guitar solo near the end of this track was the only musically redeeming element. “Cool Drink of Water” was indeed just that - the band had some tasteful moments together, while the listener had reprieve from Pierce’s sour vocals. I was so excited for “Goodbye Johnny” that I started doubting how much I disliked this experience overall. Then, I listened on, to the alternate version tracks. Reaching the alternate version of “For the Love of Ivy,” I was reminded all over why I hated this album on this initial (and hopefully final) listen. People who enjoy this album likely reread their original copy of the book A Clockwork Orange, ash their cigarettes into empty beer cans, and say things like “I just can’t get into the music these days.”
Like any other light punk band of the era whatever
Yikes
Rockabilly punk could be good. But this want. All the songs sound the same and I get the feeling I wouldn't like this guy if I met him in person.
Well, okay, The Gun Club hasn't done anything wrong (other than being on this list, while playing in a genre I really dislike), but this is just too much for me. I listened to fragments of few songs on this album, and I admit, it's far too much of that bland punk style. I don't have that much resolve in myself to force listen to this album. Just one too many, I guess.
day 21. easily the most obscure band I’ve had come up so far (going off Spotify listens). When I started these ratings I reserved a 1-star rating for the “ugh, get this out of my ears” albums, but I tend to be really open to stuff and not wanting to judge too harshly, so I didn’t know if I would actually use it. It’s here! Congrats, The Gun Club. You get my first 1-star rating. this is rough. First two songs were ok, but I quickly grew tired of this album. I just can’t listen to that annoying, whiny, talk-shouty style of vocals. It’s so grating to me and completely takes away from what would be ok sound. I do enjoy the bluesy-infused punk, I just can’t get past the vocals. And most of the songs were really lacking in substance which didn’t help. Also, two uses of the n-word?? no. lastly, good lord, some of their worst songs felt like they went on forever- For the Love of Ivy and Jack on Fire. Make it stoppppp! the ones that weren’t that bad - Preaching the Blues, Ghost on the Highway, Sex Beat. 1/5 not coming back ever please don’t make me
i've never heard of this band or album. they have three black people on their album cover, so i was confused to find out they were not that. but i let it go, and then i heard "i was huntin for n--gas down in the dark" and on another song "left the n**** lying dead by the river." don't think i was ever gonna love this one.
Some of the punk/post-punk movement brought some unbelievable bands with not so great vocalists, all the way from the Stooges up to the Pixies, where it just *worked*. What they lacked in vocal talent they made up for in spirit, sound, energy, meaning, passion. This album shows what happens when all of those crucial aspects are missing, and it's stripped down to a lazy punk album with terrible vocals. It's very rare I'd rank a rock album as 1 but here we go.
Anti gun and punk
I can’t really imagine why I list of the top 1001 albums would need this alongside other punk albums to be honest
Didn't love it, not going to lie to you. Wouldn't include it on the list.
Just bad.
This was not good.
Not a massive fan of this compared to other post-punk albums, the whole thing sounds like a poorly mixed live album. Also, a band comprised of only white members having the n-word in one of their songs? No. 3/10
me no likey
Awful
I actually kinda liked the backing music but dear god, everything else was so unbearable. The voice, the lyrics, and the rest of the overall feeling was awful. This is music to make you feel weird and disgusting. If that's your thing, more power to you.
Punk is not up my alley , I love metal and rock but punk is not my cuppatea
The Shite Stripes
Couldn't finish it
Not for me. 1/5 stars.
VU vocals without the poetry Television vocals without the virtuosity Violent Femmes without the humor Blind Justice without the warmth Blasters without the melody or soul
The sound is very empty or clean depends on your view of the album. I felt like every song was the same. And did they have a chorus in any of the songs? I couldn't tell. This shouldn't be on the top 1001 albums
Not good.
omg its got sounds of previous decades with the blues and punk rock but not really what i would listen to
Too samey
Naaaaap not for me
Nothing special. Guitar comp didn't vary much, if at all, between tracks. Vocals are fine but don't particularly grab me. 2/10, eh
The ivy song was OK. Everything else blended
really didn’t think this was anything special. it was all way too similar and there was no song I particularly liked. disappointing