Loveless

I had trouble focusing on this album due to how muted the vocals were. I get in certain songs it's more moaning than words, but I'd rather have no lyrics than impossible to hear lyrics.

I was really into the instrumentals of the opener Only Shallow, but my only gripe was that the vocals were so distorted that it was hard to understand anything. Well, it turns out that it actually gets worse as the albums goes on. Same deal on When You Sleep: catchy riff but can't understand a damn thing. Then you have other songs where the production makes the whole song sound so muffled. I thought maybe my headphones were not working right or my volume was low. This would be a 3 or better because I tend to enjoy psychedelic/indie rock like this, but this falls down to a 2 for me. Really tough listen.

A bit disappointed. Love Shoegaze but this felt very thin

Textured but droning after a short time

It was probably big for the time but there's a lot of this out there now. A lot of different sounds all at once that drown out the vague and mediocre lyrics. Some decent guitar though. Looking up the lyrics helps you see that the dude who wrote these is seriously pent up. Bro bankrupted a label so he could be horny on mic and play the same two riffs for the last minute and a half of songs. It's okay, but it doesn't really deserve this much attention. Just noisy pop with some droning and moaning

Can appreciate some of what's going on here but I'm mostly just bored. Just not for me sry.

Was looking forward to this. Some good reviews and an album I’d been meaning to get to grips with for years. Listened to it in the garden on hottest day of year. Fell asleep half way through it was so boring. Woke up with red face having had too much sun. Shouldn’t blame this album but I will. 2.4/5 30/5/25 🥵

I don't get this being on the list. It's not overly unpleasant or anything but the only thing they did uniquely was mix the vocals into inaudible territory.

Again, pretty solid, just nothing stands out to me.

This album fucked me up. My ass is not made for noise rock. Standouts: When You Sleep, Soon

Wall of (sometimes Indistinguishable) sound

It's got atmosphere, but it's otherwise boring.

Ich glaube es könnte mir gefallen, weil mir das psychedelische gefällt, aber der Gesang ist so leise gemischt, dass ich da Kopfschmerzen von bekomme. Vielleicht auch von diesen ganzen Gitarren Effekten

Could be something I like, but hating it right now.

Started out strong but sort of faded out… loooooove that first track and certainly influential for shoegaze

This was certainly alternative…a bit too much for my taste - at times it got a bit ear-scraping and honestly I could not see myself wilfully listening to this unless I was in deep depression. But I totally get people who do

Maybe a bit sludgy for my taste, it was okay enough but I’d really have to be in the mood.

This sounds like the sort of thing lads pretend to like to get laid, like James Joyce, or personal hygiene.

not awful but i didn’t love tbh, thought id like it more but i do rlly prefer lyrics

meh.

хренотень же...

Listened Before? N Pretty noisy. makes sense though - it's noise rock. I don't really groove on this but I did like it when they tried to become a bit more cohesive in some of the songs. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: When You Sleep

Too loud and fuzzy; borderline unlistenable

well, interesting

boring

I like dream pop. But this album sounds really badly mixed and cluttered. I tried it on my radio speakers, my usual on the go headphones and my studio headphones. It only sounded decent on the studio cans. That's really unacceptable to me. After reading the Wikipedia article and researching more, I found out that this was the "baby" of just one guy that even caused the record label to go broke. So I don't blame any of the engineers and technicians that worked here. It seems this is just the work of a douchebag making every choice like a dictator. Anyway, the whole soundscape sounds tense to me on every song. Sounds like nonsense noise with no rhyme or reason. No dynamics, very little structure, terrible mixing choices. Noise for the sake of noise. Weirdness for the sake of weirdness. I can appreciate though that other bands during the next years took elements from this album and expanded the genre to a better quality. I don't know if this album will grow on me. Maybe it will. But for now. I think it's mostly terrible.

No private session used for Spotify. I listen to this album occasionally, my reaction is always "is this what they were going for ?" The album is way overproduced, the effects make me nauseous, the vocals are buried and distorted.

sehr krächzigi sache wo die da ablah hend, ischmer würklich chli too much gsi für min schöne zistig chan au guet si das mini chopfhörer eifach zschlecht sind die schreiende gitarre überezbringe es hett doch en chline vibe gha, also ich gsehns potential trotzdem gits da zwei effektpaddles ufd bühni klatscht

Noise. First half of the album is awful. Second half is marginally better. Mixing of the tracks is terrible. They bleed into one another.

This album is very chill. So chill in fact that it is better describes as boring.

Like the cover, the music not so much.

Gear: Abyss DIANA MR Artwork: 🟥🎸💊 Production: 🧏‍♂️📏💩 Music: 🌌🦻🫷 Rating: 👢👠/5

Rock for meditating to.

There is music in here, but it’s wrapped up in annoying, often flat, sounds.

I kinda get that he seems to be going more for a vibe than a song, but even then, even if it’s some kind of technical achievement, why? So dull and droning.

Not for me

Early 90s sound that didn't leave much of an impression on me. Had to skip some tracks that droned on.

Track #4 "To Here Knows When" is some experimental noise situation which might have been ok at the end of the album. Instead if breaks up the flow forcing me out of the moment. Otherwise tolerable music.

4.5/10 Nisam nesto zaintrigiran ovim shoegazeom iz 90ih, iako je postavilo dobre temelje za neke kasnije artiste koje sam povremeno slusao pa ga ne bih skroz odbacio. Ima mi nekih dobrih melodija u svoj buci koju cujem (stvar blown a wish i what you want mi prolaze), ali nije mi dovoljno interesantno da mi pobudi daljnji interes za istrazivanjem. I tako je nas odnos u ovakvom limbu vec dugo, sto mi i slusanje ovog albuma opet potvrđuje. Slowdive i Ride su mi mozda nesto zanimljiviji nosioci žanra, ali tek za nijansu, valjda jer se kod njih i dream pop malo umiješao. Eto toliko.

Day348 - i didn’t like this in the ‘90’s and won’t start now

Found it kinda disappointing in the end. Started off good but dropped off massively. I liked this one years ago but tastes have changed since.

I've no real time for this type of music. Far too much distortion covers up any discernable melody. Unable to hear or make out what is being sung. I suppose for some this would be an audio experience of sorts. I would give it 1 star except for the first track which I guess would be almost recognisable as an accomplished tune. At the very least it is unlikely that any of this cacophony will finds its ways as an ear worm. For that mercy I will give it 2 stars.

ah, didn't really like this, bit of a noise and indistinguishable lyrics

There is nothing in this world that I get less than My Bloody Valentine. Loveless, often in the conversation for greatest of all time by people who like music I like, is a wash of boring noise. I will never understand the love for it. I’ve tried. There are a few decent songs, Only Shallow, Come In Alone.. but I would argue they are the only songs on the album 4.4/10

I love noisy loud-soft-loud early 90s alt-rock and so have repeatedly been recommended this CD, and have repeatedly tried (mostly without success) to enjoy it. My overall take has been that the first song is a banger but the rest of it pretty much sucks. This time though it kind of clicked for me listening to it at work. It's generally a background-music CD, not an active listen. It's really just the first song ("Only Shallow") that makes sense as an active listen. That first song is a classic of the loud-soft-loud genre, no question. The rest of it is basically all ambient, with only vague structure and lyrics. And that's pretty good music to work to. I still don't think it's great, but at this point I at least see where it makes sense.

Eh. Not great

So much shoegazing. My neck is sore at this point. I liked 1-2 specific shoegaze bands (mainly Starflyer 59), but I could never get into My Bloody Valentine. I think I like my shoegaze to have former punk musicians instead of Brit pop, I guess. This is just too.... gazey.

Not Terrible.

ja sieltä se tuli... i adore them... ne vaan ymmärtää... onneksi näiltä söpiksiltä jo KOLMMASSS albumi jeeeeejeeeeee!! tämä on hyvä wohoooo en koskaan voisi saada tarpeeksi <3333333333.. !!! pikkukirjaimilla kaikki biisit tietää et biisit on niin low key mä!! siis niin MÄ! omg this is so me! this captures feelings of my soul so good omg it does..... this is so freaaaaking me...... haluun vaan että tiedätte että tämä pelasti minut, olin tappamassa itseni mutta tämä musiikki pelasti elämäni.jos luet tätä viestiä niin en ole kuollut, koska kuuntelin tätä bändiä.. joten vähän tärkeämpää musiikkia minulle kun on sieluani koskettanut, parantanut elämääni. 2 tähteä. ei kannata tunkea kolme patonkia yhteen pannuun. touched

While I appreciate the inventiveness of the guitar work, this album is just noise. I am just not a fan of shoegaze.

Meh. not for me

I’m not sure why people like this album. The drums are tingy. The vocals are drown out. It sounds like white noise. I can’t imagine seeing them live and having any idea what they were doing.

I always thought they weren't very good, but I'd never given them a chance. It's good to know I was right.

Some nice tunes but too often on the edge to annoying. 1,5

This is the second mbv album I've come to on this list. 1 doesn't need to be on here, let alone 2 of them.

awful

Yeah this wasn't brilliant, but they get an extra star for one of them being called Bilinda Butcher

I hated this. Vibes and textures, but mostly noise. I don't get it at all.

First time hearing this band. Didn't fall in love with it or anything. A lot of it felt out of tune and distorted, but soft. Vocals felt too quiet, couldn't hear them enough.

I always heard the name of this band, but I always thought they were a gothic doom metal outfit. This kinda caught me off guard. It wasn't that bad by any means, but the vocals ruined it all for me.

Interesting idea for it's time but becomes a drag as many songs give the sense of an eternity passing by aching slow just to dive into another one droning on, there isn't too much excitement to this album. Favorite song: Sometimes

Pretty unorthadox for 1991 IMO. "Touched" being an interlude track feels about six years ahead of the curve. Too bad every track sounds identical. I expected way more metal and way less soundscapey shoegazey sad-rock. Fav Track: I Only Said

ich check de erst song, aber hoff etz dass s album bitz abwechslugsriucher wird. loomer checki nöd s isch afoch viel reverb? im qobuz text stoht wiedermol dass viel lüt finded das seg s wichtigste album vode 90er. wenni en franke het für jedesmol woni da scho glese han über es album hetti sicher 10 franke jnd da isch easy viel. when you sleep isch etz slightly en banger gsi wnl. i only said checki etz au no aber s isch scho eeeehner ermürbend so vong sound her. jo ok sehr. also, anschinend isch das album s definitive shoegaze album. jo denn checki wases isch als genre, sie liebed klangbetter und so. aber jo, ich chan etz kei begeisterig für das ufbringe. come in alone tönt glich? wie alles andere? sometimes isch au afoch es gitarrebett. jo i know alles isch e gitarrebett, aber wennd dini stimm so hassisch dassd sie unhörbar machsch wiso singsch denn? sie hend anschinend amel ewigkeite gha zum au nurscho ein song ufneh. cringe nocher ischer auno langwilig. soon het e kickdrum!! wowo!! woohoo!! ich bin kein fan vo dere musig. git e zwei glaub.

Honestly, I dislike it. It is not meant for listening on it's own, but it's redeeming quality is the fact that I recognize the influence of the experimental shoegaze instrumental nature in movies during sad/emotional/melancholic scenes. It's the type of music I imagine playing through one's mind and soul when getting high (not in a good way, but like in a movie scene when someone is trying to escape super depressing thoughts). Point is, this music has it's place, and it is not for easy listening. Unless I want to feel depressed while watching a movie scene, I don't want to listen to it. I'm giving them stars for influence and quality, but I do not ever want to listen to it again.

A bit of a mush, no real definition and didnt really vibe all too much with it

Never really managed to get into this

I'm not a big fan of dense layers of reverb drenched guitar so this was not for me

This was relentless sludge.

Groupe connu de nom uniquement. Mais cet album est totalement inaudible. Un mur de son où on ne distingue quasiment rien. Je vais tester avec un autre système audio au cas où ... mais pour l'instant je lui met 1/5, et dans tous les cas je n'aime pas ce mixage qui gâche totalement l'expérience. Mise à jour : Avec un bon casque c'est mieux, la bouillie sonore devient (presque) audible, et révèle l'originalité de certains morceaux (+1). Le choix de mixage reste cependant vraiment repoussant pour moi ... => 2/5

Just felt very generic and uninspired. 2.5/5

On paper this should be a genre I like but I find it a struggle. I do like the creativity in music but as a living act I'm not sure how fun that would have been.

Not for me

Not what I thought they’d sound like. Pretty boring

Started off being quite surprised by the sound of this, but as it went on it was really hard going, I mean it’s just a lot of distortion over and over again and my brain just couldn’t cope by the last few songs.

Loveless is really just a big wall of noise, with awful or useless vocals, and there's not much else to say about it. It gets a two because the wall of noise does create a fairly epic sound on occasion, but it's not remarkable or memorable.

I'm not a fan of the washed out, super trebly, fuzz heavy sound.

Not really my bag

A bit tiring

I really want to like this because, as with Radiohead, it feels “cool” to like this. But I’d be lying to myself if I rated it any higher. Truth be told, I just prefer my music to have more structure. I’m big on drums, baselines, and lyrics, of which this album has none.

Listened outside on a tinny iPhone speaker and honestly the first 4 songs sounded like white noise. Held it to my ear for “when you sleep” and could pick out some melody. Provisional 2* but I’ll try again with headphones

Is this a redefinition of what noise should sound like? I don't know... I do know that it is tiresome to listen to... And I gave it a second try, just to see if, somehow, I would all of a sudden see the light, like so many people suggest one will. Consider me blind still...

Not really for me. 2.5.

Some neat ideas but pretty droney and boring for me.

En tiedä mitä huumeita pitää nauttia, että tästä tykkää. Tosi laahaavaa ja laiskaa laulamista. Jos joku pitää valita niin sometimes

Not gonna lie, I always thought these were an emo band from the 2000s. Don’t really get the appeal.

idk what's going on here but maybe i'm just dumb

As someone else had said, I thought these were an emo band and was dreading listening to it. After listening I wish they had been an emo band. It felt a bit like listening to music through a wall of feedback. There MIGHT be a tune there, I can’t tell because of all the noise.

Kind of cool. It get annoying quick and is very repetitive. Original sounding though.

Not my jam but some enjoyable moments.

Interesting when I think of this as the transition from 80's post-punk with signature distortion and dissonance into 90's alt rock like the Cranberries and Smashing Pumpkins. Only Shallow and Come Alone are melodic and listenable but the rest is an earache.

Shoegaze is so hit or miss for me. I’m just an old fashion white man what do I know. I know Gen Z eats the sound up, but again another distorted noise slop album I just can’t get into. *had to add a review so my boy doesn’t kill me)

Really hate the vocals, but better than last time I listened to this.

It was very noisy but mostly ehh. Slowdive is a better shoegaze band imo

Ho boy…don’t really know how to handle this. I’ve given it a shot before but didn’t like it but that was years ago. This is truly an example of a work of art I can appreciate and fully understand why others love and appreciate, but my god is it not for me. I just can’t get past the vocals and the noise and the lack of anything that sticks. I listened to the whole album and I don’t know if I could point you to a song or moment that stood out and stuck with me. I WANT to like this but I just don’t.

I listened like three times and I still don't remember a thing

Like cycling in third gear through fog with sunglasses on.

I'll have to take whoever suggested this album's word that this is any good. It was something of an endurance test to get through the entire thing — which I did. But I think I might have enjoyed 20% of it. The other 80%... WTF? I mean, seriously, what's the point? I guess it's good I made it to the end, as the last song was probably my fave. I thought Spotify had started another album.

While I still find this band challenging, this album was a little so. But still..

I have tried for years to get into this record. I’ve listened to it so many times, in a variety of situations. I’ve been sober, and I’ve been under the influence of all the drugs I’m comfortable taking. I’ve listened to it sick with a fever, and on the elliptical at the gym. I’ve listened to it driving home at 3am, and during my commute on a normal Tuesday morning. All my friends have told me why I should adore this album, and so have all the critics and online posters. I know all about the innovations to guitar playing (trust me, I have ears), and I know why they’re an important band. I’ve heard gorgeous stripped-back covers and intriguing reinterpretations. I’ve heard these songs in every day life too, on TikTok slideshows and played through the speakers of an art school house party. I first picked up this CD when I was 15 and listened to it on repeat once I got my driving permit, trying to figure out both the rules of the road and this record. I picked it up because I knew it was important and innovative and I needed to get it and get into it. 15 years later, I’m past getting into it. I’m still just trying to get it at all! I know there’s hooks and pop songs buried beneath, and I know why those elements are buried under layers of fuzz and abstraction, and I get that half of what makes this important is the fact that it buries everything. And I enjoy a few songs, especially the ones where the hooks are right there, hard to miss. But for the most part, even when I see the hooks beneath an ocean of distortion, even if they’re not necessarily 10,000 leagues under the fuzz, I’m not really sure if I even *like* most these songs. I like some, and really like one or two, but it’s not enough to validate how many times I’ve forced myself through this in hopes that it would finally click. And tonight, 15 years in, I was hoping it would finally click. And once again, after a sincere and honest try, I walk away with the same conclusion: Loveless is okay, and I get why it matters, but it is not for me at all. I don’t loathe it, and I’m glad it exists, but I am over trying to force myself to love this. I would never in a million years put this album on for my personal enjoyment, and I’m mature enough to finally admit that liking something because everyone else says you “have to” is dumb. I don’t personally enjoy Loveless, I would never revisit this for pleasure, and I’m done trying.

only shallow - not my vibe, love the outro. the vocals are so quiet... loomer - feels like a part II to the previous song, its ok, wouldn't listen again touched - no to here knows when - Why can i not hear them sing? don't like the instrumentals SCREAMING in this song. Wanted this song to be over when you sleep - I like the instrumentals a lot more on this song, but I can't even hear what they're saying I only said - this is by far the best on the album so far. I like the instrumentation: the drums, the flute type of thing and the guitar. I like the quiet singing on this song.... idk why I don't with the other ones. come in alone - the songs are slowly growing on me. I don't hate to hear the quiet voice now. This song is not bad. sometimes - I don't like it blown a wish - idk what you want - the album gets boring for me soon - this is good, but I got tired and didn't really pay attention. I think this and 'I only said' are the best Overal thought: this album is not my vibe, but the more I listened to it the more I liked it. All of the songs have a singular vibe: loud instrumental and quiet vocals. I didn't really enjoy that tbf. The last three songs I didn't really listen with attention but the overal vibe was good. Ranking: 2/5

Just not sure why this band is on this list. And I know there’s one more from them which makes no sense to me. Could barely distinguish on a number of songs that there was actual singing going on. Just a lot of noise / too much noise over what might be decent songs. The last song, which I think was an actual instrumental, was probably my favorite.

My second MBV album, and still not impressed.

Nearly every song is buried in a layer or two of distortion.

This is a bit better than just noise. Very 90s. Might’ve liked it then but not now. After a while just kinda samey and boring.

Shoegaze isn't for me but this felt like it was more about sound effects than anything else.

I dunno, shoegaze just seems like wanting to put all the paint everywhere on a canvas. Big feeling, big sound, but everything is washed out in the noise.

I know this is a beloved album, but do they really Iove it or are they just trying to look cool? There certainly is a beauty to the distortion/wall of sound feel to it but 50 minutes of it is too much for me. I’d like to understand at least a couple words or on some songs even melody of some kind. Maybe if I was on the right drugs this album would be life changing but sober on the drive to work it’s a concept that doesn’t work for me.

Not a fan of noise upfront and vocals in the back.

Shades of something good, clearly was an influential album but subjects you to walls of noise and repetition but not in a catchy or pleasant way. Im sure it was great to wallow to of you were an angsty gen x teen back in the day.

This one starts out fine, then takes a deep dive almost literally, since the mix on almost all of the tracks seems to be on the bottom of the ocean. I don’t get the why of it all, you can only hear a distorted guitar playing 4 power chords in loop, with faint voices (unintelligible lyrics, btw) in the background

Not my thing

What a perfect album for Valentine's Day. My Sleepy Valentine definitely was not what I thought it was. I was under the impression that there were killer guitar solos. I honestly haven't heard anything from this band, at least not to my knowledge. I always thought they were more thrashy and heavy... I'm trying to remember why I thought this, and where I got this misinformation... This isn't an awful record. As it went on, I could hear where other artists have taken influence from. Smashing Pumpkins, How To Destroy Angels, share that haunting vocal style that has to be taken from this band. The shoegazy music is heard in other bands like Mogwai or Lush. I didn't hate this album but it wasn't amazing. Shoegaze isn't really my genre, but I do like aspects of it. I was wrongfully hoping for something more upbeat and heavy... But all I got was sleepy and stuck in a daze.

nah. 2 stars.

⭐️⭐️ it was ok - I made it through the album

Boh si dai

Initialt lite jobbigt sound... Smashing pumpkins gör det bättre. "Mamma, kan vi köpa smashing pumpkins?" "Vi har smashing pumpkins hemma" *Sätter på ny bloody valentine* Totalt blev det rätt trist. Svårt att skilja låtarna år. Nej, inget vidare. Som en lång låt

Meh, it’s music

Didn’t click. I fear it will when I am most vulnerable.

Not a fan

I did not like it much though I thought I might.

Reminds me of a mashup between the Breeders, Seether, and Smashing pumpings. A lot of repetitive droning parts in many songs that made me pretty much zone out.

Not for me.

Det här är mest pretentiöst dravel. Dessutom andra plattan jag får med dem. Klarar sig nätt och jämnt från bottenbetyg.

Schräge Gitarren-Sounds und auch sonst recht schräg. Melodisch klingt anders. Nicht nichts für mich.

bruh the fuck is this?

Nicht meine Richtung

I actively hated this album. Read reviews, turned it up, hated it more. The guitar was really.cool but the vocals destroyed it. I had to give it a 2 just cause it's rare I find something good yet terrible.

Favorite Tracks: when you sleep i only said soon

Nope, this is mostly guitar noise. There might be some songs underneath, but it's badly mixed and too soft below the overbearing guitars. 1.5/5

Meh. There is very little variation from one song to the other.

Noisy in a bad way and not engaging or interesting.

This album was interesting, the guitar work is very experimental, I didn't realize I was hearing guitar at some points. I guess the guitarist was trying to push the limits of the instrument. Lyrically, I didn't understand what was being said most of the time, although whatever was being said was repeated A LOT. I can hear how this album may have influenced later acts, I definitely thought I was listening to Smashing Pumpkins at a few points. It wasn't bad, I could definitely just put this on in the background. Overall it was just ok

meh

Good instruments, I don’t think I heard a single distinguishable word sung.

I can appreciate shoegaze now. But maybe it was the speakers but the noise overwhelmed the music. Good ideas but prototypes of the effective genre in my opinion

This one comes down to a personal thing. The heavy instrumentation promised a kind of music I really enjoy only to transition to a more reserved indie vocal I do not like. The disappointment I got listening to this album was palpable.

Meh. Washed out vocals in a bad way. Bored listening

Not horrible! Only Shallow is my fav. Can see how it was formative for genre.

Not my favorite. I get what it's going for, definitely early 90s vibes. Just not my taste really.

This album is absolutely deafening. The distortion and feedback is unnecessarily loud and oppressive. I had to think about this all day because the only word I could think of was "noise". The only reason this album gets a second star is for the slight possibility it may have had a role inspiring the 90's grunge rock wave.

Better than the other 2

Meni ohi töiden lomassa. Ei ainakaan häirinnyt

I don’t think shoegaze is the genre for me. All this album did was give me blaring headache.

For some reason, I thought this was going to be metal. After listening, I kinda wish it was. Whatever it was, I didn't like it. I listened to the whole album in my car and honestly could not understand a single word of the vocals. They were so...limp, lifeless, and quiet. No thank you. The instrumentation was OK I suppose. What is special here?

2.5

Man I have tried with this album so many times. And I love a ton of other shoegaze stuff. But this one, I just can’t get into it

I know I've heard this groups name before, not just as a movie title. Not surprised this is a UK band. Appears to be irish english, but either way, it wasn't bad, it just wasn't anything worth getting excited about either. This entire album quickly made it's way into the background with only a few moments where I checked the song, but only to skip it.

little boring for my taste, not terrible, just not very good

Music that I feel I should like .. but .. I'm really not

Not a fan of shoegaze. Vocals were way too quiet

Good vibe, but also too noisy in my taste, and becomes quite monotonous units entirety

Parece que eu enchi o c* de droga e to tentando tocar guitarra.

I don't know, just kind of lacked heart I think

First two tracks didn't really appeal to me.

Not my thing.

Totally horrible. Atrocious singing and all the songs sound the same. Battle of the Bands performance at best. 3/10.

wavy

Guitar fuzz + Irish cooing and moaning does not good music make

2.5

Over rated

Never heard of this band until now. There’s a constant dance in their songs between textural dissonance and serene ambiance that I find difficult to fully enjoy at times. I am not sure how my bloody valentine achieved this unique sound, but it’s definitely unique and deserves respect. Where would I listen

mycket oljud som inte var så kul

Conflicted on this one. On one hand, it’s an interesting sound. I can see the influence this had on bands I do like, such as ‘Mum.’ But, it’s also really repetitive and sometimes unsettling.

Eh. This started out promising but quickly proved to be a complete disappointment. It's mopey and noisy and pretty well pointless. Pass.

That was certainly unexpected and unusual. I’m impressed with the band’s willingness to explore different tunings and tonality. I did find that most of the album seemed too heavily distorted for me to really follow it, though. That might be intended by them, or maybe it’s my untrained ear, I don’t know.

Sounds like noise. Have some good element to it, but when it is all put together it mostly didn’t sound pleasant. 2.5

какой-то очень проходной трюк, кажется не ложилось...

Indie noise. Been doing lower case since 1991 No favourite track

More like a collection of sonic textures than an album of songs. - That’s me being kind. My wife texted me from the next room: “Omg that “music” is making me want to kill myself” Not bad enough for me to give 1 star but I was hoping for more.

Too much noise for me

too soft for me, was listenable i guess

noise rock at its mediocre plateau. I couldn't think of a time where this would make my playlist. Even when it came out I couldn't find time for it and i still can't.

Sounded like low rent smashing pumpkins?

ouff je suis pas certain de cette album. Beaucoup de bruit. Je n'ais pas vraiment aimé et je me suis forcé en regardant plusieurs fois lors de l'écoute ou en était rendu l'album. il se passe beaucoup de chose en même temps et c en'est pas super dans l'ensemble. 2..5

What’s the point of having vocals if you can’t hear them?

Les My Bloody Valentine n'ont donc pas été selectionnés deux fois (ce qui représentait déjà un scandale), mais bien trois fois dans la liste de Robert. Cette manipulation de plus de la part de Robert, pour imposer le style shoegaze au sein du générateur, se passe de commentaires, et sera suivie d'actes extrêmement violents de la part de mon camarade d'écoute roplampadaire et moi même.

Better than the other MBV albums. Still a bunch of noise

Zoned out a bit because I didn't find it particularly interesting, Also thought it was a bit noisy at times

Not my cup of team and hard to enjoy it.

Into work, wrong end of metro exit, office cold, busy, post its, meetings, lunch SG, work more (emails), think about next few weeks, happy hour, nathan?!, but maybe making friends, home, chill, p bread, pizza, b: what do you know about love?, trying to message people back

Only shallow- interesting musically, hope I can understand some of the lyrics in other songs 👍 Loomer- another vibey song👍 Touched- Weird short instrumental To here knows when-this is so distorted I basically can’t hear anything above that I only said- much the same as other tracks Come in alone- good guitar work on here👍 Sometimes- doesn’t do enough to justify the drowned out vocals Blown a wish-vocals seem nice- wish I could hear them👍 What you want- again more of the same Soon- yeah I’m glad this has ended This got more and more frustrating to me. It’s just not my style, I feel like I’m on an airplane and my ears have gone because of the change in pressure. 2/5

Less loved.

As a fuzzy person, I don't need this much extra fuzz in my life. It would be nice to at least understand some of the lyrics because the melody was okay at times. But no just more fuzz.

Some songs were okay. Generally not a fan. Just kind of noise to me.

This isn't one of the greatest albums of all time as I keep reading. It's white noise.

meh

Meh

osastoa sunnuntaimusiikki. kivasti maalailee ysärin tulevaa äänimaailmaa. hiukan liian himmailua, tylsää pikku kikkailuista huolimatta, mutta taustamusiikkina toimii silti paremmin kuin hyvin. haluaisin tykätä enemmän

Millä oikeudella tämä bändi kuvittelee olevansa biisinkirjoituksen yläpuolella? Se, että jättää raidoista B-osat (ja joskus A-osatkin) pois, ei tarkoita, että olisi jumalan lahja musiikille - ei vaikka antaisi tuottamalleen äänelle nimen "shoegaze".

Look up "overproduced" in the dictionary and I'm pretty sure you'll find a link to this album. It's a wall of sound that lyrics only occasionally burst through (and when they manage the feat, they're still nigh-incomprehensible). Maybe it'd work if it were stripped down and remastered ("Sometimes" seems salvageable), but as is, it's not for me. Feels like some serious hipster catnip, though. Giving this a generous 2 stars, rounded up from 1.5.

I wanted to like it. But too much of it was garbage noise to me.

Mostly boring

Nice sound but not very fun to listen to

The vocals are hiden beneath some really repetative crap.

Ruido entretenido por un rato. No me transmite ni evoca nada. Supongo que no es malo pero no me llamó nada esta banda.

I remember when this band was pretty hot and I couldn't find the glory in it then. I gave it a shot again this morning and I'm still a no. This polyphonic sound wall is not for me.

Touched and To Here Knows When are bloody awful but if you can push past (or better yet, just hit skip) on those two tracks at the beginning, the rest of the album has that muddy, lo-fi sound that is so early 90s alt rock but not grunge. Not enough here to bump it up to 3 stars but I don't hate it.

The album should not be titled Loveless but rather Vocal-less. It’s sounds like the music and the vocals come out of two different speakers and the vocal speaker is buried in a sand box. The music itself is enjoyable, but the producers, and everyone involved in the mixing process, of this album were hopefully employed for this one album only.

I didn't care for it. There were some parts that were ok but the bulk of it was weird.

Esta mezcla entre Cocteau Twins y Sonic Youth no termina de convencerme. "only shallow" o "when you sleep" están bien pero el disco no da para mucho.

I’m not really into grunge, so it may be good for others, but not me.

Not my thing, didnt finish

Nä det här var för tråkig musik. Gymnasialt trams!

Wikipedia says I am a fool for not having listened to this earlier in my life, perhaps that is correct, while it wasn't my cup of tea, a few elements lingered with me...but overall...just not cool enough to get this one.

Apparently this is one of the greatest albums of all time and cost $250k. I didn't like it at all.

I'm not that familiar with the band, I can see why some would like them. I kinda like the soft vocals, but overall the album feels like a noisy mess.

Pop music being played by people who are sliding down a hill through a temporal distortion that is stretching their faces into wisps. 90s me would've liked it, if she'd known about it. 20's me ain't got no time for the discordance.

the album that ruined Creation records. I don't even think Kevin Shields is all that..... pound shop smashing pumpkins

This album cost £250,000, took 3 years and 18 engineers to record, almost sending the record label bankrupt. Rarely has so much time, money and man power been spent to create something so boring. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Only Shallow Date listened: 27/05/22

lame

No i kolejne krwawe walentynki wylosowalo, wiec znowu patrzenie w buty, tym razem jest to drugi i ostatni studyjny krazek grupy z 91, ktory ma byc ich magnum opusowym wydaniem, chociaz powiedziec, ze jest to krazek bandy jest lekka przesada, bo w celu stworzenia czegos lepszego niz isnt anything postanowili oni obrac zasade baby z plyty bandzie lzej, wiec jak na poprzdnim krazku czterech czlonkow mozna bylo uslyszec, tak tutaj zostal tylko pan Kevin Shields, bioracy na siebie lwia czesc roboty, bo zarowno lirycznie wokalnie jak i instrumentalnie, gitary i basy sa jego, no i przez produkcje i sampling, ma swoj wklad w plyte, kolejnym czlonkiem ktory ostal sie wsrod czystki byl pan o irlandzko brzmiacym nazwisku Cíosoig, ktory drumuje i tez cos sampluje, bo tego samplowania musialo byc troche skoro tworzyli ten album we dwojke, pani Butcher udziela sie jedynie woklanie i lirycznie na trzech trakach, reszta jest od pana Shieldsa, a jest tego 11 trakow na 48 minutach, pomimo tego ze nadal nie jestem w stanie nic zrozumiec przez to jak wokale sa podane, to slucha sie tego lepiej niz ostatnio, bo czuc tutaj jakies poczucie calosci w tym halasie, nadal nie jestem przekonany do shoegazzingu, ktory ma byc wlasnie definiowany tym krazkiem, ale slucha sie tego zdecydowanie lepiej niz poprzedniego picka tego zespolu, hajlajtowymi fragmentami byly traki gdzie bylo mniej wokali a wiecej instrumentali jak na when you sleep czy zamykajcym soon, wyroznia te traki takze upbeatowosc jak na standardy tego albumu, bo patrzenie w buty kojarzy mi sie ze smutami poza przestrzenia codziennosci, a tutaj tak dla odmiany pozytywnie sie zrobilo, wiec na plejke dodam zamykajacy soon i bardziej kojarzacy mi sie z gatunkiem i only said, tym razem ciecia kadrowe wyszly muzycznie na plus bandzie, pomimo tego, ze nagrywanie materialu trwalo ponad dwa lata, co jak na standardy branzy dla takiej bandy jest potwornie dlugim czasem, ktory mial podobno przyczynic sie do upadkow creation records

Best Song: To Here Knows When. It sounds like I'm eavesdropping on a fever dream that someone else is having. Worst Song: Blown a Wish. There are limits to how ethereal a song I can appreciate, apparently. Overall: A very sleepy, droning album. While listening, I never felt all that annoyed, nor that interested. This feels like an album for the inebriated.

Pretty monotonous. Not necessarily bad, it's ok for back ground music. But it's borderline static.

2.5, first listen

it started off weak and ended weak. in between there were some songs that had potential, but overall the album was extremely boring and i just wanted to get it over with.

Not for me

Oof. This album really wasn't my thing. Not that it was BAD, per se, but it's very stylistic--and if you don't particularly like the style (namely, dark and bombastic), this really isn't going to be the album for you. I found this album a slog, personally, but the tracks "Blown a Wish" and "Soon" redeem it somewhat for me. But even so, I didn't like the vocals and found that hard to get past. Meh, I guess.

nada

Lots a noise. Very experimental

This is no different from all the other shoegaze out there: a massive, undifferentiated waste of time.

I don't really like shoegaze. Makes me feel anxious. Song is okay so if the album had different guitar tones, I might've liked it more.

Kind of just noise, the vocals drowned out by distortion

I just dont get it, this has really divided opinions where most people I've spoken too hate this, but the Internet adores it and I just find it boring. At least if it was bad I would have something to say about it

Noisy guitars and dreamy vocals. If I'm honest I was a bit bored.

Started as noise, I started to enjoy a little more as it went on. May be worth a second listen.

Oikeessa mielentilassa esim festareilla ois taatusti lit. Kotona kuunneltuna aikamoista mössöä. Harmi, koska potentiaalia on ja esim eka biisi oli hyvä.

A bit too much noise gong on!

Noise, but not so bad. Didn’t listen to the whole album.

Ehhh. It's not the worst thing but not something that I'm going to come back to ever.

Meh

Definitely noise pop, definitely ok.

I’ve never been a fan of Shoegaze but since this album is so well regarded I made the effort to listen to it once again. Nope, still don’t like it. This takes the Wall of Sound concept to an entirely new level. One of my pet peeves is albums where every song sounds the same and this one is massively guilty. The only song that has any discernible melody was Soon, but it was the last song and once again it was too little, too late.

Ok, I didn’t love it.

Like the jangly guitars and distortion but not the vocals . Passed me by when I was young and doing the same now!

It sounded like the Charlatans UK but instead of keyboards it was washy, grungy guitar. Not too interesting really.

The musical bits were okay but it's pretty much just noise

The album is not good. You can't really hear the lyrics but that is probably a plus. Thankfully it was not a long album.

meh. dont remember it.

No me gusta

Casi tan aburrido como Sonic youth

Yeah it's okay. I feel like it could be good if you were in the right mood. I guess the album is 30 years old, which is crazy, probably very progressive at the time. But feels like it's a mid 2000s emo album

Isn't really for me.

Not really for me.

I've never understood the appeal of this album. It has its moments, but it also has a really ponderous pace that never makes the album feel way longer than it actually is.

I am very indifferent about this album. The whole thing is basically ambient music the whole time. 0RS

2/5 nope

The vocals are the main dealbreaker for me. There were a couple spots where the rhythm drew me in (fave track probably “Soon”), but overall I don’t think I’ll be coming back.

Meh...

Not for me.

Interesting album. Style is much different. The distortions and inaudible lyrics are unique and sometimes it’s easy to drown into other times it feels useless. A bit too indie for me but it’s definitely creative. Might grow over time but after two attempts it’s ok. 5.5/10

Not quite my taste. Very eccentric. Weird. Ween-ish.

It's definitely not bad, but not what I usually listen to. I wish the vocals would be more audible, I feel like that would elevate the music so much more. I'm giving this album a strong 2 in rating.

Not a fan, 2 stars

Tried listening at night- a little too intense

Bel suono ipnotico, ma troppo ripetitivo

Banda irlandesa-inglesa de la que no sabía su existencia, ni del estilo que tocan llamado "Shoegaze". Nada que me haya gustado demasiado, no es mi estilo.

I'm sure I would enjoy it if I gave it the time but it's not available on spotify so we listened on youtube on my laptop. The music just isn't meant to be listened to in that way. What we did hear was a bit dull!

Noisy grunge rock album.

Doubt it repetitive and boring at times. Not my style

I was not into this album

You need to be in the mood for this one. It's supposed to be a classic, but for me it's too fragmatic and not enough real songs. I'd rather listen to The Smashing Pumpkins and Silversun Pickups

Eén lange monotone gruizige geluidsmuur.

Poewee, zeg. Daar knapt een mens niet van op.

It was just sounds? It was just sounds. Idk, maybe I'd like it better if I could hear the vocals more

Why bother having lyrics if they are just going to be mixed super quiet so you can't hear them? Why bother listening to an album when you could just play one song on repeat, or just not play it in the first place?

Guitarrero. Un tanto oscuro. Grunge y sucio

I absolutely didn't get it....it's not bad, but it's not good also...it's strange, but also very simple and raw...It's not for me, but I recognize something that should be for me....I Don't know...

Not as good as I was hoping that it would be.

Noise rock. Oscuro, confuso. Ruido.

Nope

there are some "3" songs on this album... just not enough of them. thought i'd like it more, but too much non-differentiated droning. so many folks say this is a 5... i tried again. i just don't get it.

Shoegaze music just isn't my thing, what can I say. Very droning, very little melody, so much distortion that I can't appreciate what I think could be some good guitar riffs and drum fills. Not a fan of the singer either.

Few enjoyable songs, felt mostly like grunge noise, skipped a few, not a huge fan

listened to half of it. Just couldn't get into it. Seemed like songs took awhile to crescendo but then didn't

Although having worked as a sound engineer in hard-rock and thrash-metal. I did not really like this album.

Not really into punk related genres

Sorry but barely listened

It wasn't for me. Also why did they mix the vocals SO SOFT. It was a painful listen and I'm not sure why they made it so. But that's just me.

pretty original, bit boring though.

Another mediocre album by My Bloody Valentine. Lots of noise songs with ok use of effects but not really My thing. Last couple songs were pretty good which ups its rating a bit would give it a low 2.5

I don't like this.

Not available on Spotify

Largely horrible cacophony of instrumentals

actually noise slop. horrible genre, horrible mixing, horrible instrumentation.

Couldn't even listen to the whole first song

Not worth a record deal imho...yet they magically happened to sign one. Amazing world. 😆

I was expecting some emo music like My Chemical Romance with a name like “my bloody valentine”. It was however more shoegaze which really is not my style. I found it noisy, boring and also annoying at the same time. There were very few good riffs and I mostly just wanted it to end. I understand if some people like it but I really didn’t. One strong star.

Didn’t know what to make of this one. I guess it’s not for me. All the songs sounded fairly the same, and had the same indiscernible vocals buried in the mix somewhere. I was relieved when this was over.

It was mostly just noise and a real struggle to listen to. You couldn’t hear the lyrics. Not sure that is intentional? It was a struggle

Overrated. Sounds awful in purpose? It’s a joke.

Holy shit this was awful. I guess I'm an old man now cause I had never heard of Shoegaze until this album and boy do I not enjoy it. You can keep gazing at your shoes, I'll look elsewhere for some good music.

Not available on Spotify

I fucking cannot stand this album and I wholeheartedly rebuke anyone who claims it is one of the best albums of all time/of the 90s/of the genre/of anything. I'll admit to it being different and breaking some ground. But that on its own will never be enough to appeal to me. It'll make be interested to hear it, sure. But having heard this several times over the years...there is just nothing here than any amateur with a guitar and some friends couldn't make too. Some loon in the reviews claims this revolutionised guitar. I could just as plausibly claim the same for Crazy Frog's Greatest Hits.

Sounds like the 90s, and not in a good way.

Alsof de middelste speaker van je surroundset is uitgevallen. Het is niet de bedoeling dat je de zang verstaat, gesteld dat je er geïnteresseerd in zou zijn. Liefdeloos is het, inderdaad, en vermoeiend om naar te luisteren. Het boeide de band niet of het een beetje leuk zou klinken. Zucht. Met dit derde album is in ieder geval de gifbeker van deze knurften eindelijk geleegd.

Ik heb een regel voor mijzelf. Ik luister de albums gewoon helemaal uit. Hoe belachelijk ze soms ook voorgeschoteld worden door de lijst. Maar.... Als het het derde album van een band is die al twee maal 1 ster scoorde, én dat voor de derde maal komt door een belachelijk geluid, dan maak ik na meer dan 1000 albums toch één uitzondering. Niet alleen dat. Ik heb na de paar nummers die ik nog wel kon luisteren, zelfs een paar dagen helemaal geen zin meer gehad in ook meer iets in deze lijst. Waarmee het duidelijk is dat dat My Bloody Valentine wat mij betreft een loden grammy ontvangt voor de allerslechtste band.

Säröä. Melusaastetta. En keksi tilannetta jossa tämä menisi. Ehkä jonkun kidutussession taustamusana.

likeless

Very encompassing. Feels like getting blasted by a wall of sound. Did not finish due to overstimulation. 1/5

Noise music