Lazer Guided Melodies

Bland

Background weird music

Boring. Dull. There are plenty of good ambient albums and this is not one of them.

3 in the context of this project, 1 in the context of all music. It was interesting and well thought out, I just kind of found myself waiting for it to be over

The album title feels appropriate. Got a half decent sound, but the constant droning on the electronically adjusted vocals is a no from me.

Weird but not awful.

Annoying

There was a total of one song I enjoyed & this album as a whole got under my skin for some reason

Bleef op geen enkele manier hangen. Een paar keer de volumeknop omhoog gedraaid, maar hielp niet.

The musicality on this album was great, it's really too bad that it was so boring. Best track: You know it's true

Meh

spiritualized's lazer guided melodies was overall interesting, but eh. i was surprised it was released in 1992 when it has such a modern sound. spiritualized did create a very ambient album that was relatively easy to listen to. i was surprised when there were vocals on these tracks. the vocals weren't bad but they didn't add much. the focus was on the actual music in the end, and the vocals could almost be distracting at times.

This was enjoyable enough, and it was incredibly ethereal and ambient. But it may have been too much so, as it just didn't do much for me. I didn't feel like anything stood out; it was just background music for me. Again, this wasn't bad. I wouldn't really seek this out again, nor did this inspire much commentary, nor do I feel like it really adds much to this project, so I'm ultimately feeling pretty indifferent while rating this.

Our second from this group I believe, and after two albums I'm not sold. The last was much more enjoyable for me. This one isn't bad, but it feels pretty aimless for me--ironic that this one feels more like it's floating in space as opposed to lazer-guided with the melodies. Most of it whizzed by me pretty nondescript, and then there was a stretch of three songs I enjoyed quite a bit. Maybe a little Stockholm syndrome at that point, but yeah, overall, it wasn't much. Not good, not bad. Pretty sure I'd axe it from the list. Favorite tracks: Take Your Time, Shine a Light, Angel Sigh. Album art: Actually quite cool, some liquid metal people dancing in nothingness. Is it supposed to be against a white or black background? I like the black better. 2.5/5

meio xaropinho

Joutavaa skeidaa

Unimusaa. Ei toiminut työpäiväajoihin.

Bad alien music

rather spacey. reminds me of Klaatu back in the 70's.

An absolute snooze fest. This entire album is almost just background ambiance. I'm extremely close to giving this a 1 but I think that unlike some other albums that I'm sure I'll give a 1 when they come up, the album could be left on in the background and be at least an inoffensive listen.

Space-rock, drømmende, afslappende

Meh

Fine, a couple of songs were fine to listen to but I found that it got to be too much as the album progressed. Probably a good change of pace and change of style to pop a song in in here and there in a playlist.

Started pretty good and then went weird and long and repetitive.

Musical mush, the last few tracks are kinda interesting but I look forward to never listening to this record again.

Disc molt propi dels '90. Una época que va jugar a l'experimentació dels últims '70s i primers '80s, però amb uns resultats molt més tristos. Aquí l'espacialitat de la música i el to lisèrgic i psicodèlic que la impregna no deixa de tenir un rebuf a voler i no poder

Forgettable Psych Synth Rock.

Deze muziek is prima op de achtergrond, maar verder is het mij iets te zweverig. **

I don't know if I was having a bad day yesterday but I really wasn't feeling this album at all. The production and sound were fine but I could not focus on this.

No gutó

very forgettable

I really dislike spacey, weightless, meandering songs that are 6+ minutes long.

Nothing really here of note

Not offensive, so it has to be higher than my 1-star albums, but it was also incredibly boring, so it can’t get more than two.

Is this the most boring album we've listened to so far? I think so. Don't think anything interesting musically happened the whole album.

Found this very boring and wasn't into it at all. I don't get the appeal. 2/5

I almost fell asleep during the first track and it sounded like the singer was too. The album becomes a lot more interesting as it goes with some good atmospheric moments and production choices, but it didn't consistently grab me.

Was expecting a lot knowing their later stuff but this was just confusing

Absolute snooze - merely background noise. 4/10.

If I wanted to listen to space rock, I'd go to space. I can't help but think the aliens on the cover are Anorexic Batman and Shelley Duvall with bigger tits.

For an album with that title I guess I was expecting more ... melody. Thus I wanted to like this, and I can hear that the performers are no amateurs, but sadly, this album didn't vibe with me. 2/5

Áhugavert bakgrunnsflæði. Ekkert sem heillar upp úr skónum samt.

Unique sound... not sure I will listen to this again...

Just OK

Wieder so ein Fall, in welchem ich dem jubelnd Musik-Journalismus aufm Leim gegangen war. Bis auf den Fuzz der Gitarren erinnert wenig an verdrogte Spacemen3. Der Rest ist hübsch und nett im Sinne von langweilig. Gebrüder Gallagher geben mehr als 1.9

Hmm another super niche British album that really had no discernible impact or influence anywhere else in the world. Most of the time the music alright but the singer sounds like he's mumbling to himself in his sleep, and a lot of the songs blend into each other. Definitely, nothing "wow!" here but more tolerable than the other super lame stuff on that often comes up on this list.

It's alright

Couldn't get past the second track. Does nothing for me at all.

I was into this album at first but I just got bored of it by the end. It had a cool spacey sound but I think it ended up being relatively lame in terms of slow rock like this. It also didn’t help that I started to space out the album while I worked on other stuff. Fav song: if I were with her now

Was barely aware when the next song came on. Lead singer phoned it in for most songs. Def not added.

Sounds like a fairly generic 90s low key album

I didn't know dream pop was a thing until this album, but an aptly titled genre. Space cadet dreamy background music. Not bad, but not what I'm looking for when I listen to music and I can say with the utmost certainty that I will never listen to this again. (Unless perhaps I'm tripping on acid or something!) Waffling between a 2/3.

Mood music, nice if doing something else I guess.

Cool sounds but not much cohesion. I previously listened to their Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space on here and I think I preferred that to this. This attempt becomes more background noise and although relaxing in its ethereal sound it doesn’t have much to sink your teeth into. Lyrics are definitely set back to the music and are easily missed. Somewhat of a video game soundtrack at times. If I were with her now, run, 200 bars

Simple and smooth, just not my taste.

I don't use psychedelic drugs. If I did, I would probably be able to appreciate this more.

Not for me

Lacks variation in style, lots of repetition and drones. Made for a pretty boring listen

liked this more than I thought, and it does interestingly capture some dreamlike element in the music. But the album kind of trails off into haziness, feels a little one note, and ultimately I got bored. [Track 2] actually showed some life, but I have a hard time imagining myself listening again to this album or any particular song contained within. That’s the reason for the lower score.

I really liked the first little bit of this, but it sank into the background after a bit. I couldn't key into what my man was singing on and on about and the music is pretty good in the background, so there it stayed.

Not my jam, didn't interest me

rock générique et chiant, on dirait une outro de film pété sans déconner pq sur la liste des 1000 albums à écouter 50% sont dépourvus d'intérêt ? 2.

Couldn't work out where this album was going. Not my sort of music

Very much overrated band. Didn't enjoy their live shows either. This album will not stand the test of time.

I don't remember this band from the 90's. Their sound is inoffensive but doesn't stand out to me as particularly unique, but maybe they were back then? They fit squarely into shoegaze for me, and certainly have a timeless quality that carries on with newer bands like Tame Impala. I don't think I'll remember much from this listen and don't expect I'll revisit the album.

It’s just not my thing.

2/5 naaah didn't like it

First I compared it to the Stone Roses, but after reading a little about the band I could get the Velvet Underground vibes. Underwhelming overall, decent background music!

Coñazo. Rarito. Pretencioso.

Eh, it was fine. Glad it's over. Spa music.

forgettable chilled spacey tunes

Clever but just too mellow for my tastes

The two songs I liked were mostly instrumental I didn’t much care for the voice. Space rock isn’t much my thing I like Explosions in the Sky but that feels more ethereal is that the word than spacy?

La música es compleja, muchos arreglos y rica en sonidos aunque a mi gusto a ratos raya en lo aburrido. Subiste Atmósferas interesantes que al final no llegan a más, que supongo es el punto del disco, género y grupo pero terminan por hartarme. 2.5 estrellas que bajan a 2 porque no lo volvería a escuchar.

Slow and boring

Un disco completamente olvidable que casi pasa por música de aeropuerto como la de Brian Eno, pero peor, en el sentido que Spiritualized sí tenía intenciones de hacer algo más que música de fondo. Consigue la segunda estrella porque al menos no es algo tipo noise que me haga sentir que mis oídos estarían mejor en otro lado.

Sounded like a sad but feel good indy movie soundtrack. Good relaxing music, just didn't vibe with it.

generico

2.5

a change of pace. not really sure why this is on this list

Didn't like this one too much, the mixing has the vocals too low, all the songs are unremarkable and sound the same

kinda boring

Eh. Very little to recommend it, TBH. There were a couple of tracks that were alright but they're outnumbered by how many were just a pointless mess. Not impressed.

Might be good if I was trying to take a nap

A whole lot of ambience, but in a long, drawn out way. Rating: 2/10 Favorite song: 200 Bars

I could've happily died without listening to this.

Just when I thought the previous day's record was the most boring piece of nothing I would hear for a while, this album said "Hold my beer." Spacy stoner music with nearly no structure or actual music. More droning than the Ukrainian air force. What little lyrics there were were just nearly inaudible sighs. Every song also went on FOREVER; maybe trim this shit down, man, we don't need every track to be seven minutes of the audio equivalent of Sleepytime Tea. What a worthless waste of time this listen was, in the words of Lex Luger, "I'm pissed now!" Spiritualized will hopefully take the hint and stop making music after they enter the Hall of Shame and become my nineteenth 1/5

oh no.... nothing to really care about on here...

One of if not the most boring album I've ever heard. 60+ minutes of abstract droning soundscape does not a good album make. No idea how this album made it onto this project

todas las canciones iguales, aburridas y muy largas para lo que proponen

Lazer guided crap.

Pass

The best thing about this album is the cover art. I recognized it from my CD collection. Didn’t recognize any of the music though. Another of the hundreds of albums on this list that, when released, had a mildly interesting, cutting edge sound, but zero musicality behind it - no virtuoso performer, no engaging songwriting. So, 35 years later, when the sound is no longer interesting, there’s nothing left worth hearing.

What the crap.

прослушивание подобных около эмбиент исполнителей очень зависит от настроения и обстановки. но даже так, я могу оценить, если музыкально мне нравится, но под атмосферу не зашло. тут честно прям непопадание. 1,5/5

The album didn't speak to me. It was not necessarily bad however nothing drew me in. For me personally it was boring.

Wann soll man denn sowas hören?? Langweiliger geht fast nicht!

I saw another review mention they heard The Jesus and Mary Chain in the album thank you other reviewer for helping me pinpoint exactly why I didn’t like this I love a good vibe of an album even more than the next guy but the instruments are barely doing anything, the vocals and lyrics actively detract from getting into it, and I kept waiting for it to be over

Is this music.

Is it the most “fuck me, what pretentious cunts did that crap” album in the entire list?

Strange music, strange sound.

i'm sorry but this kinda sucks.. it sounds like an alien's first attempt at making human music fav song: If I Were with Her Now

The most boring thing I’ve ever listened to

Very meh

This one was not it.

💤

not my type of music. a lot of ambient sounds did do well in a loud enviroment.

- ei oikee lähteny

Trippy, gentle and atmospheric or bland, boring and sleep inducing? I won’t be revisiting it.

Extremely boring

I remember Spiritualized were darlings of the English music press in the 1990's. I didn't understand then and I don't understand now. Songs start, songs end. And nothing happens inbetween, apart from repetition, usually in crescendo. Many of them are overlong, but even the shorter ones seem to drag on forever in endless repetition. Laser guided torture. And that bland, nothing voice. Dull, pretentious rubbish. Frustrating to have to give it even one star.

sounds like if pink floyd only kept in the boring bits

Well I belive there are some people who might find this piece of dog s enjoyable. On the other hand I know people who enjoy cereal with water and I think that both those opinions are equally wrong

I was so incredibly bored by this album. It took me multiple days to finally finish it bc I just could not bring myself to put it back on. The overall vibes for okay ig, just so boring.

Awful

No thank you majin bu

Incredibly dull music

I don't like it

Slow-burning, narcotic textures built from droning guitars, organ swells, simple repetitive rhythms, and vocals delivered in a distant, weary murmur move this space-rock album like drifting through a dimly lit tunnel where the lights blur into streaks—hypnotic in motion, yet numbing and isolating the longer you stay inside.

If this list didnt suck before it does now.

Listen, when I see this listed as things like "shoegaze," "indie," and "dream pop" I know I'm not going to enjoy it. But still I tried to go into this with an open mind, and honestly it was worse than I expected. Bland and boring. Songs were too long. Almost everything sounded the same. Could have died having not listened to this and would be just fine.

Complete ass. This sucked. I don't even know what this music is or what it's supposed to be. It just sounds like it wants to be a lot of different things...at one point, it's trying to be the Beatles, the next it's trying to be some sweeping soundtrack to a movie's crescendo. The vocals are lukewarm thin gruel. The songs don't go anywhere, they just meander. The guitars are just mushy and indistinguishable. Symphony Space is just a mood noise mess that's not interesting at all. Really, I've made the promise to myself that I'm going to listen to the full albums no matter how much I hate them but this is pushing my limits. I don't get why this album is on this list. I mean, I listened to Dark Side of the Moon the other day and that's absolutely fantastic. One of their lesser known works is Meddle, which is absolutely fantastic and probably my favorite Pink Floyd album out of all of theirs. And I don't know why that doesn't make the cut over something like this. It's a vastly more interesting album and a vastly more talented band...even if it's not as well known as Dark Side of The Moon or Wish You Were Here, something like that deserves a spot over whatever this is.

2/10

I really didn’t like this. What’s the point of it? Plodding, overlong tracks that don’t ever go anywhere. I’d imagine the lead singer thinks his vocals are psychedelic, but he just sounds like a breathless, incoherent fool. Begs belief that this is on the list where more coherent and interesting groups like Gomez aren’t.

Boring, and not in a fun way.

Esto es música ambiente para un anuncio de colonia. Es como los Stone Roses pero sin talento ni carisma ni, sobre todo, canciones.

Not bad...Just unremarkable and boring.

Guide a laser into my eardrums

n curti, muito paradao

what if we made Pink Floyd but like a lot worse??? was LSD a pre-req for this to be an “album to listen to before I die”? not sure I get it

Boring, slow, repetitive, and uninspired. "Essential" albums shouldn't sound so lame that I could have recorded them in my basement without any musical experience or skill.

Jesus

Not only does the crap not belong on a list of "musts," it doesn't belong anywhere. Cut out the garbage, weird, obnoxious, and stupid is just weird, obnoxious, and stupid, not something one needs to hear. 0.00

Sleepy as shit

Disappointing

Meh

# Album Name: Lazer guided melodies # Artist: Spiritualized # Rating: 1/5 # Comments: Absolutely terrible. jesus, what did i just listen to. Definitely need to be high AF for this. I was not. # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? No

I don't know if there will ever be a day when I enjoy this, but it's really pissing me off today.

Sounded like a soundtrack, to what I don't know.

More like Lazer Guided Piffle. This is the most yawnsomy, bleary hour-long pile of whatever I’ve encountered yet on this list. I can’t bring myself to call it Space Rock or Dream Pop, I’d instead have to give it blank spaces in regard to genre descriptors. After listening to this I feel about as spiritualised as Steve The Extremely Serious Atheist at the world’s most serious atheist convention.

Ugh

Way too trippy Would’ve loved this in my partying days, but not now

Lame as fuck

woah, ok, very spacey feeling, good for background white noise. Otherwise, don't like it

ah...shoegaze...i see.. Conversation that never happend: A: Hey let's listen to that song symphony space again B: oh hell yeah that track is so awesome A: yeah and it has the perfect length

Another boring album taking up a spot on this list that could have been filled by an actually good album.

Boring, bland, forced myself to listen to the full thing. Upon further research, realised it was the guy from Spacemen 3 and I hated that album when it came up too.

Yawn. No thanks. 2.

Nobody really has to listen to this crap. Its a zero for me

Like Oasis or Stone Roses but very boring and no grit.

The first song is a 1-4-5 chord progression, the most common in Western popular music. Second song is a 1-4. Third song is a 1-4. Fourth song sounds like a 5-4-1. Ok, the songwriting is crap, got it. How about the singer and band? Middling and lousy. An amateur production all the way down. I wondered why I hadn't heard of this album. Now I know why. Lazer Guided Turd.

Boring, can't finish it

Great album to listen to while on drugs. Probably. 2/10

1 star for taking up space on the list that a real album could have occupied. And for a stupid band name and album name. And for a dumb album cover. And for being tiring to listen to.

Ewww not another one. 1.33

What is this?

Belongs in outer space. Far, far, away.

maleeeeeeeesemo

did-not-listen

Better than hip hop, but still a genre low point. Not my style

What on Earth is this? The genre is so-called space rock. What is that? Definitely not for me.

Unknown band for me. Too weird and repetitive for me to the point of annoyance. I listened to most of the album with reluctance.

Nooo

Second album de ce groupe après 'Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' que je n'avais pas vraiment apprécié (2/5). Celui-ci n'est guère mieux. Les morceaux sont relativement lents, longs (plus d'une moitié > 5 mn), et peu variés. Même pas un petit chorus pour relever l’intérêt, mais une voix omni présente pour 'chanter' (c'est un bien grand mot) des mélodies peu inspirées. Interminable ... j'ai décroché avant la fin. =>1/5

The kind of music I expect to hear when I'm on hold when they clearly want me to hang up.

Weird music with tons of noise and repetition. Pass. Best song: I Want You

When listening to this all I could think of was what I would rather listen to. That can't be good...

Also known as “Lazer Guided Melodies (But the Lazers are pointed directly at your Eyes)”

Nope. Weirdly slow. Slowly weirder. Ultimately, weird and slow.

Aural wallpaper! Pretty but forgettable.

Its like boring soundscapes that should be found in a museum exhibit. But there's no interesting visuals to go with it.

Boring self indulgent crap.

Feels like background music at a restaurant where I am not really enjoying the food.

1. true - 1.5 2. nouu - 1 3. you - 1 4. run - 1 5. zmilez - 0 6. breeze - 1.5 7. zpace - 1.5 8. time - 0 9. light - 1 10. angel - 0 11. zuuay - 0 12. barz - 0

Listen, I like chill-out and minimalism, but this just ain't it.

no

I cant believe, absolutely refuse to believe that people think this is good

I think some of the songs would have been okay if there wasn't a constant humming/thrumming background sound in most songs. Some songs were swirly space sounds. Definitely not my style.

2 of this bands piece of shit albums in a week is a war crime

3.67 rym figura come dream pop quindi so già che mi fa cagare 1/5

Seltsame Musik ... Eine sich wiederholende Aneinanderreihung von Tönen, oftmals ohne Gesang. Muss man meiner Meinung nach wirklich nicht gehört haben.

Space rock band!? NO thanks.

Not for me

Vyöryy ja velloo niin kuin se olisi jotain positiivista.

p692. 1992. 1 star. Tedious electro space rock. The bastard love child of the Stone Roses and Brian Eno, but without the quality or talent of either. This just goes on and on and on...

Awful! Who listens to this garbage?

what you should listen to when you actually don't really feel like listening to anything at all.

Meh. Boring.

All of the aesthetic of 80s rock with none of the charm. F teir.

I almost fell asleep during the first track.

I don't usually like to say this about an artist but I'm making an exception in this case. ANYONE and I mean literally ANYONE could make this record. It took zero talent it effort to make this.

I really hated this one. Such a bore, and they slaughtered call me the breeze. Just terrible in every way.

Too repetitive

Crap. Didn't like any of the tracks.

uma merda

don’t get it

This is the debut studio album of Spiritualized, a spin off of Spaceman 3 following their dissolution. What can be categorized as space rock, this album is minimalist and devoid of emotion or energy. This album is pretentious and boring.

hmm

boring, listless, uninteresting, uninspired, bland

I feel like Spiritualized makes the Gallagher brothers seem humble.

An hour long snoozefest. The only song having some kind of dynamics is Take Your Time, and that was an okay track. The rest just made me long for the album to end

I have never heard of this alternative band. Makes decent background music. Reminds me of that 90’s movie with Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder “Reality Bites.”

Das erste Album, das ich nicht zu Ende gehört habe. Unfassbar langweilig.

This was not good. Way too long and just annoying. Why does Spiritualized have two albums on this list? Avoid it

Who is this one of the 1,001 albums I should hear before I die? This was so dull it about killed me.

Gefällt mir nicht.

You know its true - ★★★☆☆ If I were with her now - ★★☆☆☆ I want you - ★★☆☆☆ Run - ★★☆☆☆ Smiles - ★☆☆☆☆ Step into the breeze - ★☆☆☆☆ Symphony space - ★☆☆☆☆ Take your time - ★★★☆☆ Shine a light - ★★☆☆☆ Angel sigh - ★★☆☆☆ Sway - ★☆☆☆☆ 200 Bars - ★☆☆☆☆

Spiritual auf ganzer Linie - nüchtern nicht meins.

Fucking space rock. Is this genre really so important that it requires more than one album of representation on the list? I hate this.

Not my jam

Yawn

I didn’t like this. I think the genre space rock should be much more exciting than what that was.

What moron put this garbage on this list? I don't give a fiddler's fuck about this "shoegaze space rock" trash. 6 minute songs in which nothing happens except echoy boops beeps and zaps, with the odd song having reverb heavy moaned lyrics laid overtop. Fuck this garbage. Try being enthusiastic about the music you're making. My God I hate shoegaze. There's an hour of my life I'll never get back. The only song that had a hope in hell of being in any way good was Run (cover of Lynyrd Skynard's song Call Me the Breeze) but it was even awful.... Just less awful. The first half of the album was "better" than the last half simply because the songs averaged only around 3:30 - 4 minutes each, whereas the last half, they average 6 minutes plus each. No one needs 6 minutes of this horseshit. The album definately overstays its welcome at just over an hour of runtime. Overall, this album is garbage. No redeeming qualities. Just utter trash. Favourite songs: Run...i guess?!? Least favourite songs: Symphony Space, Take Your Time, Shine a Light, Sway, 200 Bars, and the rest of this shitty album. 1/5

No thanks.

Slurry

That made me super sleepy. The worst song was 200 bars. I can count myself thank you very much

Lazer Guided Rackets more like

no my cup of tea

1.5

Dat viel me zwaar tegen. Ik hoopte toch op wat meer pit dan dit

This album was way too long for how much substance was actually on this. Having what felt like five minute interludes was rough. The album never felt like it actually started which may have been the point but it was missed on me. 2.2/10

Not impressed. The four-bar or eight-bar cells repeated over and ever might seek to create a trance-like feeling, but I simply found it boring. Sorry!

Very experimental

Not for me.

Boring. Too quiet

Nope not for me

did not like this, i wanted to but it just wasn’t nice to the ears. didn’t like the singers voice

I just don't get how people actually like music like this

Sehr seltsames Album. Gar nicht mein Fall. Die hälfte der Lieder sind sehr weinerlich und mega leise.

Massively insipid singer makes middle of the road songs insufferable.

Wow - this feels like the shittiest excesses of the 1960s psychedelic era wrapped in the shittiest excesses of early 1990s production techniques. A horrible assault on the ears.

Cero interés en 2021 para mi gusto. Prescindible.

eh

I think I fell asleep about 3 tracks in.

The Fences of albums. Just droning on and on with whooshing. No blorps.

No le veo sentido que esté siquiera producido

ehhhh

Couldn’t get through

30sec into the opening song and i thought "damn, i know this album is gonna be boring." after getting halfway through it, i knew i was right.

Didn't like. Seemed more like a meditation tape than real songs.

Need to be stoned to enjoy this.