Repeater

I rocked out a bit to this. But it was the same way that I enjoy warehouse shows and going to my friends' practice sessions. Good quality rock with hints of things I recognize from other artists that I love, but nothing that endeared me to this band and album in particular.

There's probably something very skilled going on in the background but the vocals and general vibe is too generic metal-ish to hold my attention for long.

Day1015 - i keep trying to get into and understand the love for fugazzi. hasn’t clicked yet

I was really expecting to enjoy this and I'm disappointed that I didn't. It's high energy punk but it's directionless and devoid of musical ideas. The guitars are overproduced and disappear in the mix and the songs sound like they were written to a formula. I'm sad.

It definitely hits that straight edge sweet spot. Not really punk or hardcore. They have a lot to say, but don’t really say anything. Tons of charisma and dirty grooves.

It's Fugazi. I never have liked this as much as I like others in their catalog. It never ceases to blow my mind the about face Ian pulled post Minor Threat. This is a 5 star album for so many reasons even if (right or wrong) it's not even one of their best.

4 - BAD

It was a good album but I didn't have time to make good notes or listen closely

Every day this list confuses me. This isn't must-hear-music. This is music for an angry kid in 1990. It's garage rock. Nothing on this album would compel me to give it a second listen. I am amazed by the listener counts on Spotify. Every song has well over a million listens. "Blueprint" (the only accessible tune) has over 8.6M and the awful title song has over 6.7M. So someone appreciates this music, it's just not me (and I love punk, hard rock, grunge, etc). I hear they're influential, ohhhkay. No hits, nothing even familiar, one trick pony, no real legacy that I'm aware of. 2 stars.

I’m not going to lie, the strain and artlessness of their voice is really hard to listen to. The instrumentals sound technically complex, but as a whole it never becomes something that is memorable enough to overcome the vocals. It’s telling that the instrumental “Brendan #1” is my favorite here. This is the easiest 1-star I’ve given so far.

This is actually pretty cool. One of the better discoveries from this list.

Underrated musicians. Their music is layered and gets unfairly ignored by some and over-idolized by others, but I love them regardless.

This is bad

Wszystkie moje współczesne TOP zespoły mają swoją muzykę na tym albumie. Viagra Boys, IDLES, Fontaines, to wszystko tutaj jest. Dlatego przytulam tę płytę blisko serca i zostawiam na długo.

Great turn up from 1001! I'm new to Fugazi - but guessing that they were an influence of many of the bands that I like that followed, so this was great straight off the bat :) Wasn't sure what to expect from the 1990s post punk description, but the tracks really groove and are really interesting - not just noise, but musically interesting and considered. First thing I notice is great bass lines and use of space in the guitars, lyrics/song writing cool with something to say. I haven't said anything about the drums... I usually notice that first - but tuning into that now, notice more the variation in the fills and licks. Changes of pace my kind of thing and not just driven by the drums, but the band as a whole. Shut the Door was last track on the original release and I found immediately haunting for simple darkness of the lyric. Also great play in pace - starts at 120BMP and slows right down to half speed. Love this. Others that got ticks on first listen included: 5: Blueprint and 8: Two Beats Off - both a slower groove. This one will definitely be a 'repeater' which makes it a 4. (Actually keeps going round and I can't get off the roundabout). Definitely gonna find the documentary.

Is this called Repeater because it's good enough that you want to put it on loop? I wouldn't be surprised!

sehr punkig

Eh

⭐⭐- Jag känner mig helt neutral till det här. Det är inte dåligt och det finns ju något här men det inget som får mig engagerad utan jag känner mig mest likgiltig. Mitt största problem är nog att det är för odynamsikt, det är samma tempo, samma instrumentering, sången är platt och jag tycker det saknas stand out tracks. Jag var aldrig en fan av 90-talets punkscen och det är ingenting som har ändrats för mig. Det får bli en svag 2a för jag kan inte ens hitta ett spår som står ut.

How is this the only Fugazi album on the list? This is my personal 3rd favorite of theirs (13 Songs and The Argument are ahead of it on my personal rankings), still 5/5

Quite well done and totally not my thing — which is the cleanest possible three verdict and the most honest one available. Ian MacKaye building something meaningfully more sophisticated than Minor Threat, the funk and dub elements giving the rhythm section a groove that hardcore rarely attempted, Joe Lally's bass doing real work underneath the aggression. The craft is genuine and the ethics that surrounded the whole enterprise were as serious as the music. None of which generates any pull toward return visits. A respectful three, delivered without ambiguity.

2/5

no

I like the backing music, especially the first couple of tracks (Turnover and Repeater) and Blueprint. The vocals are kind of punk shouting/chanting, which is less my thing. I can see how they're viewed as respected precursors to grunge.

Oh, all those bands I went to see at the Redmond Firehouse in High School were just other High Schoolers trying to be Fugazi. Maybe rounding up.

Because of their reputation as punk gods, I want to like this more than I do. But it just takes itself so seriously with no hooks to really catch your interest. Decent punk but not anything I think I'd go back to.

(3/7) I listened to it but don't remember a thing

I love Fugazi (but loved Minor Threat more) but I don't think the average person needs to hear more than one Fugazi album before they die, and the one I would have chosen is 13 Songs. This is very close to a 4-star album for me. Call it a 3.99.

433/1089 first track was cool, in the title track i can’t unhear “ribena” instead of “repeater” 😭 this album was decent, idk if i’ll return to anything here really but it was a good one to listen to as part of this project faves: Blueprint, Two Beats Off, Turnover 66/100

Did not really enjoy this album at all. At most a 2, but honestly probably a 1.5. It wasn't the worst thing ever, but wow it was not good.

What a band, cultivated one of the coolest punk sounds around and inspired a lot of what are my favourite emo/hardcore bands. A really unique outfit 4.8/5.0 Fugazi: Turnover

I dont mind it, it was a good enough listen but i still feel like im missing something

It'll all have been said already, but this album is a fucking masterpiece and it's rightly held up as a cornerstone on independence musical integrity and influence. **Chefs kiss

A Fugazi is a fake, a fraud, a knock off. And this collection of low talent morons are certainly that. By track 4 I was reaching for the skip button, and it got heavy use straight through to the end.

Like it 3/5

Tolle Band, tolles Album. Ich brauchte damals ein paar Anläufe, mittlerweile mag ich das sehr!

<3

Goes dummy at first with the opening few songs but then cools off. Repeater the song is sick

It was fine, just like any other 90s alternative/ indie lite album

hmm. ersti paar songs wirdi nonig voll schlau druus aber finds no cool well recht hässig aber au easy groovy. merchandise fangt saugeil aahh. ich han gad reeecht spass for real sie sind huere hässigi sausieche aber spieled au huere tight und sind glaub uhuere ume politisch. afoch moll SHE NOT BREATHIN schreie isch recht geil. ich bin krass nöch amne füfi emfall. es isch würkli durs band groovy hässig politisch ufglade zum teil witzig und tönt immer energieglade. hammer. VIAAAA

HOI LUCA ich han endlich mal denkt, dass ich ja würkli vode neuste albe zude ältere chan die albe abarbeite, denn hemmer chli meh über die aktuelle albe z rede fugazi kenni nur vom name her, mal luege de post-hardcore wo ich lose isch halt so de classic mitti 2000er emo post-hardcore, und die tönet halt so verschiede für das, dass sie s gliche genre spieled repeater macht na spass, s schlagzüg zieht recht mitem tempo uhhhh de ahfang vo blueprint gfalltmer mega die ruhigere moment (v.a. wiei d bassline?) erinneret mich amigs chli ah anderi metal/rock bands aber chans grad nöd sege, welli vlt chli the cult? bin zwüscheme 3 undeme 4i, grundsätzlich hets einigi cooli lieder und abgseh vom sänger, wo chli e dünni stimm het, findi d musig reecht cool und divers aber böö grad en brüller ischs au nöd okee bins momal am lose und macht scho spass

Грузит, но зашло. Какая-то особая лиричность в них есть.

This Ian guy sounds great. The album was ok. Hit and miss. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

Great bass and drums. The shouting is a bit less my thing.

really liked a lot of these instrumentals unfortunately i also found a lot of these vocal parts painfully grating and annoying, making this an absolute slog to get through no matter how good the rest of any given song was it sucks to just completely write off an album like this, but it really does just end up being a non starter for me basically ended up getting very little out of most of these songs but i can't comfortably give it a 1 because the instrumentals deserve so much more than whatever this is favourite song (s): brendan #1 (can only wonder why) least favourite song: repeater

Not my favorite Fugazi, but still slaps

a little to harsh for me sadly.

I dig it. Not one for political messaging within lyrics personally as I feel it can often detract from the music itself but Fugazi's messaging throughout this album is clear, they dislike systemic violance and consumerism, good! What I like to give attention to is the music itself and with punchy drums, urging shouts for vocals and bass-driven grooves, overall I think this a solid album with notes of Ramones and Beastie Boys among the tracks.

Fugazi is cool

Schreewerige rock muziek. Ik heb vrienden die er van zullen houden. Ik vind het verder prima en het zit goed in elkaar. De "zang" vind ik gewoon niet fijn. ***

Alright, standard 90s rock sound, some hits

It’s a solid and entertaining album in its genre.

I don't know if listened tot his one; i think i did a bit

This feels like a "Yeah, this was a major influence" album. In that, if you read an interview with, like, Turnstile or Fontaines DC or another rock band today, they'd say, "Yeah, this album was a major influence." Then you listen to the album and recognize the influences, but realize you don't like it as much as what the later band did with those influences. Music is iterative. TLDR it was ok

did not like

I just finally got around to listening to this album about a year ago. I was looking for an album to listen to for a run. I recall it being about 12k bc I let it play thru twice and I really enjoyed it but for whatever reason had not returned to it until today. Well, I listened twice again and I still really enjoy it. It’s got that sincerity that cannot be faked. Title track is such a great punk track, the way it builds into a frenzied hurricane, passionate shrieks. It’s a punk album sure but there’s something different going on here, Ian MacKaye leads the way with his passionate vocals but there’s something different band is so tight for a punk act, I suppose that’s why they’re considered post-hardcore? Because post-hardcore is more clever than straight punk? I don’t know, I’m rambling again but this is fucking great! That much I’m certain of. 5 stars

9/14/26. I don't venture into hardcore often but always enjoy Fugazi when I come across them. Songs feel approachable but aggressive, album flows nicely.

The music is good but I do not like screaming yelling voices

I’m starting to understand the Fugazi hype. I get this won’t be for everyone.

Can clearly hear how they influenced later punk bands I've listened to (early AFI particularly). Fun when in the right mood!

Sounded fairly same-y, nothing was particularly bad but there were incidents where the lead and back-up vocal were really out of sync with each other. Not my cup of tea, but an okay album

Nothing of note. Feels dirty I dunno why. Like a mixture of Nirvana and 80s punk.

I respect the p.o.v. And, goshdarnit, the guitar work. For my taste, though, the sound was a little too “alternative music” and not enough “hardcore.”

Very cool

Heard many times before; 4.5; Punchy, angular, discordant, yet still melodic and groovy. This is one of those records where I can imagine someone who hasn't listened to it before, or listened to hardcore and punk in general, could say that all the songs sound similar; interesting to me how I don't think that's the case, and one of this album's strengths is that it sounds relatively diverse. Favorite Track: Merchandise

09/10 Bland

Siq

Wow, they only charged $5 to get into their shows?! Those kids overpaid. 😒 Actually this wasn’t all that bad. Wasn’t all that good either, but it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard.

It's fine - not really my thing, but nothing bad about it.

how and why

Brendan #1 has a nice groove to it. Enjoying the album as a whole so far, noise punk. I remember this being super popular in high school with the kids a few grades below me, so it didn't land at the time. Shout out to fellow trumpeters Ian, and Rob. Blueprint is a good tune. Going into Sieve. The pacing and pairings of tunes flows well. OK Sieve-Fisted Find is way more than just groovy. Good instrumentalists to go along with the dirty sleezy vocals. The way the lead vocalist trails off his phrasing makes me think of rare occasions when Dee Dee took leads for the Ramones, and what that would have been like as a full time gig. Greed with some nice time signature play with the breaks. These guys are melodic, inventive, accomplished musicians, and there's no question in delivery on what they're all about. Me gusta mucho. Two beats off showing a great bass riff ostinato. Couple more awesome songs leading into Shut the Door which is hypnotically beginning and pulling me tighter into the fold. Lyrics perfectly placed in the pattern. That makes 3-4 tunes in my rotation. Building a new playlist off this journey. I am the fuel for the fire! OK Shut the Door was the end and left me wanting more. Easy 4. Took two listens cause the first time I was listening but not hearing. Is it a 5. Thinking back to what was going in high school on the top 40 charts Casey Kasem and the like, the Seal thing, Boys 2 Men, all that. This was left-field way out there and likely bleeding edge at the time. My brain says 5. This is a complete album. I can't say any one tune was out of place. Everything meshed and gelled, the music is top-notch, and whatever pigeon hole you want to label this as it is the best example of whatever that is. Simply lovely.

Eh як панк непоганий альбомчик, все ж шось новеньке. Як сам по собі то таке собі діло

Nice.

ROCK TRADICIONAL, É A ESSENCIA. MUITO BOM OUVIRIA AO VIVO FÁCIL

Tämä yllätti. Punkeroa, mutta ei räimettä vaan…mielenkiintoista. Jänniä soitantoja, varsinki bassoraidat oli jälleen mitkä löysi korviin hyvin. Miellyttävä yllätys.

Vaikka kyseistä genreä jonkin verran kulutankin, niin tässä kyseisessä levyssä ei oikein ollu mitään mistä olisi jaksanut innostua. Musiikissa ei suurempaa vikaa, mutta vokaalit ei istunu omaan makuun ollenkaan. Ei tämä nyt ärsyttämään asti päässyt, aika keskivertoa taas kerran.

Ce n'est pas pour rien que mon courriel est fugazi. Je conseille vivement d'écouter le documentaire Instrument de Jem Cohen (1999). Ian MacKaye et Guy Picciotto sont incroyables ensemble. Les 6 albums de Fugazi méritent 10/5.

Génial! Je veux plus de post-hardcore! Alors que Minor Threat m'avait laissé plutôt indifférent, ça je trouve ça génial. Au fil des écoutes, j'ai été assez intrigué/intéressé par la figure de Ian Mackaye et le mouvement straightedge. Ça me donne aussi le goût de revisiter Faith No More, et aussi d'en découvrir plus sur le post-hardcore qui a suivi...

Fugazi for life. Sans blague probablement que 90% de la musique que j'écoutais entre 18 et 25 ans était influencée de très proche ou d'un peu plus loin par Fugazi et Ian Mackaye. Teeeeellement bon.

macht nichts mit mir irgendwie. mir fehlt ig so die poppiness

ქალაქში სახეტიალოდ, ფიქრებში გასაპარად იდეალურია.

This album has two nice things: one of them are some of the instrumentals, which really elevate it and make it much better than what it could have been; the other one is that it feels cohesive and has a nice sound, something that, production-wise, works. But, at some extent, its length becomes a counterpoint. This kind of punk-ish sound becomes tedious at some point, with a lack of some other interest rather than just repeating similar sounds all over the album. At the beginning it is nice, the instrumentals feel fresh, there is a lot of energy... but, at the end, it becomes an inconsistent record with too many songs and some much better than others, which become plain and soulless. You don't need to shout or to make noise to transmit something, nor it necessarily has to transmit something. And this album proves that sometimes it works, but when you have an album that is based on uplifting energy by repeating similar structures you may succeed or, on the contrary, make it feel long or boring (and boring does not necessarily imply long, but rather a feeling of losing the interest). And this album is pretty uninteresting musically talking. There are some nice elements, some really nice instrumental works, "Joe 1" is an example to highlight, and maybe the best song off the record. So, I understand the point on making this album and the reason behind its sound, but I can't find the musical appeal. And that is of strong importance to make you also enjoy the music.

mid

Really fun, these guys came out the gate crashing - awesome debut Favorite Track: Repeater

2,5

nice

I'm confused. Why was an album seemingly made in 1978 released in 1990? Back in 1978 this would have been a mediocre punk album. In 1990 it's an out of place mediocre punk album. A tad more musical, perhaps. A tad better production. So, ok, a little better than mediocre. A solid 3.

By all accounts I should rate this higher.. but I tried numerous times to listen to this but every time it failed to hold my attention. At some point I need to just move on, and I have reached that point now

Eh.

Yeah this was less than great. Below average album with below average songs from a below average band.

587/1089 - Once again, an album with somewhat intriguing music ruined by shitty vocals.

repeat

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Noisy Punky Kram! Love it!

Vielleicht falsche Stimmung oder so, aber meh

Not a go to album for me but I've heard a lot worse than this. Good bass playing.

Repeater by Fugazi was a really enjoyable punk album. Nothing completely blew me away, but equally there wasn't anything I disliked. It's just a solid, energetic record that was very easy to listen to. What probably says the most is that I ended up putting it on two or three times throughout the day. The guitars are great, there's plenty of energy, and the album has that raw punk sound without becoming too noisy or aggressive. It manages to have an edge while still being quite accessible. There aren't necessarily loads of individual songs that jumped out at me, but Repeater works really well as a complete album. It flows nicely, doesn't outstay its welcome and maintains a consistent quality throughout. Overall, a good punk record and one I'd happily listen to again. Sometimes an album doesn't need to completely blow you away to be enjoyable, and this is a good example of that. Favourite tracks: "Repeater" and "Shut the Door" were the standouts for me. Least favourite tracks: Nothing really. There isn't a bad track on the album. Album artwork: I like the cover. Simple, distinctive and suits the music well. Album artwork:

I really liked the sound of this album... Drums, bass, and guitars are all energetic and kind of frantic, but in a controlled way. I love this music that is just a little harder than average punk. This would be so fun to see live.

Excellent tunes, but not the greatest singer

Repeater starts with a roar, vocals like sandpaper on glass. But the magic fades. It's a dreary slog, even the guitar work can't save it. A thunderstorm stuck in your living room, all noise and no rain. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Repeater - Blueprint