Reviews (page 7 of 7)
too desperate. too blood thirsty. probably Paul Simon fans (vampires).
Bit of a dirge
Nobody needed to hear this before they die. Staring at the sun was at least barely listenable. The rest was garbage. Once again, post-punk proves to be the garbage genre that it is.
I understand and appreciate why this album is included on this list. But it is not my genre. While it was “interesting” I will almost certainly never listen to it again.
Jag vibear inte med det här ALLS. Grabben som sjunger falsett borde sluta.
this was engineered in a laboratory specifically to annoy me
Fav: Wear You Out Least Fav: Ambulance That Ambulance song is one of the worst song I’ve heard this decade
meh didn’t finish
Will never ever put this album on again
? hahah echt kurz gegengecheckt ob noch was anderes im Hintergrund paralel läuft..naja bisher größte Morgenherausforderung. nie von gehört. c
The awkward falsetto is the star of the show.
Dreadful name for a band and album title. Nearly every song starts with feedback. Sub fall pap. Not worth even a moment of your time.
This album was a cry for help.
What on earth? 🤦🏻♂️ The latest in a long line of painfully 'inclusive' albums. Please could we have something by The Stones, The Beatles, The Jam (or Weller solo), Springsteen, Blondie, Billy Joel, Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Pulp, Squeeze, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Level 42, Oasis, Carly Simon, The Sex Pistols, Miley Cyrus, Dire Straits, The Killers, Nina Simone, Cream, The Ramones, Stevie Wonder, Santana, Roy Orbison, George Michael, The Carpenters, Sam Cooke, Elvis Costello, Smokey Robinson, The Specials, Tom Petty, The Lightning Seeds, The Housemartins, The Eagles, The Fratellis, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Berry, Diana Ross, REM, Neil Diamond, Radiohead, Mott The Hoople, Buddy Holly, T Rex, Boston, The Four Tops, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Happy Mondays, Joan Armatrading, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Patti Smith, Heart, Fats Domino, The Cars, Coldplay, Led Zep, Tina Turner, The Strokes, Roxy Music, Gladys Knight, Foo Fighters, Beautiful South, Slade, The Who, Crowded House, Bob Dylan, The Faces, Pink Floyd, Kylie yes Kylie, Dr Feelgood, Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy, 10cc, Bob Marley, Joy Division, The Stranglers, Queen, Peter Frampton, The Isley Brothers, The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ABBA, Spandau Ballet, Beyonce, Genesis, The Beastie Boys, Neil Young, Dionne Warwick, The Pet Shop Boys, The Pretenders, Blur, The Velvet Underground, Taylor Swift, AC/DC, The Byrds, Robbie Williams, Carole King, Madness, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, The Human League, Simon and/or Garfunkel, ELO, Bob Seger, Janis Joplin, The Clash, Taylor Swift, The Doors, Adele, The Beach Boys or Elton John next. Or Ed Sheeran or the Spice Girls even. Is this really too much to ask? Come on, you can do better than this. Many thanks.
noise
Bad
Total radomness with a side of unnecessary distortion. This was uninteresting and there wasn't a single hook to anything that I listened to.
cool album cover.
Could not get into it.
This guy desperately wants to be Beck, but doesn't have the ear to pull it off. He sings mostly in off-key falsetto, and the background sound is primarily a criminally distorted guitar. And the lyrics are what a person of average intelligence write to seem smarter. Noisy and nonsensical.
Couldn't even finish it....
Definitely something I wouldn't choose to listen to in the future. Hard pass on the hard synth.
Started out as indie music and then devolved into Experimental nothingness.
No lo escuché, je
Deliberately annoying. There are parts where it almost comes together but it's just like, why???
I'm hangover as fuck so I don't remember but I know I listened
This is fucking awful
Dire
Blegh
Tried to get into it but started developing a headache towards the end…
Unbearable. 2/10
Why is this album considered so seminal? I love indie sleaze, it was the soundtrack to my young adulthood and many excellent adventures. But this record, despite being at the forefront of that musical aesthetic, comes off as thoroughly boring. Won't be revisiting. 1/5
Awful
Art Rock - aha. Überwiegend anstrengend zu hören, mehr gequietsche als Musik. Ein paar Stellen machen Hoffnung, aber die wird auch gleich wieder zerstört. Ich habe es nicht durch das ganze Album geschafft. 1/5
Not good, didn’t like any of it tbh. Sometimes you come across albums on here that are not ones you need to listen to in your lifetime.. well that’s this one.
Felt like noise for the sake of noise, got annoying fast
After listening to Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsy Babes and reading various reviews, I’ve come to the conclusion that this album simply isn’t for me—I just don’t connect with it the way others seem to. While there are some interesting musical moments, the vocal delivery feels uninspired, and the album as a whole lacks momentum. Across its 11 tracks, it constantly seems to be building toward something, yet never quite reaches a satisfying payoff. In the end, TV on the Radio doesn’t resonate with me. Favorite track: If I had to choose, “Bomb Yourself” stands out. Least favorite: Unfortunately, the entire album. Album artwork: The cover is fine, but nothing particularly memorable.
i did not need to hear this before i die! the grating vocals, backed by a 4-octaves higher shriek, followed by the same 3 guitar chords, are so boring to me. i do not understand the appeal.
Wow! Another album i wish never to hear again in my life
This is what happens when every kid gets a trophy. Bah!
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004) Это пи*дец, товарищи! Скажу так: единственная причина почему этот альбом мог появиться в списке «1001 музыкальный альбом, которые ты должен услышать, прежде чем умрёшь» — это то, что редактор списка торчит дохрена денег кому-то из этих, прости господи, музыкантов. Другого объяснения у меня нет. В принципе, когда я увидел жанр «арт-рок», уже понял, что будет какая-то шляпа. Но я не подозревал, что настолько. С музыкой чуваки решили вообще не париться. Гитара? Давай будем теребонькать две ноты и сверху кинем побольше овердрайва, чтобы получился просто шум. Клавишные? Вон, видишь синт — надави одну клавишу и держи её всю песню. В какой-то момент они настолько преисполнились, что захерачили трек с одним зацикленным лупом «дум-дум-дум» вместо музыки. Не, ну, а чё? На протяжении всего прослушивания меня не покидало ощущение, что типам было ну о-о-очень лень записывать этот альбом, но просто другого, более весёлого занятия они себе придумать так не смогли. Сам альбом однозначный кал говна. Не рекомендую.
Uninteresting and the songs seemed to drone on
Art rock must be interesting, and this is not that. Weak vocals struggling to produce mediocre, repetitive melodies over music, that, while unusual, is utterly forgettable.
Two absolute pieces of crap in a row. Who decided this album should be on the list!? Absolute waste of time. Time that I will never get back
Trying to be different for the sake of being different.
This album gave me a headache. I can give them some props for creativity but god damnit, why is there so much reverb? It's a lot of that and piercing sounds contrasting each other and I am in physical pain after this.
Lots of things in life are about timing and this album came up on my list the day after Adele’s 25 - so it’s kinda like spending an evening sipping 25 year old single malt whisky and then the next morning someone hands you a can of warm Budweiser.
Not for me
No thanks. I liked the atmosphere but not much else.
Not so easy listening.
The vocals are uncomfortable, but not in a good way. I'm finding the instrumentals to be uninteresting and the lyrics aren't saving it.
Not a fan of this, felt a bit dull.
deep fried yelling. i cannot stand the dual-tone layered vocals i feel like im going insane
A desperately youth sapping album with zero redeeming features that made me thirsty for the blood of its creators. Seriously this sucked. And zero babes in sight.
This was really terrible.
Niet mijn ding, hoor allemaal geluiden door elkaar heen
This was genuinely horrible. It made me think of Suicide (NOT a double meaning) just in a different time with different drugs. And by that I mean it was genuinely horrible.
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes did not sound like something I'd enjoy from the write-ups and the genre, and so it proves. This is awful indulgent rubbish from people who have an over-inflated opinion of themselves as musicians. 1.
Wouw.. this is bad..
Could not get through even a couple songs. 0 stars.
Nothing of any interest.
I turned this off half way. Not sure why is this in this list
When one thinks being smart but just is pretentiously stupid.
Incredibly meh, dudes voice got annoying
Het begint wel aardig rockend, maar het wordt allengs vager... en saaier. En bij vlagen domweg irritant. Een a-capellagroepje gone rogue. Ik ging ervan naar Frans Bauer verlangen.
I guess it's all down to personal taste but I just don't understand how this album makes this list. Wikipedia gives the genre as Avant-Pop / Dark Wave / Experimental / Post-Punk and I think that says it all - specifying the genre as "avant-anything" or "experimental" tends to indicate to me an album that will only be liked by people who think that they're trendy.
Didn't like this at all. The constant buzzing effect on a lot of songs really got on my nerves. Most of all it's dull though, I was already bored when I got to the acapella fifth track "Ambulance"... Dum dum dum dum dum.. yawn
First song gave me a headache, abandoned after that
It feels like it's trying to hard to incorporate too many influences and not really succeeding at any of them because of it. It's not my thing at all.
Horriblw
Hmmm, kann ich nichts mit anfangen. Erkenne weder Musikalität noch Originalität, einfach ein wirres Durcheinander von Musikstilen, eher ein Discounter mit viel zu viel verschiedenen Genres 👎, desperate for success wäre der passendere Titel
the coolest thing about the album is its title dreams
Start of the album - not my thing, hopes are not high. Not a fan of how it sounds kinda like they’re whispering? I’m anti crackly noise. Staring at the sun big improvement from the wrong way. Slightly giving whiny man music. Not for me. A lot of noises happening in very strange arrangements. The urge to skip through songs was strong iwl.
Dropped album at track 5. The overall sound of the album feels very much all over the place trying to sound like other bands while succeeding at nothing. I couldn't bring myself to listen to any more of the songs after Ambulance. Very repetitive sound and lazy vocals, therefore not innovative at all.
I wish I could give it negative stars. I can't believe somebody would go to the lengths to make such horrible repetitive dull music.
YUCK! One of the worse albums I've heard!! Doesn't even deserve a 1.
started off well, got forgettable then annoying
Didn't find any joy with this one!
I tried; I really tried. I was just irritated by it.
Experimental music
Didn't care for it. Just sounded like a noise. Most tracks were disappointing because they had really great titles which raised my expectations. The track title names had lots of potential but fell flat.
Pish.
I know I had another album from them on this list, but I can't really remember anything about it. I do know that I was really annoyed by this one. It started off dull but passable then just got annoying. It passed my 1 star test: I couldn't wait for it to end and it pissed me off.
1/5. The equivalent of an early 2000s Depeche Mode. No sense and not my style at all.
Mmh
Rather boring.
Ihme vinkunaa taas
This obviously came from a different list, 1001 albums you'll skip through because it's absolute shit. That droning pulse is awful, the lyrics are trite, but that all pales into insignificance with those grating vocals.
First song is a bit much. Almost cool, but far too busy. I don't like this much at all. This might be one of the worst albums I've heard
Op basis van een andere album van deze lui had ik hoge verwachtingen, maar die werden niet ingelost; wat een nutteloos gekloot zeg.
you guys accidentally turned the treble all the way down
eu votei sem querer
Ugh, horrible discordant noodling nonsense. Extra disappointing because I enjoyed Dear Science. Do they really deserve 2 albums on this list?
2 Again. Didnt quite hurt my ears Actually 1 I cant take this
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
Not a big fan of the instrument choices or the vocals.