Reviews (page 8 of 8)
did you guys ever see "Loqueesha"? there's no reason you should. it's a very bad movie with a very bad premise. but, like, if you watch it (maybe because you, like me, are an appreciator of bad movies), you see that, despite having an awful script, no stars, and a terrible "actor" in the lead role ... the film still seems technically very competent. it's no Marvel movie, but it's far from "Birdemic" levels. it's well-lit, the sound is good, most of the side actors are better-than-local-theater quality. it's just inexplicable how such a terrible idea and lead performance somehow had enough money behind them to make the finished product a quality representation of the Extremely Bad Ideas that were behind the whole thing. so yeah. this album. I guess the main difference is that the presence of names like Nick Cave and Tom Waits mean that in my metaphor, the equivalent would be if Lars Von Trier and David Lynch got together to produce "Little Nicky." addendum: my god, this album is so bad without this Neil Hannon guy. and then it is SO MUCH WORSE when he appears.
Apparently, if you stand in front of the mirror and say "indulgent" three times, Ute Lemper appears and starts screaming this album in your ear.
Unlistenable. I can't Not my CUPPA
Bloody terrible! Best summed up by another review I saw, "sounds like the soundtrack to a musical I don't want to see."
not 4 me
It's not on Spotify but no bother, I can't stand this type of music. Best Tracks: No idea
Sounds like the Turner Classic soundtrack from a German band singer/ double spy type movie.
Not at all my thing 1/5
Got quickly bored by this. Most songs flirted with being good but just lacked something. An album with Nick Cave, Philip Glass, Tom Waits etc., should’ve been great. Instantly forgettable
Ute has a voice for stage musicals and most of these songs seem to have been written with this in mind. Largely reminded of me Andrew Lloyd Webber stuff which I can't stand so it was tough going. She has a good voice, quite like purple avenue which was mostly acoustic but the album is a 1 for me.
I've found this one hard to rate. It is a bit daft, and I don't like Ute's voice. There are glimmers of good stuff - I have a lot of time for the type of lyrical, story-telling songs but a lot of the lyrics are on the poor side, a bit on-the-nose. Considering the talent on the album (Divine Comedy!) I am disappointed. I am reviewing this late, and have to say I concur with the group. Would have given a 1.5 (rounded to a 2) if I hadn't read everyone else's reviews, but I did and I largely agree. 1.4.
Ute has a decent voice but I didn't particularly enjoy the album, it's not really my kind of music. Ending the album with a messy 11min song also left a sour taste. Highlights: The Case Continues You Were Meant For Me
Considering the names listed on this album, I thought this would be good. Not what I was expecting and did not enjoy it at all really. Not for me
Some of this should be good. But it wasn’t.
Not my type of voice. Too dramatic and theatrical. Sound not incarnated.
Second day in a row I've got an album that really makes me question what criteria was used to create this list. Again, not an album that I hate but it's an album of mostly cover songs (why would there be a cover album on here?) in an adult contemporary style. Not a fan of this one. Standout Tracks: N/A
Un mélange cabaret jazzy parfois assez désagréable. Une écoute assez pénible, terminée par un morceau de 12 minute affreux. Plus jamais ça.
Oh dear. No thank you "if sex were an olympic sport we'd have won the gold" Yes, I'm sure that's both true and something anyone wants to happen
Uh...
When you see a Decca label on a pop record you know you're in for trouble. Sort of styled like it's show tunes for mum's but not sure what mum would want to hear this. Awful.
Absolutely not for me. I can't imagine this being somebody's favourite album. I would not be their friend
Vermoeiend
Ik kende alleen All that jazz van haar van een ander album en dat verafschuwde ik al toen ik er op moest dansen tijdens toneel in vwo5. Was al bang voor de rest en dat heeft ze ook helemaal waargemaakt!! Echt holy shit na 3 nummers werd ik al manisch dus dikke vette 1
No thanks.
I was excited to see that she's covering songs by respectable artists such as Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, Tom Waits, Scott Walker and Kurt Weill. How could you miss right? It turns out she should have named the album Punishing Tripe instead. Gawd this was awful, pure dreck. The aforementioned artists should sue to have their names removed from the credits.
Happy when it was over
Ik kende dit niet en was echt benieuwd, maar amai, wat een verschrikkelijk album. Strontvervelend gewoon.
Overly dramatic
Sounds like a compilation of JRPG soundtrack songs through the years.
Not for me. Just a strange one. Listening to it made me feel like o was wearing skinny jeans after a meal and I am just in the train home looking forward to getting in and taking them off. That’s what this hour felt like to me and after the hour I threw a Christmas playlist on which in this scenario would be stretchy pyjama pants
I like art music but I fucking hate this.
I'm not sure why anyone would think you need to hear this album before you die. 1/5
not my vibe
I find this kind of saccharine high drama symphonic music really grating. Her voice dos nothing for me. I think this album may be geared toward the German Musical enthusiast set. The only thing worse are the terrible lyrics. Anything with Tom Waits association I always figured I would love, but I suppose rules are made to be broken. Blech. Excuse me while I bleach my earholes.
OMG I feel like I was dropped into a well of 3rd-rate musical actors performing for their selfie debut on MySpace. Cringy, as the kids say. No can do.
why? 1/5
Failed musical turned album
Really terrible! Couldn’t stand it, and have no idea why someone thinks this is one of the best albums ever.
I don't even know where to start with this album. Its just not good. How can you have this many people on an album and none of the songs are any good? Maybe im missing something here but this aint it. Also the last song is just awful. Tough listen 1/10
This type of cabaret music requires an acquired taste, I guess. I can't think of any reason for this album being in the 1001 albums list, other than the list of big names that were part of making this album.
Yo way too long and that was a baaaaaad date(?)
Cabaret music is not my thing.
The Case Continues caught my attention. For some reason that one stuck with me. But from there it was all downhill. Who would have thought collaboration with Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, and Tom Waits would just miss at every opportunity. Very disappointed.
(1.5) Ted!
Not very chic
Boooooring
Pretty shitty. The backing music was kind of great but wasted on these songs - the whole package was not convincing. Shannah - 0.25/5 Bill - 0.5/5 Conor - 1.75/5 0.83/5
what the fuck is this? i can't work it out. its like some 30s vera lynn but trying to disguise itself as modern and edgy by using names of popular sad singer songwriters. ether way its not listenable.
Fuck
not for me. couldn't get into it
Hmmm... a little weird... Reminds me a little bit of Bjork but without the good instrumentals and special something that Bjork's voice has. Midway through the first song I was already starting to get sick of her voice. Not good. To her credit, she seems to have mostly dropped the weird thing she was doing with her voice after the first song, but it's still just meh. Then the man's voice comes in and I... what's happening? What are these lyrics?
Nope, couldn’t enjoy this.
I made it through a few songs. She has some vocal talent and some big name collaborators but this was giving me a headache. Couldn't do it
Trash covers
The play count on Spotify at this time should have been warning enough, but alas, an attempt at being open-minded backfires. Perhaps a success in small circles, but no justifiable reason this review can conjure as to why a person should listen to this prior to leaving this mortal plane, except for an object lesson in what is bad. If one has proclivities to enjoying cabaret music, or storytelling through song without context, then this album could very well be the scratch on that itch. What this album is not though, is enjoyable, and perhaps because the genre/style is very specific. Ute Lemper and her guests on this album perhaps made an album only they would be interested in. Ute Lemper is a talented singer at times, but at others it is though she is impersonating a bad version of herself. Perhaps, this is the fault of the music being put to wordy stanzas that have no rhyme or reason, with fluctuating highs and lows that would never sound sensical in a song worth listening to vs. a song being played out a la theatre with accompanied visuals. While it may be considered a lack of imagination for those that might find this type of music exhilarating, the fault here is that the imagination lacks motivation. It is a chore to the mind, it is that excitement of a new food and moderate expectations that instead gets met with dislike. In fairness, "You Were Meant For Me" did make better use of melody and vocals, granting the type of repetition that makes music inclusive, but it ends there and is not enough to redeem the overall experience of this album as being anything other than dismal. The album very likely can find its appreciation in the world of cabaret, music theater, the niche elements of broadway entertainment, but that is it, and that is okay within those shared interests just not here.
Just terrible, i dont know how to describe it, lounge music mixed with showtunes?
Weird and terrible
Wow, this is ~VERY~ dramatic and bizarre. The highlight is the duet with the even more dramatic male singer where Ute gets nostalgic about being beaten and forced into prostitution.
Not for me
Sounded like the boring songs in a musical
I found it boring.
I didn’t really enjoy it.
No lo pude terminar de escuchar. Hice un gran esfuerzo.
Not my kind... only Lili Marlene but from another disc
I did not dig it
"1001 albums you must hear before you listen to this"
Strangely reminiscent of peri peri.
Not my kinda of music
This was the worst garbage I’ve ever forced myself to listen to.
Tosh. Surprising considering people involved.
Enya meets Phantom of the Opera. Very poetic, but not in the way I like. Jazzy showtimes was the vibe I got, and then I read she started in Chicago. It's all making sense. Talent but not what I'm into
false
Just no
Not great
no no no
didnt like it
Utter tripe
I really didn't like this album. I forced myself to listen through it because it was, admittedly, very different from my tastes. At best, some songs were nothing special. There were more than a few that I found almost discordant.
Connor: showtunes. boring ones.
2000. Key Song: Little Water Song
Frank Black hype is overrated apparently.