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Rather fun album from a chronically dour person.
I can't tell if these are good songs because David Berman can't sing. Just can't get past it. Insulting.
This was an interesting take on honky tonk country done by an indie band. It wasn’t bad, but I didn’t totally connect to it. The entire album, competently done, was a lot slower and sadder than I prefer with nothing to break up the droning on about a bad relationship. A song here or there to increase the tempo would have helped this album fully.
This band could be so much better with a new singer he has no range no tone. The country rock guitar is cool, unfortunately the singer over shadows it.
4. Chill, genuine.
Was ok but I won’t remember it
I HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. Something about my body is repulsed by this voice. Nails to blackboard, drill in my teeth type shit. If you're gonna do a spoken word thing then just do that, commit to something for fucks sake, this noncommital half arsed sludge singing is doing my nut in.
They should get a vocalist.
Wasn’t expecting much. Not bad
The best song on this album had no lyrics and was entirely instrumental.
The natural bridge is better but this is still heat
This is a very melancholy indie rock album. It features guitar jangles with a very downbeat vocalist singing world-weary lyrics. This is definitely not a record to listen to at a party. The lyrics are better than most of the stuff I've listened to recently, but the songs show very little sonic variance. It kind of all sounds the same: mid tempo, jangly indie ballads with very forlorn-sounding vocals.
Coming into an album like this I'm gonna have an immediate question: "Why is this here?" Y'know, it's never something I find all too important to my overall opinion, but I still think it's worth asking nonetheless. I mean, in a book that proclaims to have 1,001 albums you **must** hear before you die ... you as well find out if it's true for you or not. It's not exactly a unique question. But you have an album like this — from a group you've never heard of before in your life, that was released in 2001, and that's labelled as "indie rock" both in this book and on Wikipedia ... well, I find I'm gonna have certain biases. Like, early 2000's indie rock is one of the banes of this book. Next to New Wave, 60's psych rock and nearly anything that comes from the UK ... it's one of those categories of albums you get and you jus' kinda hafta groan at. "Another one??" And, y'know, I try to not let this sort of mentality affect me — I really do. I keep telling myself, "Every album is here for a reason, whether **I** can see it or not." They all hafta have one. Though, I'll admit I'd be lying if I said that with albums like this I wasn't sort of looking for a reason to say they **didn't** belong here — y'know? And I can't think of the last album that's given me so many reasons right off the bat. The first side of this album ... I mean, sonically, it's fine, but, holy shit, this guy's voice. I spent a lot of these first five tracks wracking my brain to come up with what he sounded like, and all I could ever come up with was that it sounded like he wasn't trying. I got this impression that he felt he could get away with halfassing his vocals and never really trying to sing that well because, hey, it's lo-fi indie rock, and that's just what the singers on this shit sound like. Especially if they're trying to sound **deep, meaningful and important**. But he never does. He just sounded uninterested, which by extent made the music completely uninteresting. I mean, I read one review saying that the singer has "a wry, world-weary drawl", and that "it’s like listening to a guy at the end of the bar tell stories that are equal parts poetic, absurd, and devastating", and ... I guess? And if that's the case, I'd rather take Nick Cave or Tom Waits over this guy. They at least care enough to put **some kinda** spunk on their vocals. So I was all ready to write off this album. I just couldn't think of a single reason why I needed to listen to this album before I died. And I'm not gonna say the second side made me do a complete 180º on my opinion of this album's "must hear" factor, but ... jeez, it did make the first side look all the worse. Like, I **really** don't know why'd hafta hear **that side** especially. Here's the thing. All throughout the first side, you can make out a lot of country music seasoning. There's some pedal steel in there ... y'know. But it sort of gets lost next to how hard this album clearly wants to be **meaningful** lo-fi indie. However, by the second side, it seems like the band decided to completely give up on that, because they suddenly lean **way more** into country and the album practically **immediately** gets a **lot** better. It's sort of crazy how hard this album shifts on the second side. "Transylvania Blues" is already a marked improvement, but then once you hit "Let's Not And Say We Did", it's like you're not even listening to the same album anymore. The singer's vocals fit a **lot** better over this more straight-forward country shit, and as a result the instrumentals start to sound a lot better as well. It's crazy. Even "Tennessee" hits, despite the (probably intentionally) corny line "You're the only ten **I** see." And ... y'know, it leaves me with a more important question than whether or not this album belongs here: why didn't the **whole album** sound like this second side? They're clearly a lot better at this indie country thing than they are at this indie lo-fi shit, so why did it take them half the dang record to lean in? I'm just saying, it'd been a country album or longer, I wouldn't have found as much reason to dismiss this thing out of hand. My standards for country music are not very high; they could have gotten more of a pass from me. As it stands, though, looking at it for what it is than what it could've been ... it's pretty good indie country that's unfortunately brought down by an indie lo-fi first half. If you wanted to listen to this thing, I'd honestly tell you to just skip to back five songs. Whether or not they're anything you **must** hear, believe me, you'll give more out of them than the **first five**. Goodness...
Not sure what I should say about this album. 3.5 bumped down to 3.
I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4; took a bit to get there, and it only really solidified it by the last track. I put a decent amount of stake in lyrics, but my approach to lyricism is less about understanding the words in full, and more so capturing a general picture to pull from. I think the best albums can create great imagery with very few words, and as long as the picture itself can be painted in a vivid way where the *intent* of the track falls into place, it’s an enriching experience. I had absolutely no idea what the fuck the first 3 tracks on this album were trying to paint. They were painting little bit of pictures with their individual lines, sure, but I was never able to grasp a full picture out of them. Even on a re-listen after enjoying the back half of the album far more, I only got super broad strokes of intent that left those tracks less fruitful to my brain. I’m decently sure “Slow Education” is about a sort of drab approach to life & nothing has really ever improved after the Biblical interpretation of creation, but it’s not supplemented by anything to paint the full picture. “Room Games and Diamond Rain” is definitely a love track, but I never really got half the lines. “Time Will Break the World” creates a great image of a mansion in the wintertime, but I was never able to capture the intent of the track – the rich people need to fix climate change, maybe? “I Remember Me” finally sets itself straight, with some level of clear, straightforward imagery about a love ruined by a coma, and it’s a great track that starts to set up the back half of the album, but not before the confusing “Horseleg Swastikas”. I have no idea what the fuck that one’s about; again, it creates a decent enough picture, but the intent of the track is lost on me – is it just about striving for no ambition, or something? After that, “Transylvania Blues” just kinda kills as an instrumental. “Let’s Not and Say We Did” is a great example of painting a picture entirely on the vibes alone; I wasn’t album to get the lines at all, but the up-tempo nature to everything created a sort of childlike vibe to it that spelled out the intent of the track really well, and I just enjoyed it. “Tennessee” is very R.E.M. / Sufjan Stevens-esque, and it really is just a nice cheesy love letter to the state & the love he wants to find in moving there. “Friday Night Fever” is a George Strait cover, and it’s just a nice straight country track. I’m surprised George Strait doesn’t have any albums on the list, but I guess he’s more of a singles guy. “Death of an Heir of Sorrows” is a lovely tribute track to a friend that recently died, and just the title alone evokes something – I couldn’t really figure out what, but it clicked very well, and his sadness is palpable. It’s the capper to a nice 5-track stretch that elevates this album up from a 3.5 to a 4 for me. Oh, right, his vocals & the instrumentals and all that – I think David Berman (rest in peace) does a fine enough job, if a little plain at times. He’s not trying to be a gifted singer, but he has just enough of a melodic tone in his more half-talking style that it works. It’s earnest, at least, and you can tell he’s trying, even if other singers might’ve been able to pull a bit more emotion out of the lines. Instrumentally, I did like this; it feels more like indie rock with country instrumentation, as opposed to “country music” as one might traditionally define it, but I think it’s good all the same. I think once the lyrics get to their more straightforward point in the back half of the album, the instrumentation feels more potent at capturing the mood, which helps a lot. Overall then, with the first 3 tracks & “Horseleg Swastikas” being unable to paint a strong picture for me, but the other 6 painting pretty good ones, I think I’m justified in bumping this up from a 3.5 to a 4. I understand the 2.68 rating on the site, as I felt tempted to sort of give up on the album once 4 of the first 5 tracks weren’t clicking for me (I’d give those 4 tracks a 3, as a totally competent if bland set of tracks), but “I Remember Me” & the back half really pulls this thing up nicely. I do think I want to hear more of these guys; David Berman seems like a talented songwriter. I’m glad it’s on the list; others can debate if it really needs to be an album you hear before you die (it’s probably not, I dunno), but I enjoyed it. It’s a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4.
This reminds me of Pavement, but the singer has a deeper voice. Not suprised to find out from reading thru the wiki page that the band originally had Stephen Malkmus of Pavement in its lineup. Seems appropriate.
Slow. Kinda boring. Might check it out later
1 star - vocals not my style
Dull and generic. Not a very enjoyable album, kind of slow and dragging. 1/5 stars.
Surprised I liked it, what with all the jangly twang.
listening when: in the morning thoughts: i hated this from the first song and they were ALL like this. his voice is sooooooo whiney like no. rating: 2/10 because it’s still music
Good enough album, didn’t find it doing anything particularly original, but still enjoyable
Short, bittersweet and twanging of Nashville. This reminded me of both Leonard Cohen and Wilco. The songwriting is equal parts witty and depressing and this seeps into the overall mood of this album. Some songs, such as I Remember Me, Room Games and Diamond Rain, and Tennessee stood out to me. As for the rest, despite clever songwriting and talented musicians, I found the consistent downtempo feel of the album did drag in places. I'm glad to have heard this and will be returning to some of it to listen again.
I think the last song alone earned a star: it was the first I liked on first listen, and may be the only song I liked. While listening I had the thought that only Dylan and Young had earned the right to release entire albums filled with terrible singing--and right on cue Apple Music played a Dylan song right after this, like, "oh, you like acoustic music by people who can't sing", how about this. Reading a little about the band, and this album, the morning after listening I find myself thinking I should go back and listen again--and actually pay attention to the lyrics, which I always come around to last. Apparently they're really good, according to various reviewers. Yet, my first impression is still that most of this is unfinished or just not very good. It would be 2 stars, but I do love that last song.
A band I say I know much more than I do. I like David Berman because he was a longtime Shmuel favourite. The only song I really know is How Can I Love You If You Don't Lie Down, which I recorded myself for his 40th. This is not that, but it carries Berman's lowlife poet charm on its sleeve. Somewhere between Lou Reed and Stephin Merritt. I want to run through his discography sometime, but it's so awfully sad, even back in 2001; and I hear it doesn't get better in the following 18 years up to his suicide.
This is adjacent to music I like, but I didn’t like this. In some ways, it reminded me of the Magnetic Fields, who I love—but there’s so much wit and playfulness in MF records. This didn’t have that. I was surprised to learn that David Berman was meticulous with his lyric writing because I thought these lyrics were pretty uninspired… The arrangements were decent, and I generally liked what the band was playing, but this alt country sound with pitchy vocals just didn’t do it for me.
honestly i liked this and felt like the best moments were when it was bare instrumentals without his vocals, but then i got to the track where he said "i want to be like water if i can, 'cause water doesn't give a damn" and i found it so tender after reading about his life...this is the most 2001 album to ever exist for better and for worse, may he rip
what the actual fuck......... ps i thought it was silver jewels and got excited only to realize 😔
Lovely stuff.
Had never heard of this. Quite enjoyed it for what it was.
Great album but my favorite of David Berman is purple mountains
Boring-ass music
that's interesting, a new found
i thought i'd like this more
It feels a bit like I ordered off brand Nick Cave or Tom Waits. Listen to those guys and skip this.
Today I learned that the origins of Pavement were in a short lived, cult status, alt country band called The Silver Jews. My first thought was about the oddness of having a country band in Hoboken, NJ. I spent a lot of time in Hoboken when I was younger and the vibe is very young professional meets punk rock. You get the people who want a quieter place to live with a very easy commute of Manhattan. You also have one of the punk and indie Meccas, the venue and bar Maxwells where the likes of Sonic Youth, J Mascis, and early Nirvana would play. None of that screams country. Yet I can imagine an intense sadness from lead singer David Berman, working out his identity (as aluded to, slightly cryptically in the band name), and looking out at the New York skyline with the hectic pace it represents. Maybe country, or a form of it, is exactly the outlet to channel that sadness. But the Silver Jews were as far from Nashville as they could possibly be, physically, musically and culturally. The style reminds me much more of Elliott Smith as a reflection of depression. But with Smith, I always found a slight amount of hope, like the music was helping him to cope. Berman feels a bit more desperate to me, at least for much of the album. It's definitely an interesting one, especially as Pavement would later come about from The Silver Jews' break up. I'm unlikely to return to this one often though.
very peaceful
Absolute crap.
Didn't hit me that much musically, but there are some good lines and some interesting sounds going on with the country-ish feel on many songs. Off beat in a fairly fun way but I think modern baseball is more deserving off a spot on the list than this
This is truly awful. Hate his voice, every song sags down, and couldn’t make it through a listen.
This was a unique listen. Not my favorite.
I don’t hate it or love it, but I can appreciate it for what it is. seems like the kind of album that I’d want to listen to in a very specific laid back mood. Transylvania Blues is the standout track (which, funny enough, is the only track without vocals), while Tennessee is definitely my least favorite.
I did not enjoy this
This is a joke, right?
The lead-singers intentionally lazy-sounding vocals are a poor substitute for just singing badly. It drove me crazy. Any semblance of melody is barely discernible. I did appreciate the drums in a few tracks. I really didn't enjoy the lyricism either, especially in Tennessee. I did not enjoy this album. This is terrible art. 1/10, 1/5
I’m a sucker for anything with those guitar
liked it less this time. his voice is unsatisfactory
голос артиста достал на первой песне, нудный
1. zlouu - 1 2. rain - 1.5 3. time - 1 4.me -1.5 5. Horse - 0 6. Blues- 1 7. Say - 1 8. Tennessee - 0 9. Friday - 1 10. Death- 1
I actually like Pavement a bit, but this just didn't do it for me. I just can't with his voice - it was so distracting to me that I couldn't appreciate the lyrics at all and just wanted to be done listening to this one.
Kerrassaan ärsyttävä ääni. Let's Not and Say We Did soolo oli ihan hauska. Ei muuta sanottavaa.
Nothing special but good. Didint bother me but not an unforgetable album
The music is alright, easy to listen to and some songs have lines that go really hard, like "And I have no idea what drives you mister But I've killed you in my mind so many times before." But damn it, I cannot handle "Marry me and leave Kentucky Come to Tennessee 'Cause you're the only ten I see" What were they on, writing those lyrics???
A lovely surprise. Modern Velvet Underground/Lou Reed energy.
Don’t look at Global reviews. Don’t look at Global reviews. It will only make you mad.
adorei
Love the vibe here. Reminded me of bill callahan
In college, I took a poetry creative writing class, and in addition to writing poetry, we sometimes had to analyze published poems of our choosing. In the first class, our professor stressed that we could not pick song lyrics. "Not even Bob Dylan," she said. "He's a rock lyricist. Not a poet." Then she thought about it and said the only exception she would allow was David Berman from Silver Jews, and maybe a few songs by Tom Waits. Listening to this album, I totally understand why David Berman's lyrics might count as poetry. His lyrics are surprising and inventive. The language is plain and direct, but the imagery feels dense. A lot of lines make you tilt your head to consider them a little more. Some of them make emotional sense before they make logical sense. Speaking of Tom Waits, this particular verse from "Horseleg Swastikas" could easily be in a Waits song: "On the wrong side of Sunday morning Shattered in the terrible light Working for a bankrupt circus On the wrong side of Saturday night" Also, "horseleg swastikas" is an incredible phrase. Feels like the kind of image you could roll around your mind a bunch and have totally different "A-ha, now I get it" interpretations of over the years. "I Remember Me" is beautiful and touching and surprising and a little funny. The bit where he buys the car that put him in a coma and touches the part that hit him? It's heartbreaking but not without a bit of humor. The music is very good too. The country style complements Berman's half-spoken style of vocals. Also, William Tyler is the guitarist here -- I love his instrumental solo albums. I didn't realize he was in Silver Jews beforehand.
I just had a long discussion with a good friend about how I need to check out Silver Jews again after they've been in my periphery for years. I had heard that his voice is nothing to write home about, but I really like it. It's sort of: Daniel Johnston, Jeff Mangum, and... this is a bad reference, but my good friend David Dinah Greenberg. I know if you're reading this you most likely haven't heard of David Dinah Greenberg but trust me he sounds just like him. The lyrics of "Room Games and Diamond Rain" particularly feel like a Daniel Johnston track: "I'm gonna love you for a hundred years Through suffering and celebration, dear 'Cause only you can make my lies come true You can make lies real And you can make me feel Like drinking wine in the shade all afternoon" I'm not entirely sure why, but it has an approachable off-kilter quality to it. This is also an amazing lyric from "Tennessee" "Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster Her sister never left and look what it cost her We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career Out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear" I love them. Really enjoyable listen. I will check out more!
Not quite as good as American water but still very strong overall
This was just a middle of the road, mediocre album for me. It pretty much falls under that indie country movement that artists like Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy are known for. So if you’re a fan of those guys, then you’ll probably enjoy this album more than I did.
Good
Why?
horrendous voice
Why do I have to listen to so many whining men?
I like a mellow indie rock record, but I'm not a fan of Berman's vocals. And lyrically, I prefer a more impressionistic style rather than the bold-face type here.
Sad album with some character. I actually like David Berman's voice (RIP)
Far from perfect but maybe that’s part of why it hit me straight in the gut. Raw beauty. Hope intermingled with darkness. I’ve been obsessively listening to this for the last couple of days. Maybe it’s the seasonal dip in full swing as the dark Swedish winter is coming up - but this spoke straight to my heart.
First time I heard these guys. I like it enough that I'm going to buy the album.
uplifting voice... NOT !!
In the vein of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground
Decent album, but I didn't really dig the guy's vocals; they worked sometimes and didn't others. But a nice record with a healthy country influence. There was one track that actually had a cool electric guitar riff, wish there was more of that.
Album #943 The music was ok, but I wasn’t a fan of his flat voice. It helped when the lady joined in on Tennessee. Was this song the first time the line “you’re the only ten I see” was used?!
But we have Bob Dylan. We have Leonard Cohen. We have Nick Cave. We don't need...whatever this is.
What in the fucking world? Couldn't even finish it.I usually like shit like this, especially lyrically, but this ain't it for me man.
Maso
The Transylvania rock song was awesome, the rest was fine
It's weird, it's quirky and in some ways pretentious. Sounds like soppy whisky sodden music for sitting on a porch or a couch reflecting on what went wrong. The songwriting is very witty, sad, the lyricism is poetic and wistful but not brooding. Everything about the instrumentation feels warm and melancholic throughout, somewhere between indie rock and country. David Berman's voice isn't conventionally good, he sounds real, raw and honest, which can get hard to get used to, and in fact the songs can sound tiresome and mundane at first, but it's the right voice for these songs. Overall this isn't an amazing album for me, but there's something about it that keeps me listening and I want to seek out more of their other songs, so I guess I like it in some way? I cant quite figure out why and how I feel about this yet, but I'm interested enough to explore more of their work so I am going to continue listening until I figure that out. A few tracks that stood were Horseleg Swastikas and Transylvania Blues. Let’s Not and Say We Did caught me off guard, a honky tonk song appearing out of nowhere, somehow still fitting within the album.
Gotta be honest, first couple of tracks I was not liking this whatsoever, the vocals weren’t doing it for me at all. Then by Horseleg Swastikas it was starting to click a bit and when it was all said and done I had completely flipped and was thoroughly enjoying the album. Top Track - Let’s Not And Say We Did
Standard shoe gaze indie
A suprisingly decent listen. A bit too modern hippyish for me but some nice bits.
Déjà que la musique était sans intérêt, ils auraient au moins pu choisir un gars qui chante juste.
Never ever heard of you. Never want to hear of you again
I tried to pay attention. But this did absolutely nothing for me aside from a couple moderately interesting hooks.
Pretty sure it was a choice to sing off key. “Transylvania Blues” shows he had talent, but this album strays far into hipster country, and it just doesn’t work.
So very indie sounding. 2.5*
American Water is a better album
Oof. I do not like this guy's Kentucky-Fried mumble voice. The music is fine; the female vocalist is fine. The success of this album clearly rests with the lead singer, and for me, it's a massive miss. This is not a voice I want to listen to. Insufferable.
Boring singing
After just listening to Morrissey I had hopes this would be better. After the song ‘slow education’ it got progressively worse
I had to listen to this one twice as I just wasn't sure what to make of it first time through. I think i get it now, the vocals at first wasn't doing it for me but its an acquired thing like listening to Dylan or something. Going between sad and positive was kinda nice I guess. Overall was good and will try out some other albums
- Zu Beginn hat es mir ganz gut gefallen, wurde dann gegen Ende etwas eintönig - Trotzdem etwas besonderes, finde es gut das ich es mal gehört habe Topsong: Tennessee
K who said the vocals were great? Cuz they aren’t. Except for the backup female vocals which are not prevalent enough to save this. The vocals alone drop this to a 2 minimum. Not good. Actually the more I listen the worse it gets.
Didn't mind it, but nothing really stood out.
I tried with this one, I really did. I went into this album knowing the backstory of the band, and the tragedy that befell the lead singer. I went in knowing the style of this album, on an overcast day that seemed perfect for the downcast nature of the songs. But man, Berman’s voice did not click with me. Everything else is very nice, but yeah, I couldn’t get over the vocals.
epically boring
7/10 Decent
2/5
Bright Flight reminds me of the album Teddy In The Sky With Magnets by Fish Karma. It features the tunes "God Is A Groovy Guy" and "Baby, Let's Be Methodists Tonight." Check it out. Bright Flight is also fine.
Even though I've been a Pavement superfan for over 30 years, I never really got into the Silver Jews. I'm glad this popped up. It scratches that '90s yelly indie rock itch.
Słuchałem tego albumu chyba 4, jeśli nie pięć razy. Przyznaję, że za każdym razem robiłem coś w tle (czytałem, trenowałem albo brałem prysznic), więc moja uwaga nie była w 100% skupiona, ale też nie czułem, żeby coś mnie szczególnie do tych utworów przyciągało. To fajny album, przyjemny, z bardzo ciepłą, miękką perkusją, która mi mega odpowiada. Trochę fajnego basu i pianinka od czasu do czasu. Przyjemny wokal (a w zasadzie wokale) i zgrabne teksty. Ale brakowało mi jakiegoś hooka. Czegoś, co sprawi, że będę chciał się całkowicie skupić na tym albumie i do niego wracać. Ogólnie mam dobre wrażenia, ale zabrakło mi odrobiny czegoś specjalnego. 3,5/5
2/5
Odd, not bad
Honestly I am too tired to even think about this one today. So I'll keep it short. Bland, boring. no. 2/5
An absolute joke to include something like this. There had to be better on offer than this in early 2000’s indie. It’s simply unremarkable. 💫
2.5 stars This sounds like an album I’d pretend to like in high school but really never finish. It’s not bad but there’s so much music that sounds like this and I don’t really want to listen to it.
Тут скорее на текст. Музыка одинаковая похожая на кантри поп. На настроение меланхолии и когда все равно что слушать, на фон неплохо
4.2
Best Track - "Tennessee"
Wow. Maybe I need to go into this project with lowest expectations, or at the very least, realize that most people truly cannot write and/or sing well. Then when I get something good that I’ve never heard before, it gives me renewed faith that there’s more to gain from life. This album is not entirely unlistenable, but I’ve heard enough.
More Yank w**k.
First I’ve heard of these. Has a kind of Bright Eyes meets Tom Waites feel, with a sprinkling of humour on top. It’s a pleasant mosey. Nice sound and easy to digest. ‘Let’s not and say we did’ is a nice fun change up, at a good time. But generally okay with the overall style and approach. It feels full, fun and substantial. Special shout out to “you’re the only Ten-I-See” close to giving it 4* but maybe more closely (3.5)
David Berman is one of the best songwriters of all time and this is one of his best.
Didn’t connect to this album. Some high points including Tennessee however the album as a whole didn’t work for me. Found it quite dull and didn’t engage me. I wasn’t familiar with this band until this album and so listened to some other albums which I preferred.
It was fine and relaxing to listen to.
A sad footnote in a wonderful band with a charismatic leader that could only take so much.
Happy chap 😁
It's like an older, more haggard Tom Waits. Or a less haggard Nick Cave, with consequently less mythical appeal. This guy's voice both sounds tired and makes the listener feel tired well before the end of the album. At times it's bearable, but in certain songs (Time Will Break The World, Tennessee) it causes the singing to be completely and horrendously out of tune. Some may call it experimental art; I call it holding modern music to a higher standard because earlier artists figured out already that singing out of tune sounds bad. A band from 2001 should know better. Another reviewer correctly identified that the music is "so wearing and wearisome ... that these hangdog vocals overshadow everything else. In an already muted soundscape, such a lugubrious performance merely serves to poison the well." One of my highlights ends up being the instrumental Transylvania Blues, in part because the vocals are absent and in part because the atmosphere is a bit more lively and honky-tonk than in the others. The two opening tracks, Slow Education & Room Games and Diamond Rain, are also "standouts" (at a stretch) because at that point you're still holding out hope that Berman's just going through a phase. (He isn't.) The musicianship throughout is listenable enough, but nothing exciting or outstanding. The album flow is passable. I would've liked to hear more interesting melodies in either vocal or guitar lines. 2/5 Key tracks: Slow Education, Room Games and Diamond Rain, Transylvania Blues
At first it seems like just another one of those indie bands that are just so indifferent and sarcastic about everything, but this is actually a mildly clever and entertaining album. Musically speaking it’s not amazing, but it manages to stay interesting. The vocals are nothing to write home about, but do the job. The lyrics deal with some serious stuff, but also find room for more lighthearted passages and little jokes. It’s three stars from me. Props to the band for sticking to a run time of 35 minutes - some of the albums on this list are just way too long. 3/5
шо за блюз аля том уэйтс
Kinda off-key singing? Not really my cup of tea.
Good album. Twangy and a bit jangly. I do somewhat recall this album coming out.
I so wanted to like this based on other reviews I read but — nope, just couldn’t get there. A droning often monotonous voice, with lyrics that were a struggle to make sense of and basic instrumentation. Not my jam.
I like Silver Jews but could not really get into this album
Fav: Let’s Not And Say We Did Least Fav: I Remember Me I came around to this album in the end, but those vocals are terrible in parts and lets down the rest of the music
you wouldn't think with a guy singing like this there'd be much potential of catchy songs. David Berman's hit rate was very high. I remember when I first heard Strange Victory, Strange Defeat I thought only 'hm. ok.' Then I thought maybe I'd listen to it again a while later. now I think about that song often. I'm glad that I now like these songs right away hearing them for the first time. offers a lot in the way of processing the world. music that makes space to inhabit small things. thanks Silver Jews. music: appreciated. (⌐■_■)
[taking out the list of Lyricists who are Actually Poets] [it’s tiny, it fits on one of those half size post its] [adding David Berman]
Managed to get to track 5, the imaginatively named 'Horseleg Swastikas', before giving up. Instrumentation -wise it was ok, fairly basic, nothing amazing. Vocally it was awful, to the point that I thought he was signing out-of-tune intentionally.
Alrightish sad dad indie I guess. Short so easy to get a relisten in which helps it grow on you a little. Not a fan of the vocals as a whole, a few tracks are misses.
I've been familiar with David Berman's (Rest in peace) work for a while. Mostly songs from the Silver Jews like How to Rent a Room or his final project Purple Mountains, and generally it's all been fantastic. I will say, sometimes with Silver Jews being indie alt-country/rock, it does sometimes lose me when its a bit too cowpoke/country, but overall this is a great record with Horseleg Swastikas and Transylvania Blues being the standouts as their more western sounding vs country, along with being fuller sounding.
You don't have to like this, but I like this.
It’s not that bad but it’s not good either. This album feels like the worst parts of Wilco A.M. album. Songs sound very similar and this didn’t hold my attention. Top tracks: “Room Games and Diamond Rain,” “Transylvania Blues”
No clue what this is. I assume it is some kind of LES rap rock thing. Let's see how wrong I am! /Starts song 1 Lmao I was waaaay off.
--Slow Education...the lyrics come through nice and clear. The song? meh --Room Games and Diamond Rain...pleasant. the guitar was nice --Time Will Break the World...your enjoyment of this song is probably dependent on how much you like the lyrics and vocals. I don't --I Remember Me...I think I understand how this dude and Stephen Malkmus originally hooked up. I can hear Beavis yell "Try more!" while listening to this --Horseleg Swastikas...plodding --Transylvania Blues...an instrumental to remind you that this is a band. it's nice --Let's Not and Say We Did...a fun piano groove --Tennessee..."you're the only ten I see"? really? --Friday Night Fever...generic country --Death of an Heir of Sorrows...hate the title, song just kind of exists
1.5 Dear god. Country is already one of the worst genres, and the you go and turn it into depressing country?! His voice makes me want to hang myself. At least with the usual country shite they're usually pretty chuffed to be singing about their pickup trucks and big hats and all that American shite. This was a torrid listening experience. Only redeeming feature is that I'm coming to the end of this list so I know there's somehow many albums even worse than this.
This one was fine. A couple of songs caught my attention with the remainder blending into one. Probably not one I’ll return to
Interesting…
(94/100)
No, you do not need to listen to this album before you die.
Un poco plano, pero no está mal.
Imagine to series indie with RHCP lyrics……
Thought I would love this but I just can't.
This started well but then went a bit all over the place. Still I'm tempted to be generous and give it a low 4. One I probably will listen to again.
His phrasing and voice remind me of Adam green but the overall effect doesn't have the innocent charm of the mouldy peaches. I get the impression with a few listens there may be some magic or insight within the lyrics that didn't jump out on a first listen. A lot of it kind of plodded through, it was ok, but it hasn't made me desperate to look more of them up.
What was that. These weren't the least enjoyable songs i've listened to while doing this (I didn't have to skip any) but it's the first album where I can't see the vision at all. It seems purposefully bad. It could be a mediocre album if they had a different singer instead of this moaning guy who sounds like a high retail worker annoyed you asked him a question. Instead of a band they should have been a poetry club or something. It's a shame they wasted these lyrics.
Meh.. voice reminds me of Kurt Vile, and that's no compliment. Why is this on the list?
At first blush, don’t love it. My theory is that there’s more than meets the eye. Probably need to come back later.
Tough one to start with, but i like this personal introduction to country. Tough because since it’s 1001 albums you can’t die i think i put too much emphasis on it being life changing. Did enjoy it tho. 5/10
I wanted to like this one, because I was excited to listen to something totally new. But it just did not click for me, at ALL. I saw a lot of praise for the lyrics but they fell pretty flat. Both the music and the vocals felt dull and honestly, kind of boring and monotonous. Pretty fitting for the dreary, rainy morning commute though.
At, first, I didn’t think the style would appeal to me, but Time Will Break the World changed that
I’ve never heard of this band before, interesting music though. Rhyming lyrics that were not so clever, seemed like it was their shtick though.
This was ok. Both vocals and instrumentals were decent. So by indie rock standards, it was pretty good.
I quite liked this! I understand completely why someone wouldn’t like this.
This sounds like something that could have come out in the late 80s/early 90s, around the era of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo, with a strong cow punk flair riding through it. I was surprised they were a Hoboken band and not from the south west somewhere, but I guess that Cali Pavement component brought all that cowpoke feel with them. Also surprised they were around when I lived in Hoboken, but I don't recall seeing them. Maybe I was at a Maxwell's show of theirs and didn't realize it? Maybe we sat next to each other at La Isla's sandwich counter?
Meh. Can't find a single other word. Just meh. 2.5/5
Back in the 2000s you could make a classic indie album by not being able to sing and writing sad lyrics.
A voice fit for a podcaster and decent instrumentation elevates this collection of spoken word poetry from terrible to boring.
Lmao. No.
If you told me this was a project of a billionaire railroad magnates son created specifically by his butler to get this kid out of the house I’d believe you. Fucking terrible.
During various points in the songs I kept thinking it was about pull a sharp left and turn into a parody song. Guy's voice is cool but singing is bad. I don't know what this is really, but it's not for me.
chill
Things I try to avoid when listening to music: sad indie lo-fi country vibes slow songs This album is SPECTACULARLY not suited to my taste. BRB gonna go relisten to Trout Mask Replica to clean my ears.
Listening to this, all I could think was: God, why have you forsaken me? Berman's voice is absolutely awful, making Transylvania Blues the clear standout track, as we are mercifully spared from his singing. The second half was a bit better, but the album is still just boring
How is this on this list? Sleepy bored songwriter
This seems both slacker and more serious than Pavement, with the rich hipster ennui at times approaching true and resonant sadness, or pathos. It certainly won’t cheer anyone up but the cool kid-imagistic verse might elicit some new views on our grim world. Opening line is just a killer. The titles alone are wonderfully poetic. ”Time Will Break the World” and “Death of an Heir of Sorrows.” And there’s just enough variety to break from Berman’s annoying-adjacent vocal style (probably intentional). The singlalong works well. “I Remember Me” and “Tennessee” are countryfied highlights. One has a slight preference for American Water (which certainly belongs on this list though it's in much the same mode as this) because it offers more distinctive and varied guitar stylings and includes the rosetta stone line re Berman's vocals ("All my favorite singers/Couldn't sing"). Sad to think what might have been but DB might have wanted it that way.
Very middle of the road indie plonk, and a "a kitten from great britain" will go down as a particularly egregrious rhyme - like thre rest of the album, it felt awfully tortured trying to be meaningful
It was alright I guess? Nothing particularly stood out good or bad.
sad
O my no thanks.
I like me a bit of lo-fi and this is lovely. Musically really good, and the vocals are going to be love it or hate it, but I love the gritty tone and overall character. Fits really well. The lyrics paint atmospheric, film-like pictures in my head. Will listen again, and a pleasant discovery on this list.
I enjoyed the album but would enjoy it more with a different singer.
This was a good one, some of the lyrics were a bit basic but a nice solid country vibe to travel to our first Funghi Supper Club in Marlborough to.
I don't understand the musical value.
3.5
Some really good songwriting and worthy of being on the list, but ultimately not an album I'll be revisiting.
2.5 Absolutely fine, but felt zero inclination to return to it after it was through.
I liked the instrumental part of this album, but the vocals just killed me. The singer makes Bob Dylan sound like he has perfect pitch. Transylvania Blues was good because it was all instrumental, but this album is not something I'd listen to again. 2.3
There were moments on this that I enjoyed, but the underlying country rock / alt-country vibe tends to be a turn-off for me, or at least not engaging. It was always ok/good, but rarely great. 3/5
Very meh. Early 2000s indie in that really annoying way. Nothing particularly stood out, and I didn't care for the singer's voice either. I feel like there were so many of this kind of album that came out in the early 2000s that I'm struggling with why this one was chosen. There just isn't anything special about it.
Not bad but I don’t think I’ll be coming back to this one. Except for “Transylvania Blues” the album reminded me of second or even third rate Nick Drake.
pavement why
This was a great find! The band is right up my alley
This is not really doing it for me. The voice isn't great. The poetry is worse.
I couldn't get past the singer's voice. Did not finish.
I've really enjoyed other Silver Jews songs but as a collective, it's hard to get behind the monotonous delivery of the vocals
I normally do not care for this kind of music but this album was absolutely fantastic and I will certainly be revisiting it again. This man manages to sound sad without being so depressing I roll my eyes at it. I love it.
Oof
Decently good
One of those things where I really enjoy it while listening, and then immediately forget all about it afterwards.
some songs i liked, the guitar is great throughout. cant stand his voice mostly
I liked this a lot more than I expected from the first song Did realizes this was the same band leader as pavement, makes sense tho
Good grey album, after a breakthrough and just riding into the sunset… A great voice for a storyteller
Nice and easy listening
This was ok, kind of a standard circa-2000 indie rock flair.
It wasn't bad, but the singer really wasn't noteworthy. Alas, background music.
Just because we can clone Lou Reed doesn’t mean we should.
dull shite
Their fourth album. Indie Rock. After yesterday's three hour long epic Ella Fitzgerald journey it was nice that this album was only thirty five minutes long. Otherwise this is a forgettable album.
Very uninteresting country-pop with goofy lyrics and nasally vocals. Some okay enough moments, but very surprised an album as unremarkable as this made it into the project
Interesting! It felt more like country than indie rock. I did like that influence. The singer’s intonation was certainly unique. I’m not sure how I feel about it. It was a pretty pleasant listen. 6/10
I found this very sleepy, boring and one note. Those are the blandest terms I can think of this early in the morning.
I knew David Berman from a distance, which is to say my sister was friends with him and other artists in the late 80s/early 90s growing up in Dallas. I was only familiar with earlier Silver Jews albums, and so I probably lean more in that direction. But this record still delivers on enough tracks. Overall the music is more of a background to his evocative lyrics and storytelling.
I guess I can understand why people might like this. I was not one of them. I think the singer was as bored by their songs as I was. High point was Transylvania Blues which is funny because there weren’t any vocals. Low point was the lyric “you’re the only ten I see…”
I prob liked this more than most... I have a soft spot for this kind of talk singing approach, though the relatively unknown band, Thee More Shallows, is my favorite of the genre. Anyways, this is good enough for an average rating. 2.5/5
Surprising and excellent Americana entry on this list
Listening to this album on a train has a very soporific effect but in a good way. Not fantastic, but not bad at all.
The music part I like enough to give us album before, but the singer was so bad. I would’ve given him just a two.
2.5
Youre the only ten I see 🤮2/5
Great
Brilliant lo fi album. Nonsensical lyrics that still hit to the core. Incredible album.
am I missing something?
This album makes me wonder if I like music at all.
Love
No idea why this is so polarising. It's not the most innovative thing on the planet but it does what it sets out to do very well. David Berman's voice is a bit unusual to begin with but he fits the music really well. It helps build the melancholy tone without coming across as overly mopey or performative. There's a meandering feel to the music but Bergman's delivery helps bring a compelling sense of urgency at the same time I like the subtle country elements like the slide and twangy guitars. The organs also help add an additional dimension Highlights: Slow Education, Friday Night Fever, Transylvania Blues
Strange. Should probably give it another listen sometime. I like the tone of the lead singer's voice.
אין לי שמץ איך אבל זה 9.1 מתוך עשר - לכן זה 5 מתוך 5. שיר מועדף - Transylvania Blues
Very Pavement-adjacent, but with some deeper themes. Very nice.
I know they have better records. The songs here are not his strongest.
4/10…country / indie
Surprisingly lush production for the Silver Jews. Berman still maintains his charm and ease I felt the album peters out a bit but still wonderful turns of phrase and beautifully recorded.
I generally dislike ironically-delivered vocals. David Berman sounds like he's trying to score points with the Pitchfork crowd by not giving a shit. Some of the songs were interesting, and some had some genuinely good moments (Tennessee).
Kinda fun. Weird.
27/1001 Silver Jews - Bright Flight Heard before? ❎ Revisit? 🫳 Country enthused indie. I think I far prefer the musicianship and arrangements than the drawl that David Berman has. The lyrics can often be quite wry and witty.
Like shitty Wilco
Would have been good songs if the singer could sing on key
I know I'm not the audience for this but this guy's voice is not fun or pleasant to listen to. Usually I give things 2 stars but this sounds like something a parody would do.
Busy album that didn't really match the I'm vocals.
What?
Wow
Gear: HEDD Audio HEDDphone Two Artwork: 🛋️📕🪟 Production: 🎤👂💥 Music: 🙉😖🚨 Rating: 🛋️/5
boring generic soft rock 3/10
It's an album. that's about all I have to say
Kinda good
I like the instrumentation and lyrics but his voice is just a tinge too off key for me to really enjoy it
Like a less catchy and more folksy Coldplay
How about no?
My, this one has really confused me. I really did not like it on first listen, however it sounded so much better on the earphones and I ended up listening 3 times. There is something about it although none of the songs are memorable and his voice is not great. I’m not sure what to make of this one at all. Want to give it 3.5 but of course that’s not a thing
My introduction to David Berman was actually Purple Mountains, which had been one of my favorite albums of 2019. Then after his death, I never listened to it again. And I never really got around to Silver Jews after that, either. I don't know why I never did, because I'm a sucker for alt-country like this! Love that steel guitar, honestly.
This was just a middle of the road, mediocre album for me. It pretty much falls under that indie country movement that artists like Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy are known for. So if you’re a fan of those guys, then you’ll probably enjoy this album more than I did.
The most influential part of this band and album in my rating is the singer. I hate the half-assed singing style so much, and he even manages to be out of key when speaking. It's bad. It's really bad. Which kind of stinks, because the band is actually pretty good! I like the electric guitar moments, and, in general, the music is pretty airy and light and really enjoyable. Drop the vocals from this album, and I would at least enjoy the album, but it's so bad that I have to force myself to finish listening. Favorite Song(s): Transylvania Blues
Listened to this and his first two albums today. In general I like and respect him but don’t love him. But it’s nice to get his to know his music better
Tennessee
I have a particular soft spot for Silver Jews. David Berman was as much a poet as lyricist. This is perhaps his darkest work, deep in drug addiction and not far removed from his 2003 suicide attempt. This is not an album for everyone, and only befitting to a certain mood or the right headspace. But it's beautiful, tragic, honest, and brilliant.
Album 833 of 1089 Silver Jews -Bright Flight (2001) Rating : 3 / 5 A very unique album. I wouldn’t turn to Bright Flight for catchy melodies or polished hooks, but as a change of pace, it really delivers something special. David Berman’s deadpan vocals and stark lyrics pull you into a strange, poetic space—like a drunk conversation with your own thoughts while staring out at the Nashville skyline. It’s reflective, raw, and unexpectedly beautiful. “Tennessee” stood out as a highlight, but the whole thing left an impression. A very interesting listen.
Absolutely awful, it's a stretch to call some of this music. I can see the artistry behind it, but I think this is better suited to poetry I would never read than music I should listen to.
Alright album but not life changing. The last song was my favorite
Doesn’t stand out from the early 2000s alt-country mass.
This is a miss and is forgettable. Every song finished and I couldn't tell you anything about it 20 seconds later. Doesn't make sense to be here. Not incompetent, just not noteworthy.
Making music isn't that hard really. There are alot of people out there that can do it and it can be fun to do. Not everyone commits to seeing what a wider audience thinks of their art. 1989 to 2009 a nice run There are some fine bits of music here. The track Tennessee reminds me of Daniel Johnston. I'm sure they were a fine local touring act. The 2 stars is in this case more so for being on the list not for the product.
"Let’s Not and Say We Did" was my favorite, but every track held my attention and made me smile. I’m normally not tolerant of the off-key, minimal-range male vocal, but it works in this context. Fly me to Nashville, pour me a PBR, and let’s find a dive bar with a cover band playing “Tennessee.”
This is insufferable. Where are the hooks? Compelling melodies? Interesting production?
Its fine...
Kinda too slow for me but I do appreciate this band
A lot of thee songs really hit me. I also appreciated the variety in the music despite his unique droning voice.
Nah.
It’s an alright album. I enjoy some of Pavements music, and this is like a stripped down version of some of that. Missing a real attention grabbing track though. 3/5 Probably won’t listen again
Excellent, I really enjoyed once I’d acclimatised myself to the vocals this album sung and resonated deeply within me.
This songwriting was all right, I think, but I could NOT stand this vocalist AT ALL. What a depressing bore (which I guess fits my mood for today.)
Not their best.
I just can’t get on with the voice it’s too obscure .
Great songwriter - but not sure this is their best or a particularly stand-out album
Pretty enjoyable listen. They sound like pavement with less distortion. Some of the lyrics made me laugh a little. I like the sound, the guys voice has the perfect detached irony that fits the time/style.
This is nothing I had to listen to before I die. What a sad, bland, underwhelming, and sometimes even depressing album.
I ask this sincerely: how the hell did this album get on this list? The fourth studio album of an indie band I'd venture to say virtually no one has heard of - what? I guess that's the joy of this project though; now I know way more than I wish I did about this band. The front man bothered me, using a country twang on some tracks and not others. I can't say I enjoyed his voice much either. Like, I think I could sing this equally as well as he did. But I suppose its the lyrics and art we should look at because there are droves of popular "bad" singers out there. The guitar melodies are actually not bad. There's some good piano occasionally. Lyrically it is kind of interesting. Reading about Berman, he was clearly going through a lot of shit with drugs and depression and this does seem like an outlet for him. Standouts were "Room Games and Diamond Rain" - for the guitar bits - "I Remember Me" "Transylvania Blues" It's just a strange album. Obviously a lot went into the lyrics, but the music itself felt left behind and was just kind of standard and uninteresting to me. Honestly, Berman seemed like a trainwreck of a guy his whole life and maybe if you followed along with his career in real time you'd be tempted to put one of his albums on this list for the spectacle of it all, but I sure am not one of those people. I wouldn't listen to any of this again but some of the music was ok. The singing bothered me almost throughout. 2/5 stars for me and it's kinda lucky to get 2 at that.
Ugh!!
For much of my teens I would have said I was massively into indie. Britpop was a gateway for me but I was a bit young when that was happening. Indie was something I was old enough to buy lots of, start going to gigs and feel part of the scene. Then I moved to America and was pretty confused. What they called 'indie' was totally different to what I had grown to love. And not just different bands, quite a different sound. As I soon found out and logically deduced, since 'indie' was ostensibly a nickname for 'independent', it stands to reason that different music would end up on independent labels in different countries. But it took some time to adjust my understanding. US indie is quite hit or miss for me and this album feels fairly typical of what I associate the term with in the US market. It has its rock leanings, a lot more country-infused than you'd get in the UK. It's pretty lo-fi, and most notably, the lyrics are infantile. For some reason, US indie artists seem to be intent on writing songs that sound like nursery rhymes and then playing them in broadly 4-piece bands. The vocals seem to have a loose, open relationship with tuning, and sometimes the instruments do too. So when Silver Jews started coming out with absurd lines like rhyming 'a kitten' with 'Great Britain', bits like 'they flew to Aruba and threw a boom box in the sea' and 'my horse's legs look like shotguns' I could just feel the stars dropping off my rating. To be fair, the music is decent. I nodded along to plenty of it, there are good hooks and an overall sound that's easy to get into. There are some clever, affecting metaphors but I just found the lyrics ridiculous in so many places. They're either trying too hard to be quirky or they're just odd and nobody at their indie label was prepared to say 'No. Write something sensible. You're fully grown adults'.
Every song had at least one lyric that made me go 🤔🤔 but overall this is a pretty bland album.
Low fi nonsense…every song sounds the same.
I didn't need to hear this before I died. Felt like a waste of time, other than the three-song run from Transylvania Blues to Tennessee. David Berman's off-key singing annoyed me and the music underwhelmed.
I didn’t want to turn it off but I was also glad it was only 35 min
Not good, best parts were the brief moments without singing
This one has some decent songs and then a few that are just kinda whatever. “I Remember Me” is pretty damn sad, that’s easily the best song on the album.
Me gusta mucho escuchar discos de artistas de los que no he oído hablar nunca y que me sorprendan de esta manera.
Country is not for me
kjedelig
Quite nice after all
Alright. 3/5
This one really brought me back to my college radio days. Solid album.
It’s fine if it’s what you like
I like lofi indie from the 90's-early 00's, but this one didn't grab me. maybe their earlier albums cuz i don't hate it. simple but samey tho i like the song names and aesthetic overall. if i had to prop it up at all, its from its punk adjacent style that at least makes the entire album feel authentic for the time period. its strikes me as a very transitional time for alternative and its stands out even tho ive never heard of them until this rec. 3 out of 5, it would be lower but i would def go to their show with a friend who was a bigger fan than i. 06/19/2025
Couldn’t listen to it all, didn’t like his voice
they sounded all the same to me 2-/5
First listen
Droning indie rock
This album sounds like The Jayhawks mixed with Pavement. Lo-fi alternative country, in other words. It is a bit too "oh I'm edgy!" in some places but the ideas are good. I think if it had been edited a bit more and had a clearer sense of identity, this would have resulted something great. Standout track: Transylvania Blues. I'm going to spin Jayhawks's Hollywood Town Hall after this finishes.
Time Will Break the World felt like they were joking us and I almost quit but i I’m glad I didn’t because it turned out okay. Transylvania Blues especially was worth hearing.
I gave this one an honest shot, but just don’t think I’m riding the same wave. I get why people would like it, but that’s true about key lime pie too and you’ll never see me order it.
This is one of the few subsets of indie I struggle to connect with. It seems like the lyrics are doing 90% of the heavy lifting, which isn’t a bad thing per se, but when the lyrics to a particular song aren’t grabbing me all there is to fall back on is some fairly insubstantial and forgettable light country.
Bland indie folk album Standout song Transylvania Blues
This guys vocal delivery and lyrics made me irrationally angry... Otherwise it was great! Just kidding, it's fucking terrible. It did have a couple of solid instrumental moments that saved it from a 1 from me.
Another album I had never listened to in full.
Highlight Song/s: Transylvania Blues I truly don't like this term; but it fits the most. This hipster rock album (band?) is incredibly bland, I feel like I'm being lulled to sleep on 9 out of the 10 tracks. The only redeeming part of the album is Transylvania Blues (maybe because there is no singing from off brand Bob Dylan.) This 35 minute album felt so long, even longer than that 3 hour Jazz album by Ella Fitzgerald that's on the list.
Interesting music with intriguing lyrics, a bit like Lou Reed singing country!
Nije ko American Water ali je svejedno super
A compilation of the some of the cringiest dad puns ive been subjected to. Transylvania Blues was quite enjoyable, its the only song with lyrics and the only reason this shit isnt a 1
This is a joke, right?
Can’t do Silver Jews and Im not a Nazi
Solid folksy album
Do they even like these songs? Unclear - such low energy, like nothings there. Could’ve been a two but the lead singer also can’t carry a tune.