Reviews (page 7 of 7)
Not for me. Tone deaf singer
Boring music, monotonous vocals, and bizarre lyrics don't make for good listening.
Extremely bland with disinterested vocals.
Who? Supposedly Indie Rock, but Country Rock is more appropriate. This is what you get if Leonard Cohen was to do Country Rock - depressing. Best track on the album is "Transylvania Blues" which is slightly upbeat, and best of all, an instrumental.
A lo-fi mess of an album. Most of the songs are weak musically, and the lyrics are even weaker. Lines like “water doesn’t give a damn” (from “Horseleg Swastikas”) and the punny “you’re the only ten I see” (in “Tennessee”) come off as corny and forced rather than witty. The one bright spot is the instrumental “Transylvania Blues”, no lyrics meant it couldn’t drag the track down.
Wow. It's bad spoken word poetry set to boring music. Seriously why did I listen to the whole thing?! Who lives this?! Why is this on the list? Is it an experimental album that went wrong? Is this a band that other bands like? Why list makers?!
Good to know this album exists Next time I have some serious insomnia, this will be my new go-to solution During the daytime, I'll pass
Lyrics and no musical quality.
This is the music a wannabe hipster would say changed their life. SOAD for posers with a frontman who can’t sing in tune.
Really struggled with this one, some of the lyrics are so cringe. There's something about the way the vocal is processed that I just find so flat, like it's dubbed over a whole band that was recorded separately for library music. Car Seat Headrest 10 years prior without any feeling
Excerpt from a fellow reviewer's 5-star review: "A kind of indie version of Tom Waits with Nick Cave, with a touch of country but without the cheap country lyrics. Also, some Bob Dylan characteristics, but in this case it is still listenable, even though he sometimes sounds a bit dissonant." and I wholeheartedly agree. This sounds terrible.
this was awful and i feel like i am probably the demographic they expect to like this
Unlistenably dull, lifeless, boring, yet somehow annoying enough to turn off.
So so bad
One of the extremely rare albums I couldn't even suffer through.
Yea this ain't it bud
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.
1 star - vocals not my style
Dull and generic. Not a very enjoyable album, kind of slow and dragging. 1/5 stars.
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
what the actual fuck......... ps i thought it was silver jewels and got excited only to realize 😔
Boring-ass music
It feels a bit like I ordered off brand Nick Cave or Tom Waits. Listen to those guys and skip this.
Absolute crap.
This is truly awful. Hate his voice, every song sags down, and couldn’t make it through a listen.
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
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.
Why?
horrendous voice
uplifting voice... NOT !!
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.
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
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.
epically boring
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. 💫
Тут скорее на текст. Музыка одинаковая похожая на кантри поп. На настроение меланхолии и когда все равно что слушать, на фон неплохо
More Yank w**k.
Kinda off-key singing? Not really my cup of tea.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
O my no thanks.
I don't understand the musical value.
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
This album makes me wonder if I like music at all.
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.
What?
Wow
Gear: HEDD Audio HEDDphone Two Artwork: 🛋️📕🪟 Production: 🎤👂💥 Music: 🙉😖🚨 Rating: 🛋️/5
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
Tennessee
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.
Doesn’t stand out from the early 2000s alt-country mass.
This is insufferable. Where are the hooks? Compelling melodies? Interesting production?
Kinda too slow for me but I do appreciate this band
This is nothing I had to listen to before I die. What a sad, bland, underwhelming, and sometimes even depressing album.
Ugh!!
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.
Not good, best parts were the brief moments without singing
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.
This is a joke, right?
Can’t do Silver Jews and Im not a Nazi
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.
Not for me, can't stand the vocals, won't even finish. I did like some of what "Time Will Break the World" was doing.
Boring
Dull, lifeless, soulless music. Sounds like the singer bored himself.
Utter rubbish
Church music?
Haven't heard of the band but when I saw on Wikipedia that people from Pavement are involved in this I knew it's gonna be shit. And it was! Worst kind of indie bullshit 1/5
Surely there are 1001 better albums than this
Orkade inte lyssna klart.
No thanks
Eerste nummer net alsof Rick aan het zingen was. Maar gelukkig niet gelijk af gezet want daarna wordt het marginaal beter. maar nog steeds wel trage meuk. Heb niet het album afgeluisterd, tekst sloeg nergens op en musicaal talent van een goudvis
mmmm....
That was painful for me to get through
Why did this make the list though?
Ganske kjipern
This was an absolute miss for me today. I scrubbed through most of the songs. The only one I listened to all of was Transylvania Blues which was ok. In another time, another place this might have scored higher, but it wasn't today.
This guy one is not for me, kind of boring.
Nope. He’s just speaking, not singing. It’s annoying and his lyrics aren’t remotely interesting.
Total shit. Awful singer, boring songwriting. Did not make it through two songs.
Utter shit
Utterly forgettable, listened to it twice without realising it was on repeat and was most of the way through again before I noticed.
This was the "weirdest" one yet...
Nope.
Wow, this was bad. Is this even singing? He sounded like he was bored out of his mind while reading the lyrics from a sheet of paper.
Whew!
Absolutely awful. Convinced this album was created solely to annoy me
Take bad country music, trim it with spoken word style. The only way I could like this album less is if I were silver or Jewish...
I cannot overemphasize how bad this is. That singer, those lyrics ... terrible.
Indie-rock infused with country. Basically Wilco but worse. Way to country for my tastes.
Sounds like The Bloodhound Gang. But if they Bloodhound Gang was sad and whiney as fuck.
I haven't really found the time to write full reviews lately, but this one pisses me off so much that I just have to vent. My expectations were low, but man, what a fucking disappointment that was. Like a huge monument to mediocrity, and a bad attempt even at that. The last time I heard vocals so disconnected from any sort of musicality was at a middle school slam poetry event, and that guy still did better than whatever this album is supposed to be. The only redeeming factor is that it is just 35 minutes long, although it sure does feel way longer than that. From now on I'll stay far away from bands describing themselves as "a beautiful mess" of three of my least favorite genres.
Different kind of sound. Singer off key. Strange music.
This is a rather dull album with some meme-level lyrics. I have listened to it before I died.
Not interested in this
Not a fan.
Like Lou Reed but worse. Very dreary
Was not a fan.
Utter mumbling garbage, didn't make it past the third song.
Give me Gold Palestinians instead… NEXT 1/10
Pre: No expectations going in. A quick look at Spotify shows other Silver Jews albums as significantly more popular. Was a bit worried this was going to be a deeper cut and more inaccessible. Post: Exactly the sort of album I worry the 1001 will be packed with; the kind where I can't at all hear what the fans hear. Drab speak-singing vocals over adequate guitars elicits nothing in me, in spite of poetic lyrics. Reminds me of the soundtrack for numerous crap mid-00s indie films I watched as a teen. 1000 albums to go. Presumably it can only get better.
didn’t like country (country?) in the first place. i don’t know how else to say this. i fucking hate this guys voice. i imagine this is how everyone who doesn’t like leonard cohen and lou reed feel about leonard cohen and lou reed. but oh my god, i can’t listen to a single one of these songs with a smile on my face. get me out of here. and why the hell does it sound like he’s singing INTO my ear canal. BACK UP FROM THE MIC BUDDY. OR SING A TUNE. HELP MEEEEE. anyway. not a fan, the music is okay, but like, jesus christ. he sounds bored in every single song or sleepy or stupid and ugly. i’m lowkey giving this a 1, had a hard time finishing which i think is a sign there wasn’t really any part of this i would bump it to a 2 for. i guess it wasn’t like offensive or like grating. but man. eugh.
Well, that sucked.
I couldn't get through the first track of this absolute garbage.
# 389 : Dull and lifeless - Another album in my 1001 albums to AVOID before you die
unlistenable; not even funny bad
No one deserves a country indie rock album.
Did not listen
I'm sure there's a great album out there that has drunken speak singing over the top of a generic backing track. This is not that album.
Why on earth did this make the list? This is awful.
this is the scariest part of my Halloween by far
shit
It just feels generic. Like anyone could have made it at the time. Nothing distinct. Mundane and uninspired.
Gives me country vibes in a bad way
Mediocre honky tonk, painfully cliche puns, and a vocalist (I refuse to call him a singer, mumbler maybe) who sounds like he would commit suicide, if only he could muster up the energy to pull the trigger.
I put more effort into blowing my nose than Silver Jews put into its album. Slacker music used to seem so much cooler. I shouldn't be surprised, this is exactly the garbage you'd expect Stephen Malkmus to be involved with.
Forgettable noise.
Did not like at all
A very morose collection of songs.
Was this a joke being played on us?
Boring and tiresome for the most part. Sometimes the pace picks up, but it’s just weird for my ears. I’ve never heard of the band so they must not have left
this is trash. so far it's been a very cheap 'Dylan' and a poor attempt to be 'depressed and unbothered'.
As soon as I started this album, I blurted out: "oh god." This album is an exercise in survival.
Truly awful! It's like an unfunny attempt at parody. There is no way you can convince me anyone wants to listen to this crap. Time Will Break the World might honestly have THE WORST lyrics I've heard in my entire life. I hope his 4 hungry children starve. Not a single redeeming thing I can say about this truly, truly, terrible music.
Why is this on the list? What a waste of a spot on a list that’s supposed to be the bangingest of the bangers.
Albumi alkaa... When god was young..... .Bruh samaa paskaa koko albumi
Nothing Jewel-like about this tragic mess. 😑
My god, this is like Mr E had to endure a massive talentectomy and went on to reprise the Eels' worst tracks. While still semiconscious from the anaesthetic. Guy's voice sounds like he's got half a cup of water in his mouth and he's trying to sing without letting you know that he's got half a cup of water in his mouth. Yes, this is genuinely, legitimately awful.
Nope
Slow country ballad stuff. Not bad really, but then track 8, Tennessee has a lyric, "You know Louisville is death" and that means this is my first 1. Don't disparage my home you jerkholes.
Just did not hit anywhere for me.
Indie Country my favourite 🤢🤢
This is music? 😕
Wow. Passable music over mediocre lyrics sung with karaoke vocals. Jesus wept, and he still forgave this effort. No surprise, Jesus is better than me
Had such a nice run of albums that didn't suck. Over.
Lyrically, musically and productively dreadful. So gets voice somehow gets worse as each track goes on.
Lazy music. And not as in lazy chill out mood. Lazy as in little effort.
I can't finish this album.
Haat aan indie rock kan denk ik voor een groot deel op het conto van bands als deze geschreven worden. Monotoon geneuzel over nerdy onderwerpen. Waar artiesten als Pavement en Camper Van Beethoven het nog verheffen naar een hoog entertainment gehalte, met het integreren van intelligente melodieën, catchy hooks en rammelende instrumenten, blijven de Zilveren Joden vooral dichtbij het slaapverwekkende vertelsel van David Berman. Op zich zijn de teksten best aardig, maar het is uiteindelijk een boek zonder spannende plottwists of clues. Verrassingselementen zijn niet of minimaal aanwezig. Blij was ik dan ook toen 'Transylvania Blues' langskwam, en we even verlost waren van het gejammer van Berman. Daarop volgde een nummertje met een geinig pianoriedeltje, wat ook al voelde als een verademing. De ietwat positieve reeks werd afgesloten door 'Tennessee', wat een aardig country rock liedje is. Daarna was het weer van hetzelfde laken een pak. Ik kan het lo-fi indie genre wel goed hebben, ook al zie ik wel in wat andere mensen op afstand houdt. Op dit album hoor ik dat iets te veel. 5/10 Highlights: Tennessee
Though I created the rule that I will listen twice to all albums that I am presented with, I fear that this is the second album where I will only stick to that rule if I am allowed to MUTE THE VOLUME. This isn't music, don't know what to call this... A person might be a great songwriter, doesn't mean they should be allowed to record these songs! But, I will add 1 song to my 1001 album playlist, and that will be Death of an Heir of Sorrow, not because it is the least shitty of the songs, but because it is the shortest.
Boring mess
slow education isch chli country indie da gits ebe und isch no nice room games and diamond rain zeigt dass er nöööd cha singe oder nöd will? ha etz es paar songs chli glost ohni viel schribe und finds chli bisi gaggi? water doesnt give a damb segeds bi horseleg swastikas? okay. you're the only ten i see. oh gott. und sis schätzli (anschinend) singt etz au nöd so guet. nai. ich glaub sie wönd do sochli nancy & lee type musig mache aber s isch chli flach das ganze.
This sounds like Damon Albarn without his musical and lyrical genius. Sounds like some lazy recordings.
Not for me. The voice, the limp songs.
took a dislike of this from the first line and then it proceeded to slip further and further into country nonsense.
Not for me
Sounds like a weird Johnny Cash
When this came up I had never heard of the band or album, I was excited with zero expectations. Forgetable indie rock, no meaning, no standout songs and just very boring. Favourite song: there isnt one that stands out Least favourite: All of them, very dull! Album artwork: I like it, very council estate chic!
Magnetic Fields but worse? I don't know, this is just dismal.
Goddamn, the author certainly has a type. He loves a whiney white man playing country blues. This is terrible. It’s a surprise this band has any audience at all. The off-key droning of track 3 is enough for me. Why would anyone choose to listen to this?
Aye this was awful. Voice just dragged along and I was dying having to get through the whole thing. Two thumbs down.
Of course there's a Pavement connection. There are a few exceptions for sure (weirdly: Bill Callahan who has such a similarity but he gets away with it somehow), but I hear dead-dry vocals like this and it's about a 95.12% chance I'm not gonna make it out alive. ...it's not that his voice is bad (and it is - it's terrible), it's his style. Technically bad singers can and often do get away with it with individuality and simply some effort but this slacked/slacker "i just woke up and am still in bed" voice that permeates more than a bit of indie rock over the last 20-30+ years is a big fat nope and get tf out. It's too bad - because the music can often be nice here, but these damn vocals wrecked it all. This sad sack bullshit mumblingthisclose to the microphone permeates everything else about this record to make it completely distracting. A chore to get through - hard no. 3/10 1 star.
I didn't like this. 1.
Eh nothing interesting. Pretty boring although the vocals were nice👍
There's an audience for this but it sure isn't me. DNF.
напоминает рок бати, который 20 лет дрочил свои гитарки в гараже и наконец-таки решил выпустить свою музыку, которую насочинял, но конечно же никому не показывал тут и странные тексты, и НеОбЫчНыЕ музыкальные сочетания из прикольного: Transylvania Blues напоминает местами “Перемен” Цоя не знаю, зачем это здесь
Пиздец, это дети Вилко или что??? Вокала нет, музыки нет... на последнем альбоме Вилко хотя бы вокал какой-то был нормальный +-, музыкальность, структура. А это... ну два-три трека в середине есть нормальных. Хорошо, что он 30 минут идёт. Это можно воспринимать как музыку простых людей. Пардон - "простых бухих скуфов"
After a few songs, and hearing this singers monotone voice lacking passion, I just stopped. No thanks.
Mumbled incoherent nonsense accompanied with shitty music.
Not my kind of singing. Lead singer seemed off tune in many songs.
Ja dit voelde alsof het een parodie was op iets
I have literally never heard of this before. Wow. 30 seconds in and this is already a no from me. I'm on track 3 now and I can't explain how much I detest this. Like is he trying to sound horrible on purpose? Is this satire or something? I don't hate track 6, simply because it is an instrumental song and no one is singing. 1/5. I would give it zero, but I don't know if the system will let me.
Noioso e scontato
Gefällt mir nicht
Bob Dylan meets Frank Zappa meets Silver Jews. Doesn't work for me. There was only a single track on the entire album I liked - Trans Blues. So with only one good track, the album is only one star.
What did I just listen to... The vocals are awful, like a lazy Bob dillan sound, but less distinctive with terrible tone control. The instrumentals are that of a high school indie band. How did this get on the top 1000?
Gefällt mir nicht.
It became immediately obvious as the first song started that I was going to absolutely hate this. It sounds like a shorter version of 69 Love Songs...which I guess technically makes it better? Seriously...who the hell is this shit for? Let's hear from the band themselves! "Well let's just make this record that looks like a record, and has song titles and everything, but the songs would be the ones we make at home that sound terrible." Couldn't have said it better myself.
Presumably included on the list as a joke. I made it through three awful songs before turning it off.
What.
Awful droney voice. I would not listen again. 1*
Not for me. Slow. Boring. Vocals didn’t sound good. I feel like this is for people who enjoy being sad. “Transylvania Blues” was only good because there wasn’t any singing. Would have liked the entire album more if it were instrumental. This man really goes Tennessee “you’re the only 10 I see” and put it in a song. And people go wow, so poetic. 2/10
It just kept getting worse by the song. I think there are some redeemable tracks on here and I do like his voice but he can't sing for shit. Some of the faster tracks on here play to his style better but other than that he sounds like a awful version of Johnny Cash. I wouldn't listen to another song on this album again unless I had to. 2/10
This fucking sucks. Why is this on here? There is nothing redeemable about this. It is actually tiring listening to this garbage. Kayla missed the review but said “it’s shit. You know when you eat corn and it goes right through you? This is the corn.” 1/10
To much country twang in there for me.
Por favor QUÉ ES ESTA VERGA
Not my thing
Howdy partner Marry me and leave Kentucky Come to Tennessee 'Cause you're the only ten I see You're the only ten I see
The lyrics are so stupid, it’s like listening to a parity of Alternative music. “I want to be like water if I can, ‘cuz water doesn’t give a damn” is an honest to god lyric that was written, shared, sung, and recorded. This is the type of “Alternative” that is very country-adjacent. Not *quite* twangy enough, but it’s got the requisite slide guitar, or banjo. The singer sounds bored, but to be fair, I don’t know who in the hell could muster up any emotion whatsoever while singing these insipid lyrics. This is truly one of the dumbest things I’ve ever listened to.
This is just shit.
This is objectively terrible. Just. No.
Grovelly voice that doesn’t care so much about hitting the right pitch. Sad songs.
This album, and probably every other album by this band is plagued by dead pan, Dan Mangan bland style vocals. The unenthusiastic style makes me bored. The Instruments are fine but the singer needs to sing. Spoken word, mono tone melodies are uninspiring, and the hinder what else is going on. The lead singer of the band Cake has more enthusiasm than this guy. The only positive about this album is that it's not very long. But it still feels like forever. Cheesy lyrics that have a country rock vive to them but also you would probably hear off of the Juno soundtrack. Just a boring record. There is absolutely nothing that jumps out as to why it is on this list. Won't revisit. Don't care about this band. Is it the worst thing in the world? No. Not even close. It's just boring. It's background music to background music... 1 Zzzz out 5 Zzzz's
This might have okay lyrics but David Berman's voice turned me off the music so fast I didn't bother even finishing the first song.
Blind album and artist once again. This dude I think tried to put me to sleep. I did not like this at all. I accidentally read a review that said he tried to he Tom Waits or something and I'm inclined to agree, he just failed. I was gonna give this a 2 until I heard the lyrics "water doesn't give a damn"? What? Using the cheesy line "you're the only 10 I see" too. Just no.
First listen Saved 0/10
Eh boring
Chanteur monotone et plate
Why? Why for the love of God is this album on this list? First, it is indie music but it isn't even semi-decent indie music if such a thing exists. Then it is country as well. Then the singer doesn't really sing but rather speaks the lyrics. Finally, they are trying way too hard to be clever with their lyrics.
Can I give it less than a 1?
?? 50% inaccuracy on the correct pitches for this melody Guitar is fire tho fr Needs to use the same voice filters as 2008 Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak
Music is such a beautiful concept that encompasses so many different types of sound
Wanted to like this. I didnt tho
Transylvania Blues was not bad. The rest was.
The talk-singing is not for me.
I like indie music, but this is just not good. Sorry if I don’t get it.
Oh. This might be quite a decent album if he’d just shut the f@&k up and stop ‘singing’. One decent track was ‘Transylvania Blues’, not just because it’s an instrumental (but that really helps), but it actually goes somewhere.
Vocals are off key and lifeless. Horribly boring. Thankfully they broke up in 2009. No reunion tours need to happen.
Listen, if you can't carry a tune, then just write the songs and let somebody else front your band. Absolutely ruined some decent lyrics and some more-than-decent slide guitar.
I cannot imagine why such a bland and boring album is one of the 1001 albums I just *had* to listen to.
Actually I thought the worst thing I could listen here was Nico but this is kinda worse.
What an excellent album if you are having trouble sleeping. My god what a horrible listen. One of the worst, if not the worst vocals I've yet to hear (and I'm 650+ albums in at the time of writing along with two Tom Waits albums in between) paired with the most basic, middle school-skill instrumentals. I'm so glad I was able to listen to this album before I died [insert sarcasm]. 2/10.
This was terrible! The first side of the album had the same structure on every song: acoustic guitar plays for 5 secs and then stops; repeat. The vocals were terrible too. Like a Lou Reed - Johnny Cash fan boy who can't sing OR write songs. The lyrics were so bad that it hurt. ONE good song and that was the instrumental Transylvania Blues. This is the worst thing I ever listened to up to this point. 1/5
Hate is a strong word but this is almost getting there, man. I’m not a fan of Lou Reed at the best of times so right off the bat this Poundshop Velvet Underground is rubbing me the wrong way. The music is nice enough but his tone and faux poetic lyrics sound pretentious as fuck. Thankfully they ran out of “ideas” quickly and had the decency to piss off in just over half and hour.
De huevis, suena a una sola canción pero pues lo puse de fondo para trabajar y no se escuchara vacio. Okay, no se que genero sea esto pero definitivamente no es de mi agrado.
silver jews' bright flight was bland. a lot of the singing by david berman was close to monotone. some lyrics and song titles were witty, but it just felt like silver jews were being try hards. a lot of this album felt like folk rock with a side of country, and... it unfortunately held little appeal to me.
Shite
Shite Flight
First impressions.... I don't particularly like the guys voice and it al seems a bit soft and boring and dreary. Transylvania blues is enjoyable and let's not say we did was more upbeat. And then back to the drearfest with Tennessee... Overall I didn't like it
People listen to this crap voluntarily?
So terrible. What genre is this album supposed to be top tier of? I honestly don’t understand the requirements to make it on this list.
You can’t convince me this isn’t a parody album.
I just didn't like this. I found it mumbly and pretentious. Lo-fi indie with a country twist was just not for me. The highlight were some of the more blues/rock-oriented tracks like Transylvania blues. Maybe if i focused more on the lyrics it would be better? Now i just listened while i worked
Crap name, ploddy songs that take themselves way too seriously. Although Let's Not (aptly titled) sounds like a less fun version of Chas n Dave. Next.
Not sure qualifies as music.
ennakkoluulot ei koskaan ollut näin hirveitä.. ei ole koskaan ollut vältelty näin..... yllättävän hyvä kuitenkin. siis paskaahan silti, 35min tuntui pitkältä, mutta en halua kuolla ja totanoin ... niin...... huomenna parempaa varmasti heh. btw mikä vittu usa president konsepti taasko meikä kuvittelee room games and diamond rain
Awful. One of the worst so far.
The music and the vocals are just atrocious. Maybe there's something I'm missing or just don't get. I just couldn't get more than 30 seconds through any song.
Country pavement
I tried. I was displeased.
No good
Country, slow tempo sort of psychodelic. Not my cup of tea, the vocalist sounded like he needs more vocalization practice.
Wanna be Johnny Cash who misses the mark and can't even convince himself he believes what he sings
Feels like it's trying too hard to be edgy and emo.
Off brand Johnny Cash. Not good at all
Bad lazy singing ruins any enjoyment of this album for me.
Meh. Why is this on a list of best anything? Its really forgettable crap. 1/5
To make this 0 stars he could sing about F1.
Bad
Horrible crap
Deze bandnaam zou nu niet meer kunnen. Enfin, ik heb het einde van deze plaat niet gehaald.
I tried my hardest to find any redeeming factors during this listen, but honestly the vocals from this band are impossible to enjoy. Off key whining over generic music. Do not recommend.
Sucks. I hate the music and the insipid trying too hard to be “different” lyrics. I hate the sucky ass ugly album cover too. Sucks.
Not keen hated his voice