The Scream

Post punk is not my favourite genre, but some of these songs are quite listenable. Angular, angry and anguished lyrics, ok for a first listen but something i would go back to.

A really good one but not their best

I loved this! really well done gothy post-punk - noisy but organised yet still danceable for some reason. and so cool that the beatles covered that helter skelter song! [NB - I'm glad Hong Kong Garden was not on the original release because it's easily the worst song there]

You can hear a lot of the influence this album has had. I've had this one after the later album on this list, and it definitely feels more focused and driven.

I’m not a fan of female vocals, especially the terrible cover of Helter Skelter

banqué bastante al final. 7.5/10

Not the sort of vocalist I'd point to as a favourite, really, but she shines in this sort of aggressive, sharp soundscape offered by The Scream. This is still the sort of album I tend to appreciate more from a distance than face to face. It can be a little ugly, a little harsh, but damn, if it ain't influential.

Genres: Post-punk Formed: Run time: 12 songs, 45 min, 19 sec The debut studio album by the British rock band. Siouxsie Sioux has an unmistakable voice and the band has a unique sound. Spotify: Least popular song: >494k Most popular song: >31M plays. 1, “Pure” is an instrumental. I always feel an album should start with the most impactful song, so having an instrumental as track one always surprises me. 2, “Jigsaw Feeling”, describes a mind torn apart by the complexity of conflicting thoughts and emotions. The content of the song is a good choice given the genre. However, I disliked the execution. It’s one of those songs where some of the words are stretched and drawn out to make that line fit with the structure of the song. I’ve always hated that in a song. To me it is lazy song-writing. 3, “Overground” discusses escaping from whatever limbo the protagonist is stuck in. 4, “Carcass” appears to discuss the objectification of women (or presumably any sexual partner). They become nothing more than a piece of dead meat. It also suggests that being in love will turn you into a carcass. Perhaps it’s about a one sided relationship? 5, "Helter Skelter” is a cover of the 1968 Beatles song. It seems to imply that those on the Helter Skelter keep moving, but make no overall progress in life. 6, Mirage” is critical about the media portrayal of beauty and the ill effects that has on those trying to meet those expectations. Those behind the (TV) screen have no appreciation of the effect they have on the ones watching the screen. 7, “Metal Postcard”. It is suggested this song is about society's obsession with material possessions and technology. I wonder if perhaps it’s a dig at the genre of music? “Metal won't rust when oiled and cleaned” - the vanity of heavy (glam) metal “Must go recycle my precious machinery" - Heavy Metal groups just put out the music over-and-over. “Thought I'd drop a line, the weather here is fine” - it’s fine to listen to other stuff. “Next time I'll serve metal” - is Siouxsie wondering if she’d have had more commercial success on the Metal bandwagon? 8, "Nicotine Stain", paints a very realistic and unpleasant picture of the effects of smoking cigarettes. It describes the conflict of knowing the harm but being unable to resist the urge. 9, "Suburban Relapse" describes frustration and “snapping” at some minor annoyance. This results in out-of-character feelings and behaviour - a mental breakdown. The lyrics suggest that this is common for those living a (mundane) suburban life. 10, “Switch”, regardless of who you are, what you look like and where you’re from, we all have problems. Doctors provide pills as a remedy but that comes with side-effects. Religion provides another option, but that stifles progress and blames the devil. 11, “Hong Kong Garden” discusses the conflict and contradictions facing modern Hong Kong. It covers tradition, commercialisation, pollution tourism. The line “An old custom to sell your daughter” and “Would you like number 23” makes selling your daughter sound like buying from a takeaway. All these dark aspects are discussed in a jolly sing-song way to emphasise the contradictions faced. 12, “The Staircase (Mystery). I think the song is a metaphor for different levels of consciousness. It does not make clear whether it is due to dreaming or chemically induced. It’s about seeing things from strange and surreal viewpoints as the protagonist travels between levels of the building. I love the sound of Siouxsie And The Banshees. Some songs are good, “Hong Kong Garden” is great, whilst others are written in such a lazy fashion that I can’t bear listening to them. Listen Again?: No My Rating: **

I see that this week's theme is "Weaker albums by my favorite artists". Very influential record, but "Juju" and "Tinderbox" exist and blow it out of the water. Why is the foot on the cover so big.

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

Really fucking good album. 5 stars for sure.

Not hard enough to be Punk and not tuneful enough to be New Wave.

It was an ok album, The Scream was definitely not a misnomer, along with the Banshees portion of the band's name. Full of noise rock and roll, there are elements of letting each instrument operate in their own space but together at the same time, yet also sounding as though they are all one instrument, which at times can be a slightly overwhelming. Best: Suburban Relapse Worst: Jigsaw Feeling 2.5 stars

Great but not their definitve album.

Not bad. 4

Well, one of the things that I've learned through participating in this list is that I'm a fan of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The only thing that this album has working against it for me is that I heard it after I heard Juju, which is one of my favorite albums that I've encountered in the last year. This album isn't nearly as interesting nor as polished as Juju, but it's still groundbreaking on its own merit. I find it astonishing that by 1978, only one year after punk broke out and most of the classic early albums were released, there were already acts like Siouxsie and the Banshees that had already moved beyond the tropes of the punk genre to develop their own style in its wake. There's so much in this album. The bass-driven songs, the Siouxsie's soaring, dark vocals, the guitar effects, the soaring drums focusing mostly on the toms. It's clear that a lot of other people were listening to this album shortly after it came out, because a few years later it's influence was everywhere and is still felt today 4/5

This was awesome, love some good female angst

The album was interesting. I was not familiar with the band or really any song besides the cover of Helter Skelter. I don't think I would revisit the album but I can definitely hear how this influenced other bands. I will round up.

She cannot sing. Not in a good punk way, just in a bad way. Ruins most songs. Shame as I think with a decent vocalist (or a decent bad vocalist who can pull it off) it would have been a half decent album. 2.5*

Not nearly as good as Juju.

Very indie, not very soundy good

not for me i guess

Bit waily

I don't like the overall sound or vibe of these late 70s UK punk, post-punk and new wave albums. They just don't appeal to me on any level. The production is always tinny, the vocals (male or female) warbly and filled with weird whooping noises, songs generally simple affairs devoid of musicality beyond whatever they accidentally stumble upon, lyrics about living in grimy apartments in London where everyone smokes indoors. I get the feeling you need to like the *idea* of it more than enjoy the sound. I do not enjoy the sound OR like the idea. And as a final insult, this rubbish has a (mercifully only marginally) higher rating than yesterday's Slayer album, which obviously took so much more talent and effort. But here we are. 2/5.

Not bad. Not great. Enjoyed it but probably won’t listen again.

Not the easiest to listen to, but that's how it often is with post-x music. I'm not running back to this album, but it was very interesting to listen to this and consider how it influenced those after it in a similar genre like Joy Division and the Sonic Youth

First half was ok, the helter skelter cover wasn't great. Second half is meh, very forgettable.

It was okay

Liked.

This isn’t amazing.But I like the vibe.It’s really lo fi and dark and depressing.I don’t know whether I should give it a 3 or a 4.

This kind of music isn't my cup of tea, but it's ok.

3/5

I needed a 2nd proper listen to really hear the post punk Joy Division-inspiring sound. It really has punk energy with progressive rock sound from the cymbal-less tribal drums and screechy (in a good way) guitars. I gather it was genuinely a first of its kind among the straight forward punk records of ‘76-‘78, however I prefer the early ‘80s sound of JuJu with the other rhythm section.

57 of 1001 Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream Favorite Track : The Staircase Rating : 3 / 5 This is some punk I will come back and listen to again.

Feels timeless, like its a sign of good things to come for music. Scratches a unique itch.

Distinct voice, early innovator.

Highlights: "Mirage," "Overground," "Jigsaw Feeling" As influential as this band was, they needed time to work out the sound. Specifically, they need McGeoch's guitarwork to bring some melodic interest, because Siouxsie tends to cling to a single note in her money range like her life depended on it. There are radical choices here, but minimal development or variation over the course of a song. It's almost all dreary drawn-out syncopated droning, with the unfortunate exception of the glitter of shockingly racist kitsch on "Hong Kong Garden". At least, this is a clear step from Patti Smith's gonzo secular ceremonies towards more bearable developments in genres that barely exist like New Wave and Post Punk.

Foi ok

Not a fan of the vocals, and many of the songs were sounding kind of samey. Also tired of the guitar tone :(

Post-punk. Ni fu ni fa.

It was fine, didn't blow me away.

I could see this group being an influence of 80's women fronted punk/pop-punk groups. Music was pretty good.

Less is more with Siouxsie_Sioux. After the first wo tracks, I was thinking, "Hey, they're a lot better than I remember". Four songs later and I realized, "No, they aren't."

It's fine. Siouxsie sounds like she's screaming her heart out to an empty bar.

Everything tastes like eyeliner.

- First listen to a Siouxsie album - Thought I would like it and it lived up to expectations - Helter Skelter cover is very good - Fav songs: Jigsaw Feeling, Mirage, Helter Skelter

I enjoyed it. Early goth, a fun Beatles cover, some amusing studio weirdness. Won't ever be a 'go to' for me, but I respect it.

File under important, but not for me. This has influenced a lot of music I like, and the guitar work is sometimes outstanding, but little hooked me and I felt like I was being sonically hectored.

Difficult to evaluate in the proper context, as it sounds *so much* like the music it inspired afterwards. Unique (at the time) production and guitar work (the first of their two outstanding guitarists), basically invented goth and post-punk. A generous 4 for its huge influence

Man, I really want to love me some Souxsie and the Banshees, but this never grabs me.

How to score this? Rock music shorn of any real human emotion; absolutely nothing in terms of groove either, it lurches around like some sick merry-go-round music. Yet - Siouxsie is an arresting presence, I love the fragments of sound thrown out by the guitarist (and the percussion that serves to accent this weird approach to rock); plus in 'Helter Skelter', 'Switch' and 'Metal Postcard' you have a clutch of truly powerful, astonishing songs. I'll give it four stars, but I'll walk away a little bamboozled all the same.

Didn't like this one as much as the other Sioux we listened to, but still enjoyed the experience overall. Dare I say I actually liked the "Helter Skelter" cover? I do dare. I do. Thought it finished strong, too. "Hong Kong Garden" and "The Staircase" were both two of my faves here. I'll welcome more appearances on this list.

Every song has at least one good idea, but none of the songs are good from start to finish. I think I understand what the appeal of this music is. The singing is very annoying, but the good parts are really good. I hear echoes of this album in the obvious Joy Division and Gang of Four etc., but also early U2 and later Dead Kennedys. Favorite song: overground, because it's the most consistent.

Music was fine but not a fan of the vocals. It got especially bad on Metal Postcard.

I really try but overall not a fan.

4.0 - Commanding as a debut with all their signature elements on display. Jagged, jangly guitars and Siouxsie Sioux’s intense, bellowing vocals. A consistently exciting listen within a lean 45 minute package though their explosive potential sounds more realized on “Juju.”

Favorite tracks: Carcass; Mirage 4/5.

I didn't like this as much as Juju, but damn did I not feel cool as fuck while listening to it! And that Beatles cover was so out there it threw me for a loop.

A low 5, but it grabbed the spot by being proto-everything I like out of the 80s, so great job!

this was just noise.

Listening to this album is like finding the missing link. So many bands I love are heavily influenced by Siouxsie and the Banshees, and although they aren’t an immediate favorite they certainly have a sound I love and I imagine further listening to later albums is warranted.

Solid. Hadn't ever listened to early Banshees. 3.5/5

Not as good as Juju but still a very good record.

Yep, an important album by and important band but her voice has always grated on me. Should be my cup of tea but isn’t.

Helt okej.

Goed rock-album

Strong album right up my alley

I kept coming back to this album and listened it 5 times over the last 24 hours. What a crucial and amazing post punk record. I find it hard to word how this album has been impacting me, but songs like Jigsaw Feeling, Suburban Relapse and Switch make me listen close, to all sounds, cracks and noises. Amazing. I was washing up the dishes / minding my own business / when my string snapped. I had a relapse / a suburban relapse.

Although I feel Siouxsie and the Banshees would find their footing better on later albums (particularly Juju and Kaleidoscope), this is a really strong debut, one that apparently helped launched a whole genre and probably a hundred other bands. Equal parts alluring and unsettling. Powerful angular guitar and rhythm-forward sound. Striking, commanding vocals from Siouxsie Sioux. Fave Songs: Overground, Switch, Nicotine Stain, Suburban Relapse, Jigsaw Feeling

See the beauty in it reflecting the angst in those days and like Siouxies Nico like way of singing. But just not for me.

Instrumentalmente algo que escucharía, el resto no me atrapó tanto como para darle replay

I bought this when I was in HS and loved it. Doesn’t hit the same.

Quite entertaining

Meh

Just another piece of proof that girls can rock out rough and rowdy just like anyone else.

Not bad, but a bit repetitive

Great punk album, with a very good singer. She s coming to Brussels soon but unfortunately it s already sold out. Nice discovery. I already knew some songs of them, but nothing of this album. You can here a lot of other bands who got inspiration from this band. Like the young fly s guitar play of U2, like on songs as i will follow. Great mix of punk and new wave. Also the yeah yeah yeah s are not far away from this album.

мне не нравится голос солистки

Banshees est un mot quindecrit bien le band pour le chant, pas trop mon genre. Ca brasse mais pas tant que ca. C’est grunge. Il s’inspire du temps mai sne sont pas au meme niveau . 2.90

I can see why this album was important for the genre of punk. It is just not my cup of tea. Too simple in its structure.

I want to like it, I really do. It's mostly upbeat, except for the silly avant-garde guitar work - but I just don't like her voice. Sorry.

Ik vind de muziek best lekker (met name de basgitaar), maar haar zangstem is wel een beetje lastig om van te genieten. In het beste geval is het jammer maar prima mee te leven, in het slechtste geval klinkt ze als de keffende keeshond van de buren (bijvoorbeeld bij "Metal Postcard"). En dat meen ik redelijk serieus: Volgens mij probeert ze daadwerkelijk te keffen. Siouxsie and the Pekineesjes. Dus (ook) bij deze band is m'n conclusie dat een volledig album achter elkaar voor mij niet zo goed werkt. Aanvankelijk een 4, maar glijdt al snel af naar een 3.

There's a good sound here but I'm a little indifferent to it.

Not as impressive as *Juju* but still a historically important and seminal record in the post-punk genre (and one of the earliest of its kind). No one on Earth can sing like Siouxsie, with her instantly recognizable haunting voice. As for the instrumentation, Steve Severin's bouncing basslines bring a breath of fresh air to the claustrophobic mood of those tunes, and John McKay literally invented a playing style--if there was a patent for "angular" guitar lines, he should be its rightful owner. "Jigsaw Feeling" and "Mirage", along with the atmospheric and mysterious "Switch" are landmarks of the genre. And if it's too bad the band didn't include their all-time classic "Hong Kong Garden" in the original album tracklisting (a non-album single), I'm pretty sure most CD copies available out there now include it as a bonus track. So 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5. A couple of songs are indeed a little difficult for non-fans of the genre, but given how ridiculously *low* the overall score of this seminal album is, I can't give it any less than that. Number of albums left to review: 657 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 171 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 82 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 96

Des passes musicales très intéressantes, mais les vocals me tannent un peu à la longue ; typique chant féminin post punk.

Pretty good listen. Great punk vocals. T3B 1. The Staircase (Mystery) 2. Mirage 3. Helter Skelter

Maybe it was an influential album, but I really didn’t care for it.

Interesting album. The cover of Helter Skelter was the highlight. Lots of punk influences. It wasn't bad

Straight forward rock tunes that are elevated by some serious attitude and incredible voice.

I should have paid closer attention while listening to this, so I'll have to revisit it. For now, it gets a 3.

The dark side of Siouxsie. I absolutely love Hong Kong Garden and their cover cover of Helter Skelter, but it's a bit too brooding for me. I am happy to see post punk/new wave on this list...we need more of it. 3.5 stars

I love Siouxsie and the Banshees, so this was great to see on the list. Not their greatest stuff, but even in this first album of theirs, there's hints of the greatness they'll later achieve.

Too influential to be just a 2, perhaps, but not good enough for a 4.

Landmark punk recording. Changed the game for women in rock music. That droning guitar and bass, those Jefferson airplane-turned-punk vocals. The driving drums. Very important album to listen too. Bands like Joy Division and Sonic Youth obviously took much inspiration from this. And that version of Helter Skelter is just sick.

Pretty good. At first this didn't stand out to me all that much as it kinda seemed similar to a few post-punk albums I've heard in the list. I originally sort of dismissed this as another post-punk album from the late 80s or early 90s, but then looked again and noticed this was an album from 1978, and that makes it really impressive to see what they were doing, and the influence this must have had on later bands. While I'm not sure if this is something I'll listen to again and again, as post punk has never really been my sort of thing, I greatly appreciate this. Favourite: Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)

loved it! great mix of grungy and dark, guitars and bass are driving, performance is excellent. only downside is that the whole is not the most cohesive. can take some time to get into its rhythm but once its there its great. best tracks: carcass, suburban relapse, metal postcard

Charmig debut.

Denna plattan gillar jag, kanske mest av nostalgiska skäl. Hong Kong Garden är en stark favorit. Nicotine Stan kanske bästa låten! Bra poplåtar.

Jag har svårt för att lyssna på detta.

I can’t say that I was particularly excited for this album. I listened to Ju Ju by Siouxsie and the Banshees a month or so ago and wasn’t a fan. However, today is a new day with a different album so let’s listen! Songs I already knew: Honk Kong Garden Favourites: Honk Kong Garden, Jigsaw Feeling I did find this album more enjoyable to my previous experience. I can’t quite put my finger of why, but I just find the vocal style quite annoying. I didn’t realise until listening to this today that I was already vaguely familiar with Honk Kong Garden, but I did enjoy that song when it came on. Overall, this album is validating my thoughts that post punk doesn’t really do much for me in general. There are occasional songs that click with me, and a lot of songs that don’t.

Post punk, alternative, noise rock, great distortion in the intrumentation, pioneer in blending angular (larger interval jump) tones form the guitar with a bass in the background and drums resambling machines.

The drums and guitar are great. Always struggled with the vocals.

Ferocious and woozy.

Kinda liked it until i heard the vocals

not an enjoyable experience

That was painful to hear

Nice debut album. Enjoy their sound.

I'm generally here for Siouxie and her Banshees but this album is admittedly a bit of a mess. Despite that, it's a lot of fun. It's just so raw and wild. Compelling. I'm not going to make excuses for the riot grrl. She doesn't need it. She can stand on her own. For my part, I'm just going to bask in the post-punk madness.

Good stuff but I’m guessing this isn’t their best album? Sound is a bit unrefined at times. 3.5 stars

I avoided this band for a long long time, but now the time has come to check it out. This record, is a weird one folks, I'm sure there's a lot of people that can appreciate it, and maybe it takes a lot of time to discover it's beauty, but for me, it's quite a chore. After a first listen this record had a few moments that I liked, I can imagine this band might grow on me after more listens. Helter skelter, Mirage, Metal Postcard, Switch and Hong Kong Garden stood out the most. 6.5 out of 10

Never was a real big fan of this band

Feel about conflicted about the rating, another one of those where I wish for a 2.5, but since I did get some enjoyment out of it, I’ll bump it up to a 3

Fucking amazing

First 3 songs sucks, but the album gets way better after that. Good early punk that you can tell had influence on other bands. The Spotify biography was pretty interesting. Band members included sid vicious and Robert Smith of the cure.

Decent, seems overrated

Couldn't get into it.

eu olhei a lista de musicas e vi que tem helter skelter, minha nota vai se basear nisso. olha não foi ruim, foi inventivo, gostei até. em geral eu gostei do estilo da banda. o vocal é escrachado e as vezes desafinado mas isso adiciona muito ao jeito das musicas

I echo all the reviews that pitch this between a 2 and a 3. So rounding up or down is the dilemma. On balance I’m not revisiting this album unless you were in a discussion about Nile Rodgers. I will give a 2 ignoring his other contributions to music. Eg Bowie

I see the virtue but I just can’t stand those kinds of whiny loud out of tune vocals in rock settings.

It’s alright I probably won’t listen to them again

Really grew on me! Hong King Garden is *chefs kiss*

Female vocalist sounds hot

Is alright.

"Overground", "Metal Postcard", and "Suburban Relapse" were the standouts on this very good album. Very cutting edge music from a band that doesn't get the credit that it deserves for all the 80's new wave/punk bands that it influenced. This sounds like a perfect mix of The Smiths and X.

A very good debut album. While not Siouxsie’s best, it still belongs in the top tier of the Post-punk canon.

Super clean electric guitar. Rough on the vocals. Could have been much more

It was an appropriate album for the season, good moody, gothic punk. Nothing jumped out and grabbed me like I wanted it to so 3 stars. Listen to La Luz instead and fuck you

It's Siouxsie so no suprises. Strong dominant drums with squeaks and squeals as vocal highlights. Either you like it or it is annoying, there is little space to be neutral here. I like it in limited doses - listening to a whole album in one go it gets annoying.

Great bit of punk. slow start and short album and definitely has an unfinished feel about it but that's all part of the charm. 3.7

very standard, nothing new here...

You can see where Souixie was getting ready to launch into the stratosphere with this album. While not as polished as later offerings, this is a good introduction.

I first heard of Siouxsie and the Banshees back when Gerard Way would cite them as one of the many influences to My Chemical Romance. Makes total sense now that I listen to them. This is dark, apocalyptic, and pretty demented. I don't have much of the vocabulary to describe an album like this, so I'll leave it on the opinion that this sounds good and I liked it quite a bit. Undoubtedly influential to a whole bunch of other artists, too. Favorites are Overground, Carcass, Mirage and The Staircase. It could be a five star record, but (to me, at least) that cover of Helter Skelter is unfortunately bad.

It's not my kind of music.

Nice, original, pretty well written. Dig it.

surprised i hadn’t listened to this. pretty pretty cool

Melhor pos-punk e gótico dos 80. Preciso escutar mais.

1/12, 8%

Has its own sound regardless, then we remember this work was completed in 1978. This group was pioneering and it shows. Really cool, out there yet not so out there it had no melodic or harmonic sense. Tough to hit that balance and they did. Very nicely done.

4.5

3.8

Couple of decent tracks. Overall a bit forgettable though.

Nice but not as good as I was expecting from this band.

Pretty good and obviously really influential. I feel I may have enjoyed this more if this was my first Siouxsie album but, having heard some of their later work, this one doesn't quite reach those heights

This is sort of what I was talking about in my Elastica review. I liked that album but this album is pretty much the same vibe and I didn't like it. I guess nostalgic 90s post-punk is my thing but proto-post-punk isn't? Idk

I've always enjoyed Siouxsie and the Banshees as a "song on a mixtape" kind of deal. Although I knew "Hong Kong Garden" in that capacity, I didn't know the rest of this debut album. There were definitely elements I liked here but maybe also some songs I'd skip. A whole album's worth can be a bit much to take, I think, but I’m definitely intrigued to hear more.

I thought I was familiar with this album somehow, but it all sounded new to me on this listen and not all that welcoming. So I may have simply forgotten whatever I did know because I didn’t really care all that much for it.

Never quite been my thing. I'm glad to have listened but am not completely won over.

It is with mild concern that I embark on this listen… I’ve heard some Siouxsie and the Banshees now and again but they have never made a real connection. It’s an interesting album that I really did not enjoy. It felt like work to listen to and isn’t something I see myself seeking out in the future.

This was a tough listen.

listened on my drive home…feel like i could get into it

Some good sound and decent songs at times.

2.5 rounded up because I was into it at points.

This had cool guitar, and I liked her vocal style, but her singing is a bit too repetitive and makes all the songs sound the same--but it was still pretty cool.

Not particularly fun to listen to. The vocals were a bit grating.

i loved this. loved her voice. loved the sounds.

This was pretty good. I’d try to see them live

Coolish

Would've been 3 but her vocals are infuriating.

It was meh. If I were more into the genre of post rock/punk I think it’d be a good listen, but it just didn’t do too much for me. 4/10

For 1978, this is really amazing production putting it more in the sound of the 1990s than the late 1970s. It really is fantastic production. Especially the cool guitar sound. However, the songs really go nowhere. The vocals are irritating and make no song memorable and the music seems to be the same in each song making a decent run time seem like forever.

Generally I liked women in rock and while this wasnt bad, it was just a bit too messy and all over the place

Couldn’t stand the vocalist but wasn’t the worst thing I heard

The title obviously refers to the vocals. Really unpleasant for too much of the album. Even a song like Mirage, which is quite musical, suffers because she only sings two notes. It's a pity the vocals are so poor because I like the backing.

I like this. Not my all-time favorite, but enjoyable for its time.

Not sure if I would have liked them when they came out. Not sure if I like them now.

A beautiful and gothic debut from Siouxsie and the Banshees. While they would surpass this album with bigger, more iconic music this is still fresh as hell.

-Just not a very interesting post-punk album. I feel like it sounds exactly like another band as well. Nothing really stood out through the album. Maybe a strong 3, which is pretty rough cuz most albums in this genre would easily get a 4

A band that has always somehow been in orbit around me, plenty of people love them, but I have never sat down and given a listen. Pretty fun album, and I dig the vibe a lot. Will explore more of their records.

(3.5) Dope.

I had never heard a full album from this band prior, just singles. I had liked what I heard which makes sense as it fits a lot of my tastes and has been suggested listening for ages. I was somewhat disappointed to finally hear a whole album. It was pretty good, but bot compelling. I enjoyed it enough but wasn't super thrilled with much of it. I can still see the influence it had and I'm thinking maybe follow up albums were better. That Beatles cover was, to put it as dumb as I can: omgwtflol

Quite good

Much like the Banshees and their screams, there was something that drew you out to the moors and beyond the craggled rocks but despite their cries, it always ended in doom. That's how I felt listening to this, at first excited and intrigued for a possible new sound but then disappointed at more of the same

Not much to say. I know we've had another from this band, and I don't think much stood out to me then either. Kind of generic, punk-ish rock. There's lots and lots of albums like this on the list, and this would be on my chopping block to cull the herd, especially since they've got more than one on here. Favorite tracks: Switch, The Staircase. Album art: How many people are underwater in this shot? Hard to tell. Decent cover, but the framing is odd. 2.5/5

Apparently being influential does not necessarily translate to good.

An influential album for anyone that appreciates The Go Go’s, Smashing Pumpkins. Not polished greatness. Not ceiling breaking. An album made of solid enough stuff to stick around after it added its own layers to the post-punk world.

2.5/5

Good, but tiresome.

More familiar with her later material but I really enjoy this rawer/punkier debut. I'm a closet goth.

I'm starting to think I like Siouxsie and the Banshees. I was originally listening on laptop speakers and halfway through Jigsaw Feeling I wanted to go listen to this on headphones. Some very Can-like guitar playing here, reminds me of their track "Father Cannot Yell". I definitely appreciate the dark post-punk here. Fun to know that they originally didn't know how to play anything really on their first gig, that's as punk as it can get. That Helter Skelter cover surprised me as well. Overall it falls a bit down as it goes along for me, but overall still good stuff. Metal Postcard did kind of annoy me though.

Fair

Seminal punk, and you can feel the energy, but the vocals are a bit monotonous despite their power.

Classic.

This was an okay album. I feel as they were before their time. A decent alternative sound. I felt the singer was the biggest drawback. She had a Florence style but not as catchy. The instrumentals are good and the album wasn’t too boring. Overall I don’t think I’d replay it again. 5.1/10

Probably pretty original / edgy when released. I liked it.

better than expected. good female vocals and makes me understand some potential redeeming qualities in noise rock. clearly influential.

A touchstone of new-wave, "The Scream" is very striking for a 1978 release. It could have easily been released ten years later as part of the noise-rock explosion, and would have still sounded fresh and relevant. In 2022, it's easy to see the influence this continues to wield: distorted angular guitars, unconventional progressions, thunderous drums, edgy semi-chanted vocals. On paper, it's everything I love... but not all of it played out as perfectly as I'd hoped. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of great stuff here. "Helter Skelter" is an absolutely inspired Beatles cover which unleashes the song's demonic potential. "Nicotine Stain" and "Mirage" are deceptively upbeat tracks, wearing the inner turmoil on their sleeves. But "Carcass" is the winner for me, telling the disquieting and original tale of a butcher (or serial killer?) falling in love with a slab of meat. Its final minute, all cacophony and freak-out with added handclaps, is a perfect frenzy. All of those tracks are great, but there are some that never really kick off as well. I ended up wishing they'd laid more into all-out aggression than some of the gloomier atmospherics. "Pure" is a bit of a nothing-opener, and "Overground" and "Metal Postcard" are just too dirge-like for me to get much out of. "Suburban Relapse" would have been a better closer than "Switch", which runs out of steam a bit towards the end. Some more catchy, lighter songs like the excellent single "Hong Kong Garden" (left off the original release) wouldn't have gone amiss, though I respect it may not have fit the band's vision for the album. Still, what works really works, and the band's overall style eclipses a lot of the weaker songs. Sioux is the perfect punk singer, hollering and yelping her way through each of the tracks with wild abandon. The drums are given a hypnotic, tribal feel: all toms and very few hi-hats or cymbals. Fascinating to find producer Steve Lillywhite honed this approach with Siouxsie and the Banshees a full two years before taking it to Peter Gabriel. Ultimately it's one I admired more than enjoyed: if I don't listen to it again for a while, I hope I'll come back with even more to get out of it.

Couldn’t get into it

Pretty good somewhat haunting

I had a lot of hope for this, since I really like the album of theirs with "Spellbound" on it, but this one is just not hitting the same.

The album is not the worst. I actually enjoyed the music but the screeching voice gets old really fast. Yes, I know it's called "The Scream" but punk is really not for me.

Early proto punk. Harsh

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Helter skelter,

An album that was evidently revelatory to a lot of listeners in 1978, and whose influence on a lot of other musicians is something I obviously accept, but to be honest it doesn't do that much for me. Bigger and better things lay ahead for them.

Clesic

um dia esse povo ainda clica

Couldn’t get through this one. Just nothing appealing to me, at all.

Non male le canzoni, ma non mi piace la voce della cantante.

Theres a lot going on here but im not sure id add it to my rotation

I really enjoyed listening to this album. I had heard individual songs but never the entire album in a listen-through.

Genre: Post-Punk 4/5 Siouxsie and the Banshees, one of the first groups regarded as truly post-punk, released their debut album in late 1978. The turn of the decade was nigh, and groups such as these brits right here were beginning to push the limits of rock into the 80s. This album, The Scream, was one of my favorite listens throughout this exercise. Incredibly forward thinking, heavy as hell, and clearly a major influence on the genre, this album is an album not just full of killer jams, but one that’s a big moment for rock and post-punk. Once Jigsaw Feeling started, I knew I was in for a good time. The album continued to pump out jam after jam, with Carcass shortly following it, their take on Helter Skelter (which is quite good), and with songs like Metal Postcard and Suburban Relapse filling out the back end of the album. All of these tracks do a great job of executing their own unique style, and after the album finished, I genuinely just wanted to start it over and listen again. The vocals were wild and great, the guitars are top-notch sludge, and the rhythm section in this swings between tribal and punk styles like it’s no problem. Really great stuff here, very pleasantly surprised!

La première toune jette tout un mood! Clairement un album influent pour joy division et sonic youth entre autres. Helter skelter m'a laissé perplexe... réharmonisé et mélodie assez différente, pas ma préférée... En général j'adore quand elle ne chante pas... elle est pas mal fausse souvent et ça gosse un peu Bjork a clairement écouté ça aussi, il y a une parentée évidente mais Bjork chante juste😄 L'énergie est bonne, ça brasse et les guitares sont bien acérées. Fondateur mais je ne crois pas y revenir souvent

Je ne suis pas un punk dans l’âme. Il y a 2 trois trucs intéressants, il n’y a pas de demi-mesures et je peux comprendre que ce soit important dans l’histoire du punk, mais je ne peux pas m’empêcher de trouver que ça sonne vide. Au moins, Helter Skelter n’est pas comme la vraie (tout le monde se casse les dent à essayer de refaire c’te toune là).

Encore une fois, en terme de face A et de face B, la face B est vraiment meilleure. La première écoute était moins évidente, mais une fois que j'ai "sizé" le groupe, j'ai complètement embarqué. Ce n'est pas une écoute de tous les moments, mais quand t'es dans le mood, c'est parfait. Un peu comme Sonic Youth. J’aime beaucoup les guitares sur cet album. Étrangement, c'est la dernière pièce que j'aime le plus, The Staircase (Mystery). Je trouve ce single de cette époque qui a été ajouté à la réédition de 2005 plus abouti et plus original. J'adore le jeu des guitares sur cette pièce. Pour ce qui est de la reprise de Helter Skelter, je trouve que c'est ce que dois être un cover, une adaptation au style du groupe. Si tu connais la chanson, cool, tu as la référence, mais sinon, tu l'apprécies comme n'importe quelle autre chanson de l'album. Ça fonctionne ici. Un album important qui a sa place sur cette liste. Pièces préférées: The Staircase (Mystery), Switch, Metal Postcard (Mittageisen), Nicotine Stain

I hate everything that this album spawned. So much of this I wish noone took inspiration from, most of it is horrible to listen to. But this one is not that bad and I do understand the feeling people get from it. I just usually gag instead, when some guy starts yelling and screaming about their perceived inequality and calls it punk. Ok it gets a point for the cover. But loses it for that cause then it's on my summary :)) 1

Essential album for goth, post-punk, new wave. Great sound. Some mysterious bass, guitars flowing with anxiety and stress. Siouxsie's moans and shouts are just immaculate. Fav track: Switch.

Samey, noisy, good but not great. Really surprised to hear the cover of Helter-skelter, and obviously knew Hong Kong Garden, but nothing else really grabbed me.

Lo-fi punk rock that's just interesting enough to be listenable while still serving as decent background music while I worked today. Will say the energy starts off strong on this one, but the arrangements and vocals became a bit repetitive about midway through - there are still some surprises on the back half, but nothing that blew me away.

Alright

1978? You can hear this album's influence in late 80s synth pop, 90s college rock, on and on. This was a pleasure to listen to and this album in particular is an example of the post-punk sound's influence. Bonus: what a great version of Helter Skelter.

4.25

Encore une belle découverte, album plein de promesses pour l’avenir.

Mensch! Ein Album von denen, und zwar Ju Ju, in dieser Liste hätte gereicht und alles wäre gut gewesen. Alle an diesem Buch Beteiligten sind eine Bande von Idioten.

Astonishing debut that set the style for Goth. Siouxsie and the Banshees were still finding their feet musically so the sound flits from punk to noise to something new entirely. It doesn't sound pretty in places and regardless of whether or not that was intentional, it does start to grate. Overall it is a good album and worthy of its praise just not one I would revisit regularly. Minus points for Helter Skelter, a terrible cover of a terrible song.

Booooooooooooooooooooooring ja semi ärsyttävä

Ei parasta kävelylle. Outo tyyli, ei mun juttu

5/5. Easy dub 😎👍

Sharp, stark and sinister, but lacking variety generally and dramatic high points specifically. This band would grow obviously, but this goth-y gloom fails to move much, without being outright bad or obnoxious.

Was not interested

3.2

the first two songs were alright but the voice got so annoying after awhile and i couldn’t deal with it anymore !

I've had a hard time connecting with this one. I fully appreciate how people could like (and conversely, could hate) this - it's so radically different and in 1978?? Man - almost unheard of. The part that I'm having most difficulty with is how can I like a lot of Gang of Four and Wire which I hear similarities but not this as much. Is it Siouxsie's voice? I appreciate and enjoy a lot of the non traditional aspects of this...the horror movie intro of "Pure"...the 5/4 time of "Overground" the almost but not quite straightforward "Carcass" - unique use of drums especially in that one, in that almost everything is on toms rather than the standard snare/kick. But then the album almost falls off a cliff... a song like "Metal Postcard" seems droning and doesn't hit the same promise as the songs in the first half of the record. "Nicotine Stain" and "Suburban Relapse" are just not good - bad atonal punk and the vocals are brutal. But then they come back with the excellent "Switch" and...? I have no idea how to rate this...my second time through I confess to starting to "get" this, at least the first half. I'll leave at this: this is not for everyone to be sure. I'll give big marks for being super unique and the best/mysterious songs are really worth a look, but overall it's not an easy listen. 6/10 3 stars for unique highs, but the lows are pretty low.

Creo que en este discose nota más que sin ellas no habría Pixies o Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Me cuesta trabajo sentir lo que quieren comunicar por eso no les puedo dar mayor calificación pero es un muy buen disco.

Como antecedente de muchas cosas sí es quizá algo que tenía que oír, pero la verdad es que no se compara con el otro disco que ya habíamos escuchado de Siouxsie. Quizá lo que más me gustó en algunas rolas es también lo que menos me gustó en otras: su voz. Fuera de eso, pues es el típico disco que viene a proponer algo nuevo y que a ratos se oye demasiado artsy o elevado.

In My Vinyl collection already this one. Siouxsie Sioux doing her indomitable best to change the face of women in rock music. I love their version of the Beatles "Helter Skelter" and of course "Hong Kong Garden" and "The Staircase (Mystery)" A real statement from one of the original "Bromley Contingent" just gotta love her chutzpah. Definately on my list of 1001 LP's to Hear Before You Die!

Ding ding ding ding-ding-ding-ding-ding oooooh oh oh oh oh

Couldnt tell one song from the next. Bored.

I feel basically the same way on this album as I did on the last Siouxsie and the Banshees album that came up on this list. I do appreciate the instrumentals, but the vocals are really grating to me and it's just not an enjoyable listen, it's uncomfortable to listen to but not in a good way. I can appreciate that this came out in the 70s so it is veery ahead of its time. Aside from that just not for me.

not bad

5/10 Инструментал отличный, особенно мне нравится ритм, но вокал очень раздражает, хоть вполне типичен для панка 1-3 песни мож расслушаю

Didn't enjoy

Deserves some sort of extra credit for recording "Helter Skelter" exactly how Charles Manson heard it in his head ten years prior. Overall, this album is a delight. Shame on everyone I went to college with for not introducing this to me during my campus years. You can literally hear countless bands (the B52's, Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins immediately come to mind) forming just from hearing this. Dark, twisted, original and thoroughly enjoyable.

Decent punk sound but not something I'll add to my rotation

Good

Pretty good album, no real standouts but very enjoyable.

Really enjoyable post-punk record. Wasn't familiar with this group but it feels right at home with other artists/bands that I love from the same genre and period. Some great noise-rock guitar sounds. Will try to revisit this one again soon.

I understand Juju, but I'm a bit shocked this was picked over Kaleidoscope, A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, or Tinderbox on the list. Am I complaining? No. I love post-punk and I love Siouxsie's vocals. What I love best about her vocals is best represented in "Metal Postcard," abrasive but fun and a little weird, reminds me of Cindy Wilson of the B-52s. There are some haunting gothic hints of where their sound will take, as in "Overground" and "Suburban Relapse." It seems like a lot of viewers give their points to the album's influence over how much they like it. I'm the opposite: their influence didn't explode until two albums later, but I find this to be a guilty pleasure of mine. I really enjoy all the songs; there's always something exciting happening that I wouldn't believe anyone who said they all sound the same. Before today, I only knew "Hong Kong Garden," and now I appreciate the song so much more now that I have context of how different this album is from their other work, and I like that. Again another example that reinforces post-punk as my favorite genre.

Dreadful. Prerequisite for ANY recording vocalist should surely be the ability to find a note that fits the chord. Never again, Siouxsie.

Liked "Overground", builds nicely and a little more melodic. Most lyrics are very dark, but seem to be congruent with the pulsing beats and thrashing guitars. Interesting to finally see them in the video for the last song.

What an interesting listen. If I hadn't looked at the band title, I might have thought it was a Patti Smith album. The wiki article talks about how the vocals in this album are an instrument and I can definitely see that. It's hard to believe that it was recorded in 1978. I love this tidbit from wikipedia that shows that fandom sometimes does work. "A fan undertook a graffiti campaign in London, spraying the walls of the major record companies with the words "Sign the Banshees: do it now"." Also, this was interesting to learn about the title,"The title of the album was in part inspired by the 1968 film The Swimmer (starring Burt Lancaster), in which main character, Neddy Merrill, intended to swim home, using open-air pools. Climbing over garden fences, from pool to pool, his journey put him into a state of mental and physical exhaustion, and in the end, Goddard said, "all Neddy Merrill could think to do was scream, [...] as a scream of exhausted jubilance after a troubled, arduous journey". All around, a good album. Made me want check out their last album of 2004 to see where the band went.

I enjoyed this for about twenty minutes before it all got a bit samey… it is obviously an influential album though so I’m glad I listened to it.

I only know Siouxsie & The Banshees from a few songs ("Happy House"). This is definitely NOT that. I get the experimentation and where this influenced so many other punk bands, but like "Suicide" I can't imagine me listening to this very often. I had to totally pause when "Helter Skelter" came on because I just wasn't sure what that was. It's never good when a song is totally unrecognizable.

Yawn. It felt like the Velvet Underground (and imitators) all over again. Stripped down but trying to do something artsy and unique. Siouxsie had a long career and some decent songs, and they're part of the punk revolution and all, but I don't think they had the stuff to put together an entire album worth of songs worth listening to. Jigsaw Feeling and Switch were alright (each had neat style changes), Mirage was ok, and Carcass and Nicotine Stain had some life to them. The rest were forgettable. Even Hong Kong Garden, their big hit from this album, I don't see what the appeal is.

old school punk "rough instrumental punk" not "fuck the machine" 2.5

Not bad, not my style

I didn't understand the lyrics much, but it kind of works. I like the sound, but all of the songs were pretty much the same.

So much rock. So indistinguishable. I thought I had listened to it all.

Not a huge fan of this album. Started to feel a bit repetitive and boring less than halfway through. 4/10.

Siouxsie was on her bullshit for this one. Best track: Jigsaw Feeling

Auch anstrengend

Besser als befürchtet aber immer noch nicht meins

Women were so much better at punk than men.

Siouxsue....Susie.....very clever.

Apparently this was *the* first album of the whole gloomy, post-punk genre, so kudos (and an extra half a star) for that. Would've preferred if they leant into that weirdness even more though - half of it sounds like plain ol' regular punk. I liked: the hypnotic 5/4 groove of Overground. I disliked: the Helter Skelter cover. Doesn't work imo. 2.5

Nah, not for me.

Estilo ochentero de pop/rock inglés con buena combinación de voces y de instrumentos. Canciones bastante parecidas entre sí. No destaca en nada especial

Hadn’t been familiar with this group. Feels like an influential album for later punk music but perhaps a bit repetitive

So funny how much this sounds like sleater kinney at times. Love the sound but I found the album to feel long as a whole.

I have a Siouxsie and the Banshees "Greatest Hits" album. This album sounded like the band, but almost all of the tracks on this album were unfamiliar to me. I like the band, and some of their songs are tracks that I would replay. "Jigsaw Feeling" is the track that felt like a probable track to revisit. The album as a whole comes in at "okay".

Je ne vais pas vous cacher que j'ai passé une demi-heure épouvantable en compagnie de cet album. Il s'agit tout simplement d'une notice de quarante-minutes destinée à expliquer tout ce qu'il ne faut pas faire quand on sort un disque. À croire que la chanteuse et les musiciens ne se sont jamais rencontrés tant la voix et les instruments n'arrivent pas à s'accorder une seule seconde. Ne me refais plus ce coup là, Robert.

La question que tout le monde se pose à l'écoute de cet album, c'est pourquoi diable Siouxsie and the Banshees se sont retrouvés par deux fois dans le générateur. Je me suis d'ailleurs posé la même question le premier jour de ma classe de 4ème. Après une année de 5ème passée dans la même classe que celui que vous connaissez désormais tous, robpenitencière - la faute à une option Krautrock choisie il est vrai un peu au hasard - je me rejouissais de pouvoir passer une année entière sans avoir à cotoyer cet individu. Alors que je m'installais dans ma nouvelle salle de classe, la 5ème singer-songwriter, pas une trace de rob à l'horizon. Je commençais à prendre des notes sur les instructions du professeur Rock, la mine enjouée grâce à la perspective d'une année sans embûche. Soudain, trois bruits secs retentirent contre la porte. Le professeur Rock s'interrompit, et alors qu'il entrouvait la porte, je pus reconnaître un son malheureusement très familier, trop familier. En effet, des notes de Part of a Whole de Hugh Masekala retentissaient à l'exterieur de la classe, et j'aperçu alors l'horreur: c'était bein rob qui se dressait là, son enceinte JBL en main comme à son habitude. Cet imbécile avait en effet oublié de mettre son reveil, et était arrivé en retard pour son premier jour de classe. J'ai donc pour la deuxième année consécutive dû me coltiner rob, malgré les 8 classes de 5èmes existantes, un sentiment que je redécouvre donc ce matin, à la vision d'un deuxième album de Siouxsie and the Banshees, malgré l'existence de milliers d'albums potentiellement candidats ä l'election générateurienne.

7/10

I liked it, but it's too long for this type of punk/post-punk thing. The Beatles cover is interesting, but kind of the worst thing in the album.

Absolutely classic debut album from the Banshees. What punk was all about.

Amazing!!!

OhMyGod I don’t like post punk. Enough already.

Alright I suppose. Worst Beatles cover version I've ever heard.

Fun Fact: Jar Jar Binks was in the original line up.

It's a pretty decent early punk album but doesn't really grab me like her later post punk/goff incarnation.

A bit like The Pixies? Same vibe

I can appreciate this in theory, but I wasn't really in the right mood to enjoy it. The album reminds me of being a teen, when I had goth friends who would listen to Siouxie on scratched old LPs. That's a pleasant nostalgic feeling, but it's 2021 and I want to be sooooothed. Go on with your eyeliner.

good

Really tributes the name banshee, weird tunes

Hell yes. Great 70's female punk album. Great cover of Helter Skelter. 4.5

Se deja escuchar, pero más allá de Hong Kong Garden y la versión de Helter Skelter no hay muchas cosas brillantes. Le doy 3 estrellas justas.

I like this style of music

Early punk and I'm not so sure I really care for it. 3/10.

punk band with its own sound, great songs

really fun, women are so punk!!!!!

Wat een kloteversie van Helter Skelter! De rest was ook gruwelijk.

Dit soort compromisloze newwave punk is echt niet aan mij besteed. Verschrikkelijk. Na 5 nummers was het exit.

Hysterisch gedoe, en dan ook nog een van mijn favoriete Beatles nummers verkloten? Nee, dit is niet mijn ding.

Ik vond dit vrij beroerd eigenlijk. Een - als ze live zingt - valszingende Patti Smith.

2/5 nope, it didn't stick

A really good insight into the genre. A little dark in parts...

Thought i would like this more as i like some later albums. Nothing was particularly noteworthy on the album, as i didn't find anything catchy... if anything, it just felt long and didn't hold my attention.

Ei uponnut ei. Soitanta kuulosti tusinatavaralta ja laulajan ääni ei miellyttänyt. Muistaakseni tällä bändillä on joku hittibiisikin, mutta ei ainakaan tältä levyltä löytynyt.

Vaikea määritellä genreä tälle. Jonkinlaista postpunkia kai? Goottipunkia? Vähän raskaan kuuloista on joka tapauksessa, vaikka toisinaan tämäntyyppinen musiikki toimiikin itselleni. Pariin kertaan meni läpi ilman suurempaa irvistelyä mutta ei jatkoon.

Thoroughly irritating throughout m, the vocals are everything I hate. Probably only saved from a 1 because we get this album straight after the hangman’s daughter it’s comparably fucking brilliant

Horrible vocals detract from an electrifying album.

Some decent music ruined by a dreadful singer - I don’t have much more to add as it passed me all by

Punk isn't my scene, least of all Siouxsie at this stage in their career. Siouxsie's voice is - for me - too screeching and the music sounds all the same. Some Ramones, The Clash or Sex Pistols works for me, but not Siouxsie.

It's clear why the group is called SIOUXIE and the banshees. Siouxie really takes centre stage and that's far from a good thing. Loved the arty intro track and simple yet interesting second track (which rocked). Great start to the album and I was really excited. However, by the end of Helter Skelter I was ready to turn it off. Her voice just starts to grate. It just feels like it lacks authenticity. It's all a bit of an act and an annoying one at that. It makes most of the songs unlistenable.

Enjoyed it. Bit grungy, loved the helter skelter cover. Carcass was a great track

4/5 only because I know with time I will like it more and more. Some really good dark rock on here. Standout: Helter Skelter.

He escuchado solo 1 cancion y no era mi mood...podria reconsiderar

Really surprised I haven't heard more of this band.

Tempting to call it proto-Benatar, but not really fair, as Benatar debuted just a year later. Jefferson Airplane, but 70s. Proto-Florence + the Machine, then. Hard rock, almost punk, but more elaborate phrasing and chording vs. power chords and manic strumming. I didn’t like it yesterday when I had a migraine, but I quite like it today. I’m glad I gave it another shot.

Neither good nor bad, I wouldn’t mind hearing more of it but it’s not something I’m gonna go out of my way to listen to

An enjoyable album, admittedly background music more than much else for me.

Decent.