I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Always appears on these best of lists, but I've never listened until now. It's mostly dull folk-rock pop, as in pastoral English folk, and I can't say any of it really does anything groundbreaking or interesting so far as I am concerned. Very predictible, run-of-the-mill stuff.

As soon as the vocals began in a British accent, I knew I was going to hate this. My assumptions were correct. This is trash and I am in a bad mood because I listened to it

Yawn

Yeah it's okay. Where's the wife's credit on the artist name here? Just largely forgettable 1/5 stars.

nah, nicht meins

Ein weiteres belangloses Album.

Is this the soundtrack to the worst Renaissance Fair movie?

Almost enough silly moments to get a second star but nah, that was not enjoyable

Boring album, feeling like alot on this list is going to be like this

Forgettable folk. Lame, tame and nothing to ever want to hear again.

Not a fan

Country.

NOPE

Brutal. Just no.

Country-folk. I'm sure it does something for some people. Not for me.

Yeah no folk or country for my top anything.

Not for me really didn’t enjoy

The celtic stuff is kinda nice but this is mostly boring as fuck.

heii ja yhtä tähteä! aika varma tästö ennnen albumin aloittamista, varmempi ekannbiisinnjälkeen ja kaikista varmin kaikkien kappaleiden jälkeen!

Awful

Just bland acoustic jams

Every time I start listen to one of these albums with an open mind, it backfires and I'm left disappointed. It tends to be the albums I'm sceptical about that end up being better than I anticipate. Anyway, this falls into the former category where I was hoping to like this but it ended up being very twee and was about 3 guitar strums away from Coombiyah (sp?). Hard pass.

Another album that wouldn’t impress me if they played it at a local bar. Not sure why it’s here.

Could i write poetry to this? n

Folking hell.

1. border - 1 2. crozz - 1 3. died - 1.5 4. tonight - 1.5 5. roll - 1 6. zing - 0 7. friend - 1.5 8. beggar - 1 9. rainbouu - 1.5 10. valerio - 2

Not a fan of English folk

Slog to get through and very dim

Second half kinda redeemed but I would never want to listen to it again so here we are.

Lemmiwiiiinks, Leeeemmmmiiiwinks.

Neat

70’s don’t care

Linda is the definite weak point on this album. Richard isn't much better. Overall, I don't like this album. 1 star

dislike but it's a high 1

1.5

I dont like folk

Not for me.

I just couldn't get through it. Wrong time / frame of mind maybe but 🤷‍♀️

first time listening really struggled to get through this one least favorites withered and died we sing hallelujah the little beggar girl

Very dour tone, which of course was their goal. They achieved it. Unfortunately they achieved using slow, plodding drum lines and repetitive melody work. Can you tell I wasn't a fan? Some of my favourite bands focus on dark or evil themes, this album did not strike the same chords. Also what's with the song about the Beggar Girl?

C'est du folk, sans harmonica

Por basofias como está Nachito no nos oye

If they want to see the bright lights tonight I'm happy to let them and I hope they're a long, long way away.

is that a sackbut? no, it's a krummhorn

The album was not good and it was folk music. Nothing was memorable or noteworthy. Go ahead and skip this one.

Folk rock. Folk. Rock. No.

The shortest album I heard so far, but it was the one I was most looking forward to end. I only enjoyed the first song maybe, and it became boring after that. Not my cup of tea, I would give it 1.5/5 maximum.

'The Calvary Cross' è toccante, quasi emozionante. Anche 'I want to see to see the bright lights tonight' è piacevolmente allegra, mi ricorda gli ABBA. Il resto dell'album lo trovo un po' insulso. La svolta christian rock di 'We Sing Hallelujah' è una sorpresa, non so quanto gradita. Oltre a questo si aggiunge la depressione delle ultime 2. *

Just could not get into it. Slow and lofty, but if I stop listening and close the tab before the halfway point, I know I am not into it.

I hated this so much it was like having all the annoying niggly thoughts that run around your head put to shit music. The ones that drag you down the banal the superfluous the 'should I go to the shops' or 'I'm fed up of eating nuts'. Aĺl these thoughts put to a bunch 9f horrible folly country just nasty sounds. An what was beggar girl all about!

Not my cup of tea at all

There is no doubt a great album that could have been made fusing Irish folk music and pop/rock. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight is not that album. It manages to dilute the strengths of both Irish music and rock. The rock half of that equation should need no further explanation--anyone with a passing familiarity with rock or pop could see the weakness of the presentation here, if not the tunes themselves. Richard Thompson is a mediocre vocalist, full stop. Linda's voice has a pleasant but slight timbre and isn't very expressive. The musicianship barely struggles to rise above the level of amateur musicians in Ireland of the time. I suppose we ought to give the Thompsons credit for trying, though. To hear what a great fusion of pop and Irish music actually sounds like, check out The Ninth Wave from Kate Bush's Hounds of Love, also on this list. Or better yet, check out a traditional Irish band with truly great vocalists and musicians, like the Bothy Band. The bigger question is \"Why is this album on the 1001 list?\" Once again, we see the pattern of including music from another tradition, but only if it is mixed with traditional Western pop, and a weak example at that. I've got to cut the list maker a little slack because there is no truly great album that's a fusion of rock and traditional Irish music, as far as I know. But there are a whole bunch of great albums of traditional Irish music, if they wanted something undiluted, or quite a few great examples of traditional English folk music fused with rock, e.g. Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull (to their credit, Aqualung is on this list). I was blissfully unaware of I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight before today--no great loss.

Had not heard of them or their music. Some of the tracks are interesting to me. Overall, I'm not wild about the sound, can't quite explain what it is about it -- I have a vague sense of my not liking both aspects of the music and aspects of the production, if that makes sense -- so much as I can hear their talent and ability, just doesn't quite do it for me.

no thanks

beuh

Only listened to one song, Don't like the voice unfortunately

2/10

booooooring