Reviews (page 7 of 8)
2/5
Nothing about this was one bit memorable, I mostly forgot there was even music on.
Didn’t really like this at all.I didn’t like this guys vocals and the songs weren’t catchy.The instrumental was inspiring.Not great at all.
Eh
Cool riffs, cool drumming, terrible production. I wish the vocals were a little less apathetic, it sounds like the singer is trying really hard to sound like he isn't trying hard. God damn "I'm going to Spain" sounds so bad. It's like outsider music without the intrigue. I'm trying to find something that I don't dislike and the lyrics are pretty bad as well. Didn't love this. "Service" and "A Past Gone Mad" are two tracks that were cool to me but I didn't like much else.
Meh
this album is a tragedy because while the band is killing it, the singer is trying to kill me. the voice is terribly monotonous with little to no musicality, and the lyrics are bland as well. such a shame to waste the band's talents on this album, without them this would be a 1
Nope. The “preacher speak” killed it. Everything-uh was spoken-uh like this-uh! The entire-uh album-uh was done this-uh way. Musicians were good, some of the tracks were ok minus the vocals-uh. Maybe a 2.5 at best. And thats very generous.
This band sucks. Just boring alternative British garbage that in truth, no one apart from the author of this book would ever care about. Yet this is the 3rd album here. Seriously, fuck off already. 2/5.
Listening to this album I was faced with many questions. Why does this band have more than one entry on this list? Why do the first few songs sound like if Pavement was mediocre? Why do the rest sound like the Talking Heads were being tortured? Why am I listening to this? Will I ever escape? Is Robert Dimery a psychopath? We’ll never know the answers to these questions. But I do know that I will not be listening to this album again.
Every track sounded the same
I’m not sure what is special about this but Kollaps gave me a whole new meaning of a 1 rating.
Ok album, this is my third from the Fall in this list. It was ok, I really find the spoken vocals to be not my thing. A two at most, didn’t want to give it even a second listen
The backing music was great. The vocals were meh for me. I just don't get UK music many times i think. But really enjoyed the beats.
A lot of talk-sing-ing, but not in a good Cake way. A little house music/dance music feel to some songs. Not offensive, not memorable.
I want to think, that it is 1993 and this is a breakthrough album in its genre. But honestly I can't hear through all the "recitation".
I reserve 1s for the absolute worst things like Kid Rock and that noise metal thing that was a hate crime. This is awful. There isn't anything worthwhile about it, but I still feel like I will give it a 2. Just a boring and worthless album.
Each song drags on and the talking vocals and repetitive undynamic monotone drumming make it truly unbearable.
Started out as a decent new wave album but as the album went on and the electronic dance music was unnecessarily added, my impression of it decreased
2 If you’ve ever wanted to listen to a drunk British dude’s impression of Iggy Pop, then this is probably the album for you. Unfortunately, this isn’t nearly as interesting as anything that the former-Stooge has ever put out - this is like if Iggy decided to make a career out of being a dancer instead of a punk. Like, was this an alternative rock record or a dance record? I’m not against cross-genre fusion by any means, but it didn’t work for me here. And then combined with this guy’s voice… Look, I’m not normally picky about vocals, but man I feel like I’m listening to karaoke from a guy who’s about to be cut off at the pub. It never feels like he’s giving any more than maybe like 60% effort max, and for a studio recording, my guy was noticeably struggling to hit some of the notes (I’m Going to Spain was especially bad). Not much else jumped out at me, except for maybe The League of Bald-Headed Men, but mostly because I read beforehand that it was accused of ripping off Misty Mountain Hop by Led Zeppelin. Personally, I think it’s a coincidence, but I can definitely hear it. Not much else to say on this one. I didn’t hate it, but I don’t see myself coming back to it.
I'm 161 days into this and, so far, I keep coming back to the same conclusion. A list of 1,001 albums is too long to be a quality list. We end up with a lot of duds, like this one. There are much better albums out there, but the almighty listmaker didn't want to include multiples from bands that are popular, I assume because they're afraid of being seen as cliché. Somebody needs to whittle this list down to a solid 500.
Some of the worst singing ever. Imagine being a bandmate and you've practiced your craft playing guitar or drums, and then this shmuck gets on the mic and starts mumbling nonsense. Also a 2 hour album. All that "singing" and nothing to say. 4/10
La verdad no me gustó mucho, si bien los temas que se acercan más al rock estuvieron bien, en otros los efectos me hacían pensar que estaba escuchando el soundtrack de Matrix o algo asi
Mark E. Smith sjunger ju inget vidare.
Not a Fall period that I like
4/10. Not much fun to listen to. I like that there was a song about going to Spain though
Music was mediocre but the vocals really turned me off. 4/10
The singer sounds like he's 2/3 the way through the cheapest bottle of off brand vodka he could find with the loose change he found in-between the cushions of the couch in the half way house he now resides after doing a 12 month stint in jail for being caught masturbating in front of a 83 year old lady named Doris pissed off his gourd with a urine stain down the front of his trousers.
Meandering and clumbsy sounding. The final track was a minor, pyrrhic victory.
I'm not entirely sure what this is, but I'm sure that I don't care for it.
Rough rough late new wave
With Mark Smith being the only truely consistent member of The Fall, you'll find they're never quite the same band that they were a few years prior. The Infotainment Scan, compared to Saving Grace or Witch Trials, is muhc more dance-focused while still maintaining the general personality through Smith. Unfortunately there have been better 90's dance albums made. This one felt like it came and went with no real impact upon hearing it. At least Light / Fireworks made for an interesting closer.
I couldn’t take the awful singing. If you could call it singing. The music was fine.
Weird album.
I appreciate it, I just don't get it
Two hours and six minutes? Cut it down to 40 and I would have been good with three stars but it just was too much. Some good songs but nothing I’m rushing back to listen to.
Well, this album couldn't end soon enough for me. I didn't dig the vocal stylings and it was a tedious task to listen today.
Way too long
Nicht mein Fall.
Not a fan of this one
Yeah this is just the kind of incoherent mumbling that really brings the whole album down. Music good but i can’t give this more than 2/5
Why so many covers? Not for me I’m afraid. Plus, I’m on team Riley….
It got annoying after a bit.
Not a fan. Some of the vocals were okay some of the time, but a whole album of this was too much.
Just skimmed
had potential, but ruined it.
Some Tracks have potential, but potential alone doensn't make them good...
these last few albums have not been good
First unknown entity to me in this project, so I was excited about this one. There are some cool grooves going on here but the vocals are just weird. A bit like Pavement at times, but not in a good, absurdly fun way. Just some dude vibing over the music like he’s trying to decide how the real vocals should sound later. Except the real vocals never get recorded. I might like this as an instrumental.
Rochdale's finest? I hope not. It's massively disappointing to me. The Lost in Music cover sounds like they are taking the piss out of everyone.
ta raro
You know an album that you never heard of is British 90s pop/indie just by seeing the cover pop up. The Fall's 'The Infotainment Scan' is a great example of 'If at first you don't succeed, maybe try 14 more times…" The Infotainment Scan is an okay album. I've never heard it before and this period is when I was at my prime new music listening. It's not a great album and it surely is not something that you definitely need to hear before you die. 2/5.
2, this was ok
Mark E. Smiths delivery isn't for me. The input from other band members is clear as there's some great music on this. I don't really know how to rate it
It's interesting. Cool sounds. Not a fan of their vibes though. Might need context to appreciate them.
Wasn’t that good. Pretty annoying.
The singer is not doing it for me at all.
I'm going to cut and paste from the review I gave this band for the another of their albums......... awful..... when you think about what is missing from this list, you wonder how on earth albums like this got on it.......
This is decent. The other to albums I've gotten by the Fall were instant 1's. This juuuust gets to a 2
The instrumentals are decent, but vocals are very bad and unpleasant
This album has little to no direction, which understandably can be a draw for some listeners who revel in the aimlessness. The lyrics have a punk feeling to them, saying a lot of things without really saying anything unless a poser you were not. At first glance, the album title appeared to be "The Infotainment Scam" which would be apropos, as this album was neither info rich or entertaining. Musically, the album has a lot of groovy moments, the kind that says the album should be enjoyable but the lyrics and lack of resolution get old really quick. "Service" has a distinct and nice groove, but it never veers from that. It stays there while the vocalist seemingly just ad-libs. A hidden gem, perhaps, in "A Past Gone Mad" where a higher energy is reminiscent of future sounds from the Crystal Method and even Moby. The album has few merits but not enough to earn a higher score in this review.
This was a bit fatiguing to listen to. I generally like The Fall (I think?) but I could do without this one for the most part. Not terrible, but to be that guy: the old stuff is better.
Because this list is so british-centric I'm getting this band for the 3rd time already and I don't understand why. The birits are really hurting my 90s decade score as well which is getting rather annoying. The fall 3 times yet no Tool? No tragically hip?? C'mon!
This list's maker obviously loves The Fall much more than the general public does, given this is 3rd album from The Fall that I'm getting here. My verdict is similar to the previous two occasions: The Fall's music is very far from being able to hold me interested for an album's entire duration. And as before, I fail to see what's so special about it.
Hier kon ik zeer weinig mee.
Nee, doe maar niet. Bijna vals ook.
Bizarre stuff. The band are playing alright, but the vocalist is just running a one-trick-pony thing over the whole album. This band may have been his baby, but it baffles me that some record execs back in the day heard this album and decided to invest money and time into it. Heard it, will never listen to it again.
terrible
Jesu ovo napravili oni pijanci koji su uvijek na glavnom kolodvoru? Ima neke zanimljive produkcije i instrumentala al mi je ostatak jako iritantan
Think this would be good in small doses or for those trying hard to be cool, as it is, just listening to it for music I did not enjoy.
2/5 nothing interesting
Not for me. The singer’s voice was wack. The music was fine but not that interesting. Lot more electronic sounding than I thought it was going to be.
Does this guy ever actually sing or just talk into the mic the whole time?
2/5
I imagine this is some sort of insane popular fad music from the 90s in England. For me, it’s awful.
Idk maybe with a closer listen I’d like more. Seems promising but 2/5 on first run
Didn't love this album. Thought it was just okay.
I didn't Know this band. It's not bad but it's not the kind of music I heard.
03/08/22
bit on the mad side, liked some of it but went on far too long
Horrible singing. Great bass.
First Listen. I really enjoyed the Fall's, "Live at the Witch Trials" album so I was looking forward to this one. It didn't really grab my attention on this listen. 2/5
It's ok with me if you like it. I don't especially. But I can see why you do.
Weird
Rating: 5/10 Best songs: I’m going to Spain
Hummmm. Uh. If “most accessible of their umpteen albums” is the reason to put it on the list, then does it need to be on the list?
Decidedly average
it's a cœur-SUHH
Not much to say here. Okay music, nothing too special. I did really like "Light/Fireworks" which was so different that I thought I had started a new album. Just not much here for me. Favorite tracks: Light/Fireworks, It's a Curse. Album art: A cool design, but the picture comes up blurry here and on Apple Music. I doubt it's intentional, but the album didn't really pop for me so maybe a little blur makes sense. 2.5/5
4/10
nah, gave up
Not a fan of this at all. Its the speaking-music type style. Not always a bad thing but I just didnt feel it with this one
Wow for a band to have their 15th (!) album in the top 1001 albums either some of their other stuff juuuust missed out or it wasn't that good to begin with. The Fall's 'The Infotainment Scan' is reminiscent of early to mid 90s alt rock with house/dance undertones throughout. It has a very abrupt, poetry style to the lyrical content of the album. Overall an ok listen. Best: Ladybird (Green Grass) Worst: Light/Fireworks 2.5 Stars NOTE: Spotify had the double disc version of the album. I only listened to the first disc as it would have been released on CD at the time.
I've never managed to get into the Fall. It's not that I don't like, I just don't see what the fuss is about. Mostly sounded the same to me. Also, Mark E. Smith seemed like a twat and was really horrible to Adam and Joe when he was on the Adam and Joe Show.
No coherence, this seems to be a running trend in most of the albums I don't like. They tend to be less albums and more strings of songs.
Ok not gonna lie -- this was another TOUGH one for me. I am sure they were influential and have a unique sound, but to me it sounded like a far worse, more repetitive version of like the Talking Heads (which I like). Not a keeper for me. Looking forward to the next.
Well, I really don't like this guy's voice.
Don't care for it. I feel like other bands do it better. The music is nice, but I'm probably never listening to this again.
I can see how this is important, but I didn’t like it
Screams to be bumped off the list for something more deserving. Some of it's decent, like Glam-Racket and I'm Going To Spain. The album does get somewhat better as it goes along. I can't help but think I'd have a more favorable opinion with a different vocalist. Maybe it'll improve on repeat listens, but I currently have no desire to listen to it again. Actual rating is 2.5.
Most accessible of The Fall albums. I like the instruments and music direction, but geesh those vocals hurt. Every damn song. Almost ruins the experience but it does remind me of shoegaze vocals (only clearer) so I can bear through it.
idgi
Has a vibe, but very weird overall. Every track is mostly repetitive (sometimes spoken) vocals with uninteresting riffs in the background. I typically like early punk but I wasn’t a fan of this album.
Kind of strange rock and roll. A little talky and not very singy. Not a huge fan.
Seems these guys are a shadow of the punk genre...not very good
A few good tracks, although I have taken off a star after learning they are covers! Not sure it was the best introduction to the Fall, if such thing exists.
Pretty Eh.
This was something for sure
This one was also pretty weird and just pretty uncomfortable to listen to. There were some interesting parts and parts I liked, such as the guitars on Paranoia Man. But on the whole, I was glad when it was over.
I just listened to this as background music while distracted. Generally speaking I wasn't a big fan.
Only listened to a few songs, it was okay.
Wierd, not really good wierd.
meh
A bit difficult to understand, but typical of brit pop back in the day. Also a bit too experimental in some places.
what?
The music is actually well done and I've definitely gotten into the groove on It's A Curse and Glam-Racket. Unfortunately i really don't like the lead singers mumble-talk delivery on these tracks. Not really that enjoyable.
The only thing that saved this from a 1 star was the instruments
Meh
Weird stuff, couldn't get into it at all.
no more The Fall.. dear god.. ick
The vocalist sounds kinda drunk. I like the instrumentation, but not the singer as much.
feels dated, very 90s. i dont think this aged very well, or is remarkable in any way.
Very eccentric brit pop rock, unique but ultimately unsatisfying
Every Fall album is different. Every Fall album is the same.
Pass.
Forgettable noise
Not sure why I had to listen to this before I die. The music is ok but the singer can’t sing for shit. Awful
Part of the nature of this challenge is that certain albums hit you at certain parts of your life. Some are great, some not so much. As I was playing this album, I threw my earbuds in my pocket and forgot to take them out before hopping in the hot tub. Let's just say the album sounded better with water logged earbuds than before they were soaked. 1/10
Pésimo
++: Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room, A Past Gone Mad, Why Are People Grudgeful? +: Lady Bird (Greengrass), Lost in Music, The League of Bald-Headed Men +-: Glam-Racket, It's a Curse, Service -: I'm Going to Spain --: Light/Fireworks 3,6/10
2/10
This mf cannot sing. If this is their most accessible album I'll happily avoid the rest. Holy fuck this is bad. 1/10
What is this guy doing? This might make more sense if it sounded like it was a home recording on a tape deck. The audio quality is too good for how sloppy this sounds. While listening to the song "Service" I checked to see if it was finishing soon thinking it was going long. It had been 20 seconds.
Scan for info: Negative Scan for entertainment: Negative Scan for dog shit music: Positive
Didn’t like
The first track was OK, the rest let me down. Pretty terrible stuff.
Another stellar pick for this list …why?
No
I did not like this. The sonic assault on my ears through my headphones was headache inducing.
Overly aggressive
another shit album
Robert Smith had been in a good mood, listened to a lot of billy idol and got sloppy drunk.
Vocals are a bit meh
First song is reminding me of fitness gram pacer test. Other songs sound like davy jones from pirates of the Caribbean.
God I hated this. Truly awful singing, and I spent every track hoping it was the last one on the album
Something singing in another language? Maybe the title it must to be "1001 albums from EU and Great Britain"
If you like bad music and even worse vocals you are probably loving this album. For me it is 1 star or F.
OK so we have no Tool Harry Belafonte Chuck Berry Cranberries Deftones Mos Def Neil Diamond It's missing albums like Last Splash, ATLiens, Thick as a Brick and Paid in full. Yet we have this. I'm not sure historically if it's relevant, I've never heard of them before. Having listened to the album I'm really starting to be tired of this. This is not an album that is good, it's boring. It's not offering anything. Maybe it was someone's favorite band and they won a dozen awards and thanked The Fall. Somehow I doubt it. This is just a lame album, and for it to be a double album?! Come one now. If it were a concept sure I could understand that, like the 69 love songs. Yeah it's too long but that was partially the point. What is the point of this? It's not entertaining, informative, or fun. At no point while listening did I feel the urge to dance or sing along. It's joyless. Go listen to something that makes you feel something, don't waste your time on this.
Wow! This is terrible. I mean the production sounds like it was from a mediocre studio a decade earlier. Those vocals. Holy crap. There's lazy and phoned-in then there's this! I feel embarrassed for the rest of the band who actually sound like they put some effort into it. I'm not feeling generous on this one. 1 Star
don't get the love for this one
wow. i hate this. i'm actually kind of surprised by how much i hate this
Really cool sound unfortunately tarnished-ah by-ah whatever-ah this-ah is-ah
ok
Absolutely fucking not. This is the kind of shit only men can get away with.
insufrible, una reverenda mierda ZZZZZZZZ
1 canta para el culo
I just listened to this and I can’t remember a thing I heard
not really a fan of this. the number of artists who think they can drop 10 four or five minute songs in a row is too damn high. also what the fuck are these vocals? paranoia--i think this is giving me paranoia. which is not really what i want to get out of listening to music. i can't finish this 1/5
Yuck. Could not make it through one song. Zero stars
I really don't like this at all... :-(
If the primary appeal of the songs are the lyrics it'd be nice to have someone who is good at singing in your band. Or, failing that, someone who is intelligible.
Can’t stand the singing, made me very irritable this morning. But enjoyed the rest of the band when he wasn’t s singing
Couldn't listen to it. His voice is terrible.
This is a weird singing style, its like yelling random stuff but there's music? Best song: I'm Going To Spain
I guess it’s punk rock. Not sure. Not impressed with the music.
1.5 - not a fan
Not sure this actually classifies as music.
I feel like they had potential but squandered it. Don't like 'vocalists' who talk rather than sing and that's mainly what they do. Wouldn't recommend.
Not enough melodies
418/1089 - Great, drunken talk-singing over a mediocre instrumental that does nothing for an hour.
Not my favorite rock album.
This is my first time listening to an album by The Fall. I'm not really enjoying this. Or maybe I should say: "I'm not really enjoying this-uh." Why is the vocalist like this? Make it stop.
mark e. smith's voice annoys me in this one
1. lady - 1 2. muzic - 1 3. glam - 1 4. Spain - 0 5. Curse - 0 6. Man - 0 7. Service - 0 8. Bald - 1 9. Mad - 0 10. Light - 0 11. People - 1 12. Moon - 1
junk
bad
Yeahhhh this is one of those where I just don’t see why it makes this list of 1001 albums…I just don’t see it.
Can't find it, but don't care enough to go looking. Based on this lists track record, other user reviews, and subgenre I know exactly how this would sound
Starting to believe this generator, two months in is just trolling me because there's no way these terrible albums are in this.
First album I did not finish. Not my vibe
Is it ragebait to listen to less than half the album and then hand out ones? LOL!
🤷♂️.. kann nicht viel damit anfangen
Sometimes something really gets under your skin and you can't tell why you really hate it.
i’m shocked but not in a good way. A couple songs left me speechless because of how bad they were.
Failed gimmick
Musically OK although a little repetive at times with chords repeated seemingly ad infinitum. I know it's their style, but I just don't like the almost monotonal, slurred vocals.
was not vibing with any
I could have made a better album using samples from drunk karaoke singers and recording need for speed background music.
Easily one of the worst albums I’ve ever listened to. Why they thought it would be a good idea to add lyrics to the already monotonous tones I had the displeasure of experiencing I may never know. Hope I never have to listen to this ever again, especially fireworks, you suck.
I can't stand this band!
What a collection of interesting music absolutely dogshitley ruined by some mumbling.
Did not finish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiduNJG-Ltk Only Frank could truly hit the north.
Seems like the singer just randomly and incoherently blurts shit out, just terrible. Great there’s two more albums to look forward to from them on the list.
Not my cup of tea
I'ma be so honest, this album when compared to all these others is dog water. Like sure its good club music or like house / EDM for mixing but it is honest and truly so musically meh and they are just saying some shit like bro be so fr this album is not making anyones desert island list.
After getting their debut album, we now jump all the way to The Fall's FIFTEENTH album. Did post-punk survive the 90's? A resounding no. I could've listened to this at release and told you that it sounded dated even back then. The band itself sounds fine enough, but Mark E. Smith's vocals just drag everything down I'm afraid. I tried, but couldn't find anything redeeming here.
Like the music the talk singing was a little too much the songs all kind of blended together as well. Reminded me of the Stranglers but less catchy
During my listening of it i realized i had already listened to it but forgot to review it… shows how unremarkable it was
The vocals sucked and I couldn't get into the instrumentals.
Like a toothache, but in your ear. It’s confused and disjointed, without confused disjointedness being a natural center to their identity.
Not my cup of tea. Every song sounds similar, the singer didn’t have strong vocals. Lyrics didn’t blow me away.
not my deal
I picked through this album and didn’t find anything really to like. No favorites.
Please be serious.
Fun but it’s given “but dad I want to go to fashion school”
The band just needs someone who can sing. Not this talentless idiot.
This album is on here?? Not their best at all, Hex Enduction a masterpiece. Why is this here there’s probably so many albums that should take its place.
Some interesting moments musically but those vocals… I use that term generously … the lack of talent makes this hard to listen to. Certainly not a must listen to album.
I can't work out if this album is taking the piss or it really is this bad - it's not one of those albums that is so bad, it's great. I totally agree with Kenny Everett's assessment of "I'm Going to Spain" being one of the worst songs ever - I wish that they'd gone to Spain and never made this album. And how they can say that the riff in "The League of Bald-Headed Men" isn't a rip-off of Led Zeppelin is beyond me.
I regret this entire 45 minutes.
It's a no for me dawg. Too much talk singing.
Wow, the vocals on this make it almost unlistenable. Whatever musical ideas are here get buried under a delivery that's closer to nails-on-a-chalkboard.
I thought this album was kind of lame. I'm sure he is pushing the envelope or whatever but it just isn't my thing. I don't really like the lyrical style, but the music isn't terrible. Overall I don't care to listen to it again.
Very bad. Barely listeneable with the annyoing and hobad lyrics and delivery. Instrumentals were mediocre. Light 2
1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die [in random order]: 17: THE FALL: The Infotainment Scan (1993) I've tried to get into The Fall a few times, but Mark E. Smith's bored and uninspiring rambling [because its no singing] has always proven to be a key deterrence. Unfortunately, the band's 1993 effort, 'The Infotainment Scan', is no exception. Interestingly, The Fall is often heralded as one of the most important bands to hail from Manchester in the United Kingdom, often uttered in the same breath as Oasis, The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order and The Stone Roses, and their sound has plenty of that tasty post-punk edge synonymous with many of their contemporaries. But I just can't do Mark E. Smith's vocals. The lack of melody and flair offered by his vocals brings the entire album down. Melody isn't always necessary, bands such as Sonic Youth and Talking Heads were famous for eschewing traditional melody but were still able to make their songs memorable. The Fall just can't do it for me, and 'The Infotainment Scan', not unlike 'This Nation's Saving Grace' (considered their best album), is simply 40 minutes of nonchalant rambling over the top of admittedly solid musicianship. What this band could've been with a better singer. 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑
a few decent tracks, but mostly a lot of things i wouldnt really want to hear again. i was fascinated though by how this album progressed. from like a proto-punk to a club remix of a song. it was odd. 1.5 stars, but ill drop it to one because ill never go back to it
Already forgotten
shit
Mark E. Smith has always fancied himself a curmudgeonly prophet barking through a pub PA, but this time the sermon collapses under its own sneer. His band clatters around with their usual clang-and-drone—discordant, unyielding, and, yes, very Fall—but the detachment is terminal. "Glam-Racket" struts a little, sure, and "Why Are People Grudgeful?" scampers like vintage post-punk on a sugar crash, but by the time we get to Smith croaking through "I'm Going to Spain" like a karaoke dare gone sideways, the shtick's grown thin. "Light/Fireworks"? More like anti-music dadaism for its own sake. Even by their standards, this one's a hard slog. Fans will call it uncompromising. The rest of us might settle for unlistenable.
Subjectively bad. Repetitive, grating and challenging for me to listen to. I'm sure this is just me, but gah!
HOOOORRRRRRIIIIBBBBLLLEEEEEEEEE
Best Song: None. Worst Song: Light/Fireworks. This one is somehow the least "song" of all of these barely songs. Overall: Who likes this? The band is playing utterly ordinary jam music, while this guy just speaks over top of it. And, he neither speaks with even an ounce of musicality, nor does he seem to make any effort to articulate well enough that you can actually understand what he's saying. I doubt that he has much meaningful to say.
This stinks. Not my bag. outta here.
Things that are cool on this album: Craig Scanlon – guitar Steve Hanley – bass guitar Simon Wolstencroft – drums Dave Bush – keyboards Things that are terrible: Mark E. Smith – vocals At least 'The League of Bald-Headed Men' & 'Why are People Grudgeful?' are fun tracks that Mark E. fails to totally ruin
Obnoxious borderline non-music. If you like this you’re lying.
Wasn’t able to finish. Not really my style
trash. nothing particularly worth listening to
To be fair I’m only a bit over 100 albums into this list but as of now this album has without a doubt the worst vocals. Can’t say much about the instruments because this guys voice is so distractingly horrible.
Kind of has the vibe of the Velvet Underground if they were a few decades later and electronic. This is not a compliment. The first couple songs weren’t great, but tolerable. Glam Racket on was just awful.
Could have been a better score if it wasn’t for the vocals, awful
British
I couldn't digest this, so I throw up.
so close! maybe try singing now and then during the songs. hope this helps!
Grating
I tried, but no. I really did try. Maybe I can try again later some time...
What on Earth was this
I couldn't get through this, this might be the worst album I've pulled yet.
you don't need to listen to this before you die
This album made me reconsider Post Punk as a whole, as well as killed my enjoyment of a lot of other bands. Because this sucked. Mark E Smith is a pretentious cunt and the vast majority of the music on this couldn't save his horrendous vocal delivery. It kills me that I could hear so many bands I love in this album and rather than like the album I instead questioned my love for other bands. I will give it this, some of the production choices I liked. That was about it. I didn't hate it, but I certainly didn't like a lot of it and as an album it really fell flat for me. Favourites - I'm Going to Spain Least Favourites - Lost in Music, Glam-Racket, It's a Curse, The League of Bald-Headed Men, Past Gone Mad, Light / Fireworks
This is, by fad, the worst album I have ever endured. Very little going on musically, and what little there is - is so buried in the mix that it’s a strain to even make it out. Non-sensical rambling lyrics delivered in the most uninterested, lazy, sloppy manor that if I heard someone talk like this in real life I’d want to physically hurt them to make it stop. If that was what these cunts were going for, bravo. You’ve made something so purposefully shit that it lives in an incredibly fine margin - not ‘so shit that it’s good/funny’, but genuinely, puuuuuure, irredeemable dogshit. Fuck off. Ladybird (Green Grass) (3/10) Lost in Music (2/10) Glam-Racket (1/10) I’m Going to Spain (3/10) It’s a Curse (1/10) Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room (1/10) Service (2/10) The League of Bald-Headed Men (2/10) A Past Gone Mad (1/10) Light/Fireworks (0/10) 1.6/10
If it were instrumental it could be a 4
Yikes.
Thought that voice sounded familiar, and it was. Second album featuring Mark E. Smith on this list. Interesting choice. Must say this was off to a better start than the last one with more electronic vibes. But the more I listened to it the more annoyed I got. When I realized Mark finishes ever sentence with ”-ze” or ”-ah”, there was no way to unhear it. So the frustration built up gradually until I couldn’t bear listening to him anymore. Of course he has his own style, which is admirable. And reading about him on Wikipedia he definitely seemed like an interesting character. But I just can’t stand listening to this. Strong 1 for me due to Mr. Smith. Without vocals it might have been something between a 2 and 3.
Bleh not my thing
The singer sounds like he is plugging his nose. It's like these guys wrote some underdeveloped 80s tunes and got "a buddy they know" to come in and sing for them. I really think the singer gave 30% effort and only one take. I can forgive bad singing when there is good musicianship/ composition/ etc. but when you layer crap on top of crap you end up with...
A mildly interesting sound. The formula starts to get depressing around song 4. By the end I didn't want to hear anything by the Fall ever again. Which is too bad, because their earlier stuff was at least relevant.
Singer sings out of tune
Some of the worst shit I’ve ever heard. Dude can’t sing to save his life. He just talks the words, not even in key. Absolute trash.
Shit
Make it stop
There is awful, then the next level down. Which is where this belongs.
Sounds like some Eugene music. I'm not cool enough
Still, after the third The Fall album on this list, I can't fathom the singer's voice. Worse, what they've done to Lost In Music is an abomination.
Punk, Chaos, Rock, 1993 -> 1
That was whack
What the fuck is this?
Never heard of The Fall despite them claiming to be "prolific and innovative" which I found them to be neither. The flat delivery of the lyrics and the backing tracks themselves sounded very dated (even for the 90's). There's a few decent basslines and riffs but not enough to overcome the spoken word complaining. I didn't really like anything on this album and don't need to explore more. 1.15 is the highest I can go for the drunk, hypnotized cynic.
I hate this
Really annoying music. All sound the same, The singer can't sing or purposefully sings off-tune.
Crap
Mein Gott ist das ein beschissenes Album. Macht den Leuten von Radiohead starke Konkurrenz. Nichts passt zusammen, die Musik, der Gesang, es klingt wie hingekotzt und hingeschissen - 1 Stern, wech mit die Viecher
Mein erster 1-Stern. Was für eine unschöne Stimme. Songs der Playlist hinzugefügt: Keine
Just a bunch of musical rambling, pretty pointless and uninteresting
Kinda boring, not gonna lie.
After a run of dog-shite albums I had two 5-stars in a row, and then I got served up this monstrosity. Absolute garbage. I wanted to turn it off half-way through the first track but was intrigued about the cover of 'Lost In Music' so stuck it out. Fuck me, they butchered that song. I skipped to the next track for one last chance, and it was the worst of the three sofar. I had no hesitation to stop listening. The singers voice is horrific, just really grates on you, and doesn't complement the music in anyway. The music is pretty poor to start with.
Imagine if Bob Dylan was English, and decided to do post punk music in the 90s… That’s what this travesty is. Monotone singing with no personality that sounds the same with drawn out syllables that just exist to annoy the shit out of me. It’s sad because the music behind the singing isn’t bad, but wasn’t enough to keep me from stopping 3 tracks in.
I could almost give this 2 for the lads playing the music in the background, but fuck me the vocals are just too annoying. It started to feel torturous after 2.30 into every song - I knew what was coming next and the anticipation became almost as painful as the delivery. Hopefully that’s my 3rd and final Fall album done.
The way this guy moans after every single line is infuriating. He's gotta be like what if I had a cool band, but gave zero effort on the vocals. Rough. And then the last few tracks were just total trash to listen to
1 song was enough. After that it was annoying. Happy it’s done. Thank you. Drive through.
Hard pass. That voice is like a thousand nails on a chalkboard.
Mid musicians/music and subpar vocals/singing
This. Is. Terrible. This entire album sounds like the Festrunk Brothers from SNL speaking over music that, on occasion, sounds intentional.
What in the actual hell did I listen to. The instrumentals actually sounded like these could be good songs but it just sounds like drunk rambling over them, ruining each song. I do not understand this at all.
Found this a bit erratic... just not my style
Forgettable, weak vocals, trying to be edgy
This is my second album by the Fall, a band I’d never heard of before, in as many weeks. I’m left wondering how they got not one, but two albums on this list. I’m desperately hoping there’s not a third. In all seriousness, the music is quite good, maybe great? The vocals, however, are some of the worst vocals I’ve ever heard. I loathe this guy’s approach to singing.
dear lord i had to skip this album on the second song, if i hear one more word slur out of this guys mouth i will end it NNN
Comparing his vocal skills to bob Dylan would be an insult to bob dylan
Meh
This album was quite boring and dragged on too long
Their "most accessible album", huh? I sure hope that's a euphemism for bland and soulless because this is totale Scheiße. Dated post punk art rock schtick - it's 1993, guys, where have you been? In its better moments, which there are not many of, I can hear faint hints of circa The Cure rocking it out on a Madchester rave, but the second bit of this comparison is already not a compliment. And 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 come the vocals. "Of the 66 musicians who came and went over the band's 40-year existence, about one third played in the band for less than a year." I feel you, 66 musicians. I feel you.
Yikes. One second in and I already knew it was gonna be a long one. The monotone voice is something that immediately shuts me off and that’s exactly what happened. I felt like it was the only thing I could hear and it sounded as if a random person was picked from a crowd and forced to sing a song they only kind of knew. I didn’t like this at all.
...ooooo I LOVE an album that sounds like a poorly-recorded demo with a crappy sounding drum machine and direct guitars that a real producer could maybe have whipped into shape with some direction and imagination but instead they did a HARD pivot, went to their local dock with their tape recorder, and found the most-tweaked out piss-stained wastoid with his legs wrapped around a pole and said "we need you to sing the first words that come to your addled brain - now." -uh! no. 1/10 1 star
Sem conseguir decidir qual é a parte mais chata, os vocais ou as batidas.
I found this to be abrasive.
I tend to find music falls roughly into one of five categories: (1) music that I think everyone should hear -- objectively good and descendent from alien life forms to be reserved. (2) music that I enjoy and think you should enjoy, but ultimately I understand if you don't. (3) music that I think is bad, but understand why others might enjoy it. (4) music for which I don't have enough context to enjoy and think that perhaps it could be good if I started from another position. And then there is (5) -- where this album falls -- objectively bad music for which I cannot understand anyone justifying its existence. (also looking at you Pitbull) This album was a strain and I found nothing at all redeeming. Listened while mowing the lawn and made the experience all the more awful. Maybe it isn't the worst thing I've ever heard, but it certainly wasn't worth a listen for me. I remember nothing specific that I hated other than the hate itself. So for that 1 / 5
pass
I’m sorry, but no. The songs felt like the fake songs in the movie Ishtar but I liked those more because I could see the passion in their eyes because it was a movie.
Oh my. This is not for me, either. I can't stand talk-singers.
Like............ I don't get it.
Boring, genre stereotypical music. Shite lyrics. Shite vocals. No interest in listening to any of the tracks again. Lone star.
Loud. Weird. Did not enjoy.
Not good
sure was nice of the studio to let a retarded person sing in a band
Drunk guy forms a band and they play over his rants...
cannot say i enjoyed this
How can anybody listen to this? That voice is absolutely fucking awful. Hard, HARD pass.
Very good mate of mine absolutely LOVES The Fall. Thinks Mark E. Smith is an absolute genius and saw them live dozens if not hundreds of times. On the other hand, I can't stand his drone and think he's a tedious old windbag.
Oh my god. This crap makes the cut but Weezer’s Blue album doesn’t??? I can’t with this shit today.