Reviews (page 8 of 8)
One of the most bland albums I've listened to yet. Nothing exciting about this at all, just felt like the same song on repeat, so mundane it hurt. Mirrorball is the only song that sounded even slightly different to the rest, and even that was average at best. 1.5/5.
Maybe on a different day
Uninspiring
So bland. Did not survive.
Abrasive beat, not my kind of music
THIS BLOOOOOOOOOOWS STOP MAKING ME LISTEN TO LOUSY BRITISH ELECTRONICA FFS
Not bad but not my forte
Meh, more like Everything but a band that should be on this list. This is music for people who like Chik-fil-A. Bland, dull, unseasoned and very forgettable. What band was I talking about?
So boring. Sounds like something my parents would listen to in the 90s that I would be bored by
Gotta be honest, my mind drifted and I completely forgot I was listening to this for a good ten minutes at least. On a positive though the singer does have a really good voice. It just wasn’t for me whatsoever. I found it unfathomably dull.
Dogshit
The perfect soundtrack for someone who finds white bread too spicy. Two of these greige platters, but no TOOL 😭😭😭
You know those sex scenes that are all closeups of elbows crossfading with lit candles to maintain a PG-13 rating? This sounded like music specifically written to underscore those scenes. It’s like they spent all of their studio time programming the drum machines and then someone was like, “Shit! We’ve only got 15 minutes to record all the vocals and synths!”
This was trash
Meh. Why?
How the fuck did two albums from these guys get on this list? This sounds like what my aunt would listen to if she was doing mushrooms for the first time
On the face of it there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, lovely voice, ok drum and bass/house etc. However, it just inexplicably makes me feel really sad and miserable, just the whole vibe of the thing. The end couldn’t come quick enough. No reason, I find doom metal uplifting for example, funny how different peoples brains are wired.
Never liked this band
this is the music that plays at visible changes in the mall while they show fashion shows on the tv
I got bored
fa cacare ma c re o bar??? ja la ual**ra imb**tonata
Really struggled with this one.
For years i wondered "is pop and popular music the same thing?"until I finally looked it up. This is pop music pa excellence, that is top down produced created only to make money and the lyrics are love baby love love me me love me me me. Look at that photo: either he is well stoned or his soul has left his body - perhaps both. If two music exes went to cocktail lounge and these two were making wallpaper music and one said "Bet you five bucks i can make them a hit," this is what you'd get. The first song was urgh okay but as the album went on it became like being immersed in a sensory deprivation tank. On my patented -100 to 100 where -90 is being put into a sensory deprivation tank and forgotten about for 5 days this is -10 for any single song but increasing minus the more songs you listen to: -60 -70ish for the album taken as a hole - i mean whole. It's a guesstimate as i couldn't finish the last two songs - my soul was leaving me.
The kind of music that's in a US sitcom that looks like it's from the 90's but is actually brand new, 2025. If Dido decided she wanted the tinny drum riff that come standard with a keyboard.
Nothing!
I mostly hated this album, with the notable exception of "Flipside", which gave me Beck vibes.
roznica pomiedzy ich 4 albumikiem, a dzisiejszym 9 jest tak wielka, ze gdyby nie charakterystyczny wokal pani thorn, to nie powiedzialbym, ze to ten sam duet, jesli idlewild byl popowym graniem, to jednak opartym na akustyku, merytorycznych tekstach i moodowosci, tak walking wounded poszedl calkowicie w brzmienie elektronicznie, nijakosc romatycznych tekstow i poszedl all in na damski wokal, dawno takiego dysonansu pomiedzy dwoma krazkami nie bylo na liscie, a to wszystko w przeciagu 8 lat, bo albumik jest z 96, na plejke nie wrzucam niczego, bo po przesluchaniu godzinnego disku pierwszego nic nie utkwilo na tyle zeby wlaczyc na repete
Not a whole lot to enjoy here. A real snooze fest.
point1.
I do not like synthy pop music. For me, the genre represents people who are not good enough musicians to play real instruments.
Ugh - like being in a spa in the Caribbean (the piped in kind)
Horrible and disconnected, lacking in cohesiveness. Like a guy came up with some beats after hearing that DnB was a thing and then sent it to the singer who was forced to just kind of make up some lyrics and make them fit in tunelessly.
Better than the other album from EBTG that's included on this list, but marginally so. Vaguely trip-hop, decidedly dull, lifeless vocals. I won't be coming back to this one ever.
Meh
I didnt like the songwriting
Superficial and vacuous album, made for people who don't like drum n'bass but want to say that they have a drum n'bass album in their collection. This is coffee table drum n'bass music, tied down, neutered, then dressed in sophisticated clothing, and forced to perform. The milquetoast music continues, dipping briefly into house (light) and even a bit of trip-hop (light). This is mild and minimal music, made to be played in the background, like in a shopping mall or as hold music when ringing your utility supplier. Offensive by the nature of the fact that it's so deliberately inoffensive. It's like vermin pretending to be cute, just to get into your house, where it can hide in the skirting boards and breed, eating you out of house and home. The fact that we're forced to endure remixes of two of the songs is a bad thing, particularly when the songs are so awful.
1/5
Hot trash.
Gear: ZMF Bokeh Artwork: 😬🪞🚗 Production: 🔪👂🩸 Music: 🎶🛍️😐 Rating: 👟(👟)/5
Not my cup of tea
tbh i thought they were a one hit wonder but anyway: everything sounds so sad. nothing for me.
Easy listening, but ultimately not much here.
Her voice isn’t bad, but this album is nothing but skips.
Electronica, chiefly interesting for its innovative and highly contrasting sound textures, but limited by the underwhelming melodies, with their restricted tonal range, a heavy emphasis on synthetic drums and bass lines and performed with an airy reverb-enhanced voice to match.
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Please let there only be 2 albums from them Rating: 1.4
Dull, dull, dull. They've always been dull.
In a nutshell: drum and bass Lite™ Going in only familiar with Missing (the Todd Terry remix), which is a "chillout classic". I was hopeful for some dynamic downtempo tracks paired with Tracey's soothing voice. Nope. I agree with the masses here - the tracks blend with each other. The backbeats are reused. Tracey's vocal range sounds deliberately minimal, perhaps capped at a few notes. I was hoping to hear her branch out a bit. It's a product of its time. And it's nothing to rave about now. Overall: 2/10
Not for me
Really not for me Will I listen to again: 0%
Album 617 of 1001 Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded (1996) Rating : 1 / 5 The album title is apt. I felt like a walking wounded after listening to this electronica crap. I'm sure it is up some others' alley but I just can't get into it.
I don't understand what’s definitive of the music. Soft pop, nothing memorable.
Nothing remotely memorable here. Strangely restrained vocals stuck on top of mediocre backing tracks which don’t go anywhere.
I was pretty keen at the start with the pallet of sounds borrowed from drum and bass and jungle, but there's no getting around that this album is boring and samey. I don't have a problem with weak voices if they come with interest, variety or emotion, but this vocal performance has none of those.
Inoffensive, well produced, very 90s, unremarkable, won’t listen again.
boring droll NNN
DNF
Very forgettable. I listened to it and found it so bland that later in the day I listened to a few songs again and instantly forgot those. No idea why this madentheblist
If you want to try making boiled paste, add about 4 tablespoons of white flour to 2 cups of water and heat in a pan, stirring, until it begins to bubble. Turn off the heat and let it cool, and thicken, a bit before you use it. Time better spent.
Oh, that’s not good. Not my thing, too mid temp, too mid 90s electronica. I’ll pass.
eeeeew bruh fuck no
Absolutely awful
Boring hotel lobby Muzak
Sounds like what I would hear in the Hyatt lobby. Maybe a little Sade influence? Love Sade but not so much this.
There isn't another album out there to replace this one on this list?
Not for me
Not an album that I Will Côme back , really Boring and not usefull
Didn’t like this!
Wasn't a big fan, sounded like music you hear when on hold, didn't engage me
No
I did not enjoy this at all.
Found this one repetitive, formulaic, and overall not interesting
Terrible.
Forgettable
Really wasn’t a fan. All sounded rather bland.
dnf i tried but damn this is a snoozefest
Wow, I can't listen to this either. Boring, atonal, blaaah... Sorry kids.
3/10
to be honest, I hated this album. I have no idea why it really didn’t do anything to me, but every single time the girl saying I was so angry. It sounded like every single pop song lyrics about wanting the person not being able to get them blah blah blah I’m just sick of these types of lyrics and I really just didn’t like the way that she sang.
I didn't enjoy the other EBTG album on the list, and I enjoyed this one less. Not for me, such wailing, pointless singing.
Virkelig kedelig og generisk
Same two measures of music with no melody repeating over and over. Just a showcase for the female vocalist. She has a great voice but every single song was about a relationship. Absolute crap.
Very not a music still i tend to enjoy, the elctro-techno thing never did it for me. The voice of the girl really sound like a modern Nico, and technicaly there is good thing in the rest of the album, but not my kind
Awful. Couldn’t listen past track 2.
I’m going to be honest, this was the first album that I couldn’t get all the way through. It was very boring and very repetitive. I’m sure someone somewhere really enjoys that album, but it is definitely not me. 2/10.
Yet another dead on arrival album recommendation from this website: Not only is this one badly out of date, I'd argue that even when it was new it didn't deserve listing in forums such as this one.
No thanks.
How and why did I listen to this whole thing it was awful
Not for me
Zweites vorkommen des Künstlers Zu viel elektro/Techno
Horrific
Couldn't find the album on Spotify but listened to their top 5 and that's gonna be a no for me
I could've sworn I stopped the Sade album. *checks Spotify* Oh, it's not Sade. I think I'd rather this one be 'Becoming X' by Sneaker Pimps. It scratches the same itch, which I don't need scratched that often, without sounding as derivative.
I hated this so much that I have nothing to say about it.
nope
Pretty unremarkable 90s lo fi pop. Forgettable.
big meh
Meh
Hard for me to make it through.
pretty sure this was just one long song
Not terrible, but too pop/dance for me.
Couldn’t get through it. Boring beyond belief
pff, nee dat kan me niet bekoren.
Painful
Das fordert einiges von mir ab - 1
Album was Ok. Does this really need to be on this list?
Total snooze fest