California

Dreamy but sad through and through. I needed to be in a different mood to really feel this record. Similar to, but far less than, Radiohead or Coldplay. Further listening may improve my rating. 3.5 stars

Good voice, nice lyrics, better listen than I thought

중간 중간 인상 깊은 느낌의 비트도 있었지만 전체적으로 잔잔하고 평범한 앨범 이었다. 앨범 표지의 사진의 느낌이 좋았다. While there were some striking beats here and there, overall, it was a calm and ordinary album. I liked the vibe of the photo on the album cover.

A rare one star. REM meets The Smiths but weaker in every dimension, the worst of both worlds. It's not offensively bad or anything. Technically it's competent, and on a performance level it's good. What's annoying about it is that I found myself checking out every 30 seconds and having to manually dial myself back into even remembering I was listening to anything at all. Seems like the kind of band that you'd only really get into if they were local and playing live - I can see it sort of rocking in a pub-corner context. Was excited as I usually like the lesser-known albums of the list but as it stands from what I've seen so far in ~300 or so, not being on major streaming services is usually a decent indicator that nobody has seen fit to bother preserving it for a reason. Fav tracks: Last Harbour

I'm going to be really unfair and just call this "good". It had its moments and it had its downtime, but I listened in a really poor situation and all I can retain is "pretty good, pretty cool." And I don't feel like listening again. So.

Labai grazi muzika

The Golden State.

The Good: We wish we all could be Californian… The Bad: No blond girls here, nor DLR… The Ugly: AMC… didn’t they make the Gremlin? Fuck me, that was harsh to listen to. As with many, scratching my head as to why this album is on the list while, it turns out, someone had to submit Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden album? Also, why do I have to listen to another bore like Morrissey? There is a reason, I am guessing, that most of us never heard of this music club before… back into the box. I am currently listening to an album another person referenced in their rating: The Feelies album The Good Earth… much better! 2*

This is one of those bands that you wouldn't complain if they were an opening act, but would never consider seeing them as a headliner.

I guess it’s fine, but it is pretty underwhelming and not very interesting…it’s the oatmeal of the music world 😑

There are a couple glimmers of goodness here (Bad Liquor, Last Harbor) but it is pretty damn bland across the board.

After finding this on YouTube I dug it. Feels like it lays directly between The Replacements and The Hold Steady as it moves forward into The National and that's not a bad place to be

Initially reminds of Counting Crows in the first song or two. Gradually devolves into boredom. Vocalist and lyrics are mediocre. Highway 5 song semi-interesting musically but overwhelmingly annoying calling it Highway 5. Sort of like saying Cali. Last Harbor was a decent closer but at this point more or less grumpy about this album being on this list. 2/5.

boring, dreary country folk

-kind of surprised this one is on here, seems like a somewhat obscure record and admittedly sort of middle-of-the-road for indie rock and alt country. don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad album, having several great moments of beauty and eeriness, but i definitely struggled with it a little -this band seems sort of interesting though, i’d never heard of them -Favorites: Firefly, Jenny

So its just a band doing singer-songwriter type stuff? It's a bit slow and low energy

Some great songs in here, but overall just a good album.

A fine record, would definitely buy a vinyl of it.

I really like slowcore and this is a band I haven't heard of before. Low and Codeine are more definitive but this had more folk rock elements. I enjoyed and feel like I now have more context for what was being created in this genre, it clearly made headway for 90s singer songwriter rock as well.

Rate: 7/10.

Man, this album. This is kinda what it’s all about. I’ve never heard of this album or band, and would have no earthly reason to if not for this list. This album was ridiculously ahead of its time. As a fan now of “emo”, almost spoken wordly music, this coming out in the EIGHTIES is crazy The emotions behind these tracks leave little, and weirdly, at the same time, a lot to the imagination. It paints such a vivid, sad, empty picture. “Blue and grey shirt” and “laughingstock” both are borderline hard listens, but have such beautiful instrumentation behind it it’s impossible not to listen. The only song I wasn’t a fan of was “bad liquor” which taped into some weirder punk vibes that I just don’t personally super like. All in all, not perfect, but really one of my favorites thus far 4.6/5

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5/10

Not bad.

Best Track - "Somewhere"

Reminds me of emmet swimming. You should listen to emmet swimming.

This band was giving me Blue Rodeo vibes. I really like their melancholy sound. Western Sky and Highway 5 were my favorites.

It’s got a bit of Bruce and Soul Aslyum. It’s not bad despite my initial knee jerk judgement. I will say it’s albums like this that really hit home how important REM was for making indie more intelligible.

There is this bar in town. The stage is super small and I swear thousands of kids have played on it. The place has an old smell that never goes away and even though you can't smoke inside it still kinda smells like it. Every band that has played there is better than this group. Some songs gave me hope then kicked that hope in the balls. It's just lame and boring and I'm at a loss why I had to listen to it.

More country sounding than I was expecting based on the name and band, but pretty good

It is an accurate name. They very much sound like generic assorted American music. It feels like someone just went out and taped an open mic night. It's..... Not great, but also not terrible.

Different enough to be enjoyable. Kind of weird it's not actually on any streaming so I have to listen to it on YouTube though.

Not available on Spotify

To me, California was one of those albums you know you like from the first three seconds of listening, and maybe from the cover too. Simple, soft and sweet. It reminds me of life. My life.

Probably here for the songwriting but the songwriting isn't so good you need to hear it before you die. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

1014 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming."

California - American Music Club Bruh telling me that the album this ass wasn't on spotify would have saved me time. hard to find hard to listen to

I really loved this album all the way through. It is a slow moody journey, full of great lyrics. I wish it was available on streaming platforms as I'd be listening to this a lot if this was the case. I loved that they weren't afraid to take changes of pace, like on tracks like Bad Liquor, and some uncomfortable distortion at the end of Highway 5. Loved it. Favourites: Laughingstock Blue and Grey Shirt Jenny Highway 5

Wasn’t a big fan most of the songs. Nothing too offensive but a lot of it seemed a bit of a slog to get through. somewhere was a really enjoyable listen however wish more of the album was like that one.

Whatever, DNF

Okay. Not for me.

Didn't really land for me.

Really enjoyable

One or two ok one in there, but not for me

Grand aye, some good tunes

Not great.

Oddly enough, this album really grew on me by the last song (typically most people like desert). I can see how this band sort of fell by the wayside compared to its 90s contemporaries.

A bit too much of a dad rock band for me. Not a whole lot going on. Maybe fun to listen to, but pretty forgettable. I don’t plan to revisit this album.

Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if R.E.M. made music for a Nickelodeon teen drama? Lyrics and singing made me wrinkle several body parts. I focused on the electric guitar, and things got better—great atmospheric playing with weird chords.

Couldn’t find this album but listened to another, interesting

A club anyone should love!

Pretty sweet. I enjoyed the softer parts of this album. Thos felt very well put together. Strong 3/5

Very good. The singer has an almost Springsteen quality. I could come back to this, at least the first half.

This must be what 90’s R.E.M sounds like to people who don’t like R.E.M.

No point in recording this

This album was unremakable the first time listening. But they say that if you listen to something enough times you will start to like it. So I made an effort to listen again and there are a few ok songs. I keep hearing Jonathan Richman singing Counting Crows songs. I still don't understand why this album is on the list.

Might not be a fair review, but i really did not enjoy my time with this album. There was nothing stimulating at all to me.

Probably one of the most 70s albums to come out of the 80s. It's certainly decent, and I like the really depressing feel of some of the songs, but a good few parts of this album struggle to hold my attention.

I am familiar with their early 90s album Everclear and saw Eitzel live around the time they reformed in the mid-2000s. Yes, it's tricky to find online but that's a real shame because it sounds so great and deserves a wider audience. I haven't listened to AMC in a while so wasn't sure how I was going to connect with this, particularly as we are currently in the middle of a heatwave and this feels like the archetypal autumnal listening experience. It didn't matter, Eitzel's voice and the devastating lyrics are so powerful, but the band sounds great too. I wonder how much of an influence they were on The National as their first album has a similar alt-country sound though they subsequently enjoyed more success when they took a different direction. The choice cuts for me were Pale and Skinny Girl and Bad Liquor.

Not a waste of time to listen to, but didn't feel much from this.

Nothing wrong with it, it’s just not for me

Meh

Sounds like bad Bruce Springsteen.

I've never knowingly heard of American Music Club or this album before but I really enjoyed it.

59/100. Looking through someone else's window is not the same as living in their house. A strong independent album release, even if it didn't really connect with me. A record focusing on the more fragile, broken feelings and emotions of being human. It's written in a way that makes it feel like the focus is more observational than personal. Done not in a pitying way, but to give people a voice or simply observe them. It sits somewhere between slowcore and folk. For sure has some interesting elements in it. I think the singing is great at times, but I don't really get moved from the music itself. The opener is great, and if the album were more in line with that track, I think this could have been fantastic. In the end it feels like it overwhelms you with soppy music, but personally I didn't really feel it. A bit too monotonous, with a sprinkle of some interesting concepts. Reminds me a bit of The Smiths, but in a sadder dad indie type of way.

Tbf I started thinking this was a bit forgettable and one of those where you wonder how the heck this sneeked in. But then it started growing on me. Jenny is quite a beautiful song tbf, Bad Liqour something different. Western Sky is also good. But I don't think I'll ever listen to it again.

It's okay. It has it's moments. But in general I would say it is nothing special.

A chill and unremarkable listen…with the exception of Bad Liquor, because what the hell was that and who thought that would fit here?? Likes: Somewhere; Western Sky

Very much meh to bad. Didn't really enjoy it at all, and actively hated the first track.

No descriptive/important words but feels like a good summer roadtrip rock album from the 90's

Not worth the effort.

A response to a comment responding to a top comment Part 1: "I agree" I agree that you agree Part 2: "I disagree with Spotify being for "background" music "casuals". I think it is one of the greatest tools for easily discovering lots of music. For me, I have been able to discover and listen to so much with Spotify. Without it, the barrier to entry to my level of listening would be very very high. Before Spotify, the kinds of people who would have used Spotify as background music would then tend to just listen to pre-selected radio. Spotify gives "music listening superusers" so much more of an ability to explore. I think it is very easy to hate on Spotify and be closed-minded to all that it has opened up. There are issues of course, specifically for artists, yet I think saying Spotify has caused people to use it as background music is quite dismissive. In fact, I would argue more people customize and explore their music now than in the time of radio" I disagree with your disagreement. Anyone who uses Spotify is basically a little baby and probably just listens to Baby Shark on repeat all day. You should be obtaining the sheet music for every album and creating it yourself at home with improvised instruments made from household objects. Kids these days. You just want music handed to you. The album was okay btw if anyone cares about that 3.5/5

I really liked this! It was very chill but interesting enough to keep my attention. Great background music for work but could definitely see myself having this one in the rotation.

This did sound like a vast open, American/Californian landscape, and I liked the overall scale of it. pale skinny girl, blue and grey shirt, western sky were all lovely! I'd probably give this 3.5 (maybe even a but I only reviewed LCD Soundsystem a few hours ago and I easily preferred that)

Have never heard of this one. Wikipedia basically says, "This is an album that was made. Here are the songs. Here are the members of the band" I don't even know what I'm getting into... Two songs in and I guess that's all that's on Wikipedia because that's all there really is to say about this album. This was an album I listened to today. It was made by people playing instruments and included some songs. Some cool arrangements here and there. I quite liked Pale Skinny Girl. Bad Liquor too. I feel like if the whole album had gone more in the direction of those two songs this would have been something special. Honestly this album kind of grew on me as it went on. I ended up liking this way more that I thought I was going to at first. 3.5/5 and rounding up because it really did grow on me.

California is not for everyone. It is not dynamic in the normal sense. It can feel airless if you are not tuned into its frequency. Some songs are more atmosphere and confession than conventional payoff. If you want big choruses, sharp tempo changes, or easy catharsis, this album will probably feel too gray, too static, too defeated.

Kinda trashy nothingness

Meh... it wasn't THAT bad.

22.06 Cool vibes

insanely underrated

Hmm. It's anyone's guess as to what this album cover could be. I have a certain, faint idea in my head, though no genres are immediately jumping out to me. Alternative rock would have been getting started around the time this album released, but then again "American Music Club" invokes the image of a country band. Fuck it - I'm going with alt rock. Here goes. Ah, FUCK. This music is Americana. So close, yet so far. I favour this album, though it's hard to say if I definitively like it. The mopey, sadsack murmurings of this vocalist really have to sit with me before I can decide if they're objectively good. What's most impressive to me about this album is how ahead of the curve it sounds. I heard a bit of Elliott Smith in this music at points along with the other acts that would adopt this folky, minimal, indie style throughout the late-90s and early 2000s. Speaking more on the music itself, it has a solid foundation but can be a little shaky. The alternative-sounding guitars are generally adept and pair excellently with the reverbating, atmospheric country guitars which linger in the background. Mark Eitzel isn't a knockout vocalist, though his depressive style carries this music along nicely and is bolstered by the solid songwriting. My only real gripe with this music is how restrictive it is. I do like the emptiness which hangs over these songs as it meshes well with the country sound, though it grows to be a little fatiguing and samey by the end. I also generally didn't like the songs with more aggressive instrumentation, like that of "Bad Liquor". Overall, however, I'd say I had a good time listening to this. Book time. The first edition of this book erroneously has their "San Francisco" album as the cover artwork for this release, which was promptly corrected in the 2008 update of the book. I would say that I hope someone got fired for that blunder, though in all fairness I'd be gutting half of the editing team given that the curators of this book add an average of 10 albums per revision. Anyways, the book entry opens with "Melody Maker once called American Music Club "The most criminally underrated band in the world." A pretty accurate description, as this band seems forever condemned to obscurity." American Music Club were an Americana band long before the genre name was coined. R.E.M. stole this band's thunder when their "Document" album achieved breakthrough success around the same as "Engine", which was this band's attempt at going mainstream. In response, this follow-up album is more reserved and muted. The frontman of this band apparently broke down crying when performing "Western Sky" on a live solo album of his. Wikipedia has fuck all on this album, with it having all of two sentences to its name (aside from the paragraph detailing its spot in the 1001 Albums book). The reception to their successive and preceding albums has been a bit shaky, though the critics generally like these guys. I'm favourable to this pick. I appreciate the honesty from the curator about this being more of a niche offering and I liked this album, so we're letting it through. I cosign this inclusion.

I was a big fan of this band in the 90s - the dour and sinister Americana vibe was transcendent. Now years later imitators have made the sound less distinct and the melancholy can get a bit punishing. But there are still great songs here, even if as a whole its a bit fatiguing emotionally and stylistically.

Not underrated

sounds very Counting Crows to me. Might dig a bit deeper.

~ INCOMPLETE ~ streaming not avail at time, will circle back later

Impressive showcase of styles here. One track is alternative rock with a steel string guitar. Another is a romping blues rock track. Yet another is intimate acoustic guitar. And so on. You’d think given the album art and titles it would be surf rock, but that was surprisingly absent. Chalk up another great 1001 discovery.

Never heard of this band so didn’t know what to expect. It was decent! A bit Miracle Legion, a bit Springsteen, even a smidge of The Replacements. It’s a shame there’s not an easier way to listen to this, but it’s worth the effort of seeking out a copy.

this is for me!! this is my kind of shit!!!

Meh.

I tried, but was bored.

Did not like it.

Very middle of the road. Also a pain in the ass to find.

Pretty slides and twangy guitars paired with earnest indie vocals, alt rock distorted riffing, and college rock jangly acoustics and pop song-writing. A pretty obscure album in the scheme of things, but a document of another moment in the articulation of country and American rock over decades.

1001 Albums Your Gen X Uncle Listened to in College.

Not available on Spotify.

No link to music - couldn't review

No está mal. Bastante interesante para 1988. Tampoco es algo rupturista. Ahí anda. 5/10

Not on Spotify. Pretty good music though.

Haven't heard of them. The album was... fine? It wasn't bad so I can't complain about it but also it's definitely not something everybody needs to know. Yet another baffling choice on the list 2/5

Could’nt stream it so had to hunt it down on YouTube, but very glad I did. Really liked it… bits of tindersticks and gene in there on the stronger tracks.

Melodic but .

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it's a weird journey. overall it's a solid dreamy album with a nice composition. but there are also a lot of squeaky and cheesy passages...

Wasn’t on Spotify. Found the artist on Apple Music, but not the entire album.

It started off great and got a little weird as it went a long. Add to the fact that they aren't on Spotify and you get a 2

Funnily enough my first album that wasn't on main streaming, good listen tho

American Music Club has always been one of those bands that were just around (mentioned in press or conversation) that I never got into. During some stretches in my life that'd be due to deep differences between their sound and what I was into at the time. But I've gone through my share of indie, slowcore, and alternative americana phases and while this album touches all of these so-called genres the band still managed to be elusive. Maybe it's because they delivered a more eclectic experience on their records rather than picking a single lane but a record with "pale skinny girl", "highway 5", and the like on it in 1988 ought to have been bigger. Or maybe you'd pick "blue and grey shirt" and "jenny" (and this split in tastes is the issue). Further complicated now by the tangled mess of rights issues you've either got to go looking on Youtube or Bandcamp for other streaming options for their first 4 records. It's a shame something so good as this album (a very high 3 stars, easily could be 4 on a more generous day) is so hard to check out. And yet, wasn't that true at the time of its release as well? You could have a map and maybe you'd hear it on college radio but you'd still have to find California in a store somewhere.

Im giving it a star to say how much I don’t like it

This was not worth tracking down the album since it's not on regular streaming services.

From the moment I heard the pedal steel I knew I was in for a rough ride. Absolutely terrible. It's Indie meets Americana, and somehow is performed and produced in the most lifeless way imaginable.

No Spotify??!??

great variety of sound and pace in here. certainly not for all but certainly for me. will be revisiting, can’t believe i hadn’t heard of them before. favorites are probably laughingstock, jenny, last harbor

A bit boring, nothing spectacular

Was a good listen - generally got better as it went on.

Had no idea going in. And I had to find the bootleg on YouTube. But man, this was awesome. Truly. How did I not know about this? So beautiful, well composed, lyrically, musically. It’s too bad I can’t just throw it on. 5 Boolean: yes, again this is why I’m here.

If REM had none of what made them interesting. Some of it is fine but a boring affair generally.

Chill and pretty melancholy music

Not available for me to listen to and I couldnt find it online for some reason?? very tragic but i also don't enjoy the cover art

love melancholic rock so much. slow but it doesn't waste your time

Ziemlich langweilig

Sometimes you just get those albums that stop you in your tracks. This reminded me of counting crows and I could sense a few other influences. Just what I needed yesterday.

Never heard of these guys, but this was easy listening. It's a little Americana, mixed with some country and a bit of indie rock. Interesting. Need to listen to a few more of their albums to get a feel for who/what they are.

Solidly average.

Was this album worthy the hassle of searching through all my available streaming apps to listen to? Well hardly. These chaps need to decide who they are musically (maybe they have by now but I’m not prepared to find out) Seem to be trying to be all things to all (nearly put men here but that wouldn’t be right would it?) people. Dipping their toes into multi genres but mastering none. 2/5 31/5/26

Geeuw

Pleasant surprise

Interesting mix of genres here

Wanted to to listen..but not on Deezer :/

Para nada meh eh Nota: 2.9

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I truly enjoyed this one. Great indie rock, that has an obvious influence of so much 90s alternative rock. Absolute blast.

on ok album, indie rock type. Not sure what the hype is on this one. I would not listen to it again, nor purchase it

Listening to the album on YouTube really took away from the experience for some reason. I know I’m just being nitpick-y, but not being able to see song titles just made it all blend together. There were a couple spots I was jamming to, but largely forgettable

I really vibed with this. It started out feeling kind of “generic-weird”, but after a second listen it really started sticking with me. Probably one I’ll come back to semi-regularly.

This one's a 'No' from me, dawg.

⭐️⭐️1/2 I was vibing with the chill sound and then Bad Liquor came out of nowhere and changed everything - that experience was not unlike my 20s. It was hard for me to rally (I’m talking about the album here, not my 20s) and take the rest of the album as seriously. I felt like the lyrics didn’t necessarily match the level of melancholy / somber the songs were portraying, they almost seemed too shallow. Maybe I need to give this another listen, but I wouldn’t say I’m itching to do so.

This started out sounding like Bruce Springsteen with all the soul and interesting bits removed but it quickly evolved into heart on your sleeve horseshit. This what a pretentious singer/songwriter imagines a 14 year old girl imagines her overly sensitive crush writes in his diary? 🤮 The only thing counting in its favor was that it was mercifully short.

Unfathomably dull

Never heard of these folks--thank you 1001 Albums! Exquisitely produced; seamlessly expert musicianship. Singer's balance between mild vocal fry and clear pitches--gorgeous. A bit too much snuggling up to the pop dude singers of the moment, whom I was disgusted by at the time, and still have a distaste for. I'd love to hear how folks encountered this music back in the day. Was this band on repeat in high school for you? What did you connect with?

Yuck

The first track made me wonder if this was going to be a great undiscovered find. Sadly but not surprisingly, this feeling left me quickly. The guy can't sing, and also the lyrics were really, really awful at times. Maybe it's because I have been reading up about Lloyd Cole, but I have Bob Dylan on the brain (apparently Cole was somewhat obsessed with Dylan for a time). Some of the lyrics on this record felt like the writers were trying to add random details to their tales of woe, because that's something that good songwriters do. A well-placed highly specific detail can give a song broader appeal than generic sentiments. Effective songwriters use this tactic a lot, and Dylan in his heyday was a master of it. AMC is not. As I found the music uninteresting for the most part, i was forced to focus on the lyrics, and couplets like "She finally gets on the bus and sinks next to a very nice lady Who just got out of the hospital, she had a major operation," are just trying SO HARD to do the thing that only works if you make it look effortless. Also,the singer's voice reminds me a lot of Evan Dando's and eventually that started to disturb me. Dando seems like a lazy sack of crap from everything I've heard but at his best he's pretty good at adding details to his songs too. So that just made it worse. Why am I spending my Friday night listening to Temu Lemonheads??

I noticed the number of generated albums didn't match the number of my rated albums. Anyway, I found the one I somehow missed from 4 months ago. I'm disappointed that I even bothered.

That was pretty dull.

Not on Spotify

I liked this more than I was expecting. It's refreshing to actually hear a new album and this holds up way better than so much more on this list. Would recommend.

Couldn’t find it on Spotify.. but listened to their other album

A decent album sullied by an awful vocalist. And not awful in a way that is actually good. Awful in a way that is uninteresting, which is the worst awful of all.

Unfortunately this album suffers from the not-being-on-streaming-platforms bias. From what I was able to listen to on YouTube this was fine but slightly uninspiring Americana. It’s ok but would I go through the effort of heading to YouTube and dealing with ads to listen to this album track by track? Nah

If an album isn't on your favorite streaming service, and/or you don't like ads, consider looking it up on BandCamp. This on is available there for easy, ad-free streaming. I can empathize with reviewers who can't get into this one. This record starts slow and spends more time meandering than building towards anything in particular. That said, I can hear the post punk/new wave/shoegaze places it came from and the places where this sound will go later - namely: post rock, emo, and indie of the 90s (and beyond, but one step at a time). "Pale and Skinny Girl" is totally 'grunge band does a soft song'. "Blue And Grey Shirt" sounds like the seeds of American Football "Bad Liquor" is just a fun blues rock jam. Nothing before it suggested they had that kind of song in them, but I'm here for it. I also hear early pieces of Slint in here. It's harder for me to pin down exact references for this one, but the front of the album made me think of "Spiderland" a few times. Rating on context would push this into 4 star territory, but on it's own I don't think it climbs above 3 at the most. I've going to go like 3.5? 3.25? and round down.

Not heard if this band. This album not on Spotify, 5k followers... I know people with more than that. The expectations is high then, being this obscure or niche and still in this list. Even if they were not high, this album would not meet them. Not a bad album, but unremarkable in every area. Even taking into account when it was made it is very mediocre. If I get to the end of this list to find this was included and Julian Cope was not I swear I will sue somebody. If I saw this band in a bar in the 90s (maybe I did) I wouldn't leave, but I wouldn't remember them either.

This is... The most forgettable album I've gotten so far on this list. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad. But the American Music Club is not only a generic band name, it's a generic as shit album they've put out too.

Starts off with country and then diverts into alt rock. And it was pretty ok for the time it spent there, but about the halfway mark the valium kicks in and it devolves to smiths-like sluggish morosity. It never recovers. Also this band takes the prize for lamest band name.

Totally new to me, and there's plenty for me to hate here, but there are actually some melodic ideas which caught my ear a couple of times. In an alternate universe, grunge went off on some weird country tangent - middle-of-the-road but strangely alternative at the same time. Not quite sure this deserves to be on the list, but I'm kind of glad I heard it at least once... Not sure I'll ever listen again, but it has a certain charm. Not awful.

I once bought a Mark Eitzel CD that I discovered in one of those listening booths Tower Records used to have. I remember almost nothing about that album, but I did learn that he was from AMC, and made a mental note to check the band out. Now I have (I guess it just took me ~20 years to do so). I quite liked it. It came out pretty hot; "Firefly" is definitely my favorite song on here. Lots of different styles and very much in my wheelhouse. If their stuff was on Spotify it probably would have hit my algorithm a lot sooner. Let's call this a 3 1/2 that I'm rounding up.

Great stuff

Getting real "late 90's-early 00's ensemble rom-com" vibes from this. Dianna is runing back to confess her love to Craig, finally realising that Chet was actually just a jerk in a fancy suit, and Louise was just about to start the journey back to Kansas when Anthony steps out the bus door holding roses, and Somewhere is playing over it all. In the pre-release version of the movie Steve never kicked his needle habit, but that was removed from the final edit, but remained in the soundtrack. That is not to say this is bad - soundtracks to bad rom-coms are often good. I don't see myself ever listening again, but if someone ever does make my screenplay "Love Stories From New York" and uses this in the soundtrack then cue the Leo pointing meme. I just hope they leave Steve in, he was the heart of the tale.

This album must be pretty obscure, because I had to find it on YouTube to be able to listen to it. I'm not sure what to make of it. It's okay, not really my cup of tea to be honest.

The first track sounds a lot like a stardew valley song. So that's werid. Most of these songs feel the song that plays at the beginning of a sappy movie. Like here are the good moments of these peoples lives, cut aways of people doing things. Then as the opening credits are wrapping up, the music fades, and a character put a thing down and says, 'boy howdy being a person is hard work, time to throw my life into a blender so that I find the right person' Western Sky or Somewhere would likely work best, but laughing stock or really any song besides Bad Liquor or Jenny would work.

2.8 Fine but nothing really original. My thought was if Wilco and Bruce Springsteen had a baby, and that baby grew up to be a musician, but not a particulary interesting one.

If you were to be asked what Slowcore is, you could do worse than "The saddest tendencies of indie, americana, and punk". But regardless, a certified sad sap myself, I enjoy it. And this is a rare, pre-Codeine example of the genre, when this would have probably been marketed as "College rock", if it was marketed at all. This is a particularly country flavored strain of the genre, the kind of thing that took a back seat to more indie stuff for a while, then kind of came back with late '90s Songs:Ohia albums and Bonnie Prince Billy. It's admittedly kind of a double edged sword, because it puts American Music Club in good company, but also places California in competition with several of my favorite albums *EVER*. But I am glad to say that California does easily stand out on it's own, even if it isn't necessarily operating on the genre's very highest echelon. The first couple of songs here are compelling Americana, but they don't quite capture what I was looking for with this. But from Lonely, pretty much until this ends, American Music Club *really* locks in. We basically get 8 incredibly compelling, fragile, *VERY* sad songs in a row, with a brief interruption from the album's sole punk song, which isn't as bad as it is out of place. But these 8 songs are really the heart of this thing, and there are several songs here that really reach for the heights of some of my favorite albums ever. The cumulative impression is a *touch* uneven, but incredibly fulfilling. I will definitely be coming back to this hidden gem. I really think that once you get into the meat of this album it may be one of slowcore's best kept secrets.

I couldn’t find much here that I’d call above average. The songwriting and lyrics clearly carry a lot of personal weight, but they just didn’t resonate with me on any meaningful level. Enjoyable enough in the moment, though not something I see myself revisiting anytime soon.

eh. kinda sounds like a bar band. a good bar band, don't get me wrong. I like the use of pedal steel throughout, and Mark Eitzel wears his heart on his sleeve in an endearing way. but as far as late 80s/early 90s indie rock, I think there's far more essential stuff to find. decent 5/10.

The Cure and Hootie and the Blowfish had a crazy night and produced a baby. That baby then took its prescribed medicine and made this album. The beginning I did not like, but the further it went the better it got. I guess the medicine wore of. I was sure it was a 90s album but when I saw it was from 1988 I understood that this album really was ahead of its time.

I recognized the name of the band from the No Alternative compilation but I am not at all familiar with the group's other work. The tone of the songs on California is all over the place. Some numbers sound VERY similar to other late 80s, early 90s alternative/college rock groups but the singer's voice and the instrumentation is different enough that it sounds unique.

It was okay. I just found a lot of it not particularly memorable and I got kinda bored by the end of it. I didn’t hate it though. I liked the opening track probably the most

I listened to it. I liked it well enough. And then when asked to describe it and what I liked I couldn't. It's kinda americana, kinda rock, but a lot of middling music. There isn't anything wrong with the sound, but it's lacking that something special that would drive to recommend it to a friend.

worth a listen

I think they could've released this in 2008 and done really well. The combination of a near country twang, and hollow feeling lyrics would've fit well in that era, like a proto-Mumford and Sons. Its also a fairly short runtime, 34 minutes and you're done, although I was fairly glad to be done. It does get up its own ass a little and some parts tend to drag out a bit, but overall a fair enough listen. I think this would be good overcast/rainy day drives through a forest type music. I really do enjoy the arrangement of sounds they have here, definite mood setting.

Pretty enjoyable Americana indie rock with a country twinge. Not as annoying as I expected!

This sounds like it could be one of the bands that sometimes plays at the good barbecue place in town at lunch on Friday. It's good, it's local, but it isn't unique and you always kind of wish they would play a song that you knew instead of their own material. But there's nothing offensive about it and it is a good background as you eat your burnt ends and cornbread pudding. All that said, it's good music and I would definitely listen again, it seems like it would be great to listen to and unwind after a long day. Favorite track: "Last Harbor"

soft country rock music. or maybe it's indie? i'm not too sure what you'd really call this kind of music. it sounds like a whole bunch of young cowboys got together in a dingy bar and blurted out every heavy feeling that had been rattling in their brains before they went in the building. it's a neat little gem. funny thing is, i turned it on the other day and it was kinda background noise to me, but today i actually sat down and listened to it again and i like it a lot more. it's moody but it's not theatrical or bonkers. quite the opposite... i feel like this sorta "emotionless" way of singing songs helps the album sound as good as it does. gimme another beer, bartender. it's gonna be a long night.

I could only listen to this on YouTube on my phone and it would stop anytime I used a different app. My friends - it is not good enough to deal with that bullshit. These dudes sound like a sober Hold Steady and it’s a snooze fest.

you know it was kinda chill Will I listen to again: 15%

could not listen

Boring generic country tinged basic american music

I don’t know. I think I’m favoring the mellower stuff with these guys. Anything sort of up tempo seems forced. Like a cheap version of U2 in a way and that’s not. A good comparison. U2 sucks balls. Well, I’m not even sure I like the mellow stuff all that much. It feels like every song is missing something to make that particular song relistenable . Ya ya I know that’s not a word. Big whoop. I think I’m going to start skipping songs before they are done. Sorry

This album was not what I expected. I was expecting something a bit more like R.E.M. that was more post-punk indie, but this reminds me more of Red House Painters and some alt-country, somewhat like Uncle Tupelo but with a more sparse and somber presentation. However, I do like it and really respect their mix of rock, americana, that 80's indie sound; there are parts that remind me of The Church, as well. I definitely want to listen to more of their music, as I'm surprised they have never come up or been given to me before to listen to.

Never heard of this before. Some of it has a bit too country twang for me and the rest was a mix, a few interesting stuff but some not.

Couldn’t find on Spotify

I thought I was the only person who remembered this band (except for all the hipster Brooklyn bands who stole this sound. Here’s looking at you, National.)

sad american music to contemplate to

I want to punch this band in the face.

At least it was better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

2.5 stars.

I did not expect anyone to unseat The Band for the honour of most uninspired artist name on this list. But American Music Club have definitely stolen the crown. I’d love to say there’s a fun twist of irony in that these guys have actually surprised me with a fascinatingly original and rewarding album, but it’s just the most ordinary indie rock Americana you could possibly imagine, with some mildly pretty country twang and cookie-cutter middle of the road vocals. Did Michael Stipe once name-check them as a massive influence? Are they another band who got quoted on some tortured genius’s tragic suicide note? Did the lead singer go on to produce an EP that was the first ever release on that unsung but beloved record label based in his attic? Or was it just the personal favourite of one of the book’s writers and they felt like inflicting it on the world for fun? All in all, it’s aggressively fine, which begs the question once again, of why this random and painfully ordinary record was featured in the book.

Meh

It's ok. nothing jumps out. middle of the road for me.

The most sterile 90s wannabe Tom Petty music possible.

Could not find alblum to listen to

Never heard of this, thought it was weird this album wasn't on spotify but other albums by the band were, and haven't conducted any research beyond this. I really enjoyed the blend of slowcore and alt-country, and the shortness of the album lends it some sweetness. The abrupt end to bad liquor was fun too. Plus, a perfect sonic variety across songs. The switch to the spoken whispery acoustic song 25min in was really enjoyable. I listened twice and liked it twice, 4.5 rounded down

This felt like it was presaging the Americana indie music that we got in the late '00s/early 2010s. Like a lot of music that presages what comes later, the later stuff does it better. So, three stars for the importance of this thing.

I didn’t really like this, and would punch out pretty quickly if I randomly heard it somewhere.

This was a perfectly ok listen even though I had to go hunting for it on YouTube. That said…there are way better bands around the same time having similar feels that were/are doing it much better. Check out The Feelies for a much better listen.

Like a wannabe Pink Floyd at times. Then maybe a few hints at Grateful Dead. Then some sappy shit like…John tesh? I don’t even know if that’s right but his name came in mind. Or maybe some Christian vibes a few times. Replace a few lyrics with “Jesus” and this would definitely work. 2

Not available on my streaming service of choice and had to listen on YouTube. It was annoying so I only heard two songs. But think I got the gist and not my bag, baby. 2.25/5

How tf is this on the list. Had the thought “it must be over now” and it was 20 minutes in. RYM: N Saved a song: N

When the Wikipedia article rests on inclusion in this list and the opinion of an Icelandic music critic, I struggle to see how this is notable.

Good album overall, with a few genuinely very good to great songs sprinkled in. Not particularly memorable though, so I’m not sure why this is a “must listen,” but it was enjoyable.

The vocals reminded me of counting crows in some songs, and I guess so did the melodies. Interesting album, very 90’s

"my mate who works in IT plays in a really cool band at the social club every Wednesday"

It's fine.

This was pretty good. Mellow alt/folk-rock. I guess they're from San Francisco but they have a Texas sound to me.

Really enjoyed a lot of the tracks. Never heard of these guys before but worth checking them out.

Why is this here? The US bias is unreal.

Helt grei. Jenny skiller seg ut og høres ut som proto-Sufjan Stevens.

Fikk kraftige First Price R.E.M.-vibber av det her, og det inntrykket forsterkes av Wikipedia. Det er mye med Mark Eitzel som sammenfaller med Michael Stipe, og i 1997 ga han ut til og med et album skrevet sammen med Peter Buck. Men AMC er ikke R.E.M., dessverre, selv om dette albumet har sine sider.

No me encantó o no estaba en el mood

Pretty fine album, with only one track standing out. Don't really think this should be on the list, but getting way more hate than it deserves Favorite Song: Bad Liquor

I don't believe I've ever heard of this group, though the band's name is generic enough that maybe it just never registered. This is not good. This singer doesn't sound good and lacks control, not in a good way. And in general this is just boring. I suppose I understand why I've never heard of this group and why this album is not available to stream. The thing I _don't_ understand is why this is on this list.

Easy YouTube access for this 2/5 max album. A chore at only a little over 35 minutes, which is rather impressive to make me check a few times how much longer is left in that short of time.

I wrote this album off as Temu Bruce Springsteen after the first two songs, but the third song “Laughingstock” has some interesting sonic elements. It’s dated and some of the songs have that 80’s chesse factor that make it really hard to take seriously, but there’s some decent songwriting here. It’s overall pretty ok.

Não é um disco ruim, mas é um disco bem genérico, e uma inclusão questionável à lista. Muita coisa boa ficou de fora, mas esse aqui entrou, estranho. Nada é tão notável, e acaba sendo uma escuta descartável e inconsequente. Até o nome do grupo e do álbum são genéricos, parece até que é algo proposital. E para piorar o caso, quando peguei pra ouvir este álbum eu estava bem atrasado na lista pois fiquei com uma sinusite infernal por alguns dias, sem condições de colocar um fone e ouvir música. Certamente esse atraso na lista agravou a sensação de perda de tempo que senti ouvindo o álbum. É justo incluir isso em minha lógica de avaliação do álbum? Não muito. Mas fazer o quê? A vida é injusta. E eu sou indiferente à este álbum. 2/5

This was pretty calm and chill. It was okay. Three stars

Didn't really excite, but wasn't bad to listen to. A bit too neutral for me.

The book makes this album sound like a masterpiece. Alas, it was not. Mostly very slow indie with not much standing out.

#106/1001 🇺🇸 I have the day off work today so chose to listen to this in bed on my headphones. Now i'm off a mind to stay in bed all day smoking cigarettes and drinking red wine. Mark Eitzel's music has always conjoured those images of a tortured soul scribbling poetry and playing his guitar in hazy daylight through net curtains. Of course great music is so much more than that. I regret never having listened to this record before as its a beautiful thing. I came across AMC just at the point that the split seeing them at Reading Festival and via their San Francisco album but i've never gone much further back. I've seen Mark live a few times solo and he remains beautiful yet flawed. Too much red wine last time i saw him. This won't be for everyone, I get it but I'm so glad that its on this list and was able to discover it. Best Tracks: Firefly, Pale Skinny Girl, Blue and Grey Shirt, Western Sky.

3/5. First album I’ve had on the generator which isn’t on streaming. Luckily there was a decent rip of the album on YouTube so I listened there. And it’s a decent time. Feels like a blend of folk-rock and Springsteen-esque heartland rock. Its strongest songs though are at the start and end of the album, leaving a pretty flabby and forgettable middle section. My favorite song is probably “Jenny” which is a very skeletal tracks only featuring vocals and guitar.

American Music Club sounds like a singer-songwriter who brings in a band for certain songs. Based on my brief research, this impression is accurate, but it stems mainly from the fact that the songs don’t really fit together and therefore don’t sound like they come from the same source. As a result, “California” sounds to me like a radio play—something I’m more familiar with from children’s programs. The album isn’t really bad, even if the songs are anything but outstanding. Above all, though, I don’t find the concept for a full-length album convincing. The Wikipedia entry states that Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen of the Icelandic daily newspaper Morgunblaðið describes the album as the band’s “definitive statement”. He may be right, but in this case, I don’t consider this band particularly relevant. This is also underscored by the fact that the album isn’t available on either Spotify or YouTube Music—it just seems like nobody is particularly interested in it.

An album full of the beige, milquetoast palette of the 90s Americana/Folk/Indie scene. I'll leave this one for the older generations.

Based on cover and release date this got a meh from me, but ended up really liking it. Bit of slow core which I'm realizing I'm something of a fan of. Also maybe some influence on Wilco - the alt country thing which is growing on me..

First half was an underwhelming 2, second half it found its feet, laid down some interesting tracks and was pushing a 4, so I think I have to take an average of both and give it a nice solid 3. Can’t comment on songs as I do t know their names.

Overall a very good collection of AMC songs (maybe their best album overall?), mostly in their brooding/ REM-on-downers style, but the band was always so erratic song-to-style, both in quality control and genre experiments (witness the plucky county tune that starts this otherwise mopey record!), that I prefer to just put on their Greatest Hits rather than delve into the albums.

When reading the name of this band, I thought this was going to be such a drag. Actually turned out to be exactly what I needed. Still not my kind of thing, however I think it really pulls off what its trying to do.

maybe not a lot of tricks, but the tricks that are there include pedal steel like ive never heard one played before, mark eitzel's voice being so gorgeous that it makes u stop in ur tracks, and the band's general position as clearly influential , with some of their material commonly cited as among the first slowcore releases. just based on this record, perhaps their relative "erasure" was inevitable, as they were a springboard for more idiosyncratic music, but its just a really quielty powerful and well-considered version of exactly what it is. very beautiful and comforting in ways that are very thoughtful...paired amazingly with the rainy day we're having over here.

I mean, it's okay.

This one has pretty good atmosphere and vibe to it. It kind of sounds like Nebraska's (Bruce Springsteen) long lost sibling who got all muddled up in some prairie near NowhereVille (idk I'm trying to use some American terms.) It's quite country in terms of it's sound with the jangely guitars of indie rock. It's melodies are hauntingly beautiful like in "Pale Skinny Girl" and "Jenny" which reflects the album cover and the covers desolate feel to it. It's also quite a 'sleepy' album, it's very chill and relaxing AND soothing right up until the song "Bad Liquor" which woke me up from my very needed slumber. After that the singer seemed to be more erratic like he had gone mad from all the despair and gloominess from beforehand and decided to let out his psychobilly-ness that's hiding deep inside of him. This was a solid one, it has a unique vibe to it. If you like songs with country overtones with indie elements and occasional psychobilly freakout moments I'd recommend it wholeheartedly, if not still very much worth a listen. Highlight Song/s: "Firefly" and "Jenny"

This is music. Not sure why it is on the list. Maybe I am not meant for this music club.

gibt's nicht

Truly terrible at being truly mediocre

Good indie rock/folk. Nice variety, and a few excellent songs. 3.5/5

Another baffling inclusion. This sounds like a band you might hear in a downtown bar or a battle of the bands. Not quite good enough to attract people to a show all of their own, but fine. I wouldn't leave the bar, but I might take a toilet break at the battle of the bands, confident that I wasn't going to miss the next big thing. "Reviewer Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen, from Iceland's daily newspaper Morgunblaðið, describes the album as the band's "definitive statement." " - For all I know, Thoroddsen is a very well-respected music critic, but if this is the highest-profile opinion of this band available, and it is two words, without judging the quality of the album... you know, it makes me wonder. It's not even damning with faint praise. It's damning with a neutral statement.

Wow they named an album after a US state? They should've tried to do the Sufjan Stevens thing where they make an album for each state. Maybe these guys would've made more than two. Oh who am I kidding? Besides, even if they did do that, it's not like any of them would be better than Sufjan's albums. This one's just okay. I really don't have much that I can talk about. The album's wikipedia article says two things about this album. It released and it's on the 1001 Albums list. Also it's not on streaming. But, I did listen to it and it definitely wasn't bad. Dare I say, I actually enjoyed it. I didn't love it, but I liked it. There's a nice moody atmosphere behind a majority of the album that's fairly pleasant. Why the hell that atmosphere is interrupted by "Bad Liquor" before immediately going back to slow stuff is beyond me, but okay I guess. Mark Eitzel's vocals are fine. Not great, but not bad. The writing is alright. Nothing crazy. "Western Sky" was good. California is a decent album and not much more. Enjoyable, but not a must-listen at all. High 3/5.

4/5. This is a much better album than reviews on here suggest, and it feels way ahead of its time. You get a lot of introspective and quizzical guitar chord riffs/progressions, with a mixed bag of lyrics. Some are hard hitting, others are simple. The vocalist is a better singer than people give him credit for. He's very much in the indie vein of someone who might not be classically trained but still has something to say and says it well enough, a la Camper Van Beethoven and Vampire Weekend. It's definitely not a daily driver or a party music album, but if you're looking for something more personal, direct, and honest, I think "California" checks all those boxes while being a pleasant listen the whole way through.

Gave this a few listens through, but didn’t note anything too special outside of it being an easy listen.

American slop. Y encima ni siquiera fácil de encontrar.

Day 245 Fine, but don’t think I’ll be rushing to listen again Highlights Firefly

DNF - I strongly believe this isn’t one of the 1001 albums I needed to listen to before I die next June thanks anyway

What if The Smiths were really fucking boring and generic and I could only listen to them on YouTube for some reason

The first album not available on streaming! I enjoyed this more than I thought. Has to be said I enjoyed the mellow moments a lot more than the heavier content here

Somehow both brilliant and "meh" at the same time. See also: good, but not for me.

Could not listen ....

Best Song: Bad Liquor. Doesn't even sound like the same band. At least they sound like they have a pulse here. Worst Song: Pale and Skinny Girl. Ahh, a man singing slowly about a woman in infantilizing terms. My favourite. Overall: This is just so plain, I really can't fathom why it is included on this list. I checked the Wikipedia page to see what I must be missing, and the only thing of note was that it was included on this list. That's a sad level of circularity that feels like evidence for why it ought not be included. Also, one of this album's listed genres is "slowcore", which just by name alone is basically the antithesis of the kind of music I enjoy. On a lark I tried playing a song at 1.5x speed and it was just a pure improvement.

?/10 I couldn’t grade it because it wasn’t available on Spotify 🥀

springsteen garbage

I like it. It reminds me of 90s indie a bit. Since it's from 1988, I wonder if this influenced any of the sound I'm thinking of. If I listened to it multiple times, I think some of the songs might stick. It's too soon to say if I'll come back to it.

Like most clubs, this gets depressing towards closing time. What starts with some bluster, ends with whimpers. Top tracks: "Somewhere," "Bad Liquor"

--Firefly...I like slide guitar so this is working for me. Also I miss seeing fireflies --Somewhere...college radio single #386 --Laughingstock...nice but not much going on. sleepy. sounds more like a closer than a third track --Lonely...not a great song but the singer is letting loose in a way that's infectious --Pale Skinny Girl...see "Laughingstock" --Blue and Grey Shirt...at least there's still slide guitar --Bad Liquor...we get a pure rocker. decent bass groove but meh overall --Now You're Defeated...getting a Silver Jews vibe here --Jenny...another sleepy number but I like this more. it's probably the whisper-close, bedroom-style recording I find appealing. Kind of a Sufjan Stevens thing going on here --Western Sky...see "Laughingstock" --Highway 5...see "Laughingstock". Also, we Californians refer to it as "The 5" now. Maybe that's just a SoCal thing --Last Harbor...joke's on me, they did close with "Laughingstock"

i didnt feel like i should vote on this...

3/4

Tonight's The Night Neil Young Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's California American Music Club

For some reason, this is not available on Spotify. So, I listened to one of this band’s other records…for about 2 tracks until I realized that I wasn’t into it at all, and then went back to listening to Tomahawk. So, I can’t give this record a fair rating, but I’m pretty sure if I could listen to it, I’d give it a high 2 or low 3. 5/10

First time I heard this. I immediately checked to see if Bruce Hornsby is on this list and there is not..

I guess the slowcore part is Jenny? The rest of the album mostly sounds like someone went to school with Michael Stipe and whoever the guy from Counting Crows is and they got the short end of the stick

No estab disponible en Sporify, lo escuché no oficialmente por lo que no tenía la mejor calidad, rescaté un par de canciones.

N/A

Ok

Right in the wheel house of acoustic rock/alt-country. The vocals are a little weak however but I expect to get used to them.

its unavailable

An album that seems way before its time. It’s seems like it’s influential in many of the artists that are prevalent now. They probably could have been bigger now because of the “Americana” surge. I enjoyed the music. I think this was their high water mark and I’m glad I heard it.

Вцілому добре, але нічого незвичайного. Одна пісня мені сподобалася. 2,5

always liked AMC. great album

Mark Eitzel feels like a Great Value Evan Dando - an actively bad singer (significantly worse than Dando), an unremarkable poet (for an alleged songwriting genius he breaks meter way too often), a stuck-in-neutral composer for the most part. He seems to think all his mid-tempo, out-of-tune bleating is signifying the ragged tortures of his soul, when really it's just signaling that these songs feel a lot like a first draft that could have used a lot more polish. The highlights (like "Jenny" and "Western Sky") only prove that he's capable of doing better if he really wants to. My high school English teacher would have handed this one back with a bunch of redlines and a sticky note on top that just said "REVISE PLZ."

6/10

this is what AI was trained on...

Very mixed album for me. Some great stuff and some absolute misses. Not sure I would revisit it.

Amazing album, if only it were on DSP’s

Not on apple music so I had a look on you tube and wish I hadn't bothered.

Yeah. Not for me at all. Couldn't make it through this one. 1 star

I mean, it was fine, but I'm not sure how it distinguished itself to the maker of the 1001 Albums list

Not available in the uk

Pleasant listen but not very remarkable. Vocals sounded like Springsteen but less unique. I did appreciate the various genres throughout, but it all felt like surface level representations.

Неожиданно, но очень хорошо. Альбом создан для задумчивых прогулок по холмам или по улицам. К сожалению остался только на ютубе. Такой альбом можно смело покупать на CD или виниле в коллекцию.

Not heard of the group … it was fine but won’t be seeking out any more.

i cant hear it on spotify idk whyy

Decent. Nothing groundbreaking.

Spoczko, ale nic porywającego. Bezpieczne 3. Na pewno nie odrzuca.

Chill album to listen to, nothing special but easy enough listening

Nice discovery - if someone put it on I wouldn't mind, but I'm probably not going to come back to it.

This was not really for me but I totally get and feel its nostalgia, and vibe from a particular era. Solid 3/5

didnt think i was gonna like 9 of 12 songs out of this album, maybe i needed some calm chill style today

Better than coldplay

420/1089 - This was an enjoyable experience. Spacey and mellow with some cool guitar bends and a mostly pleasant voice.

A very basic indie rock album that I will forget about tomorrow.

Perfectly average and slightly boring.

I couldn't listen to this album 💔😞

This was nothing like I expected. Kind of a Indie meets Americana vibe. Heavy on the Americana. A nice listen.

Thoughts before listening: I don't know much about this band or album. Based solely on the names here, I'd assume some sort of alt-country indie rock thing, but I don't feel great about that guess. Review: So this album isn't on Spotify, but I was able to find it on Youtube. I basically nailed the sound. Catchy rock n roll songs with a hint of country styling. In the vein of something like the Jayhawks I guess. I'm not sure this deserves a place in this list, but it was a fine listen. 3-stars

Firefly - 4 Somewhere - 3 Laughinstock - 3 Lonely - 4 Pale skinny girl - 3 Blue and grey shirt - 3 Bad liquor - 4 Now you're defeated - 4 Jenny - 4 Western sky - 3 Highway 5 - 3 Last harbor - 3

7/10

This was fun. I dug the sound and vibe of this album. Pity it is not on Spotify because I could definitely see myself coming back to it.

On the one hand, quite listenable. On the other, entirely inoffensive.

Lame. Who is putting these shitty albums on this list? This band has 1750 monthly listeners on Spotify and this album isn’t even available. Seriously, go fuck yourself. This makes me irrationally angry. The Black Album is laughing at you.

I just listened to this and can’t remember a thing.

I liked this, mostly mellow chill rock, which I can appreciate. More energic songs like bad Liquor feel a bit out of place, but still good.

Meh, little to love, not much to hate

Довольно приятный рок, но на этом всё.

Whiny and annoying. Some musically interesting moments here and there but mostly I was ready for it to be over.

Quite a pleasant album from a band I hadn't heard before. 3.5 stars, rounding down. The overall affect was a bit downtempo / monotonous.

The I’d album wasn’t available on Spotify so I listened Everclear

This isn’t it. Depressing, unpleasant musically - I’m not sure why this album is on such an esteemed list.