Fever To Tell

The worst type of indie music, all drums and attitude but with very little soul.

Riding on the early wave of New York indie bands with their contemparies the Strokes, Interpol and the Walkmen, the YYYs and this album provide a positive nostalgia kick. The album opens with a bolt of energy, dips slightly in the middle before hitting hard with two indie disco classics (Maps & Y Control).

Lead singers voice felt too try-hard and put me off a lot of the songs. Sounded like a continous soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim. Best track: Y Control

I liked it. Generally this isn't really my style of music, but on this album the intensity and atmosphere just hit the right notes for me.

Meh

Somehow they make a striped back garage sound seems fat and juicy, this album still sounds great nearly 20 years on. Powerful drumming and great guitar hooks but it’s Karen O’s incredible vocals that really stand out. More importantly this album has some really great songs on it. The song sequencing irritates me and ruins the flow and overall impact of the album a little. But still a cracking wee album

Bastante guapo, guitarreo y vocales finas

not my thing

Brilliant pop/rock start to the bank holiday weekend 👌🙌. Definitely gonna revisit.

Great garage sound but find Karen O grating. I can see past it in parts and some great tracks

Best one yet!

Not that bad!

- Maps is amazing song but all that moaning in the others...

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Awful

It’s not really my favorite type of music and I didn’t like all of the vocals. I definitely thought the second half of the album was better than the first half. Maps is certainly the best song on the album. Other favorites include Y Control, No No No, and Modern Romance. Least favorites include Tick, and Cold Night. I’m glad I listened to it but I don’t see myself coming back to it all that much. Strong 6/10

Again, not really my cup of tea but it was at least melodic. **

Do love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but their earlier stuff is a bit too frantic for me. Date with the Night and Maps absolute classics of course

Net geen 2 sterren omdat het niet verkeerd is maar ook niet is waar ik vaak naar luister

Some good shit.

Cool album. Super weird to listen to the first half and know that Maps is coming up. strong 8/10

Pretty groovy but I definitely had to let it grow on me. Maps was good, and I liked Y Control. Couldn't just sit and listen to this but for doing dishes it was good background. 7

Wasn't too keen to start but it grew on me.

Honestly I kinda already forgot what it was like to listen to in the last 8 hours. 5?

Screamy

Genau der Typ Frau, auf die ich damals stand, schwarze Frise, asymmetrischer Pony, kunstvoll zerrissene Nylons, Nietengürtel, schwarze Lederjacke. Seltsam nur, dass mich das Album damals wie heute über weite Strecken kalt lässt. „Maps“ werde ich immer lieben, aber das Gros der Songs erinnert an zu sehr 16 Uhr, Nebenbühne, wohlwollendes Kopfnicken im Takt. Meine innere Beth Ditto gibt magere 1.9

Erlebt man ja auch nicht ständig, dass ein Album nach hinten raus besser wird. Hier ist das und auch gut so. Hatte mich erst gefragt, warum damals eigentlich die Strokes und nicht die Yeah Yeah Yeahs als große Retter des Rock’n’Rolls galten - aber schnell auch gedacht, dass a) die halt dich deutlich poppiger/gefälliger waren und b) das jetzt auch nicht so weit weg ist von dem was zB Boss Hog schon früher angefangen haben. Außerdem ist mir persönlich Musik ohne Bass auch irgendwann zu, hm, dünn, trotz des ganzen Gebratzes. Aber wie gesagt: nach hinten dann doch noch gut rausgekommen! 3,2

I was looking forward to this, as I really like "Maps," but the rest of the album didn't hit similarly. Reminded me a bit of Amanda Palmer.

I'm not sure why I didn't know that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer was a woman? I'm sure I've heard songs by them before, but I'm not sure what. Maybe one of them will come up on this album soon. Initial reaction is that this is good music for motivation days--when you're cleaning your house or working out. I don't love the high-pitched squeal thing she does, but I'm sure that's some of the appeal and like "classic Yeah Yeah Yeahs". This reminds me of something that Kat would listen to in 10 Things I Hate About You. Okay, here's where I come back around -- Maps is an excellent song. I wish more of their music were like this.

Straight outta the East Villy. Surprised I've never listened to this.

Whoever said this group was “Led Zeppelin with estrogen” (e.g. John Pareles, Nick Kent) was way off. Karen O has nowhere near the range or blues sensitivity of Robert Plant. Nick Zinner can’t touch Jimmy Page. Brian Chase isn’t in the same universe as John Bonham. Having no bass player (Yeah Yeah Yeahs would be a lot better if they had one) there’s no way to compare John Paul Jones. And as a group, they’re too mechanical. YYYs completely lack LZ’s dynamic vitality. So let’s just quietly set aside the Led Zeppelin comparison, intending no offense to politically correct critics desperate to promote a “female rocker” (which is almost an oxymoron, anyway). On its own merits, the album is interesting enough, worth a listen, even if just for the sake of gender diversity. But I myself have heard (indeed played) better ‘garage rock’ and ‘garage punk’ in actual garages. I give it a ‘two’.

Overall I enjoyed it. I think the second half is a lot stronger. The song structure is much better in the second half. I felt the first half was really all over the place. Overall I enjoyed it

punk isn't something that i naturally gravitate towards and Im not sure why because I have a lot of natural anger; I just prefer "singing" and less heavy lead guitar; first heard "Maps" when Martin and I played rock band and that is more melodic so it was nice to hear that one again

While maps is a classic song this was an album I listened to after what became my introduction and favorite album from YYYs- Show your bones. Sometimes I struggle to go back and connect with a bands previous and less refined sound.

Great - just great

Maps is classic rock band and the rest was somewhat entertaining but not great. 7

Sooo sooo impressive. "Man" gives the title to the album. The Amazon Music album has 29 songs. Maps (My Angus Please Stay?) is a masterpiece that carries the album.

Sehr schön garagih

pretty fun. always like yeah yeah yeahs

One of the best finds through this has been Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums. Giving an extra star because their albums have both been consistently good stuff

No. . .

Good stuff. Maps and Y Control have long been favorites of mine.

It is not my kind of music which I like. For me sounds like a part of punk.

Average 2000s punk pop

Really good punk album, although im not super used to listening to punk.

Pas mal pas mal, très rock mais sympa. Voix un peu aiguë qui baisse la note peut-être...

Not my thing. Great sound though.

Ganz fresh. - 3

Crazy, Band musikalisch voll an mir vorbeigegangen scheinbar. Mag die Mischung aus rotzigem Punk und Placebo-Vibes. Stabiles ok von meiner Seite.

Fantastic album, love it. Fave three track sequence = "Maps" -> "Y Control" -> "Modern Romance".... so good!

2.5 | De vuelta al Garage Revival. Me agradó más que el debut de los White Stripes. A pesar de eso, sufre de lo mismo que mencioné sobre todas estas bandas de inicios de los 00s, todas las canciones muy similares un bloque de sonido agradable pero poco distinguible tanto dentro del disco como entre bandas; hacer un análisis por canción sería casi inútil, todo se resumiría a "suena bien, no espectacular." Par de cosas que me resaltan del grupo; su sonido de hecho es ligeramente más distinguible a otras bandas; creo que en ellos se siente realmente un poco más lo central del punk, se siente más lo amateur de la producción y lo ligeramente más crudo de su sonido. Los escucho, veo sus fotos y se me hacen la banda esencial de hipsters de Williamsburg (hablando a ciegas, no se realmente de dónde sean), se escuchan con una actitud de superioridad y un intento de shockear que supongo habrá habido grupos de preadolescentes en su momento les habrá pegado en la forma correcta. Instrumentalmente se oye muy bien, aunque su obvia exageración en que se oiga todo supercasero llega a sentirse un poco pretensioso. La voz.... la voz tengo un problema... Es interesante... es buena.... Es una copia casi carbon de la Siouxsie and the Banshees pero en extremo sexualizada, gime y puja sin parar, parece que está teniendo un orgasmo todo el tiempo... es interesante pero si llega a cansar. Siouxsie podía impostar un grado de oscuridad a la música... aquí parece que solo es gemidos de coger sin parar (lo cual cuadra con las letras que son casi desechables). Disco bastante decente, no se trata de alargar de más, pero sufre de muchos traspiés del género y época y un par de otros propios.

Nice Rock

First song impressions - loud and raw and stripped-down. Reminds me of the White stripes/Black keys/Hives/Strokes era of rock music, and I like it. Punk as fuck 🤘 Track 3 kinda a mess. Track 4 a bit more melodic and funky, singer working herself into a frantic state by song’s end. Wait....they dont love you like I love you... now-ow-ow-now-ow-ow. Brings back fun Rock Band memories :)

Yeah yeah yeahs, I know Karen O, and two fellas Amazing wall of noise.

I couldn't listen all the way through because the yeah yeah yeahs are not my favorite band

Great album

Not bad a little noisy

Very rock punk vibe at the start and leads into a very slow beautiful sound. The slower songs are still a great listen even after almost 20 years.

A bit of a challenging listen, but unique, energetic, and has enough engaging tracks to make it worth spinning.

Un garrotazo. Fuerte, simple y a lo que va. La música es simple y poderosa la mayor parte del tiempo, aunque a veces baja de revoluciones, sin perder su esencia punketosa. Los coros mantienen también esta misma directriz. Para balancear viene Maps, hitazo y mi preferida del disco, junto con Y control. Crudo y honesto, se lleva 3.5 estrellas, que suben a 4 porque aunque no me encanten todas las canciones por sí solas, forman 39 minutos coherentes en los que en varias ocasiones te puedes descubrir haciendo headbanging sin darte cuenta. Songs: Maps, Date with the Night, Cold Light

This is a more modern album than I’ve listen to previously. I can respect the punk sound n most of this album is a good listen. Overall not something I would play although I probably have a few of there radio hit songs in my library

yeah, it was fine.

It’s the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Fucking rocks.

Heard them in rock band back in the day had no idea they were so gritty!

I mean, it rocks, and it's tuneful. But it feels rather Pitchfork-y, and maybe not something that will resonate in 20 years. I might listen to again to see if I'm wrong.

Gostei de algumas músicas "Y control" e "Modern Romance" mas não é bem meu estilo. Prefiro músicas mais calmas.

I liked it. More punky and sexy than I expected.

Hell yeah yeah yeah. So many bangers.

Lots of weird screeching but not bad overall. Never would have listened to this

not my cup of tea but giving it a 3 because the female rocker is dope and maps is such a good song

was alright

Yeah!

10 songs that aren't as good as maps. And maps.

Great early 00's rock album. Rich is a really good punk song. Early album is filled with some good punk music, but they kind of run together a bit. Maps and Y Control are stand outs for sure

Some really good tracks

Inte min kopp te precis. A.k.a krikke sound

Good indie rock. Heard some of them before

Ya conocía este álbum desde hace años (de hecho algunas canciones las tengo entre mis favoritas), y me sorprendió mucho encontrarlo aquí, porque así tuve la oportunidad de escuchar el disco completo de nuevo. Desde el punto de vista musical, me gusta el tema "estridente", como metálico, que le dan a los instrumentos y la voz. Es un sonido "casi" saturado, pero que no es para nada cansado. Otra cosa que me gusta del disco es la combinación de canciones tan frenéticas y alocadas como Date with the Night o Tick, pero también temas serios y tristes como Maps o Poor Song, sin embargo esto no hace que las canciones sean menos energéticas. No sé por qué no había escuchado este disco completo de nuevo desde hace tanto.

Mi novia la fea. Como no lo había escuchado de nuevo completo, llevaba años sin escuchar mas de 2 rolas de ese disco. Me gusta mucho esa onda que traían de banda de garage, muy estridente y crudo, lleno de energía desde el principio, escuchas el sinte y ya mueves la mata. A pesar de que se la pasa gritando y gimiendo no se siente saturado y cansado como Dylan por ejemplo

De todos los que hemos oído hasta ahora, estos son los únicos que he visto en vivo, recuerdo que me aburrieron, pero el disco por sí mismo me gustó mucho. Me imaginaba que iba a ser un tanto repetitivo, porque eso recuerdo del concierto, pero la verdad es que tiene al menos tres muy buenas rolas ('Maps', 'Date With The Night' y 'Y Control') y el resto no es malo. Creo que se distingue de la avalancha de grupos de su época por la voz de mujer y eso les aseguró unos años más de éxito.

Pretty ahead of its time for 2003. Maps is obviously a big tune.

I actually enjoyed this album and recognize a couple of songs on it too. Listening to the album I got a feel that the album was more into a Nirvana grundge feel. It was good clean vocals and well versed so I enjoyed the lyrics more than the tune that was used.

6

Excellent. Love this album.

mostly mellow rock from the earlier 2000's.. That one song "Maps" I am pretty sure I have heard before.. if I had to guess.. rockband or guitar hero haha

Not a fan of the sound. I think they have better albums tbh

Every track sounds like it could have been in a Sony Bravio advert. Not familiar with the band, they remind me a bit of The Pretty Reckless.

Ich mag die Energie und dass es eine Sängerin ist.

Fairly heavy, great second track. Good for running. Slightly boring riffs at times

Halfway through the album and it's a spunky piece that perfectly fits the punk rock sphere. Doesn't much appeal to me. So far 2/5 After finishing the album I have a slightly better opinion. It's refreshing to hear a female rock voice. 3/5

I liked this one a lot more than I expected to at first. It's sort of grunge/garage rock style and the lead vocalist is a woman. The album itself is somewhat short (36 ish minutes) and not at all a bad listen.

I always kinda liked Maps from the radio. First heard the whole album when I had a roommate with it and it grew on me. Still takes me back to those days.

Def not as good as the other one we had

I enjoyed this as well. I really like the bluesy aspect of their music.

Get you a girl like Karen O, who can do "Tick" and "Maps" on the same album.

love the music, less so the vocals and lyrics. I did like a few specific songs a lot, like modern romance

Some catchy tunes on this one. Karen O's distinct vocals are key in making these indie/garage punk-y worth listening to.

A few nice melodic moments but overall to distorted and messy for my taste.

Great songs and energy. Love the vocal delivery, and guitars holding it all together. Not so sure about some of the lyrics.

Wicked vocals from a talented female singer, high energy sound, loved it. Want to listen again.

okay

It's poppy, it's punky, and generally uninteresting

It was ok, but did not feel very essential. Maps and Y control are great though.

hmmm

The 90s are alive in 2003. Maps is a classic

Good rock, good to hear female lead.

Cold light is okay, most is just garage rock without sounding cheap. Its okay but i don't know what makes it special. Wikipedia calls it dance mix with rock and that is a decent description. quite up tempo

This album kicks so much ass.

Good album

The first word that comes to mind when describing this album is "fun." It's all kinds of post-punk, neo-grunge, alt-rock, fem-fronted fun. It's pretty much right up my alley. That said, it does get docked a star because some of the songs have amazingly dumb lyrics while others have amazingly brilliant lyrics. But, overall, it's a super great record.

I really like Karen O, but I kinda feel like she's a bit wasted in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This album has some bright spots, but overall, it's just okay. Best track: Maps

What a fucking debut. sick riffs with karen's beautiful voice. made me interested to dive into their discography.

IM SO HAPPY THAT THIS IS HERE THERE ARE TEARS IN MY EYES RN HUHUHUHU i am sort of validated that i have good taste in music hahhahaha

It was good, I personally thought most of the songs the girl was just screeching. Like the cardi B of punk rock. Still punk rock so music was fine.

Banging. Takes me straight back to that early noughties NY scene.