Reviews (page 8 of 8)
I guess I don't like Animal Collective.
About a year ago I watched a video of two guys doing a bracket of the best indie songs of all time. In the end My Girls by Animal Collective won out. Intrigued, I excitedly listened to the GOAT indie song that I've been missing out on. That was when I realized the people making the video had terrible taste. My opinion has not changed after listening to this album in full.
The Beach Boys' Smile run through a colour photocopier a few times. It's pleasant enough, and they make an interesting racket, but nothing really stuck. It feels like they hit upon a distinctive sound and made everything that way. Which is fine if that sound resonates with you I guess, but this got very samey very quickly, and the songs didn't really grab me.
Terrible
Although I can hear why some like it or find it interesting, it just doesn’t do much for me.
"Oh, is it over? Thank Christ."
Nope. Not for me. Not even a little. It was like the same song for 14 tracks.
Words cannot describe how much I do not miss the era of synthpop at all. If I'm to believe the Wiki of this album, apparently this is the one that started it all--so it's not a shock that I hate this shit. Guys Eyes is one of the worst songs in this entire book. Good riddance to an entirely forgettable era of music, and I'm looking forward to never hearing this album again.
Nope. Music should soothe, not jar. Anyone who produces music that jars is just being a knob.
Not for me
Som att spela tre olika Håkan Hellström album samtidigt över varandra.
pretentious bullshit...
I made it through the first 3 tracks before I gave up. I was surprised when there was almost a hint of an actual song buried in the third track, but it wasn't enough to keep me listening. This poor excuse for music apparently got near-universal acclaim. Once again I find myself at odds with critics. Whatever they see in this, I sure don't get it. Inexplicably to me, Pitchfork and Slant Magazine rated the second track here as the "Best Song of 2009". That's right, the same year Jay-Z released Empire State of Mind, this rubbish was picked over it. Many singles were released in 2009 and somehow this was picked as the best song. To name a few from albums I know fairly well, Pet Shop Boys released 3 singles and Depeche Mode released 4 in 2009. Every single one of those songs is much better than this nonsense. Maybe under the influence of powerful drugs, this actually seemed like a contender. Wikipedia says this album's sound influenced music of the next decade. Maybe that's why I don't like a lot of current music.
Absolut schrecklich
In a nutshell: unmemorable Skip this album and listen to Hot Chip, Art vs Science or Modest Mouse instead. Overall: 1/10
Just don’t get it. Cannot figure out which direction this album wish to take. Getting on my nerves
I was actually getting irritated by this.
Maximalism är svårt. Detta album är, på alla punkter, för mycket. För ambitiöst, för många instrument, för högljutt, för spretigt. Blir sensory overload och syntax error, saknar shrooms. Skulle kunna blivit ett fint album med vissa justeringar och avskalningar. Som sagt, ambition finns, men med sådan här wall of soundig experimentell pop är knivseggen man balanserar på smal. Animal Collective faller tyvärr ned på fel sida.
Irritating
1.5
It was indie music and it was bad. Skip it.
Boring
Chaps, not every song needs to be 5 minutes..... the start of a song shouldn't sound like the middle and the end..... its boring and this is what this album is
No
Never able to feel a groove on this one. Nothing catchy; treble laden. Still trying to discern why this album made the list.
This albums is so bad, it’s so annoying and just bad instrumentation. I really don’t see why people like this.
I feel like my ears have been assaulted.
Pretty ugly vocals …
Dus Katie Melua is zwanger las ik ergens laatst
Horrible
Dit vind ik nou nog eens oprecht vermoeiende kutmuziek. Ongeinspireerd gewauwel over chaotische trippy beats. Misschien leuk voor mensen die zichzelf bere-interessant vinden omdat ze via LSD, paddestoelen en ayahuasca ceremonies 'bepaalde inzichten' hebben gekregen. Ik heb geen septum piercing of tunnels in m'n oren, dus 1 ster.
So not for me.
Really couldn't get into it. I don't understand why it is in this list.
The nicest thing that I could say about this album is randomly discovering the album art was an optical illusion. Unfortunately I thought all the songs were shite.
Hmm, þetta er eitthvað flipp.
Didn’t like any of them besides lion in a coma. Psychedelic pop is not it
UGH jam band stuff.
No me gusta esta psicodelia
i was expecting something a lot more organised than this. bit of a mess really.
Gross. But mainly overly unpleasant.
I have no clue what I've just listened to.
Did not like this.
Poor psychedelic nonsense
Sometimes I worry this list might make me hate music. This is the worst album I've suffered through so far.
Utterly terrible
Experimental but in a bad way
At least the cover art is mildly diverting.
Little strange. Sort of background/mood music
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: My Girls, Also Frightened Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: This album gave me a headache, and I'm not talking about the cover art. Constantly squelching and booping and layering vocals and it doesn't feel like it'll ever end. I feel bad giving it a 1 because at least they tried to do something innovative and influential (and by all accounts it worked) but it made me angry having to sit through it.
For some reason I can’t stand indie stuff from my 20s. This one was hard to sit through. Only my 2nd 1* in 125 albums.
Definitely no.
Not worth the time it takes to listen to it. If you think you like this then you should really listen to something like Age of Adz to see what can be done in this genre. 1 star
Nope!
dead
Already heard it. Will never, ever listen to this again.
Some bits are Sgt Peppers rip offs other Pet Sounds. All done really badly in a jingly indie style
Absolute crap. The half of it that isn't awful noise is twee garbage
Too experimental for my liking. Elements that I enjoy, but not for me
Just weird
Not really my thing at all, just a bit boring. Not awful but just not interested at all. 1/5
This is very arty, not really in a good way. I can see why some people might be into this kind of thing, but it's doing nothing for me.
Awful. Made it through 3 songs before I turned it off. 1/5
uh what?
Very experimental. Which has led me to confirm it is the genre I understand the least. The weird yelling and singing vastly different tones and lines over each other,on top of the eclectic sounds is just confusing to me. I don't really get it and I'm sure this is something that I wouldn't seek out to listen to again. Not to say its all terrible i didn't mind "My Girls" but that was the extent of my enjoyment here.
Yikes
this was wonky crap, just nothing really interesting going, meandering wuss-rock
Favourites: Little girl Manish boy Good songs in the álbum, but really long :( , nice álbum but I get a little bored with some songs.