Queen Of Denmark

Not quite my tempo.

I did not like it. I don't really like the solo acoustic type of vibe.

Could not get into this, did not feel it at all.

This guy likes the Beatles

All sounded the same

Nice voice but lousy songs. Am not aware of Czars and after experiencing their leas singer I will not be researching them.

Meh

musically & vocally, the opening tracks had me interested. but the lyrics were.....random? odd? I mean-Sigourney Weaver?? was this supposed to be more stream of conscious or tongue in cheek? just don't get it & will I ever listen to again-nope

Gostei de algumas músicas, mas preciso ouvir dnv pra ter certeza que é algo que ouviria mais de uma vez, mas ao todo como álbum não gostei

John Grant's debut solo album "Queen of Denmark" aims high but ultimately falls short. While Grant's distinctive baritone and quirky songwriting show promise, the album suffers from a lack of cohesion. The Midlake-produced retro sound often overwhelms Grant's lyrics, which range from clever to cringe-worthy. Standout tracks like the title song hint at potential, but they're lost among meandering compositions. Grant's exploration of personal themes is admirable, yet the execution often feels heavy-handed. Despite moments of brilliance, "Queen of Denmark" is a royal affair that fails to consistently engage or impress.

Only slightly better than Nick Cave and he sucked.

The album is mostly annoying to listen to. Was powering through it worth it for two pretty good songs? Not really. Maybe I'll check out a different album from John Grant.

It's ok I guess......... I like the chill sad/reflective vibe. It's not world shattering. Why is it on this chart?

June 18 2025 a ver, never heard it 1. Tc & Honeybear. Nice, intro medio x pero la voz tipo cocorosie darksita le dio un buen plus. I liked it pero weird, pero I liked it. Song 6.9 de 10. 2. Marz. Beautiful, yeah! "I wanna go to Mars" as I facebooked long ago finally can be justified. Pero el disco es 2010, not sure about the status. 3. Where Dreams Go To Die. Too mellow 4me. Cute but not my thing. Skipped ending. 4. SigourneyWeaver(?). Boring af. 5. Super ladilla. 6. Entretenida, pero no genial. Coolcita. 7. It's Easier. Sad, not fun, skipped. 8. Bored, mate. 9. Jc Hates Faggots. Tienes potencial en el intro, don't fuck it up, pleah... Yeah, nice one. Buen like! 10. Good job con el synth, didn't like the song fully, pero su ending tuvo nice. 11. Nice one, not amazing but enjoyed it. LIKE 12. Boring, skipped. 13. Este pana se lanza unos temas que parecen memes, this is one of those temas, podría ser tranquilamente Töôrnst Hülpft from Chic Tweetz. Bueno, el bridge de saxo tuve calidad. Mal tema tho', skipped lo demás 14. Supernatural Defribilator. Sonido igual al anterior. Shite still. 15. Gay, boring. 16. Dreamy, pa sleepy, not great. But escuchable, lots of echo and whispers. Like solo porque algo similar me gustaría. Ehh... 2.9 pero merece el 2.

Can't say i got a lot out of this, just really not my style. Felt like it was all meshing into one as it went on, a bit of fire or passion anywhere on here would be nice.

I understand and empathize with his background. Some lyrics are even funny and engaging, like Sigorney Weaver…Winona Ryder’s bad accent lol! But overall it’s not something I would listen to again or engage with. Style is too soft and boring.

das ist nicht meine musik

Not really any standouts here, but I think I might like some of his other work

A pretty unique singer-songwriter album with a deadpan singer and some pretty odd lyrics. Some good melodies. A couple of the songs are strong, but there’s a lack of variety and kind of an unsettling vibe about the whole thing from the album cover on down. Slurs never help either. Best song: It’s Easier

album cover low key ruins it a little; not into first song album is overall unmemorable, I don't care for his voice much and beyond the chorus of where dreams go to die I wasn't wowed at all album dragged on, lost interest towards end not for me

there's like 2 good songs that don't annoy me

Джизус ненавидит педиков - единственное что я отсюда вынес

Meh, forgot it was on. It’s just bland & doesn’t have anything that stands out

Sitting here feeling like the emperor's got no clothes on. My music taste can roughly be summed up as '6 music dad', so I was hyped to finally hear a John Grant album. And it's like... Twee melodies and teen philosopher lyrics? Maybe I just don't get the references. 1* for the album and 1 additional star for the admittedly very fun Sigourney Weaver track.

The vocals were just blah, but the lyrics were good.

It was never that interesting, but ended album of the year for several music magazines. Was it such a bad year?

It's not awful, but the lyrics went from feeling sort of whimsical satirical just winging it towards just overdoing it so instead of a potentially interesting message it's just bashing you over the head with...whatever this is. My planned rating for it dropped over time, from 4 down to where we are now. I'd like to call it inoffensive but at times it seems to purposefully strive for the opposite. The song I liked the most was Queen of Denmark, but I'm not sure I'd enjoy it in a vacuum or if I just got worn out on floaty synths over the course of the album and was just into the big guitar punches.

nicht so meins

has a song called JC hates the f slur

Definitely not for me. I don't really like this style of songwriting that's just "Let me say a bunch of words that don't really go together but over a pretty piano or guitar sounds profound." To me, it just sounded like a local punk band writing over some generic singer songwriter melody. This album took me 2 days to get through solely because it was so monotonous and boring. 3/10 Would I listen again? No

never heard of him, not adding to MY. list ...

1.6

This guys voice is good enough, but man, those lyrics take you out of it.

Ik ben normaal niet zo vaak in deze hoek (folk/pop/singer songwriter) te vinden, maar ik kan er normaal gesproken best goed naar luisteren. Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat er geen andere artiesten en albums te vinden zijn die ook in deze hoek van het muzikale spectrum zitten en het nog wat beter doen dan dit. Kortom: Ik durf gerust te beweren dat dit een snobkeuze is. Waarschijnlijk speciaal vanwege track 9 gekozen. Na track 12 (de titeltrack) had het moeten stoppen, want die track sloopt al het tempo eruit en het album is met 70 minuten sowieso te lang. Daarna wordt het ook weer extreem edgy, omdat ie een soort homoseksuele Duitser na gaat doen. Man man man. Ik zou met een wat gunstige afronding een 3 gegeven hebben als het na track 12 stopte. Helaas doet het dat niet en ontspoort het een beetje richting het einde. Daardoor wéér 2 sterren.

This sounds like if AI understood how to make generic ass music. Its not necessarily bad, but only people who listen to this are NPCs

I had never heard of John Grant. Neither had you. Offerings like this make me question this list’s premise because there are surely 1001 records better or more important than this one. But anyway. The first minutes of his music I’d ever heard was me pressing play next to “Marz” because it’s a featured track. I’m in no way capable of rating or assessing his music after a casual listen, but I can hear his talent. Still, it’s nothing new or special; to put it another way, I can listen to other artists to find this. This record doesn’t sound like a 2010 product or an artist operating in the 21st century. That’s its charm and perhaps the albatross around its neck. I’m sure John Grant has found an audience somewhere or his music wouldn’t exist. I’m sure they appreciate his voice and wit more than I can. I hope so.

Like two of the first three songs, then the album completely petered out to ridiculousness.

Not sure what to make of this. Some of it seemed quite good, but some of it sounded like a bad Simon and Garfunkel tribute act.

Fun lyrics but wouldn't choose to play it

Quirky and more like a comedian playing a guitar. Not my cup of tea

Obviously very talented and at times captivating. But ultimately not really my style.

Probably too clever for its own good; post-pop pseudo-70s/80s art stuff. No thanks.

Honestly, it's pretty dull. It started in first gear and then never got out of it.

Yeah, left me a bit cold. Some songs were catchy enough on first listen but most struck me as pretty disposable. The writing had a “ad jingle” ephemeral vibe that made it a bit forgettable overall.

For large parts it was just about bearable, a couple of tracks I could listen to again.

After discussing this artist with a friend that knows him better, I went back and re-listened to some of this. interesting and some noteworthy lyrics .. but still not my jam.

Pretty average

Ok

I do like Midlake and I saw a lot of 5 star ratings so I was looking forward to listening this album. It starts out fine with TC & Honeybear but it rapidly goes downhill from there. If you don't like his singing style this album will grate on you because there's A LOT of his voice here and it sounds quite monotonous after awhile. I do like Indie songwriters but this album is a bit too commercial sounding and it does not resonate for me.

Just folk, didn’t sound very special to me

Quite similar to a couple of latest albums, in a sense that there is nothing innovative or particularly interesting going on. Its just an album of songs, which have something in common. In this case, it is awful lyricism and bad flow/pacing, like he needed to do 1-2 more revisions of the songs but decided to ship it like that. The song where John feels he is allowed to say various offensive slurs because as a gay man he has been wronged by religion and his upbringing is an interesting one. And not in a good way. This was recorded in a studio, with dozens of people participating in it, and not a single one said "hey John, maybe lets not do this one"? Instrumentals are decent enough and I didnt particularly dislike the album. Significant albums 13/34. Albums I liked 7/34. Albums I have added to my library 1/34. Not significant, didnt like, didnt add.

Can’t stand this or Father John Misty which a lot of commentators compares to. It’s like a terrible time capsule to the sloppiest of beatles/Nilsson/Billy Joel songs, with the added spice of more explicit lyrics. If you think the last 50 years of music was a mistake, and just want some sassyness added to your silly pop songs of 1973, this might be for you.

Was alright but lost interest in the second half Music for being bored

Sounds very derivative

Bit artsy and didn’t grab my attention at all

Musically interesting, lyrics were just all over the place

Did people forget how to make albums in the 2010s? This starts well, very post-Scissor Sisters, but with a unique folkiness and sense of humour. But after 40 minutes it runs out of steam and becomes such a drag.

Ok

A bit too kitsch for me

Very John Cale, but not as good

This is not my jam. I was mostly indifferent to this record.

OK. He has a definite inclination for 70s & 80s soft and synth pop.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not so much at the start but the end was quite weird & charming Favourite song: Track 10 - Jc hates *******

hell nah

This is a bit odd. Cool in places, the title track in particular, but jarring in others (if you have a track titled JC Hates Faggots, you know you're not getting subtlety). That lack of subtlety takes something away from this - he's borrowing a lot from other artists and genres but not really doing anything other than making inferior versions of the music (the Kraftwerk pastiche in particular sounds like a lazy coverband). 2/5, has a lot of potential but doesn't live up to it.

This went from boring to weird to boring again.

Has some good songs, reminds me of Rufus Wainwright at times. Becomes boring a bit too soon tough, the small fun interlude at the end is not enough counterweight.

Not bad, not great. Incoherent. It wouldn't be on my version of the list. Favorite song: supernatural defibrillator.

Sounds all the same, not much difference between the songs on this album. Jc hates faggots was just an awful song, so unnecessary to use all those slurs.

it was meh

Similar to Father John Misty and the like, but just not nearly as good.

Kinda like he was just talking for large parts of the album? Generally a little odd but nothing really off-putting either. 2.5

Weird

I didn’t like it.

Alternative music in this time period sure was moody and depressing. It's well put together, but not for me.

This album gave me a feeling that I was listening to less outwardly comedic versions of songs from Bo Burnham's "Inside", in a good way. A very interesting album. I expected just a standard folk/downtempo indie album, but I was pleasantly surprised with some less-common instruments than I expected (flute, thumb piano (?), synths, and more). Some very odd lyrics in some tracks that felt like it was trying a bit hard to be *too* abstract or verbose. But overall, a fine time and interesting listen. One or two standouts I'd listen to again.

boff, c'est tellement weirdo, je suis vraiment dansune mauvaise passe d'album et on dirait que cela écope un peu à cause des autres. Il y de la bonne musicalité mais le paroles et les style de chansons... 2.90

Too slow and uninteresting for my tastes.

I don't know, it's not bad but the first couple of songs all sound alike. Rest of the album did not get better so didn't really get into it. 2/5

I like this. It's an enjoyable album. But I'm not sure why it would be in the "1001 Albums" book. It's good, but not great. I like the sound., but it's fairly average really. I doubt that I will remember this artist.

Derivative

There were a few songs on this that I thought were great. Like really really great The rest was a steaming pile of horse don't-don't.

Está bien, no lo escuché todo. Musica bien lograda y tranquila, pero las letras no me gustaron mucho.

Er zijn maar weinig bands die vallen onder de noem 'folk' die mij kunnen bekoren en John Grant is er daar niet één van.

Heel divers. Soms erg goed, maar soms ook echt niet om aan te horen.

Dit lijkt op van alles.

Nice musicality but not for me. Just kind of drags on and on and on and… On

Det här känns definitivt som ett 2010 album Millennial stund Några trevliga melodier dock mellan 1 och 2

Robert har så dålig smak dude... den hä killen verkar ha haft de rätt svårt o ja vill int dumpa på de men de hä va legit så mediokert... musiken va ofta kinda ointressant o lyricsen kändes som tonårsdikt. Helt för långt också. Ändå int så dåligt att det förtjänar en etta

Njae.

Ma cos'è? È ironico?

Not great. Bordering on odd.

Kind of interesting but absolutely no need for it to be on this list. Father John Misty vibe to it.

Awful album. An occasionally interesting hook, but didn't enjoy the vast majority of this album.

Hyvät tekstit, mutta vähän sääli, ettei musan puolesta nappaa.

I'd enjoy it if I was into that kind of music

Eh

Lyrically provocative but musically less interesting

Wasn't listening to the lyrics much and then the song full of slurs really caught me off guard. Nothing really caught my attention on this album, except, again, for the song full of slurs

Boring indie music

Tedious

More meh. Just ok.

Beyond the first couple of songs on the album, I wasn't terribly impressed. This album's strengths begin with its simplicity, but by the middle tracks that same simplicity makes the tracks stand out less. Those first few songs are good though

nah

A very heartfelt album, but the tone wasn't for me. The overall lyrical tone felt adolescent and the music itself felt like a simple vehicle for the lyrics. I like the messaging, but not the musical experience.

not really something that I would remember for a long time, despite proper musicianship

I don't hate this...but I don't love it. The lyrics are ok...the music seems, off...and it took a few songs for me to put my finger on this vibe... Tracks like Sigourney Weaver, Silver Platter, Chicken Bones...and then it hit me, it's like when The Muppets cover a rock song...it's fine...but it's just off, you know? This guy is like a Muppet folk singer and even the spite or anger in some of the songs come off kind off weak. Having said that, still love The Muppets.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Pretty meh for me… just an ok sound. Seems like he is trying to hard to be creative with the lyrics. Sounds like a mix between the Beetles (nonsense lyrics) and Ben Folds…but no where near as good.

Only made it 2 songs in. Just not feeling it.

Mid

Liked the music. His voice didn't the music. Tbh pretty mid.

Gimmick

No

Why in the world is this album on this list. With all of the great albums that were released between 2005 and 2010, what even is this entry?? I've never even heard of this guy - I'm not saying that alt music shouldn't be included but c'mon. Nothing interesting, quite bland and broody sounding, perhaps it's included for that "alternative" or "interesting" voice in the new album lineup. Best: Outer Space Worst: JC Hates Faggots

It's not bad, just not my thing at all

Good but why would he drop the slurs

A mix of boring and not bad with the occasional "that's pretty good" sprinkled in. Overall it's just an indie record that isn't terrible. Ho-hum. Why is this here?

An interesting album that felt like it was a mixture of songwriting styles. Lyrically it was diverse and different than most albums. Felt like it was like a father John misty album mixed with bo Burnham. I listened to it multiple times and as much as I enjoyed the instrumentals it got somewhat annoying as the album progressed. 4.4/10

not for me

The sound of this album is amazing. Lyrically I didn't really care for it that much.

If you think Billy Joel is just way too talented, then "shitty Billy Joel" here might be just your style!

meh

They're really pretty and honest songs, and Grant has a lovely voice. Silly at times. Some songs sound Beatlesesque (their more playful songs)... "Where Dreams Go to Die" kinda ripped from "Across the Universe." "Silver Platter Club" is another example. He uses his resources well, but I can't deny he's really limited in what he's trying to achieve and tends to revisit the same styles in his songs, too afraid to branch out. There are some ethereal sounds complimenting the sci-fi and dreamlike imagery. Few songs stand out, but even those don't impress me too much.

This is really great for curing insomnia. 3/10.

Not bad but not great

I'm not in love with this album

I personally did not find this album to be as quirky, charming, or unique as it finds itself to be. Really didn’t enjoy it and it just droned on with a pretentious self-importance that really put me off of it. Not really my speed and lyrically annoying

Songs from this album keep showing up in my Spotify Discover Playlist and I'm not sure why. I guess it's because I generally like the kind of 70s singer-songwriter albums he's trying emulate (or lampoon - I'm not exactly sure). But I don't like his take at all. I can't stand his constant stream of cleverness. This album is like one big ironic joke that's lost on me.

Oh boy this is too earnest for me. Just way too soft of delivery. The track Marz is better but the lyrics are so cheesy for me. I can hear some of the Midlake influences in the instrumentals and some arrangements, I am a fan of Midlake (Tim Smith era) but this is a situation where the execution isn't good for me. I really can't finish it, not a big fan. Totally not my thing.

Hmmmm… Quite liked the choons and musical arrangements, some great solos and well put together but I felt like he was constantly singing using auto-choon which spoiled it for me. Like a male version of Cher

Levyn kansikuvasta olisin voinut vannoa, että on jo ollut kerran tällä listalla. Eipä tuosta oikeastaan muuta muistaisikaan...

Meh, probably not coming back to this one ever again... Parts of it come off as a parody album somehow. I'm very confused.

above average

I had high hopes for this album after 'TC and Honeybear' - hopes that were soon lost after a few tracks and forgotten by the album's end. There's a few highlights here and there, but overall, Queen of Denmark fell short for me and offered no feeling of significance. It was a pleasant enough experience to hear it once, but I won't be keeping this album in rotation.

Everything here was just really boring. Songs all sounded the same and none of it was good. I guess I liked "Sigourney Weaver" on the first listen - the lyrics were pretty funny. Other than that it was mostly meh.

This is kind of a "meh" album for me. There's nothing spectacular about it. The song writing is fine and I may delve deeper into John Grant's catalog, but there's nothing really pulling me.

meh

ну чот по началу скучно, а потом ваще битлов напомнило, а потом чот более менее современное. Отрезочек один засемплировать всё таки нашёл для себя

Listened once. The lyrics are interesting, the actual music didn’t move me much at all. Not sure i would give it a second chance.

Ok, nothing too horrible or too great about it for me.

It's ok. I found it a little boring and hard to listen to at some points.

Queen of Denmark is the sort of album that I thought was completely extinct in 2010, an MOR album with actual melodies that might have been featured on adult contemporary radio station back in the late 70s, made with consummate craft and featuring the rich baritone of John Grant. The only thing that would be out of the place back in the 70s are the lyrics, which are often absurdist and/or profane. Now, MOR is far from my favorite type of music, and if there was ever a genre that was irrelevant in this day and age, it's MOR. It's almost as if John Grant was daring the cultural gatekeepers to throw a fit when he made this album. But damn if he doesn't do a good job of it. To be honest, I didn't really enjoy Queen of Denmark much, but it's hard to imagine how Grant could have improved on it, considering what he was going for. Okay, now that I've listened to this all the way through, I'm going to dock it a star for a couple of pretty awful songs, Silver Platter Club and Jesus Hates Faggots. Actually, I have nothing against the lyrics. It's the music, which gives away the joke. If you're going to subvert MOR with cynical, outrageous lyrics, you've got to play it straight, no pun intended.

Not my jam

Tuesday haiku: I liked “Chicken Bones” The rest of the album is lame Two point Five round down

Didn’t really enjoy it. Maybe 1-2 songs I didn’t mind.

Hi everyone, I'm Mark.

A decent piece of wholesome, "daydreamy" folk music. It's atmosphere is quite compelling and John Grant's voice certainly sounds terrific, but it borders a tad too much on the sappy side with dumbed down lyric, weird alien-esque effects and conflicting messages to warrant a future listen. 2/5.

Bizarrely entertaining as an occasional listening experience.

Ehhh didn't do anything for me. Vocals are actually very good, music is ok, lyrics are odd and I guess this just isn't a mood I'm feeling.

Woke, some good songs but meh overall

The self-title song was good but rest of album was meh

Talk about depressing

Tried but couldn't get into this album. Don't know why it's on this list. It's not awful but it's not for me.

weird

it's fine

It was okay. I enjoyed the instrumentals. The lyrics were interesting, but didn’t really connect with the album that much.

Easy listening but not a favorite

2/5 I'd say somewhat dry album

¿Me querían aburrir? Lo lograron. La de Jesus Hate Faggots está bien chida, eso sí.

sucks

I should have known by the album cover but it took me hearing him say Sigourney Weaver and then the next song being Chicken Bones for me to shut this off. I'm all for the Queen of Denmark, I'm sure this guy is good friends with her, but I do not need to listen to this album before I die.

Never heard of John Grant before. The album sounds interesting, but is not necessarily my taste.

A little too jammy but good overall

Meh. After the white album I've had enough of this stuff. Lyrics kind of cool but music boring.

Bland

Depressing

This was a rough listen because I didn’t really enjoy the music but I could feel his pain.

Marz pretty cool track , rest of the album kind of slow vibe but nothing stand out cool

Niet echt mijn ding, maar niet verkeerd. Heeft wel wat unieks

Não evocou fortes sensações

Decent music, chill almost folksy. The lyrics are pretty dumb.

this is... boring.

simple boring melodies, uninteresting lyrics and music

Exactly what you expect to hear when you think of Indie rock of the zeros. Whiney, pretentious, lots of treble. 1/5

It's been quite a while since I last listened to such a sleep-inducingly stodgy album. Musically this is bland and derivative folk rock. None of the songs are memorable and most of the lyrics are just tiresome whining about everything possible under the sun. It gets exhausting very fast. Grant has quite a good voice, I'll give him that, but otherwise I got nothing out of this album but utter boredom.

An ordeal

First bad one in a while. Boring music and some pretty woeful lyrics make for a poor final product. Total snoozefest.

Not for me. 1/5

wenn alles, was du auf wikipedia über ein album schreiben kannst „die anderen mussten in nach 4 jahren pause überzeugen, mit ihnen musik zu machen“ ist, dann sind eigentlich die anderen schuldig im sinn der anklage. wieso auf dieser liste??

Badgood

I'm 9 albums in and I'm seriously questioning the list makers. I believe I could live a very full musical life without ever having heard this album

This is the worst album I've had in a long time. I thought it started ok, but when it dawned on me how juvinile and awful the lyrics are, occasionally dropping into Family Guy tier cringe (Sigourney Weaver), I took a really hard turn. Set that against a backdrop of the most bland, stock folk with some synths thrown in to make it seem more interesting, and you get a remarkably poor album that should not be in this list at all. I don't want to seem like a "le wrong generation" type but most of the post 2000 choices I've had have been so bad I didn't mind It's Easier because of the nice vocal harmonies and I thought the synth part towards the end of that one was actually decent 1.5 Highlights: It's Easier

It just wasn't my cup of tea.

What in the depressing acid trips was that?!

I don't dislike this as much as Bob, but it's close.

What a seemingly sad guy. No excuse for these lyrics, though.

Terrible, “Sigourney Weaver” sealed 1-star status

No that’s okay thank you!

this makes me gag update: omg why do we need to use the n word?? we dont!

This was terrible. Feels like there is a joke here that I was not in on. Some of the melodies feel like direct ripoffs (Beatles, Nickelback). Not much positive to say here. I think this is my first 1 that I didn’t shut off.

It was written with the express purpose of one of the songs being used in a car commercial.

Listened to a random 5 second section of a randomly chosen song and I never want to hear this guy again. I will listen at some point today but NOT looking forward to it. Update: hot garbage. Will not finish.

terrible

Holy moly, these lyrics are terrible.

Am I missing something?

the most i can say about this album is that the track "marz" has a remarkably similar piano progression to keygen church's "tenebre rosso sangue" which is what i thought about for the rest of the record. this was incredibly middling musically with very juvenile lyrics. i also think "jesus hates f*ggots" is a baffling song because like. No. No You Should Not Be Saying Those Slurs Man. who in their right mind even remotely thought to themselves this is a notable album worth listening to? exhausting beyond belief.

hmmmmmm. this is 2010?! first song i immediately assumed was 80s again. Marz? (this mothafucka singing about a damn marz candy bar?!?!) It sounds cool but I actually hate these lyrics on this song I really fucking hate these lyrics. Like its actually insulting that this is very musically talented and the vocals are good but then the lyrics itself is DOGSHIT. I'm put it as a 1 because this offends me. And it is really upsetting because Chicken Bones and Silver Platter Club are fuckin BOPS to me ;-; ...... Jesus hates faggots, get the fuck out of here you silly fuckin butt crusty

Uh oh... it says 2010 on the tin. Hang on to your butts, folks. ------ How beautiful, delicate, effeminate, and utterly forgettable This has not, and will not, endure the test of time, and thus has no business appearing here. Please, for the love, fuck off.

bad didn’t make it far

Not for me. 1*

Dull

Why is such an album even on this list? I don't see this having an influence on someone who has ever heard and/or understood 1 Bob Dylan song.

I hated this so much and had to force myself to listen to more than just a few seconds of each track. His voice is grating, the lyrics sound like a 13 year old wrote them, and the music is basic and forgettable. Why is this album on this list?!? (1)

Weird one. A very boring piano/folksy opening gives way to a playful second half of goody genre pastiche with synth pop, kraut rock, new wave, and 80s hard rock sounds. From the most humorless tedium possible to just having fun messing around. But then back to the piano for more tepid ballads and ponderous strings.

Ei

Extremely boring

I’d call this unlistenable if I hadn’t somehow made it through.

It was really the vocals that were the reason I didn't like this album and made it really hard to get into. But I was fond of some of the instrumental elements like some of the synths and keyboards and hornlines but overall still not enjoyable to listen to. 2/10 Favorite Song: Leopard and Lamb

Puerile nonsense.

Hella depressing. Not my type of music. Enjoyed "Silver platter club".

Not my vibe, lyrics were too weird and the music and style was to slow/melancholy. Hard Pass

What is this? It feels like a weird combination of thoughtful, trite, and juvenile. 1/5 "Did Frederica ever mention a man named Jamie Gumb or a Jame Gumb? How about John Grant?"

Nope.

Unlistenable garbage, kind of like an eighth grader's diary read over shitty music

Langweilig und eintönig

Didn’t really grab me at all

👎🏻

Boring. Really, really boring. Not sure what the allure was supposed to be here.

Never heard of John Grant (or his previous band The Czars) but reading his Spotify bio gives me hope that I might like this - or some of his subsequent - albums. Looking forward to giving this a listen… Well, so far this is pretty tame/medicore. Only half way through so far though. Yeah, wasn’t keen on this. Have cleared my listening queue of the other albums of his I had initially lined up. Not someone I’d listen to again.

Yawn

Title track is great, along with Sigourney Weaver.

Garbage

at first i thought, this was better than i thought it was going to be but i was rapidly proved wrong

Really pretty music with weird-ass lyrics. "I feel just like Sigourney Weaver when she had to kill that alien guy." "Bittersweet, strawberry, marshmallow, butterscotch, polar bear, cashew, Dixieland, phosphate, chocolate..." "Baby, you are where dreams go to die and I regret the day your lovely carcass caught my eye."

Sorry. Not for me. 1/5

Some would say this guy is a lyrical genius. I say this guy is a twat.

Despite being released in 2010, what we have here is a '70s singer-songwriter pop-folk self-indulgent depressive episode that is indistinguishable from roughly 4.2 million other albums. I may get the 1,001 book just to see if it explains its selection criteria because I'm increasingly feeling like it's about 50% albums everyone should listen to and 50% the editor's God-awful personal taste. Influence 1. Quality 2. Hits 1. I hate depressing music 1.

Goofy nonsense. Not for me, thanks.

Hope I don't get AIDS.

Musically good. Lyrically no good. Not down with the nonsensical songs. Definitely down with the pro gay songs. Just not enough to like here.

Cringe. Som en poppig nickelback blandad med kid rock 0/5

Dreary.

I only made it through 2/3 of 2 different songs. This is not my time of music.

This was painful.

The first few tracks did nothing for me at all. I was pretty bored and thought this would be an easy one star. They were pretty basic sounding, pretty forgettable and pretty nursery rhyme-esque. I didn't like his voice, and the tempo didn't change at all, it just maintained this slow, plodding speed. To his credit though, the songs became slightly better as the album went on. Don't get me wrong, they were still slow and plodding with his monotonous vocals, but the tracks were definitely better than in the first half. I don't usually care about other reviews, but I'm actually annoyed that so many other people on this site have given it five stars. I clearly am missing something. If I had to pick out a highlight, I'd say 'Outer Space' is the best track here. Also as a side note, the album cover really creeps me out for some reason.

A pleasantly voiced musical version of narcolepsy.

Had to do a double-check to see if this was another entry snuck in by our fearless random site host, but nope, this is in the book. The story behind its creation is interesting enough, as is Grant’s life story, but this is not my thing.

Don’t like this one. Very buttrock but trying too hard. Boring, doesn’t make me feel anything except that I’d rather be listening to something else. The lyrics are cringy. Poor performances, poor production, poor writing

A list of 1001 albums to hear before you die, and yet here’s more of the same bland, forgettable drivel. ABBA with folk and electronic fluff—perfect for when I’m gasping for my last breath. Great timing.

Ass

I think this one is... kinda bad. Every song sounds exactly the same, the lyrics often come off as pretentious, and it's overall bland. The social commentary bits don't land at all. That being said, there were two tracks I kind of liked: "Sigourney Weaver" (I didn't care for it too much, but it's funny) and "Outer Space"

I'm not good at naming sub genres of music so I had to look up what this album is considered. In doing so I learned that this is considered to be indie folk/soft rock and now I know what one of my least favorite sub-genres of music is. I imagine this is a divisive album. I can see someone thinking the lyrics are deep and meaningful but I found them to be pretentiously simplistic--a giant swing and a miss in an attempt to capture Leonard Cohen's magic of making lyrics seem spontaneous yet extremely profound at the same time. Lowlights were "Sigourney Weaver," "JC Hates F*****ts," and "Leopard and Lamb."

Not my cup of tea at all

"Tein tämmöisenkin biisin." Tulkintatapa: postmodernin humoristinen lakonisuus.

What in the hell was this. It started off excruciating, I was dreading having to keep this going for close to an hour. Didn't get much better, but at least it wasn't as bad as the first track. Then there was the part with all the slurs. Like what? Why? Almost an hour of my life I can't get back.

I don’t understand frankly. Like a lot of reviews on here, there’s no subtlety and it’s written like it’s done by some high schooler who discovered poetry… Some songs are good, caramel for instance has good substance and sound but is massively disrupted by the previous song “JC hates faggots.” The kind of album edgy people listen and ‘like’ for its derogatory usage, I understand why it’s on this list but can’t understand its average rating. 2/10 (saving grace is some of the other songs giving it a 2).

So bad

This guys got it all wrong Jesus Christ doesn't hate faggots he WAS a fag The Gospel of John repeatedly refers to an unnamed "disciple whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23, 19:26). Some could argue this phrase implies a deeper, more intimate relationship. A "newly discovered" scroll from a Roman centurion claims Jesus had a close relationship with certain male followers and was known for showing particular favoritism toward young men. lost fragment of Mark's Gospel (sometimes referenced in real academic circles) describes Jesus spending a night alone with a young man in a linen cloth Anyway album was shit, supernatural defibrillator and that's the good news were particularly bad. The type of album where the shit songs are so shit that it almost convinces you the mid tracks are good. (they're not) 2/10

He should have stayed on hiatus

Good reason to depresion and anxiety. For my taste very lullaby songs.

I honestly could not determine whether this was genius parody material, or just incredibly bad poetry addressing sophomoric themes. I ultimately settled on the latter.

Is this a troll entry? Nah, gave up during track 3

I put John Grant in the same box as artists like Rufus Wainwright and Father John Misty. It's a box that never gets opened. All these grandiose, sermon-like, epic songs fall short of the mark for me. The songs aren’t as poignant or powerful as they’d probably hoped. The common denominator comes across as a smug self importance. Whereas I think someone like BC Camplight does a great job of having genuine gravitas, humility and funny bones.

I think this is an interesting artist. But it stops at that. I'm not sure why he's a must listen.

Adult cartoon music mixed in with melancholy depressing music.

What hot garbage is this? How did it even make it on this list? What in sweet fuck is this even supposed to be?

2/10. Not my thing

Dreary

2/10 The production value on Queen of Denmark is awful. Most instruments sound like they've been played from a midi keyboard with free sound pack in garageband. Furthermore, to me John Grant tried hard to write deep and meaningful lyrics. However they sound bland and forced most of the time. Is there a good song on the album? Yeah I kinda digged "Chicken Bones" for the funky vibe. Not an album which should be listened to before you die.

I do not get the high ratings. Sounds like bad 60s soundtrack music. Hard pass.

Did not enjoy.

Einfach nur langweilig!

The music is uninteresting; very basic and shoe-gazey, even carnival-ish at times. I read that Grant's talent is in his lyricism and storytelling, but it comes across like Buddy the Elf delivering a singing telegram.

This is everything I don't like in music. It sounds like it was made in the 70s and not in a good way. Unlistenable.

Kind of over it

like someone put boring music to someone’s high school poetry notebook could i write poetry to this? n

No way

Sorry, bro, pass. Why is this a must hear... ??

This sucks so bad. Not an ounce of musical originality in the whole thing. Lyrics are cringeworthy. Nah, actually lyrics are infantile. Dude, it wasn't ok when John Lennon did it in the 70s, it wasn't ok when bob Dylan did it in the 70s, feel free to keep ripping off their music but leave the tone-deaf racism in the past. Trying to pull that shit in 2010 is disgusting, so dumb it defeats the attempted message of the song. The rest is varying degrees of garbage. Truly, truly awful. 1/10

Didn’t like the album and it gave me weird straight dude vibes, like in the way I could totally imagine him having mannequins and pallets of human hair in his basement. So color me shocked to find out this guy actually isn’t straight at all! The album just has that very particular 2010s hipster dude sound where they think they’re so clever and funny and deep, but in reality it’s just tryhard and cringe. Dude’s voice is not good either. Also, I don’t care if you’re trying to be ironic or subversive or whatever, but it’s not okay for white people to say racial slurs. I don’t care what point you’re trying to make. It was just one song but soured me even more on the album. This was really a struggle to get through. I started watching Instagram reels near the end because one caught my eye and I completely forgot I was listening to an album until like 30 minutes later. I’m not sure why this deserves to be on the list and why it received so much critical praise. It is nothing special. I’d say almost every album I’ve rated 1 star so far should be on this list over this. I’ve heard albums from American Idol rejects that are better and more culturally significant than this.

What the hell is this 💩

Insanely bad. Nothing redeeming about it whatsoever. 1/5

Pretty fucking boring. Debo decir que el comienzo del disco auguraba mejores cosas. Las melodías me hicieron pensar que tal vez estaba frente a una mejor versión de David Gray o algo así, pero si bien hay un cuidado en las armonías y los ganchos, nada de eso resulta en canciones memorables.

He was singing why don’t you take this out on someone else. He did and it wasn’t good. This album could have been salvaged if it was like the first couple songs but no that didn’t happen. Therapy is what he needed and he briefly mentioned someone else going to it but not him which was the problem. This album was a mistake. Lastly, I don’t understand the love for him. I could continue on that but I don’t want to because of the pitiful attempt at music this was. As you can tell in my comments, I am making an attempt at how the album progressed.

Oh wow that random n-word drop. Was actually liking it, shame.

Wow. How depressing.

Too personal. Don't think I needed to be involved in his therapy session. And a bit show tuney at times.

1/5. It's like Father John Misty, but bad.

Life’s too short for this vanilla tripe

The music is fine, but sounds very close to tracks released decades before. I really had a feeling that entire riffs had been lifted, but I can’t really place any concrete examples. Then there are the lyrics. Surely the dude can do metaphors that don’t involve fruit loops, or caramel, or chocolate. Why is everything candy or movies? Congratulations on finding the edge to say "shit", and "fuck" a lot though. We even get some racial slurs. All of the edgy 12 year old tropes, and the he's even bad at swearing convincingly. There's just nothing worth listening to, or reading here. Edgy teenager stuff even if he was technically older when he wrote it. 3 for the music, minus 2 for the lyrics.

This album sucks. Terrible lyrics, complete cheese ball. You feel like sigourney weaver in Alien bro? Dude this shit is unlistenable. Instrumentals are okay I guess.

Bad poetry with mediocre music

He's got a good voice and the music is played well by talented musicians. But I listen to these as I'm getting ready to go to work early in the morning. And although I don't expect to be feeling like the King of the world when I leave, what I really, really don't want is to be feeling SUI(FUCKING)CIDAL. And I'm only 2 tracks into it. It's gone.

Just terrible. Lyrics are just silly and put to random generic background music.

Stupid lyrics with boring music. Perfect combo

Brits love trash

Alright this was just miserable. I don't know what is going on. I tried but the first song was like 10 minutes about some honey bear, I don't know, not fo rme.

What da hell

Kind of boring

Deargod this was boring and terrible

Trash. Boring, unoriginal,

Bittersweet strawberry marshmallow bullshit

Wow I just don’t get it. Nonsensical lyrics. Though there is a decent melody sense here it isn’t made special by mundane arrangements. Voice is pleasant enough. So far, out of all the albums I’ve heard on this 1001 list, this one’s critical acclaim is the most surprising. Again, I just don’t get this one.

This is just sad white man with guitar music. A lot of it is so bland, I have to concentrate hard so it doesn't just go in one ear and out the other. Some of these tracks are outright obnoxious, like the self-pitying and whiny Silver Platter Club or the "lol twee movie references" of Sigourney Weaver (not to mention the series of ethnic slurs on Jesus Hates F******). The B side tracks add some synths with nice tones I guess? At least The Sensational Alex Harvey Band was bad in an interesting way.

It's a no from me, dawg. Stinky poo poo.

20 y.o. Tom would have liked this more. Holy shit the song about Jesus really fucking hits the ear hard.

Seriously, what the fuck was this? Trash. I have quite a broad spectrum of music I will listen to. I didn't finish one song. My ears are bleeding from the torture!

If i wanted something bland id rather eat my moms tomato soup

•Not owned: Streaming •Smacks of way too much whimsy for me to forgive that its best parts are (kind of) Nilsson rip offs. •1.5/5