Rattlesnakes

Your average sophisti-jangle shit.

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Was ok just not going back for more

Some of the musicianship was good, but the singing was bad. There were moments where his voice sounded fine, but then anything out of his normal talky-singy voice was out of tune and just rough. Overall, this was very boring and I couldn't be happier it's over. 2/5

Barely anything

Not very good, but not terrible. It doesn't really do anything musically to stand out from their peers. I guess a lot of people are into the lyrical side? Lloyd could be poet laureate for all I care, this stuff is a snooze.

Nothing special

Høres ut som ein blanding av The The og The Smiths

Not my thing, but I didn't hate it. 2.5 stars.

This is generic boring new wave. Nope.

Got bored of it rather quickly.

It’s just not very anything.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Rattlesnakes (3) 2 - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken (10) 3 - Perfect Skin (1)

Fairly pretentious jangle pop, with the small consolation of being Scottish. Not my thing at all, and (even worse) sounds a bit like the smiths. Just scrapes 2 stars, even with the Scotland bonus!

Good but not life changing. Not quite the pure power pop it wants to be.

Non suona male ma non ci trovo niente di speciale, l'ho trovato un po' noioso

Was alright. Good sounds but not very memorable

This album just makes me want to listen to the Smiths

The lead singer is just sort of an out of tune mess and not in a way where his voice works with the music. It's actually sad because the instrumentals are actually quite nice, but the lead singer makes this unlistenable. It's like I'm watching Memento, but instead of Guy Pearce as the lead, they cast Tommy Wiseau. I definitely understand why I've never heard of these guys though. There's something here, but that lead singer ain't it. This only gets two stars because the music itself is so good, but that lead singer, man. Y'all needed to replace him.

Kinda bland

Hey guys! Whoa, 80s Brit jingle-jangle, huh? All right.... Welp, see you later!

Not an offensive album by any stretch. I'd give it a 2.5 if I could

Decent but not noteworthy to me

Roughly 750 albums in and I can’t count how many mid Britpop albums there have been. The editors have a clear bias towards UK music, especially this middle of the road 80s pop, and it’s a bit tiring when there are so many other great albums out there to explore.

This was exactly as described. 80s indy jangle.

Too slow/soft

Kinda boring

I can't stand 80s

Upbeat jangle pop with a hint of college inde. It's ok for a filler on the radio but 1001 Greatest? I don't think so.

kinda a nothing album mostly bland rock

Get some generic 80s songs with some good lyrics and a few undefined instruments. Put it in a mixer, and you will get exactly this album. Not exactly bad, but it is far from something significant. Nice album cover

Wout! Wout!

Couples songs

Was OK like a crap version of James.

Not great, but it's ok

This would make great music for the end credits of a budget ITV drama

It was alright. Musically, it didn't grab me, but enjoyed the whimsical lyrics. 2.5

tbh i’m kind of just sick of this genre of sadboy britpoppy punk

Don't like the vocals. Sounds like a whiny Pommie with US country inspired happy guitars (Telecasters and Gretchs possibly). Didn't listen right through.

Folk rock: like rock, but boring.

Doesn't really wow me, at first a bit mid. Rattlesnakes is cool though. 2st

Eh, nothing different just average

starbucks music

smiths-like.

boring

Meh was bad

This was cool but meh

I did not have the opportunity to set down my thoughts this morning after listening. I couldn't remember anything. Not bad but apparently totally forgettable

It’s fine but kind of repetitive and tied to a specific sound I can’t really get into

RÀS.

Toujours aussi effaré que des albums d'un tel vide artistique se retrouvent propulsé dans une supposée liste d'excellence.

Nice enough, don't know why it's on this list though. Forgettable

Nothing that special really was it?

Easy listening crooning-adjacent with some pep but nothing remarkable in Rattlesnakes. 2/5.

This was quite nice - perfectly pleasant to listen to, but not particularly exciting or gripping. Wouldn't switch it off if it came on, wouldn't choose to switch it on either. 2/5.

'The Smiths' van den ALDI. Die indruk kreeg ik bij dit album. Geen hoogvliegers qua nummers

Not aggressively terrible, but pretty boring.

"Rattlesnakes" feels like an indie pop album lost in time. Lots of acoustic guitars and tambourines, some fun lyrics and cheerful sounds, and sometimes it tries to sound like a happy Bob Dylan. It doesn't really stand out as an album.

Not much here for me.

Not into this one. Something about the vocals doesn't vibe with me, even though it's not too dissimilar from stuff I know I like - music is weird eh?!

A bit boring but has its moments

I found this one very boring. Couldn't get through more than a couple of songs. Not into the 80's soft rock sound.

This sounds like such 80s rock - it’s fun. Easy to listen to. Audio sounds far away with an echo. The track rattlesnakes has a different sound than the rest (at first)

I used to quite like this album, but it hasn't aged well.

A couple decent tracks but the rest is a fairly monotonous janglefest.

Don't get me wrong I am all for a jangly guitar and a crooney sing-a-long but this album is mostly boring.

not for me, not explicitly bad but, some of the songs were distracting because i just did not like them. at all.

Ok, I guess, like a better version of The Smiths. Very 80s, very jangly, rubbish lyrics, annoying vocals, not my kind of thing at all. One extra star for attending attending same uni as me!

11/22/2021 Today's Album: "Rattlesnakes" by Lloyd Cole and the Comotions - Yeah I am not a huge fan of this one. I think it's admirable for some of the production. Many of the synth lines on the songs are good and there is a lot of talent among the band, but I honestly think this is some of the most generic pop rock music to have come out of the 80s. The vocals like if Billy Idol but worse and I just think every backing track sounds like the soundtrack to some inspirational young teen movie in the 80s. The lyrical flow also just seems really awkward. Like there isn't an understanding of when to end a line. Overall, not my thing. Score: 3/10 Solid Highlights: Rattlesnakes

Remind me of Crowded House. Kind of blah, a good song here and there.

Was expecting a country album based on the title and art. More of an alternative rock group, trying to place who this reminds me of, definitely some music my parents would listen to when I was young. Voice is halfway between Iggy Pop in Wild Child, and the Don't you forget about me singer. Really not sure why this is on the list, don't think I needed to hear this, just very bland/generic 80s soundtrack rock.

I was mostly bored by this album throughout listening to it. No songs stood out and it just sounded like 80s pop. Didn’t despise it but couldn’t find anything that would make me listen to any one of the tracks again

Generic. Not even generic anything, just generic.

Probabilmente non sono stati tra i peggiori gruppi anni '80 che abbiamo sentito, resta il fatto che non mi sono piaciuti molto principalmente per come suona l'album (i riverberi, le chitarrette, gli strings ensemble della Casio) e per il timbro del cantante che, personalmente, non ho apprezzato molto in un contesto come questo. Voto 2

Kind of boring 80s blues. I did enjoy songs individually, but very samey throughout

Again an album that I had not listened to for years. Charlotte Street is still a nice song. A solid album, *** I guess ..but there exist so many of these records... and the vocals and lyrics are.. not so strong. ** then. <Why are not any Felt records on 1001 Album generator and where are The Lotus Eaters?>

Never heard of them. Seemed to be a decent rock album initially, but I got more and more annoyed by the vocals as the music progressed. Will not listen to this again.

Not too bad. Never heard of them before. I heard a bit of The The in them and Chris Rea,... it definitely grew on me quite a bit today. Strong 2/5 (good for 1st listen).

Can’t be having his voice at all - some of the music was fine but nothing special at all

This was ok, but the songs were too similar so the album just felt like listening to one song on repeat.

Not my kind music

Pretty ok, nothing stood out to me

eh

The first song isn’t bad. I could see it getting played just before or after a track off of R.E.M.‘s “Murmur” on college radio in the 80’s. This is a good discovery. Lost me towards the end

Eh, unremarkable.

Decent just not my thing

Meh

Iets te erg 80s...

Viel me toch een beetje tegen. Had er meer van verwacht op basis van de titeltrack die ik al kende.

One standout track, otherwise not my thing

meh

Don't really like the Alt-Rock sound of England at this time.

Again felt like a slog

Found this quite boring to be honest. A few good songs here and there but otherwise nothing special.

5.5

Yuck

Not bad, but nothing I'd write home about. I suspect I listened on a day when I'd be less receptive to someone like good ol' Lloyd.

2.5

Keine Vollkatastrophe, sicher aber auch keine 3 Sterne. Ärgerlich, dass es diese einzige Ideenlosigkeit in eine Liste geschafft hat, die man angeblich vor dem Ableben gehört haben sollte. Man möchte die Verantwortlichen ohrfeigen.

Meh

Skynyrdin perästä tämä kuulosti aivan paskalle, mutta taisi rima vaan olla liian korkealla.

Boring

2.5 stars

I liked the title track but thought the rest of the album was pretty boring

Ei juuri puhutellut

very whatever

This was an amazingly inoffensive album, just nameless 80s UK pop rock with no sharp edges. It was vaguely pleasant to listen to, but the first song was the best by a mile and the rest was so inoffensive and plain that I forgot it was even going for a few songs. Hardly essential listening. It comes across as so helpless and naive that I almost feel bad giving it a 2/5.

Not much of a good rhythm to it; shockingly jarring for as milquetoast as it is.

meh

Never heard of this artist before. It's pretty forgettable so that probably explains why

When I say I don’t like stuff from the 80s, this is what I mean.

Not a fan of his voice or signing style. Felt very repetitive.

Vapid, pretentious, contrived, and absolutely not worthy of being in the top 1000 albums.

Bem lento N acho q e MT minha praia, bem chato

boring 1

One of the most boring listens I've run into doing this. Couldn't be less mandatory listening. It's not purely incompetent but how is this on the list.

The vocalist is singing on the instrumentation, not with the instrumentation. Sounds like a nervous first time karaoke singer. I feel like someone paid a lot of money back in 1984 to force people listen to this.

That this was inspired by Dylan made me suddenly appreciate Dylan way more than I ever have

just kind of boring, not terrible but much better albums that could be on this list.

While Lloyd Cole cites Booker T and MGs and Bob Dylan as influences, all I really heard was a pale imitation of UK Lou Reed. That's okay if you are into Lou Reed, but unfortunately I am not. Also, hate to break it to the Brits, but this doesn't really have any Country or Western influences either. I am also wondering why Dimery wasted yet another valuable 80s slot on such an insignificant band and album that influenced absolutely nothing. Another tip for the Brits, poetry does not make an album. It makes an uneventful chapbook. That was among the longest 35 minutes I've ever experienced. I've had better experiences at the DMV (for the Brits, that is the Department of Motor Vehicles). 1984 albums missing from this list that are far more influential (culturally and musically) and infinitely more enjoyable: The Cars - HEARTBEAT CITY Madonna - LIKE A VIRGIN Bryan Adams - RECKLESS Metallica - RIDE THE LIGHTNING Don Henley - BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST There are quite literally hundreds more interesting albums than RATTLESNAKES from the 1980s. The writer's bias goes too far to avoid Pop.

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To say that the only commotion this raised was hatred and that it made me wish I was being attacked by rattlesnakes is an understatement.

Why can't the front man ever be a guy who can actually sing? Or maybe this guy can sing but doesn't want to? I don't understand why the instruments all sound so good but the voice doesn't seem to be important. The soaring violins really bug me too, on the opposite end of the timbre spectrum.

nope

My mom always used to say, “If you can’t say something nice, keep your mouth shut.”. So: 1 star. That’s all you’re getting.

Not being familiar with LLoyd Cole and the Commotions I was actually excited to see that I would be treated to "4 extra tracks" of rattlesnakes. Surely if 4 extra tracks could be shoehorned in that means the original 10 tracks were so exemplary that these 4 couldn't even make the cut for the already long running 35 minutes and change of music I was about to treat myself to. WRONG. This sounds like the music you hear in the background of a bar in a mediocre 80's movie. I can see Patrick Swayze stone faced turning down the town hottie without saying a word and the bad guy somehow being mad that his woman got turned down by the new bad ass in town. That sounds more entertaining than this album was. Here is a quick lyrical excerpt: She reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance. Oh fuck all the way off for suggesting this is an album anyone MUST hear before they die.

Agonisingly boring.

Not to my taste.

Trying hard to sound clever and witty, Rattlesnakes instead comes across as pretentious, weighed down by flat, unremarkable melodies.

1nsignificant / 5 Would've written something about this album if it was interesting. But the content of it is as insignificant as the group itself, so instead you'll get a very long paragraph of nothing. It's there for a reason, it perfectly portrays both the gap in creativity this album shows as such as the air in the author's head who put this album on this list. That's right, it's a whole lot of nothing. Good job unidentified author, you're retarded.

nobody wants this

1/5 found it kinda super boring and especially disliked the vocal performance in patience

1/5 - got bored partway through, DNF

This sounds like an album by the fake band Adam Sandler sang in on the movie The Wedding Singer.

They sound like AI-generated John Hughes soundtrack songs. Waste of space on this list

Singer’s voice was bad, lyrics were nonsense, and songs were forgettable.

It sounds like he absolutely loves himself and thinks he's a genius, but just comes off as a dull tryhard. The instrumentals are usually okay, but let down by aimless, tuneless, melodies, sung unconvincingly by an English A-Level poet

Felt like it was creepy. Like I was sitting at the bar in the Shining creepy.

So.Very.Boring

Couldn’t even finish it. Which is rare.

Not bad, but just boring. Also, very pretentious. Not every album or song is going to be a hit, and that's ok. But, they should probably stay in the era they were written and performed in and then left alone. This is firmly in that category.

No melody

Nah, not my jam. Too wispy for me.

- hat mir irgendwie so gar nichts gegeben

Just awful 80's dribble.

Jangly folk pop-rock overstuffed with lyrics. A little annoying at times and completely forgettable - in one ear and out the other.

Really didn't like this. I mean really. I read a bunch of reviews trying to understand it and it gets compared to like Bob Dylan a lot? Can't believe I like Bob Dylan better than this. I don't really see the comparison. Anyways, nah. Nah nah nah. 1.49/5

Feels like a movie soundtrack. Really hated all of it. Longest 47 mins ever. They really had a lot to say and none of it mattered. No highs.

Overall: 2/10 The music is fine itself but man, those vocals and lyrics are awful. I'm reminded way too much of The Smiths (who I despise). So annoying. It just kept getting worse the longer I listened to it. Fav Song: Rattlesnakes Least Fav Song: 2cv

i fear this is what the smiths sound like to non-smiths fans. every 80s trope but make it boring and shallow highs: first track lows: the rest

No pinta great to my taste. Solo anotaré lo que I really liked. Voy por la 4, una mierdilla so far. Que ladilla música de pure gringo que es boring and bland. Me arrecha su voz un poco. Me arrechó su música. Me retiro sin apreciar el resto. Iba por la 6ta. Me hizo cuestionar si de pana nací en la época equivocada musicalmente hablando JAJA. Maldito disco gay vale. 0

Not for me

Despite its polished sound and clever references, 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 feels oddly lifeless. The songs blend into one another with little variation, and the emotional impact never quite lands. It’s all very tasteful — but far too tame to leave a mark.

I’m bored, bored of this genre. What does this add, absolutely nothing.

I tried. This is really boring

I didn't know this band and I think I know the reason why - this album is meh

Very generic 80s sort of new wave sound, and just nothing that made it stand out to me.

So boring I could hardly get through it.

Sounds like something from the cut-out bin at Sam Goody or Camelot Music back in the late 80s. Does not belong on this list.

Nothing special here.

If the Guardian had a house band they’d sound like this.

Mais pop dos anos 80 que pretensamente tenta ser sofisticado, e de fato, é apenas massante.

1. zkin - 1 2. zpeed - 1 3. znakez - 1.5 4. ztreet - 1.5 5. fire - 1 6. charlotte - 1.5 7. 2cv - 1 8. four - 1.5 9. patience - 2 10. ready - 2 11. zuueetnezz - 1.5 12. babiez - 1 13. zea - 1 14. good - 1.5

Horrible jangly, affected sophisto-pop from the 1980s that I would rather have forgotten about to be honest. There's literally nothing here that stands out, other than the first track, that was a big hit for some reason. The lyrics sound like something a twelve year old might think were clever, but then look back and wonder at how cringe they were a year or two later. The best part of this experience was realising that only the first ten tracks were on the original release, so I could stop listening earlier than I had first thought.

Dull.

exceedingly forgettable - half the time I thought I was listening to The Pretenders by accident.

No matter what words he sings, his voice sounds the same in every different song. Boring, bleh... 1 Star

I liked "Rattlesnakes" I was absent in the 1980's music scene.

noooo basta con sta merda

Way too many boring filler songs that sound the exact same! Also, I don't really get the whole "lyrics sometimes not flowing well between verses" -thing. Some of the songs have real potential though. Perfect Skin and Down on Missio.nStreet were the highlights.

Reminded me of Prefab Sprout in the most awful way possible.

boo. Went in thinking I’d love it, but boo.

Musically the band isn't bad but this voice is not for me.

Sometimes I just don't understand why some of these albums are on this list. What is it about this that I need to hear before I die? Nothing, I'll tell you.

"Oh, yay! More jangle pop!" - not me On the one hand, it's not the Smiths or Morrissey. On the other, it's still not good and Lloyd Cole might have a worse voice than Morrissey. At times I wonder if I'm way too sober at a karaoke bar.

More bland British pop.

Life’s too short to bother with music like this. I gave it 3 tracks, no thanks!

No reason to be on this list at all

Jeez so much British 80s bullshit on this list. This was pretentious and boring. A chore to get through.

Typical 80s, not interested.

tried to listen to this like 4 times and got bored every time NNN

Love the album cover and that’s about it

His voice makes me want to punch kittens.

Just generic 80s pop. Didnt do anything new or exciting that warranted to be on this list.

Lloyd didn't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything. He didn't want to sell anything bought or processed or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought or processed. Lloyd had big plans of being a kickboxer but instead somehow fell into making a synth-y Brit-pop band from the 80's more mediocre than it would've been on its own. You can blame Ione Skye, but synth-y Brit-pop from the 80s, was always destined to be wretched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuc_BqAPxRo ...hold on to your dreams, folks.

Not worth the commotion.

"Down On Mission Street" was a damn good song. Everything else was very boring. Were these guys even aware of what was going on with music in 1984? Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Def Leppard, REM, Van Halen, X.... Maybe these guys thought that compared to everything else at the time, that their sound was really fresh and innovative. Good Lord was this album boring as hell.

Some weird older pop band that reminds me of the proclaimers for some reason

Zeer meh, niet eens zin om hier iets zinnigs over te schrijven

This album fucking blowwwss unghh. It’s like a dollar tree version of the cure. Like a Midwest cover and you find in a busted ass bar that does the whole new wave style with a little twang, but is somehow styleless while also derivative of a far superior band. Holy fuuuuuuck

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

Traaaaaash.

This website seems to specialise in albums with absolutely nothing to offer.

Saw the band name and thought, 'great, I like one of their songs.' Alas, it was not on this album. Pretty shit.

This is absolutely wick

1.5

Quanta fatica ho fatto per finire questo disco, il sound ottantone era proprio quello di cui non avevo bisogno. Ad esclusione di qualche piccolo riff sparso non ho trovato niente e mi è arrivato come troppo semplice e brutto come disco. C'è gente meglio che ha preso 2 quindi se becca un bell'uno.

This sounds like the perfect band … if you’re looking for an opener for Wang Chung.

One note and uninteresting. An irritation. Also way too long.

Super boring british pop. Some slow suff, some upbeat.

Not my vibe

Found it hard to be objective on this one. It doesn't seem to be particularly popular (at the time or now) and it doesn't seem particularly influential, so it must be about the musical quality. Feels like this is the sort of thing a music critic would choose, but it's not my bag at all. 3/10

Terrible! Second rate band

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