Rattlesnakes

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

Dal nome e dalla copertina non sapevo bene che aspettarmi ma mi ero immaginato un disco southern/country. In realtà devo dire di essere rimasto piacevolmente sorpreso. Purtroppo un po' si sentono gli anni '80 a livello di produzione (soprattutto nel suono terribile di chitarra elettrica col chorus che trovo davvero stilisticamente fuori luogo), però a livello compositivo ho trovato lo stile molto fresco e mi ha ricordato, a tratti anche molto, un gruppo che amo molto (i The Lucksmiths). Purtroppo però, questo stile secondo me riesce bene quando è accoppiato a dei contenuti brillanti nei testi (come succede ad esempio coi Lucksmiths). In questo caso i testi sono generalmente abbastanza insipidi, anche se non brutti, e il risultato finale è che... dopo un po' si accolla. A tratti per me è stato un 2, a tratti un 4, comunque interessante. Direi 3 e passa la paura.

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.

Not really my taste for the most part, but a few songs really pull this up for me, particularly Forest Fire.

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.

Reminded me of like 4 different bands smashed together. Not in a terrible way, I still enjoyed the music.

Brooding, moody, pop music. Liked it. 80 pop without the cheesy synth sound. 3/5 (Might have been 4 if I'd paid more attention).

Reminds me a bit of early REM... jangle pop. Something about the production feels very 80's. I liked a few of the songs and there is nothing overly objectionable but I doubt I'll ever revisit this.

It sounds great and all but it kind of just washed right over me, didn't really soak it in

The Album atmosphere is somewhere between erotic (Perfect Skin) and philosophical (Forest Fire). (6/10) Favourite Tracks: Rattlesnakes, Down on Mission Street

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

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).

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

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

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

Not bad, but I'm not sure why this is a "must hear" album. Sounds like pretty generic 80s pop/rock with hints of country/folk. 2.5/5

1984: Rattlesnakes, Forest Fire

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

Reminds me a bit of REM, but british. Overall, very good. Closer to a 3.5

A solid album, but a bit forgettable for me. Sounds nice as background music.

Always liked his sound and this is a good one.

Liked the first few tracks (‘Perfect Skin’, ‘Speedboat’, and ‘Rattlesnakes’) and then kind of lost interest. Lloyd Cole has a unique voice and some really good lyrics though.

Oh damn! Hade ingen aning om vad detta var. Är jag ärlig med mig själv så visste jag inte om Rattlesnakes var bandets eller albumets namn när jag öppnade upp spotify. Men det är ett riktigt härligt sound, med mycket små riffs från en lätt gitarr. Jag tycker sångarens röst påminner lite om Simple Minds men också på något litet plan Morriseys röst, även fast den inte är lika bra som hans så ger det ett ändå ett positivt avtryck. Detta kommer lyssnas vidare på! Bäst: "Rattlesnakes"

No highlights

Not my kind music

I liked this! Nothing super special, but just overall good music.

Pretty ok, nothing stood out to me

eh

half way, not my sound. Sounded good for what i heard

80s alt rock. Chill and cool

Fine.

New to me but I enjoyed it!

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i reallyyyyy liked listening to this album, especially 'down on mission street'. and the lyrics made it better to listen to i mean if i heard someone say 'cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin', let alone all of these songs, in reference to me i think i'd need a good lie down. the flirty nature of these songs make me feel warm inside. it's just the classic boy loves girl and writes songs about her story that is being told throughout this whole album that adds the extra edge ahhh i just cant emphasise it, maybe it's the feeling of summer dawning upon me is making me feel like this

Music ok, singing not great!

Boring.

противоречиво. вообще сначала почти все не заходило, пока слушал за работой на колонках. потом решил прокатиться в метро в наушниках - ну и словил определённый вайб все-таки. мягкие аранжировки, очень классные струны, неплохие хуки время от времени, харизматичный, хотя и немного нытливый вокалер. алсо, этот вокалист мне подарил ощущение какого-то русского поп-рока по типу песни про то что кто-то брат мог бы играть в разведке и служить в кино. но не сказать, что плохая песня-то. не зашли по итогу только две предпоследние песни, даже как будто сведены хуже и немного слух поцарапали. зато финалочка - балдеж, даже несмотря на противные аффинажеские мотивы, что я в ней уловил. из бонус-песен тоже ничего не цепануло. ну 7,че, можно вечерком погулять под это, если настроение располагает

Поначалу услышал Speedboat, вспомнил раздражающие попытки Doors в блюз, занегативил. Потом услышал Charlotte Street, вроде по кайфу трек. Остальное не особо отложилось, интересным не показалось, скучновато.

I think there's more here that I could be into on a second listen.

Contemplative and engaging all at once. Lloyd Cole manages to channel angst and frustration into a digestible record that keeps the listener engaged.

Very lighthearted and fun album. Nothing genious, but very happy, music that takes you along for the easygoing vibe. Improved my mood immensely.

This album had 2 problems. First, it was boring. It felt like an hour long album, even though it was 35 minutes long. Second, It felt empty. Every song felt like it was missing something and that it was the most bare-bones version of the song. Heck, even the cover looks like it's missing something. 2.6/5

I really liked two songs. The lyrics are quite nice overall but it feels like it's the same rhythm and melody for the entire album. Shame.

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

Big big fan of this. Didn't really like it all that much the first time, so just goes to show how important a second or third listen is for a lot of these albums. The first 5 I'm giving to an album I didn't already know Saved: Speedboat, Rattlesnakes, Down on Mission Street, 2cv, Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?

Saved Prior: Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? Saved Off Rip: Perfect Skin, Speedboat, Rattlesnakes, Forest Fire, Charlotte Street, Four Flights Up Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: No bad songs, but nothing earth-shattering either. Just a nice collection of 80's alt-pop. Close to a 5 due to sheer number of songs saved, but not that many songs I would really call incredible 10/10 songs so it stays a 4.

Eh, unremarkable.

This is all quite pleasant, unexpectedly so. It was a nice accompaniment to my pottering around. Nothing wonderful, nothing terrible, straight down the middle niceness.

Decent just not my thing

Meh

Iets te erg 80s...

Toffe plaat, deed me vaak denken aan The Smiths. Kan dit wel waarderen.

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

Het had de ingredienten om te raken, toch gebeurde dat niet.

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

Really dull album. Tunes sounded like cheap imitations of other artists. Glad I didn't listen to the version with the b-sides.

Some decent tunes. But ultimately nothing special. Surprised it made the list.

Good but not great. I like the sound, but enjoyed the more upbeat songs like Four Flights Up a lot.

I might give this relisten. I think it might be more rewarding after reading the lyrics.

7

I dunno, it was very generically 80s and fine I guess? Silly lyrics, decently forgettable. 6

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Pretty enjoyable. Got a nice sound, but might be nice if they had more than the one of them. Low 8.

A couple of years ago, I pulled this LP out of my vinyl collection, played it and remember thinking it wasn't as good as I'd remembered it, but, after a more focused listen, I disagree. Nicely crafted songs, subtle but catchy, with great lyrics full of literary references for arty types. As is often the case, the 4 bonus tracks (not on vinyl) lower the average quality of the tracks.

One of those serious, elegant, stylish beautiful pop records which transcends time but all the same time is a product of its era

Pop ochentero animado.

Not bad but I'm kinda pissed because this took a spot on the list away from so many albums that are much better than this. It's not even like this is revolutionary or different in one way or another, it just sounds like every other generic British alt-rock/pop/sadboi album in the 80s-90s and I'm starting to get sick of how many of these are on the list. 5

I have never heard of this band but I really liked this album

Not very offensive, but not very memorable either. Just a bunch of very similar sounding ez listening Brit pop songs from the 80s.

not caring for the opening track/single is not a good sign, pretty eneric sound. Rattlesnakes and forest fire are pretty catchy. The album and sound grew on me. I could have lived with out it, but I do not regret listening

Really fun upbeat indie rock. Nothing too crazy. British rock/pop band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK.

Pretty great. Sometimes sounds like Depeche Mode, maybe lighter

Enjoyable, but not noteworthy past two or three songs. Lyrically engaging.

Eh? Not my style. It was fine, but I'd never consider it a top 1000 album.

One standout track, otherwise not my thing

great 80's and Bob Dylan vibes on this one. Not exactly my cup of tea, but enjoyable.

I was prepared to hate this, but it's not bad. Sounds like Lou Reed covering the proclaimers. The cool instrumentation (backwards guitars? strings?) keep things more interesting than I was expecting.

Really loved this one, how come I’ve never heard about this new wave band before?

One word Wednesday: BORING

Enjoyed this very much. Bouncy upbeat feel to it. 80s U.K. vibes done well. Down on Mission Street is amazing.

Eh, this didn't make much of an impression. Pleasant, but not much stood out. Fave track - "Are You Ready to be Heartbroken?", I guess, although they were all much of a muchness....

meh

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

First time I've heard of this band! I like it.

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

Like the cure but without Robert Smith

Yuck

Not to bad but not my type of music.

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.

Actually a fantastic album. Super well articulated musically, great lyrics, and an original feel. Big fan.

6

Good background music, nothing particularly stood out

Cool album but not the most memorable on first listen

hey lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken fav track: perfect skin

Solid but not a fan of Lloyd Cole's voice.

Terrible! Second rate band

2.5

Ispeglani Smithsi, sa pop vajbom, i američkom /twang/ gitaricom.

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

good

Don't remember this from the 80's. but it's really good.

5.5/10 Smooth, pretty uneventful but nice. Nothing to shout home about, but very listenable.

pretty average. Nothing special but also not bad.

Enjoyed it, the composition was weird and interesting. At certain points, it seemed like it was using digital drums? A nice dense piece of 80s rock that was very layered. Favorite song: Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken, overall 6/8

It starts out pretty strong, but every song kinda sounds the same 3/5

3.5/5. Background dinner rock. Musical soft rock guitar and keyboard. Brit-rock whiny vocals. Not bad but not super interesting.

Decent ! Bra songwriting

Quite indie sound. Like Speedboat and 2cv

Starts strong dips in the middle, lead singer hasn't found his voice the lyrics are a bit rough. Some nice instrumentals however.

Pleasantly surprised by this important Brit pop that was new to me. I liked it

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

Boring

2.5 stars

This is amazing. I love the musicality of this album. The production does have an 80's vibe but not in the synth way that I usually think of 80's music. I will be listening to this again for sure.

Kind of the same vibe throughout

Another Scottish band from the 80s (that makes three in a row). Lloyd and his boys have a touch more punk to their 80s pop which is nice. It's relatively non-offensive musically for an album from '84. Good guitar tones and the lyrics are relatively deep for the time. The first track (Perfect Skin) is pretty good (turns out it was the band's very first single and well-chosen). This is an entire album of songs that would be great as modern covers, honestly. The songwriting is good, just hampered by it being a product of its time. I'm honestly surprised by how much I liked this album. Gonna have to give this one a second listen at a later date.

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.

I liked it! Feels a bit like Pulp, for people that read poetry.