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What, and I cannot stress this enough, in THE FUCK is this weird ass shit? Quickest 1 star I ever heard in my life m.
One of my dad’s favorites
Anche no. Non è un completo disastro perchè ci sono dei suoni interessanti ogni tanto. Ma anche no.
I like this better than the two stars I gave it. Great industrial sounds but not something I'd likely return to.
I don't know man. Credit for creativity, experimenting etc., cool theme. So will go for a slightly generous 3 on that basis. It sure is tough to actually listen to though. I can't say I particularly enjoyed the experience, I'm also not sure I was supposed to...?
Utterly appalling. I am a fair man and will continue to give every album on this list a full listen. However, I was unable to manage this one in one sitting. It felt like a junior school music project completed by children who could not play any instruments and relied upon a cacophony of noises stored within the Yamaha keyboard settings. Could not give this few enough stars. Utter tripe!
Loved this. Reminded me of a lot of Mike Patton stuff.
Well it’s certainly unique and I’m not a hard no. I just don’t know when I’d be in a mood for this or want to reach for it.
Tedious, sophomoric, don’t hate it but there were bands that did this thing better.
Meh.
“Experimental noise album”
One of those that I just don’t get or enjoy
Blind album and artist. Ear destruction without the loud volume. Screech and clicking and annoying sounds. Point for creativity fron where those aounds came from, but negative points for everything else. I may look into the creepypasta though at some point.
Enjoyable. Played twice through.
I have had a bias against Liars since seeing them open for Interpol in 2007 and finding them pretty miserable. This record though is really experimental and interesting, so I should probably give them another shot.
My gosh, my interest and curiosity is piqued reading the reviews on this one!! Expecting a noisey, hot mess of chaos. Let’s see how it lands… Well, I’m all for experimentation and left field stuff in here, but this isn’t even enjoyable. Just feels like unskilled noise, lacking enjoyment or pleasure. Not for me, thanks.
Broken Witch - 2/10. I don't like it. Steam Rose from the Lifeless Cloak - 3/10. Dissonant and unpleasant. There's Always Room on the Broom - 2/10. Ugh. If You're a Wizard then Why do You Wear Glasses? - 2/10. Ick. We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own - 3/10. Less unpleasant than most on this album. They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids - 1/10. Deeply unpleasant. Read the Book that Wrote Itself - 4/10. Just noise. Hold Hands and it Will Happen Anyway - 2/10. Dissonant noise. They Took 14 for the Rest of Our Lives - 2/10. Ugh. Flow My Tears the Spider Said - 3/10. Ehhh. Overall Rating - 1.20/5 (2.40/10). This feels like Experimental Period Tom Waits, but not as clever.
I like this album but I wish it had more dynamic range.
Holy experimental industrial rave, Batman! This album is not for introductory music students. Or anyone else, if I’m being honest. This is the exact kind of album I think of when I rant against avant garde music. I get that artists like to push the boundaries, but there’s a point where pushing the boundaries goes from endearing to straight up assault. I did not enjoy any moment of this album. I couldn’t even tell what they were TRYING to do half the time. And the other half, I disliked. With every album we’ve listened to, I always try to ask myself “What is there to learn here? How might this have helped to shape music?” The answers I came to with this album is “not much” and “hopefully not at all”. This was a coke head’s fever dream that he thought would resonate with someone else. Instead, he’s just Oren from Parks and Rec. A forgettable, creepy weirdo whose art is just shocking and not nearly as deep as he thinks it is.
Previously unknown. Big ol' nope.
Definitely not my style. Noise and very little musical content. Could not hear all of it
Interesting and at times really inventive, but I'm with the why is this on here crowd. Still like it more than an electronica album.
Not keen on arrhythmic beat throughout. Just a blur of noise/sounds - especially at the start of the album. Gets marginally more melodic as album progresses. Maybe I’m just misunderstanding the deep emotional outpouring within.
There were many challenges listening to this album. The first, making it through the first song. The second, listening to the whole record without skipping tracks and third, trying to restrain myself from writing anything too harsh I might regret later. I completed the challenges of the first two and harsh would be a polite way to describe this mess. Enjoying music shouldn't be this hard. I'll warn you, for me this is a P.O.S of an album that had me stunned and angered enough to laugh, punch the air and wonder what the f*ck that was. They were NOT wrong! This is a joke, right?
freaky lil band i like it
I've never heard anything quite like this, so I don't have much to go off in terms of how to rate it or compare it to other works in its genre. The sound design alternated between being an atmospheric touch and a main musical element, and I personally preferred when it was atmospheric. Nothing was bad per say, but nothing grabbed my attention in an emotional way.
Got better as the album went along got especially good once the album stopped and it went on to suggested for you
Impressively bad
I'd love to be one of those people that enjoy this stuff, so I can pretend to be a superior being to everyone else, but I just can't. Although to their credit, it wasn't nearly as abrasive as I thought it would be, and I did hear some smattering of actual music every now and again, therefore it gets a 2. Just.
All the lil goth kids should be disappointed that a concept album about witches had this mediocre of a delivery. This could have been super cool, dude. Even I'm upset and I'm not even into witches.
Some interesting musical choices but largely ineffective and unattractive. Could see myself liking this more on future listens, though.
Chaos doom incantations. Their best work yet to come.
They had me at witches and blood
Weird but interesting. That's good. And it's much more unique then a lot of other stuff on the list. I liked the variety in this album
Terrible.
You know, I saw "noise rock" and assumed I would hate this. And I didn't hate it! I didn't LIKE it, but I didn't hate it.
An interesting soundscape album. Possibly one that I’d appreciate with additional listens, but it serves as interesting, sometimes abrasive music that is challenging at times.
this album reminds me of driving while the sun is in your eyes behind some trees. at first it’s cool to see the flickering lights and imagine yourself in a movie; golden light dancing in and out right before your eyes. then that happens for 41 minutes straight and you wish it would stop
j’aime pas trop le style mais en vrai ils se débrouillent bien
as noise rock goes, it was fine, but I didn't enjoy it.
I have no idea what this was. I didn’t like it at all.
Really wanted to like this - but was a struggle.
I listened to it, so I hope that appeased some witches. A bit of a high school art project. Do I feel enlightened by listening to it? Not really. Best bit was the bird song at the end of the last track.
I disagree. I did not have to listen to this album before I die.
Eksperimentell rock. Ikke så mye annet å si, enn at dette er RART. Top 3: Broken Witch, There's Always Room on the Broom, They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids
No no no
Enjoyed the experimental feel of this one, though while listening I was reminded of other abrasive experimental acts I've listened to in the past. They tend to grow old quickly. So, while I liked it once, I most likely wouldn't give it more listens.
Why is it I really enjoy every experimental album that has an average rating of 2.
Me gusta lo ramdon que es el álbum, solo me gustó un tema
Was soll der Krach?
Irgendwie witzig, dass eine US-Band quasi zufällig ein Konzeptalbum über den Brocken bzw. Harz schreibt. Ansonsten ist aber relativ wenig witzig an dem Album, es ist eher anstrengend. Hier und da blitzen vereinzelte interessante Ansätze auf, sodass es für 2 Sterne reicht.
Wahrscheinlich zusammen mit Lightning Bolt die weirdeste Platte, die wir hier bislang hatten. Geholfen hat mir, dass neben den ganzen Experimenten zwischendurch auch mal ein paar einigermaßen konventionelle Post-Punk-Songs versteckt waren, die der Platte etwas Struktur geben und für mich hervorragend funktionieren. Manche der Experimente waren ganz spannend, andere dagegen eher anstrengend. Hat einiges an Grower-Potential, weshalb ich doch noch auf knapp 4 Sterne komme.
Boah, es ist unerträglich. Ich bin 4 min ins Album und habe 5 Std. (ok, auf der Arbeit) gebraucht, um weiterzuhören. Ich würde mir am liebsten beide Ohren ausreißen und wegschmeißen. Wenn ich könnte, würde ich 0 Sterne vergeben. 1 Stern für die Nicht-Allzu-Länge des Albums (was man von den Liedern nicht behaupten kann). #InternetRezensionen
Boah, das hat mir schon ziemlich gut gefallen, auch wenn (oder vllt. weil) das dann doch recht speziell war. Witziges Konzept hinter dem Album auf alle Fälle. Also ich glaub ich werde mir das in Zukunft nochmal reinziehen, daher 4 Sterne.
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I can enjoy abrasive music. I can enjoy experimental music. I am open minded. But this is shit.
WTF is happening here? I'll tell you... They were wrong, putting this album on the list. Unlistenable! Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ Dreadful ★☆☆☆☆ (2/10) Total reviewed : 255 Already owned : 59 Purchased : 14 To buy list : 2 Nope : 180
To much experimental
Got to the start of song 4 before I gave up. Previously I'd endured "There's Always Room on the Broom" which is basically 3 minutes of the noises a dial-up modem used to make. If anyone in the world says they enjoy listening to "Steam Rose From the Lifeless Cloak" they're a liar. Or a Liar.
I spent a lot of time in college listening to this band's first album but for some reason, I never picked this one up. It was gentler and more composed, and I really liked it a lot, especially the first few tracks.
this is the closest i came to refusing to listen to an album because i was there in 2004 in college dorm rooms with stoners pretending they liked this. it's was and remains nonsense
I appreciate that we got a noise sort of album on the list but I don't know if this is what I would have picked and we already had Throbbing Gristle which >>>
Do not get the inclusion of this one.
Probably a 2. Noise is not my thing I guess.
Not really my bag. I have some appreciation for it, but I'm dealing with back pain, and I think this album may have actually made it worse.
This wasn't as terrible as I expected and I like the concept, but it would probably do better with a live theatrical performance.
Interesting songs, a few too noisy but much easier to listen to thank some other garbage songs on this list
You know how in your email you have Junk or Spam folder. This album is the equivalent of what goes into that box. It should be ignored right upon arrival. 1 star, only because I can’t give it zero.
Okay even I'm surprised by how much I liked this?? Something about the emptiness and the base really did something right.
Ei sovi omaan makuun.
Olipas aikamoista. Metelirokkia. Nevahöödi, ja ois melkein saanutkin jäädä nevahöödiksi. Mutta musiikillinen sivistykseni on taas vähän kasvanut.
Vaikka jonkin verran tämmöstä samantyyppistä musiikkia kuuntelen, niin tässä ei oikein ollu mitään tarttumapintaa. Epärytmikkäät 'yläaste-rummutukset' lähinnä ärsytti monessa biisissä.
brings me back to my late 20s when I was cool.
You're* -1 Word garbage -1 Unique +1 This could have serious potential if the lyrics had meaning.
I often do enjoy the more experiemental records on here, and I do generally like me some noise rock. I guess this just wasn't my particular flavor of noise rock. Still not bad though.
Not what I expected. It was fine, I'd have to be in the right mood.
Migraine s(t)imulator
Didn't get it
I couldn’t get into this. Only listen to the first few tracks 1.5 stars
I get why some of the noisy albums on here are so universally hated by the users of this website; I usually don't agree, but I get it. But honestly, I think this album is an absolute blast. I consider myself a fan of Liars, I've listened to this album before, and I *will* listen to it again. This thing is so colorful and fun, and kind of weirdly intense. The textures are abrasive and crunchy and fascinating and they just massage the weirdest little nooks of my brain. Every instrument is treated like percussion (sort of) and it ends up giving the album a strange sort of propulsion, where everything slithers along at a moderate tempo, but with seemingly infinite energy. Everything just has so much impact. I also think there's more melody here than people give Liars credit for. I think, of all the albums on this list, it's most similar to Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt (one of my favorite albums of all time), in that both have really catchy, fun, colorful songs. But to appreciate them, you have to meet the band where they are. Liars isn't gonna unfuck the insane synth tone in There's Always Room On The Broom just so the melody can speak more clearely, but you just have to accept that, and appreciate the melody that's there regardless. And, in time, you may learn to relish in the insane noise this album is caked in. I call music like this (stuff that's approximately electronic, but obscured by noise and lo-tech sounds, another good example is Black Dice) "cave man electronica, it kind of sounds like these sounds are the result of ancient humans playing with alien technology. And if you can see the appeal in that, then you're like half way there. The lyrics are also really fascinating, and I think the way this album comes together makes sense. It's about witches, and I think it sounds like it, but just not in a conventional way. It's spooky, but it seems to have invented it's own doorways into being spooky. I think this is just fantastic, stuff like this is why I love music the way that I do.
Why is this rated so low? Amazing sounds. Sad album. F! (Our)
I don’t hate any one track on this album all that much, I even kinda liked the one with all the meowing, but it’s the cumulative effect of listening to all them in a row that really gets to me. It’s like if you have to talk to a really pretentious fuck at a party for ten minutes it’s kind of amusing, but if you spend your entire night with him it’s going to ruin it.
Yeah the mixes are bad at times, but this is electric.
Hannah, I hate the whole thing, it’s too noisy and experimental for me, I guess that’s the title of the genre. Couldn’t finish one song.
This caused me serious pain.
This was mostly annoying and unpleasant
2/10
I bought this whilst on my travels in Vienna last summer, knowing that it was a feature of the 1001 and an album which had been sitting on my wishlist for some time. They Were Wrong... has received an absolute mauling on the 1001 Generator site, manifesting as one of the lowest rated albums, but I'm here to bat for it today as I really like it and feel that the wider criticism has been undue, seemingly on the basis of it being a more challenging listen than the usual indie / classic rock stuff which is lapped up on a regular basis. This is a thoroughly intriguing blend of dance punk, noise rock and experimental music. Some of the thumping, scatty percussion on here is a joy to track, whilst the album gives off an unsettling, kind of mechanical vibe. It regularly segues from wafting, tribal krautrock-esque passages into deliberately obtuse, slightly off-kilter rock rhythms infused with feedback and wildly miscalculated tones, which set out with the intention of overwhelming your senses. It's always a step or two away from being truly danceable when the synths and percussion come to the forefront; gurning, shrieking and rattling away into a cacophony of the best kind of "WTF". Frontman Angus Andrew exercises a similar unhingedness, where his duties align less with "singing", and more so with panicked yelping, off-key bellowing, or barely more melodious than spoken word vocals to elevate the album's uneasiness.
Couldn't find this one so I skipped it
My life was not complete until I heard this album. And guess what - it's still not complete, cuz this album added nothing to my life. Ba-dum-bum! (which I just saw is apparently sometimes written ba-dum-tss! - which maybe makes better onomatopoetic sense). But, anyway, I guess on an *intellectual* level I can kind of appreciate what (maybe) they were going for here, I just don't have any interest in hearing this again. It's kind of like the old "Gong Show" on tv, where you'd kind of get the feeling that the really bad acts kind of *expected* - no, WANTED - to be gonged off the stage. Happy to oblige! Might (if it were an option) have given 'em 1.5 for, err, novelty and derring-do. But -- too bad! -- not an option: 1 star.
they created some cool atmospheres at times, but it didn't win me over
This was quite strange but it grew on me as it went on
went to the youtube playlist and hit play then read the quick wiki and saw they're a 'noise' band so had a bit of apprehension i'm liking this a lot, way more than i thought i would kinda wonder if it would've landed differently if i had no expectations but it's too late for that i'll save the youtube link, i'm sure there will be a mood/time when this one will hit the spot
Nice and weird! I’m missing some explosive parts but otherwise it’s really great.
1* is too high. Wouldn't even class this as music. Fucking dreadful.
Lo he intentado, pero no merece la pena escucharlo más de una vez.
What the fuck was even this Just noise Absolute garbage 0/5
Painful!
Just wrapped up the album and I can promise you I’ve lost some brain cells. This feels like Alien horror core noise slop. Get me out of the 2000’s man. Who put this on the list? Why? No critical acclaim, and in no way could anyone convince me this is influential. Hell I could make a better song with my shit voice and whatever pots and pans I have in my kitchen. And if you couldn’t tell, no saves from this one.
BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD
This was really interesting haven’t heard anything like it first and last track especially great 4/5
Abrasive sound and minimalistic approach focused on rhythm. I don't know when I will be in the right mood to listen to it again, but I'm glad that it exists as it is something different from all the pop/hiphop of this 1001 list. Favourite tracks: "Steam Rose from the Lifeless Cloak"; "There's Always Room on the Broom"; "They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids"; "They Took 14 for the Rest of Our Lives".
Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. Might need to relisten to it some other time.
Did not like this. A few notes over some noise and some off key singing.
As someone who appreciates good noise rock, this sucks.
Hot damn! Now this is the kind of noise that makes me want to get up in the morning. I saw these guys open for Sonic Youth at the Recher Theater in Baltimore in 2002 and it was clear that these guys were up to the task of making as mighty a clamor as their avant-garde hipster elders. I haven't listened to them much in the intervening decades, but clearly that was a bad choice. I listened to this album three times yesterday and loved it every time. Standout songs include Broken Witch, We Fenced Other Gardens With The Bones Of Our Own, and Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway.
This album made me feel things at least. Sometimes it was like I was watching the scene in Dumb & Dumber where Lloyd and Harry are driving in the van with the hitman and Lloyd says, "Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?" Sometimes it was pretty exhilarating. It's no shock that I liked the close of the album (the last three songs best), with Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway best. That was pretty bad ass. Those three songs are the most like typical songs. My biggest complaint is that sometimes they smother the momentum they create with weirdness - maybe on purpose. Take There's always Room on the Broom, if that song has actual drums and bass, not the thin little hi hat crap, more like caveman pounding drums, that might be pretty rad. In general, this music would benefit from real drums.
I gave this a good 10 minutes; life's too short and I have stuff I want to listen to that won't upset my dog and give me a headache.
1/5 - Hard pass. Please tell me how I'm not enlightened enough to see the genius here.
Once I read noise rock band in the album summary my face squirmed…. I tried, I really did but it just did nothing for me unfortunately and I couldn’t get through the whole album. Onto the next..
3 out of 5. Liked this more than I first thought, the noise just works here.
Droney but somewhat ideal to listen to on a Monday at work. Would I listen to it frequently? No. Would I put this on over Beyonce or Taylor Swift? Yes.
This gave me a headache
I don’t remember what I just listened to. I think it was okay?
had no expectations going it, was pleasantly surprised. definitely deserves more recognition
In the sense that it's far from their most acclaimed record, this seems an odd choice; in the sense that so many reviewers here don't seem ready for something even as minimally 'experimental' as this, it's absolutely right to have it on a list like this, if only as an exemplar of a wider tradition. And on its actual merits? Well, picture yourself in some backwoods roadhouse bar, pitch black save for some flaming torches, writhing in rhythmic jerks to 'They Don't Want Your Corn...' when the witches descend. That's probably a 4/5, isn't it?
Way too experimental for my taste, not the worst ever but would rather not listen to this again
Wasn’t as interesting as I’d hoped, sort of a watered down suicide.
I can't think what mood or environment I would need to be in to want to listen to this again, but I'm glad I did.
i like discordant terrifying noise so i was way into this, sorry rest of the website's userbase lmao
I didn’t hate it!
This is one of the stranger albums on the list. Sure it was interesting, but that doesn't mean I liked it.
Nothing like an avant-garde 16th century century German folklore noise art album to start your day. Needless to say, They Were Wrong, So We Drowned is not what I expected. It’s not bad for this type of music but it’s not for me. There are no real songs on it. It’s all over the place, mainly just chaos, mostly devoid of melody I do however, love the songs titles. They are elite. My favorite book to read my kids when they were small was Room on My Broom. However best title, maybe of all time goes to If You’re a Wizard Why Do You Wear Glasses? Overall, respect but no thanks 4.2/10
Ça a le mérite d'être expérimental !
You trynna waste my time? This feels like a fever dream Maybe I am boring and mainstream but I dont want none of this garbage.. So today I learned about this new genre called noise rock and also about disliking it. Anyway y'all I am proud of you for doing this challenge it aint easy-
This is not for me. Pointless meandering garbage.
Liars! They lied about this being one of the top 1,000,001 albums ever.
Reminded me of Death from Above 1979
1: Damn... We suck! 2: Wait... Why don't we just make an album that sounds shit on purpose? 3: You're a genius! Can't quite give this a 1 because I actually did appreciate parts of it
more experimental than my tastes. Definitely something that grabs your attention and refuses to loosen the grip
Buen album conceptual, mala música
To be honest I had it on in the background and I thought construction was on outside - not very good and I didn’t enjoy it all when I actually sat and listened to it
First Listen; 4; This took a couple of listens to get into, but after I did, I really enjoyed it. The premise of the record is really interesting, and after reading about it, I definitely enjoyed the record more. Has a very primal, strange feeling. Very uneasy feeling listening to at times, but still is catchy in parts. Favorite Track: Hold Hands and It Will Happen
Experimental noise rock with an uncanny vibe. I love it. You have to embrace these albums when they emerge from the deluge of normie crap.
Did not enjoy this. Ears are bleeding. Embarrassed to even try and play this in public.
This album was a bunch of HOT GARBAGE!!! I'm a pretty open guy when it comes to music and I don't mind an adventure in sound experimentation and some noise weirdness. But this crap is almost unlistenable. I could barely make it through this. Please don't ever do this to me again!!!!
205/1089 I can’t say that this is a style of music i have much experience with/care for generally, but it was a good listen and a good example of why i’m doing this project. I liked the more percussive and ambient turn it took towards the end. faves: We Fenced Other Gardens…, Hold Hands…, Flow My Tears… 56/100
I can't see why this should be on the list, it's pretty poor stuff.
this was kinda weird. like i didn't know what was happening
weeeeirrrrrrdddddd
"They Were Wrong, So We Drowned" simply isn’t to my taste. It is disjointed, abrasive, and brash, featuring a soundscape that is practically devoid of melody. I found it entirely unenjoyable. One star. 237/1001 132/237 albums reviewed were new to me.
Just awful
I didn’t enjoy this album, nor did I listen to the last half of it.
Oh good grief! What surprises me is that they have produced other albums. Someone must have bought them.
Case of if nothing good to say, don't say anything. Guess it's atmospheric. They do a good job making musically instruments sound like everyday objects. There are better noise rock from before this. I have heard it, moving on. 1.5 Star
Every once in a while, there was something I could pick out that I liked. But, for the vast majority of the album, I was just hoping it would be over.
I think this must be the weirdest album given to me so far. I loved it. Both tribal and danceable, I loved the weirdness of the whole thing. I wonder what the rest of their discography sounds like…
Eh
Noise rock, but I dig the occult references that this album is built around. Check it out.
Whacky art school shit.
Slick peckers
Mostly just noise and percussion. Very little melodic. I don't get it
Inward‑looking 'art music' that would have been better left in the band's rehearsal room.
Liars is another band I've only heard the name of and not much else. I didn't even remember what type of music they played and initially thought they might be some sort of aggressive punk band. It's not the kind of noise rock I was expecting, but it was a great listen. Lots of organic sounds, feels like some bits were recorded with random things like metal pipes and whatnot.
Noise, not really music. But you know what? There were parts of the album where I got drawn in to a strange rhythm or cool sound.
Experimental e claustrofóbico.
Didnt listen idk.
Honestly sure, I’m glad I listened
Don't get it
Surprised by how much I enjoy this, thought it would be too weird but for the most part not really, especially early on. I could even see it going up more with a few more listens if that happens. 7/10
Different
interesting
Apparently this band was into experimental rock. I think they need more work in the lab. Discordant and weird. Some experiments don’t need to be released to the public.
An weird album that i am again surprised made this list.
2 artsy
I wish I'd drowned instead of having to listen to this. What an awful experience.
Pretty weird music. Couldn't get through a lot of songs as they were too annoying
No thank you.
Here I thought, oh well, another below average indie rock album from a band I've never heard before, but I couldn't have been more wrong on this one. Some kind of noisy experimental indie-ish record. On some tracks, experimental use of percussion even reminds me of Tom Waits, definitely at least 3 stars, 3.5 on RYM and must REVISIT.
crap, really...
Listened in the car driving to the University. I really wanted to like this record. I usually like bands that implement noise and unconventional sounds but this one just didn't do it for me. I liked the rhythms and drums but I wish there was more harmonic material for me to sink my teeth into. Disappointing.
I wish it was a noise rock album instead of just noise
Not the worst of the noise albums, but doesn't evolve much
I tend to find noise music annoying.
Tidenes dårligste start på en onsdag! Au i mitt hode
Immediately upon starting the first song I knew I would struggle to get through the album and I was right.
Not for me
For a genre I don't appreciate, this album kept my interest and I want to explore more of their music.
Pretty effective but not something I have much interest in experiencing again. Steam Rose/Fenced best ones on here
Art noise tripe.
When I listen to music, I generally throw it on to groove. Something to dance to, something to match the mood, enhance whatever I've got going on in life. This album achieves the exact opposite. It is a vibe killer. It attacks your psyche. It increases your cortisol levels. Is it fair for me to observe that and bash it solely on that paradigm? Would I cruelly rate a horror movie because it physically feels worse to watch than watching Finding Nemo? What this album seeks to accomplish, I find it achieves. It feels like you're uncomfortably observing a witch's ritual in the forest, a twig just snapped, and the light fades as the eyes turn your direction. I'll never listen again, but this scores "best noise album" I've listened to.
noise. guess I can die now that I've wasted 40 minutes of my life listening to this garbage
In my heart, I know I shouldn’t like this, but I actually kind of did! Many of the elements of this album felt like Mothers of Invention, which I have typically trashed. But there was like a Ministry/Skinny Puppy/1990s alternative vibe to this album that I actually really appreciated. I don’t know if this album is an immediate reach for but the listen was good. I think for me the key song was We Fenced Other Gardens. Some of the other songs like They Don’t Want Your Corn felt almost like Beck. I’m perplexed by this album, which I kind of enjoy the feeling of.
Random thoughts: * This was some abrasive music. I'm not even sure how to describe this. * I've never heard of Liars and probably because this is an acquired taste to say the least. * I'm really starting to question the 1001 selection of 21st century albums. I feel like the 20th century has been well represented maybe with a bit too much Nick Cave. But the 2000s selections feel like the author was trying too hard. * I won't be seeking out Liars anytime soon.
I couldn‘t listen to the whole album on Spotify but only to the first four tracks. It‘s not an album I would choose to listen to on my own but I didn‘t mind it. The sound is interesting and intriguing.
Wild wacky stuff.
Well, there was one song I sort of liked... the rest of it? Terrible. Not the absolute worst album I've heard on here, but it's close.
"Blood, Blood, Blood, Blood, etc." Can't believe how much I love this album. Sits really interesting coming so soon after listening to Metallica for the first time (bear with me), both take up the same sonic space mainly thumping the low and mid range, both use strictly limited repetitive rythm to enduce a trance state - one with guitar riffs the other with industrial noise and synths, both diving into fantasy - one on bad dreams and the Hobbit, the other on witches and Narnia, both with terrible singing. And I have a body experience reaction to each of them, Metallica leaves me feeling shitty, Liars - this album anyway - leaves me calm and incredibly happy, as soon as it was over I listened to it again. Honestly, I feel more appreciative of Metallica after this one, excited to check more of Liars.
Pretty interesting, not something I'll vome back to much but I like the concept. Also, "If You're A Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses" is a hilarious song title.
The reviews had me primed to hate this, but it's actually super cool! It reminds me of some of the modern indie bands I like and even has some elements of contemporary classical music. The avant garde sounds are interesting and they create a real soundscape. You can definitely pick up on the witchy feel that they were going for. My favourite song on the album is Flow My Tears The Spider Said. I love the song titles. "They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids". The album cover is cool too, like an embroidered burlap sack or something. The image on the cover immediately made me think of Salvation Mountain (a gigantic outdoor art installation in California) for some reason.
They were wrong, so we drowned is quite unique. The Wikipedia article puts it in the genre of noise rock, experimental, and dance punk. I liked it and had fun listening to it. Dance punk and noise rock seems appropriate for the genre.
This was such a weird album. At first I kind of hated it. Towards the end it mellowed out and it felt like they hit their stride a bit
This was a rhythmic assault on the ears, and not in a bad way. In a weird way this was refreshing after so many mid-poor 60s/70s rock pop albums. Quite the contrast, there was a lot of dissonance and noise on here, but throughout it was all kept steady by interesting percussion (IE the random water glass tapping on 'They Dont Want Your Corn' had me bopping my head. In a world of perfectly composed songs with clean lyrics and melodic rythyms, the Liars come in with middle fingers up. Making an album inspired by witchcraft on some mountain in Germany, adding to it all, this was recorded in a cabin in the woods somewhere in New Jersey, creepy... Not something I would return to listen to, other than the song I mentioned above, it was a bit more melodic and a bit less grating than the other songs. The other songs were a bit much for an actual everyday listen. But I really kinda respect how out there this one was. I understand how a lot of people would HATE this. But I think it requires 1: certain mood, 2: some openness to the inventiveness that this took on, and 3: and a bit of patience for some of the more jarring moments, (BLOOOD BLOOOD BLOOD). Had I listened to this before I started this project, I doubt I would have the same feelings, and I would probably smack this with a 1. However even only 150 albums deep, I feel as though my eyes have been opened a bit more, and I have learnt to appreciate noise, and creative endeavors when it comes to generating said noise, and then composing said noise into an album. 6.5/10
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Absolutely, fucking abysmal. It feels like the artist has intentionally tried to make abrasive music. I struggle to believe people can actually enjoy this.
I like the concept. The execution wasn't something I enjoyed. A little too sparse. I did really like Hold Hands and it Will Happen Anyway, which is probably closer to a traditional song than the rest. Overall, will not listen again.
Cult sacrifice music
Noise
It's an atmospheric, moody record that tries to stretch the boundaries but somehow misses the board entirely. It's not really good but experimental and later records (Smile is a good example) seem to take the same concept and apply it better
I don't want to hate it because I liked the ideas I can hear in the album. However, this is my first noise rock album, and I guess I expected something more extreme, something that would prompt a stronger reaction. But I was simply bored. With other challenging albums in this list I've been able to see the greatness in them despite not having a completely pleasant reaction; but this came out in 2004, so there's no way there haven't been more revolutionary, influential and insteresting noise rock albums. Or maybe I'll eat my words in the future if I ever give this a chance with a different mindset. But for now, I'm giving this a 1/5.
This is a happening. The same way a bowel movement is a happening. I would prefer to listen to neither
Well, thank god I'll never have to listen to that again
Liars is a group that's admittedly hard to categorize here. Sure, they could simply be considered an experimental rock group fronted by founding member Angus Andrew, and they've flirted with elements of noise rock and dance-punk. But their sound tends to evolve with each subsequent record. For example, with this album, they dropped any semblance of the post-punk revival styling they employed with their debut in favor of something a lot more obtuse. This feels less like a collection of songs and more like a series of incantations, where the rhythm section is largely handled by the repetitive clanging percussion, with splashes of distorted guitar noodling, warped synths, and full-on fuzzed-out noise. All the while, Angus and his backing vocalists draw from tales of witch trials past to conjure occultist-like imagery, almost as if they had called their coven to act in retribution for prior transgressions. This album is discordant, unsettling, and minimal in its stuttering grooves. There's almost a primal nature in this sonic deconstruction that I found weirdly palpable to me, in a way that Einstürzende Neubauten's Kollaps was earlier in my album journey. Though much like how I felt with Kollaps, my enjoyment of this record waned after the initial shock subsided. I wasn't much into the two short instrumental pieces, "Steam Rose from the Lifeless Cloak" and "Read the Book Wrote Itself". Aside from a few notable moments, such as the chants of "blood" in the opening "Broken Witch" and the post-punk-adjacent guitar play on "Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway", the whole experience of this record ended up in one ear and out of the other. Not exactly bad to my taste, but not much in the way of memorable either. They Were Wrong, So We Drowned was certainly a notable entry in the 1001 Albums series, albeit a short-lived one, as it would be removed in later editions of the book. I don't know if my experience with this record was fully representative of what Liars is capable of; perhaps a different album would have helped me better understand this group. Regardless, I certainly didn't mind what I listened to, even if I don't have as much incentive to revisit.
This is just obnoxious noise, and I can't stand it. There are other people in my office who commented on how horrendous this was, which was a first, despite having other horrible albums that I've listened to. Bad bad bad. Who thought this was good enough to release? Who thought this was good enough to put on this list? Is the author of the 1001 Albums book in this band?
Really? Somebody made a conscious decision to include THIS particular album on a list of 1001 albums I need to hear? I can't imagine listening to the noises here would have ANY effect on ANYONE's life. Not exactly painful like some of the selections I've heard as I near the halfway mark in this quest. Just largely unpleasant and completely pointless.
Kept waiting for actual music to begin, but track after track was just fucking noise. After 5 tracks of that shit I bailed on it. What crap.
Bit too much Geiger counter vibe for me - I was more interested when I read about considering it a concept album. Going in blind didn't help it
this is a noise rock album. the good: i love noise rock. the bad: the noise on this album is subpar. the ugly: the rock is bad.
I'm not really sure why this is on a list of 1001 albums you need to hear before you die, but it was a challenging listen with some interesting highlights. The concept of German witchcraft themed songs was interesting but wasn't prevalent enough to be a feature. I wouldn't be against hearing something a little more streamlined from these guys, but I'm probably not going to revisit this. Sounds like good music to put on if you're running a haunted house. Favorite songs: We Fenced Other Gardens With the Bones of Our Own They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids Hold Hands and it Will Happen Anyway
Not my jam
what the fuck have I just listened to
The only good thing about this album are the song titles. Bumped it up to a 2.
Hmm, what has the generator got for me today? Liars, band from New York, mid-2000s. Never heard of them, let's give it a whirl! Hmm, you say this is not a 2-track bedroom demo? What!? It's actually their second album?!?!? Who the hell wrote these lyrics? Why are they so obsesses with witches?? Why the hell do the drums sound so bad??? Why are they so averse to anything resembling a melody or a tune? Look, I get it, it’s noise rock. But the lyrics are nonsensical shit. The music is not interesting, and a total chore to listen to. I read somewhere that this is apparently one of their worst albums. I hope for their sake that is true
Don't have any desire to come back and listen to one song from this. Just didn't care for it
Just terrible
Before Listening: I’m not sure what to expect from this! I like the cover, it’s very interesting! After Listening: there was definitely a theme and it was stuck to! I liked the ambient noise but felt like the music belonged in a movie like 28 Days Later or something. The repetitive lyrics were like casting a spell which was cool, but not my favorite album.
Está muy denso, no sé si me gusta.
This definitely puts the noise in noise rock. Too much of it for my taste.
Somewhat interesting experimental music. Didn’t feel like the concept really survived throughout it.
Ugh
i’ve certainly never heard anything quite like it. i can understand why it would be included in this collection of albums you must listen to because it’s different. i understand that it’s supposed to be uncomfortable, and i think it achieves that to some degree. at the heart of it, i just really do not enjoy it.
Bit noisy
Not to my taste
Mmm nah bro
Soms wel een beetje edgy om edgy te doen, maar ik denk wel dat albums zoals deze iets nieuws brengen. Zo veel liefde naar niet conventioneel zijn. Het is wel weer zo dat de muziek klinkt alsof het in een vacuüm is opgenomen, maar dan i.p.v. een doos is het een nare tunnel waar je liever niet doorheen wil lopen. Zal ik dit ooit nog een keer opzetten? Nee! Maar ik apprecieer de niet conventionele manieren van muziekmaken en vind dat dat veel meer moet gebeuren!
Geen hele lange review vandaag (ik zou bijgod niet weten hoe) Gewoon een heel lekker indrustrieel album.
een album dat ik vooral associeer met 15 en depressief zijn, maar wat nog erg lekker klonk zonder dat ik zo edgy mogelijke muziek uitkoos.
This is absolute fucking crap. Should get a 0
Oh, boy, this is truely ugly.
Really not my thing. Quite edgy sound but the vocals are so drab.
I really wanted to give it a chance, but this is just rhythmic noise. No stand-outs, but ‘Flow My Tears the Spider Said’ was the least horrible.
No les pillo el punto. Ni son Suicide, ni Idles, ni Yeah Yeah Yeahs... No me convencen, aunque sean aclamados.
It’s just noise to me
Not in my top 1001.
I didn't get all the way through this album. What I did hear was chaotic, and a bit proggy in places
It was wrong
Tricky one. Not sure I like it. But I appreciate it for stretching the idea of popular music as far as I can imagine before it becomes completely unlistenable. An unusually generous 3*.
Like Silver Apples with newer tech
Noisy and jarring, but if you relax into it the album starts to carry you along just fine. I’m not gonna just throw this on again for fun anytime soon, but when I sat back and let it do its thing it was a cool experience.
Love theme and the consistency. This is something I might listen to once a decade
Confused
Atmospheric
A reminder that this is not a list of the best albums of all time, just ones that we should hear. I’m always amazed that albums like this not only get made, but that some people do count them as among the best…maybe even their favorite. I do not judge them. There were some almost interesting sounds amongst the noises here.
Sounds like they watched the alien skits from the Muppet Show and decided they could do an album of that. The muppets do it better.
It's weird, but I didn't hate it.
Banger
the first track Sounds like someone who heard Aphex twins for the first time and fails to make a track... Some tracks feel like they are close to sound okey but then falls flat. This is a album full of "wierd for the sake of being wierd" and i have no idea why it's on this list because i never heard of the band.
This is one of the lowest rated albums on this website, and I can certainly see why. I somewhat enjoyed the first track ironically, but I quickly grew tired of it.
It's just mindless dross
This was bizarre and experimental, but I disagree with Spin magazine, which called it "unlistenable"—I've listened to other albums on this list that are much worse. Lacking the ability to give half-points, I'll credit their weirdness and round my 1.5 stars to a 2.
It sounds like a bunch of tone deaf ding dongs got together and listened to Throbbing Gristle and unironically thought "this is peak", and then tried to emulate it
Ummm... not for me. Total crap.,
You ever just look at an album and realize it’s gonna be a long day. I put this John off so long because I didn’t want to hear it. After actually listening to the album it is strange but not a throw away. Unique noises and sounds very different from the times.
Wanted to be The Residents, but didn't quite make it. Pleasant surprise that something like this is on the list. Still better than Neil Young's 79 albums.
Speaking of Radiohead, I booed this band when they opened for them in 2007 and will forever regret that childish stupidity. To be fair, they were too weird even for a Radiohead audience and many others were booing.
Kind of cool, definitely erxperimental and scoundscape-y noise. At times this isn't very musical but I was always intrigued by what I could hear. Spooky is another word that comes to mind - slightly unsettling, but in an enjoyable way. Certainly more worth listening to than more Britpop or country signers from the 70s. However, these song titles are definitely from the Godspeed You! Black Emperor school of song naming.
J'ai essayé d'apprécier mais je n'y arrive pas !
They were indeed wrong, and honestly, drowning is preferable to listening to this nonsense.
This was utter trash.
Bon ben le concept, le titre de l’album et les titres des chansons, avec un angle apparemment noise rock, c’était plus attirant, mais finalement, le groupe se retient vachement. Ça pourrait être plus glauque, plus étouffant, plus fourni, plus expérimental, mais au final, rien de tout ça. Il y avait plein de passages très cool et je me suis dit que c’était bien plutôt aventureux pour un album sorti au début des année 90, mais en fait, c’est sorti en 2004 ? Quelle déception !
Very interesting post-rock album that has some things going for it, even if it's a little out there. A lot of the garbled noise and percussion don't 100% land for me, but there is a strange quality that kept me interested. Which is more than I can say for a lot of the more derivative albums in this project. Top tracks: Broken Witch, We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own, Flow My Tears The Spider Said
Let's just file this under music to be used in psychological warfare. And by the way, I don't believe in using music as psychological warfare.
not influential to me but I'm sure it's influential to someone. They had a variety of interesting sound bites like the nature recordings throughout flow my tears the spider said.
Was this even an album, of just a couple of guys fucking around with a tape recorder?
Nice
Interesting
Liars rock. Amazing to catch live. 5/5 Everyone I know loves Liars, so I wasn’t expecting the bad reviews. Maybe you had to be there in the early 00’s? Was it a Pitchfork thing?
I like it, interesting stuff. And it holds up well over time.
While I appreciate the effort to do something different, I didn't care for it
No idea why this is here, terrible
👎🏻
I can appreciate this as art but not something I want to listen to.
Never heard of them or this album, I'm assuming there's a solid reason for that... Gave it a listen, can't pinpoint what kind of music this is but the opener ("Broken Witch") and it's cadence couldn't be more annoying if it tried. This sounds like a lonely guy in his mom's basement recording a plea for help. The incessant monotony of "Steam Rose.." makes one want to leave the room or eat a gun. Wow! I was so turned off I had to read up on them, it's one guy, Angus Andrew, making this nonsense by himself. No song has more than 150K listens, this is OBSCURE stuff. Who recommended this garbage and why?! Possibly the worst album of the 450 I've listened to so far. This feels like we got punked and Andrew somehow hacked into this list and added his album. Crap in its purest form with no redeeming qualities, no hits, no good songs, no musicianship. If you're intro dreary monotony, this one is for you!! 1 star because zero isn't available.
This one made me deeply uneasy. I'll remember it when I have to bust ghosts out of my house..
Interesting, but I need to listen to this when I'm not stressing about complicated drug pricing policy.
What on earth the was that!!?
Weird, wonderful and droney. Lots of influences here, ESG on the drums, lofi slacker singing of Pavement, drones from a different planet.
Noise rock, radioheadesque We fenced other gardens
2.5
It was Ok.
1.0/10 This was horrible for me.. couldn’t get past the 3rd song!
Admittedly a challenging listen. Experimentation and pushing the boundaries is necessary for music to progress and remaim in interesting. In the end quite enjoyed this and favourite track was, 'flow my tears the spider said'. Full marks from me
noisy
Meh
This fuzzed out, really interesting album has a lot of repeat listen appeal. It's not an album for everyone but this scratches an indie music itch that I always have. It was a 40 minute album that felt like 25. You gotta love that. I think I need more Liars albums in my life.
The entire "band" had to agree to this, somebody agreed that this should be recorded, and they hired a producer/engineer to make it sound their best. Once recorded, this mess was given the green light, artwork was created, and then this was mass produced, and shipped. Think about that. The Emperor isn't wearing any clothes.....and now he's stabbed kebab skewers through his ear drums as well. Zero stars.
Liars. YOU were wearing.
Post post-punk noise Rock. More of a freeform
Sonically impressive and artistic given it's pink roots. However the concept is a bit too spooky for my liking.
It's a tough one to come into cold at 10.15am on a Thursday
A weird witchy album with an almost childlike sound. You know, like a demented child. I didn’t really like it, but I don’t think it deserves to be one of the lowest-rated albums, either. It’s pretty cohesive and not an active assault on the ears, unlike some of the other bottom feeders.
Intentionally grating to the ears. Somewhat experimental but the hypothesis if proven true, turns out to be a failure.
threatening and unpleasant
musicboard
So hipster even Pitchfork hated it! Weird experimental underground noise art made cohesive by a loose concept. Has an "outsider art" feel. Highly unusual and not for those who find comfort in familiarity. Very goth, had a folk-metal attitude but a much different musical framework.
Shouldn't exist it's that shit.
Electric, exciting, and very New York. I dig this, but do get why it has such a low score on the site and how people would find it challenging. I think it’s a great indication that music can be anything, and by disregarding any imposed rules or structure it can lead to a very freeing creating process.
Too hungover, no.
There's a couple of good songs here but the rest just fucking suck
Actually didn’t hate it. Not bad. Listenable
I'm intrigued. Has 4* potential.