They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Not as bad as I was expecting after reading the reviews.

I couldn't get on board with this one. I like making noise as much as the next guy, but I'm not a Noise guy.

Bit of a weird one. I don't know how to feel about it, but it was pretty cool. Nothing stood out really though.

Broken Witch

interesting concept for an album but ultimately not that enjoyable to listen to. i listened twice through and wanted to like this more than i did, but alas... favorites: broken witch, steam rose from the lifeless cloak, flow my tears the spider said

Not a huge fan of industrial or noise to start out so it was at a bit of a disadvantage already. There is definitely something to it that I like though. It's kinda fun in a goofy lyrics sang deadpan way. It's unique and that isn't bad. Self-indulgent, but that's expected and almost required for experimental. Sounds a tiny bit like it could be in Scott Pilgrim as well.

I get experimental but this was mediocre at best

Well it was different I'll give it that!

"This sounds like Pikmin 2!!!!!! Epic underground dandorium moment or however the pokos are acquired" - My stupid ass prior to fathoming the full extent of "Broken Witch" Hmm. Hmmmmmmmm. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. No sir, I don't like it. I have a penchant for weird, unorthodox, wackadoo bullshit and this is some truly weird, unorthodox, wackadoo bullshit. By all means I should like this. Experimental rock has been good before and the way this album samples sounds is endlessly creative (especially in the case of "Read the Book That Wrote Itself"). I like the mystical/folklore element and the lyrics are stupid in an endearing way. These elements are good on their own, though they don't come together into something that I can confidently say I like. My favourite tracks were "Broken Witch" and "There's Always Room on the Broom". Many of the tracks are limited by how minimal and repetitious the music is when you strip away the reverberating, blown out instrumentals, though these two tracks are surprisingly quite dynamic. The bird songs at the end of "Flow My Tears..." was a very clever way of closing out the album. I'm surprised other "nocturnal" albums haven't used a similar technique as it provides a very satisfying sense of closure. The nightmares are over. This album belongs in the book purely for how strange and out there it is - stick the kooky witch bitches on anyone that disagrees. That being said, I'm curious as to why. Let's have a looksee. Fearful and alienating. The band smoked a lot of weed. Dense and doomy. Not popular in the US, but better received in Europe. Yeah, about what I was expecting. That one squeaky, electronic loop on "They Took 14 for the Rest of Our Lives" was definitely sampled from "The Fucked Jam" by Ween. There's no way

They were wrong so so we drowned? Dudes, it's your album cover! Moving on. I like some pretty kooky shit, but this is borderline annoying. Maybe in a good way? .... Na not really. I'm not one to like weird stuff just because it's weird. I can't believe these guys have 10 albums released. I would never listen to this again on purpose. Still, better than Morrissey. Two stars.

Ja da simmer offesichtlich ned bi "1001 Albums you have to enjoy before you die". Wider nebe experimentellem geklimmpere, ufd instrument drufhaue, is mikrofon inebrülle und paar exorzisme durefüehre ned viel anders debii usecho. Ich chan das Album hüt aber schowider biz meh als Musig ahluege wie das Album gester und gibe darum zwei bluetigi dämonechöpf

Bonjour surprise zum Zweiten. So öpis wür mer ohni Album Creator nöd entdecke. Wobi tbh, soviel hät mir bi dem au wieder nöd verpasst. Interessant und experimentel, abe rhalt au nur grenzwertig musikalisch. Darum gemmer das mal 2 Colombus, wills na biz lässiger isch als gester.

hmmm ez wär ich doch gad zuefälligerwiis temporär wieder ih minere eher rockige phase ahcho und trotzdem hed mer das jetzt also rein gar nüt gäh en liechti steigerig zu gester isch allerdings haarscharf spürbar, aber heds es 2 verdient? – nei lol han gloge, hed doch es 2 verdient ih dem sinn: congrats ihr chline lügis!

This is something, I'm not totally here for it, good for a change though Will I listen to again: 1%

Please drown instead of recording this crap.

Tough listen

Not a huge fan of the album. With that said, it has opened the door to this band... And I like some of their other material!

absolutely insane. very scary. it was alright. i don't think i was in the mood for it.

Great, noise rock. Why the hell did we need this category of music. Another one of the few albums on this list where I couldn't bear to listen and skipped some tracks, especially early on. It's kind of like industrial but bad, takes out any of the melody etc. of say Nine Inch Nails or something. It does get a little better as the album goes on--the first three tracks are just like a warning. Last track is kind of cool on a sailer shanty/industrial/Tom Waits level.

It was better than expected. Not really my thing though

1 point for the song titles 1 point for the attitude Do what you do guys.

There are a few Liars albums I enjoy quite a bit. This is not one of them.

I'm way more up on this than I thought I would be when I read about it, but then of course I did have super, super low expectations. Just the fact that it wasn't ear-splitting noise was a nice enough surprise. I would say it's more 'experimental music' than outright noise, but I didn't find it particularly challenging to listen to, and it's at least interesting. 2.5 rounded down.

Noise rock is not so much my thing, so it's hard to evaluate this album objectively. It might be a great example of the genre, but I can't tell. I did like the bird sounds in the last track.

Feels a little unfair to rate _this specific_ album because I suspect noise rock just isn't my thing, so I'm just going to give it a "meh" and move on with my life. On a 5 star scale it should be 2 1/2, but I can't do that on this site, but 3 is too high, so it's a 2.

"Noise rock". You're not wrong.

< The Beatles I didn't like this album at all... but i can't deny it's at least interesting.

loud

Felt like a lack of melody.. all a bit too distorted for my liking!

Kind of atmospheric, definitely "experimental", wanders through rock, pop, industrial leanings

Interesting but I don’t think I would listen to it again.

The wiki for this album describes the genre as 'noise rock'. I don't disagree with this but would add that it is definitely not 'music rock'. One thing it does have going for it is the possibility of having the record for most total words used in the titles of all the tracks...71, which is roughly 30 more than the run time in minutes of the album. Guinness Book, am I right?

Couldn't stay engaged. I'm sure if I was at an immersive art show or something it would have been effective but I couldn't not tune this out. Rating something like this based on one listen doesn't feel fair but all these albums are rated in the same environment so I gotta keep the baseline firm. Sorry, Liars. At least you're not Metallica.

A few interesting songs, mostly not my thing.

Well, this was a challenging listen. I appreciate that they apparently are trying to overthrow conventional expectations and any pretense at normal song structures or melody. The names of the songs and album are interesting. The hypnotic rhythm was fine. The effect: restlessness, doom and resistance. One extra star for making me think about the noise. Won't listen again, willingly though.

Listened to this while driving from SLC to Vegas. After hearing the first song, Katie turned on her Airpods and started listening to a podcast. Wish I had done the same. Will be generous and give it a 2.

A loose concept album for a raucous noise group, there's little information about the album or the band when they put this out. Further leans into Australians love of heavy, dark, and weird music

Just not for me. Can’t really see a time where I would want to listen to this album. 2/5 Won’t listen again

Noise rock was noisey.

Ooooo. We can chant scary words and sound ominous while playing in minor keys!

Ahh yes, "concept" albums that have less than 1M streams on Spotify. Surely this belongs in the list, it's a creepy "let's do witchcraft on a mountain" conceptual album! That said, it does deliver on the concept of creepy witchcraft mountain music. It’s noisy and weird, but not in a fun way. Feels a bit they they forgot to tune their guitars. There are flashes of something cool, but they get buried under all the chaos. It’s mostly just messy.

Cannot rate this. It is really not for me. I simply cannot hear it and pay attention to it.

Not an easy listen overall, but it’s better that some of the other more experimental stuff on the list. Only just though!

Some decent moments on here, but overall it felt like a poor Nine Inch Nails imitation.

Nothing special..

Don't remember much about this one, just that I wasn't impressed.

bit to much of an soundscape album

industrial/noise, didn't get on with this

There must be 1001 better albums released in 2004 alone. Avoids one star because a couple of songs at least sounds like they are having fun.

They don't want corn, they want your kids (that's the one) the album is "interesting". Feels like how I would've scored The Blair Witch Project

Didn't hate it. Actually liked the nature sounds in Flow My Tears the Spider Said.

Pas mon style, mais chaque morceau est bien réfléchi. Parfois plus théâtral que musical

One will not go all the way to claim it's unlistenable, though it's close. One would be lying if one claimed to enjoy it (other than the album and song titles) or to find it worthy of this list. It's different, and challenging in a clangy sort of way, borderline artful time but mostly noisy and grating in the end.

Best Song: There's Always Room on the Broom. That chunky-funky riff at the beginning was really pleasant (even if they buried it under a high-hat for the majority of the song. Broken Witch. What a stuttering, arrhythmic way to start the album. Worst Song: Broken Witch. What a stuttering, arrhythmic way to start the album. Overall: More noise than rock. It's very abrasive (clearly intentionally so), but it does so in that upper, buzzy register that means I can't imagine when I'd want to listen to it. It's not heavy enough to satisfy the desire for heavier music, and it's not melodic at all. I struggle to imagine in which contexts or moods I would listen to this album.

A bit much and a bit irritating. Found myself not engaging very much as it was so grating

It’s an experiment rock album soooooo

224/1001 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Just because its challenging doesn't mean its good. They Were Wrong, So We Drowned was probably more fun to make than it was to listen to. At least its short.

Beefheart. The more out there Fall. Pere Ubu. A listening experience, but not one that necessarily needs repeating.

nahh i couldn't do it sorry im sure (well maybe not SURE) there's a smart explanation for what they're doing here and maybe there's a function for this kind of music but it's not for me

I give it artistic merit, but it would be a lie to say I liked it. I don't hate it though, just heavily disliked it. I could recommend it to some friends who may enjoy it. Noise rock can be good, and I have yet to be proven right.

Feel like this was made to sound deliberately bad

Totally sucks but not unlistenable

Really not so bad compared to other bottom tier albums on this list. Not as noisy as I anticipated, but in the end not very memorable, not even in a bad way. Semi liked the opening track, but after it it all sounded alike after a while

Liars, everywhere... They were the liars when they thought they could create music, the list creator was the liar when they said this album was worth listening to. I will say, track 2 "Steam Rose from the Lifeless Cloak" being the musical manifestation of a migraine, that pounding feeling of blood through your veins like native drums along the Orinoco, is the only reason I didn't give this a 1 star.

Incredibly unpleasant music but... I kind of enjoyed it Given that I have listened to the last song like 10 times I think I have to give this a 2star

slightly agitated electronica

Certainly not music to relax to. Nor to enjoy. But to be threatened by? Irritated by? Distorted by? Aggressed by? Sure, yeah.

Those song titles were a load of pretentious tosh, weren’t they? There were a few times when a melody kind of grabbed me and I thought I would be carried along but just as soon it disappeared. Nothing concrete to like here. I didn’t connect with any magic.

This is some dungeons and dragons, Renfaire, LARPer music. They pose a good question about wizards and glasses.

I love the first liars album. It’s a fantastic debut and it’s funky and it’s fun and it hits hard. This one hits hard but it’s not nearly as funky and it’s not really any fun. Having said that a few songs and I kind of started to get into the darkness And the weirdness. But still never destined to be at album I really want to listen to.

I enjoyed reading about this album and the band far more than I enjoyed listening to them. One additional star for creativity.

Noise rock, dance-punk. Bastante rollo.

Has a lot of promise and good ideas, but it feels wasted on the album's needless drive to be "odd." Not so much in a way like The Residents (although comparisons could be made) but rather just taking perfectly good post-punk melodies and adding random noises to drown out the flavor. The more dance punk elements cause me to crave LCD Soundsystem, while the dissonance projected only evokes a Swans-lite palette. Sure, there are elements I like, especially in the first track, but the whole thing constantly feels like it is building up to something great, but it just falls flat and seemingly gives up, and I'm just left feeling confused.

This is hurting my head so early in the morning. Thank god I'm not hungover. Definitely randomly hearing a more unpolished James Murphy in some of these songs. I enjoyed some of those but otherwise it's a no from me dog.

What in the hell even is this. It's not like actively bad but why would anyone want to listen to this?

Day277 - if they would just take out half the noises it would be digestible

Tentativa de punk quase alegre e dançante?

Parts of this are good but overall I hate it

I really appreciate how every song sounds like a completely distinct assault on my ears.

It is decent, but not my taste

ow

Hmmm not for me at all. Almost impossible to listen to. I am not giving it 1 star because I feel like I don't even understand what this is going for so I can't say that it's a total failure (but it might be, I honestly don't know).

Oooooook Låt två låter som ett barn som bankar på något i två minuter. (Skrev massor som försvann) Första halvan var iaf svinjobbig. Var tvungen att stänga av på låt tre (tror jag). Fick typ ont i huvudet. Var rasande efter första halvan. Andra halvan var bättre. Sista låten typ bäst (mina "noise"). Överlag inte särskilt bra.

I don’t think I get it, but I know I don’t like it.

I feel bad because I’ve been taught so much of my life that noise isn’t music. That loud wailing and screeching is just sound. I respect the people who try to form something out of that chaos. They try hard to make something they think others will like listening to. But I just don’t have the ear for it. Having listened to Kollaps last week, this is a more enjoyable experience, but it’s still not something I plan on coming back to.

I can normally do a bit of noise rock, but this seemed a bit too aimless, a bit too erratic, without anything to really hook you in. Gave it a second listen to see if I missed anything the first time, and it turns out no, not really.

Noise indeed. Repetitive, and not great.

Ehh, had a tom waits feel at the beginning and just felt like they didn’t push what they were doing far enough

Not good

man, was this album a piece of shite…

Not for me, bro. Why is it here?

Noise rock, dance-punk. Bastante rollo.

No. 235/1001 Broken Witch 2/5 Steam Rose From The Lifeless Cloak 1/5 There's Always Room On The Broom 1/5 If Your a Wizard 1/5 We Fenced Other Gardens 2/5 They Don't Want Your Corn 2/5 Read The Book That Wrote Itself 2/5 Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway 2/5 They Took 14 For The Rest Of Our Lives 1/5 Flow My Tears The Spider Said 2/5 Average: 1,6 Was just too out there for me.

The run of good albums had to end somewhere. Not as unlistenable as some noise rock, it still lacks melody etc.

Interesting concept, and not completely pointless to listen to, but I don't think it belongs on the list.

It's pretty hard to listen to. Almost rated 1 but still not as bad as Korn

Not an easy one to get into

It would be so nice if so many of the albums on this list weren’t shit!!

Another experimental album that is going to have a, probably deserved, low score. Is making a song with the sounds of dial-up internet a cool idea? Sure. Does it sound good or is interesting? Not really. As a metalhead this stuff kind of drives me crazy. Why does this list dive into the depths of abrasive experimental/avant-garde, but is afraid to bring to light the deep & rich variety of metal? If you're going to include music that pushes the limits of what's music, there are much more extreme examples than whatever THIS is. I guess the people need to hear the 13th best Bowie or Young album instead...

So glad I wasn't aware of this while in Year 8. Bonus star for the song titles.

It could fit with a performance art piece or as music for a serial killer or the army to play to torture someone (Steam rose from the Lifeless Cloak). I guess it is a two because at least it was organized. However my soul feels like it needs a shower now.

no

I didn’t care for this, it was a little too strange for me. I appreciate the conceptual aspect, and it does hang together as a complete creepy forest feeling album, but was ready for it to be over after a couple songs.

Interesting... But not worth re-visiting.

Ouch why? Track five is listenable. Make it to the half point and it gets a bit better

Cool production! Very cool. Getting more picky though, so yeah skipped thru much of this. Also tired and in London so…

I liked the song titles and it sounds like they had a blast making the record. I just wish they worked all that experimentation and industrial noise into some proper songs. But as it is, it's virtually unlistenable.

Noise noise noise, best thing is the song titles.

It wasn’t great. The album was very strange, it seemed to change a decent bit throughout. The album ends with a catchy carnival/sea shanty type song. The rest is not memorable at all. I did like the last song, so I will reluctantly give this 2 stars.

Just, no. I read this band has albums that are all very different from one another, so maybe I’ll enjoy that if it comes up, but I didn’t enjoy this one. The only reason I’m giving it a two is because I have a better understanding of what the depths of this list have to offer.

Not the worst of it's genre & better than anything by Slipknot, Beastie Boys or any of the dozens of hip hop, rap & rooooaaaar garbage that infests this list.

A little too aggressively avant garde for my taste.

I’d be a liar if I didn’t admit to being occasionally wrong here. I’ve hated on experimental noise rock from time to time over 1000+ albums, and while there’s a lot to dislike on Liars’ “They Were Wrong,” it’s not all bad. Faint praise, but I actually dug some of the noise on this album.

Ei missään tapauksessa mun pala kakkua. Ei oikein saanut kiinni mitä huumeita pitäis vetää, että tämä pärähtäis? Musiikin aiheuttama mielikuva oli Riku ja Tunna vetämässä shamaanin kanssa jotain rituaalia ja syömässä sammalta. Ei siis kovin samaostuttavaa.

(Cough, cough) “Yo! did you hear that Radiohead album?? Or the new NIN record?? We could totally do that “ Or so everyone thought. It turns out that behind all the programming and oddities of Mr Reznor and Mr’s ‘Head were really, really great songwriting skills backed by extremely adept musicianship. That “drum machine and a few chords” feeling turned out to be really hard to recreate. And here we find the Liars. Sorry guys- feedback, programming and weird lyrical concepts aren’t enough. You gotta have the songs.

I should have guessed from the title that it was about witches, but they are liars so who is to really say. As I was listening to this I looked up the band a bit more and saw a description of them as Noise rock. That is pretty accurate. These tracks are just obnoxious noises. I'm usually pretty open for experimental music, but I can't imagine anyone wanting to listen to this very often. Interesting concept album, but the noise is too much for me. Favorite track "There's always room on the broom"

pretty strange. I remember trying to get into Liars in the past with no avail. Can understand why. 1.5/5

Dissonant, uncomfortable, occasionally melodic. Not awful but I was happy when it ended. Unlikely to go again.

There's some melody and an intent to be different. Just doesn't quite find it's place for me.

Weird, but not really entertainingly weird. Just kind of nothing experimental music.

Noise rock / experimental rock / dance-punk - the genre and the album's title says it all I think. I've heard worse, but not often.

You know, I can appreciate experimental music. But there should be at least some singing, somewhere. And improvisational music shouldn't feel like you can tell they're just making it up. There should be sense to it. This just feels... nonsensical. At least it's short. Next.

it was weird. It just seemed like random instruments and sounds.

Not bad, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it again

Considering it mostly sounded like a stoner playing bongos over a ZX Spectrum loading noise, I didn't entirely hate that

This is not the welcome back I was hoping for after a lengthy pause from this list (should have come back for Elvis Costello). It’s aggravating music, but I don’t entirely hate it. The songs have a form; they’re not pure chaos. There are detectable melodies and rhythmic patterns, making each song feel distinct. Not my bag at all, but it’s sorta interesting. 2.6

I knew Thom Yorke liked this band, and I get why. I'd seen positive things written about They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top, Drum's Not Dead, and the Liars self-titled record, and I've listened to and mostly enjoyed those records. This seems like an odd record to have chosen from that bunch, as it's a huge departure from the wild dance-punk vibe of "Plaster Casts Of Everything" or deep synth journeys like "It Fit When I Was A Kid." Some folks will listen to Fats Domino or Little Richard and just not be able to get past the sounds and songs that, fifty years earlier, were a huge inspiration to the timeless music of The Rolling Stones or The Beatles, or whoever. That is what this record is now. Maybe it inspired others and spurred on their greatness, but what is great and enduring about They Were Wrong, So We Drowned as an album in itself will probably be lost on most people. I'm one of those people. Would I rather listen to this than Vanessa Carlton? Yes. Will I listen to it again? No.

A supposed concept album based on some German witch trials that I can't be bothered to look up. More heavily focused on tribal beats than anything and it's all a bit meh - but it's trying so hard not to be. The song titles are all ace though so fair play. Best Tracks: There's Always Room on the Broom; We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own; Flow My Tears the Spider Said

meh

And now for something completely different...

couple good songs but most were a skip. i appreciate and respect that it was an experimental project

This one just didn’t click for me, feels a bit all over the place.

eh... not feeling this one too much. distorted, painful... and yep, pretty noisy noise rock. it feels like your ears are scrubbed with a cheese grater. there's the select few tracks that are quieter, but it's just so... wow. wow. there's only so much i can say about a song that goes "#_($+$+_(_+__-+$+::++)]]]BLOODBLOODBLOOD+&+_4++!!-_" some of the beats are creative i'll admit!

Terrible start but tolerable later on and even some good bits. 2.5 stars.

They got me with the album cover. They got me with the album name. I was excited already but the music didn't get me.

I heard of this band when a fellow stereo brewey patron brought in their 'Mess' album. I missed the live playing but looked it up and thought it was descent. Liars takes annoying sounds on their own and makes them somewhat tolerable in song. A lot of noise and experimentation that just doesn't completely land with me on this album. Kinda like a bad, weirder version of radiohead.

A very mixed collection a weird noise coupled with bizarre mostly dumb lyrics. Every now and then something comes up that might pique your interest but most of the time its just a bunch of experimental nonsense. It's not the worst thing on this list but there isn't much I want to spend any time with. 1.70 stars

thank goodness, some noise rock that doesn't make my ears bleed. noise rock tends to make sound for the sake of making sound instead of using any creativity. but somehow, liars aren't your typical noise music and created their music with a sense of purpose. the connectivity were amusing. the final song, "flow my tears the spider said," sounds like a funeral hymn. the vocals, however, aren't good or desirable. thus, we are squarely in the 2 range.

I love the band name. I love the album name. I love the song titles. I love the overarching witchcraft theme and concept surrounding the album. But I didn't love much else. As far as noise rock on this project goes, this was more interesting than most noise rock and some parts of it were more listenable for sure. Overall, it was still pretty difficult to get through.

Not my favorite but once I read the names of songs & listened a second time I could picture it better. It doesn’t give a good first impression.

Really discordant. Definitely not my thing.

oh boi wild

Kind of a "music is dying" sort of sound. Almost sounds like how the cover looks, like fabric that is slowly decomposing. Wasn't a fan.

I get that it’s rock, and I get that it’s noise. But I don’t get noise rock. Pass.

Definitely one of more challenging albums I've heard yet from this list. While I enjoy dynamic and busy songs, and I love the dark lyrical content, I probably won't listen to this one again. I appreciate its artistry but I don't particularly enjoy it.

I gave this album a 2 since it was creepy, and I enjoyed that, but the music itself is terrible.

Not great

For those complaining that it shouldn’t be in the book - it has been removed in the newer editions.

This is some strange techno goth rock shit.

Avant gardea, mutta tämä ei toisaalta ole ihan niin hirveää. Mutta ei sillein mitään kauhean hyvää kuunneltavaakaan. Rockia ja elektronisuutta. Ei oikein mitään kohokohtia

xrazy

2.5

I love Liars, but I stay away from their early stuff. I've never been into this album. I recommend checking out any of their albums from their 2007 self-titled album onwards. I appreciate attempts to do something different, but this isn't an album I plan on re-visiting. It's noisy. It's generally unpleasant and not particularly musical.

I did not care for this.

The sort of album I might make if I didn't know I shouldn't.

Noisy, abrasive and dark, sometimes challenging on the ears. I usually want to give the benefit of the doubt to the albums that have ended up at the bottom of the global stats, because many of them are pretty innovative. I've heard worse, but honestly, I mostly found this album to be pretty boring and not a fun listen at all. The concept should have made this way more compelling than it ended up being. Liars may have mostly accomplished what they wanted through the music, but the vocals and the lyrics make it all fall pretty flat Fave Songs: Steam Rose from the Lifeless Cloak, They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids, We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own

didn’t really enjoy any of this but it was cool enough that it deserves 2 stars

I kinda want to make this my first 1, but I'm sure it has redeeming qualities. My hopes were kind of dashed when I saw "noise rock" 2

Does this qualify as a noise album? I didn’t mind it but the atmospheric bits like the sounds of writing or birds didn’t do much for me. Not bad (2.5/5)

Some brave choices were made here. This is one of those, how did this get pulled from the sea of other musicians to be made and shared and added to "best of" lists, kind of albums. That is not a diss. I listen to a lot of abstract recordings. Some of them are fascinating. Depending on what you like, you will either endure and look for the moments and enjoy them or you will determine this is just a mosh of noise. I like the title of the album and from that, I imagined something different. Strap in and give it a listen. At least you can then say you've heard it.

Interesting...

Very strange album. Moderately interesting at least. Organized noise. There won’t be many (if any) repeat listenings.

While not as dreadful as I was led to believe I also didn’t enjoy listening to this. Occasionally I found something musically interesting. But that was soon followed up by annoying noises. 2/5

More dissonant, noisy, and experimental than in my usual listening queue, so always good for me to branch out. Doubt I'd return to it, but I can appreciate what they were going for here.

Ok the first song was just painful but I was determined to give it a fair chance and it became more listenable as time went on but I cannot say I enjoyed it.

Tough listen. Points for ambition I can see what is being attempted here and sometimes it almost hits. 3/10

I guess the good thing about this list is that it exposes you to things that you don't come across organically. Then I experienced Liars, a band without any recognition or inclination of being included on this list for any sober reason. "From Wikipedia: Liars is an Australian-American experimental rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000." I can envision the band hammering out they lyrics to this album on their second hand typewriters in a new Brooklyn coffee shop that was recently a bodega/night club for recently divorced moms from Long Island. I get why albums like this are included on the list, but what I don't get is why the authors continually fail to include the artists that create the reason for the album on the list instead of the substitute garbage that suits their biases. This album occupies an spot that belongs to Beck since it is essentially a Beck rip off.

Eeee. Noise rock is the perfect descriptor for this total miss. Nothing here feels…coherent. It’s all a mess. While listening I really did try to focus on what was being done but in the end I just felt stupid for trying.

Some tracks were ok but a lot of it was random noise to me.

2.7 . Noise rock

Rare shit met af en toe wel ineens iets tofs! Dit soort opbeurende teksten weet ik ook altijd wel te waarderen: Fly Fly, the devil's in your eye, shoot shoot! We're doomed We're doomed!

Not as bad as I expected given the “Noise Rock” label and the other reviews. I appreciate hearing something unique in the sea of bland rock albums on this list.

Ja vaag

La voluntat d'epatar a la música ha estat allà gairebé des del començament, quan Captain Beefheart i acòlits produïen discos gairebé infumables. Décades més tard, enmig dels 00s, aquests angelins van tenir el seu moment de glòria gràcies sobretot a aquest segon treball. Cal reconèixer que dins tota la colla de bandes insoportables que tracten de fer-se notar a través de suposada música experimental, que en realitat és poc més que soroll, els temes de Liars sí contenen en ocasions alguns moments a rescatar. A més, mèrit també pels imaginatius títols de les cançons

Not my style.

Almost unlistenable noise for the most part, absolutely unworthy of this list. [0081/1001]

Noise rock. Blah blah. At least make it entertaining

Básicamente ruido

2 clangy, atonal stars.

The harsh computer tones on There's Always Room On The Broom are really harsh. Would not recommend this album if you have a migraine. We Fenced Out Other Gardens With Bones Of Our Own is cool creepy chapel music. A real weird listen that I didn't quite grasp though Flow My Tears, the Spider Said I think is approaching something I could grasp. Too bad its at the end of the album.

A few nice tracks, but this was more misses than hits for me. I like me some noise rock but this just did not get it right to my ears.

Just noise for the sake of noise, no substance.

Me pareció intrigante, buena música de compañía para otra actividad (escribir, en mi caso). No creo que lo fuera a escuchar nuevamente, por eso el rate, pero interesante ejercicio de escucha algo distinto

I came in with zero expectations having never heard of the artist or album. I did not enjoy this very much. Some parts were outright unlistenable and the rest just did not do anything for me.

Why is this album included. Didn't chart, not popular, not good. No signs of being a cult classic.

I wasn't in the mood for this

A more listenable noise-rock album than some of the others I've head on this list. This one was not as loud and obnoxious and it did have rhythm and lyrics I could understand. So, it has that going for it. It isn't horrible.... 2.5

There's a reason this sat not listened to for months. Gave the first song a try and didn't care for it. 2/5

Dit is hem echt niet voor mij, heb hem eerder stopgezet want voelde me eigenlijk heel boos(??)

Not unlistenable but this will almost definitely be the only time I listen to this.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned is the second album by Australian-American noise rock band Liars. This album was more experimental than their post-punk debut album, and is a loose concept album about witchcraft on a mountain in Germany with a tribal sound. The album performed decently well critically and is commended for its unique sound. I'm torn between liking this album and hating it. Some tracks were good, while others droned on with annoying sounds. It is noise rock, but some of the music was a little more noise than rock. Overall, it's an interesting piece of music history.

Not a fan, or maybe just not in the right mood.

Mäh

Didn't give it a full chance, but what I did listen to was not my cup of tea.

Songs: Read the book that wrote itself, Flow my tears the spider said

Initially, this album sounded quite interesting, but it got a little on my nerves during the second listen. Experimentation for experimentation's sake and very little musical enjoyment.

It doesn't suck completely.

Used to love that first song back when I was a yoof, but I found the rest of the album a bit too murky and unmemorable

weird UUCK

Really, guys? Why is this on here? I mean, I like some ‘experimental’ stuff such as Radiohead’s later stuff/Thom Yorke/Atoms for Peace, and I can see bits of them in this. Also early PJ Harvey. And the premise about the witches is fun. And some tracks were listenable. You know it’s not great though when you think to yourself ‘ooh this is a bit better’ and then realise that the album has finished and the station has moved on to something else Note to self: you have to listen to them all, all the way through, because that’s the game 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

This seems like a pretty obvious shift in perspective, but i don't think i consciously thought this is more of an "art piece" than "music". This is non-traditional and i don't know any who would have bought this album and just gets in a mood to listen to this music. However, if you think of this as a movie, or piece of art, you can "experience" it... and at that point you can better accept it's noisy and unsettling delivery. It is still hard to appreciate the overall work if i engage it with a musical hat on... a very challenging listen. Still, i will grant a second star because of how it has changed my perspective on having to engage actively with an album as a piece of art.

Never optimistic with the label Noise Rock and sure enough I hated almost all of this. Struck me as reaching towards the wierdness of The Residents but nowhere near as clever or artful. At the end it did resolve into something tolerable but not enough to redeem it for me.

It's not that bad. I understand why people might hate it, but I also understand why people could like it. I liked the singer's voice and some of the music had an interesting sound, but it's not exactly something I want to listen to again. I think my favourite song was They Don't Want Your Corn - They Want Your Kids, but it was a bit hard to differentiate the songs for me.

My first impression left me with a hard NO on this one. However, I got interrupted and had to continue my listening task later. When I returned, I had lost my place...so I started over. My attitude changed a bit. There ended up being some moments that I found enjoyable. This enjoyment was balanced with some moments that would likely have me leaving the room if someone put this on at a party. So, overall, it is an album of extremes for me.

Noise rock, dance-punk. Bastante rollo.

Surprisingly subdued for something like this. Dancey in spots, but mostly meanders and only has flashes of anything interesting. Favorite track: "They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Children"

Usually up for a bit of experimental but this was curiously flat

I think I would’ve appreciated a lot of this stuff a year and a half ago, when I was really into experimental stuff. I just find it a little bit too nebulous and esoteric for me now, I don't have anything against it just not for me now

Some good tunes buried among the gravelly arthouse flatulence.

There's something here I could get into but the majority was just offputting.

A tech-ey musical element with nonsensical lyrics. Just not my thing. Had some good rhythm which I didn't dislike.

TROP DÉPRESSIF

Personne n'a jamais écouté ça Robert il faut que tu te réveilles.

A ne manquer sous aucun pretexte avant de mourir.

Weird ass album. I didn't hate it, but for the most it didn't click with me. I don't get it, I guess. 2.49/5

1.5/5

Pants on fire.

when your fanfic is crappy creepypasta, you're doing it wrong

This album had such an incredible amount of original experimentation that a listener should never feel bored, but here I am. 2/5

Did not really get into the lofi noise vibe of it right now

Interesting, kind of rubbed me the wrong way I guess. Disappointing for me, as I liked some content but not some creative choices that they made. Hold Hands and it will Happen Anyway was my least favourite track.

Entiendo que puede estar bueno pero creo que no estaba en el mood para escuchar tan random jeje me parecieron muy repetitivos y poco armoniosos los ritmos de las canciones.

I really like experimental stuff but it has to be good. This just isn't. It tries with eerie noises and dark sounds but it only works on the closing track wich is the only one that I actually liked. The bird sounds and the quieter instrumentation was actually quite good... The rest is either terrible, annoying, bland or a combination of all. The vocals were pretty bad too and most songs would have been better as an instrumental 2/5

Noise album with not-so-great voice. It was ok :)

I'm still unsure if I liked this album or not. In case of doubt, let's say I did not.

Not for me

Well at least this band has an original sound. They’re hard to categorize, sorta experimental industrial post punk. Although they have some intriguing beats and rhythms their album isn’t quite fully fleshed out, but they do have potential.

2-

Wh..what

The concept behind this album, exploring the legends of the Brocken Witch, is more interesting than the album itself. Often it feels as though the band have simply lost track of what they were attempting to say.

Not sure what to make of this one.

It just didn’t go anywhere.

Not my thing.

INT

I should like this album more since I'm into noise/experimental music, but this album wasn't really for me. It's a bit directionless and all over the place. The first half of the album was worse than the second half where there were some better and more interesting songs. 2.5/5

Weird

What is this supposed to be? This isn't music; at best, it's just a string of notes. Noise rock. I live near the Brocken—the mountain of the Germans. That’s where the legends and myths of witches come from. But we don't have nonsense like this here. Usually, Walpurgis Night features medieval sounds—sometimes wild, with drums and bagpipes. But never such slapstick! Only Americans could come up with something like that. Stuff like this doesn't belong on this list. Scum.

Big miss from the author. I am actively dumber after this album.

Just bad. This the kinda album people feel smarter or more cultured than everyone for pretending to like.

Art house experimental noise that is always seeking a melody that is often never found.

NO.

Frankly, in 2026, I have all of the anxiety I can handle from computer-engineers and their machines; don’t need it coming in my ear holes as well.

Just noise

Very infrequently, there is a rhythm or a section I liked but it’s really just 40 minutes of noise.

I could probably read articles on why this album matters and why it is great but I found it to be mostly just noise and don't care enough to see what I missed.

Reminds me I need to do my washing. Wish I liked this more, don't intend to rag on the more obscure albums on this list. WFOGWTBOOO is pretty nice. Other than that, unfortunately, barely music. Just interesting sounds. 2/10

Nope this one just felt like more clanging

Hier kann ich wieder nur mit dem Kopf schütteln.

This is trash.

What went on in their heads to make them have the audacity to publish this.

Awful waste of time.

I can kinda see what they were going for, but this just isn't enjoyable to listen to. Sounds more like a thought exercise than entertaining music.

Spesielt

I don't get this album.. For me is a mediocre album 1/5

i don't know if i already had the headache before starting the album but by the third song it was impossible to ignore

We were right. Drown them anyway. Shit sandwich.

Honestly thought this was going to be an all-time stinker until I got to They Don’t Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids which surprisingly has Temporary Secretary vibes with the thin instrumentation and the bass and sequencer in the background… … then the rest of the album happened and it’s safe to say I won’t be going back to this one

Too noisy for me. I couldn’t get into any kind of flow. I understand the it also wasn’t my bag. Always go into different albums either an open mind and have found some that I love on here. This one wasn’t it for me.

Experimental junk. Lets make a song/noise which just gets louder, then lets make one which is atonal and just screams at you. Not forgetting the track that sounds like something is being whacked hard at a wall in slow-mo. Its pretty much I know an album that'll get on your nerves - this is it. I cannot get past a short burst of each track - instant tinnitus. I think I'd end up giving Nick Cave a 5 in comparison to this!

The combination or electronica and found sound is like a witch marrying a demon and them having a devil as a baby. Yes, blood, I get it. I bet these dudes love Lightning Bolt. This is not worse than the sum of it's parts because noise rock is straight up unlistenable but it is not good. Some birds chirping found sound to close the whole thing out.

NO

Not my cup of tea for today.

Συγγνώμη, αλλά αυτό το πράγμα για εμένα είναι ηχορύπανση. Δεν κατάφερα καν να το ακούσω ολόκληρο

Bad and boring, can only give it 1 star. The arrangements are uncreative, but he lyrics are vapid, the vocals are god awful, and the mixing leaves a lot to be desired.

Besides DSotM, this had been a pretty shit run. 1/5

Skipped the last three. that was weird, and not in the good way.

I like weird… just not this weird 😂. Sorry liars. 1.4

The combination or electronica and found sound is like a witch marrying a demon and them having a devil as a baby. Yes, blood, I get it. I bet these dudes love Lightning Bolt. This is not worse than the sum of it's parts because noise rock is straight up unlistenable but it is not good. Some birds chirping found sound to close the whole thing out.

The universe has jokes! Received this album on the day my town suffered catastrophic flooding. Wading through toxic flood water was more enjoyable than listening to this garbage.

Absolute dross.

Even the moniker "Noise Rock" is too generous for whatever this is supposed to be. The editor of the 1001albums list must be having a laugh. It rightfully deserves to be in the top 10 lowest rated albums on the list. Even though this is nowhere near deserving of being on this list in the first place. This can barely be considered music, 1.0/5.0

Some of the songs were so bad it literally made me laugh

What on earth was that. The last 3 minutes were bird sounds and were the most enjoyable minutes of the entire album

Man come on why is this even on here. Bored the whole time listening to this. 7th worst album on the list for a reason I guess!

This is the end product of a world where those with talent slave in supermarkets while mummy and daddy’s money makes shit of far less value than literal shit.

This was pish. Just noise, horrible skippable noise

I really want to dive deep in the minds of those who gave this anymore than 2 because it astonishes me in the worst way possible how people enjoy this. By the time the first song started, I really didn’t know what to expect. Unfortunately, this may just be the worst album I’ve ever listened to. It’s one thing to be experimental and try new things. Many bands have done that (the Beatles) and have had a story to tell with it. This is just the most random shit that somehow got a full record. I genuinely don’t know how people enjoy this. There are some interesting dynamics of sound, but where are we supposed to go with this? What makes it stand out? It just feels so bare minimum I can’t even fathom respecting the attempt

Sounds like industrial noise, not music.

This is the music someone fumbled Karen O for but at least we got Maps out of it. I appreciate noise works best live, but I don’t think that would improve this self important turd.

Nope

This was not good. Noise. One ot two were ok. My algorithm after went to other songs of theirs on different albums. They were better! Don't get.

inaudible...

felt like i was drowning

I’d rather listen to Patrick Star attempt to play mayonnaise as instrument than this annoying printer noise music. The concept of this being tribal witchcraft music is pretty interesting. But man…the execution could’ve been so much better.

Not my thing.

Wikipedia calls this genre ‘noise rock’ which is hilariously apt. I could not get through it. Why does this album exist? Why does this genre exist?

Yikes

This is not what I expected as noise rock - Unsane, Chat Pile, loud and harsh. Well, this is harsh, but in a dull and repetitive way.

This was awful. Repetitive, no rhythm, industrial electro-rock.

Nothing but noise.

What the hell was that?

was het de dimery gfunde seg gueti moderni musig what the hell? aso sie sond glaub meeeega experimentell und he wanna be a horse da checki scho well humans have small hearts. theres always room on the broom isch en fantastische songtitel. alles in allem krass arsch.

hahaha omgg eifach the liars! ich kenn sie nur vo ihrem singlecover vom creepypasta und han mal welle innelose, hans denn glaub aber nie gmacht? coole ahfang, d drums hinked immer es bizeli na hmm vom stüehli hetsmi nanig ghaue es isch momentan echli "weirdi sounds aber glichziitig repetitiv", was es für mich eifach chli langwilig macht we fenced other gardens... het aber na e cooli atmosphäre das album sött ja u.a. dance punk sii aber iwie han ich de dance-part nanig entdeckt aso bis jz findi s beste d titel vode songs hahaha es tutmer chli leid aber han bim letschte song müsse d auge verdreihe wo d orgle(?) cho isch d atmosphäre am schluss isch ja mega cool! jaa bö han wenig bis gar nüt chönne demit ahfange. distortion und komischi sounds mit hüfig repetitiver perkussion het für mich würkli nöd passt gaaanz selte hetmer d atmosphäre na gfalle, wo aber schnell wieder zerstört worde isch AH UND WO TANZE WOOOOO

woof

further evidence for my thesis that australians* are the least musically talented nationality *apparently they're australian-american based in brooklyn but i think we all know what the weak link is

Is this a joke?? This is the worst music I have ever heard. Did not finish!!! Yuck!! Zero stars for me. But since I have to give a star....

This is a hard one to rate for me. Although I found it very interesting and funny to listen to, I realized on my second listen that I think the noises just hit an autistic vibe in my brain. Thus, I can’t really say I like it for the music, which is kind of the whole point

The distortion and unpleasant noises made me sick

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