Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Considering it mostly sounded like a stoner playing bongos over a ZX Spectrum loading noise, I didn't entirely hate that
Absolutely love the album art although it does not portend well that the music will be to my taste. Actually, this is pretty interesting. Not sure where I would fit it into a normal day, but I'm glad to have heard it. Once.
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 didn't listen to the whole thing, but it would be a good soundtrack to accompany a mental breakdown. Metacritic gives this a 64/100, so naturally it should be on the 1001 albums list. 1.8
Just awful
I think it was a bad sign when I started laughing halfway through opening track. It reminded me of drama students having to do weird stuff in class to try and show how creative they are.
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.
STANDOUTS: n/a OVERALL: 1/5
6/10
Hated it
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
Pretty good sound. It grew on me
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.
WTF is this pile of noise? Zero stars, maybe minus stars. But I have to give this mess one star in order for my opinion to be heard.
I was trying to figure out why I didn’t know this when this should’ve been out at the height of my musical awareness days. So I started listening and quickly realized why I had never even heard of this. It’s garbage just absolute trash.
Apparently some people get it, I'm not one of them.
I know some people who love this kind of thing but it’s just not to my taste
I enjoyed the horse song and I liked that it was only 40 minutes long, overall quite fun
Not very cohesive but i do really like some of the songs!
Something interesting about this one. It is different, but I like it. 3.75
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 liked it!!
I kind of like the fun of it, I don’t think it’s meant to be taken too seriously, at least I didn’t.
That was rough, but made it through. Noise rock - not for me. (0.9*s)
This was an assault on my ears. A bunch of random noises + some electronic beats + eclectic cymbals + static + cat screech = this album. The lyrics are complete nonsense and I didn't like the chanting vibes and repetition.
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
There are no words for how horrible this is
There are few traces of anything resembling structure, melody, or execution. It’s less music than performance art.
Nope.
As per usual, another one of these super low rated records that is actually nowhere near as bad as people/reviewers on this site would have you think. An album inspired by German witchcraft, it’s dense and foreboding, part Residents, part Throbbing Gristle, so it’s as out there as you would expect it to be, but although grim in parts, it’s not without (dark) humour. Whilst I will probably never ever seek this out again after I’m done with it here, ‘They Were Wrong, So We Drowned’ is still an interesting if abrasive listen, and I would much rather be exposed to stuff like this, then say for example, yet another one of the many boring, shitty indie albums that I’ve had to endure so far through my 1001 albums journey.
This album is pretty interesting. I could see pegging this band as pretentious, but I found this album to be pretty irreverent and that makes it much more approachable.
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.
A driving meditation? I did not fully comprehend this. It was not bad, so it's not a 1 for me. I may check it again later, so it's not a 2 for me. But its nit as enjoyable as my 3s. But I'm at a loss to review it.
Ännu ett album med experimentella oljud. Hoppas innerligen att typ Grant Macdonald är med på den här listan. Borde platsa med tanke på detta album.
Enjoyable experimental weirdness
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.
1/10. I like to think I’m developing in allowing all sorts of music to drive a variety of emotions and get a feel for what is being brought with different styles of music. But…what the fuck was this?
Like many others, I’m puzzled as to how this album made it onto the list. To those who might think I “Just Don’t Get It,” let me clarify: I was deeply immersed in the hardcore underground indie rock scene, listening to bands like Liars, when this album was released. Even then, it fell short of my expectations. While it has a few enjoyable tracks, overall, its music hasn’t aged well. Back when this album was new, it was, at best, a mediocre indie offering compared to the other albums of its time. To earn a spot on a list of 1001 albums to hear before you die, an album needs to bring something truly exceptional to the table. Unfortunately, this one doesn’t measure up to the standard set by many other albums that didn’t make the cut.
reminds me of the garden or car seat headrest 3.5/5
Very weird album, more like experimental noise rock than alternative. That said, I did like it. It's very unique and not unpleasant. Im not sure I would seek it out to listen to again, but I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it, I think. Gonna need another listen to really decide.
Really discordant. Definitely not my thing.
oh boi wild
Literal noise that’s recorded. Some portions were ok, but I only made it 4 songs in before turning it off. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: none
I no longer want to be a man, I want to be a horse. I get it dude, I get it. Yea, some may write this off as noisy nonsense but not this fucking guy, I eat this shit up. Yea, you may not toss it on for a party but there’s something really interesting about the sludgy industrial songs they’re putting out here. Pulling from the past with their own indie dance post punk sound to it. I’m not gonna claim that I fully get it but confusion can be fun. 4 stars
lol wut
Before listening: I've never heard of this band. I consider myself a fan of music and yet this band has never entered my air space. No one has mentioned them, I've never read about them, in my world they don't exist. Worse still, this came out in 2004, which means I was well and truly alive and reading NME in the university library. I have no idea what I'm in for. After listening: I have no idea what the hell that was. Thing is, I kinda enjoyed it, I think. It wasn't as offensive to the ears as Radiohead and I found myself running (I listen to these albums while running) and just getting lost in the music. I will probably revisit this album at some point, just turning it on and going about my day.
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.
A nice departure from the usual fare, into that dark alley of noise music. Decades after the Throbbing Gristle album we had, but just as abrasive and to me, even darker. Somehow I've developed a taste for this kind of evil music, more than I have for metal. And this one is pretty good if you ask me, though it lacks a bit of bite. As usual, a few good songs I'll keep, but I wish it went a little harder. For reference, I'm always comparing albums like these to Pharmakon, specifically her album Bestial Burden. That one is absolutely a "must hear before you die." This one? I'm not so sure. But I had a good time. Favorite tracks: If You're a Wizard, Read the Book that Wrote Itself, Flow My Tears the Spider Said. Album art: Really, really love this cover. Bizarre embroidered image, looks to be an eagle with an ocean and lightning below, and a volcano behind? Then some other freaky things like a hanging man and a skull. The font is wicked, everything about this cover is awesome to me. 3.5/5
Fine. Sort of interesting, but nothing grabbed me enough to inspire a repeat listen or search out their other material.
I remember when this came out, and it was such a left turn from Liars first record, some people hated it. I really liked it then, and given the subject matter I’d revisit it around Halloween over the years. Listening again after many years, it still holds up, but not as much as it used to. Liars have expanded on this sound and improved. Still pretty good though.
For some reason, it feels like I’ve heard about this album in the past few months, but it was by someone else? At first I thought I it might that another band had an album called that, but it doesn’t look like it. I have to be conflating it with something. Pretty uneven, but I kind of dug it. When it was just noise, not so much, but when they had a groove going and some lyrics…yeah! I can listen to that. I agree with some of the other reviews on here. Despite my rating, I question as to why this was on the list at all?
I get that it’s rock, and I get that it’s noise. But I don’t get noise rock. Pass.
3.25
Krass. Herausfordernd. Künstlerisch bewertet sehr cool. Aber schwer zu hören …
Not noise not good
It's difficult to make out melodies and songs. Nothing made me bob my head or tap my foot. The album seems a mess and incoherent to me. I'm not even sure I could label this album as iconic or influential in anyway.
yeah you can suck a fat one buddy
The hell is this shit
I don’t think I’ve heard of liars before. However, Apple Music is telling me it is 2004 rock music which does seem tight up my street. The album cover is making me expect punk. I thought that I was pretty good with this era of rock music but I guess these passed me by. Let’s listen. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Broken Witch I’ll be straight up with this. For the most part, this album sucked. It was messy noise and didn’t really make me feel or think anything, which basically makes it a waste of my time. There were occasionally parts where it did find myself enjoying the weirdness of it, but it was honestly a rarity rather than the norm. I can’t really recommend this to anybody. It’s naff.
The worst music I've ever listened!
I really appreciate their sound: some post-apocalyptic or dystopian scenarios, with heavy industrial sounds. "Read the book that wrote itself" suits as the background of a luminous art installation. However, the album did not really get to me. No specific reason I could share. Expected rating by Marc: 2
I'm glad that experimentation in music exists, including this album. Equally glad I won't have to listen to it again.
Uhh what was that?
Raw, sharp, and intriguing, this album showcases a possible scenario for punk rebellion. It features interesting songs with peculiar production that will keep you wondering what's next. I did not have "Liars" under my radar. Thanks for the recommendation. It's a nice addition to my playlist.
This is quite interesting.
I’ve listened to a few albums by Liars already, but this was new to me. They’re sort of hit or miss. The experimental/noise-rock style doesn’t really hit for me, but They Were Wrong definitely fuses more industrial music rather than just being straight up noise rock. I think this is my favorite album by Liars I’ve heard so far.
I can see why this album got low ratings, but I kind of liked it. It's atmospheric and interesting, never annoying or boring. I didn't love it enough for 5 stars, but it's definitely worthy of 3.
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.
Dès la première chanson, j'ai eu peur ce soit le genre d'album expérimental/noise qui allait plus m'énnerver que me charmer, mais je me suis fait prouver le contraire par la suite. Ce n'est pas le meilleur album du genre que j'ai entendu, mais c'est loin d'être le pire. 7/10
This is a challenging album. I hated it at first, but gradually began to hear more of what it has to offer. There are times when I love it, but they are often fleeting. One to return to, definitely, but not often.
I gave this album a 2 since it was creepy, and I enjoyed that, but the music itself is terrible.
lmao why on earth would this ever be on this list?
No one wants this album here. It’s not critically acclaimed. The users seem to hate it even more. It’s not groundbreaking in any way. It’s just fucking terrible.
A collection of unpleasant noises. The sort of album I expect to be described as 'challenging' i.e. a bit shit. There were 1 or 2 passable songs sprinkled in but not enough to be remotely enjoyable.
1* Way too concept and shit
Not great
For those complaining that it shouldn’t be in the book - it has been removed in the newer editions.
Easily one of the worst albums I've ever heard.
There is something interesting about raw, low quality, noise, recordings. Unfortunately for me, my interest in it is very small. Sure there are some cool ideas and unique ways of accomplishing it.. But I don't need a whole album of this. Lyrics are trash. Angsty, edgy, and annoying. If a friend of mine came up to me and said "hey man, I've got some new music to show you." and then proceeded to show me this... I would be a good friend and tell them they should kindly keep this to themselves.
This is some strange techno goth rock shit.
One of the few albums that I had no knowledge of prior to listening to and actually thought this was alright. I don’t think it’s an album everyone should listen to but it was something that I enjoyed for its uniqueness, odd ball post punk sound and originality. Most times those things don’t mix but it got the job done here. Nothing fantastic just interesting. 6.1/10
Avant gardea, mutta tämä ei toisaalta ole ihan niin hirveää. Mutta ei sillein mitään kauhean hyvää kuunneltavaakaan. Rockia ja elektronisuutta. Ei oikein mitään kohokohtia
Uma palavra pra descrever isso: wtf?
xrazy
Noise rock nonsense. Not a fan.
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.
gruselig, furchtbar
Does not deserve all of these hateful reviews. I thought it was interesting.
Heyrðu, já, þetta er líka svona svakalega leiðinlegt.
Noise rock. No me ha gustado nada de nada. Un 1.
Oof. A perfect one-two punch of terrible. Concept albums really work out for the artist, and this is no exception. The "concept" here is loose and shallow and very try hard at the same time. Add to that the fact that this is a noise rock album, and you're just setting yourself up for failure. There's nothing enjoyable, skillful, interesting, or noteworthy about this album aside from the fact that it is so incredibly annoying to listen to.
Hyped to get Liars! Bummed that this is their only album on this list. Either way, super fun, weird, creative, experimental album. Love their work!
"Interesting" but not a repeatable listen.
Loud, unpredictable, compelling.
Unlistenable.
I did not care for this.
i was dreading listening to this based on some of the reviews but tried to go in with an open mind. my initial reaction was right though. this is bad.
The sort of album I might make if I didn't know I shouldn't.
I must be in a weird mood, cause I actually enjoyed this.
Not as challenging as people make out. Track 7 was great.
no I want to be a horse. It has some ok moments but overall quite the assault on the ears.
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
So, whoever put the list together knows someone in this band yeah?
Garbage. Not even a famous or influential album or band? What the heck is this? Is someone in the band friends with the people who made the list? I like noise, this isn’t even good noise! The best part of the album is the song titles.
feels like someone just shitted in my head
Absolute shite. Every single track. Every single note. Absolute total shite from start to finish. Binned.
This is pretty weird. Weird that it's on this list. Not sure how much I like it. I'll probably give it a 3/5 Not a 2, because I do appreciate what they've got going on... but not a 4 for me. I did kind of like Pere Ubu, but the goofy vocals threw me off... With this the vocals are a little more consistent and supportive. Something about "They Don't Want your Corn" that I'm digging. Also, "Read the Book That Wrote Itself" appeals to me more than the average person, I think. Also, the end of "Flow My Tears"... I like the space it leaves. Ok damnit... even though some of the lyrics seem a bit much... but "We Fenced" has a pretty good thing going. I might go 3.4 on this one. I’m not cool enough to round up to 4. It’s got some stuff I like but it’s missing something. Kind of wish this was Drum's Not Dead... because it seems like that one would be more my style.
Pretty standard affair
This is much more than noise rock, for the record. Sure it's experimental but there are mostly tangible drum riffs and melodies. It's pretty good and I'll be looking for more of them. You gotta be at least kinda I to it though
This album could be best summarized by the following quote: “Loud noises!” - Brick Tamland Yeah, it wasn’t good.
didn’t really enjoy any of this but it was cool enough that it deserves 2 stars
The fuck was this?
What even is happening in all this noise. I just can’t understand why this would be top 1001…
catchier than i thought it would be.
BLOOD... BLOOD... BLOOD... Let's fucking not.
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)
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned is atrocious. It has no redeeming features, it's apparently classified as noise rock but it's just noise, and not good noise, not interesting noise, not coherent noise, rambling nonsense lyrics from a vocalist who can't sing, I'm not really sure it should be classified as music. If you wanna piss around in the studio and produce stuff like this, knock yourselves out, but how it even got released let alone find a place on this list I don't know. Fuck off.
Total rubbish. Harsh on noise to call this noise rock. Doesn't get even close to being interesting, the music isn't music and the singing is barely singing. 1/5.
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.
Houdoe. Oorspronkelijk was dat alles wat ik hier over wilde zeggen, maar het voelt toch niet goed om het daar bij te laten. Ook al dekt het de lading wel. Dit is gewoon kut. Hou gewoon op met doen alsof het niet zo is. Niet alles wat niet te begrijpen valt is diepzinnig. Je komt niet ontwikkeld over als je dit een 5 geeft. De tracks variëren van flink kut tot extreem kut. De hoofdvraag is 'kan ik dit helemaal uitzitten', wat eigenlijk al een debiele vraag is in de context van muziek. Technisch is dit misschien alsnog wel knap, dat kan ik niet helemaal beoordelen, maar dit wil je niet gaan zitten luisteren. Het zet minimaal 6 stappen te veel richting het experimentele. In track 8 valt nog iets van een muzieknummer te ontdekken en het eindigt wel lekker met die kalme track 10, maar dat is het dan wel. Houdoe.
A whole lot of noise that says a whole lot of nothing.
Seem deep for a smoked out college dorm room in 2006,
Interesting...
10 Spooky Halloween Sounds… The song titles are really interesting. We Fenced Other Gardens With the Bones of Our Own is the 5th song on the album and the first with any structure. I picture people claiming to like this to seem obscure. Very experimental and a complete piece of crap.
Album 309 of 1001 Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Rating : 1 / 5 The band is described as "Noise Rock". That is apropos. One's noise is another's music, I guess.
1.5/5
Very strange album. Moderately interesting at least. Organized noise. There won’t be many (if any) repeat listenings.
Another one of these arty experimental type things. It's just a collection of noises, I don't know what to do with this. Pish
I expected to hate this - I’m not a fan of noise rock - but I was pleasantly surprised by the insistent rhythms of these songs which were otherwise noise. I’ll give it a bonus star for the fanciful song titles.
I just can't do it anymore, I really can't.
jarring
I haven't listened to Liars in a while but used to be a big fan of their album 'Drum's Not Dead'. I remember liking this album back in the day but wasn't recognizing any of the song names really. Upon initial relisten I wasn't digging the first few songs on the album. They felt more like noise rock for noise sake, wasn't feeling the music enough. Then, I feel like it really turned around at the half way point. I think there are some solid songs on here and I think it's a cool concept for an album, really like the album name/artwork. All in all, this album is pretty middling for me but not bad at all. I think it would make more sense to have 'Drum's Not Dead' on this list but oh well. Standout Tracks: 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, Flow My Tears the Spider Said
Best Songs: N/A Listen Again: No
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
Didn't do much for me
I don't understand noise rock
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.
Interesting and atmospheric
Cacophony of sound effects. Heavy metal without the melody.
Tough listen. Points for ambition I can see what is being attempted here and sometimes it almost hits. 3/10
This is garbage. I don't usually say that about music, but I'm not finding any redeeming quality to these songs except for the silence between tracks.
This is awful. Couldn't get through 10 minutes of it. 1/5
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.
This felt familiar, and I was surprised that I hadn't heard this band before. Enjoyed it.
A bit too languid
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.
Fucking shite. The world isn’t out to get you, white man
Are you F-ing kidding me with this crap.
Trash.
Wow. This sucks! Not only that, but this album seems to have almost no cultural significance whatsoever. Why is this on the list?! The singing is extremely boring and not at all enjoyable to listen to. The sound is listenable at best and painful at its worst, which also happens to be its most common. The writing doesn't make much sense. I can kind of see where this band may have been going for with the witch theming, but it doesn't feel cohesive whatsoever. I really don't know what to say. This is just worthless. Why the guy who made the book this website is based around thought this was a good addition is beyond me. Nobody should have to listen to this before they die, and if they listen to it after they die, they're in hell. 1/5.
Really solid album. I love the dark atmosphere these guys created through much of the album. I love the noisier elements and the variety of genres included on this record. Don't really have a lot to say about it other than the vocals can be a little one note but it does fit the over all aesthetic of the album
There's maybe 2 listenable tracks. Sounds like they prefer playing with machine parts over playing instruments.
They were wrong but it felt like I drowned. -2/10
Not good. Didn’t listen to this a second time.
Pretty damn horrendous but I got through it which is better than I was expecting and deserves some credit ig. I’m just thinking ab how someone definitely produced this and listened and okayed it which is pretty bold and pretentious. As far as music goes this is p bad but I guess I’d still call it music. 2.5/10
I spent most of the album trying to think of words to describe how bad it was. It’s everything I don’t like in music. Every time something good started to happen, there was a record scratch effect or some other nonsense and it plunged down to really bad again. If I was in jail and they wanted to torture me, this would be the background music. +1 for lyrical creativity (albeit weirdness) and because the first half of the last song wasn’t awful. And because we have a long way to go and I don’t want to bottom out yet. 2/10
2/10 - The songs got better as it went on but I just could not handle most of the songs. Like them just screaming blood was not it for me.
very bad, not good, but something is probably worse 1.3/10
Masterpiece. 1/10
Some tracks were ok but a lot of it was random noise to me.
I didn't mind it. A good mindless working album.
Just noise
Pretty dismal.
I can make random noises as well. Doesn’t mean it’s music.
Worse than awful. The album equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard.
3.1 - I appreciate that they’re trying to create something different but they’re trying way too hard. The result is something overwrought and utterly joyless. At stretches this makes me feel like I’m banging my head repeatedly against a cold, tiled wall of a psych ward.
not on spotify 1*
stressful and not really pleasant. I am sure it was intended that way - still gives me not much
Enjoyed that, don't listen to the negative reviews, give it a chance. 3.4
2.7 . Noise rock
Pfff, kapling plong scrrrrzzz, pats
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!
Piep en kraak en vals jengelende zanglijnen. Duidelijk verhaal
Wat is dit nou weer voor uit de hand gelopen experiment?
My initial thought during the first track was 'oh no, not sure I can manage this today', but I stuck with it and I'm glad I did. Quite weird and reminded me of some Flying Lotus, Melt Banana and even Radiohead in places. This is sort of thing that can sound fantastic when you are in the mood for it or horrendous when you're not.
Interesting - a bit of a psychedelic indie thing going on. The production is gorgeous and the mood eerie and dark-ish with a little mischief. I am not sure it's a record I am foreseeing I'd return to frequently, but I think this merits more than a couple of listens to really get to the meat of it. Also - it doesn't overstay it's welcome.
I like Liars, I am not shocked other people do not like Liars. 3/5
0/5
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
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this album and was skeptical after the first couple of songs, but the album did grow on me a bit. It is certainly not for everyone as it has a highly conceptual story line and is essentially a noise rock album. I enjoyed the various textures especially the rumbly synth sounds which were about a decade ahead of their widespread use in rock.
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
Ok
Not my style.
Not enjoying it but not hating it... Too much repetition of "blood" for me to have fun, a bit disturbed.
Not a noisy as the reviews led me to believe and no way this deserves to be in the bottom 10. It’s surprisingly groovy in places and has a really cool industrial vibe that is somewhat reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails. Would much rather listen to this again than a lot of the boring one hit wonder 50s and 80s trash on this list
Almost unlistenable noise for the most part, absolutely unworthy of this list. [0081/1001]
A really weird one but I quite liked it
Noise rock. Blah blah. At least make it entertaining
Básicamente ruido
Yeah I hate it.
2 clangy, atonal stars.
No entiendo la fascinación de esta lista con este tipo de albums que parece que tire un par de ollas y ruidos molestos al azar, uno está bien, dos ponele pero ya van varios, no todos pueden haber sido un hito sonando así, muy difícil de escuchar el álbum completo, no me puedo imaginar una situación en la que escucharia una de estas canciones si es que se les puede llamar asi
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.
Yes this is unpleasant garbage but for some reason I was compelled to listen all the way through. So dark, so edgy, so shit.
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.
Absolute shit
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
Hâte it
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 struggled with this. I consider myself pretty open minded with music and I enjoy a lot of sounds which others would consider noise or incoherent but I found it hard to take something away from this. After reading up it seems like a lot of the acclaim for this album comes from comparing it to their previous. I couldn't... Standout track:
I never really noticed Liars at the time; I knew the name obviously, but anything I heard clearly didn't make a huge impression. Nevertheless, this is good. Even thought I was not giving it my full attention, there was enough in it to lift it into my consciousness and engage.
I came to know this band and album through a friend I worked with back in the day who was obsessed with this band and album when it first came out. It was hot garbage then and upon having nearly two decades to reflect upon it, I can say, it remains as such. There are no redeeming qualities here. It's as if someone wanted to make the most annoying, nonsense album possible and this became the result. It's very much un-listenable for I'd venture 99% of the population.
2 1
Nope. Ain't nobody got time for this.
I wasn't in the mood for this
Nothing but noise to me. And not even creative noise. Pass.
Album #: 352 (#297 rated) first impressions: this is going to be a slog. after listening through: it was kind of a slog. i thought about not finishing it, but i've listened to some that were harder to ignore all the way through -- the noise rock aspect means you can just kind of tune it out. post-reading reviews/wiki: glad to not be the only one who found this tedious and weird for no reason. recommended for: teen edgelords looking to "impress" online, haunted house soundtracks for halloween
kind of a curveball. I'm pretty sure I've heard this one indirectly before, as one of many weirdo things my brother was pirating off music forums at the time. Haven't heard it at all since those days, surprised to see it coming up on the list
I enjoyed it and appreciated it for what it is but I dont know that I’ll listen to it again
No
Dreadful!
Starts of really promising, experimental for sure. It has its lengths in sections (as is often the case with this kind of music imo), but still around 1000x more interesting and varied than all the 60s-rock/pop boringness. Would give like 3-4 stars, as I can't really pinpoint the replay value just yet and there could be more dynamic (even when it's loud and noisy it feels kind of held back), but then I remembered I've given way worse (especially way more boring and uninspired) albums 3 stars, so this gets 5.
Je n'ai pas et je n'aurai jamais la tête a ca. Mon dieu... C'est vraiment juste une horreur cet album. 0
not a sing along in the car album is it.
Oh this is a fun one. Super abrasive noise rock full of industrial sound effects and tribal beats and atmosphere. It's like a creepypasta in music format. Immature and over-the-top, but it certainly has the creepy mood and vibe, and there are plenty of innovative ideas so you don't get too tired by until you reach the end. Felt like they wrote the songs in order, and they started running out of ideas in the second half. Not even lying when I saw "Broken Witch" and "There's Always Room on the Broom" are perfect songs, and nothing feels extraneous or wasted. If they applied those skills to the other songs, especially the latter half which feels half-assed, then I'd like it so much more. Some Internet stranger described this as DXM music, and that's pretty accurate, with that "glitchy distorted" effect you hear elsewhere like early Animal Collective.
Not for me
Cancel.
Of the 1001+ albums featured on this website, this one is currently rated third from the bottom by all of the listeners. A quick glance at the genre (noise rock/experimental rock) makes it easy to see why, and a scan of the song titles and abstract lyrics makes it even easier (“If Your a Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses?”, “We Fenced Other Gardens With The Bones Of Our Own”). “They Were Wrong, So We Drowned”, a complete anomaly in 2004, was out to be arch, challenging, confrontational. Loosely created around the concept of a witch hunt in pagan times, with industrial music and noise-rock in mind, it’s certainly not an album out to make any friends, soundtrack “The Notebook”, or seduce Simon Cowell and his brand spanking new TV show The X Factor. We open with buzzing, atonal synths and FX, like the band are repeatedly calling a lift and trying plug in their amps. But then, something happens: the drums kick in and we begin to sense the shape of the record. Savage, primal, deadly. The vocals come barking out: tuneless, yelled, fierce, something about wanting to be a horse… but in startling rhythm. I should absolutely hate it, but there’s ended up being something oddly captivating about the sound of this record. To Liars’ credit, “They Were Wrong, So We Drowned” comfortably escapes the trappings of its time. It could just as easily have come from 1978 or even 2023 as it could from 2004, with a through line leaping out to bands like Black Midi or IDLES. And most of all, it’s unexpectedly groovy and dance-based: when “There’s Always Room on the Broom” comes crashing in, building a groove from a pulsing bass drum, offbeat hi-hat and grinding electronic noise, I was shocked to find myself grooving along. Later, when the cowbell came clocking in alongside the glitching synths of “They Don’t Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids”, I was bopping like it was Whitney Houston. And “Hold Hands and It Will Happen” is the best of all, pounding with a primal urgency it’s rare to hear in a lot of music. It’s never going to be unconditional love, but against all odds I not only tolerated this album, but was constantly captured and intrigued by it. Even if I never listen to it again in my life (which is likely), I’ll be happy to say it was quite a ride.
Sounds a bit intense… and it’s not for me at all. Thought it would be metal but described as rock. Just was not enjoying and had to skip many songs. 1/5 as wouldn’t want to listen again.
Not as bad as I expected. Actually, not bad at all. 3/5
Awful but I've heard worse on this list
I found myself intrigued and enjoying this. I’m glad to know about this band now. Very creative and gritty.
I have a soft spot for noise that knows it is noise and leans into it. Not good for driving, or sitting down with a cup of tea. Unexpectedly engaging for working out, organizing, folding laundry... and exceptionally good for pissing off my wife. "Can we listen to LITERALLY anything else?"
different and unusual. i liked it a lot.
1.3/5 This is the most "sounds like noise not music" reaction I've had to any of these albums so far. I got through the whole thing but it was pretty close. Best track: Flow My Tears the Spider Said
Yeah, this is bad
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
Better than Throbbing Gristle.
Just noise
That was a hard listen
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
I’m trying to give this album’s inclusion the benefit of the doubt, but I can’t find purchase anywhere here. I suppose the concept is cool, but intention is not why I listen to music. Maybe included so we can have a sense of the genre. Anyway - I’m glad I’m not the type of person who gets invited to experimental art exhibit openings.
There’s good news and bad news about this album. The good news is that it is not a Prog rock album from the 70s for a change. The bad news is, it is this album. I don’t really know what to say beyond that. Maybe I am lacking in musical sophistication, but I do not know why this album is one that I needed to hear before I died.
This was not what I would call "easy listening". In fact I would say it was barely listenable at all. It was really close to being super good. It would have been if it was just any amount of pleasant for the ears.
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.
Helvete vilket mög
Nigel SHACKman. thank fuck this wasn't Neil Young again.
And so we drowned. A pool of boiling faeces submerged us. What a way to go. I feel like it wasn't yet my time. I'm not an old man, not a bad man. Why must it all end here, drowning in a lake of shit, surrounded by some of the most vile individuals I've ever met? Did I deserve this? I'm Nigel Spackman, a fabled legend with an enormous cock and taste for GILFs. I can't die here in this rotten plug hole with Bort and Jai.
Come on then Nigel, tell us who you are
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.
Nope.
I tried to get through it all, I really did. I couldn't. I'm sure there's an audience for this. I am not that audience.
This album at least has some semblance of music, unlike some other albums on this list (Throbbing Gristle), and leaves the impression that the listener is taking part in some kind of magick rite. That's the extent of anything interesting here, and I hear zero reason to ever return to this album.
This was stressful and unpleasant to listen to. I nearly turned it off halfway through the second song because it sucked so hard. Just straight up shitty noise rock. I listened to the whole thing, though, and I maybe grew to appreciate some elements of it? I didn't enjoy it, but there's some almost-maybe-kinda-decent, like, tribal progressive rock or something, hiding beneath the offensively awful noise rock veneer. Ultimately this still gets a 1 because I can't pretend this is as good as some of the stuff I've rated as a 2 and Throbbing Gristle can't be the only band to get a 1 from me, but for the record this gets a 1.5. It's definitely bad, but not as bad as TG.
Why? Actually, nevermind.
I am enjoying this record more that I think I should be. The first track is more of a test than I would have used, but a) I wasn't consulted, and b) it is a pretty good primer for what is about to come. Something that interests me in noise rock is that I typically use music to separate myself from the chaotic racket of life. Rarely does that noise create anything resembling music, but occasionally the thunk of an air conditioner does match up with the splat of a dripping sink. So I appreciate it when a band chooses to focus on wrangling the chaos into art. I still don't think I will spend much time thinking about this in the future.
Not really my jam here. Also, I think this is a Spotify issue and not the actual album, but they incorrectly use Your instead of You're in one of the song titles... couldn't get past it.
jackson pollock and noise rock occupy the same empty space on my shelf of interest
Shockingly bad
Sound track for some movie but not what I call music. I did not find this pleasurable
Listening to this album feels like masturbating while being crushed by two washing machines filled with rocks on low setting while the neighbor is having a paintball tournament with some stray cats inside his closet. So yeah, it's pretty great. 🧹🧹🧹
Mäh
Second noise rock album of this whole thing. Less of interest here. Like spoken word poetry over uninspiring beats and ambient noise
Didn't give it a full chance, but what I did listen to was not my cup of tea.
That was……unique. It was as if Trent Reznor and Ross Geller were stuck in a room together and got bored. If you know you know.
sorry. maybe I would appreciate this in my 20s. Songs are repetitive, based on riff or sample; some lyrics sometimes (which I did not listen to carefully). Barely any melody. I just see that this stile is "noise rock " indeed . Not for me.
What a terrible day to have ears
Structured noise. Couldn't get past track 3.
Different, good for noisy background music, might check out other albums
Pros: - the names of the songs were kind of spooky and funny Cons: -just about everything else
This album was resident sleeper. Once again another album w no place on the list. 😴
Songs: Read the book that wrote itself, Flow my tears the spider said
1001albumsgenerator.com users when they have to listen to something more mentally stimulating than 60s pop rock: 🤮😡😭🤬 I jest, I goof - love you guys - but come on, you gotta admit that this is pretty damn cool. Give it a fair shot. Imagine a bunch of nasty ass green witches having a dance party while listening to this for proper enjoyment. Incredibly pretentious, but I think that makes it more fun. I really appreciate how every song sounds like a completely distinct assault on my ears (in a good way), I never felt bored listening to this. "If Your a Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses?" uses the wrong form of Your/You're though. See me after class. Fuck it, 5/5. I don't remember the last time I had this much fun listening to an album from this list.
Hot garbage start to finish.
Did't like the lyrics. But what about the rest of it. Why waste time calling it music. I'll try the rest of it later.
Not really sure what to call this. So of rambling techno.
Weird stuff
What is this?
No idea why this is on the list, given that one could also have picked an Oneida album or something from These New Puritans. My thoughts about this record in 2004: way too pretentious without backing it up with any strong songs. My thoughts in 2023: exactly the same. I do like their later albums - these are much more listenable, even though writing tunes might never be their strongest suit.
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.
Never expected this little craziness und this list. At first unhearable. Then dragging your interest limb by limb into this eerie cave where you cannot escape from. It was an album I didn‘t listen as much as it made an sustainable impact on my musical education. 3.8
Not for me...too non-musical. I like melody 1.5 stars
No!
[shakes head] Fucking Brooklyn.
This sucks . Being weird for the sake of being weird isn’t entertaining
Pretentious bullshit.
It was not good. Not sure what they were trying to do. It was not the worst album on the list but it was barely tolerable
Weird. Not my thing
No
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
I quite enjoyed this. A new band - and album - on me. Inventive, dark and a little strange. Not sure it will be on heavy rotation, but worth another listen, and the experimentation, with hints of The Fall, Sonic Youth, This Heat and lots of other stuff I love, made a change from another hoary rock 'classic'. Not that keen on the cover, or title, though.
A really challenging listen. I like it this way. I can't say I'll play it again. But it did hold my focus. A rarity these days.
this music is wrong