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How bad is it? I'd rather listen to Adele.
This was not enjoyable
This would be the result if that High School Musical 2 scene where they play pots and pans in the kitchen took place at a school for witches.
Before I even start with a comment on this record, I just want to note that I love many an experimental record. (Gave Duck Stabber a 5 I love that shii) Pushing the boundaries of what is considered music is a fantastic concept. But the only thing that I can give this record points for is intentionally sounding as unlistenable and unimaginative as possible. Everything clashes, it offers nothing new, and most of all, it sounds lazy. Loops played over and over to a level of nausea. Why would anyone want to listen to this when there are far more interesting and wonderfully listening abrasive records out there?
I played this noisy noise for my teen specifically to annoy her. It worked. Bonus is that now she knows how bad music can be, so she is much more willing to listen to my regular music now.
The good news is that it’s not 100% terrible.
Lol mitä paskaa
I have no words man. This is mega ass, holy fart. I can't believe a group of people got together and made this piece of shart of an album. Giving this a 1 is being generous. P O O 0.50-1.00/5
First album to actually make me angry so that’s something
Хератень самая настоящая
Well, it sure lives up to its genre.
That was painful !
this is fucking insane it's so weird
0:23 ohhhh what the fuck It is not the day for this "I no longer want to be a man, i want to be a horse"🙏🙏🙏 Thats actually alright i think, three songs will do
Rock is beautiful except when it's only noise
Didn’t vibe with this
Noise Rock ain't my jam
kerr: [clapping] [varejao walks by kerr on his way to the bench] kerr: [eyes widen, puffs out cheeks, mouths "wow holy shit"]
Schrecklich. Gelegentlich finden sie mal eine Melodie, aber das ist selten. Mag ich gar nicht.
That‘s definitely not my music
HARD pass.
I’m going to have to up my percentage of albums / artists I’ve never heard of before…this was painful. Listening to this might be what it feels like to drown. There was not even one song that could’ve been thrown as a lifesaver to make this worthwhile.
Poop
I just don't get noise music. It's so bland to me, lacking in this things that make music, music for me. Which is Melody and Harmony.
A witchcraft themed experimental noise rock album. Not for me. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: We Fenced Other Gardens With the Bones of Our Own Date listened: 14/06/24
1/5. This just is not good. It isn't even good noise rock.
Hey man, this sucks. Like industrial construction garbage sounds. What a chore to listen to.
If I could give this album negative stars therefore negating previously earned stars I would do it
1. uuitch - 0 2. roze - 0 3. broom - 0 4. glazzez - 0 5. bonez - 1 6. corn - 1 7. book - 0 8. handz - 1 9. livez - 0 10. tearz - 1
Really pretentious, really boring. The community score for fellow noise rock band Lightning Bolt is sadly very low, but the community has it right for this one: it sucks.
Ordinarily I’d probably toss this a couple of stars for at least being experimental and edgy, but I’m not in the mood today. I’m tired, it’s late, I’m at an airport after a holiday and I just want to hear something that sounds like music. A couple of times (e.g. the final track) a genuine melody or hook emerged and I was almost suckered into giving the album that second star, but then I remembered this is 1001 albums you must hear before you die - the bar surely cannot be that low. Also, I can’t overlook the grammatical error on the title of track 4, intentional or not.
I absolutely fucking hated this shit. 1
So... This is what my square and tone-deaf colleagues are hearing and feeling when they listen to my favourite experimental acts (acts such as Sonic Youth, Can, Beak >, Women, Preoccupations, These New Puritans, Animal Collective, Swans, Death Grips, Squid, Dry Cleaning...). I can't dare imagine what they would feel listening to this transitional, clearly self-indulgent Liars record. Looks like they would probably not even give the thing a thought. Lucky bastards. If really you had to select one Liars album, *Drums Not Dead* is the one to go to, not this misfire. *They Were So Wrong So We Drowned* sure conveys the idea that the Brooklyn outfit is at least an interesting band to see play live, at least if your ears are attuned to experimental ideas. But as far as studio albums go, this record feels like a meandering and *style-over-substance* pretentious parody of "experimental music". And in this genre as in any other, it's hard to get excited by *bad* ideas. Here's what I would tell to my colleagues who usually enjoy Adèle, Sia or Muse. The thing is, there's not even a chance my square colleagues will ever listen to Liars one day. And the day this happens, it will probably be the end of the world. Physicians can predict what occurs when matter and anti-matter meet. It's not a pretty sight, and something that is even uglier than what the music on this record. 1/5 for the purposes of this list. 5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 0) Number of albums left to review: 173 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 361 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 207 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 263 (including this one)
No idea what I just listened too here
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.
STANDOUTS: n/a OVERALL: 1/5
Hated it
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
lol wut
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'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?
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
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.
Uma palavra pra descrever isso: wtf?
Noise rock nonsense. Not a fan.
gruselig, furchtbar
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.
"Interesting" but not a repeatable listen.
Unlistenable.
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.
no I want to be a horse. It has some ok moments but overall quite the assault on the ears.
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 album could be best summarized by the following quote: “Loud noises!” - Brick Tamland Yeah, it wasn’t good.
The fuck was this?
What even is happening in all this noise. I just can’t understand why this would be top 1001…
BLOOD... BLOOD... BLOOD... Let's fucking not.
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.
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,
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
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 just can't do it anymore, I really can't.
jarring
Best Songs: N/A Listen Again: No
Didn't do much for me
I don't understand noise rock
Cacophony of sound effects. Heavy metal without the melody.
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
A bit too languid
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.
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
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.
not on spotify 1*
stressful and not really pleasant. I am sure it was intended that way - still gives me not much
Pfff, kapling plong scrrrrzzz, pats
Piep en kraak en vals jengelende zanglijnen. Duidelijk verhaal
Wat is dit nou weer voor uit de hand gelopen experiment?
0/5
Not enjoying it but not hating it... Too much repetition of "blood" for me to have fun, a bit disturbed.
Yeah I hate it.
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
Yes this is unpleasant garbage but for some reason I was compelled to listen all the way through. So dark, so edgy, so shit.
Absolute shit
Hâte it
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 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.
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
No
Je n'ai pas et je n'aurai jamais la tête a ca. Mon dieu... C'est vraiment juste une horreur cet album. 0
Cancel.
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.
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
Better than Throbbing Gristle.
Just noise
That was a hard listen
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.
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.
Helvete vilket mög
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.
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
Second noise rock album of this whole thing. Less of interest here. Like spoken word poetry over uninspiring beats and ambient noise
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.
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. 😴
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.
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.
Not for me...too non-musical. I like melody 1.5 stars
No!
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
this music is wrong
Absolutely fucking trash. Annoying and amateurish. I couldn’t get through a single song without skipping to the next one. Awful. atrocious.
Background noise, literally noise.
this is awful and just killing me, not going to be able to finish it
the way i would describe this album is finding organization in disorganized noise. unfortunately, my brain is very much not compatible with this. i... uh, had a bad time.
I'm going back to my original rating method for this album. What are the chances I'll listen to this album again?
Credit goes to the curators here, for ruining an afternoon of mine
Dreadful, absolutely dreadful, how is this on the 1001 albums list?????
Bit insulting to my ears this one.
Please just fuck off
Dislike. Very harsh and discordant to make a point.
Unlistenable. 1/5
Sucesión de canciones sin ningún orden ni ritmo especial. No me ha parecido ni de lejos un disco relevante. Ningún tema destacable ni nada que lo haga especial. Lo definiría como un tanto experimental
I actually thought we had hit lowest possible already, but this might have reclaimed the throne? First song is basically a bunch of out of tune noise, more like a soundscape (which can be nice ofc, but not like this). And it just went on the same unfortunately. 0 stars if it would've been possible.
This album has a fun concept and fun witch themed names like "There's always room on the broom" and "If you're a wizard then why do you wear glasses"! That's unfortunately where the fun ended. Some songs are unbearable to listen to and while some songs have brief moments of fun quirkiness ("They don't want your corn, they want your children" to name one) as a whole this has to be a 1.
WTF sounded like some kids in a kitchen with lots and pans and a drunk parent. 0/5
Can't say I was a fan of this. The genre name hit the nail on the head here with this definitely being noise. Some decent moments, but overall pretty trashy sounding and had to skip parts of songs due to them being more annoying than tolerable. Definitely won't be listening to any more of this if I can help it. 1/5
This is rough. It's like they sampled a fax machine, old ADSL router and then smashed in the scaps that Beck decided was "too weird". It has no right to be anywhere near this list and I can only assume that the editor is related to this band somehow. Described as Noise Rock, I describe it as utterly shit
Horrible, weird music
No
j'ai pas tenu
The album artwork is so offensively bad that this record can't possibly be good. Yes, I am correct. This fucking sucks. It never stood a chance.
Very strange.......
No: why is noise rock even a genre? It felt random and totally uncalled for. I can see why so many will go about slandering this album bc it's just not nice. The lyrics are annoying to listen to and the sporadic noises just give you a headache by the end of the first track. Not again.
not a fan
Like in EDM where a pleasant sounding song goes nowhere and you’re sitting there waiting for something interesting to happen. Except this isn’t pleasant. It’s obnoxious people playing out of tune instruments and messing around with feedback. Which would be awesome if it were a hardcore punk album but the lead singer sounds like he just drank a bottle of NyQuil.
I admit I only listened to three songs but only because it sounded like total garbage
Noise rock, not my sound.
I can't for the life of me work out what's on the cover of this. I usually don't start listening until I've made a quick guess... but I have no clue what I'm looking at here. Band and album titles... indie? folk? DIY garage punk? Whatever it is, it seems homemade. WELL! About halfway through the fourth song and I still don't know. Vaguely percussive noises and odd yelling. Sounds like a cross between a skipping record and a countdown alarm in a video game (update: the whole album was like this). Either way, it's not really music. That's not a sledge; I mean it in a very clinical sense - this likely does not meet any commonly-accepted criteria for what a human would consider music. 1/5.
Track 1: 2 minutes in, and I will be amazed if this gets above a single star. Track 3: The singer thought "what would a high school rock band's take on The Downward Spiral sound like?", surrounded themselves with yes-men, and hit record. Track 4: This is noise. Track 6: There's a part of me that wonders if I'm missing something. It's the same irrational, depressed as fuck part that blames myself for 9/11 even though I was 5 years old at the time. Track 7: Fine. I don't like music any more. You win. Track 9: God is dead and is buried behind a Bob Evans
wtf? Bonkers. I hate experimental/avant garde 'music'. Great name though.
Well I can say that noise rock definitely sucks based on the albums I’ve gotten so far. This one had fleeting moments of things that I could’ve enjoyed but none of it lasted before regressing back into annoying, edgy, shitty-sounding rock. Overall it was just a less interesting Kollaps without any increase in listenability.
Absolute nonsense.
gross
Definitely noise rock. I listened once and didn't find it worth a second listen. This was not for me.
Nope.
If I had a tattoo on my face I might give this a 2 rating.
I'm alright wit the noise, especial when it's used in a song intro, but the results, when they bring in the "music" and especially the vocals, are annoying. Maybe someone like Rob Zombie on vocals would have made it more palatable.
I'm pretty sure I didn't have a headache an hour ago.
Noise, almost pure noise. I don’t get it.
Listened Before? N Ugh. More 'art rock'. This stuff is not good guys. I could definitely have lived without hearing this before I die. Anyway, nope. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: If You're A Wizard....
Yeah I don't know what that was supposed to be.
Fucking hell
Ughhhhhhhhhh
I like that cover, but man - one track in and you're already hitting me with repetitive noise, huh? This was not for me.
I applaud the intent and the willingness to create awkward music like this. Still, this is all rather unpalatable over toast and cereal of a morning. When should I listen to this? Never?
About half of this album is bad sound effects. It’s characterized as noise rock and I just didn’t get it. Move along!
Not just no, but fuck no
Damn the editors of the 1001 Best Albums book must've been smokin' penis to put this on the list. What. The. Hell. 1/10.
too repetitive for me!
I did not like this album, but maybe I judge it wrong because I just listen the first song.
Not my tempo