They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

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