Reviews (page 12 of 12)
No, it's not.
this sounded like a 3 hour improv jam session and it wasnt good 3/10
1. Packt es mich? (2) ➤ die Stimmung an sich war gut aber es hat mich nicht abgeholt 2. Kreativität & Ideen: (2) ➤ gerade bei den längeren Parts fande ich es sehr eintönig, für mich hat nichts rausgestochen 3. Wohlfühlfaktor: (1) ➤ Die Musik hat mich irgendwie genervt 4. Genre & Offenheit: (1) ➤ bin bis jetzt noch kein Fan von Soul gewesen und das konnte es jetzt auch nicht retten 5. Zugänglichkeit: (1) ➤ Ich musste mich zwingen zuende zu hören, einen Song habe ich auch fast komplett übersprungen, sorry aber die 8min konnte ich mir nicht mehr geben. Gesamt: 7 / 25 → ⭐ 1,4 / 5 Sterne Kommentar / Lieblingssong(s): Lieblingssongs gibt es hier nicht. Ich bin mir sicher das das Album seine daseinsberechtigung hat und auch die Message davon gut ist. Aber das wird auch nichts daran ändern das ich diese Songs wahrscheinlich nie wieder hören werde.
Ass
Not for me. 1/5
I could not recommend this album less, it’s like listening to paint dry.
Why
I should’ve enjoyed this - but I didn’t. At all. Completely forgettable, and far too long for a 6-track album.
Heard via Megan. Not a fan.
I couldn't get into this. It felt like it had elements of things I like in it, but as a whole I found it boring. Then they had the gall to test me with 13 minutes long versions of the stuff I didn't enjoy. Gah. I do not like war.
George Lopez made this worse
slow and the songs were excessively long
Nah.
In theory I should have really liked this album. I read up a little on War, having never really heard of them and love the concept of the band, but something didn't click for me with this one. I liked the use of so many unique instruments and sounds, but found the whole album kind of aimless. I think wrapping so many genres and styles into one album kind of hurt them in the end. A huge chunk of it was just very slow and almost purely ambient noise, which isn't always bad but in this case didn't help. Standouts were the first half of "City, County, City" - I found parts of its 13+ minute track length a little grating - "Four Cornered Room" - had a really cool western vibe but again dragged in the back half. I think this has to be my first 1 star album; it's just not my style and I wouldn't listen to any of it again. It's an album out of time for me and I didn't really enjoy my time with it.
Chilled out funk with jazzy horns, busy percussion, gospel vocal harmonies and an deep groove to it. Though it presages a lot of very annoying and smooth jazz funk it's dynamic and soulful enough to avoid being easy listening. At the very least the contrast between the urgent social commentary of the lyrics/titles and the upbeat fun of the music is pretty striking.
i feel like i’ve lost my mind… y’all liked this???
i couldnt make it past the 8 min song sory
Too slow and too repetitive for me. I didn't enjoy listening to this
I have no idea what to make of this album. But I don't really like it. Maybe the lyrics give more insight into its meaning, but I don't really feel like listening to them. The music is lame and doesn't grab me anywhere. When I think of War, it's always with Eric Burdon, that's a completely different story. Yes, I've decided, I don't like this album.
THIS SHIT WAS SO FUCKING SLOW I NEEDED SUBWAY SURFERS TO GET THROUGH IT
It can only get better from here. I’d honestly rather play ds2 with both hands tied behind my back before I listen to anything even tangentially related to this dogshit.
Been away for six weeks and this hasn't got any better. Found this one bland, self indulgent, lacking energy and why did these songs need to be so long. The seventies produced some great music but a lot of shit also. Not for me.
0 stars actually
Don’t know. Didn’t listen.
This was not for me. It fell into the background, and I didn't connect to the album.
What the…
I don't live in a ghetto, that's probably why I didn't like it
I don't really like the harmony
good but not for me
Nicht meine Richtung
Really didn’t like it, the songs were also way too long
Old Wihout ideas
I don’t enjoy it. But low rider is goated by War
Terrible. Songs were too long, too instrumental, just not enjoyable for me.
Overall: WAR was a staple in rotation played in my home as a child. I can appreciate the record for the jazz funk vibe and vocals that are reminiscent of sorrow songs. I'll probably add Cisco Kid to a regular playlist to hear it more in the future. As a full album, I probably wouldn't go back to it, but I can see how everyone SHOULD hear this and other WAR albums at least once. There is something incredibly important to the feel of the album that captures not only the struggle at the time it was written, but the struggle that has continued across time. Track Breakdown: Cisco Kid - this is a childhood classic, brought me back to being 6years old again.. my parents would play this often in the house through the giant floor console stereo cabinet while did chores Saturday or had a lazy Sunday City, Country, City - thoroughly enjoyed this jazzy funky jam instrumental, until about the 6 minute mark, I was almost ready to skip it.. then the sax cut out and keyboards took over and won me back Four Cornered Room - many parts of this song really touched my empathetic heart, the entire tone of the song made me think of a sorrow song that would come from the fields of the 1800s, mixed with some blues and funk.
After the first two tracks, I was ready to write this album off (I've never intentionally listened to War) but "City, Country, City" captured my attention with its funky saxophone / organ leads and energetic, dense percussion. FUN listen that had me dancing around. This might be a 70's track from Santana if you swapped the sax with guitar... And right after that, "Four Cornered Room" has me bored and tuned out again. War simply isn't for me, and that's fine. But I did add "City, Country, City" to an instrumental playlist I have to get fired up, so it's not a total loss.
Zu sehr 70s
DNF
1/5
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Second flop in a row