Reviews (page 7 of 8)
This is one of those albums one of us would own on CD that you'd start to learn front to back in car journeys despite not liking the music that much to begin with. I'm sure if I kept digging I'd find some parts that really vibed with me, but this isn't then and I shan't be doing that. It does remind me a bit of Incubus but where they go heavy often and gets a bit crazier, here there is always a focus on the vocals that doesn't work so well for me. It's fine, some interesting parts but on the whole nothing interested me much. Highlight: And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had
First song starts of quite strong but the rest of the album falls kinda flat.
I preferred their debut album Paranoid & Sunburnt after enjoying their song "Selling Jesus" in the film STRANGE DAYS. Not a fan of their nu metal phase. Lyrical subject matter seemed a bit eye-rolling as well.
It's not easy to be objective but if you like this aggression, I get it - far more than other in the alt or even approaching nu-metal sounds. I truly and uncompromisingly hate that up-front massively compressed "guitar" sound in any and everything so I can't see how I can even get through this, but her voice definitely soothes things a bit - it's objectively a good contrast (as well as a contrast to many others in similar heavy-spheres). There are some songs later on that are *close* - I really just don't like the presentation and still will never get past this genre/sound overall. Not for me. 4/10 2 stars.
Not for me. Raw and energetic but not pleasing to my ear. on the 2 side of a 2.5
Just could not get into it. I also was surprised that I had never heard mention of this group before today. Still not that good
Meh, not bad but not my thing. I'm stuck between and 2 and 3 for this one, wouldn't relisten
1.5
Some nice instrumentation going on in this album and I can't say that the vocals are bad, but overall it's not quite my kind of vibe.
Sometimes I really wonder about the people making this list.
Album - Post Orgasmic Chill Artist - Skunk Anansie Release - 1999 Heard it before? - N Heard OF it before? - N I couldn't finish it. This specific flavor of heavy stuff doesn't really click with me. Except for Skin. She can belt man. She's got range. 4/10
Was war das? Aber besser als Björk, deswegen 2 Sterne.
I thought I’d enjoy this one but really it ended up all sort of sounding samey and bland. I think I can only give this 2 stars
Including this album seems strange. Skunk Anansie's previous albums were inconsistent, but had a degree of edge about them and at least one or two quality songs. This album is much more consistent, but has smoothed away most of the edge the band had to leave a rather bland selection of songs, albeit sung by someone with a wonderful voice, and nothing anywhere near as good as Weak or Hedonism.
Echt niet mn ding
An interesting ride, but never really figured out what they were going for.
2.5- I liked some of it. Especially the more hardcore songs. Fav songs: Skank heads and in my hotel tv
I just really don't like this style of 90s rock.
This was a bit of a mess. I can't imagine listening to it again, having heard it for the first time at age 50.
The vocals are wonderful but the background just doesn't match. Secretly is more what I expect from the backing track - consistent, and supportive. Most of these tracks sound uninspired, as one rater put it.
what a weird album
At the outset I thought this might be rather a good album. But as it went on it was a pretty stodgy treacly affair. Didn't really care for it.
A few interesting monents but not really my cup of tea. 2 stars
🎧Interesting mish mash of genres but alas, this is not for me. Favorite track: Lately
I can 100% appreciate this being on the list because it’s something completely new to me and also very original! With that said, it couldn’t be further than my preferred sound than it is. It feels like a cheap 90’s Evanescence rip-off that I just don’t need. I don’t want to be too mean with my rating, since I’m happy to have been introduced to this. But I also kinda hate it? Please forgive me.
Noise
Got better around the middle.
Fairly bland. Not much interesting going on here. 2/5 Won’t listen again
This metal-lite/rock wasn't really my thing but I didn't hate it. I like the vocalist, her voice was well-suited for this type of music. 2.25/5
not for me I fear
So much talent and production value. But except for the power I cannot best to enjoy this
I wasn’t into it
Kinda intersting sound. Nu-Metal ish tones and style riffs with soulful R&B sounding vocals. Most the songs didnt do much for me though.
i wanted to like it more.
not my thing musically
I'll go with a 2 here because it's not totally awful. I do not enjoy this though. Another one i can't see why anyone needs to hear too.
Not really up my alley
No thanks.
Los Skunk son una banda de cierto éxito a caballo entre mediados de los 90 (en plena brit invasion) y principios de los 00. Esa mezcla de Rock-metal y electrónica unida a la imponente figura y voz de su cantante (la Grace Jones del siglo 21) Skin tuvo cierto recorrido hasta que la banda se separó en 2001 (luego se reunió). Desde luego por actitud, producción y discos están muy lejos de otras bandas como Korn, Bush por no hablar de cosas como Evanescence... Este Post Orgasmic Chill, tercer disco, baja un poco el nivel de sus predecesores y, en mi opinión, mejores álbumes, sobre todo el debut con Paranoid & Sunburnt y Weak como mejor canción. En este destacan la intensidad de Tracy´s Flaw o la melodía de Lately. Otros discos de 1999:
This is like an entire album of fake sitcom music. I don't like it. I completely agree with the reviewer who said that this is overly polished. This is one genre where you really shouldn't strive for this sort of production and polish. All I'm hearing is generic radio music. Obnoxiously average.
Too try hard.
Holy shit this is bad.
I don't know a great deal about this style of music...this album brings System of a Down to mind as a key reference point. And it doesn't really match up. Sorry
Based on the title and the album art I thought this would be some sort of ambient electronic so I was kinda surprised by what it actually was. I thought I’d like this - female vocalist, rock / metal, British. But it didn’t really hit for me. Liked - lately
Nah. I mean. Nah.
I remember that when I first saw Skunk Anansie on Rage, I felt they were more interesting to watch than they were to listen to. And having just played this album through a couple of times on Youtube, I don’t think my opinion’s changed. There’s something formulaic about these songs - but it’s the wrong formula. It’s as though they’ve lifted things from a variety of sources in both popular music, to put it broadly, & specific styles, such as metal, for instance, but it just sounds so derivative to me & there’s nothing here that thrills me.
Beavis and Butthead would have loved this record.
I'm not sure how this album made it on the list. I'm guessing the author of 1001 is a big fan. Plus it looks like yet another album showing the author's British bias -- even in England, this didn't make much of a splash, and outside of England, it made even less. The album isn't bad, but it doesn't belong here.
I did not like this, but I suppose I can see why some would.
While heavier than Pink I am not sure how it is really different than Pink. Much of the album has a polish that works against its rage. I liked one song but will not listen to the album again.
1.5
a little too strange for me :-)
2,5
Not for me. Too disjointed and noisy. Strong elements, lackluster execution.
While I remember the predecessors to this album and I remember the existence of this one, I don’t remember any of it. So they apparently became a bit more sophisticated in the production and songwriting but also apparently became a bit less memorable. There are some good moments here but they really get lost in the mediocrity of general alternative mush. Skin was a great frontwoman and singer so they were very good when they were good. But I don’t see myself coming back to this again with any urgency. I am glad it reminded me to listen to their first couple of albums again though.
Haven't heard any of this before. I appreciate the energy of the performances and the perspective of the lyrics, but I'm not a huge fan of the songs. "Lately I can't seem to Colour what we've lost"
Bit jarring at times
Should be good. Should be Portishead with real instruments and a kicking beat. Should be able to remember at least one song from a 25 year old album, but I can't (maybe Secretly), and that's because it simply lacks any killer hooks, melodies or other things to make it something worthy of being cherished
I couldn't finish this. The vocals could be decent, but it sounds like she's straining her voice. Eek. I also don't care for this style of music. Pass.
Skunk Anansie has a great track called Selling Jesus that is the first song I ever heard from them back in the late 90's. But every other song of theirs I've heard is always far inferior by comparison. Post Orgasmic Chill definitely fit this pattern. It seems like it's trying to go so many directions; nu-metal, post-grunge, trip-hop, all of the 90's hyphenated styles apparently. But none of it really works for me, so it was a pretty dull and once again disappointing listen.
Maso
A few solid tracks on here I may come back for, and not much more beyond that
Not in my edition of the book! 1999. 2 stars. Average rock band with average songs, partially offset by (mostly) excellent vocals. Not much to like here.
Not my favourite. If it's on the radio I'm skipping it.
This one is a grower...it grows from a pretty low place at the start, but it does become acceptable by the end. Favorite track: I'm Not Afraid
La mauvais note aura plus à voir avec le choix ultra biaisé de cet album et la nécessité de l'inclure dans une telle liste, que par rapport à sa qualité. Ce n'est pas le pire album alt metal que j'ai entendu, mais c'est vraiment loin d'être mémorable ou de se distinguer de beaucoup de se qui se faisait à l'époque. C'est un exemple ultra flagrant du biais UK de l'auteur ; que cet album a fait la liste mais pas que d'autres plus important, comme White Pony de Deftones, est tout simplement ridicule. 4/10
wasn't really my cup of tea. a mix of screamo/punk, and it reall wasn't my jam. kinda couldn't wait for it to be over. i think there were some glimmars of like, oh this could be cool... but every other song i wanted it to be over as soon as possible.
I dig when the vocalist goes gritty. Not so much when she goes high and pure on her vocals. Never heard of this band before, and not likely to seek them out. They had my untrained ear thinking of The Mars Volta.
New to me, no idea what to expect. Similar to System of. Down but missing that special something.
It was okay, but nothing really stood out to me.
not really my thing, but it reminded me of the 90s in a good way. The voice is great.
Maybe more interesting than I remembered but a little bit too aggressive and stressful for me to enjoy.
Think Hoobastank mixed with Evanescence. That is not a good thing.
Wow do I dislike this. Something about their sound is such a turn off and I can't quite put my finger on why. Maybe I just heard it on the wrong day.
I don’t know about y’all, but I was completely taken back by the N-word and hard-R usage in the first few songs. Can’t say I expected to hear it in this genre at all, but it does make sense in the context. I hadn’t ever heard the term ‘clit-rock’ before either, but somehow that also makes sense. I thought there were some really great parts to this album and other parts were forgettable. Either way, it held my attention and it was an interesting band to discover, it just wasn’t a top 1001 album to me.
Not great.
Yeahhhhhh this just didn't click for me at all. Hard pass. 1.5/5
I didn't enjoy this at all. 954 albums in and this comes up and all I can think of is, "Why is this here instead of any Evanescence?" Not that I'm a huge Evanescence fan, but all I could think of was how much I'd rather be listening to them than this. This far in, I want the good stuff. This wasn't it.
Popular 90s rock music, the edges are too clean and sharp. I started thinking this might challenge my expectations but by half way through I tired.
Can remember Skunk Anansie been around but had forgotten about them. Nothing on this album to make me think I’ve missed anything. Some nice riffs but the music is a bit too harsh and shouty for my taste. 2/5 17/4/24
tonic passt nicht so gut zur atmosphäre meines lebens.... kann nicht mehr...... hasse es
This was a total disappointment. I started out really liking the heavy instrumentals, but could never really jive with the singer. As the album went on the singer still was bad and either the instrumentals followed, or I just lost complete interest.
Idk why but this first song and the year it came out makes me think it should be on the Matrix soundtrack. This is some angsty late 90's rock right here. Hits for me sometimes others not so much. There were some songs close to the beginning that I was bopping my head along to, but this one probably won't get listened to again for me.
Heb het afgezegd, vind het niks
Wel redelijk.
I can see why people might like them, and this album in particular. But, it's not for me. Not my taste It's at least a 2
Futuristic movie soundtrack.
The album was interesting. Nothing was recognizable and I had never heard of the band previously. It wasn't bad but I would revisit it. Better than a two but not really a three.
Not really a fan of this style of music but I did enjoy “Cheap Honesty.”
Pretty noisy for me but I’ve heard worse on this list.
Yeah it was alright.
The complete opposite of the album's name. Seemed very appropriate for people who are mad at the world. A lot of screaming and craziness. But, if your're into that kind of thing...
Both he and Genesis all songs sound the same. Not a fan
Discordant. Nothing really made me want to listen again
Not my scene
Hardrock. No termino de encontrarle el ritmo, aunque alguna canción bien.
2,4
Oh man, this is pretty 90’s. I gave is a chance, lead singer Skin? Her voice is strong and if they leaned more into the Nu-Metal direction I thought this was originally going, it may have been ok, like an Evanescence album. Just seemed they couldn’t pick a lane and the album ends up being a bit of a mess overall. The sappy ballad like tunes didn’t do them any favours either. I came out of this pretty confused. 2 stars
Never much got into these guys. Liked the punk bits (On My Hotel TV) more than the overwrought heavy rock. Doesn't do anything for me.
I can see why other people like them, but I'm afraid it just isn't for me.
some heavy riffs i like, though i don’t see myself revisiting this album
2.5
Did not care for all of the album, but there were some good tracks.
This album is very 90s, but had not aged well. I could have done without this one.
chill out love
Nooooooo thanks
Not my thing. The wikipedia article didn't give me anything to glom on to to find something to listen for and/or enjoy on a different level. 2
This started off okay, with a more electronic feel than I expected. Great voice and some good lyrics, but the general feel, once it settles into what seems the band's default, was a bit too rockist and one-dimensional overall.
A great band sound. Just not my type of thing. They don't half make a bloody racket.
This was extremely rough to get through. Rarely have I disagrees this consistently with almost every artistic decision made. Skin is incredibly talented, and I'll leave it at that.
Rock/metal with very passionate female vocals. A bit harsh for my taste
Instrumentals go HARD, but everything else falls flat for me.
Had high hopes that lasted to about the middle of the first song. By the end just annoyed with every song just becoming the same as the last.
Ass
I really wasn't into this mixed up rock sound back in the late 90s, it was just bad, I really don't get why this gets highly rated, because at best it's music with no identity, and at worst, it's about as good as a school band trying to be awesome rockers... and failing miserably. Tracks I liked... well none of them actually. Tracks I hated... On My Hotel TV
Every song starts at 11 and ends there too. The is no range in dynamics or lyrics. The songs are all overbaked and overproduced, forgetting to let the listener grasp on the essence of the song before taking off. However the vocals were excellent and the band sounded tight. I think a 2.
Gar nicht meine Musik...Tempo, Stimme und musikalischer Aufbau macht es für mich super anstrengend, diese Musik zu hören.
Not my style
I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Maybe that's unfair, but it's my personal taste and I'm going to mark this album down because of that fact. I was also never a big fan of Skunk Anansie, seeing them very much as a nu-metal band with the lead singer being a bit of a Grace Jones clone with a chip on her shoulder. Yes, she's angry about something, but it's just fake anger and it gets boring fast. They were everywhere in the 90s, appearing as a support act for bigger bands and crowding out smaller, upcoming bands. I'd never heard this album before, but it didn't do anything to change my mind about either point. The ballads in the second half are incredibly dull and the backing music is derivative pap. Reluctantly I will give this 2 stars, as it's not quite bad enough for 1.
Not my type of music but remember them from watching MuchMusic!
White elephant Xmas gift... Would like to return to sender
Couldn’t get interested
This one comes out the gates swinging with a funk-metal sound that's very reminiscent of the couple of years either side of the millenium. It has a feeling that it's trying to reach for the 'next-big-thing' status of the new era of music to come. What we end up with is a flimsy set of complain-rock tracks that try to replace hooks with simply beating the listener over the head with thrashy guitars. Very pedestrian, and not something I'll ever listen to again willingly, or think is deserving to be on any list (even a bad one).
Just not for me
Skin has an exceptional voice and the sound is pretty great but there just aren’t the tunes to carry this
Pretty bland 90s indie
Not as chill as I would have hoped
Not my thing. Sounds bland and very 90's.
Får en tvåa bara för att jag är snäll.
Pas trop mon style, je n'ai pas accroché à part une ou deux chansons.
idk
A bit all over the place to me
perdu tout intérêt assez rapidement. 5/10
Hard rock, punket, alternativt, spændende vokal = clitrock
Narj
When they run out of albums to put on the list
This was not as bad as the title of the album and the name of the band seemed to indicate. So, better than anticipated and still not something I believe deserves to be in this book.
Not a fan of this band. At one point in my life I might have been, but not now.
OK album some great songs. Fantastic vocals.
Hardrock. No termino de encontrarle el ritmo, aunque alguna canción bien.
Some interesting moments but couldn't push this rating any higher.
Meh
Now this is an interesting pick, looking forward to digging into this!
Not hard rock/metal. This is just like the earlier 90s 'Punk' refresh. I don't what about this album makes it a 'Must Listen'. The sound is a clone of similar acts from the period while the lyrics try to be edgy, they're edgy in the sense of a Starbucks barista wearing a pin on their apron supporting ______ month and calling themselves an ally. The music is okay, not a must listen. 2/5.
Whiny lyrics. Life isn’t that hard
This feels like a Major Label Album - in all the wrong ways. What do we do with this artist? Make them sound a bit like other artists. 'Going a bit nu metal' really does not work for them, and surprised to see this on the list. Want to like it, but it's even got the big ballad for the radio play track. No.
Instrumentals were cool but I absolutely could not get past the vocals
Pretty embarrassing at times. But it’s even more embarrassing that I enjoyed some of it
Meh, decent enough. One of the best albums of all time? I don't think so.
Not really my thing. Was cool here and there.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not really, some nice themes but not for me Favourite song: didn’t have one
Luke tells me these were big in the 90s, it's new to me. I found this hard to get through... I wonder if they paved the way for Evanescence.. very similar I thought. I just found it a bit cringe, all hit OTT and "emo" (I know this predates emo). Luke says they still play and attract big crowds of 40 yr olds
Not too sure yet. 2.5
Felt way too long. Nearly Whitney Houston at one point
History will not be kind to the likes of SA and their genre compatriots. One’s not the least surprised this got exed – filed under “on second thought, not worth hearing after all.” This is lame on as many levels as they think it deep, and so typical of overdone, ‘90s self-seriousness. “God licks your face” – really? We’ve all been there, dudes, so best to keep it to yourself. The intensity is skin deep (as fakily high as the vocals), the urgency utterly misplaced, the drama puerile and jejune. All of which sins pale against the deep affront of the least appropriate album name in this whole collection.
Les années 90 confirment petit à petit leur titre de pire décénie.
le pain sur la planche en question
Really bland compressed alt-metal. Trying so hard but they seem scared about actually being heavy with the music - it doesn't match the pissed off, challenging lyrics that occasionally appear. About as edgy as Skin's head. Best Tracks: Charlie Big Potato; On My Hotel TV; The Skank Heads
I can’t figure out if this is a 2 or a 3! The ballads kill me, but the high energy stuff (and the occasional slap bass) is pretty good. 2.5.
Niemand houdt van boze mensen. Geen idee waar die Skin zich druk om maakt, maar het verongelijkte geschreeuw zorgt er in ieder geval voor dat ik voortijdig afhaak. Muzikaal is het wel aardig, maar ik had hier snel mijn buik van vol.
Another difficult listen, another album that every song sounded the same
didn’t love it overall but some of the calmer ballads were good
Not what I expected but didn't know what to expect
Musically pretty cool album, but I feel like it gets held back bybthe performance of Skin, at least for me. Sure she can sing, but I don’t really feel the emotion, especially on the heavier moments it all sounds too forced. 4 out of 10
So the name is the only good thing about this album. Vocals are laughable at best and songs are all over the place. Pro-tip: screaming constantly is not singing. This band sounded like a battle of the bands entry at best. 3/10.
Bleh boring
Nää ois parempia, jos ois oikeesti raskaampaa. Todella hyvä laulaja jota on ilo kuunnella, ansaitsee oman tähtensä.
Love the breakbeat intros on some of the tracks. Vocalist gives me Joss Stone vibes Fave track - On My Hotel TV
Was gonna give 1 but solid vocals
eh, i felt they tried to hard. don't seem very rock/punk. maybe I'll just state "too edgy"
Not very chill and not very orgasmic. Mostly generic hard rock
Meh
I was looking forward to this as I had a vague recollection of the band, but it came across as quite contrived and annoying. I hope the next skunk band is better.
Ended up being way softer than I expected. Not necessary my favorite style but a few songs have some interesting elements or melodies going on. 4/10
Weird, in a not good way.
This has 5 stars from Scott Kelly written all over it. It was a lot more nu metal than I had an appetite for.
I love the black female lead punk band, but I sadly found the vocals annoying and hard to listen to. I love metal but this ain’t it.
Hardrock. No termino de encontrarle el ritmo, aunque alguna canción bien.
Theatrical rock with haunting female vocals.
Has the potential to be a good album. On the songs that were a little slower, he has a pretty good voice. Too bad he doesn’t expand on that but I am sure he is doing what he loves. 🤷🏼♀️
A unique album that showed signs of good alternative rock pieces but also some really rough nu metal sound songs too. This album seemed to teeter between two different genres. The female singers were pretty good when they just sang. The instrumentals would be good at times but then some songs would be completely off the rails and not enjoyable. Don’t think there’s a ton to revisit on this one. 4.9/10
Once again I can recognize the skill but not my jam.
Ist mal was anderes, ist aber trotzdem nicht gut. Außerdem viel zu lang. Beim 8. Song gelangweilt ausgemacht.
Låter ba int bra
On My Hotel TV slaps really hard, and seems to have a much better overall guitar and bass tone than the rest (with the exception of And This Is Something That I Thought I Had), maybe because there were going more for funk riffs. Then there's 10 more songs. They all sound like music a rock band would produce in the time they were produced.
instrumental promissor, mas vocal irritante
Meh. Le moi de l'époque de cet album aurait probablement plus trippé que le moi d'aujourd'hui. Fin secondaire/début cégep, ce genre de band techniquement très bon avec un petit côté edgy me parlait. Je dois reconnaître que c'est des bons musiciens, que la chanteuse a une bonne voix et je trouve bien que ce soit un band avec une chanteuse forte. Par contre on est loin d'un chef d'oeuvre ou de quelque chose qui a changé la musique. C'est correct et je suis content d'avoir découvert ce band dans ce cadre, mais sans plus.
This is an album for people who adopted Fight Club as their whole personality. The songs and performances give off the "international band opening for the group you actually came to see" vibe. It's not bad but nothing really sticks on a first shallow listen. I have to give it two stars because -- while I didn't hate it -- I did find myself hoping the set would end soon so they could get their crap off the stage already.
Strange choice being well after the Britpop era they came out of. I think I first saw them in 1994 on an NME tour thing headlined by Verruca Salt. Nothing special or that memorable.
Accomplished but still not my jam.
Anything but chill, and it definitely didn't give me an orgasm.
2.75
Alussa ei iskenyt ollenkaan, mutta pari ihan ok biisiä lopulta. 2.5/5
Alku ihan vakuuttava, mutta sitten alkaa hidastelu. sanotaan 2.5/5
Instrumentals were kinda mehhh, and a lot of people were praising the vocals by the singer. But for me it didn't really click.
The first track was great, the rest less so. Not my cuppa tea.
I liked the first track but it never quite fell into place for me...
Kinda heavy industrial sounding. Not my style
Kan me zo voorstellen dat meetings van deze band erg 'zen' waren: Elke idee werd gebruikt, niemand mocht ooit 'tegen' stemmen en zie hier het resultaat. Meh!
The music itself wasn’t half bad, but I really was not impressed by the vocals. I probably would not listen to this album again. Cheap Honesty was my favorite track. Kind of reminded me of Incubus
After a decidedly thin and uninflammatory opener, these not-especially-radicals at least get more melodic. Enjoyable and occasionally surprising Garbage-lite, but too reliant on automatic gestures and a far cry from the spikiness I was expecting.
21st April 2022 Listened in the morning while packing to leave LA! Dates have gone awry. Super 90s, makes me think of the matrix. They are a very cool band and she is an icon. 2.5 if I could.
Secretly worth a star, rest was worth a star.
Not great to be honest
Cum off it
Do like a number of their tracks but very few on here and the rest ain't great.
Not my jam.
I liked the first song on the album but didn't like the rest.
Doesn´t grab and hard to get into, so i stepped out
I had really high hopes after the first song, but unfortunately every next was similiar but worse. 2,5; it was very tiring to end it
Sounds like paramore
Not to my taste
Not a fan of the vocals. The music isn't very good either, but at least it's not grating. Probably would've been a 1 if I could hear the lyrics more clearly/if I was paying attention to them, based on how people describe them.
I remember the singles from when this was released. They were cool but the album as a whole isn't on the same level.. The album title is great, the cover art is so cool and intriguing but maybe there's too much rock and not enough roll.
Not for me, very Linkin Park-y, and I like Linkin Park xD This is just too raw for my liking, and I'm not a huge fan of yelling-singing.
meh
some big riffs, some try-outs at ballads, lots of emoting, but nothing that resonates with me. 2 stars
An odd sound in the middle of the night. The IRS tax code. 'Trout Mask Replica.' Sometimes, you don’t necessarily have to immediately or even completely understand what you’re listening to in order to enjoy it. The free Jazz of Ornette Coleman, for example. But sometimes you do, and if you don’t, then… well… I didn’t understand this LP at all. I liked the opening three tracks and the second to last well enough. The band is rocking and the vocalist has a unique voice (which frankly sounds better when she’s scream/singing rather than singing/singing). The lyrics lent themselves to a little pondering. The arrangements and production had some nice moments- I particularly liked the strings and chord progression of ‘Secretly.’ However, things took a downturn beginning with ‘Tracy’s Flaw,’ and never really recovered. Even the final track, following an ill-fitting Lynyrd Skynyrd-sounding guitar solo, just kinda petered out. The main issue for me is: either Skunk Anansie doesn’t know exactly who they are, or want to be, musically; or, I don’t. Either way it left me scratching my noggin. Still, I don’t think I’d go as far as to say that this Skunk stunk. Maybe more like a wet Dog?
its like punk and actually kinda better than expected but the group's look grosses me out
Sounds very dated now.
The opening to The Skank Heads is quite nice. The rest of the album…whatever. Some of the music is OK. I do not like the lead singer’s voice, and I can’t get past it.
Oh Skunk Anansie? Yeah this might be alright, they had a few decent tunes. None of them on this album though.
werd wohl kein Fan mehr
nah 2/5
disgusting. very close to 1, I'm just feeling generous tonight.
Hoooooly crap
Neither chill or orgasmic
Why was this even in the book?
Just stop already with the parade of UK bands that no one has ever heard of and whose life time sales couldn’t match the weekend of the truly great bands. Dear God just stop.
What a load of malarkey, I don’t get them at all, hard to focus
One of the most wretched recordings I’ve ever been subjected to. At first I thought they were talented if a little misguided but I soon found they were entirely misguided and just a little talented. Each song is a foray into some other terrible 90’s genre. You want some Hootie and the Blowfish? They got that. What something Korn-y (sic)? They got that too. Sheryl Crow? Natalie Imbruglia? They got all that shit and more. Each song more unlistenable than the last. I think my Spotify may have randomized the play order but who gives a shit. Nothing could have saved this.
Total unnecessary, pointless girl-korn nonsense. All but unlistenable.
1. potato - 2 2. hotel - 0 3. think - 1 4. flauu - 0 5. zkank - 0 6. lately - 1 7. zecretly - 2 8. come - 1 9. cheap - 2 10. follouu - 1 11. nothing - 0 12. afraid - 1
This was awful. I couldn't finish the album because it gave me headaches. I'm not who sure this is for or what genre it is, but each song seemed worse than the next. No idea how it made this list.
DNF
I hated this. It was British female-led hard rock. It was not good.
Worst one yet LOL absolute dogshit
boring and monotone, felt like they were going for some epic shit but it just felt watered down version of stuff i've already heard before
The songs on this album either made me annoyed or uncomfortable or both. There were a few instances that were actually quite beautiful, which made me annoyed the rest wasn’t like that.
Schrecklich
Could only stomach 3-4 songs.
If I could give a zero I would give less
I did not enjoy this very much. It sounds like every other late 90s early 00s band trying to do rock and roll. 2.5/10 Top song Secretly
This sounded like total shit to me. Idk, this may just not be my type of genre
A waste of time. 1
I feel like the "here's another boring British band" complaints are somewhat overdone on this site, but I'll make an exception here. Not even in the 3rd tier of late-90s Britpop adjacent bands.
This has got to be a joke, right?
Cannot get into it
No. Gross.
Die Liste des Grauens geht weiter. Warum quäle ich mich damit ab? Dieses Geheule geht mir dermaßen auf die Ketten!
I didn’t really get this
Idk, I don't see the appeal. DEFINITELY not for me.
These people must have some chaotic and angry sex if that is their version of chill. I’ll pass.
i can see what they were going for, but the combination of rock opera/industrial/whatever this is doesn't really do it for me, sorry.
(18/100)
En CD jeg er glad for at jeg aldri har eid
not for me
Feels out of place on this list
Couldnt egt through it
My God jong, ik kon het niet eens uitluisteren. Letterlijk zero chill en al helemaal niet post orgasmic!
Ugh this I never need to hear again
Ok
No real thoughts one way or another. No real hit songs.
I don't think I like a single thing about this
brutal
Oof, hated this. Awful band name, awful album name, super dated sound. Started rough and got worse from there.
This list is so fucking dumb
Skunk is right! This stinks
Not for me. Trying to be edgy indie, but its just another boring message vehicle which has been done to death by most rappers. On the plus side. It ended.
Late 90s "alternative metal" at its absolute worst. A nails on a chalkboard cultural wasteland.
Unlistenable shit.
Yikes this is annoying. Incessantly soaring vocals, overwrought and joyless. I think there’s a good reason why most people have never heard of this album, it’s bland, vanilla and unmemorable. Oh and I didn't like it.
No
The name and album cover are a bit misleading. I really expected some good 'chill' music, but noooooooooo. We get hard/alternative rock/metal. And her voice. Come on, man.
Actually 0 stars quite awful
I really liked Skunk Anasie’s first two albums and saw them live quite a bit in the mid-late 90’s. I sort of moved away by the time this album came out though. I know I owned it, but can’t remember much about it so kind of listening to this afresh. I am now reminded why I may have moved away from them at the time and also why I don’t remember this album. Shame.
Nope
ARGH IM SO ANGSTY AND OPPRESSED. IT MAKES ME WANT TO WEAR A LEATHER JACKET, EYELINER AND SKULL JEWELLERY AND SHOUT ABOUT IT ON THE JOOLS HOLLAND SHOW.
“what if Tool had a female vocalist?” They’d still make miserable shit.
Not good at all.
There are many other versions of this by other artists that are better. At its best, it is bland grunge rock
Well this is god awful
This is really bad and annoying
More like skunk butt amirite?
Trash. Some interesting beats on a few tracks, but overall not worth listening to.
First 30 seconds of this album slay. But then, what the actual fuck? Why does the “I’m going under” chick keep saying the N-word? This is a no. Not even close. How did this get on vinyl, much less on this list? Hard pass.
🤦🏻
Irritating when they try to be heavy, boring when they try to be emotional.
Putting this album in the challenge is what I call a "strong wrong".
I thought "Hedonism" was okay, but I had a hard time getting through the rest of the album.
I knew of Skunk Anansie's work before I started listening. I'm not a fan of Skin's yelling singing style. Track one started and I was pleasantly surprised. Then came the inevitable screaming and I'm out. I made it three tracks in, but I doubt I'm going to find anything I like on this album, and even if there is, I'm not wading through the unlistenable to get to it. I'm usually happy to sit through many an album to find one or two tracks I'd like. The only comparison I can think of is that I'd happily rifle through a bucket of soil to find a fiver, but not a bucket of dog shit.
Nope
"Are we almost done yet?" No, 48 minutes left...
A little too edgy for me. I didn’t enjoy this. At all. And I wonder how this was selected to be included in such a list.
So bad
Hard no
When the singer yelled “turn it off” in the 2nd track, I wish I’d taken her advice.
i rate this a 1; it not a genre i listen to much of and the album just did not resonate with me
alternative rock is not my thing
Not my genre at all. Nothing to appeal from this, except how great it was when Skunk called out the Stormzy Glasto headlines for saying he was the first black artist to play the pyramid stage