Ys

Spotify calls this an EP, so I thought cool, at least if it sucks it won’t be very long and then I had to sit THROUGH 55 MINUTES WTF LIKE WHY

I hate to say it, but whoever Joanna Newsom created music for, it could not have been me. Ys could not have been further from my music tastes. Newsom narrowed in on a folk that's perfect for a Renaissance Faire while still giving a vibe that's both magical and light. Folk by itself isn't too interesting to me, but hers came across as more boring than usual. Not to mention, her squeaky and grating voice were too much for me. The amount of times she was out of tune was too much! Yikes.

I laughed when I saw one of the genres for this album on Wikipedia: "progressive folk". I guess that's one term for it. But it's also simultaneously the opposite of progressive, as it certainly seems to be a take on medieval-era folk. Other reviewers have touched on the idea that this album is almost interesting in places, but those things are outweighed by the utter dissonance, caterwauling, and lack of cohesion that dominates this album.

To each their own but goddamn is this album fucking annoying.

very long songs with a dire vocal

Not on Spotify.

1/10, я не ценитель + на спотифае нет

It good. No reason to be on any top list

I'm sorry Joanna I just cant

She plays the harp quite well.

oof

Wtf kinda medieval ass album is this. Music goes nowhere. WAY TOO LONG MIN LENGTH 7 MINS. NO.

Was this album removed from Spotify for some reason? I could find it in listener playlists, but not by itself.

Not a fan

Not available to stream.

i have a feeling it would’ve been a 2 or a 3 but maybe it would’ve been a 4 or a 5 but i’m giving it a 1 because it’s not on spotify and it’s not because i think so highly of spotify because i don’t

You don’t have to hate music to like this album but it helps.

No va

Not my cup of tea. This feels like a mash up of the worst aspects from the following: Lyrics by Bob Dylan look-a-like competition runner up Music by the local renaissance fair court jester Vocals by the theater kid who only ever wanted to do Shakespeare plays Cover Art by "Just tell me everything you want and I'll squeeze it in somewhere" Audience by "You just don't get it. This is genius."

Linko no worko

Ik heb twee dingen die ik kwijt wil: 1) Joanna Newsom is de vrouw van Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). Fun fact. 2) Ik hou niet van Joanna Newsom Rating: 3/10 Highlights: Niks

It started off on the wrong foot by not even being available on Spotify in the USA currently. Then I read that it's five tracks in 55 minutes so no way too long. I attempted some of the songs, did not make it completely through any of them

Not for me. I never got into this type of music or style of singing. Pretty music, terrible singing.

.5 horrible.

No idea why this album made the list. Overlong songs, annoying vocals - I really disliked everything about it with the possible exception of the cover art.

Couldn't get into it at all

Silly, mannered voice. And a harp.

No

No escuchado

I was going to give this a 2 - I just can't. What Bjork and Fiona Apple do so well is edit themselves. They are quirky, use their voices as instruments, keep it interesting by better curating what is on their albums. This is just so long. It drags on, forever. For the first 5 minutes, I was intrigued; after 6, I was done, and still had 50ish more minutes to go. 1/5

This was not my cup of moon tea.

oh boy.... this is going be my personal take. if you like this... that's great. Sounds like she improvise everything and the orchestra is frantically trying to score her on the spot. horrible voice, always hated this timbre, cadence and Accents of this type of voice. It sound like someone who can't sing that has learnt how to nail the notes but still can't sing... I guess that is impressive in a way, to be technically skill and still sound horrible. ...Yeah couldn't stand the album. everything sounded the same and every song was waaaaaay too long

Not available

Not my cup of tea.

Not my jam. Nothing about it intrigued me and I was counting down the minutes to play something else.

Did not enjoy.

So fuggin weird, I don't know how this got recommended.

This is an early April's fool right ?! Absolute garbage and on the list !

una poronga

Can't be found can't be botherd

Not available on Spotify. After finding it on YouTube I don't think Spotify are too broken hearted. Truly appalling rubbish presented by one of the worst voices ever.

Trash.

Couldn't listen, that voice!

01) Emily - 3,0 02) Monkey & Bear - 2,0 03) Sawdust & Diamonds - 2,0 04) Only Skin - 1,0 (17 minutes?!) 05) Cosmia - 3,0 TOTAL: 2,20 (22/100) Wiki says she's married to Andy Samberg. Interesting. And the music? Not so interesting. She sounds like some Björk/Tori Amos/Kate Bush wannabe, but not in a good way. The lyrics are stupid, the songs are too long (17 minutes!?!) and boring. Maybe she influenced Florence + The Machine for using the harp. Anyway, not for me... Thank you, next!

Awful. My ears hate me for listening to this. Stay away. I did not finish.

This was pretty brutal. Desperate need of a producer/editor. Chopped down to about 3 minutes for each song and with some serious reworking, there's some good ideas here. Hard to figure out how this album made the list though.

1 stjerne.

I tried....I really tried to give this album a chance. But I just could not. The whiney voice, the widely uninteresting instrumentals....absolutely not for me. I can't imagine a scenario that I would ever want to sit down and listen to this music. Newsom is an undoubtedly talented musician, but these 10+ minute ballads are just not my cup of tea.

This one was impossible to get through. Another album that is the musical equivalent of haphazardly splattering paint on a canvas and selling it for millions. I enjoyed the artistic lyrics and rhyme schemes until I tried to read and comprehend the nonsense lyrics. It's the kind of art that people pat themselves on the back for enjoying. Its halfway between the Skyrim soundtrack and a Shakespeare play with monologues that won't end. She has such an oddly accented, lispy way of singing for somebody with a totally normal American speaking voice. She does seem to be an impressive harp player from the videos I saw, but her popularity peaked 8 years ago and seems to have been understandably short lived.

Absolutely atrocious. Every song sounds like it’s being made up on the fly. Terrible vocals. Just the worst.

What a racket!

Absolutely awful. Why on earth is this an album I have to listen to? Seems like someone is too desperate to seem deep and artsy.

Not a pleasant listening experience for me. Her tone goes right through me - and it’s not helped by my phones tiny tinny speaker as listening on YouTube. Couldn’t finish this one.

Weird

Listened on a different platform than Spotify and hated it. Whiney and repetitive

Yikes

This was tough to get through.

not my style.....

Käften

Another album not on Spotify!

No. Just no.

Terrible. Had a bit of hope at first but man, Joanna Newsom has such an annoying voice. I did not enjoy this one bit. At least one song had a bit of Bill Callahan on it. That was nice. 2/10 Top 1: 1. Only Skin (thanks Bill)

Leland Sklar spielt Bass. Albini engineered. Emily. harfe und stricher? mega frei tempowechsel und so. s macht zf mittelalter? uuuh aber plötzlich mehrstimmig und dur. sehr cool. Banjo! mh oke Monkey & Bear. Wiso ischs so mittelalter core? ihri stimm git noh. blöser sind sehr schön. ok ch finds weird. sawdust & diamonds. sie quietscht viel und chunt ad grenze vo ihrere stimm. sber s isch mengmol sehr guet musikalisch. aber au afoch nöd spannend. only skin. ich ghör kein unterschied. leland sklar bass? mir hend bass. ich glaub sie passt s metrum am text ah was no interessant isch aber meh. AHA NOCH 3.5 MINUTE TÖNT EN SONG FERTIG AHA NAI ER ISCH 17 MINUTE ich ha nöd gern wie sie singt.

I simply did not like this album

I listened on youtube. It is a complete mystery to me why this album is in the top 1,000. Baffling!

Didn’t connect with this one, the vocals were unenjoyable and the harp didn’t overcome it. 1/5.

I do not have time for this off-key, melody-less wailing. Absolutely not. Hard pass.

Dear God, save me from this

If you look up “twee” on Wikipedia it should redirect you to this album. Falls firmly on the “this is not for me” side of the Weirdo Music Spectrum

Stond niet op. Spotify

....this was really really rough. Lyrically it's nonsense, vocally it's poor, the music sounds like it's played in a kings court during the tudor era but Henery VIII was mid way through decapitating the lute player. Its awful and I'm not sure I finished it (as not on spotify) and Frankly I don't care...

Great arrangements and I usually like weird stuff, but I found this irritating as hell. She sings like Bjork and Kate Bush in a joint constipation therapy session.

Bad. Weird. Muppets.

I thought I'd trodden on one of my cats!! If this passes for highly acclaimed mush then I'll pass.

I don’t get it

Bad

FUCKING TERRIBLE!!! If I could give a no star rating I would!

I'm sure there are people that this music works for. I am not one of them.

Old timey folky music a lil too slow and weird for me

This is as bad as it gets.

Tedious. Hookless. Affected vocals. Please don't. I can't.

Album was not available 😪

dear god why

i want to call this minge music, but i don't even think minges want to listen to this.

No

I really did not enjoy this. I just found it annoying

2 stars for the hits... the rest has dated, even if it was ahead of it's time back then.

det här var inte för mig

Art for art's sake (or for people to be able to boast superior sophistication)

Not on spotify

Mouse music

Not cool.