Reviews (page 5 of 8)
If this made the list I’m assuming Snow and Marky Mark are upcoming selections. More white people trying to sound funky. It’s fun music but not very satisfying.
Very dated techno. I mean, Pretty Hate Machine already existed by the time this came out, right? Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, and the whole Detroit house scene? I guess this was before the internet, so a year back then was like a week now, but still, it seems weird considering that Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, Primal Scream, and Prodigy were right around the corner. Not a lot of very good songs, but after about 15 minutes, the vibe does come together. I don't know. It's not that good but it's still a decent listen. It's the strongest 2/5 I'm giving.
I mean, it’s really poor, but it’s soft and inoffensive enough to scrape a 2.
Debated a 1, nothing good about this at all, but it's not quite offensive enough.
Was ok. Never in danger of a 1
The Shamen named themselves after Len Houmous’ 15th wife, Sharon. Sharon Shamen. 2.3 1/15 Move Any Mountain
Some interesting bits, but what is it with electronic music that you need acid to enjoy it?
THIS is from a very specific time, doin' a very specific thing, because well, listening to the first track I thought to meself "this sounds like that awful madchester band; the Happy Mondays". Oh Robert Dinery, this isn't good without ecstasy you wanker! But, you've also got Magazine on here, so I can't stay mad at you!!
Wow did I step into the Matrix? Or maybe Hackers?
nah
This is pure psychedelics. My head hurts
Not really my kind of record. Beats were not catchy or engaging enough for me.
Embarrassing but I did make it through.
Album 20 Top 3 favorites off the album: 666 Edit, Progen 91, Lightspan Having hit the club... once? Twice? Thrice, perchance? I cannot really speak to whether I would enjoy this in the club over what they play at the club I've been to. I think... maybe some of it? I'm going track by track now on whether I would get down to this at the club. Enjoy. Move Any Mountain - yes, good groove Human NRG - no, not so much Possible Worlds - for a minute or two, only after a healthy amount of making fun of the lyrics Omega Amigo - no Evil is Even - no, but I'd dance by candlelight in a circle like a crustacean at the next girls' night function Hyperreal Orbit - no, and it got on my nerves Lightspan - weirdly enough, yeah. Sure Make It Mine - yes Oxygen Restriction - no Hear Me - no 666 Edit - no, but it goes reeeeeally hard Make It Minimal - no Hyperreal Selector - no, and this is the second use of "hyperreal" in a title this album... why? Lightspan Soundwave - yes, even though it goes on forever Progen 91 - over Move Any Mountain? Maybe. On its own? Sure Some certified booty shakers for sure, but overall not my jam.
Not a terrible EDM album. Not horribly annoying, but not that fun to listen to. 2/5
Yesterday, I got an album where a rock band tried to appeal to dance fans. I came away from that one unsure of my feelings because they ended up sounding unlike anything else I'm familiar with. Today, I've got an album where a dance band tries to appeal to rock fans. Unfortunately, I don't feel like I'm hearing anything new on this. To make matters worse, this rock fan isn't feeling particularly appealed to here.
Перші пару пісень є приємна ностальгія за 90ми, але далі це стає максимально нецікаво.
I did not care at any point while listening to this
Too many mountains to move…
- 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM - 0 nummers al toegevoegd aan MMMM
Was interesting at the time but doesn’t age well.
518/1001
Kind of boring
Yea this was not it, it got better at the end tho. I'm not going to revisit this any soon. Also: we get it, you can move any mountain 2/5
Again I must have words with whoever made this list. This album is not one of the 1,001 albums you need to hear before you die. Not even the top 10,001.
😂
by far the weirdest album yet, i’ve never heard anything like this before. at first i didn’t hate it and it was kinda growing on me, but after abt an hour of it i quickly got tired of it
170/1001 The Shamen - En-Tact Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ I understand that this is integral to the 90s club scene, but this felt too repetitive and samey over the course of over an hour.
Quite horrible
This album sums up everything I don't like about the 80s music. Although published in 1990, it is some kind of late 80s music. It doesn't really have anything interesting about it. Not that the musicians are bad and they are simply doing what was popular at this time. But i don't like it. (2 for creativity)
Sure, why not ? 2.5/5
Not my thing
Something brilliant was happening in the 80s with the crossover among hip hop, new wave, and punk. Rapture is perhaps its commercial peak, and Charlie Ahearn’s Wild Style is an iconic film that captures the crossover. The escapades of Futura 2000 by the clash, ft. Futura 2000 is a personal favorite. I’ve written graduate essays about the New York scene in the 80s with Colab, read extensively about basquiat and Warhol. I find few moments as fascinating as that particular moment in time when hip hop, punk, and new wave all coalesced in midtown and lower Manhattan. This album wants to be Debbie Harry shouting out Fab Five Freddy in front of Basquiat during Rapture. It isn’t.
Just like every other late 80s early 90s dance club groups only not as good as the stand outs like Black Box, CeCe Peniston, Robin S., Everything but the girl, Crystal Waters, La Bouche.... you get the idea.
A standard EDM album from the 90s that went a little long. Pretty random for the list and there is another album in the book from a very similar group.
The second half of the album made me take a * away
only a few songs were okay
Another album that won't end after never getting started. So boring. Who asked for this?
i love 90s electronica, but this did not work for me, too repetitive and kinda bland
54/1001 First listen. Seriously? Like when your Dad reveals he was in a band in the nineties and springs this one on you. I’ve never heard of En-Tact before and this did not win me over. Maybe I would have been into this when it was released. Sounds like I’m hearing every preset on the keyboard at RadioShack. It would be great if it was explained why each album is actually on this list because some of these just seem absurd. Maybe that’s in the book though. 3/10
This was really all over the place. Nothing was bad just didn't go together and I was sure what to expect next in a chaotic random kind of way.
Mid like queen
mid
A whole lot of nothing to be honest. It’s not bad, but it is nothing more than background music that mostly got ignored. I don’t even think I finished the album because I honestly forgot it was playing and started scrolling videos on another platform, never returning to the album.
There’s so much of this style on this list. This is one of the worst examples.
Meh it doesnt hold test of time outdated music that was great at the time. Like new order and depache and pet shop boys but not as good.
Meh.
I can't say it's bland but it feels flat. Just alright. 2.4 outta 5
No! Why?
Club music in support of retaining foreskins.
The music is very repetitive, which is clearly the point, but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy it. But I do enjoy it, kind of. Mercifully, and unusually for the genre, the tracks are generally shy of the five-minute mark (with some exceptions). It's a really easy condition to fulfil, but I should give it some credit. Other 90s-electronic-loop music tends to overdo the length, presumably because they run out of musical ideas but still have to fill an LP. There are some good tracks, though. I find it pretty funny that the main single, Move Any Mountian, is misspelled on Spotify. It stands out positively as a track for having one of the only genuine melodies on the record – even if that melody is kind of mundane. Possible Worlds: Deep PSI is a mild standout for incorporating a sort of Spanish guitar part. I so wish it had been more varied. Some solos, some taking of inspiration from a theme... anything. Especially since it's the longest track on the album. Give us something to work with. (It's still pretty solid relative to the rest of the record.) Omega Amigo has some decent harmonies, and the arcade-machine synths every few bars are pretty nifty. Make It Mine's vocals are lazily delivered and mixed poorly so that you can't make out the lyrics easily. But it makes up for it (and then some) with its excellent guitarwork. The sounds here are absolutely nothing revolutionary, which I feel is a bit of a requirement for albums that receive very little streaming time in the modern day. (Seriously. 9 of the 15 tracks have under 100k streams, which is pretty bad for a list of the thousand most important albums in history. It would seem modern audiences disagree with you, little mister Dimery.) And there are plenty of bad tracks that easily justify their low popularity on the Spotifies. Evil Is Even is interesting, I guess, for its use of really bad high drones in the vocals (or Mellotron, maybe?) and just an overall unpleasant sound. The percussion pattern in Lightspan is irritating once you start paying attention to it. Hear Me just has aggressively bad production – very much a product of the 80s – and a bad choice of sound effects to accompany it. The jittery shouting isn't great either. 666 Edit reads the same to me, only without the vocals (creating a negligible change) until the second half. The callback to Move Any Mountian is fun but unnecessary. 2/5 Key tracks: Move Any Mountian, Possible Worlds: Deep PSI, Make It Mine
All individual tracks are great, but due to its length and all the remixes, it gets repetitive in the end.
Some good grooves and dancy stuff in here. But also lots of very corny, on-the-nose lyrics. Would rather listen to Underworld, Massive Attack, or many other electronic albums before coming back to this. Some cool stuff on Lightspan and other tracks.
巧 <- why this character on album?
If I need to listen to another tepid electronica album, please end me. It was a vibe for about 10 minutes but 1h06 was painful.
The music sounds like it's played at a overhyped nightclub that closes after two weeks because the owner spent whatever profits he made on cocaine.
Is this a joke? It sounds like a bad SNL knockoff of a bad SNL skit.
Das 1990 erschienene Album En-Tact markiert für die schottisch-britische Formation The Shamen eine deutliche stilistische Wende. Nach frühen Psychedelic-Rock-Einflüssen orientierte sich die Band nun stärker an elektronischer Club- und Rave-Musik. Die Aufnahmen entstanden zwischen 1989 und 1990 und zeigen erstmals DJ Mr C (Richard West) als Mitglied, während Bassist Will Sinnott hier seinen letzten Auftritt hatte. Musikalisch verbindet das Album House-Rhythmen, programmierte Percussion und repetitive Synth-Strukturen mit eingängigen Gesangselementen. Titel wie „Progen (Move Any Mountain)“ und „Hyperreal“ gehören zu den bekanntesten Songs der Band und veranschaulichen die Mischung aus Pop-Affinität und Club-Tauglichkeit. In der Produktion zeigt sich ein durchdachtes Gleichgewicht zwischen technischer Präzision und tanzorientierter Atmosphäre. En-Tact gilt als wichtiger Schritt in der Entwicklung britischer Rave-Musik, auch wenn die Länge und rhythmische Gleichförmigkeit einzelner Stücke den Hörfluss gelegentlich bremsen. Unterm Strich steht ein solides, richtungsweisendes Werk zwischen Indie-Erbe und elektronischer Neuausrichtung.
Not bad, but bland and forgettable
Whatever.
Not really my thing, though I found parts of it at least interesting as upbeat work music.
Very bland 90s dance/techno I’m afraid
I understand the inclusion of this album on the list. This style of dance music definitely had its cultural moment in the 90s. I was too young to be going to clubs or raves at the time so for me I associate this with the Mortal Combat movie soundtrack. Did I need a whole album of the Mortal Combat theme song? Absolutely not. The majority of this is a 10 second drum sample played ad nauseum for 3-5 minutes. I think EDM advanced a lot over the years where artists started making it more dynamic, but this early stuff is very flat. There were a few songs that broke the mold though, Evil is Even was cool and different. 666 Edit was the peak of this album, it had different parts, and I loved where they cut the music in and out so it seemed like it was skipping but stayed on time, that was cool too.
maybe set the 90's up, but rather dull these days
This is not it chief. Disclaimer: I have been bombarded with 90's rave/electronic album recomendations, and at the 3rd or 4th it all starts sounding the same. I get it, I really do, but geez, can NOT listen to it anymore.
Meh
Ik heb niks tegen housemuziek, maar dit vind ik toch wel een matige keuze. Het is allemaal een beetje karig. En zeer gedateerd. Ik het redelijk goed hebben als het aanstaat en ik lekker aan het werk ben, maar meer dan 2 sterren kan ik hier niet voor uitdelen.
Very 90’s baggy house influenced not brilliant not offensive
Some interesting parts but too repetitive for my tastes.
Some music shouldve been left behind in the 90s.
Caca de vaca. hay que estar drogado y en una rave para disfrutarlo.
Another boring electonica album.
Not the best album, but it did not hurt me to listen to it either.
Not really a fan of electronic music. Wasn’t really a fan of this album.
I don't think this is the worst electronic album I've heard on this journey, but it wasn't very good either.
3/10 Just awful - repetitive, robotic junk. I was kind of into this when I was 10, but then I grew up. Is that patronising? I hope so.
I've never liked "rave" dance music ... still don't.
En tiiä en oikeen tykänny
Hahahha wauw wat is dit? Een psychrock band word een rave act? Sign me the fuck up! Ah shit gaat dit weer een album worden wat heel vet is maar ongeveer een half uur te lang? Zo voelt het nu al namelijk... De ideeën zijn echt vet en ik ben helemaal klaar voor wat er gedaan word, maar ik merk nu al dat nummers net ff te lang doorgaan om interessant te blijven. En ja dat is een beetje dit album in een notendop. Echt wel wat vette dingen er in, maar duidelijk een pionier. Of wacht, dit komt uit 1990?? Nee man, dan heb je geen enkele reden om zulke matige electrorave te maken. Kraftwerk was al bejaard tegen die tijd, JMJ had er al wat bangers op zitten, zelfs Violator van Depeche Mode komt uit hetzelfde jaar!? Nope, nee, helaas Daarvoor is dit te weinig, niet goed genoeg. Heb me zeker aan het begin best wel vermaakt, maar uiteindelijk is dit een behoorlijk lang, niet heel erg interessant elektronisch album. Te weinig rave, te veel psych rock zeg maar. Ik kan me wel goed voorstellen dat dit album een blauwdruk was voor de latere interessantere albums uit de jaren 90. Daar ben ik het dan wel weer echt dankbaar voor! FAVO: Move any mountain, Possible worlds: Deep PSI, lightbeam soundwave
I do feel like these rave albums get sold a bit short here. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I'm not going out to a rave to listen to this. How would you even go about doing that anyway? Even if taking your headphones to a club was some sort of social norm, is this the album you'd choose? Some of the songs I wouldn't really say are suited enough for a rave, they are too slow, too quiet, and the vocals help suck out the energy. So what exactly is the point to this album? It's too calm for a rave, but it's too repetitive and has too many disco/dance elements for standard listening. The music itself isn't necessarily terrible, but where, how, and when do I listen to it?
It's worse than the music that Ross made in that episode of Friends.
this album is approximately twice as long as it should be
dosadno, naporno i na kraju krajeva skroz bezveze
Too techno funky-ish
I don't think we're going to be moving any mountains today. Outside of the recognizable singles, En-Tact sounds like rave wallpaper — fine for a club in the early 90s but flat in any other context. So many tracks blur together that I wonder how often this record has been mined for a dancefloor scene in a movie. I don't think it translates well without the crowd and the club context. Listening at home it's a letdown. But it feels less like a failed album than one stranded outside its purpose. It reminds me how quickly purpose-built music can lose its spark once its moment has passed.
I can Move any Mountain is a jam But this gets - as a lot of this genre does - very repetitive
Incredibly bland lyrics and delivery style with a very standard sound overall for a dance/rave aimed group. There are more interesting choices out there.
And the award for most repetitive album goes to... 2 ⭐️
Nah
You can’t be a 90s house classic and not be a little silly !!!
I was hoping for more from the scotts. no thank you
y'all really dug up their graves and shot their bones for fun with these reviews
At first I thought it was great. After the 4th song it gets really old though. "Move Any Mountain" was great though, so glad they put that first.
I should’ve bought some glow sticks. 2.5/5
Just no, one of the worst albums on this whole list 1.75
I'm not really sure how to feel about a lot of dance music. I guess it's hard to judge it sitting in front of my computer and not on a dance floor. I like a lot of what they're doing here. There's a trippy, zoned-out quality to a lot of the songs that I like. There are also a lot of things that place this firmly in it's time period (early 90s). Standout Track(s): Hear Me
A dance album that lacks energy is never a good thing.
Not a fan
some fun songs at the beginning, most of the sounds toward the end were boring, not my genre but alright
I don’t like electronica apparently.
Interesting to an extent Far too long At times it sounds like casio piano demo with a soundboard playing quotes over the top. When I'm 2/3 the way through, the idea of a second listen is exhausting
"Progen 91"/"Move any mountain" is, of course, Shamen's biggest hit. I used to dance to it a lot in the basement of the Koornbeurs. Unfortunately, the rest of the album doesn't quite reach that level.
This is kind of cool, but there's better electronica out there. I do quite like "Hyperreal Orbit," but the rest of the album is a little less interesting.
It's just not my scene at all. There were some interesting moments but I found myself just tuning it out. 4/10
It's not a bad album, just of its time and aged like milk. I'm struggling to justify giving it more than two stars, so there we go.
made good Dress To Impress background music
It was just tooooooooooo long man, why are these so damn looooooong bro just make it shorter man cmonnnnnn
okay so like obviously it's a bit ridiculous to rate a house album while sitting and listening to it motionless while working my office job but this era of house is just SOOOOO BORING to me at least listening to it in album format which is what i am doing and rating it on. so ya low 2 for me Fav song: Don't have one
A bit boring.
Pretty dated - I could be more generous given that I think it would be a couple more years before dance electronica found any consistency but the Mr.C(?) rapping keeps this below a 3.
This is a tough one to review because it sounds so incredibly dated yet in a way also so much of its era. It really encapsulates the backend of the acid house movement, but very much like the underpinning of any of those songs it is admittedly rather repetitive. I really struggled to get through a full album with this, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad album. I was never a Shamen fan. I always found them to be more of a singles band, and given this album drifts over the hour mark, it causes me to market down a bit because I just lose my interest. Worthy of a place in this list, not worthy of another listen ever again.
2.5 Time for my weekly British techno album! Thank you sir! Please, I’ll take 50 more! I love slop!
What is this. Almost completely empty! Still listenable though. 1.8
Not for me
Just not my cup of tea. Sorry lads. Simpsons: No
It was alright, but I did think that there was an issue with my Internet connection a few times during this. Also gutted that Ebenezer Goode is from one of their other albums.
Maybe it I was suffering from Oxygen Restriction I’d be able to tolerate this.
1.6
Average 90s dance
2 sterne
Wow, this sounded more 90s than I recall the 90s sounding. I don't think it holds up very well.
That’s a no
An equally-lame Euro version of C&C Music Factory, although maybe not as fun. ZZZZZZsnore. Very difficult not giving this a 1, but this doesn't make me violent, just bored AF. 3/10 2 stars.
Early dance music is hilarious. This is a fun little novelty. I didn’t hate it but obviously I didn’t take it very seriously
If geometry dash was a crappy game they’d use this album for music. Just funky enough for a bland UK audience. This was an embarrassing listen in the daytime. Some of the tracks were alright, probably better on drugs. 3/10
Oof. This was about what you'd expect from early 90's dance music, but some of it was pretty bad, and there were three different tracks where they asserted they could move move move any mountain. Human NRG sounds like what you'd hear in a spoof movie if they wanted to make a joke about the dance music at the club. There were some high points to this album that earned it a star.
Takes me back, but it's extremely dated.
Techno ravey
Album 818 of 1089 The Shamen - En-Tact (1990) Rating : 1.5 / 5 So much electronica on the list. Will do for background music if nothing else is available.
Maso
This was quite the chore to get through.
"Hooooonk mi mi mi mi mi..." I don't care that this is meant to be a rave album, this puts me to sleep. All of these 90s British electronic albums do. Well, except for you Aphex Twin. Keep doing your thing, Richard. But The Shamen? WHO CARES?! I certainly don't. I'm not even going to say that much more. The album's so repetitive that there are literally songs on here with two separate versions on the album. If that's not a padded runtime, I don't know what is. The vocals aren't my favorite. The lyrics are kind of shallow, but I can at least appreciate that they're there. I just can't do this rave stuff for this long. That's my big problem with these sorts of albums. They're SOOOOO long. It gets tiring. Each song on their own could work for a party situation. Hell, you could play multiple songs in a row and have it work. But playing this type of music for 70 minutes straight? I can't do it! It gets tiring! Whatever. I'm never going to think about this album again. 2/5.
This is a 2 star album for me. Nicely produced, the toe taps occasionally. On the third track it started to struggle to hold my interest. I like electronic music, and dance music, but this is not something that I would listen to again, or would drive me to seek out more from the discography. It is somewhat one paced, and lacking any drama. The album is too long, a common fault at the beginning of the CD era and from track 9 or so it didn't hold my interest. Would I listen to this album again? No. Would I buy this album? No. 1. "Move Any Mountain" (Progen - Beatmasters 7") 3:28 - Fun. This was a single . 3* 2. "Human Nrg (Massey)" 4:39 - This is OK. I like Electronic music and this is easy on the ear, but it is a little dull. 3* 3. "Possible Worlds: Deep PSI" 3:44 - 2*. Somewhat dull. Nice guitar. 4. "Omega Amigo" 4:44 - This drifted along. I started to lose interest. 3* 5. "Evil Is Even [Edit]" 4:23 - Starts promising and different from what has gone before. That said, it doesn't go anywhere. This album is struggling to hold my interest now. 2* 6. "Hyperreal Orbit" (Early Fade) 5:22 - OK. 3* 7. "Lightspan" 4:39 - A brighter sound with the keyboard flourishes. 3* 8. "Make It Mine" (v1.3 Lenny D Vox) 3:32 - Oh some dynamics. Nice guitar. But then the verses don't deliver on the guitar riff. 3* 9. "Oxygen Restriction" 3:49 - I lost interest . 2* 10. "Hear Me" (O My People) (Edit) 5:11 - I do not like the vocals on this track. Over long. 2* 11. "666 Edit" (Move Any Mountain) 4:48 - This does not "bang to the beat of the drums" for me. Is the pace going to pick up? Just. This does nothing for me. Dull and pointless remix. 2* 12. "Make It Minimal" 3:18 - The beginning keyboard riff had me thinking we would launch into something like Freeze's IOU. No. Again doesn't really deliver. 2* 13. "Hyperreal Selector" (Edit) 4:01 - Dull. 2* 14. "Lightspan Soundwave" (Edit) 4:19 - Dull. 2* 15. "Progen 91 [I.R.P. in the Land of Oz]" 5:21 - More of the same. 2* Average 2.4
Fine, never felt clear what this was supposed to be. A bit Buck Bumble but slower.
2 While I realize the first to take the hill is important in battle, there are at least 20 other records from this time period that advanced House/Techno/Hi-NRG music further. Other than "Move Any Mountain," (#38 US which was a breakthrough) this one is soggy and derivative. In addition, it is to blame for the dozens of generic "House music" hits that followed in its wake. Now I need to listen to Derrick May and those twin KLF records that geared it up and cooled it down.
No thanks. I think this is makes a pretty strong case that there are not in fact 1000 albums that are essential to listen to before you die.
++: Move Any Mountain, Human Nrg (Massey), Evil Is Even [Edit], Oxygen Restriction, 666 Edit, Progen 91 [I.R.P. in the Land of Oz) +: Possible Worlds: Deep PSI, Omega Amigo, Hyperreal Orbit, Make It Mine, Hyperreal Selector +-: Lightspan, Hear Me, Lightspan Soundwave -: Make It Minimal 5,5/10
Boring music. Peurile lyrics. I had never heard of these guys before and I really wonder how they made the list because they are so unexceptional. I will be generous and give them 2.
I like the music more than the vocals and lyrics. My energy wained by 666 edit. I can imagine it being used in a spin class nowadays. On the songs with less vocals, it fit for focussed working. At those 90s raves I can imagine this going down well. I don't think I would listen to without ear/headphones. The "move any mountain" across different tracks becomes repetitive.
Some of the instrumentals are very up my street but the vocals frequently ruin the vibe, a kind of low 2…
Deep sigh. Have I done something to offend this book? What cause could there be to subject me to the 194 versions of rave/techno/dance music that exists and I MUST hear? At some point this all ran together for me. It's not egregiously bad, but clearly the editors of this book took drugs and went to a rave (probably in a European country), made out with a guy/girl while this music was playing and has such fond memories that we must re-live the wonderful memory through this music. Move Any Mountain is a good song and The Shamen are aware of this, as 2-3 songs on this album reference the song. I did enjoy this album a bit more on second listen, especially Make it Mine, which had a really cool switch from the rave-ish music to guitar rock.
J - 2/5 Best Track - "Move Any Mountain" F - DNL
I guess this must be on the list for some genre-significant achievement, because the music itself felt very bog-standard.
Very samey. Nothing super exciting. Could listen in the background if someone else put it on but would get bored
i am rating this a 2, but really it is like a 2 and a 1/2. it is not bad, per say, but there were just too many instrumentals for my taste. sure, this would be ideal at a rave or if you are super stoned. but, i have heard a lot worse, and i was able to listen to the full album, indicating that this really was not terrible, it just was not my mood for the moment. overall, it is not something i would usually listen to. even still, i favorited a couple songs i thought were not bad, with my favorite being lightspan. 🩵💙🩵 𝒻𝒶𝓋ℴ𝓇𝒾𝓉ℯ𝓈: ♡ 1. lightspan 2. hear me 3. possible worlds 4. make it mine
Catchy (?) but not very good. Didn’t like this. But it did have me moving. On the 2 side of a 2.5.
Sounds very quaint in 2025. It's cute that artists used to rap like this, and that people used to dance to it.
quite dull. not as energetic as I remember
Another day, another hour-plus 90s electronic record. Consider my horizons expanded, I guess.
I liked some of it. 666 Edit was quite ok, but every song has at least one thing that annoys me....
This album indeed does get enhanced by being high, but not by much. It still seemingly goes on forever and just sounds painfully generic, but there are some nice beats here and a couple really good tracks. It gets a 2 still because it's such a slog
I agree its pretty bad
Omega Amigo was pretty good. The rest of it didn’t quite appeal.
Same thing
Yes. Because I want my commute to feel like a montage from a low budget 1992 romcom/heist film set in New York. Move any mountain will make it onto my running playlist though and I hate that for everyone. It's so cringe I've gone full circle and may have enjoyed it. But the full album is too much like GCSE music experimentation
Didn't completely hate this, Move Any Mountain is a banger, but it wears a bit thin after that with the repetitive nature and long running time. From the band that sang "Es are good" I suppose it's clear who their music is aimed at.
# Album Name: En-tact # Artist: The Shamen # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Move every mountain is a good song. The rest was more background music. Did not enjoy a full album of it. A song here and there is OK. Not a patch on ebeneezer good though! # Top Tunes: Move every mountain # Would I listen to it again? Nah. Just the odd song.
Nothing for me
Move any mountain var ju en monsterhit och Make it mine hade jag som singel. Men det bli påfrestande i längden att lyssna på den här typen av musik.
Favorite Track: Move Any Mountain
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
This was more early electronics and to no one's surprise.... was not very good. 3/10.
A cross between Bros and Happy Mondays. 2.5
A little too much 'techno' for me.
One good song, lots of fairly uninspiring ones
sinpatico
One can conceive the appeal, but only just. And, being a lover not a dancer, one doesn't actually feel it. The sheer forgettability of this work suggests some day it will be hard to discern, in any meaningful way, from Muzak.
Not good
44/1001 Right out of my era this, but I never really got into the dance scene in a big way, so I am only familiar with Progen / Move Any Mountain. Cheesy new-age psych-hippy lyrical themes aside, it's not too bad to be fair - I can see how all those acidic squelches and layered sounds could sound amazing with the right, ahem, substances on board. I've seen some reviews suggesting it sounds dated, but I was quite surprised how well it held up to be honest, there's a lot more subtle production and melodic sense than you might give them credit for. And - listening to the 1991 reissue - everything is pared down to a palatable pop-single length at least. As I said earlier, dance is not really my thing, but I am interested in the sounds and the technology - I'd love to MAKE this sort of music, much more than I'd like to listen to it. I'm pretty sure I enjoy this version of the Shamen to the more chart-friendly Mr C's silly raps-to-the-fore version which followed though - I've no reservations giving it two stars.
Benadryl overdose album, but it could be better.
By its nature not very exciting, but it's not bad. It's just... there. I suppose it'd be good background noise for some. It does what it sets out to achieve, it's just that it's not much.
A really weird album. Had a nerdy corny charm at best, and got very predictable and boring at worst. A few interesting moments, but would've been much better served as a 20 min EP. Top tracks: Move Any Mountain, Oxygen Restriction
I want to claw my ears out
I feel like there are other bands that have done this much better.
This album sounds like early-90's extasy (the illicit drug, not the actual emotion) feels. Sure it's bouncy and pleasantly trippy, but it's also artificial and leaves you feeling hollow afterward.
Better than most of the electronic music that has come up on this list. 2.5 stars.
I’m trying not to call this “beeps and boops,” but damn. It’s just a lot of… yeah.
Wow, this is bad. I would not suggest listening to a single song. Ok it's not that bad, but it's not for me.
Pretty average album in my opinion, nothing special or even solid about it. The beats are raw and loud, but in this case this isn't a good thing, they seem a bit unpolished and basic, often way to repetitive. The melodies are weak and not memorable. The vocals aren't blended in the usual way for techno music, but rather jump in unexpectedly, when I think about it, the album sounds like mixing the song structures of pop music into electronic music. The whole album seems like it needs more work in the studio, mixing and mastering, finding a better balance and maybe adding elements here and there. Having said that, there are also some fun songs and melodies on here, just not that many. Not sure why this made the list to be honest, the album isn't even that popular to begin with.
Scottish 90s dance. Fused the band's past psychedelic rock sounds with the rave act it became, developing a style that represented multicultural dance music. Very bland electronica, not bad but kind of meh.
1.5
2.0
Shitty rave music.
I think I could have died without hearing this. Thin, boring.
So right off the back I really liked this album. It starts really high with by far the best song on the album and everything after that is downhill. I actually counted how many songs I liked enough to add them to a playlist I listen to, and how many were like nails on a chalkboard repetitive, and 2/3rds of the hour long album were not just forgettable and skippable, but they were actually grading to listen to. It’s really a shame because based off of the first two songs I thought this album would be a “dancey” new wave album. It is not really new wave sounding after the first two songs (maybe the last one too, that song has a new wave vibe to it). But ultimately if it weren’t for the 5songs I did like this album would be my second album to get a one star review.
2.5+
Futuristic no saves
This has aged very poorly. But then again, maybe it wasn’t ever any good.
Didn’t like it, just not my kind of music at all. Maybe one song I kind of like (“Human NRG”)
Suspiciously French sounding
That's not my taste in music
Sehr elektrisch, ok aber nix dolles. 2/5
Some people may like this, although I don’t know why, but it is by no means required listening for anyone. It is nothing more than a stereotype of what I would expect if I were ever to go to a rave. Should not be on this list.
Boring
*sigh dimery...
Lord. How do some of these albums make this list? This is pretty bad because it’s just totally ignorable. 2/5
Another lates 80s / early 90s Techno album. This one had some good songs but ultimately didnt capture my attention. A lot of drum/bass heavy sound that isnt really my taste. I could see how other DJs might have found this influential. Overall- 2.5/5, but not quite a 3
I had a feeling when I saw the cover and title that this album wouldn’t be for me and I was correct.
1.6 Not much to write home about, so I wont
I found the album to be 4 bangers, and that was pretty much it. The rest of the album was either just remixes of those songs or filler that didn't have much to it.
Move Any Mountain, well it’s deffo the 90s. there’s a tight back beat and interesting rap/talking going on. The chorus is classic dance and is only the title of the track basically. It’s in no way bad but I won’t be rushing to put it back on. Human, giving some what bowie with the arrangement. There is some underwater bubble noise that I love. Again drums are tight. It goes on a bit too long for my liking but they do build it up and down for interest. Now i’m gonna be real candid here and say, at this point in the album i had to turn it off before it contributed to a panic attack in the gym. So i will not explain my two stars any further.
It is serviceable rave music. It joins the host of albums on this list that I think are mediocre in their unforget-ability.
ehhhh there’s good stuff here but a lot of stuff that I’m not really feeling. Evil is even to make it mine is a nice run of tracks tho
I feel as though whatever edge this album may have had upon release has been lost to time. Fine, just corny and outdated
Some of the songs give a Dead or Alive vibe. Maybe it’s the vocals. En-Tacr starts strong but bottoms out after track 4.
Sub Mid 90s rave music, US version at least had "Move Any Mountain" but this one did not.
Sort of interesting techno dancy music, but it gets old and repetitive very quickly.
I feel this album started solid. I even got the “something new i might get hooked on” feeling. But the last half was way weaker and less creative than i thought. Good to listen, i added a couple of songs to my favs, but that’s it.
Not my cup of tea unfortunately.
"The system is down"
I can’t help but like this a little because it’s so unabashedly crappy. It’s like a parody of 1990 electronica.
This is the kind of 90s dance music that I at least like the idea of, but this is a real miss. Move Any Mountain is ok, but the rest of it falls off massively, it gets really quite samey and dull, and it goes on too long. 2/5.
This is music that would be parodied on Portlandia
This served as quite nice background music as I worked today, but I can’t see myself listening to it anywhere else. I felt it was maybe a tad long too. Score: 2/5
This is a joke, right? Operating under that assumption, this album completely belongs on the list. It’s unserious. It’s subversive. It’s kind of amazing. Sadly, I think this is serious. “Omega amigo for you I’ll always have time.” What the hell is that? Serious people do not sing those words over and over. Believing this is a joke makes it genius, but otherwise it’s just bad.
Not for me.
The new key words feature is quite handy for my review: long, dated, repetitive, boring
I hate that it’s a thing for some electronic acts to release their albums in a myriad of different ways. Please decide on a mix and go with it. Now that that’s out of the way, there are a few interesting choices on this album. Other than that it’s quite a bore.
Like most experimental electronic music, it starts out pretty cool but wears out it's welcome very quickly
Pretty fun album, some songs I definitely preferred but a lot that just sort of blended into one another.
Quite a slog to get through, the music is a bit of it's time and maybe could be appreciated for it's time and within context but the lyrics...the worst sort of faux spiritual dog shit you could ever hear. Utterly ruins any possibility of this being decent 1.5*
Uninspiring electronic music
This one didn’t do much for me with the exception of Omega Amigo, which is a fun song. It’s a sort of fun, decent sounding record that may have felt innovative in 1990, but it hasn’t aged well sonically in my opinion.
Every electronica album on this list has been at least 20 minutes longer than it needed to be
The actual electronica music is cool, but the singing on top is annoying
Not my cup of tea
Rave music really needs to be heard in a dark club full of people. Listening while driving to work made me feel old and made the music sound weak
Somewhat catchy beats, and also some very annoying ones.
British techno slop. Pass.
OK if you like that sort of thing.
Track one: oh yes, I remember this one - choon! Track two onwards: well, this is embarrassing
Dull, dated.
If someone would ask me how the typical 90s music sounds like, I’d show them this.
This is my 211th album and (I think) only the second time I’ve said “that’s enough of that. I I doubt the last 2 tracks are going to wow me and even if they do it’ll hardly redeem what came before”
Forgettable early Dance / electronica
Pish, but scottish enough for a bonus
Always found The Shamen a bit hit and miss. Move any Mountain is great (I've still got my original single form when it was released) but most of this just merges into 1.
At times utter shit, other times not too bad. Bits of it sound like a joke, especially some of the vocals. Manages to sound older than electronic bands that came before them. I dont get this. Gimme a record back to back Ebeneezer good over this
Very 90s rave, I bet their music videos feature glow sticks, strobe lighting and whistles, with the implication that everybody is on pills. Some of the beats were alright but out together in a repetitive way, they didn't make the most of any of the good parts. The last quarter of the album seemed to be remixes of the rest of it as well, no need. The particular way the terrible lyrics are delivered is almost nostalgic now but it's terrible. There is something half decent buried in here but it's really deep.
Not really sure why this is on the list, other than if it is influential as the start of something bigger. Not dire, but not overly interesting. The first half of the album was more enjoyable.
I don't see any reason this should be on this list. Isn't even that good or unique example of electronica. Also doesn't have their huge hit on. Didn't hate it, but would never choose to listen to it again. 1.5
Bit dated, not a big fan. Hard to say if there's a legacy to this, I'm the wrong person to judge.
2 This feels like a lite version of Pet Shop Boys, an artist that I’m not even the biggest fan of to begin with. Though, to PSB’s credit, for as grating as the result often is, you can tell they’re at least going for something interesting - I’m not sure what exactly this album is hoping to achieve or whom it's for. It’s like it’s too tame to be club music and yet too intense for casual listening. Not that I’ve got a ton of experience with the culture, but this feels like the lamest rave you could attend. I’ve mentioned before that I’m not the biggest fan of electronic music, so there might be a bit of bias to this review, but I will say, I randomly decided to put on the SSX 3 video game soundtrack this past weekend. For those that didn’t grow up on PS2 extreme sports games, there’s a lot of electronica to be found within the franchise, and I’ve gotta say, what was included in that game had me grooving in my seat. I’m really not much of a club kid, but if you could find me a club that specializes in that kind of electronica, I certainly could be persuaded. Anyway, my point being - there wasn’t a single song on this album that got me even remotely close to a state like that. I’ll give it credit for at least not being as annoying as it certainly could be, but there’s just nothing here that’s interesting. The closest it comes is with Move Any Mountain, but after about the third time I heard it here, I was pretty over it. Not the worst thing I’ve heard from the genre, but quite possibly the most forgettable.
Interessant
boring trip-pop that didn't engender any interest.
I just find this so boring
Expected to hate this. Didn't, but it wasn't too painful. I just don't like EDM. Not made for listening in my opinion.
God this was hard to get through, but I did it. Far too many insufferable beeps and boops. Will never listen again
Some shining musical moments but mostly sound effects with a beat
There are actually some songs I like on here, so it doesn't totally suck, just mostly. Good soundtrack material.
🎧Listened to the US 1991 issue. Mostly generic sounding techno. Favorite tracks: Evil Is Even, Make It Minimal
More poppy than I expected, not sold on some of the singles but decent music for working.
Just not my thing. I see its place though. favorite track: make it mine
Functional music for doing your thing (drugs) in 1990. Not music for listening in 2024. 2.2
Paria kipaletta laskematta aika tasotonta kamaa. 2+
Pari lupaavan olosta jytää, mut lopputuloksena kuitenkin kokonaisuus oli vähän tylsä
Oh this is pretty weak isn't it. Not held up well. 'Move any mountain' is still a minor league banger but the rest is mostly annoying. Yet another album on this list that isn't essential at all, but does help fill out an appreciation of different times and movements in music.
Psychedelic, electronic dance music. It's OK, but not a must hear for anyone. Giving a 2 because the rhythms and beat are nice background music for some things.
I thought there was potential at first. 2/5
p635. 1990. 2.5 stars (3 on a good day). Decent Brit electro-dance, with a couple of standout tracks. Needs a tab to be fully appreciated. Not essential listening, but worth a spin.
This was an interesting work. It was entertaining enough to have as background music while working.
I don’t think this is all that bad. I mean, I didn’t listen to all of it, it’s far too long, but I don’t think that as music it’s that bad. On the other hand, there was an album that I listened to recently, I don’t remember which one, and the top rated review said that they always try to ask why this specific album deserves a spot on the top 1001 of all time, the most essential of the most essential. And I have no idea why En-Tact of all albums is up here. As far as I was aware, The Shamen are best known for Ebeneezer Goode, a particularly catchy if unsubtle tribute to ecstasy, which only seems to be remembered by a certain set of music history nerds, specifically because of it’s hilarious take on pro-drug advocacy. But there isn’t any of this catchiness or wit on En-Tact. It’s all played as straight as Rave music can be, and as such, I don’t see why this deserves a spot on the list.
I'm surprised this has been included as an early 90's rave classic. Could have gone for many other options. This was kind of average when it came out.
Dimery listened to it in his youth, no other reasons
Reviewing this album feels like trying to face your kid after a piano recital. You know they worked really hard on it and their heart was in the right place but it just wasn't very good. Some cool musical ideas here but I have the same complaint on this album as I do a lot of other albums of this genre from this time on this list - they can make some cool new things with the new technology available to them but they haven't figured out how to turn it into a bigger musical idea instead of disparate sounds.
Another album that I'll never remember a single track of.
Meh
Started off with a bit of nostalgic hopefulness but soon faded after the first few tracks and a repetitive mundane feeling took over.
Meh
It started out alright but then go so samey, that my infant hated it. 2/5
Every thumbs-up on this post is a petition to outlaw the UK forever
Electronica. Langweilig **
Aucune idée pourquoi ça fait partie de cette liste. De l'electre oubliable, pas tellement unique et qui a mal vieilli. Trop d'alvbums (dont lui) dont la seule mention spéciale de la page wikipedia est qu'il figure dans ce livre. 3/10
I remember playing Move Any Mountain a lot when I first started DJ'ing (and of course Ebeneezer Goode). The rest of the album is "of its time" like this band always was. Good album but not something I will listen to again.
I was never a rave person, it just didn't appeal. A lot of this sounds like someone holding down the demo button on an expensive keyboard. Music for another life and time I suspect
Nice electro but not my genre
At first, I liked the atmosphere that this album creates. I kind of wish I had listened to this with an MP3 player. Nonetheless, I don't think that it had much to offer. A lot of synthesizers, which I am not a big fan of. The melodies were repetitive, which made me miss some lyrics even more. Frankly, I was already fed up with the album by the time I had reached the fourth song
nah. Human NRG and Possible Worlds showed promise and bump it up to 1.8 stars, which I'll round off to 2 for generosity's sake.
Альтернатив дэнс часть уже давно была у Нью Ордер (и лучше, интереснее при этом). Асид хаус - э, быть в начале не значит быть тем самым ключевым автором/произведением, нет? И это при том, что условные 808 State уже во всю силу валили к 90-ому году. Здесь достаточно бэнгеров, особенно во второй половине. Но снова всё та же проблема: насколько важно быть в начале, когда после тебя люди делали то же самое сильно лучше? Лучшая песня - Move And Mountain.
Thought I was going to be more into this than I was. Got tiresome and wasn't my bag
Didn't think much of this. Sounds just like generic 90s club fodder to me, not really my bag.
Like walking to a bar in the late nineties and listening droning music to drunkenly move to 'Omega Amigo' especially sounds like something someone in the bar would tell you after bumping into you and giving you glowsticks
I see why this is on the list, given the context, but it's horrificly dated now, and waaay too long. The last few songs are pretty much just reworkings of Move Any Mountain (which is a good song), with different titles. After an hour or so it started to wear a bit thin. Some interesting tracks here and there, but overall just interesting as a footnote in the evolution of electronic and house music.
Hit and miss
Pretty painful listen. Shitty techno. 2 stars
Not my fave. There are definitely some cool aspects of this album, but for the most part it seemed just like jumbled sounds. 666 Edit being the hallmark of that comment.
The type of Electronic music that I really do not like, super repetitive looping beats that don't really go anywhere. Tough to listen to for a full hour. Also annoying that the US track list is way different than the original.
Some classics but the album didn't grab me. A generous 2.
No amount of pills could make this album an interesting experience.
Absolute garbage. Repetitive, uninteresting, dated, meaningless new-agey-druggy lyrics, awful sound, terrible singing - tedious beyond belief
There were some elements/parts I liked like the last song but I was mostly waiting for it to be over - 5/10
I was not happy to see an hour long electronica album, but when I started listening to it I thought it wasn't too bad. But then I realized I was halfway through the third track and there were 12 more left. Overall, it has some good moments, but was a slog to get through. 666 Edit has that one popular hip hop sample.
Hear this and then see the Wikipedia being like thus was notable in the clubbing scene and then I get why ppl who fuck it up in the club also fuck up acid bc I’d have to be tripping too to enjoy this. 3/10
This is pretty ass. Every time we get a bad electronica album, which there seem to be quite a few of on here, I get more and more upset that they didn't include discovery on this list
- Es war by far nicht das schlechteste, was ich bisher hier gehört habe - Es hat mich manchmal sogar echt ein bisschen gekriegt - Alles in allem aber wirklich nicht mein cup of tea und sehr outdated dafür, dass es aus den 90ern kommt Rating: 1,75-2/5
Played this end-to-end twice and don't remember a single note. It's electronic dance 'music' is all I know. Pointless unless you're actually dancing.
90's rave music. Niet echt mijn pakkie an. En even spiekend in de reviews màg ik het ook niet cool vinden. Eigenlijk vind ik het helemaal niet zo tergend. Vind Move Any Mountain wel dikke plaat en door de repetitieve beat van de nummers daarna trance ik wel lekker door een uurtje computerwerk. Echt interessant wordt het nooit en de lyrics zijn best cringe ("life is never enough") maar blij dat ik hier met een open blik ben ingegaan. 6/10 Highlights: Move Any Mountain Hyperreal Orbit
electronic music that is VERY redundant, as most music seems to be in that genre. pretty unremarkable, to be honest.
Not listened yet
EEz are good, eez are good ethan ebeneezer Goode