Reviews (page 6 of 7)
Tripe.
Weird, I am not sure who this is for. Singer’s voice is strange, the songs are long and overall it just kinda sucked
1/10 I really didn't fw with dude's voice.
Garbage, ear rape, i hated every second of it.
Drudgery
Nervt ohne Ende
I really can't stand Wyatt's vocals, and the experimental music is too far on the side of discordant for me to enjoy. My first 1 star album, I really didn't like it.
1.27
THIS IS AWFUL
I wish this was much shlorter.
What is this album doing on this list? Honestly. This album is conceptually chaotic and just bad.
Ohhhh, art rock… there is a very small subset of people this is meant for. And for them, I hope they enjoy it. For the rest of us, we just want it to stop.
Previously unknown. Not my thing.
Horrible. The lyrics were the worst.
Ugh
This man definitely did psychedelics while making this album
2/7 Boring
Ik gaf ome Robert al eens 1 ster dus ik zie een klein beetje op tegen wat we zullen aantreffen, ook omdat ik weet dat het album wat hierna komt bij m'n luistermaatje niet bepaald in de smaak is gevallen. Dit blijkt alweer vrij snel zo'n maf tripalbum te zijn, wat de (toch wel gave) hoes misschien ook al een beetje liet doorschemeren. En natuurlijk heeft Brian Eno zich hiermee bemoeit. Veel gekloot met gekke stemmetjes die door elkaar lopen, stereo-effecten, instrumenten die klinken alsof ze aan het warmblazen zijn en regelmatig met totale schijt voor elkaars aanwezigheid maar wat door elkaar lopen te spelen, de zanger die als een soort hofnar vaak ietwat valsgezongen verhaaltjes oplepelt. Af en toe wordt er een sfeer geschept die ik wel fijn vind en met de productie is niks mis, maar toch kan ik hier weinig tot niks mee. Het is ploeteren om er doorheen te komen, ik heb er na 3 tracks eigenlijk al helemaal genoeg van. Track 4 trekt de batterij compleet leeg ook. Met heel veel goede wil en een beetje bluf zou ik er een 2 van kunnen maken maar ik heb geen zin om me groot te houden vandaag.
Nope. I don't know that I like anything Brian Eno is involved with.
I got interrupted by the doorbell and was genuinely disheartened that I had to start playing this album again afterwards.
I felt all kinds of dread when I saw 'Psychedelic Rock' after the last album featuring that tag, and glad to know that feeling was a good detector of how much I properly disliked this album.
Why do you do this to me?
Shlit.
Out of time, out of key, and out of place on this list. I don’t care if it makes me uncultured, I do not see how this is an important album to listen to. It never felt interesting or creative, just droning and unrelenting. Never again.
🤮
what the fuck
This list continues to surprise me with some of the most uniquely terrible music. There were some interesting moments instrumentally but the lows were so low this has to be a 1. The duchess was miserable
HIS VOICE NO THANKS
Album 83. Shleep — Robert Wyatt (1997) Another Robert Wyatt album. It's fucking awful - even worse than the first one. I don't like it. Waste of my time 1/5 ------------ No liked songs
Robert Wyatt’s Shleep is an agonizingly dull exercise in avant-garde indulgence that takes its title far too literally, delivering an experience so painfully tedious it will put almost any listener to sleep. While praised by some for its jazz-fusion experimentation, the album quickly devolves into a sluggish, formless drift of aimless instrumentation and droning vocals that lacks any real momentum or hooks. Instead of feeling dreamlike or ethereal, the tracklist feels like a never-ending, exhausting chore to get through, making Shleep the ultimate cure for insomnia—and a complete test of patience for everyone else.
The Good: We get to sleep! The Bad: Make that shleep… as we are inebriated! The Ugly: The fucking hangover… I’ve always been told that “to assume is making an ass out of you and me”, so here is me being an ass. Plenty of us travelers on the 1001 journey are undertaking this effort in the hopes that our status as audio-snob can be proven correct—that we know about hidden gems, can recognize artistry where others see garbage, and more importantly, that nothing can throw us into a tantrum. Well, I guess my status as a music snob can be erased. While listening to this album and reading the comments from those fellow journeymen and women who decided to dish out 5 *, I could but wonder if they would stare approvingly at splatter paint done by a color-blind 5 year-old epileptic patient who just missed the canvas completely? Though Mr Wyatt will not be alone on the list of artist I certainly do not need to listen to ever again, he is fighting for the coveted price of King of the Hill… What absolute shit to listen to, and worse, to my horror, is finding out that I will have to endure one more album by this artist… I’ve said it once, I shall say it again: Fuck You mr Dimery for having a SHIT opinion too often! Here’s an artist who is not on the list, yet considered critical listening by many: Tom Petty, not on the list, yet has more than a fair share of albums that people adore… 1*
We’re back to terrible; case in point, the track ‘Blues in Bob Minor’ was an awful attempt to channel Bob Dylan and, in my view, a desperate attempt to legitimize an already unsalvageable album.
What was that?
Not really my thing
boring, mostly forgettable 2/10
I just couldn't get into this album.
B-A-D. Bad.
I really did not like this. And I didn't even hate it throughly. There was music here I found interesting and then he ruins it by singing.
More Meh. It could have been so good, I quite liked the first track with its psyche-folk vibe, then I got fed up with old Bob's voice.
This was.. not my thing. I did not enjoy it and would not recommend it.
Didn't like the guy's voice; weird lyrics (see: "The Duchess"); a lot of songs had unnecessary instrumentals in the beginning that then in effect made the song drag on and be a bear to get through
Did not like
I dont give a 1 star often, because I believe that albums always have something for someone, so it can't all be bad. I reserve the 1 star for albums thay actively annoy me, that made me turn it off because I couldnt bear it any longer. This is one of those albums. The singing is shit, the music ranges from bland to shit. It reminded me of a mentally ill homeless person who livrs near me. He tries to make a living by (badly) playing two recorders at once. I get that experimental music is not tor everyone, but sometimes I feel like this epithet is used for shit music to make it seem better than it is.
Shleep paralysis demon maybe… like letting your weird unemployed uncle loose in a recording studio.
Like the flaming lips but stupid
Absolute garbage. Weird for weird sake without the chops to make weird sound good.
An album famously named by Sean Connery at the end of one of Len Houmous’ infamous acid trips. He was ushering Robert to bed but he just kept making mental music! 1.2 10/11 Blues In Bob Minor
Who the hell is responsible for this list????? This album is a perfect example for bullshit.
Aborted at the third song - not my cup of tea
3/10
Shite
Funny thing, I had removed Robert Wyatt from artists that were available to me on Spotify so it wouldn't play this album. I did that based on the first album he had on this T1001 list (Rock Bottom), because it was atrocious and I didn't want my algorithm getting messed up. This album came out 23 years after Rock Bottom, and sucked just as much but a little less. The man cannot sing. The music is awkwardly uncomfortable (hear "The Duchess"), like a guy playing to himself in his cabin in the woods. He enjoys, but even the birds won't land on his roof, and all the critters moved their dens out of earshot. It's gibberish (hear "Blues In Bob Minor" or "Out Of Season", and not worth sharing. I removed him again from music I allow myself to listen to. This is the opposite of what you should hear before you die, or maybe this is the catalyst for why you died, I don't know, but its shit. The author got this one wayyyy wrong. 1 star at best.
I wasn’t excited for this one after reading other reviews, and after the first track of thought to myself, “Hey, that wasn’t that bad at all! A little weird, but I kinda like weird songs.” By the halfway mark I was checking Wikipedia to see if anything from this album was used at Guantanamo to torture prisoners.
Boy, that was awful. But at least it was long and disjointed. This was a steaming pile of hot shit disguised as music.
Just shit garbage. This should be locked away in a bunker under the earth to never be heard again
There were strings in some songs, so that was cool I guess, but Shleep was shlweird.
Truly terrible
Just discordant noise.
No thanks
I know nothing about this guy. The album artwork made me think this was released in the 70's. Looks like a dreamscape, which I guess is fitting because this sounded like a dream (a bad and boring one mostly). I dunno, it was difficult to really get into this. Tries to be artsy, but ends up as a cacophony of peculiar and unfitting sounds with off-key vocals that just do not enhance the experience whatsoever.
What an irritating album. No, thank you.
Yuck - I wish I could have shlept through that one.
i love sleep, this shleep though i reject
An awful album. His voice was terrible, and the few glimpses of decent music were quickly drown out by this "artist"
это был какой-то пипец
Feels like we've given up at this point. Like a cd that's in an air bnb. The owner didn' buy it. Who the fuck bought it.
This was horrible. Sadly, my first DNF of the project, 100 albums in. 1/10
I am a strong believer that people should make art for the sake of doing it, to express themselves, so I can't begrudge Robert Wyatt for doing this. However, I do begrudge being made to listen to it. I would have been happy to die without hearing this. In fact, I would have been happier to die without hearing it. Also, this guy can't sing. Sometimes that's OK, but this guy's reach exceeds his grasp. I recognised the artist profile picture in Spotify and I spent some time trying to work out where from. I think he must come up in my recommended lists now and then, because the only song I remember hearing from him is Pigs... (In There), which is great, but very minimalist. OH WAIT! I have found it, there was actually another (!) Robert Wyatt album on this list, Rock Bottom, which I heard 400 albums ago and called "barely music". It's nice to see my opinion is consistent. But still, what terrible judgement and taste from the list curators to include two Robert Wyatt albums.
Awful. Alien was the only decent song
Maybe the list should be 1000 and we can skip this "sounds like a cat in a dryer nonsense"
Not any better than the last time I was subjected to this torture.
What are we doing man? This is like the undeserving talentless hack getting a promotion (getting on this 1001 list) over a more talented individual with actual good music (literally any other album you marginally like that is not on this list). 2/10.
This album isn't for everybody. I'm everybody I guess.
People like this...? Nearly put me to shleep 1 ⭐️
This is my 749th album and it's the worst so far. Worse than having Kid Rock on endless loop.
Fuck off, proper shit
The ultimate conformity test, if someone pretends to enjoy this you know they are full of shit.
I don't think any songs in this album can redeem it after they dropped the biggest turd of a song, "The Duchess".
A lot of this album was genuinely painful to listen to. My vocal credentials extend to being asked to join my friend's Mum's operatics society after a New Year's Eve karaoke session, so if you're in the market for a re-do Robert, hit me up.
I've never seen an album crash so hard so fast. The first song, Heaps Of Sheeps, wasn't that great, but it was some ok British rock. Then it just took a total dive with the really shitty The Duchess. He's got this really whining voice throughout the whole song. The rest of the album is mostly cacophony. It's pretentious and artsy just for the sake of being pretentious and artsy. Best song: Heaps Of Sheeps
I used to play the jukebox every night at the bar next door. I’d without a doubt throw on ‘Move on Up,’ and usually some Talking Heads. But, once, I put on ‘Heart It Races’ from Architecture in Helsinki, and an old guy hunched over his beer yelled at me and told me to stop Wyatting the jukebox. Turns out ‘Wyatting’ is whenever you put something esoteric, meaning bad, on the juke, and forcing the bar to put up with your snobby bullshit. Listening to Shleep, I get it now. You’re not going to get any shleep with this racket on, not with all that grating dissonance. I’ll admit, I was charmed by the first track. I thought I was in for a good ride. But everything quickly dissolved from there. Out of curiosity, and because I love suffering perhaps, I then put on Wyatt’s adolescent band, The Soft Machine. It’s more generically psychedelic, and more pleasing. I can see why he’d have a base following. One of the songs on the self titled Soft Machine album did come from the perspective of someone complaining that people didn’t think the lead singer deserved their wealth and prestige. Sounded autobiographical, and like a pretty weird and braggy topic to sing about. Wyatt’s bio also places him in this somewhat privileged, albeit bohemian, milieu. As a child, he knew the famed poet John Asbury, for instance. When he was in Soft Machine, he hung out a lot with Keith Moon. I’d argue that Wyatt never quite reached the artistic heights of either, yet he was privileged (or lucky) enough to be around them. I sense in Shleep, therefore, an over-inflated ego who probably doesn’t deserve the popularity and prestige it’s acquired. This ego does deserve, however, with their nails on a chalkboard sound, to be forever tied to a term that designates any annoying song played at a bar to the dismay of everyone present.
I’m glad that at least he’s having fun. 1/5
I respect that he was able to still make music after being made paraplegic and that this album cover is fantastic but this album sounds almost like he was making it as a joke. What the hell are those vocals. And he just had to sneak Brian eno in there as well. Piss off Specific rating 1.2 Fav song- blues in bob minor Least fav- the duchess
What the bloody hell was this? Why is this on here? Supremely awful. This gives prog rock a bad name and I like prog rock.
Nope.
Wow, strange musician. Such a strange voice, for such a big man. Cool English accent, strange music. Do like his jazz pieces.
Man, wtf even is this shit?
Started off cool and then went sideways
That was boring. And tedious.
This was very bad.
I wasn't a fan of this one at all. After the first song, I thought it might not be all that bad, it was decent, but then it descended into this arty for arty sake bullshit, and it really wasn't good. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
This was not for me.
Why do I need to listen to this before I die? I just don't understand how this is supposed to enrich my life in any way. Even when considered as "Outsider Art", it just doesn't seem at all special. It's just...there. I have already forgotten the whole thing.
Didn’t even get through it
Not my style
Endlich mal wieder ein richtig schönes Schrott-Album
he has a troll voice
This albums alternates between annoying and boring.
Yeah, this is awful. What the fuck is a Canterbury Scene? This is pretentious rock jazz.
I made it to track #4 before tapping out.
Hot garbage
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I tried. Cool production. Songs don't grab me and the vocals are off putting at times
I appreciate a good experiment, I just don't want to participate in this one
Could not get through it.
DNF
Meh
01) Heaps of Sheeps - 6,5 02) The Duchess - 4,0 03) Maryan - 5,0 04) Was a Friend - 4,5 05) Free Will and Testament - 5,0 06) September the Ninth - 4,0 07) Alien - 5,0 08) Out of Season - 4,5 09) A Sunday in Madrid - 5,0 10) Blues in Bob Minor - 6,5 11) The Whole Point of No Return - 4,5 TOTAL: 4,95 (50/100) Current ranking: 588/629
.8
It just washes over me. I've heard Free Will and Testament before and really love that track, but the rest of the album doesn't seem to land.
The fastest I ever hated an album. If I could give this album 0 stars I would. Or even 0.1 stars.
His seventh album. Prog Rock. See! This is my problem with a lot of Prog. It's self indulgent, pretentious wank ! I love whimsy, I love chaos and eccentricity. However this feels false, forced and contrived. I prefer early Pink Floyd for this kind of thing, it's more authentic. Also Robert Wyatt appears on my list earlier with Rock Bottom from 1974. Which is better.
Not for me 1/5
Til tider vakkert, men 90% av tiden er dette blytungt å høre på. Vokalen er grusom, og all plingplongen føles helt meningsløs når den ikke forløses i noe solid melodi. At folk liker denne typen musikk kommer jeg aldri til å forstå. Forutenom noen få låter og partier var dette en lidelse å høre gjennom. Beste låt: Maryan
Nopers
Nope, I don’t think so.
Ugh this was garbage and I'm mad about it. There's music that's unappealing because it isn't your preferred genre, and then there's unappealing garbage with discordant notes and out-of-tune instruments! I didn't care for Robert Wyatt's vocals either, even when he wasn't trying to badly sing as a falsetto. I mean, the end of the album was a little better with a jazz instrumental, but when you have nowhere to go but up... Anyway, the vocals were still crap at the end of the Shleep.
Ugh. This was an absolute slog. It completely checks out that Brian Eno was a producer on this; the cacophonies that he made are well represented on this project. This was absolutely toilsome and I couldn't wait for it to be over.
Why would anyone want to listen to this??
The instrumentals feel like they are tripping over each other, sounds are repeated in a way that makes them obnoxious as well. For this type of stuff to work, the music has to actually sound good. Vocals don’t and instrumentals certainly don’t. Only good song is Alien.
Abandoned listening to this at the time bc it was stupid weird arthouse shit that I couldnt be arsed with but now i'm taking back the 'stupid' its not stupid.......... I suspect if it was stupid id have enjoyed it more Ultimately and I dont want to be one of those 'LOL how many drugs was he on when he made this 🤪' wankers but I'm just not enough of a stoner for this. Maybe if I had a massive soundproof bathroom with a clawfoot tub in the middle of the floor.
just more stupid pretentious noise. yay
I've never heard of this band, but the cover art looks like something from Iron & Wine. I like it immediately. Well the first track was quite good. Track 2 sounds very experimental. Which is less good for me. Track 3 is back on track. Still experimental sounding, but in a good way. This is the kind of album music critics like to listen to because it sounds so different than everything else. An eclectic mix of different sounds put together like jazz. This is not for me, but I wish it was.
Someone take the mic away from this geriatric man. Once again Mr. Wyatt has cursed my ears with his awful vocals which harness power from the depths of British Hell that is his recording booth. At least this time he has somewhat composed instrumentals and when his mouth is shut it halfway passes as music. As soon as his toothless sounding babbling begins its over, pack it up, the score is plummeting. There must have been no other records this year for this to he given the title of album of the year. God fuck my ears. 2/10
Never heard of Robert Wyatt, let's see what we got Heaps of Sheeps - Interesting start! Kinda vibing on this. I'm kinda digging the vocals, it's a nice sound with the instrumentation. I kinda dig the background vocals too. It's a nice composition. But the melodies themselves aren't wowing me. Fun track though, nothing I need to revisit though. 1001 Album Generator really has been nothing but misses for me sadly. The Duchess - I immediately like this one less. I respect the quirkiness of this album so far though. This one is just talking over abstract sounds. Not for me. Maryan - I'm not gonna like this album... Just not my style. And none of the melodies resonate with me. The instrumentation is cool though Was A Friend - Unfortunately I just want to be done listening to this. I dig how clear each instrument is though. The production value is really nice. But I dont care for the vocals. The jazz at the end is kinda fun. Free Will And Testament - zzzzzzzz September The Ninth - The first track being the most streamed should've given me an indication of where I was heading with this album. So boring. I guess I like the jazz elements. Alien - ZZZZZZZ Out Of Season - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (i kinda like the piano) A Sunday In Madrid - give me something Robert, please.... FUCKKKKK. My reactions make it seem like i HATE this thing, but i'm just upset because I haven't rated anything over a 2 since i started this fucking thing so I'm angry. Don't like this song. Blues In Bob Minor - Kinda fun start, Don't like his vocals though. Meh song The Whole Point Of No Return - Can we end with a bang? I doubt it. Wow that sucked Overall - Not my vibe at all...sigh
point1.
As a drummer, the drums are interesting. That's about all I like from this album. Unable to finish it since I was really struggling to enjoy it. 1/5
Bummer. I rather enjoyed the first song in a "this is weird but still accessible" way that I enjoy a bunch of Modest Mouse stuff. Then it fell into "this is just weird and not all that great to listen to" like a bunch of other Modest Mouse stuff. Squealing horns just don't do it for me. It's a different sound than MM, but the same vibes. Objectively this should probably get a 2, and I'm sure plenty of people would give this a 5, but I did not enjoy the vast majority of this. I skipped forward on the last few tracks, and my rule of thumb on here is to hand out a 1 if I couldn't make myself listen to the entire album. Fun album cover, though. 1.4
i could not find a single thing i really liked about the album, couldnt even finish it. The Duchess might be one of the worst song ive ever heard, how can anyone enjoy it is beyond me
⭐️
On sent que le mec est entré en studio avec l'envie de faire un bel album pop onirique mais a finalement préféré tout simplement chier par terre
Pas mon style
The first song of this album is very misleading because it sounds like something interesting to listen to, and then the rest of the album is just awful.
BORING. boring. SO BORING OH MY GODDD!! i havent enjoyed a single song. the lyrics were so strange, it didnt even rhyme, plus what the hell with all those weird instruments and noises??? and the singer's voice?? why is this album on the list of albums i have to listen before i die? maybe its because today i failed a college exam and im pissed off but, either way, i hope i never have to listen to it again. okay, i did saved Maryan because it gives me sunny day in summer vibes BUT that doesnt mean i'd wake up and actively listen to this album. ALSO, how on EARTH are people ranking this 5 starts???!! am i being gaslighted...?
Garbage
Very abstract. I couldn't find the rhythms. Lots of odd instruments
Horrible
Not for me
If you're a fan of Robert's demure mumble crooning, you're gonna love this one, the rest of us have little to hang our hats on.
I don’t ever comment on albums but this time I had too … seriously how did this album get on this list it is honestly the worst I’ve had the misfortune of listening to I’ve wondered at a few of the albums that have made the list and this one has tipped me to the point of thinking someone is having a laugh to title Shleep should have been shite in my opinion
I HATED this. Truly hated it. This is potentially the worst album I have ever had the misfortune to listen to.
My rule is I only give a 1 to albums I cannot bring myself to finish.
Eww, not really able to listen to this kind of music. Really annoying
couldn't get through it. Didn't like constant discordant strings, weak vocals and boring melodies.
thought this was a joke at first. sounded like Sgt Pepper on meth.
Va bien te faire foutre.
Wow
This is terrible. Why was it even recorded much less on this list?
These whisper ass ballads. Speak up, Bob.
Why? Why is this here? Not my words, this album. No thanks
What an odd hodge podge of stuff, some of it musical some not so much. Better than a 1 but not a 2
God awful
Too many 'WTF is this' songs on the album. The remaining songs weren't good enough to bring the rating above a 1
Yesterday I was inclined to give this a 2 or even 3 for it’s weirdness and how funny it was to listen to it, once. But being real, I didn’t enjoy it, didn’t think it was good, I don’t even think track 2 can be called music, and I will never listen to this again, not even by accident. But he does get a point for doing his own thing, that’s for sure. I’m just not the audience for this one.
Just horrendous
Boys and girls here's a perfect example of professional musicians making shit music. If there's a third album by Robert Wyatt on this list I won't bother listening to it, it will be shit too.
No. WTF??
1/10
this is shit?
Some of these songs sound like an orchestra pit tuning up before the play starts. Others are just odd. Not a tremendous fan of his voice.
Discovering this album is like waking up to find your cat had diarrhea by stepping in it
Wow...this sucked ass. I have never checked how much was left in an album so much as I did for this album. The vocalist should never sing again. God he is ass. Also, WTF was "The Duchess"??? Whoever signed off on that song is a criminal... also the trumpet player sounds like he is struggling most of the album. Ugh. "Blues In Bob Minor" IS amazing tho. Actual...1.5. Liked Songs: "Heaps Of Sheeps" , "Maryan" , "Free Will And Testament" , "Alien" , "Blues In Bob Minor'
liked songs: nope There were a few small elements of something really good here. Unfortunately, most of the album is just bullshit. I wish I was exaggerating, but this fucking blows. 1.25
Oh fuck me somebody shoot this man
What a load of crap
Definition of Trying too hard, Fucking Ass, Production is the only halfway enjoyable thing.
i’m not going to listen to it because of the name, plus the other robert wyatt was an unconscionable yawn
Too eclectic for me. Pass.
1.5 - Bad
Oh fuck off Robert Wyatt.
wtf
What utter shite
Kinda surprised by the first track. Very electronic and a little like LCD Soundsystem if it was written and performed by a jolly hobo. The rest of the album tends to be gentler folky meanderings and a schlep more crazy old man singing. I did manage to fall asleep several times so the album did technically live up to its title. Near the end instead of That Old Grey Mare, the crazy old man singer goes into a rut of Subterranean Homesick Blues but in a minor key. This isn’t the absolute pits because it is very quirky and unusual throughout but I have to give a 1 on principal because the guy can’t play or sing and seems to go out of his way to make the tunes as awful as possible.
um ok... I can name maybe 100 albums that should be here instead.
Shhhhh.... I thought it would be better if I didn't have to hear his voice, and then there was a few instrumental passages to show me that, no, it's not better. It's all just so... artsy, but not artistic. It can't believe this was made in 1997.
No songs. No voice. No good.
As another review said Shlit
Be creative! But maybe not like this. As a whole, it is not good. There are good moments in some of the songs, but they're surrounded by painful garbage. It's recognizable as music, at least. Also, for an album that apparently includes a lot of guest artists, there are not additional credits on Spotify, which seems super sus to me. His voice is grating, I keep finding that the best parts are when he's not singing. Favorite Song(s): Maryan
1st song was best
Wow. Not my jam to say the least!!
Trying too hard to be quirky with the wordplay. Gets boring quickly.
not for me
WTF
A high pitched voice over moatly whimsical melodies. Nope.
Emo Jazz that couldn't be arsed.
I could not wait for this album to end. 1/5
UNBELIEVABLE The author has soooo much bias for the psychedelic rock/folk. Where on earth does he dig this stuff up??? 1034 that’s what I’mup to today. Does nothing ever get dismissed from the list????
Music for pretentious assholes.
Meh. Not for me
Really had to force myself not to quit before I finished 1 play through. I'm clearly in the minority though as the album seems to be rated fairly well. To each his own.
Schleep? This is the stuff of nightmares.
Persevered after the second song, which was absolute shlite. A bit too arty for me
Pretentious tosh.
Nope.
I'm not in the mood to go down the rabbit hole of insanity with crap like this today.
Strange one. Most of the songs got me thinking what is going on here. Definitely an interesting album to listen to but not really something I would listen to for enjoyment.
Did not care for this. At all. I was excited to see an album from the 90s, but this was not my jam. Legitimately difficult to listen to.
Awful album. Song 2, The Duchess, has to be one of the worst songs I've ever listenend to.
Yawn
Shleep oli sleepy ja huonolla tavalla. Vittu mitä ininää
very annoying
This is unoffensive as far as experimental albums go but I'm not a fan. Fav Track: Heaps of Sheeps
Not good. Hated the voice.
The last time we had a Robert Wyatt album I said it was absolute shite and 1/5. Shleep doesn't improve on that I'm afraid, even though Heaps of Sheep and Maryan are okay enough to listen to at the start of the record, this is mostly a preposterous excuse for music, fully aware of what they're doing, and another 1/5. Bomb Canterbury.
Ass
Not sure what I was listening too.
I've never been so irritated in my entire life
Why? As having listened to his first album at the suggestion of this site. I has extreme prejudice and was trepidatious at having to do this experiment all over again with a different album.....Imagine my surprise that I found the first track NOT terrible, listenable. The tension in my shoulders and neck subsided; I exhaled and then WHAM! The second track started and I felt the tension rise and peak at the electric piano/clarinet note that wavered off key for what seemed like forever to come crashing down into a cacophony of disjointed sound. I don't understand the people who wrote in their reviews that this sounded more polished than his first album. And after listening to the whole album I see their point. It is more polished: the songs don't meander like the first albums and there is more coherence to the melodies. However....a turd is a turd; polished or no. And just NO. No.
Did nothing for me at all
Heaps of Sheep has a kind of U2 Pop (underrated U2 album) feel to the music. His voice has a Saturday morning cartoons feel to it. I won't say that I loved the first song, but The Duchess is horrible, it's like a children's song about his terrible, whorish wife. I bet Daniel Johnston loved this album. This is not the best representation of anything. This is only being saved from the very worst albums by some truly inspired garbage that was included in this list. I am losing respect for music critics the further I get into the list. Add prog rock to the list of genres I don't like. My god this is terrible. The Flaming Lips' lead singer must have taken notes on singing with a silly voice. This is like adding jazz to psychedelic rock...and it is magically way less than the sum of its parts. Blues in Bob Minor is Robert Wyatt's Subterranean Homesick Blues, and it is one of the better tracks on the album and is still a terrible homage to the original. That is a song format that is oft repeated and this was one of the worst I've heard.
This is too british
Just a little .... weird !
Do you enjoy fever dreams? Do you hate your eardrums? If the answer is yes, then this album is perfect for you.
Not the worst thing I've listened too, but strong contender. It's one of those arty pretentious wank albums that makes noise and calls it music, song 2 (not the blur one) is offensive to my ears, it's shit and I want to burn it.
Skipped through the first half. Didn’t love the experimentation
Getting real tired of the trash on this list.
Out of key, out of tune, absolutely not worth listening to.
Eh. Not sure what to say. Had two listens through and nothing was imparted on me.
Is this a fucking joke? The music is terrible, the singing is absolutely dreadful! This is like a troll album pick. Fuck off with this nonsense. Who ever picked this as something to hear before you die, should never discuss music again. Need a 0 star rating for trash like this.
1. zheepz - 1 2. duchezz - 0 3. maryan - 1 4. friend - 0 5. teztament - 1 6. ninth - 1.5 7. alien - 1.5 8. zeazon - 1 9. madrid - 0 10. bluez - 0 11. no return - 1
I will be pursuing legal action against the purveyors of this listing for unsolicited mental anguish as a result of their lack of musical taste. For this to be someone’s album of the year for 1997 is disturbing, as the sound of toilets flushing would be far more entertaining.
Bad album. This is some serious weird, prog stuff from Robert Wyatt. It's pretty far out and generally not very good. There's some interesting stuff, but it's not really an album I'll ever listen to again. I'll shleep well. *
not for me
all i can say is the album title is extremely fitting
Hm never heard of this guy. Hmmm I'm not liking this at all. it has zero melody, sounds like a person just randomly making sounds when they're trying to make up a song on the fly. 1 star.
Bah!!!
Like a shittier Tiny Tim
Awful!
Absolute drivel
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Terrible
What was that. This one star is actually zero stars.
This was dumb and not easy to listen to
I was lost with this one. Didn't connect with anything on it.
This shit sucks
*Looks at Beefheart and Zappa albums* "No, no, you see THIS is worth SOMETHING." *Looks at Robert Wyatt albums* "THAT is worth NOTHING." 1/5
Yuk
Sucks
Crap
Er zijn grenzen.
usually I'm at least somewhat generous to stuff that tries to be "artsy" like this, but this just feels super forced and pretentious. there are a couple glimmers of enjoyable music but as everybody and their dog has pointed out, his voice is just unlistenably bad. is there supposed to be some point being made by the juxtaposition of the awful vocals and the passable-to-good music? possibly, but just because you do something bad on purpose doesn't make it magically not bad
What a fucking awful album.
kinda ok until I git to Sea Song. so whiney! not my thing
Ugh terrible
It is just one of those weird things and if you can get over the fact that the singer cannot sing then you would like this album. But if you actually like your singers to actually be in tune and know how to sing this album will be like nails on a chalk board. It reminded me of Frank Zappa. But Frank Zappa could carry a tune and actually sing. Not sure if I can go through and listening to this artist other albums.
Too slow, from what I remember
I can only conclude this album is on the list solely due to its pedigree. Wikipedia lists this as a progressive album but it's not progressive in any way. It does not push the art form forward but instead sets it back. It is REgressive. Transgressive. The second track in particular is an egregious, atonal, arhythmic mess. I had high hopes that that would be the worst of it, but I was sorely disappointed when the rest of the album followed suit. Thanks for an exceptionally frustrating hour, Mr. Wyatt.
INSUPPORTABLE j’en reviens pas qu’ils aillent autant d’albums insipide et straight up gossant sur cette liste là
It's certainly interesting. It came close to engaging a couple of times. But ultimately, it feels self-indulgent; a public display of weirdness in an effort to prove individuality.
Oh my god. I´m so sick of all that Robert Wyatt stuff! Are there really no other remarkable albums in this world from someone who at least can sing?
This one really put me to shleep!
No spark for me here.
This sounds like a pop artist who wanted to make something artsy but didn't really have any ideas. So the record just bumbles along making weird noises for weirdness sake. So this is a fail for me.
Ew
At first it was just weird and boring, but not as mind-numbing as some prog rock. But as it went on it edged into jazz, and by about halfway through was sapping my will to live.
I got to the middle of Track #2, and I'm not going to put myself through anymore horror. The creator of this list should rethink what makes a top 1001 album to listen to.
no, just no
"heaps of sheeps" started out OK, but damn... "the dutchess" spiraled into terrible noise.
Not for me - atonal, a-rhythmic, and pretentiously Avant Garde.
Too weird
i hate this more than all the grains if samd on all the besche sof all the planets in all the galaxies
I mean it's terrible. It is even music?
Why do you hate me?
Schrecklich
Terrible, annoying, whiny, could not finish
Too nerdy AND EXPERIEMTal and strange voice
Poor man's Randy Newman vibes coming off this guy.
Couldn't do it. Skipped songs after a few seconds. Gave up after five tracks
Rock progresivo experimental. Un sinsentido. Un 1.
Ugh. Too psychedelic and unstructured for my taste.
I'm sure this music is for someone....just not me. I kind of Heaps Of Sheeps, and Blues In Bob Minor. Otherwise every song sounds like Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, set out to make the worst folk/jazz hybrid you have ever heard. I almost did not finish this one. Would not listen again.
This is very avant garde. Through the first three songs it sounds like this guy loves sounding like an orchestra warming up before a concert. There are definitely bright spots in the music but it's intentionally such a mess and the vocals are also intentionally non-traditional that I find it hard to make it through the album
Rock progresivo experimental. Un sinsentido. Un 1.
Va e detta
I did not enjoy a single second of this album. Only got through it by sheer force of will
This was dreadful. Took every fiber of my being to listen to the end.
Did not enjoy thank you very much
The first track was a banger, and then this thing went off the proverbial rails. As expected. You don't create that photo for the album cover and not expect listeners to proceed with trepidation.
Not my style. Too chaotic and not cohesive. Could only listen to part of the first three songs on the album before I got fed up.
First album I couldn't make it through. I'm assuming the off key singing is on purpose, but it doesn't do anything for me.
schlep.
Bullsh*t, bullsh*t, derivative!
If you gave acid, a bunch of instruments, and recording equipment to an extra on the set of Monty Python & The Holy Grail, they probably could come up with a better album
Shite
Ugh
If the word "pretentious" were an anagram for "a bunch of crap", then we'd have a winner. "Heaps of Sheeps" was at least interesting to listen to, and also was an attempt at an actual song. The rest of it was a pointless cacophony. What a waste of a spot on this list.
who told this man he should make music
Echt geen idee wat ik hiermee moet of waarom ik dit gehoord moet hebben. Meneer Wyatt is duidelijk in de late jaren 60 blijven hangen.
More corny British bullshit. I simply do not care to listen to a man mumble his way through jazzy nursery rhymes in a twee falsetto.
This sucks I stopped listening
what in the heck? the second song is pretty atonal, and the vocalist is not about able to sing very well. What in the hell is this? This guy's vocal tone makes me want to puke. Blues In Bob Minor is solid surprisingly. I hated this.
Not for me, only really enjoyed one song on the album.
Absolute crap. Seriously. The further you go into the album, the deeper the crap.
Ken deze artiest niet, dus ben benieuwd! Het eerste nummer is prima, I guess, maar nummer 2 The Duchess is een heel apart nummer. Ik weet niet zo goed wat voor album dit gaat worden, maar we gaan het meemaken! Ok wtf is The Duchess voor nummer, dit klinkt gewoon slecht. Niet interessant muzikaal of wat dan ook. Ik ben nu bij September the Ninth en de titel van dit album is zeer goed gekozen. Ik ben al een paar keer bijna weggedommeld met dit album, man wat is dit saaie muziek. Blues in Bob Minor schrikt me een soort van wakker. Het is het enige nummer op dit album waar echt iets gebeurd zeg maar. Waarom kan de rest van het album niet zo zijn Robert, verdorie! 1 nummer dat ik ok vind, de rest is eigenlijk ondermaats. Robbie, je hebt een primeur ouwe pikkebaas! FAVO: Blues in Bob Minor
I knew nothing about this artist and the album. Largely a very weird album. Maryan was the only song I liked or could stand, most songs skipped for being whack. 0.5
This is another obscure English album which has no business being on a list of important, influential, or best albums in popular music. "Shleep" wildly misses all five of those descriptors: important, influential, best, popular, music. Contrived and overly pretentious, this allegedly legendary musician is purposefully singing nursery rhymes off-key. It is asinine. Anyone who mistakes this for music should be ashamed of themselves.
To say this is weird is not saying a lot… quite the experience, I’ll put it that way
Prog rock? More like prog not very good :( This just doesn't make sense to me, it doesn't sound good at all. The horns are strange, singing isn't great imo and the instrumental arrangements just don't sound good half the time. 2.5/10
What a load of shite.