Idlewild

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This album is getting a lot of hate, but honestly, it's got some nice pop to digest. It's pretty good sounding new wave in an era where there was a lot of noise clutter. Some of the synth work is lame, but the songs that don't rely on it, like Blue Moon Rose and Love is Here Where I Live are easily the best parts. There's also a suprising amount of groove in some of these songs, much more than some lesser new wave. Good album from a mediocre genre.

One hit wonder

I remember Everything But The Girl feeling quirky and a little different back in the nineties, so I came to Idlewild expecting something with a bit of edge. Instead, it falls quite flat for me. The album leans heavily into soft, middle of the road ballads that feel safe and overly restrained. There is a gentle, understated style running through it, but very little that truly grabs the attention. I found myself zoning out for much of the listen, with tracks blending into one another without a standout hook or moment. I can appreciate the clean production and Tracey Thorn’s smooth, controlled vocal, but as a complete record it feels lifeless rather than intimate. It is hard for me to see why this would land on a must hear list when there are so many more dynamic albums from the era. Favourite track: None really stood out. Least favourite: Difficult to choose as everything felt similarly subdued and forgettable. Album artwork: A nice, nostalgic cover that captures their late eighties image well

Loved the sound of her voice along with the musical arrangement. Paired well together.

Generally pleasant listening and soothing voice. Some occasionally enjoyable guitar composition, but the drum clicks got distracting. Wanted to enjoy this more, but tedium got the best of me.

Unbelievably boring, I would have believed you if you said the whole album was one very long track

Surprised I’ve never heard of them before. Reminded me a lot of someone, maybe fleetwood mac

Kind of droned by the end of it, not a fan

Boring

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Nice, accessible, flattering, harmonious.

Went into Idlewild expecting more synth-pop and was fully braced for disappointment — so being pleasantly surprised definitely helped boost this one. Tracey Thorn’s voice is a real standout, and Ben Watt’s guitar playing had this warm, melodic quality that honestly reminded me a bit of George Harrison’s 1979 solo work. “Apron Strings” hit me hard — not just emotionally, but musically too. That acoustic line gave me “In My Life” vibes in the best way. Not likely an album that I'd listen to again save for a few songs but I'm still going to give it 4 stars instead of 3.

Overall, a very pleasant listen, but nothing that stands out from all of its contemporaries apart from some solid two-part harmonies. These songs lack substance or excitement. The singing and atmosphere are good enough to partially justify it, but the fact still remains that having twelve tracks with (roughly) the same tempo and combination of instruments is not enough to make for a "great" record. An album is more than just a collection of songs - it needs to make some kind of statement or musical impact to achieve bigger and better things than the thousands of other artists fighting for a handhold in the savage music industry. Two harmonising vocalists, acoustic guitar, electric keyboard (usually on a "synth" setting), and extremely simple drum percussion. The presence of balladesque piano in The Night I Heard Caruso Sing is unexpected and refreshing, making the track a standout. The opening track/lead single, I Don't Want to Talk About It, is also a really solid track - though it kind of dictates the feel of the rest of the album (which sounds generally the same). The soft acoustic arpeggios are soothing, a bit ethereal even, when combined with strings. I'm glad strings weren't particularly overused in this album. In fact, I think they could've been incorporated even more, with more complex arrangements and experimentation. The bass-percussion interaction in Oxford Street also makes that song a standout, cancelling out the bad-sounding 80s production. 3/5 Key tracks: I Don't Want to Talk About It, Oxford Street, The Night I Heard Caruso Sing

nope

Obviously talented. Undeniably dull

Everything But a Song I Want to Listen To.

Pleasant. I like their voices, but the music is definitely 80's dated.

okay but didn't interest me much

Nope, couldn't connect to them. Just not my cup of tea. Did like I don't want to talk about it song, but that was only because I'd forgotten the song so hunted out my Rod Stewart version

Not my jam.

It’s good but doesn’t change things up enough throughout its runtime. Love the saxophone playing here and the vocals are all great. Far from the Everything But the Girl that I’m familiar with.

This wasn't a bad album, just an incredibly forgettable one. I kept waiting for a song that impressed me, and "Lonesome for a Place I Know" came closest with some folksy charm, but it was much too little and much too late. It's the pinnacle of inoffensive British music.

I can't get past the sap. I feel it keeps trying to get away from it but it pulls them back in. Not bad, just blah. I had to play some Pinkshift (Suraksha) to cleanse my palate.

I think this is very much a location based album. It probably didn’t make it across the pond but was hugely important in the UK in the 80s. I was never particularly a fan of sophisti-pop or that neo Jazz that was all over the place à la Style Council. I actually really like the people behind it, Ben and Tracey - they have a great backstory and always interviewed really well - they’re sweet and humble but their music, barring a few dance tracks never particularly grabbed me. Ben Watt did open a nightclub - Cherry Jam - round the corner from my house in the early 2000s and I went there a couple of times. I quite enjoyed that. I also had a few friends in the 80s who played this album non-stop, so it kind of found an alcove in my nostalgia armoire. And Tracey’s voice is very distinctive- check out Missing from 1994 - that’s a good track!

This sounds like a million other bands playing hotel lobbies across the world.

in what universe is this an album someone must hear before they die? tepid tunes, horrible '80s production, muzak-y arrangements. the only thing it's missing is a dentist asking the hygienist to pass the drill.

I lost any and all manhood after that

Enjoyable, didn’t stand out as awesome but a solid effort

Meh, more 80's music that I am unable to differentiate from other 80's music. I feel like it should be two stars, but I can't say anything bad about it. I just don't care if I ever hear it again.

Once again people on here are overreacting to a totally passable album. Not everything can be a big epic Led Zeppelin or Beatles album. This is a perfectly good album. Its light and airy and Tracey Thorn's vocals are quite beautiful. What's there to dislike about this? Favorite track: Love Is Here Where I Live

drei bis vier

Романтичные 80е, в начале было скучновато, но к концу вроде поинтереснее. В целом приятный ненапряжный альбом.

Very bad. Couldn’t finish it.

A very nice record. Great vocals, very good production. Bass playing is great. Very 80's in a good way. Every song so far has nice point to it . Favorite so far is 2, 5 especially 7. 9 11 good. Good ballad ending with 12. Overall a sweet and good time record. I liket it and it helped me relax a bit today.

I thought that this was really good. Kind of jazzy. I prefer the songs sung by the woman vs the guy.

Felt like I was on hold with an insurance company to find out why removing a brain tumor the size of an orange isn’t a covered benefit. Her voice is nice though.

I like EBTG but this album is a bit of a yawn fest...

Horrid, one of the worst ones I've ever listened.

Came here to write my scathing review, read the first few top reviews here, and realized I had nothing more to add. This album is the musical equivalent of La Croix sparkling water.

A very un-fun 80s album. Had kind of an elevator music/ easy listening sound that did not do it for me

The definition of elevator music. Totally forgettable. There is some nice acoustic guitar work though.

I should have taken some notes when I listened to it 12 hrs ago because I have forgotten anything that I liked about this album - boring is the only words that come to mind. I don’t hate it, it was just not memorable in any way.

Very chill listen.

Kiinnostava ja monipuolinen levy sovituksiltaan. 3.5/5

Did not need two from this band / duo in a 10 day period.

Nope

1/5 - not for me. Wrong kind of 80s music

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

Yawn, boring…..

The Smiths knockoff tribute with a sound reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel.

meh

Lounge music

5/10 Another one that it is very surprising to find on a list like this. It just doesn’t seem worthy. Totally fine pop-soul, well made but pretty bland. I genuinely can’t remember any of the songs 12 hours later except for the cover at the start. Best: I don’t want to talk about it

I've read Tracy Thorn's memoir (recommended) but haven't actually listened to much outside of the obvious tracks. I think of them as indie-ish, so I totally wasn't expecting the album to sound like Sade! Thorn's voice is great, and I love when she's a guest on other stuff, but not sure I'd return to the album itself.

Drenched in good feelings. LOVE it.

Nice band and great voice, but slightly boring and too downtempo/minimalistic for me. I knew the band only from the song Missing, like probably moat of the people here. Their discography seem to be much more diverse, but ultimately really not in my style.

The only reason this isn't a 1/5 is the vocals. They were pretty good. This just sounds like sewing/candle shop-core background muzac. Not for me, unfortunately.

I had never heard of the genre Sophisti-pop before. Currently not a genre I like, but maybe there are bands that do it differently. This album was way too sedate for me. I'd need something dreamier or psychedelic to be into a full album of songs at a slow tempo with sparse instrumentation. I like the band name and I liked a short organ solo in one of the songs, so there's that.

Oh, how I love this band. In the middle of all the grunge, metal and gangster rap of the late 80s, these two bitches went full easy-listening liteFM. And it’s goddamn great.

Adult contemporary bullshit.

I remember the band’s existence but couldn’t have named a single track. This was surprisingly listenable and chilled - between 3 and 4.

Twas just chill. Some cool songs. Definitely a moody kind of album to have play while your cooking dinner or romancing a person of the same sex.

I.....can see why someone would like this, but didn't have enough pep or enough of anything to really do much for me.

Certainly not an album that demands attention from the listener - quite the opposite actually. Tracy Thorn's effortless vocals lend a sort of elegance and quiet beauty. There’s an emotional richness in the details and the arrangements are subtle but effective. It's not really my thing, and seems like something that should be playing in the background at a cocktail party. Not necessarily a bad thing, though.

7/10. The vocals are quite pleasant. However, the overall vibe felt a bit too beige for me, personally. It is pleasant, but also fairly boring.

I gotta check more of their stuff out, this was really charming.

1 booooorinh

Good listen. I liked it.

Quasi muzak. Inoffensive enough, but an absolute chore to get through. What is this doing on a list like this?

Trash.

It's okay. I think the vocals elevate it but ultimately it sounds like this group wanted to write songs for Broadway. It's 80s pop with piano instead of synth. Been done better.

home cooking again.

This is the soundtrack to an anime that was only really successful in Slovenia before they gained their independence called “KYOTO POLICE EVENING”. There is a closing shot of a skinny disheveled man wearing a suit walking downhill while the city and a full moon rises over him in the background. His chief, an anthropomorphic 4 ft tall pig in a uniform, chases him down carrying several cup noodles which they eat on a park bench while the credits roll. Any song on here is playing.

Slow and sappy. Not in a good way.

4/5

1.9 1x catch up 3/12 -- not great

Really sweet album!

Pleasant, but not that inspiring. And it starts with a cover!

This album was so boring that my teeth magically got cleaned just by listening to it.

This really wasn't that good. I know that Everything But the Girl have some decent tunes, but I guess they came after this period because this hasn't aged well at all.

Really great stuff. I think it is the type of songwriting that gets better each time you listen so i am going to be listening again. Loved the prodyction and her voice

A win for minimalist production. A loss though because I did not love this as much as gideon

Scented candle: Vanilla. Perfect background music for when you need mellow and smooth, but also borderline boring and entirely bland. 2.5/5

It is giving wedding or cruise ship performers with gloomier lyrics - no memorable songs for me but the female singer’s voice is reminiscent of other artists.

Nice elevator music

Curiously bad. The leader singer has a compelling voice, and does different things with it. Knew I didn’t like it from the outset, but had to solve the mystery of why and play the whole thing back. I think sound mixing may be the crux of the issue—the guitar and drums wash her out, like live music at a restaurant not designed for live music.

So so. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. Won't be relistening. Would give it a 2.5, but rounding down.

Bored but didn’t hate every song. Doesn’t make it out of the 80s genre with many redeeming qualities tho

https://youtu.be/uzidMPMhYiA

Everything But The Girl before their uber-hit Missing. You realise very quickly indeed why they weren't big before Missing. I find this incredibly boring and the worst kind of synth-dominated aseptic 80s ballad. Yes, the whole album. Extra point deduction would be well-deserved for combining gratuitous 80s sax with senseless, soulless programmed cowbell on "I always was your girl". But 1 is the lowest ranking already.

It’s okay. Nothing stood out.

This sounds like the most generic coffee shop music of all time. 2/10

Strong 3

Couldn't get into this; it was pretty but just not very interesting overall. 2/5

I really hated this one. It sucks. No. 0.75/5

Solid album. I think I've heard a few of their songs but never a full album. This is exactly the type of thing I'm looking for in this list. I don't need 1001 albums I've heard already, I need 1001 albums that will expand my already massive obsession with music. This album does that. 5 stars from me.

A new genre for me

Was really ready to love this (especially as they are Uni of Hull alumni, represent!) but all kind of blended together for me

I liked this, not as dark as I thought it would be, Tracey's vocals are great. I wasn't expecting an anti-war song about nuclear submarines in Scotland (The Night I Heard Caruso Sing), beautiful stuff. It gets a bonus point for making me cry, so a 3 from me

Ho hum

It was pleasant but I can't say I'll be going back to this one

Was about to hit the roof when i realised that this started with a cover but then looked at the original track listing and that wasn't on it. Dizzy highs but some bits a bit dull

Nice enough but didn’t really grab me, some really lovely vocals

Bit bland

So… I appreciate anything from the 80s that doesn’t sound like the set of The Wedding Singer, but this is what I imagine the voice accompaniment to that elevator music they used to pump through Dillard’s might sound like.

Bland. But 1) one of my favourite bags in the world. 2) was the wedge which opened my life to good music

80s easy listening junk. It's the music they played st the salon when my mom got a perm. Can't be either important or difficult.

7/10

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One hundred albums in, I have to wonder why we need to listen to a thousand? If 500 of them are as forgettable as this one. She has a nice voice, that’s the best one can say about Idlewild. 2 for the voice.

Eh, it was fine. I liked Tracey's voice a lot, didn't much care for any tracks Ben was singing on.

2.75

I'd like to think that I'm an EBTG fan and I certainly hadn't heard this album before. And it seems the only music of theirs that I have on CD was from a compilation album. Anyway, I like Tracey Thorn's voice and there's a certain intimacy to this album that probably deserves further exploration.

Tracey Thorn's voice is lovely, but it instantly makes me think of Massive Attack's "Protection" and then I realize I'd much rather be listening to trip-hop than sophisti-pop. 😒 Much prefer their other, later, album on this list, where they have indeed moved in that direction. Fave tracks - uh, "Goodbye Sunday" maybe? "Tears All Over Town"? 🤷

Albumi #149, 16.02.2025 Everything But The Girlin neljäs albumi vuodelta 1988 ei mielestäni yllä vielä ysärijulkaisujensa tasolle. Levy jää vähän tasapaksuksi verrattuna vaikkapa 1994-vuoden Amplified Heart -albumiin.

Horrible. Boring. No substance.

Meh

Fav: Blue Moon Rose Least Fav: The Night I Heard Caruso Sing Whilst this was the better of the two, how have they got two albums on this list, not to mention the countless Tracey Thorn feature jumpscares on other albums

Phew, how cloying and boring. Even Tracey Thorn's good voice didn't make a difference. I didn't have to listen to this album and won't do so again. 3/5

This is album #28 and this is the fourth album that I have given 1 star. For the other 3 albums, although I did not like or get into them, I could still understand why they were on the list of 1001 albums to hear before you die for historical or influential reasons, but for this one I just don't get it. Rather dull and uninspiring to be honest. Did like the voice of the female singer though.

"Sophisti-pop"... Look, I hate to pre-emptively judge an album by its genre, especially because I doubt these two were actively aiming to make it, but goodness me, if I ain't never seen a genre name so up its own ass. To me, it evokes, like... Assholes, honestly. Both the psh, snobbish asshole musicians who think what they're making is **so much better** than "regular pop," and the snooty, elitist asshole critics who agree with them. I think only IDM clears it as a more "Oh, stop sniffing your own turds" name. And, look, I'm not judgemental enough to assume that's who Everything But The Girl is. I mean, I've seen Todd In The Shadows's One Hit Wonderland on them and "Missing"; I know this for a **fact**. But I can't lie to you, seeing this album labelled as "sophisti-pop" already leaves me expecting a bad taste in my mouth. I mean, it's not like I was too big a fan of the last "sophisti-pop" album my group got (PICTURE BOOK by Simply Red, who I also dinged as a One Hit Wonderland subject), so... And actually listening to the album doesn't really do much. Sure, it does prove itself to not be as teeth-gratingly elite as I was worried it'd be, but it's not like it's any more interesting beyond that. It's chill, it's jazzy, it's atmospheric, and normally I'd be really down for all of those things, but... Gosh, I'unno. There's just something about the way it's all done here that causes the album to hit a bit of a wrong note for me. It's not nothing, clearly. Tracey Thorn has a really nice voice. It's, like, a third to a half of the reason why "Missing" is so good. I won't deny that. But as for the rest of it... I mean, I'm just trying to imagine this album soundtracing some part of my day, right? And it— I can't picture where exactly it would fit. Not while I'm making art, not while I'm doing dishes or cleaning, not while I'm taking the dog out, not while I'm reading... Not even when I'm listening to music for its own sake. Not unless I'm tryna listen to something to feel smart. It's wallpaper, and I don't begrudge it for that, but it's just not the right kind of wallpaper for me. It's... Honestly, it's just too sophisticated for me. There's not even a sick dance beat under any of it to keep me engaged. Still, all said, I'm not so much of a jerk that I'll give it less than a 3. It's not bad; it's perfectly fine. It's still nicely chill and synthy. It's just not something I'd really reach for outside of partaking in this Randomizer. Like, this album is a really nice piece of fine art — but I just don't have much use for it next to my framed Beatles photos and LOVE LIVE! posters stuck to the wall with blue putty. Pass it on to someone else; they might get more of it than I could.

I mean, it's fine. It just feels a bit Samey, though. 3.5 bumped up to 4.

Realistically, I would love to hang this directly at a 3.5, because I don’t think it’s quite good enough for a 4, but I do think it’s better than a 3, so a 4 it is. My immediate comparison that comes to mind is “Nick of Time” by Bonnie Raitt, in terms of the general structure & theming of the album. Hell, even instrumentally & vocally, I’d say there’s a lot of similarities. I bounced hard off of Nick of Time, even though it’s a totally technically sound album, simply because the luster of its soundscapes faded away really quickly, and the whole thing ended up feeling too plain. This album nearly falls into that same trap, but manages to avoid it by doing one simple thing that Bonnie Raitt didn’t: even if the luster does fade away after enough time, it knows how to change up its instrumentation mid-song in such a way that the luster returns. To put it more bluntly, this album succeeds simply in feeling bigger, and selling its listener on that, without feeling overdone. I found the instrumentation here to have a bit of grandeur that wasn’t present on that Bonnie Raitt album, and it felt like it came more naturally. Maybe I’m just a sucker for the more sophisticated style this album gives off (hence the genre title of Sophisti-pop on Wikipedia), but compared to Nick of Time, I felt more captivated by each track, just on account of the instrumentation. Some points off for the drum machine though; some real drums would’ve made a few of these tracks pop off a lot more. Thankfully, Tracey Thorn has an absolutely lovely voice that overrides a lot of my complaints about the drums; super reminiscent of Celine Dion when she goes into her more ballad-y tones, but her control just glides on a lot of these instrumentals for me. The biggest knock I can give to this album is the same thing others have echoed; a lot of these tracks do boil down to feel pretty similar, no matter how much the instrumentation or vocals hide it – there are some great lyrical moments on a few tracks (I really liked Lonesome For A Place I Know), but a lot of the tracks are lyrically bland enough that it becomes noticeable. Hence, the 3.5 that I’m going to begrudgingly bump up to a 4; I can understand how someone might give this a 2 or a 1, because it might be boring to ears more attuned to metal/rock, or more poppier 80s stuff ala MJ or Cyndi Lauper or the like, but for my tastes, the calmer yet controlled tone of this album clicked really nicely. I don’t think it’s that great of an album, and just from the tone of Tracey Thorn’s voice, I have to imagine there’s a more captivating Everything But The Girl album that could’ve been on the list, but I enjoyed this one enough – it’s a fun listen, and if nothing else, it’s remarkably smooth. (P.S.: It would’ve been a 3 without the sax, probably. Sue me.)

Some are boring. Some are good.

...what the hell was that? What an awful album. Also, possible incestuous relationship with her brother in Oxford Street. Big woof. 1 for sure.

Kinda chill, kinda cute, I didn’t pay much attention to anything contextual. Even still; I liked their other album better

Sophisto-pop? More like sophisto-snoozefest!! Sophisto-poop! Sophisto-trash! This is very boring - maybe it would work in a restaurant or a lobby or something, but wow.

Very meh

This is ok, bit not particularly memorable; I prefer their later stuff that's more electronic; I'd put Walking Wounded on the list over this. Their recent album was pretty great too.

Glorified elevator music. Extremely undeserving of a spot on this list.

Virkar ekki merkilegt við fyrstu hlustun en svo verður þetta virkilega ljúft og næs. Hendum fjarka á þetta.

Seemingly little range across this album.

This should not be on the list. Every song sounded the same. It was rather monotonous and nothing inspiring.

Waste of time and in general not good

I mean they sound really nice, production is great, overall sound is really solid. Every song has a very similar vibe though which just kinda makes the album drag a bit. Not really my jam but they sound nice so if you like them good for you.

vocally, she's got a nice voice. but oh my goodness, this was a snooze of an album & not in a good way.

I don't particularly love the vocal tones here which is the most important factor in music for me...

God bless them but everything about this is so terrible

Non mi ispirava affatto poi ho letto tutte le recensioni negative e ho pensato “lo devo ascoltare” e wow, perché ha fatto schifo a tutti? È caruccio, molto tenero

cose interessanti di questo album: - la voce di lei. ho un grosso debole per le voci femminili profonde e androgine. - il sassofono in I was always your girl, sarò démodé ma credo che i sassofoni migliorino sempre tutto. - questa voce di wikipedia: Il nome della band ("tutto tranne la ragazza") era lo slogan pubblicitario di un negozio di arredamenti di Hull, oggi demolito, che prometteva ai clienti di fornire tutto per la loro camera da letto eccetto, appunto, la ragazza. saranno anche un pelo noiosi e schifosamente anni 80, ma sono inoffensivi, ci sono elementi apprezzabili e hanno un nome simpatico, quindi, amici, tenetevi le tre stelle. mi state simpatici.

Not for me. I'm not crazy about her voice. Even the massive attack stuff is my least fave of their songs.

The most interesting part of listening to this is wondering whether the Soft Rock - Smooth Jazz - New Age production vibe of the 80s is just triggering for me or objectively irritating. Incredible, in retrospect, that the industry turned away from the tube systems and whole room recording techniques for all of this close-mic'd-nascent digital reverb-solid state processing. Throw in the regular appearances of Kawai synths and Kenny G sax stylings and by Oxford Street I was so depressed by the sound that I started focusing on the lyrics. That made it worse. Like a sophomoric ode to meek suburban living.

I actually found this to be really dull , I don't think it's bad, but I do think it's extremely middle of the road. It felt like the sort of music that would be played in M&S...it's 2.5...

Do people actually like this?

I understand if something isn’t for me but holds great historical or genre significance for one reason or another. This just baffles me. Lovely voice, but I’m struggling. I could easily die without hearing this.

The highlight is a cover of Rod Stewart song and the rest of utterly forgettable.

Bon, j'ai pas vraiment aimé. J'ai rien de trouvé de particulièrement marquant, j'ai rien ressenti de spécial en écoutant cet album. C'était loin d'être inécoutable hein, mais j'ai trouvé ça assez plat.

I remember that I really loved this album when I listened to it at work. I was really busy during it, so I didn’t have time to record the songs. Worth a second listen to figure it out

It gets funky and groovy, bass player is a killer. The lady has an awesome voice, the dude not so much. I think my Fresh Thyme might play something from this album. Maybe it's good shopping or on hold music. It does a good job of bleeding together, the only time it got much of a reaction from me was when the lyrics were so bad "I hope you never change, I'll call you Jimmy call you James" "Every Monday is goodbye Sunday" ... no thanks

I don’t know if I could have hated this more. It was just one never ending song with no definable anything bleeding into the next. I had to stop by the 4th song because it was filling me with a rage at 7am that I haven’t felt since I was like 14 and mad at my mom all the time about nothing in particular.

This is a peculiar little album. The instrumentals are giving me big time Hold/Elevator music vibes. The lady singer is WAY better than her buddy. The songs with lyrics kind of got an older 10,000 Maniacs thing going on. Not sure what to make of this or why it’s on the list.

This album felt like being on hold with the cable company for 45 minutes...I really don't want to experience either situation ever again.

Das war so langweilig. Nichts stach heraus, weder Instrumente noch Gesang. Beim Hören spürte ich nichts als Langeweile. Das kann in einer Hotellobby im Hintergrund laufen, aber käme das im Radio beim Autofahren würde ich einschlafen.

Fine for background music. Just kinda low-key and unengaging. I enjoy some of their later work more, when they went a little more electronic. This is just kinda...meh.

I'm going to give this album 2 stars instead of its deserved 1 because I admire Idlewild's, almost tyrannical, commitment to being as boring as humanly possible.

some good examples of doing less with more here music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Not much to say here. In one ear, out the other? Sorry, English sophistipop duo.

Just bland light rock. Found myself falling asleep multiple times. 2/5

The musicianship is impeccable but the songs are boring.

Pretty solid

Big emphasis on the Idle, not so much on the Wild.

Idlemild - Anything But Strong Feelings (for this album) Seriously what the fuck is this lovey dovey/ballad demo disc for 80's romances doing on this list?

BOOOOOOOOORRRRRIIIINNNNGGGGGG

3/10 Fav tracks - Blue moon rose

1001 albums to put on the PA in your money laundering front disguised as a mattress shop. Not sure exactly why this album was included in here, but it was a mostly enjoyable listen. Very competently written and performed pop music but ultimately forgettable. It is weighed down by Watt's production which ultimately makes the album feel extremely dated. I thought I found similarities with this and some of Sade's work and was not surprised to see he had worked with her as a producer. The album drags on quite a bit and I don't see myself clamouring to listen to this again. Highlights: Love Is Here Where I Live, Goodbye Sunday

Unspeakably bland.

A little too heavy and slow, but some pretty songs there. I'm sorry about the guitar players autoimmune issue.

Unbelievably boring and cheesy. I can clearly imagine the 90s office mom who was so excited to have discovered this album. It tries its best to shake the milquetoast affect of its front woman with its hot beats, but it falls short.

I had no idea that EBTG were even active in the 80s, let alone churning out the hits. I say “hits”; most of this record is new to me – I’m giving it 3 stars rather than 2 simply because of the enduring brilliance of “I don’t want to talk about it” – and it’s mostly miss. Some real twee stuff, musically and lyrically, to the extent that when they do find a bit of edge (“Tears all over town”, or the lyric “a widow on a honeymoon” in “Shadow on a harvest moon”) it’s sorely appreciated. The drums, the sort so lively in, e.g. WHAM! or Tears for Fears, here drag and distract. The guitar licks don’t, but do need, to stop. Thank god for the richness of Tracey’s voice (as I’m sure Mr Watt c.1988 would agree). The second half of the record marks an improvement - more than a bit of The Smiths about songs like “Lonesome for a place I know – but the record never really recovers from the high heights it drops you from between tracks one and two.

Not crazy about this record but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Her voice is amazing. There’s some great classical guitar and saxophone. The occasional synth. But not really my vibe.

Ladies, gentlemen, and friends of all sorts! We've found our first Bad Album! Very boring; incredibly standard 80s-synth lounge music with a soulless drum machine! It's hold muzak, baybee!! Lead singer is nice, though!

Extrem langweilige 80er serien mäßige Musik Mit viel Saxofon, konnte nicht weiter hören nach ein paar songs

I reviewed EBTG's Walking Wounded some time last year, and I really loved it. I went into it thinking I didn't know any of their songs, but by the second song, I'd realized that I knew their song "Miss You." Since I loved Walking Wounded so much, I've really been looking forward to Idlewild, especially since I love pop music from the late eighties and early nineties. This should be a great way to spend my Saturday! I thought Idlewild was fine, but it certainly can't hold a candle to Walking Wounded. Of all the things that I loved about Walking Wounded, the only thing that was present on Idlewild were Tracey Thorn's fantastic vocals. The songwriting was good, but I really missed the atmosphere that EBTG created on Walking Wounded. The more straightforward pop ballads were fine, but I think EBTG is at their best when they’re branching out and going against the grain. I really enjoyed the songs on this album that relied heavily on synthesizers. “These Early Days” was really good, and the synthesizer worked really well with the percussion and guitar. “I Always Was Your Girl” was really good too. The synthesizer arrangement was really beautiful and exactly what I would want from a pop album from this era. While I didn’t necessarily like “Apron Strings” from a musical standpoint, I thought it had the best songwriting on the album, and it was incredibly moving. Idlewild was nice to listen to, and a great showcase for Tracey Thorn’s singing, but it really fails to show how talented EBTG are at crafting great music, and most of this album just blends in with a lot of other pop albums from this era.

It's like a nightmare. I hated every single sound

Not my favorite record by them at all. In fave I really didn't like this too much. Tracy Thorne does have a great voice though.

Eh? Unremarkable. I didn't really care for anything particularly on this album

No thank you!

lovely vocals , but boring songs. . bring on the drum and bass !

I wasn't expecting this sound just based on the cover art, still I thought the music was pleasant to listen to - just not usually the genre I would put on around the house nor when out.

Everything But the Girl - Idlewild (1988) MY Rating: 81.7% Release Category: 💎 Strong Offering 1x ❤️ tracks, 2x ⭐ tracks, 7x ⚡ tracks and 0x 💩 tracks Before tackling Idlewild, my main exposure to Everything But The Girl had been the Todd Terry remix of “Missing”, the track that turned them into an unexpected club fixture. I knew the rough outline of their story (Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, their reverence in the sophisti‑pop genre), but I never truly enquired further. And honestly, I’d tried to listen to this a few times before, but it failed to catch my attention. What’s the point of evaluating an album if you can’t even listen all the way through? Today was different. I’d finally found a moment of silence, and the album tiptoed through my speakers. This works perfectly as background music while tackling other tasks, and I don’t mean that as a slight. It’s music that understands the weight of the space between words. Listening to it now, I kept thinking of what happened to this sound afterward. Acoustic guitars braided with synths, drum‑machine pulses that feel more like a heartbeat than a beat: a combination that has since been aped into oblivion. It’s been hijacked from intimate studio settings and turned into mass‑produced coffee‑shop muzak, the sonic beige that fills elevators, waiting rooms and beach bars that don’t pay their music licensing. That’s no fault of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. On Idlewild, those choices still feel lived‑in, specific, tied to a particular relationship and a particular way of writing songs that lean toward short stories rather than pop hooks. You can hear the bond between them in the way the arrangements never crowd the vocals, in the way the music makes room for domestic detail and small emotional shifts through programmed drums that don’t come with grand announcements. The lingering question is whether any album can survive its own influence. Idlewild sounds unified and unhurried, a record that flows because it trusts its own tempo. The modern‑day music it invites comparison with sounds like a mass‑produced copy without any of the sentiment.

Idlewild by EBTG is so fucking dull. Every song sounds the same, identical shades of boring, 2/5 because I never hate it, I just can't be bothered with it. Feels like I'm on hold to speak to customer service.

This is just fine all the way through, I Don't Want To Talk About It is a great song, but it's not theirs and theirs isn't close to being the best cover version of it. She's got a really nice voice, but it's all just a bit dull. 2/5.

not offensive but just some new age/jazz/yacht rock blehness.

uneventful and uninteresting for me. wouldnt say its terrible but it just never caught me...

Boring.

Meh, alright.

Unique and strong vocal from the lady make this stand out. Nothing really too special or crazy good, just a lot of contemporary soft pop songs that are good. These Early Days is fantastic. Higher than expected.

Just dodged a 1 star rating because the sax goes pretty hard at times

Boring, nothing grabbed me and it became background noise fast.

No business being on this list

Just blended into background music.

Background music. A touch bit boring. Nice voice.

Love Is Here Where I Live 3 These Early Days 2.8 I Always Was Your Girl 2.9 Oxford Street 3 The Night I Heard Caruso Sing 3 Goodbye Sunday 3 Shadow on a Harvest Moon 3.1 Blue Moon Rose 3.2 Tears All Over Town 3.2 Lonesome for a Place I Know 3 Apron Strings 2.9 Score: 3.009090909

I love the vibe of Everything But The Girl’s records. Tracey Thorn’s voice always has a calming effect on me

Boring

A very enjoyable album - trots along with some good tunes

at some point i thought to myself "man that's a really long first song" and when i checked spotify i was on the 5th song i hate the 80s so much

Decent enough

Everything but the Girl came to us pleasantly enough, with their quirky "Eden" and "Love Not Money" - some horns, some witty British pop, and above all , the gorgeous voice of Tracy Thorn. Unfortunately, for nearly the next decade their albums descended into what appeared to be an attempt to revive Yacht Rock, before dabbling in ("Amplified Heart"), and then firmly committing to ("Walking Wounded") soulful electronica. I found their mid-career output uninteresting, and the re-listen for this project has not changed my opinion. Ms. Thorn's voice is lovely, but the songs on Idlewild leave her with little to express. Any of the four albums listed above are superior (and I know that several of them are already on the list). Let's just cut Idlewild and make space for someone else . . .

Dreamy, romantic, and nostalgic. I had never heard Everything But The Girl prior to this, but wow! I have a soft spot for sophisti-pop.

Day347 - i listened. i didn’t hate it but i feel like there was a handful of these ‘80’s-‘90’s groups that sounded like this. and once again this band had one big hit and it’s not even on the album. grrrr

This was alright, pretty mellow and forgettable but I did enjoy the vocals and fingerpicking melodies. Favorite song was: 9. Blue moon rise 5/10

Idlewild has earned the distinct dishonor on my first one star review. As mentioned to Stijn yesterday, it sounds like elevator music without the fun of being in an elevator. While elevator/waiting room music is bland, I appreciate it because that's what its purpose is. Digestible music that will offend no one, and cover up the sound of the old lady across from you coughing. This is just as bland, but they were clearly trying to make good and meaningful music. You can hear them thinking "Yeah that sounds good. These lyrics are deep. I'm really telling the tale of my fellow impoverished Scotsmen." But it doesn't sound good. It sounds like beige. I listened to the second half of this sitting in traffic, and it made me much more aware that my time and life are finite. It sounds not like waiting, but like time is wasting. When I don't listen to an album for this group, it's usually because I weigh the opportunity cost of listening. I could listen to this unknown album on my drive home, or I could listen to a familiar playlist or podcast I know will bring me joy. This album took me 5 attempts to finish, because each time I would think "Life is passing me by. I could be listening to Doolittle again." The lone bright spot was the sax on I Always Was Your Girl. I thought in that moment "If they do this more, we have ourselves a second star". But then they shelved the sax for the rest of the album. Booooooooo. Album cover: (C+) I like the photo well enough. That has some nostalia energy. The text and graphic design are pretty amateurish looking.

This album was really just very OK. There weren't any songs that grabbed me, and many that bored me. I liked the two or three song section on the back half where the saxophone showed up. It's possible this is an album where the focus is the lyricism. Unfortunately I'm just not really engaging with these albums actively enough for that to get through to me. 3/10

Opens with a desecration of 'I Don't Want to Talk About It' & goes downhill from there. No idea what this is doing on the list.

I liked maybe a couple near the start but got to be the most forgettable album yet. Rating: 1.7

1001 albums that Robert Dimery listened to while he was at university.

boringggggggggggggggg

Super mellow. Really dug the vibe

I could listen to preppy people mope about their situationships over a martini and cigarettes and classical guitar music alllllllll dayyyyyy longgggg!!! I’m not saying Idlewild is the best album I’ve ever heard; there’s definitely some dubs, and it can be very same-y after a while. But this vibe just really does it for me, and Tracey Thorn could sing me the phonebook. The best songs here are perfect rainy day mood songs to listen to at a coffee shop, and the worst song, well, that’s the one song sung by a man, so…there’s that. I just think I’m a sucker for sophisti-pop. Get this girl a Lacoste tennis skirt, a Longchamp tote, and a cortado, I guess 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻

I normally would hate this, but I didn’t. It was alright. 1001 album worthy: No - 9/17

Such a relief to see "boring" as the top keyword. Feels good to finally agree with people here. Ahh can't wait to listen to another Bob Dylan album, now that's real music

Ive never really been a fan of the whole soft acoustic guitar and mellow singing thing but women eat that shit up

Mellow and warm. Also, kinda samey and boring at times. I think this is one of those specific mood type of albums. Highlights: "Love Is Here Where I Live" (jazzy piano and vocals), "I Always Was Your Girl" (heartbeat-like drums are a cool touch), "The Night I Heard Caruso Sing" (similar to the other songs, but a male lead), "Blue Moon Rose" (a bit more upbeat)

2 out of 5. I found this album a little bland, but not the worst so far.

Nope

Booooring

Another one I don’t think belongs on this list. It’s fine. Listenable. But not classic have to hear.

Da hani jedi Form vo Herzschmerz duregmacht. bi jedem Lied hani e neui Trennig müsse duremache wo ich denn ganz lang im Rege gstande bin, d Kamera langsam um mich ume fahrt während JEDES EINZELNE Lied im Hintergrund gloffe isch. Eigentlich doch sehr schön ihr zwei Schnügglige, aber das mir grad innerhalb vo 45 minute 12 mal s Herz broche wird findi grad chli frech. Wenni widermal gnadelos mini Seel, mis Herz und all wiitere innereie in Wasserfall-Ästhetik usehüüle möchti, chumi widermal uf eu zrug. Bis det here, lönd mi in rueh mit eune Emotione!! da chani nume zwei ganz tüüfi Schluchzer büüte

Big up fürs Cover. Es chömed existentieli Frage uf, wie Was will ich i mim Lebe? —> inser band name here <— han gmerkt die sind smooth as fuck, wenn die tracks im hintergrund laufed und mer sich nöd z fest konzentriert und d musik, slebe und ziit verstricht a mir verbi. Glichzitig muss mer aber au in stimmig si zum das lose. Wenn zu hibbelig denn isch wahrschindli zu langsam und soft. Find aber sehr guet d diversität wos i die schnulzesong inebracht hend: saxophon oder keyboard dominierti songs, e reine klavier schnulze oder jazzy ahghuchti tracks. Btw: Anschienend isch Todd terry mixes mit ihne es erfolgskonzept. Everything but the music 4 arbeits täg fürd wuche

wennmer das album gno hetti und so dezent zwüsched es paar sade oder george michael songs platziert hetti, wärmer das sicher nöd ufgfalle hett aber au chli so de vibe als hettmer eifach uf so keyboards und drum mashines eifach mald presets gnoh und denn no chli dezue gsunge - was ja nüt schlechts mues heisse *hust* clint eastwood *hust* aber dennoch sind bi so sache für mich denn doch de kultfaktor de tribendi spassfaktor, oder dases no es ganz tolles musigvideo dezue gitt wommer den so 35 jahr spähter lustigi memes drus chan mache *hust* last christmas - michael checking you out at the dinnertable *hust* bin scho fast chli erschrocke vo mir selber dasi eifach immer es 3 gibe aber ich schwör es chunt bald mal wider es 1 oder es 2! dasmal machemers aber wie bi 90 prozent vo de spanische chuchi zerst mal mitere sofrito starte :)

die wenige moment woni wüki aktiv zueglost han, hani eigentli no recht gnosse… aber insgeheim hani gwüsst dass i de für mich massgschniiderte "balearic chin stroking shoegaze thursday morning" playlist vo spotify besseri bangers schlummered isch das album s‘tüürste feld bi monopoly? will das isch für mich genau es paradeplatzbispiil für 3 stern

Opens with the amazing cover of "I Don't Wan To Talk About It" and then.... *Fart Noise* Honestly, I hate albums that put the objectively best song as track 1, the rest of the album is just a slow speed skid after that. Blowing your load with 40 minutes left to fill is the worst thing any artist can do.

generic 80s pop

淡淡的还不错

Edit: This was horrible, and I should have given it a 1 to begin with. “I don’t want to talk about…” how overly long this felt. It gives adult contemporary a bad name.

Sounds like yer mas haircut in old photos

To anybody that hasn't started: go, save yourself.

Easy to listen to.

Drænende... Hader det..

Okay her jeg troede jeg skulle høre noget 90er elektro… Men min underbevidsthed havde også læst udgivelsesåret som 1998 😅 Det her er nærmest smooth poppet jazz. Det har en sofistikeret lyd. Det er lækkert, men bliver også lidt kedeligt hvis det ikke var for Tracy Thorns dragende vokal

3.5

This is the second Everything but the Girl album I’ve gotten and it still doesn’t include their biggest hit. I don’t think this band is worth one let alone two albums on this list. Are there going to be more?!?

fun listen. she has a great voice.

This was fucking boring.

This album will never cross my brain again

I didn’t get the whole thing listened before today but interesting.

This isn't normally my kind of music but what a beautiful album.

light pop music that's easy to listen to. this is a band that's trying to find their way when it comes to the musical world, and their discography, including this album is a good example of that. with songs of family, heartbreak and nostalgia, the vocal and lyrical content are pretty good. the production value makes it seem like a lounge or muzak album, and not necessarily the good kind; it has a "fake" sound that maybe sophisti-pop tracks had at the time, especially with the drum machine usage. it's probably the kind of music you'd hear in the waiting room at a dentist. if you like sappy and somber ballads you miiiight enjoy this album? it's got potential, but it mostly falls flat for me.

Conflicted by this one, I didn't hate it, found it relaxing, vocals and production are excellent, definitely a mood album, I listened to it on the couch with headphones. On the other hand I'm not sure if I'd listen to it again, I can see why it's been described as lounge music, it's relaxing to have on in the background maybe, there's very little change from song to song. Is it an essential album, I'm not sure, maybe within it's genre

This album isn't particularly for me, but the vocals are really beautiful. The music is soothing, but a bit too 80s muzak for my taste 3/5

Beautiful, smooth pop. A lot of songs are jazzy, a few have touches of folk. It’s almost in Sade territory — the music has that same sort of good cheesiness and slick production. Vocals sounded great and I liked the lyrics. Soothing music.

I want to like this but I'm so bored. It's so uninspired and I'm really tasking myself with finding some reason as for why it should be on this list. The production is nice and possibly the best thing, but nothing else feels special or specifically impressive to be on this list. The lyrics are pretty boring and the music is mostly the same. Overly lite jazz that doesn't really say much.

Tracey Thorn's got an amazing voice but I swear the entire album is too deep into the sort of sophisti-pop sound that's just too smooth and chill in a way that I find very uninteresting and kinda corny. It's nice, but one note. It might also be that I'm not in the mood for this :/

Boring

Not my music. Nothing special.

I know EBTG from their song 'Missing,' but that's really it. Honestly they're a lot different than I imagined. I assumed most of their music would be like that song, dancier electro-pop, but this album has more variety than that. Still not my favorite music but better than anticipated. 3/5

No joy with this one.

really nice, mellow record. Big fan of EBTG.

I really enjoy this album. Much different than their 90's work, but still heartfelt and emotion in the lyrics. Highlight songs: These Early Days I Always Was Your Girl Oxford Street Blue Moon Rose 4/5

Vrij saaie, nietszeggende muziek, maar het vrouwtje kan wel zingen en het is gewoon simpele jaren '80 popdrek. Op de achtergrond kun je dit prima aan hebben staan zonder er moe van te worden dus. Hoe meer je aan het doen bent ondertussen hoe beter. Af en toe zit er een lekker orgeltje in en een aardig gitaartje. Uiteraard ook een overschot aan standaard jaren '80 drumcomputer effecten, maargoed. Af en toe is het ook een soort The Cure maar dan in het wit gekleed en vrolijk. Een soort standaardmuziek die niet misstaat op wat vroeger Radio 10 Gold was. Tussen de 2 en 3 voor mij. Omdat de lijst de afgelopen dagen een wat taaie uitdaging is geweest ga ik een keer een 3 geven, maar eigenlijk hoeft niemand dit anno 2024 nog te luisteren natuurlijk. Zeker niet als heel album.

Agradable de escuchar pero sin nada muy emocionante. Todas las canciones son medias parecidas, aunque sinceramente tampoco me centré tanto individualmente en cada una. Más escuchaba y menose gustaba, estoy entre 1 y 2, pero me quedo con 2 por poco, por lo menos no es desagradable o molesto de escuchar (no siempre al menos).

Bad

Idlewild is the fourth studio album by Everything but the Girl, originally released in 1988. Wow. I'm very impressed. They managed to fit every cheesy 80s music trope into 1 album. It has everything from Casio drums to cheesy sax solos! I suppose it's important to hear at least once in your life for the sake of music history. This sort of Muzak did exist and yes it likely did get played on repeat in various department stores. It's not really offensively bad it's just... soulless?

EBTG is always a welcome listening experience. Tracey really does have the most delightful voice, and the songs are beautifully rendered ballads. All in all, worthy of a thumbs up, and something I may return to at some point.

I loved the other Everything But The Girl album and have been a fan of them for a while, but this album is definitely a clunker. Prefer their later electronic stuff.

Idlewild is the smoothly of the smooth jazzy dad rock I’ve ever heard, to the point of being offensive. 3.2/10

Very dull, and a few nice moments can't save it.

Not really my style, knew a few of the sings but a little too slow for me

Das ist doch mal ein sympatisches Duo. Habe ich bisher noch nicht aktiv gehört. Die Musik klingt ziemlich nach 80er.

Found it boring

More like Everything but the Good Music. She can sing. Ben can seemingly write decent music. Put them together and it's a steaming turd of no thanks.

Not bad, not great. Solid vocal band vibes with som good drums, albeit sounded a bit cheap.

Tracy Thorn has a lovely voice. (She was q guest singer on the recently rated Massive Attack album) I Don't Wanna Talk About It is a nice cover. The Night I Heard Caruso Sing is a pretty duet. Apron Strings is also pretty.

could i write poetry to this? n

Tracy Thorne has an amazing voice, but I very much prefer EBTG's later, more electronic albums. The music on this one could have been straight from the Simply Red songbook. Still, this is just a precursor of what they would become.

Meh

The most average of average albums.

Boring and don't they know drum machines have no soul? Made it all the way so it gets a 2. Not list worthy

It's like, really boring. 2/5

I’ve always appreciated Everything But The Girl, especially their work in the ’90s electronic scene, but this is my first time hearing Idlewild. I really enjoyed it. It’s got that cozy sophisti-pop vibe with a nice jazzy edge, and the bass provides a smooth, mellow groove. The production lives up to the sophisti-pop standard, refined, clean, and polished.

Melodious pop. Reminded me George Michael's vocal and songs.

Bo-ring

Groupe inconnu, je ne me rappelle pas l'avoir entendu à l'époque. Belle voix, instrumentation parfois intéressante (chorus de sax, de trompette, harmonies), mais pas très original. Je n'ai pas envie de l'écouter de nouveau. =>2/5

So lovely, late-night tunes to swoon to. Definitely feels like a precursor to Yo La Tango and other sleepy-indie hits. I like the writing style and how personalised this feels, with a lot of the songs being portraits of friends or family members. A few moments are a little bit saccharine, but mostly I think the band finds that sweet spot. Best Track: Tears All Over Town Worst Track: The Night I Heard Caruso Sing

Best Song: I Always Was Your Girl Worst Song: Shadow on a Harvest Moon

Easy listening music that is extremely hard to get through.

The background music that background music puts on.

Was pretty good. Little distracted while listening but didn't jump out to me.

Generic

Nice but dull.

Great. Her voice is nice and has depth; music was chill and sometimes a bit sad sounding.

Oooph, I think I’m my last review of these guys I said I underestimated them, well here’s why! Damn that’s pedestrian. Electro-lounge-jazz, (that actually sounds quite appealing though). It’s just like Sade or Simply Red. The second half actually started to grow on me a little as I knew what I was in for but it’s still a disappointing, middle of the road, 2 stars.

Truly awful. A band with a one hit wonder which isn’t even on this album.

I don't really listen to lyrics, I've always preferred the tune over the lyrics. So this album definitely wasn't aimed at me. There are worse albums on this list but not many.

Just a lovely, soft, at times gritty lil alternative pop album.

Pretty boring and uninteresting. Not necessarily bad, but not really that good. 2/5 Won't listen again

It's solid background music, but that's all it is. The other on the list from them was a bit more interesting. Sort of music you'd play around your mum or grandma.

-This is honestly a huge vibe, I loved Tracey Thorn’s work with Massive Attack (her voice is beautiful) and this is solid too if not a bit dated. Nevertheless I don’t play about the cheesy 80s corporate lounge vibe and this album encapsulates it perfectly -Favorites are Love Is Here Where I Live, These Early Days, and Goodbye Sunday

There are certain sounds from the 80s that make me cringe and this album has some of those. The singer’s voice is great and she’s very talented, but there is something about it that really reminds of the worst parts of the 80’s culture. Add in the instrument choices and it’s a recipe for disaster for me personally, I’m sure this is some people’s jam though and that’s cool….for them…..away from me.

Elevator music, though nice one

Boring background music that should have been left in the 80s. There are better musicians that made music in the same genre.

Ei oikein toimi. Tuntu kuin olisi kuunnellut yhden pitkän biisin ja moti loppui pahasti kesken. Ehkä pieninä annoksina voisi löytää tästäkin jotain liikuttavaa, mutta ei pitkäsoittona.

Aika tylsää muniinpuhaltelua

It is not a bad album. It is just not my thing. For me it is too unsalty and the tracks are too similarious,

2.5

i dunno, by all rights i should probably dislike this, but I've always loved tracey Thorn's voice and for some reason the whole package just really hits. good thing I'm not a real critic because 'it just hits' probably wouldn't fly!

Another album that baffles me as to how it got an entry on this list. It’s not a horrible singer songwriter album, but it’s just not very interesting overall. I figured it would be up my alley, but it never really got going and just kind of sounded the same for the most part. As the album went on, it slowly morphed in to background music that couldn’t hold my attention