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Kinda crap to be honest with you
Any value this might have had was sabotaged by poor pacing and lengthy chatting throughout. Look, I love deep cuts, but Dexys Midnight Runners are pretty much the epitome of "one-hit wonder". Hell, a quick Google search of "one-hit wonder" specifically names them in the AI results: The phenomenon stretches across decades, with certain tracks becoming cultural staples: 1970s: "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum and "My Sharona" by The Knack. 1980s: "Take On Me" by a-ha and "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners. 1990s: "What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes and "Macarena" by Los Del Rio. 2000s: "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne and "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton. So, to say the entire album with their one hit was a must hear experience would have been a stretch, but to also say it about their other albums, too? Mind numbing. But I guess these things will happen when you're under pressure from your publisher to fill out a list of 1,001 albums and don't know what you're doing.
These guys? Wild choice. Maybe they were bigger outside the US? This album gives me insight as to why they didnt resonate.
forgetful and pointless
They should have just stopped with Come on Eileen. What a load of trash.
This is far from the worst album I’ve ever heard, and maybe one day I’ll regret this review and go back and give it another chance but this album was just so boring. I can’t understand how this album got a place on this album over something original and different like a Primus album or a Gwar album, something interesting and silly or light hearted instead of this filler, waste of time album that just is so average and boring. I listened to this album twice and took away nothing…
“The album was a commercial failure upon release” …ok yes I can see why… “The album was later described as a neglected masterpiece” …😶
This album sucks mega ass, and the singer sounds like Randy Marsh as Lorde.
Verbal Meme: Anakin and Padme 4-panel 1. Good news, today's album is by Dexys Midnight Runners 2. Ooh it has "Come on Eileen" on it, right? 3. [no text] 4. "Come on Eileen", right?!?! This album stinks....why is it just a soft rock band jamming for minutes on end while a dude just talks. Gimme the one-hit wonder and throw this shit in the Edgbaston Reservoir.
Very forgettable.
why all the talking? plus the dumb voice, he can't help that. really not in the mood for this today.
The band is tight, but the vocals drag this one to the bottom of the pile.
Never really got into this band, even with their biggest hits, and this one didn’t do anything special
boring
Didnt really like this one.
caricature of bad music
"Come on Eileen" was the only song in their oeuvre I was familiar with. Having listened to this album I can understand why. It's a poor album and certain mumbly bits just pissed me off.
Come On... this record is less a forgotten masterpiece and more an album better forgotten. Huge misstep by the band, they stood themselves down. While this isn't as sinister an inclusion in Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book as J. Timberlake's Justified, the record still earns its one star in other ways.
Sophie - There is not a single need for them to have any songs clocking in at anything over 4 minutes. The style just doesn’t work for me. I’m not a massive Come On Eileen fan, but there’s a reason it’s the only song I know… 1/5
Ik mis de wereld van een uur geleden waarin de Dexys Midnight Runners alleen 'Come On Eileen' hebben uitgebracht.
Worst album I have had to endure thus far. Incredibly awful. Constant talking, annoying vocals….. just bad.
very dull, very bland very forgettable
1.5/5, this is ass man, did not need to be on this list for any reason.
Ya know, I gave this a second try. Still dislike it. It’s like listening to Pulp on heroin. 1/5
Flojo
I feel as though I am a Music Enjoyer. I hand out a lot of favorable ratings because I like it when things go into my ears and sound good, and not much sounds bad to me. I like rap, I like rock, I like jazz, I like harsh noise, I like country, I like hardbass, I like metal, I like Bronx drill, I like video game OSTs, etc. It's very rare for me to find something that I just can't listen to. This is an absolute fucking drag to listen to. It is actively putting me to sleep as I'm writing this. There's a difference between slow music and just... whatever this is. I don't see the musical value nor do I see the artistic value here. The constant yammering between the few bits of repeated strums and vocalizations is driving me up the wall. PLUS the way that goddamned accent hits my ears. It's just grating at some points. I would never listen to this again. The band is a one hit wonder FOR A REASON.
So British it hurts, more talking than singing, and each song is far too long. The entire time I felt like Tim Heidecker at the opera. No more bullshit!
yeah I gave up this was just Yorkshire boys yapping and forgetting to play music about halfway during a lot of these songs. I did not find it endearing just discordant and unfocused in a bad way.
I haven’t heard this before. I’ve listened to their first two albums and thought they were alright. There are some decent songs on here but once it starts getting some momentum, new song will start with a minute or more of talking before the music starts. There is a 7 minute long song ripping off Werewolves of London, and there is another 11 minute long song with 2 minutes of talking before going into a medley that ends with 5 minutes of a rip off of Come On Eileen. It’s overall a rambling mess.
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Come on Elieen is great, I don't need 46 minutes of not it.
Did not care for this at all. His voice was very annoying. 03-12-2026
Awful
When I got my first Dexy's album, I questioned how it made it onto the list and I erred on the fact that the catchy "Come on Eileen" was on it and that was why. This second album was even more brutal. Songwriting? Terrible. Instrumentation? garbage. Ripping off "Werewolves of London"? Check. Overall pretty bad
Annoying music. I really tried, but couldn’t make it to the end because it irritated me so much.
It’s not for me. I can tell it’s really talented. I just couldn’t really connect to it.
What the hell's up with the mumbling chatter all over this album? It's either mumbling you can't understand or caterwauling. And the song, One Of Those Things, is a rip-off of Werewolves of London. What a complete waste of resources to make this crap.
I’m just not even remotely on the same wave length as these guys. I’m a "shitty voice" lover, but I just can’t get into this guy’s warbling. Feeling blessed that this is my last DMR album.
Ik word agressief van deze plaat. Met name omdat ik meermaals per nummer denk dat het uitbarst in ‘Oooooh come on Eileen’. Verder doet het niks met me. Misschien zit er iets in de teksten, maar daar ligt mijn focus niet. En HOE KUN JE je albumafsluiter 8 minuten laten duren en er een fade out van een halve seconde opgooien? Was de studiotijd op?
The muttering. The awful Werewolves of London ripoff. This is pretty dreadful.
i don't mind the places this goes but i think i would have much more tolerance for it if it didn't take forever getting there
Guy sounds like Brian Ferry. I don’t like Brian Ferry. Incredibly indulgent production. Unlistenable.
Eh
It couldn't keep my attention
This is the follow-up to the one with Come On Eileen. On release, it was universally panned and was such a flop that DMR broke up. That was the right decision as this is by far the most boring and pointless album on the list so far. There are been absolutely awful albums but they were at least interesting enough to hate. This is the aural equivalent of watching primer dry. It’s not even colorful paint, just a neutral on a neutral. For some reason, the English music press belatedly decided no, actually this is a masterpiece. Of what? The most inoffensive sounds ever committed to tape? This is the saddest, limpest, whitest version of black music since Pat Boone covered Tutti Frutti. But you know what, that's unfair to Pat because at least he could sing
There’s no call for three Dexys albums on this list.
What is this abomination? From punchy early Dexy's to bloated 12min songs, talking at random times, strange moments of over worked vocals, inane chatter, moments of great Dexy's hooks and then back to the fucking talking. Never again will I bother with this dross.
Eurgh
Wtf is up with all the whispering/quiet space… terrible listening experience. I thought Come On Eileen was a one hit wonder and maybe it should have been…?!?
I cannot believe that there is a Dexy’s Midnight Runners album on here that isn’t the one with "Come On Eileen." This was incredibly boring, and I tuned out for most of it like it was muzak. I will say though "Reminisce Part Two" at least wasn’t basic. Not good but not basic.
Listened a bit, didn't like that, just not my type of music
nie przesłuchałem całego. dajcie mi coś nowego pls.
What's with this list's hard-on for Dexys Midnight Runners? Apparently there's TWO more I have to slog through? This is the most nothing-burger of an album I've listened to. Other 1 star albums suck. Dexys Midnight Runners doesn't even suck enough to suck. Does that make it even worse? Like, the music is boring and the whole album is nonfactor. You will have missed nothing in your life if you do not hear this album. At least most 1 star albums are wryly interesting, with godawful vocals, or white noise, or terrible lyrics. This is just bad. This album has a 6 minute long song that is essentially the "Werewolves of London" piano riff and has now ruined "Werewolves of London" for me.
Measured, inward-looking grooves built from muted horn lines, restrained rhythm guitar, soft organ touches, and steady, unshowy drumming, with vocals delivered in a controlled, earnest manner rather than explosive passion, move this blue-eyed soul album like a long, serious subdued conversation held in a quiet room, so that the intensity it reaches often settles into calm monotony instead.
I was not a fan of this. The singer sounds like he's got a mouth full of peanut butter half the time. The instrumentals are boring, and the whole thing felt like hotel lobby music.
this lead singer's voice is AWFUL. literally couldn't stand it the second i heard it. this is actually an album i do not want to finish Would I listen again? NO Deserves to be on this list? NO 0.8
I was listening to this album and then they made fun of Lynyrd Skynyrd. I was then not into this album 2/10
this sounds like 14 year old kids who have made their own band and practice in the music room at lunchtimes, writing their own songs, that sound boring and borrow riffs and structure from other well known songs. Dexy’s were clearly only a novelty one hit wonder number band
I hate this because it comes so close to being something but it never is.
Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down Following a masterclass in jazz fluidity, Don't Stand Me Down feels like a jarring, theatrical departure. While there is an undeniable "funkiness" to the arrangements and a soulful core buried beneath the production, the vocal delivery proves to be a significant barrier. Kevin Rowland’s idiosyncratic style—blending spoken-word dialogue with erratic vocal tics—often distracts from the musicianship rather than enhancing it. While the album is historically respected for its bold, non-commercial vision, the actual listening experience feels cluttered and difficult to connect with. It’s a project that prioritizes a "character study" over melodic cohesion, resulting in a listen that ultimately falls flat
Does the vocalist know he doesn’t always have to make sounds
'The album was a commercial failure upon release, and its rejection by both critics and the public resulted in the group's disbandment in 1987.' Yeah I can see why. 'The album was later described as a "neglected masterpiece" by Uncut, and was selected as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.' Did Dimery get paid to put this on the list? It's absolutely fucking awful. At least the other 2 1/5s I've given out so far had SOME, REALLY TINY, BUT SOME redeeming factors. This is absolutely awful. Boring and weird in a way that isn't even "they tried something new and it missed the mark but it was an attempt" but just they tried to do the boring thing, missed, and produced something even more boring. 0/5 is too generous.
Why is this on this list?
(24/100)
Hailed as the Pet Sounds of the 1980s in some quarters, such as Dimery’s publication, but the whole deal with Dexys from Rowland’s voice to the mandolin to the fiddle to whatever this forgotten masterpiece is about just does not connect with me. Nails on a chalkboard. One of the many parties guilty for Arcade Fire.
Kevin Rowland can't sing. He sucks butt at it in fact. I hate his voice. Also half the album is him talking to himself. It's boring, painful, and crappy. Why does a one-hit-wonder have three ENTIRE ALBUMS ON THIS LIST? What's up with that? British bias.
Sucks and the original critics were right
1.0 Seemed a bit pretentious for how shitty it is.
- no en ihmettele kyllä miksi julkaistessa ei oo oikee yleisölle lähteny kun ei tästä saa kyl mitään otetta
Shit was irritating. Reminded me of “Steal My Sunshine” but just the talking portions lmao
A one-hit band with « Come On Eileen » … and this damn list throws at us the worst crap Dexys ever made. Honestly, that fake-soul voice and the whole parody vibe… the horns and everything… The only thing going through my head while listening to this album is the feeling of accidentally walking into some depressing KTV room, where a guy is going all-in in front of three half-asleep people, fully convinced he’s nailing a Carpenters track. But why did all these Brits who started out as punks end up making such improbable stuff? It feels like the whole ’80s machine whith the shiny sound, the plastic synths, the overblown production… all sucked them in.
No wonder they broke up after this album. It’s awful.
So apparently there’s two more albums of these guys on this list… gee I sure am excited for that. Half the album is just talking over music, and the parts that do have actual singing are nearly incomprehensible. Singers sound like they have marbles in their mouths. Only tolerable song was just Werewolves of London with different words. It’s clear to see why these guys are seen as one hit wonders
I try my best to not let my personal feelings on an album’s inclusion influence how I feel about the music itself. Just because something wasn’t super important, popular, or critically acclaimed doesn’t mean it can’t be good! However. This album sucks so much ass that I feel fine ripping on its place among the 1001. I felt insulted listening to it; progressively angrier as it went along. I didn’t even think the music was that bad, but the singing style was so genuinely awful that it pissed me off. What a waste of everyone’s time. This might not even make 10,001 albums I must hear before I die. Dexys Midnight Runners is known throughout the globe for one song. They’re the epitome of a one-hit wonder. This album does not contain that song. Not only that, but there are two OTHER albums from this band on the list. Meaning that one of those two albums ALSO doesn’t contain the only song. There is nothing important or influential about it. What really drives the point home is that even the Wikipedia article mentions how everyone hated it so much that it broke up the band. The only notable thing about the album is that it made the 1001 list. Garbage.
I try really hard not to fall into the trap of why is this on the list blah blah blah. However, this one broke me. Not every commercially mauled album is le hidden gem and listening to this guy try to sing like Talking Heads for 45 minutes was pretty rough. Why are we having spoken spits on here. Bad.
7 songs, 46 minutes. 3 albums by a middle of the road 80's British band at best. You do the math
I wrote a fairly long spiel about this one, but it didn't save for some reason. I really liked the other Dexys albums on the list, but this one is completely unnecessary.
I am sick of this dude wailing in my ear, let this album come to an end posthaste ... oh good this is an 8min song
No idea what the fuck this album is supposed to be. Can't pinpoint the genre, and the vocals make me want to stab my eardrums with a needle.
I can't imagine why this would be on any acclaimed list of any sort.
I have nothing constructive to say. I can't even be bothered coming up with a replacement.
F this trash ass singer. I remember the last album of this band. The music was mid, and the singer’s voice was the annoying part of it. Somehow the singer’s voice is WAY worse than that one. I bailed on song one. There’s a reason this album was a flop, so no, you don’t have to listen to this before you die. 0 out of 5
This was one of the worst pieces of shit I’ve ever heard.
Woof. This was tough. A strange folksy album with a jazzy feel, but I didn’t like it. Too much of a weird conversationalist vibe, and I didn’t really care for the vocalist.
Not the worst piece of shit I’ve heard in October, but it is shit, and it does stink.
I just want it to be known that, aside from some ill advised attempts at a career revival last decade, the three albums on this list are THEIR EMTIRE DISCOGRAPHY
Not good. I don’t even know why. It’s just like… noise… sound. Only song I kind of liked was One of Those Things and that’s only because it samples Werewolves of London. (1.5 stars)
- The Occasional Flicker, is about the whole song too long, and for some reason has a rambling section about heartburn… The album doesn’t start strong and then the next song is an outrageous 12 minutes plus and opens with a un-inspiring monologue which goes nowhere and leads into a mopey vocal section, then like a weak clap of English thunder, POW, it kicks right off with a classic 80s snare hit, and we are out of the gates and out of second gear, finally! But only into third gear at a push, though it’s a marked improvement. The song is painfully stop start, but each time it picks up, it has something to offer, though it feels there must of been a better way segway these sections, rather than complete collapses in the song. The third track is a typical ballad, with a country taste, and the terrible spoken word bollocks that plagues this record. I must say my introduction to this band, is one of horror, it’s only 7 tracks, so it’s hard to believe it is this difficult to endure. One of Those Things, is just Sweet Home Alabama… If I had to pick a highlight it is Listen To This, the most focused effort on the record. ⭐️
“Come on Eileen” is the only song I know from this group and prior to this, I realize I’ve never seen them before lol. Yeah come on Eileen is the only song I needed to hear. I fear I can see why they were one hit wonders.
Yeah the songs never ended they were like a loop. A few really long songs I didnt like amd couldnt wait for them to finish.
The only thing is album inspired me to do was look up a thesaurus and look up synonyms for dreadful. There's appalling, atrocious, awful, dire, frightful, ghastly, harrowing, hideous, repulsive. Just to name a few. All describe this album and this band.
There’s a reason the and broke up after this one hit the shitter. No reason it makes any list of good albums.
I could stand two Dexys albums on the list, they were both pretty good. But this third one just doesn't belong here at all, it was a total slog to get through. You can tell they were going for a bit artistic statement here, but just fall flat on their faces by not having a single memorable melody or musical idea. Maybe that was the idea, maybe they wanted to move away from the accessibility of their previous work. Even if that's the case, it should have been way more interesting than this grey blob.
'One of those things' being just okay and how chill 'reminisce pt 2' was have narrowly saved this from being a 1. 'Listen to this' came in like a nasally jumpscare. How do you have a 12 minute song and still manage to make all the others feel too long. This could have very easily been a 1 and perhaps it still should be. 'the waltz' is 8 minutes long. Nevermind. This shit is a 1.
Didn’t like this one. The talking sections were terrible and I never realised that Dexys did One Of Those Things, I HATE that song.
Puede ser una de las peores portadas que he visto en mi vida. Las canciones están pasables, pero está forma de cantar sólo es aceptable como jingle publicitario. No sé si he terminado de escucharlo, porque este señor se queda a vivir en tu cabeza como un anuncio de pizzas precocinadas. En fin, un coñazo.
Come on, Eileen. You really only had one good song?
What garbage! I cannot believe this is the same band that wrote Come On Eileen.
It’s the band’s third and final album on the list, and at least I can take comfort in knowing I’ll never have to endure another one.
Why why why is this band so beloved. They’re terrible.
Repetitive and grating.
Boring and underwhelming
Terrible. Maybe there’s a deeper meaning I didn’t get but this just bounces around with songs that are way to long and a guy with such a thick accent I couldn’t even understand.
Hated this
Des tounes de 10 minutes où il se passe absolument rien? La voix du dude de talking heads sur les accords de Sweet Home Alabama? Du mumbling sur une track de piano honky tonk un peu désaccordé? Non merci.
another "this really isn't my thing," and there were no songs i liked enough to save from this album. i could hear elements in this album that i really liked - i am a sucker for orchestral pop music. but then as soon as i thought i was enjoying myself, the tune would shift into something grating. i wanted to be wrong and end up liking this, but again: not for me!
Ugh im so disappointed :( the only song i knew (and LOVE) by them before hearing this album was Come on Eileen, so my expectations were slightly high. I just could not get behind the leads voice i dont know:/ i found myself just waiting for the album to get better so i stuck it out and kept listening but his vocals just werent quite there for me and i felt distracted by that to enjoy much else of any of the songs :/
How is this on the list? Nobody needs to hear it. It failed, because it sucked donkey farts.
boring
third album of theirs on this list....so far... I just DON'T get it! this one was shorter and less mad than the others, so was preferred, but not for me in any way, shape or form
This album is annoying. Every song had at least one thing that sucked. The constant talking in the songs. The vocals. Ughh.
Not my jam at all. There was nothing of interest for me here.
Don't Stand Me Down seems like Dexys Midnight Runners' attempt to save themselves from "one hit wonder" status after making mega-hit "Come On Eileen", unfortunately, it seems like this may have sealed the deal. Don't Stand Me Down was a critical and commercial failure at the time, but there has been a bit of a critical shift over time towards the narrative that this was more a work of messy, misunderstood genius. And I will say, the components of the story are there, but I'm not sure I buy it. There are some daring and baffling aesthetic decisions made across this album, however nothing near daring or baffling enough to justify just how much of a mess this comes across as. The biggest sticking point for a lot of people seems to be the vocals, which are admittedly kind of odd. It is very sort of deep and deadpan, and sometimes it feels kind of out of key, but it sort of feels intentional. Regardless, I still have some problems with the intonation and annunciation. It feels like Kevin Rowland is trying to intentionally lean into his voice's quirks, but it kind of sounds like he is almost making fun of himself in a few of the more particularly sour moments of delivery here. Although, I will say, I could see these vocals working in a punk-ier setting. Another sticking point here is the spoken word aspect. Kevin Rowland was interested in working "conversations" into the middle of these songs, which is an idea I'm sure *someone* could have pulled off. However, the execution is *extremely* clunky, the mix usually renders the conversations nearly inaudible, and maybe most importantly, no one seems to be saying anything interesting. It is an experience akin to catching a few words from a conversation a table over while eating in a restaurant. On top of it a lot of these songs are just kind of boring to me and they really can't justify the incredibly long runtime on most of them. Most egregious may be One Of Those Things, which basically sounds like a vamp of a couple of bars from Sweet Home Alabama coupled with like a monologue. I can appreciate on some level that this took risks, but when the results are this awkward and unenjoyable, it is kind of hard to award any bonus points.
I don't really understand this album's placement on this generator. The musicianship wasn't enough to save it. The vocals weren't great, the lyrics weren't good, and there is as much talking in this album as there is music. It isn't good. I couldn't find a single thing to like about it.
Almost everything I hate about 80s music combined in this Album. Remarkable. Fav: -
This is stupid
A bad album from a one hit wonder that doesn't even include their one hit. It's a stretch to include Too-Rye-Ay on this list, but two additional Dexy's Midnight Runners albums is just ridiculous.
Please don't bore me with this crap.
This album was bloody awful. Only one is half-listenable. Why the hell is it making me adjust my volume just to hear what they are saying. Also not in this album but come on Eileen is shit. The main singers voice sounds like a horrid Henry character doing karaoke. Specific rating- 1.2 Fav song- one of those things Least fav- this is what she’s like
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Thought I'd like it since these sorts of 80s English pop bands are usually right up my alley, but it was really disappointing. Generally good instrumentals. I'm usually a big fan of weird/unconventional vocals, but this wasn't that I just hate his voice. Sounds like he's trying his hardest to sound as whiny and nasally as possible. I have no problem with talking/monologues in songs, but these were completely rambly and pointless and just completely made me feel like they were enjoying trying to waste my time. If not for Knowledge of Beauty, I would say there's nothing good on this album at all
Two too many from these guys. No thanks.
Too much talking like an asshat over songs
When I think of the 80s I think of this abandonment of melody, spoken word stuff.
Why is this album on this list? It has nothing. It is from a "one hit wonder band". Everything on this album is simply boring and bad. I'm sure the band had fun recording the album but if you every band which has fun recording its album on this list you will end up with ten or hundred thousands of albums. Simply terrible.
Not a good effort
Terrible vocals, disjointed song structure, absolutely no flow to the album at all....not really what I'd call essential listening... There is no reason why Dexy's Midnight Runners need 3 albums on this list. Too-Rye-Ay deserved a spot, but this shit?!? The last fleeting noises of a band on the brink of collapse?!? Robert Dimnery has lost his marbles. They were only included because they're British.... Favorite songs: One of Those Things Least favorite songs: the whole album... 1/5
There is an unreal and confusing amount of just talking over the music. It was like an infuriating concert experience where the people next to you just talked over the music the entire time. Except they intentionally recorded it that way?
Lot of talking going on here and its the kind of talking you can’t ‘sing’ along with so what’s the point? Pity because a lot of the underlying soft melodies are quite nice. That said there is also too much of what I associate Dexy’s with. That is the bloody foot stomping and clapping along to dance numbers at wedding evening do’s. Geno and Eileen have put me through hell and are my nemesis no matter what fucking Jackie Wilson says. 1/5 4/6/25
Not great
As far as I'm concerned, this band is a one hit wonder. I don't see the need to include this on the list. Pointless.
I’m very disappointed. I had high hopes for this… it’s too pretentious. There are glimpses of gold hidden in some of the songs, but definitely not enough to make it worth my while Stop speaking over the music
I've only heard two songs from them before. What the hell was this album 1/5
i can see exactly why this album came to be considered an “overlooked classic” and it’s not unconnected from why i don’t like it, plus, god, that guy’s voice
Not good. Why is this on here?
Overall: 1/10 This album is actually much worse than I expected. Kevin Rowland has an incredibly annoying voice, and I genuinely hate how often he just speaks over the music. Although I know there's bigger problems going on than this list, it still frustrates me that these guys have 3 albums in here. Fav Song: The Occasional Flicker Least Fav Song: This is What She's Like
What a fucking annoying voice. This is their second addition to the list and does not have the redeeming feature if their 'one hit wonder'.
‘They all sounded the saaaaaame’ - One Of Those Things by Dexys Midnight Runners Why is this on the list?! I will actually cry if I have to listen to another Dexys Midnight Runners album, and then right after I’ll die of boredom.
i don’t know what i’ve just listened to 😅
From the artist page: "Don't Stand Me Down... confounded critics at the time... the band disbanded shortly after its release" Not surprised tbh, it's dogshit
Why, oh why, does it feel like Kevin Rowland just spends the majority of the album talking? It’s unbearable. One of the highlights of the album is the riff on “One Of Those Things” - and that is actually just Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves Of London”. Don’t Stand Me Down crumbles under its own ambitions and boring sound.
Where's Eileen when you need a come on? This one is a snoozer.
I don't even like the popular song by this band, so I knew my chances of enjoying a whole DMR album was slim. But this album seems to go out its way to be bad, with lousy vocals and nothing arrangements.
Way different from the other Dexys material I have heard. Not a fan. To mundane. 1.5/5
This was abysmal. Half the album was just him talking I felt like. Nothing really jumped out to me here so I am struggling to understand why it's on the list. Thinking maybe it was much bigger in the UK?
I did not enjoy this album. The vocals are all shubiduoouuuooouuu like Elvis Costello.. The album felt way too long, maybe because I really despise the genre... It actively made me angry.
This album isn't good. it was boring as hell
The band that made "Come On Eileen" proves to everybody exactly why they are a one-hit-wonder. In retrospect I would be happier to die without having forced myself to sit through this embarrassment of an album.
Unfortunately, Come On Eileen defined Dexy for me. The switch from upbeat 80’s to slow and warbling vocals DID NOT work for me.
Epitome of a “One hit wonder”. Not a bad sound. But, one and gone.
Like the Talking Heads mixed with Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan, but not good. Not sure why this one is on the list.
I am begging whomever is in charge of this list to put aside their British-ness and reconsider the inclusion of Don’t Stand Me Down on this list. I understand it’s impossible to be completely objective about music or any art, but by making such a list I imagine that is what you were attempting to do and this album appears to be a huge misstep. Maybe there’s nostalgia here for you with this album— riding the tube with your Walkman or whatever, listening to inane chatter that takes up a large portion of a 12 minute song. Or maybe it was played at your big tacky 1980s wedding that everyone was having then. Maybe you just want to prove that you stuck with the band after their only hit came out (because this is NOT the one with Come On Eileen, dear listeners. It’s the album after where they must think they’re Miss Big Tits and can easily keep that momentum going ((they couldn’t)))). This should not be taking up space on this list. I should have died never hearing it.
Tough listen
Definitely the weirdest album I’ve heard so far on this journey. I can appreciate what they were trying to do but it didn’t land for me. That song this is what she’s like was insane.
this is the first album to make me question the credibility of this list lol I googled it and I found the story behind the album release was interesting but HONESTLY this album didnt do it for me. I was expecting come on eileen but that isnt even on here like whwhwhw whattttt
Fell asleep half way through this spoken word.
p542. 1985. 1 star. There are three Dexy's albums on this list, and only one of them deserves to be on it. This isn't it. Sounds like a collection of discarded tracks from "Too-Rye-Ay" that weren't strong enough to make the final cut. Kevin Rowland sounds like he is trying to sing whilst gargling pebbles and being strangled. I just wish someone had finished him off properly. And no-one needs multiple 5+ minute tracks - it's like punk never happened, eh Kev?
Langweilig ist noch geprahlt. Warum ein ganzes Album von diesem One-Hit-Wonder? Unverständlich.
Let’s stick with Come on Eileen and stop there. One Hit Wonders happen for a reason sometimes, and this is a prime example. I don’t care about the conversations either- tell your story through your songs, not your boring voice. Sorry. Boo.
"The album was a commercial failure upon release, and its rejection by both critics and the public resulted in the group's disbandment in 1987." Well. I certainly can't think of a better reason for this to be on this list. .... That line should be all you need - wow. Going from the legitimately excellent and fun predecessor "Too-Rye-Ay" to this is about as fun and exciting as the album cover so they got that right. What a snoozer at best. Embarrassing fail and mostly due to whatever track 2 was trying to be - the music could have been ok but this is a chuckle and a hard pass, never to be heard again. This is a legitimate 1/5 and yet I also felt like I needed a delineation between the nu-metal we've gotten and this mere god-awful wet shart of a release ...but no, alas, this IS terrible and a 1 it shall be. Dexys (really Kevin Rowland) down in the stormdrain with Linkin Park, Korn, and Slipknot you go. Everything floats down there - you'll float too..... 2/10 1 star.
This didn’t need to be on the list. 1/5
Luojan kiitos, että kyseisen bändin tuotannosta 100% on nyt ollut listalla joten enää ei voi tulle Dexy's Midnight Runnersia. Ihmettelen kyllä suuresti, miten yhden hitin ihme on ansainnut tulla näin edustetuksi listalla. Ilman höpöttelyosuuksia olis 2/5, mutta mumina laskee arvosanan ykköseen.
This list is terrible.
A Kevin Rowland wank fest. Play it for someone you hate.
Music was okay, but the singer is so annoying and I couldn't manage to finish the album.
After conquering the world with Come On Eileen, Dexys Midnight Runners took on their next challenge: make an album with no good songs on it. Against all odds, they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. As a big fan of 1980s UK rock bands, it’s remarkable how much I didn’t like this. They should’ve taken some of their Eileen money and got this guy some singing lessons. I’m sure he has a very authentic accent from Whereverthefuck, England but it is not pleasing to the ears. The country-tinged “Knowledge of Beauty” might have been passable if they had a good singer on it singing a different melody. Hopefully Warren Zevon sued the piss out of them for “One of Those Things”. I do like thinking that Kid Rock was actually sampling Dexys MR instead of “Werewolves of London”
So this is a weird pop record. No songs under 3 minutes, and 4 of them over 6 minutes? Spoken interludes? Multi-movement songs? And is that… Werewolves of London I hear? I almost think there’s something cool happening here. You never know quite what’s coming next and some of the melodies are fun and catchy. Unfortunately I can’t get over the musical theater rambling song structures and goofy-ass singing. Not just goofy; often way out of tune. The production is very painfully 80s. “Come on Eileen” is no masterpiece but I think I’d rather listen to 12 of those trashy pop songs than this soundtrack to a movie that I haven’t seen.
Vocals (or talking) almost drove me mad.
The album of the day. The AOTD. It’s a new year. I’m caught up except for that 4 hour Ella Fitzgerald thing I have to trudge through. I might actually die of fatigue during that. But here we go with a band I’ve heard of but never heard. Classic combination. I don’t want to be hyper insensitive, but the thought that is popping into my head repeatedly is “is he deaf?” Like he has a speech issue right? I just need to know. He doesn’t. I’ve checked Wikipedia. Whatever man. He sounds like George Michael drunkenly impersonating Devo. The rest of the song is fairly cool but that singing has produced raised eyebrows and full blown guffaws. Oh I thought he was saying “WATCHING YOU DIE.” Apparently that’s not it. I can’t handle this vocal delivery. I like unique. This is bonkers. Not good enough to be entertaining unique. Now it sounds like “Last Christmas.” Which came first? Ugh. This sucks. Near 13 minutes of bad saxophone loops under a man who will apparently not do a vocal take without a mouth full of what sounds like bread. Oh yeah. We’re getting slow. We’re getting low. Settle in. He’s trying to sing better. Somebody got to him. It’s not working. The doo wop over top of the mid 90’s country. This is maybe 25 seconds of ideas stretched until there are holes in it and it’s transparent so it can fit 6 minutes as if the label asked for a certain length. Awoooooo Werewolves of London. Big Warren Zevon hit. Uhh this is also 7 fucking minutes. Man. Give it a rest. I honestly prefer this monologue from twink Jason Sagan any day over the rest of this shit. My favourite song so far by a country mile. And it still stinks. Listen to this, say Dexy’s Midnight Runners and I respond with a resounding “no.” I did listen to it and any attempt I make to like this band, is dashed upon the rocks of honky the Christmas crooner over here. Is he Dexy? Or one of the Runners? Another 8 minutos. That’s English for “I don’t know what else to call minutes for writing variety.” A Bob Dylan impersonator has now appeared briefly. I read that this album was panned by audiences and critics alike and then was unearthed by virgins who in one final grasp at the clutches of uniqueness to be different, knighted this as a “forgotten classic.” I don’t need to joust in a battle of wits with guys whose whole personality is claiming a love of bad music is a sign of elevated IQ. I will say though, this was not good for much of it, and the parts that were ok were extinguished by an awful singer. This fails as a pop album certainly, but any deeper meaning that one might glean from this is truly a personal choice and does not translate to me whatsoever. Somebody run over to Dexy and tell him that after Come on Eileen, his band needs to pack up and start serving the cruise ship guests. Time is money. 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Reminisce - Pt. 2. Part one was where I can remember a time where I hadn’t heard this album. Remember those days? I sure do.
Close to giving this 2* because at least there are some enjoyable strings and horns bits. The vocals are bad though and that's before I even consider how much talking there is?? The long tracks really drag. It's simply not enjoyable to listen to and shouldn't be on the list either
Meh… Kevin has a beautiful voice but this didn’t grab me.
Does not strike anything except for the wuestion: „Why these super slow spoken word intros)?“
So there was life after "Come On Eileen"? Ouch, it seems there was. If you consider pest, bugs and annoying little critters as "life", that is. What was left of the band wearing suits on the artwork says it all: city traders are just parasites sucking blood for a livelihood after all. I don't know what went in Rowland's head at the time, maybe that was his own ironic way to ape the 'New Romantics' hitting the charts, hence the attempt to sanitize the folk-soul music of Dexy's Midnight Runners and trying to have his cake and eat it too through some vaguely formed "concept" supposedly giving 'substance' to what turned out as very unsubstantial music. I mean, if you try to look at this thing *objectively*... (I very, very rarely use that last adverb to talk about music, you know...). Glad that Rowland's attempt to suck blood out of the audience failed, at least. He probably refused to release a single out of the album because, deep inside, he knew the latter was quite a worthless effort. Under that light, that's very rich that he puts the commercial failure of *Don't Stand Me Down* on his supposed artistic "integrity". Nope, Mr. Rowland... it's just that whether you consider the art OR the commercial potential of this thing, it is obviously bound to fail on every level. Comparing the self-indulgent, 12 minute-long drivel "This Is What She's Like" to the *Pet Sounds*-era Beach Boys era is probably one of the most misguided takes by professional critics I have ever read (it was a tiny minority of them, fortunately). It's like slapping every good music that has ever been played in the face. Everything is obnoxious in this song: the opening dialogue -- actually pointless and unfunny -- the forced vocal performance, the stilted instrumentation, the drawn-out sections going on for no rational reason, the pretense of reaching narrative and musical genius when the lyrics are so dumb and the chord and harmonies are so bland... Everything in the album is up to this level of... nothingness. Don't even want to go into specifics for the other tracks. Life's too short to spend it on pointless drivel. The only good news if that now I might be a little more predisposed to consider the contents of Dexy's Midnight Runners first two LPs. But including *Don't Stand Me Down* in a list of 1001 albums you must absolutely listen to...? Get the f*ck outta here. Seriously. 0/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 5/10 for more general purposes (5 for musical competency + 0 for the artistry) Number of albums left to review: around eighty, as I've gone over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 449 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 270 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 326 (including this one)
Straight from The Department of Redundancy and Stuff That's Already Been Done Before Already...it's ANOTHER Dexy's Midnight Runners album! For a band that is primarily famous for being a one-hit wonder, having two records on this list is more than suspect. The Spotify play count for these songs should tell you everything you need to know about how essential this record is. Maybe Kevin Rowland is Robert Dimery's cousin or owes him a life debt or something. Losing six(!) members since their previous album and changing their appearance from "1880's un-housed British country folk" to "1980's Wall Street/American Psychos" does little to change the fact that this record is dull and unoriginal. You can even perfectly sing the words to Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" along with Dexy's' "One of Those Things." I'll tack on one half-star because at least it's not another Morrissey or Arcade Fire album.
In a nutshell: must be a British thing. I grumbled at Kevin and co several times for taking so long to get to the point. The ship had already sailed with this kind of blue eyed soul/new wave style. I was offended at the band ripping off the Werewolves of London riff (it took until 1997 to give co-writing credits). The band should be represented in the list, but this ain't the album to represent them. Overall: 1/10
why is there so much goddamn TALKING
A truly terrible record. Crooning pub karaoke.
This music sucks
Where is the option for zero stars? Whoever made this list has some issues…
This band sounds like if Billy Joel was obnoxiously British.
THE one hit wonder band in my opinion. But this album wasnt very good in my ears. Slow and dragning lyrics, a lot of talking. A few Nice rhythms didn't fix the feeling I got from the album as a whole.
I'm not listening to another fucking album from dexys goddamn midnight runners what crackhead put them on here i hate you i hate you so much
I came to this with open ears! I love Come On Eileen, one of my favorite OHWs of all time! So catchy and fun, so I was fully prepared to listen to other songs from Dexys! Unfortunately I just got nothing good. None of the cheeky fun of Eileen. Just…talking. Lots of talking. And halfhearted genre experimentation. Genuinely disappointed!
I'm close to calling bullshit on this book. I don't find Dexys Midnight Runners that important of a band to justify having an album on this list, much less three(?). Same goes for Roxy Music. If Robert Dimery was American, this album wouldn't be on the list.
Excruciating. Sounds like he’s singing with someone’s balls in his mouth, which means he’s likely doing two things poorly.
They carried on conversations with themselves throughout the album during the instrumental parts of the songs, kinda annoying actually…
No bueno
1. flicker - 0 2. like - 1 3. beauty - 1.5 4. thingz - 1 5. reminizce - 0 6. lizten - 0 7. uualtz - 1
What an awful album. I kind of liked the first song “The Occasional Flicker” and then I realized it sounds a lot like “Come On Eileen”. It went downhill from there for me. The vocalist has the most annoying vibrato I think I’ve ever heard. As if that isn’t bad enough, most of the songs are too long (e.g. the 12+ minute “That is What She’s Like” - BTW, what’s with the pointless conversation in the beginning?) Others are unoriginal (“One of Those Things” rips off Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”). It’s hard to believe that this is same band that came up with "Come On Eileen". DMR is clearly a one-hit-wonder and I found the album without any redeeming qualities. 1/10.
I don't know what this was. What was this??!!?
Forgettable 80s pap. Not worth a first listen let alone a second one.
Вообще не приколо, сами нахуй слушайте хуетутна 12 минут
I already know, because of my infinite curiosity there is no need to enter this room. Is where the ugly or forgotten and broken things are. Slumming poshies and mutiple failed versions of the mini. Ah the English. They fail so elequently, non? This Ingleesh quaintness. As interesting as ASCII Art. really. 1oo1 8 ~~ Hello ? Does your dig bite? Non, of course not! rediculous question. ><Ouch<> your dog bit me!! Errh, Monsiuer, but that is not my derg.
Too Rey Ay was so good, what happened in the three years following it?!
waiting around for ages for a song to start and then waiting around for ages for it to stop because it's fucking shit
This album seemed to be Dexys trying and largely failing to write songs that don't sound like come on Eileen. There were about 3 songs that took the various sections of Eileen and stretched them out into a full song. Other than that there were some slow croony songs that did nothing for me. Didn't enjoy this.
Im almost over with the list and i can say the list should be 101 albums. This isnt one of them 1
I would have been pissed off if I spent money on this. It's basically a non-album
"Commercial failure" figa ci credo 😭
An album so bad it literally killed the band
A sound only the British could love. And I had sorta high hopes for this, as I understand they aren’t a one hit wonder over there. Makes sense why they were one in the U.S. though.
I am immediately annoyed by this guy's voice. The music is alright, so I'll slog through the rest of it. One of Those Things, I mean Werewolves of London also gets on my nerves. I can't get past all the talking and the vocals. The music is ok, but this album shouldn't be on this list. Thankfully, after several needlessly long songs, I was able to Waltz my way out of this and into a different album.
Well I had high hopes for this one but found it very disappointing. I found the album to be disjointed and not having good flow. The singer has a decent voice but it isn't really showcased much on this album. I felt like he overdid it and was generally mismatched to what was going with the music. I found a lot of the album to be perplexing, like the random muttering. One song sounded like a cover of Werewolf of London. Really surprising considering how much I like 'Come On Eileen'. Another album that I am not sure needs to be on this list.
WT actual F?
#289. This is bad. Real bad. Borderline unlistenable. We are once again blessed with a one hit wonder's album that wasn't the one with said hit, and this time the results are atrocious. Please stop. 1/5: terrible.
Listened to it with my dad. "It's bad but at least Come On Eileen is coming up soon" By the end of the album I checked to see how many songs were left. There was 1 song remaining and there was no trace of their single recognisable song. What is the point of this album being on the list when this band is a one hit wonder with a singer who can't sing?
3 albums from essentially a one-hit wonder!? DNF
Sometimes I wonder why an album appears on this list when it really really shouldn't. This is one of those albums.
I don’t get it. Even after reading about the album it escapes me.
really not for me. too meandering and doesn’t seem to have a purpose to me
I did not make it to the end of any of the songs. Come on Eileen is the only DMR song I need in my life.
I think Dexy's mom is on the board of the 1001 curators as there are three albums from the band on the list. WTF? This really wasn't good. I mean, dig 'em if you like, but a must listen? What? Just to prove they recorded more than one song? Musically uninteresting, certainly not enough to support drawn out material like this. Dude's got a strange, and by that I mean annoying (unconventional?), voice. I'm at a loss.
One dexys album was more than enough for a list of albums to hear before you die. The editor of this list has a hardon for british one hit wonders, and its a bit obvious. 1/5
Absolutely not.
This was never fun
At least the production on this DMR record is better than 'Too Rye Ay'. I still cannot stand this lead singer's voice, I still think their compositions are either boring or grating, and the 12-minute song almost put me over the edge. Unlike 'Too Rye Ay', this album has the audacity to have spoken introductions and interjections; unbearably pretentious in this context. I said "Are you kidding me" out loud when "Reminisce - Pt. 2" got going. I tried to keep the hater hat off for my second DMR album, but I can't. It's adhered to my scalp. I think there's one more of theirs on this list. I'll live in trepidation and fear until it has passed. Who knows, maybe third time's the charm. Highlight: Ironically, I did come pretty close to enjoying "Listen To This". Nadir: Reminisce - Pt.2
I feel like some of the albums on this list are here because someone is playing a joke, like, “this is so niche it would never appeal to the masses, let’s put it on the list and see how many people will listen to this crap.” Jokes on me I guess.
nah not for me
Already wasn't looking forward to this one, and y'alls reviews aren't helping the matter. Welp, here we go... Amazing the band had any success given the frontman's voice. The Birmingham accent unto itself is pretty off-putting, but he doesn't do much to counteract it with talent. I guess it worked for the romp that was Come on Eileen, but it really doesn't translate well outside of that setting. Knowledge of Beauty is a high point on the album so far, but I can't shake the feeling that it is a poor mans rendition of Lou Reed's Satellite of Love. Followed up immediately by One of Those Things which basically is Warren Zevon's Warewolves of London in the backing. I'm really confused how they are getting away with these blatant rips? Apparently they admitted to stealing it and gave writing credits to Zevon. Lol, welp on that I'm pretty much out on this album. Not going to bother to finish it. An argument could be made for a 2 because the music isn't terrible; however, the blatant theft of other popular songs is a big turn off and the vocals don't do anything at all for me. Therefore, this earns a much coveted 1 from me.
Meh it's inoffensive but just kinda standard fair pop songs? Just doesn't really do much for me. The production is very clean.
I just kept waiting for it to end which is not the sign of a good album… Oddly enough though I did sort of enjoy “One of Those Things” as I could sing the lyrics to “Sweet Home Alabama” to it.
I think one or more of those 6 people cut from the band was needed. 10 people is too many, but there are few actual songs here. Just a lot of fixing around.
2/10 Like Dexys midnight runners, I too wish they were Warren Zevon. 5-15-2024
Absolutely hate this guys voice. Sounds like Kermit the Frog on acid.
Boring and derivative! I cannot understand how this makes the list!
I didn't think much of this, too slow, too long, nonsensical mutterings, warbly vocals, no thanks! Searching For The Young Soul Rebels was a better album.
I didn’t really get this album at all. With so many incredible albums in here, how did this one get added to the list?
Not sure why this is on the list
This is one of the worst albums I've heard in my life.
1.5
Really average, didn't enjoy too much. At times the intros to the songs were really quiet and a few times I thought the player was down. Turns out the song took about a minute to kick in. I can see why it was a commercial failure when it debuted but not sure how it ended up being a "lost treasure" to end up on this list. Best: Listen To This Worst: This Is What She's Like
This band being a one-hit wonder band is starting to make more sense
Why is this album on this list? At least it very clearly explains why they are a one-hit wonder. Dexys Midnight Runners don’t seem to know how to start a song, let alone finish one. After 12 minutes I still have no idea what she’s like. And what is with all the mumbling? Does Warren Zevon know they ripped off Werewolves of London? This album raises so many questions that I don’t even care enough to know the answers to. I fully expected them to pull off three stars, or at least a very solid two, but found I disliked it more with every unnecessary minute.
Terrible
Kevin Rowland is a genius. Instead of just writing shitty songs, he wrote long shitty songs
A very strong bold underlined flashing glowing 1.
Very mid, did not really enjoy
THREE albums from Dexy's Midnight Runners on this list? No. I was there for "Come On Eileen." No. Fuck off. fuckin' Anglophile listmaker wankers.
Can we not with that stupid voice. Stop talking and make some music please. Really nothing special to me.
I hated it
The album wasn't the worst music I've ever heard, but why tf did I need to hear this? There was nothing interesting, new, or groundbreaking about this.
There’s probably a reason they were one hit wonders.
Back to back 50 min albums that just make me want to eat a can of paint bro This band has 5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, so either I’m clearly missing something here, or this is one of their weaker works? To me this is just as cringe as the Elvis Costello record from the other day, in that this feels almost like a parody. “One of those things” sent me over the edge by copying the melody of sweet home Alabama. From that point forward I cringed myself into a coma and everything went blurry, I don’t even know what happened man. Can this guy QUIT TALKING AND JUST SING?!
If I get one more bad album this week I will be upset. This gets a 2 solely for the second song on the album which is amazing after the first 2 minutes IMO. This is a forgettable and mediocre record in this whole list another one i did not have to hear before my death. Please be better 3/10 closer to a 2/10 but you know what I am giving it a 1 forget it
What the fuck is this and why is it on the list? There are 2 more albums of theirs I have to listen to. Shoot me now.
Do not like the vocals in the opener. Weird spoken interludes too. Some good moments in the surprisingly long This Is What She's Like, especially the second half. Next track is slow and not sure it needs to be 7 minutes long either. Closes with a bizarre 8 minute folk song. Is the singer deaf? If so, this is very impressive. The parts with an established groove are better but I can't get past the vocals and there's too many parts of the album that don't make sense to me.
Fucking awful. Mumbling and nondescript twiddling.
Terrible
i think i just hate 80s music
Songs with talking are blech, and one of these was a rip off of werewolves of London.
I tend to agree with the interviews calling it a bore…
Why is this so goddamn boring. I love that they tried to do something completely different but it didn’t really work for me. Kevin Rowland is a really good songwriter but here I feel like no one told him no enough with this one. Bloated and far too pretentious for me.
A Dexy's album without Cine On Eileen? Pffft
Described as a neglected masterpiece. Not my bag.
I can’t even pretend that I finished this one.
I have a long-standing love for '80s alt and Come On Eileen was a fave (Dexys but not on this album). This album, however, was not for me.
How was this on the list
Soooooooooooo boring. One hit wonder ns
I am not sure why this album was included. Unremarkable. Musicians were fine, his voice is good and unique, songs were meh at best. One Hit Wonder band for a reason.
Nah
ужасная нуднота, гнусавый голос, невнятные аранжировки, расплывчатая мелодия и адски долгие треки, я не смогла это слушать
About as boring as the cover photo.
1.6 - I groaned the entire time I was listening to this awful record. I hate the constant use of unfunny spoken dialogue. I hate that they made the 2nd song a 12-minute epic slog. But the biggest offense was hearing Kevin Rowland complain on “…One of Those Things” that all modern rock “sounds the same.” That’s a bold statement coming on an album in which every song sounds like it could play either over the opening sequence or the end credits of the 1988 comedy “Big”, starring Tom Hanks. Here’s a band that should’ve known when to calm it quits, releasing a record that should’ve been drowned in a bathtub.
3 Dexys albums on this list? They only put out 3 albums in the 80s during their original run as a band! Warren Zevon should have sued them for plagiarism.
couldn't stand it
another DNF, a lot of talking on the album and nothing really caught my attention during the first few songs.
Mumbly Joe and Friends sit around and talk over music.
Pretty slow and boring for me, to be frank. I had high hopes coming off Too Rye Ay, but this follow-up album feels like a momentum killer. All these songs are way too long for what they are, as well.
Too much talking, not enough hooks. Wholly forgettable. It’s too pretentious and goofy.
I have no idea why this exists on the list. It was 45 minutes of absolutely nothing
Another album that's just too British for me I guess. These songs are way too long to be this repetitive. I'm pretty sure one song was just a long drawn out parody of Warren Zevon's Werewolves Of London. Including entire conversations that you have with your bandmates in your 12 minute song is not endearing or artistic or whimsical or cheeky or some other British adjective or interesting or entertaining in any way. Don't do this. Not even once, kids.
Feels like I wandered into a recording session. Feel’s meandering, unedited, mumbling. This is not for me. It’s pub music at best and I don’t drink. Stopped
Long mumbling intros wondering when the song will begin, then still somehow being just as bored listening to the song itself. First album that I skipped through to the middle of songs to just get a general feel of the songs. Couldn't even bother listening to it in its entirety.
I never rated “Searching For The Young Soul Rebels” so I didn’t know what to expect from Dexys Midnight Runners. But “Don’t Stand Me Down” did not make me look forward to the two other Dexys albums on the list. So I then listened to “Searching” filled with dread, and was pleasantly surprised. But almost anything would be good compared to “Don’t Stand Me Down.” Overly long tracks that stop and start as if several songs in one, obnoxious overdone vocals, but above all the background mumble chatter. Not even spoken word, instead there were frequent moments of the artists muttering to each other, presumably in studio. So muffled that you wonder if you should turn it up to find out what they’re saying, only to get blasted when the music comes back in. It was like watching a movie with bad sound mixing on your inferior home audio system. Except worse. I don’t think even their namesake Dexedrine could get me moving to this musical embarrassment. Apparently it was so poorly received that it led to the band breaking up for almost 20 years. They may deserve a spot on the list for “Come On Eileen,” but that is not on this album. So let’s get rid of the single-star “Don’t Stand Me Down.” Offered instead: Alabama Shakes - “Sound & Color” Dexys alleges to have soul influences, but they’re hard to spot on “Don’t Stand Me Down.” So instead of too many white British dudes, how about Alabama Shakes, who legitimately brought soul and blues to garage rock in the 2010s, led by the amazing voice of Brittney Howard. Their debut “Boys & Girls” was fantastic, but it was “Sound & Color” that cemented them as a force in rock music. Excellent songwriting, emotional delivery, and just dripping with swagger and passion. It’s too bad they went on hiatus and their drummer turned out to be a douche, because I haven’t been able to get into Howard’s solo work as much. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I think everything done is here is done well, talent-wise. There's a ton of influences pulled in and blended here, it's just... indulgent. Long. Pretentious. This is album #3 for Dexys, and it's just... you don't really need this one on here, I think. It's the lead singer going for broke after landing a fluke, extremely catchy hit, and him absolutely going broke.
Generic and unimaginative 80’s music.
Annoying singer.
This album sucks and I hate it. I really don't get it, and the vocals are so annoying. That's a lot coming from me. 1/5
Afgezet omdat ik me afvroeg waarom ik hier mijn tijd mee aan het verdoen was.
Mozes-kriebel, dit is werkelijk niet te harden!
There's nothing here that hasn't been done 200% better on their previous albums. This needs to make way for another band and album that deserves it.
The bits where they are chatting are excruciating. These guys are dullards.
Like their buttoned down Brooks Brothers cover, this album is very underwhelming and sleep inducing. What happened to the dynamic fun sound of Searching for the young soul rebels or Too Rye Ay? Kevin Rowland sounds like he's got marbles in his mouth and the production is decidedly muddy and mixed too quietly. No wonder this album bombed when it was released. So that begs the question 1,001, why is this album on this list?
I know this is a free project, but I feel like I deserve my money back for having to listen to a SECOND Dexys Midnight Runners album. 1.5/5
Utterly forgettable except for the Warren Zevon rip-off.
This is such a fall off after their previous two albums. The unique and fun qualities of those has gone and instead is just a really homogenous 80s sound with songs that are far too long for the ideas they contain - I’ve never felt a 45 minute album drag as much as this. The second track is 12 minutes and doesn’t flow together at all, it’s just a 3 minute song that’s stretched out far far far too long. I gave up after the awful Warren Zevon rip off One of Those Things
The kind of album you find while cleaning out the dusty attic of your recently departed great aunt, who stuck it up there because it reminded her of that one fling she had in the 80's with the self-absorbed yuppie stock broker, who bought it on 8-track because he was expecting a decent follow up to C'mon Eileen, but the disappointment of the music could only be superseded by the companionship of your aunt, leading him to ditch both and relapse into his coke habit. 🤧
How the fuck is this in this book?
Dull, obscure and not particularly good.
I hate it. Wtf is this Sweet Home Alabama ripoff? This band should be nowhere near this list. Best track: Listen to This
Dull shite!
Self indulgent coked up 80s nonsense.