Don't Stand Me Down

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.