Reviews (page 14 of 14)
I don't listen to The Smiths.
This album is the second from the rock band The Smiths, and is their only album to reach number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It's an alternative rock album with messages about politics and vegetarianism. I thought the songs on this album, other than the title track, were just decent and easily forgettable. The music could very well be from any alt rock group from the UK in the 80's. But instead this album became popular because of its messages during its time.
Morrissey es conocido por ser uno de los mejores letristas del panorama musical. Estupendo. ¿No podría recitar sus poemas en vez de cantarlos? Su forma de cantar siempre me ha resultado de lo más molesto. Parece un niño burlándose de otro, ridiculizándolo o ignorándolo. El típico cántico que dice «habla cucurucho que no te escucho». Se hace muy pesado escuchar un disco entero así. De hecho, en el himno vegano que es la canción que da nombre al álbum se escuchan mugidos y balidos que se agradecen. “The Headmaster Ritual” suena como una desvencijada cama de muelles. El ritmo de “Barbarism Begins at Home” me recuerda a “Suck It To Me” de Almodóvar y McNamara, pero no tiene esa frescura. La única que se puede encontrar en este disco está en “Well I Wonder”, donde el cantante se lo toma más en serio y produce melodías vocales hacia el final de la canción que sí son placenteras, lo cual da todavía más rabia; se ve que el hombre sabe hacerlo bien pero no le suele apetecer. En general, no entiendo cómo los fans de The Smiths aguantan esa voz aunque supongo que la clave está en la repetición. Seguro que si escuchas un sonido de cadena de bicicleta saliéndose de la rueda ciento cincuenta veces seguidas, le acabas pillando el gusto. O eso o te tiras de un puente.
Absolutely not.
Morissey's voice is annoying. This whole album is annoying.
Even more mehhh than the last Smiths album.
I tried to like it but there wasnt anything here for me. i can hear some similarities to new order and other bands of the time but nothing grabs me.
Shite. Shite singer, shite songs, shite production, shite lyrics. The guy sings like he has been kicked in the plums, but I don't think we are that lucky. Turns out he is a nazi too, so fuck him. Would give it zero, or even less than that if I could. Absolutely pish
Politically charged lyrics with no refrain, hence no circling back to whatever point is being made, makes this album tiresome. Sure, not every album is meant to be relatable to everyone, but this one goes out of its way to achieve that it seems. Perhaps if the listener is emotionally charged and looking for statements put to music, this album might make sense. Social commentaries and criticisms are nothing new to music, and they make for great subject matter perhaps even provoking change or awareness. This is an album that sadly is held captive by the political climate in which it was written. The relevance of that period no longer mattering in the present, it would seem that neither do The Smiths.
Please stop. Lyrically it's a little too prachy, melodically it's fine at best but mostly it's meh. I wanted it to end after 2nd or 3rd song.
I mean it's pretty bad. The singer's voice dominates every song and it's not enjoyable to listen to. He sings in this weird off tone or something that makes every song sound off. The only compliment I can give is that the instruments sound fine sometimes, but suffer the same problem as the voice in most other cases.
Yeah, babe, this music is really great. You're gonna love it. What do you mean that a whiny little bitch is singing all of these songs? You just don't understand good music, babe.
Still allergic to morrisey
Initial thoughts: it's ok, a little bland. Not sure about the yodelling either. Somehow feels pretentious too. I'm bored now, most songs on this just sound the same - glad it's only 9 songs. "Barbarism Begins at Home" has some really weird yelping/dog bark sounds?? Why??? I have reached the final song and I can't cope with the pretentiousness anymore. Overall: boring album, pretentious, adding yodelling/dog yelps/droning/construction sounds/animal noises to a bland song doesn't make it any more palatable. The album itself is directionless - listening to the songs on shuffle would be equally bland as listening in chronological order I imagine. For me, this album has been an exercise in endurance.
Don’t know why this is on the 1001 albums list, this is the Smiths’ worst album and there were no highlights for me.
Hueta dlya govnarey. Booyakasha!
Кароче не очень, че то типа соплей много, медленных мелодий, не в моем вкусе. А обложка норм.
блять я не понимаю как это можно с кайфом слушать. голос у чела максимально гнусавый и неподходящий под музыку, с чего он взял что его завывания хорошо звучат. хотя может это так и задумано и обьясняется идеей альбома, которую я чет так и не уловил, спасибо бритонскому акценту. последний кстати сразу напоминает Касабиан, скорее всего потому что я больше не знаю никого ближе, я ж репер ебаный кароче вялая какофония для бритиш ванкеров, 2 из 10
worst band ever
3 Lieder haben mich abgetörnt. Zu langsam, zu depri, zu nervig.
Disco muy plano. Canciones muy lineales, todas de aspecto similar.
Hab ich nie gehört, gefällt mir auch heute noch nicht. Vielleicht das Schlechteste Album von Morrissey.
Blir sur av å høre på Morrisey nå... Har ikke holdt seg i det hele tatt...
Morrissey can get in the sea
Human music, I like it!