It's Blitz!

Always a classic, banger after banger

Only a few tracks are rock/dancy like I expected. Couldn’t really get into this.

Great all out rock!

Would listen to in a group setting with others, and also wind down to it by myself. Nice mix of bedroom pop and a grungy alternative, with electronic roots. I, for one, prefer the acoustic versions of the album on the deluxe version. Some songs are honestly ahead of its time

4+

5/5

Kinda innovative in a way, and unique style of vocals, but not my cup of tea ..

Impassioned vocals against icy, droning disco grooves. It works on me. I don't know this band very well but found this album compelling.

Solid songwriting and catchy tunes, but it didn’t quite grip me. Solid, but not my favorite

Not what I was expecting, i thought these guys were simple, shouty, guitar based punk. But no, more 2009, 6 Music, electro, ballad pop. It’s good but not great, I like it but I don’t love it.

Big fan of yeah yeah yeahs, so original and a great sound. This isn’t anywhere near as good as mosquito but still some great tunes on here and an easy listen

I’ve only heard the first and second song before, so I wasn’t expecting great things. But the songs toward the end (slower songs when she wasn’t screaming) we’re decent and I could probably listen to in the future.

Could have gone my whole life without listening to this one and I’d be just fine. Jennifer Lawrence vibes for some reason. I just imagine here in scenes with these songs as the soundtrack. Didn’t connect with any of the lyrics and only one song made my head nod. Not quite a roll

I only knew this band by their song Heads Will Roll which has been memed to death on videos all over the internet. I was pleasantly surprised to learn they had more to offer over the course of the album. The strong side is clearly the production, with songs like Skeletons and Runaway having grandiose building sections that feel as if you're listening to a movie soundtrack. Some lyrics are hard to interpret and fall to the wayside along with some tracks having painfully slow starts. More in depth rating would be 3.7. Standout Tracks: Skeletons, Dull Life, Runaway.

My mom used to listen to this band and I hated it. The singers voice sounds like if a leather jacket could speak. Leather Jacket Vocal Fry. The first song is bad. The off with yer head song that is popular is on here. The rest of the album is alright.

A couple good songs

Loved it!

Electronic, poppy Reminds me of sylvan esso or thao Nguyen. Precursor, but I like those artists a little better. I think my favorite track was little shadow.

A pleasant vibe throughout. Could be a movie soundtrack.

De tout, du calme, ça bouge, belle !

Dance punk

It was ok. It led to a great spotify autoplay when it was done.

Fine delicious indie.

reminds me of highschool!

Loved this album when it came out I was at uni. Not one Iv listened to much recently though I really liked Yeah Yeah Yeahs most recent album (Cool it down), so I still listen to them frequently, but tend to stick on Fever to tell over this one. Was great listening back to this today, one I’ll need to keep playing more frequently. Great band.

The New York rock revival of the 2000s led to some incredible bands with enduring legacies. In that vein Yeah Yeah Yeahs feel kinda forgotten. This album slaps though. A beautiful synthy alt rock masterwork full of high energy songs grounded by soft emotional tunes. If you've never heard Heads Will Roll or Skeletons, give them a listen. It is not my favorite Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, but it is absolutely worth your time.

My rankings are gonna be so weird, I should’ve started higher! This bangs.

Great album. Not what I expected. Dull life was the track that brought me in and made me give the album an extra listen.

Yay yay yay!

The most popular track on this album was okay, the rest were a snooze fest

There's nothing really good or bad about this album. It's perfectly pleasant to listen to, but not especially memorable. Fave Songs: Skeletons, Heads Will Roll, Hysteric, Zero

Liked it but it seems like a single song spread across an album.

I hadn't listened to this before, but know the band a little. Enjoyed it, and it's different to their earlier stuff. Quite varied styles and a nice indie/garage core to it

Love this album

det här är ändå bra, lite för elektropoppigt emellanåt för att det ska bli en femma

Really enjoy the dance music aspects to this album. Think I preferred it to Fever to Tell! Essential Tracks: Zero Heads Will Roll (Playlist) Runaway

This is a great album. Not quite the consistency of Show Your Bones but still some really good songs and overall a great sound. I think for that time it came out and the dip music has had in the intervening period it stands up even better than I remember.

Think I like Fever to Tell better… but Love me some Yeah Yeah Yeah’s!

Given the choice of any YYY’s album, why would they pick this one?

Nah.

Not my thing tbh tries to be something it's not.

these fuckers get another album? really? mmm eggy flower not a red rose or a satin heart i give you an egg it is a moon wrapped in white paper it promises egg love is like an egg etc by carol anne duffy

a good aughts indie/electro pop album.

I love the Yeahs, but this album is a little boring.

heads will roll is literally my favorite club song. but hearing the original is so underwhelming. I like the change of pace in genre though (this is one of the few electronic records on here i feel like)

Nice easy listen, but nothing special (and missing my favorite Yeah Yeah Yeahs song).

it was ok

Didn’t think I was going to like this one after the first track. It really got better as it went along.

Love me some Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Karen O has some solo work that’s also worth checking out.

Loved the album. Was a casual fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but this makes me want to listen more.

Love this album I already liked "heads will roll"but this album is so much more. New favourite

Heads will roll is such a fun song I like the album artwork + title, a couple songs in and it already fits really well I don't always love pop rock but I'm enjoying this album , even if the sound seems a bit stuck in the 00s at times (the impression I got from 'soft shock') I like the direction they head in with dragon queen and heads will roll, these songs excited me the most as I like the disco incorporation A lot of the songs were giving subdued and reminded me of the empty feeling I get on a Sunday unfortunately which wasn't really a nice thing Their song 'Maps' from their first album is a song that I adore because of how impactful the repetition is throughout the lyrics, and a lot of their songs in this album seem to have this essence of simplicity which works at times (like on skeletons) but at other times it feels a bit banal. Dull Life is a stand out for sure, catchy and fun to dance to whilst brushing my teeth

Solid first album from them.

Great atmospheric album, electronic components gave it space-y vibe. Cool panning work in stereo

okay

Yea it's pretty good

This is the best yeah yeah yeah album

Yeah yeah yeah!

Love this a lot. Electrifying and sleazy in some moments yet calm and beautiful in others Favourite tracks: Zero, Heads Will Roll, Soft Shock, Skeletons, Runaway, Dragon Queen

Heads Will Roll - kennys montage sangen er på albummet.

the meh meh mehs

Nostalgia glasses were on, but I can’t deny that I enjoy this

First two absolute bangers, most of the rest is pretty average. Suffers from the same fate as many indie rock albums from this era, full of filler either side of some serious tunes. 2.5/5 Fav track: Heads will Roll

Some standout tracks for sure, others that felt over-dramatic, most felt inconsequential if well performed. I like Karen Oh over instrumentals like Heads Will Roll, but on others here she felt way too sharp. Two and a half. Fave track: Heads Will Roll

Started off with a bang and had a few decent tracks throughout. Nothing after the first two tracks that really reached the heights they set but still mostly good. Three and a half. Fave track: Zero

Cool It Down was my favourite record from 2022, and It's a Blitz! is their second-best album. It is not as perfect as Cool It Down (or perhaps I like their version of shoegaze even more than their version of electro-pop). But anyway: no weak songs and many great ones (and sometimes the music is not even that far away from Cool It Down). For me, this was a 4-star album (8/10) in 2009 and it is true that a couple of songs in the middle (Dull Life / Shame and Fortune) are a bit less memorable, but after non-stop listening to it today I rate it as 5-star (9/10) in 2023.

Very good. Edging towards five star territory, but I'm not loving the vocals enough for a top rating.

Seriously addictive pop music. It only slightly falls short of 5 stars.

This was all new to me and I quite enjoyed it, without anything particularly sticking in my head. I probably need to listen to it again a couple of times - there's a few long drives coming up and this will probably fit well on one of those. For now, a solid 3, but one with hope.

Still not my favourite record but listening to it again showed me that it has more to offer than I first thought.

Mixed bag of nice songs, cannot decide whether the lyrics are interesting or not. Might need another listen!

Huh didn’t know off with your head was these guys. Pretty good all around yet nothing amazing

This brings back good memories of the before times. A solid indie-synth-pop album.

3.5 stars. Alternative synth-y pop rock. Driven by the phenomenal dance anthem, "Heads Will Roll", but not a ton else to write home about but not many duds either. "Zero" is the second best track.

Was it enjoyable? Yeah. Was it well-made? Yeah. Did I like it? Yeah.

It's good!

C'était bieng

j’ai bien aimé il faudrait que j’écoute plus

bardzo przyjemny, oryginał tańczącego psa

My first time listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This album reminded me of a lot of the electronic-pop that was coming out in the early 2010s so I assume this record had a bit to do with that. Not a huge fan of the overall sound.

I like this record. Again, not sure if it’s 1001 material.

Wow! I had heard a few Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs before (and like them) but I was not expecting this. What a great album. No song is lacking. The whole album is dynamic and the lead singer is perfect. How this band didn’t take over the world in the 00s is lost on me. Highlights are Heads will Roll, Dull Life, Runaway, Little Shadow. 10/10.

Remind me of the Knife all and all pretty good, the last songs are not as memorable as the beginning

Un peu trop electro doomer dance music à mon goût, mais ça reste un album de qualité si c’est votre jam

I didn't even finished, might be good but not for me

Hysterical and Skeletons are highlights

The yeah yeah yeahs is one of the dumbest names for any band ever but this record slaps so fair is fair.

Meh

The first two tracks are an absolutely belting 1-2 punch - I’m struggling to think of many albums that start stronger. So it is beyond disappointing that the album quickly takes a nosedive, becomes more pedestrian and quickly forgettable A real shame

Good

I only knew of one song of theirs, Maps, which I like. This album was a tad pop and overproduced for my taste. The vocals have kind of a generic Gwen Stefani type voice. I liked the song "Dull Life."

Started off alright, a bit new-new-waveish, bit of LCD in there. Not bad but didn't really blow me away. I was a bit fatigued by the end though, got excited when I thought what was the obvious last track was coming to a close but then another one appeared. Probably scrapes 3*

just as good as their other album fever to tell

nice 4*

This was a massive improvement from the other yeah yeah yeahs album. Actual singing and rhythmic indie music is Much more enjoyable. Heads will roll was a pretty decent pop song and have heard it before. This album has more Replay value than the other album but overall it’s barely decent and nothing spectacular. 5.3/10

Loved this, can’t believe I’ve not listened to this whole album before. A great mix of bangers, more chilled out numbers and some more beautiful, deep, complex tracks that definitely need another listen.

Loved a lot of this.

Started fast went slow

Honestly, for all the high reviews I had seen before giving it a listen, I expected a lot more. I have a pretty open mind when it comes to music, but I never heard one track on this album that truly grabbed the ear and made you go "oooh". Sort of average composition on each track. Catchy in parts, but I don't see what all the rage was about on the album.

Good beat. Feels like a fun album.

A lot of surprises on this album. I was really only familiar with heads Will Roll and Maps but this album surprised me. It's almost a dream pop album in some areas, if anything "Heads Will Roll" stands out as being very unlike the rest of the album. Highly recommend

Liked this well more than I thought I would, nearly a 5

Protect Karen O at all costs.

Fabulous

I came into this listen pretty familiar with some earlier stuff by Yeah Yeah Yeahs which maybe coloured my experience a bit. I found this record to be fine and enjoyable but not super inspiring. Their earlier work has more urgency to it - like they couldn't help but make that crazy music and it was just busting out of them all the time. This record on the other hand made me feel a bit like they made a record because they were supposed to make one haha. The result is still pretty great though.

Un muy destacable álbum del género indie-alternativa. Una mezcla de los sonidos más influyentes de la ola garage de los 2000's mezclado de forma casi pionera con las tendencias electrónicas de los 2010's. Un infaltable en el catálogo musical de cualquier melómano.

Y2K core

The strong songs are strong, the rest are meh. Don’t need to rush back anytime soon.

B- Zero - 3 Heads Will Roll - 3 Soft Shock - 3 Skeletons - 3 Dull Life - 4 Shame and Fortune - 3 Runaway - 5 Dragon Queen - 2 Hysteric - 3 Little Shadow - 4 Faces - 3 Clap Song - 3 This was actually pretty good. Kind of felt like a mix between Cat Power and Santigold.

Known the name for ages, but never listened. They were OK, Dragon Queen was pretty good.

3.5

hi yeah yeah yeahs

i felt very comfortable listening to it! maybe id listen again! faces and soft shock are my highlights!

great listen tbh

2/10 for me

Awesome.

Yes Yes Yes! This is quite nice. I definitely didn't realize Heads Will Roll was the original version of a popular A-Trak song (well remix actually). Awesome song. Pretty solid indie rock - I like the vocalist. There's some Metric vibes here for sure.

Big fan. Hell yeah yeah yeahs

Pretty awesome, really enjoyed it. 4 year's out of 5

I thought I didn't like it but then Dull Life woke me up and I realized it was pretty damn good. Dull Life is the best one.

Easy listening, nothing special.

off with your head💅 sounds like chrwches however you spell it (not good)

Was shocked at how much I liked this album. The mix of rock and electronic was cool, and I really enjoyed the female vocals with it all. Definitely want to explore more of this band.

nice chill album. I love her voice.

3.5

Really enjoyed this at first listen. Put me in mind of Metric. Definitely need to look into more.

Good, not great.

I liked her first one but this one not so much.

Desconocidos para mí. Me voy a hacer fan.

Two great songs followed by eight mediocre ones.

I like this album. I'd listen to it again. Not sure there are enough distinct songs that would make any of them favorites, but I'm only on track 3. Runaway is my favorite track so far (#7). It would be a good cleaning album. Hysteric is good also, followed by Little Shadow.

Some of the tunes were catchy but I didn't love it

Too fast pop for me.

Not a bad album better than expected. Liked the acoustic songs at the end.

A rather enjoyable album

I like yeah yeah yeahs this album went on a bit though. Couple of good songs and the rest was a underwhelming.

I have never listened to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs before but apparently this is a progression from rock to dance. 'Zero' is rather good -- I can tell how it has both rock and dance influences. This is a very good dance album from the first two songs! Probably 9/10 -- either 4 or 5 -- probably 4. Nice length. Definite 9/10 but also 4/5. Not quite 5 but very, very good! (This was my first time listening: I have yet to award 5 stars to an album I have never heard of or never listened to a little bit of, like this one). That said, I have added it to my library and will definitely be listening again. Actually, despite being 9/10, I think it is a 5. All the songs were very good.

It wasn’t too bad, I did enjoy a few songs. Probably won’t listen again.

Brave, fearless, modern. "Heads Will Roll" is a banger. Simple as that.

Dig it

really nostalgic, but I prefer fever to tell 3,5/5

Eclectic. Interesting. Really like this. Underrated band.

Really good album. Probably is a low 4 but I don’t remember much from Friday.

Today is a good day. This record was my first exposure to Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and contributed greatly to my appreciation of modern music. The first half of this record is just one classic on top of another. If you don’t get pumped up listening to Heads Will Roll, I can’t help you. The slow build of Dull Life really capitalized the whole A side. The B side can drag a bit, but I’d still say none of the tracks here are skippable. It’s true, this isn’t Fever to Tell, but It’s Blitz!

I was prepared to write “Meh Meh Mehs,” then Karen O. & Co. smacked some (but not all) of the smug out of me.

Great Album! 5 stars

Prefer other album

Right up my indie alley.

Highlights: "Heads Will Roll," "Zero," "Shame and Fortune" The Siouxsie and the Banshees cover band get a makeover with sterile '00s club sounds. Thrill as the frontwoman bludgeons you to death with repetitive yowling over sleepwalking pentatonic exercises. Guaranteed you've never heard this much vocal fry in life. But fear not! It's also mostly interminable straight-to-commercial adolescent ballads. Awful. Mistakenly put here for its hit single.

Not really into this type of music

Rating: 10/10

Great blend of alternative rock, pop, and electronic music with a gifted vocalist. Very much a product of a wide range of influences into an original and cohesive whole. Had heard of the band but didn’t know anything about their music. This album had me looking for more by YYY.

Aldrig hört förut. Förvånansvärt bra.

Zero is a tune. It's a great energetic way to start the album. I knew that song well before listening, and also knew 'Heads Will Roll' which is also good. The energy and vibe changes a bit beyond this, but it's generally solid, with some standout tracks sprinkled in. 'Runaway' is great, it's got a real depth and atmosphere to it. 3.5 rounded up. And side note: It's a great album cover!

Fun rock album. Some songs don't have the greatest of lyrics, but still overall fun to listen to.

Enjoyable reminder of days gone by. Really big fan of some of the tracks on here but I know I won’t go back to it

Fun, very listenable, art-dance-noise-punk mix.

I knew I would like this, as I love all the singles I’ve heard before. And the album did not disappoint! Listen again: yes! Purchase for my collection: yes Favourite Song: Heads Will Roll

The album starts out really strong with the synth-rock “Zero” and “Heads Will Roll,” but loses steam after that. I think I expected more of that same energy for an album titled “It’s Blitz!” (On that note, I really enjoyed the iTunes-exclusive tracks “Faces” and “Clap Song” because they had that upbeat synth-funk-rock sound.) “Skeletons” and “Dragon Queen” are standouts among the remaining tracks. Overall, the use of synths in a more rock-oriented way (as opposed to dance) kept the album interesting even on the lower-energy tracks. Also, the album art is great. 3/5.

ICONIC. ITS GOOD.

Zero: love the sinth bass 16th notes entrance, wish it went a little harder Heads will roll: heard this song before. I feel like I want it to be good but after hearing it once I'm usually fine going another long stint before I hear it again Soft shock: I like the singing, I like the sinth, I like the drums, and all the little add ons, but together its not my vibe. I think its too simple. Im not excited to hear the next verse cause I already kind of know thats its gonna be the same Skeletons: I usually judge songs fairly heavily on their intros, and so far these intros make me think its gonna be a reasonably good/creative and varying or atleast catchy song, but i keep getting let down Dull life: this is much better. This is much more what I want from this artist. The intro was super good, and it only got better from there. Much more energy and creativity in my opinion Shame and fortune: really like the shakers in the backround. Solid song Runaway: this is a good one. Love the layering. Wish it exploded a little more towards the end Dragon queen: its pretty ok. Just want more from the song Hysteric: Little shadow: I feel like this is 2 stars. dull life was the only song I really liked in this album. Kind of a let down

Heads Will Roll still slaps. Runaway may be my favorite.

easy listening pop - still good

It was good, but there was a 2-star review here that I agree with outside of opinion, in that the album kind of fools you with the title, cover, and first few songs, since it’s a much slower album than you’re led to believe. Heads Will Roll is a banger, though, and the slower songs are still good. In conclusion, RIP egg.

I enjoyed the start of this, surprised how much I enjoyed a visit of Heads Will Roll, but I think it kinda veers off at the end for too long to score higher for me.

LOVE this album

Es el de Heads Will Roll, demasiado popero. No me gustó, es un fan-service de tinchos.

a bit repetitive and loud, but that was most 80s-90s rock, right?

Not for me

Couple of decent tracks. Off key vocals get repetitive after a while.

I ran hot and cold on this album. The hots were easy 5s, the colds were probably a 3. Four seems fair.

Pleasantly surprised

This is good!

3.5/5 the first few songs are very good, the rest just ok

I like it.

Dull, but not actively bad. I just kept waiting for the song to start!

a few songs i’ve definitely heard before

A solid indie album

Loud and full of energy, It's Blitz! is a stellar indie rock record that you can still hear this album's influences that pour over today's indie rock. At times, it can be overwhelming but all in all, it's a good ride.

Unique sound. Bit of space-poppunk. Of course, I knew heads will roll, but never heard the rest. Im gonna check out their other albums. Excellent basslines, groovy melodies too. Singer has a unique style, although the non-words sound a bit (a lot) like sex sounds

Through the first few tracks it was feeling like good-not-great alt dance pop. When I got to Skeletons I started to worry that I wouldn't be able to escape the feeling of this being a direct precedent to a lot of the awful indie music that would come out in the following decade, even if I liked this quite a bit more. But then, to my ears the tracks/beats started to get more textured, more interesting, and the album started to move into great territory. And it started to remind me of why a younger me *almost* enjoyed those terrible indie bands - the sonic encapsulation of youth, exuberance, moodiness, sexiness, infatuation with drunken nights and faux love, etc. etc.

Saw at Hollywood bowl, iconic late 2000s sound

Yeah yeah yeahs has been out of my radar since 2005. I thought that Fever to tell was all for them and that Karen O and company had little to offer after that awesome album. I was wrong. It’s blitz is a great piece of work with contagious riffs and potent earworms. Their dance punk evolved and took LCD Soundsystem elements to come up with something interesting. Karen O’s voice is always a great display of energy and sensuality. Thank you for this recommendation!

Instant classic

It's pretty good. The Heads Will Roll really made it but the rest if the album is decent

Buen disco de pop-rock, enérgico, con voz con carácter y melodías sencillas. Un tanto guitarrero.

Love this album

Really takes me back. I think I knew every track on this one. 2009... KC radio and 96.5. Great cover art.

I absolutely adore this album

Apart from the first two songs this record was just average indie pop. I was hoping for more

Prime YYYs, most banging album they have

How many eggs do you think they had to crush before they got that album cover photo right?

Throwback time! Vet album, was weer vergeten hoe goed het was.

Decent record, sounds cool, full of swagger and style. Yeah yeah yeah.

This ambitious album from Yeah Yeah Yeahs mark a significant departure from the band's earlier sound, with an increased emphasis on electronic instrumentation and dance beats. One of the album's strengths is its ability to shift seamlessly between danceable, upbeat tracks like "Dull Life" and more introspective, emotional ballads like "Hysteric." The latter track, in particular, showcases Karen O's range as a vocalist and her ability to convey raw emotion through her singing. The Vocals from Karen are not flawless on this record but the intention is impressive. The electronic elements on the album, provided by Nick Zinner's synthesizers and keyboards, are the biggest highlight to Yeah Yeah Yeahs' sound. It's an interesting contrast to the band's earlier, more garage rock-oriented albums and shows that they are not afraid to evolve and experiment with different styles. "It's Blitz!" is a highly enjoyable and well-crafted album with ambitious production and vocal-work. It’s a fun listen for sure and gets pretty close to that impressive 4.

Female vocals fun nostalgia

Couldn’t get into this one. I did like the acoustic version of Hysteric though.

Muy 2009, me gusto

Great 2000s indie rock

I wanted to like this more but 3.5

Great album. Loved the little acoustic set at the end

Excellent 4+/5

Actually enjoyed it, altough at the end it started to slow down a little. Nice variation of pop music.

The second best YYYs album, but a slightly distant 2nd. The poppiest. Starts off really strong, Zero is a total banger. Heads Will Roll is ok, they went full on for the pop market and it worked, although it makes me sad that this is their most played song as it's not even in their top 20 songs. Soft Shock and Skeletons are both gorgeous in different ways. Skeletons reminds me slightly on Karen O's solo stuff on the Where the Wild Things are soundtrack. Then it loses momentum. Dull Life to Runaway are more like the second album, not bad songs but fairly safe and mostly a let down after the debut, or after the first 4 songs of this record. Dragon Queen is just kinda pap. Hysteric is bliss on a stick and one of their best ever songs. in hindsight, the coda Little Shadow is a precursor to the sound they explored more fully on their recent comeback album, which is also decent.

This album is just a pleasant hit of my late 20s

I really really wanted to give this album 4 stars. I really did. But I listened. And I listened. And I got more and more hooked into it.

I found this quite enjoyable. Pretty polished and engaging mix of electronic pop and alt rock, with Heads Will Roll and Dull Life standing out for me. The consistency of the tracks raise it up a notch for me.

Damn, I forgot how many memorable hooks there are on this album.

heads will roll is an all time banger and the rest of the album is pretty good too

No es mucho de mi estilo, pero está bien. Ya tenía un poco la idea de como iba a ser, pues, quién no ah escuchado "Heads Will Roll"? Diría que puedo vivir sin escuchar las versiones originales una segunda vez, pero las versiones acústicas son más que buenas. Me encantó escuchar cada segundo de las 4, pero, lamentablemente, no puedo decir lo mismo de las otras 11. Me ayudó a darme cuenta que la música electrónica simplemente no es mi tipo, pues es alrededor del 4to álbum del género que me cuesta trabajo terminar porque, por alguna razón, no puedo soportar elementos tan "electrónicos", si puedo llamarlos de alguna manera. Finalmente, me atrevería a decir que si el álbum entero fuera acústico, probablemente llegaría a las 5 estrellas, cosa que no digo con facilidad, sin embargo, al no ser así, aunque le doy 3, considero que la calificación está más cercana al 2.5.

It's okay, reminds me a bit of Florence and the machines, didn't grip me though. 3 it's not bad, just not very interesting IMO

Filled with synth-pop indie rock tracks. Lead singer’s voice is good.

Vuelvo a escucharlo después de mucho tiempo. En su momento me supo a poco en comparación con "Fever to tell" y "Show your bones". Empieza bien con "Zero". También tenía fichada "Hysteric" y añado "Soft Shock" y "Dull Life". Creo que es un album a escuchar, al menos por la voz de Karen , aunque recomiendo los dos anteriores o incluso el de 2022 por tener canciones más potentes.

This was good, but the energy fell off quickly after the first couple tracks.

классная музыка. не такая авангардная, как могла быть, но и не совсем попса. стоит послушать, крепкие 3+ за Heads Will Roll добавим до 4

очень сочные синты, но не очень сочный альбом как-то вышел целиком

Спасибо треку Heads Will Roll за ностальгию по школьным годам и дискотекам. Думаю, вы тоже его узнаете. А теперь к остальному альбому: блин, ну недотягивает он всё-таки до идеального. Эх. Чувствуешь себя слегка на эмоциональных качелях: идут 1-2 взрывных трека, от которых прям хочется вскочить на месте и прыгать и махать руками как сумасшедший, а затем бах - грустненькое завозят. Ну хорошо, даже не грустненькое, а просто какое-то никакое. Энергии меньше, настроения у песни как будто нет, ну ты и сидишь эти 5-6 минут никакой. А потом снова в пляс. Не хватает большей однородности. А так вообще очень хорошо зашла пластинка.

Периодически ушкам приятно, периодически хочется побыстрее перейти на следующий трек. Реально один из наибольших разбросов внутри альбома по моему восприятию

A fun attempt at mixing both the early aughts dance and indie crazes into a singular LP. Gets a bit homogenous towards the back end, a few standout tracks but loses the energy as the album goes on.

I love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs! Happy to see this one on here :)

This one is a lot of fun (they were definitely still on fire at this point).

<3 <3 <3

This is the second album of theirs that I have gotten, and I found both to be pretty mediocre and uninspiring. I'm not a fan of the music or the singer's voice/vocal style. Just not for me.

Bangers on here. Unique sounds that haven't lost their novelty yet.

Nice little indie record. Felt a bit formulaic at times, but overall a positive experience. Nothing too offensive. Some tracks I might play now and then but I don't see myself returning to often (or ever). While I could see how this record is placed on this list, I think there are much more deserving albums.

Not my cup of tea

The instrumentals in this album are stunning at times. Most of the vocals don't do much for me however. Favorite track: Skeletons

Huge yeah yeah yeahs fan - this isn’t their best album

I’ve been sleeping on Karen o as a singer.

It is indeed blitz. Pero me gusta más el "Fever to Tell"

Decent synthpop album with some catchy hooks and some more interesting moments (“Runaway”), especially for a pop and dance album. It’s not perfect or really my style but I enjoyed it for what it is.

Gahh the hardest thing for me to be succinct about is reviewing a true middle-of-the-road pick. As much as I appreciate finally getting an album featuring a woman at the forefront the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have never really connected with me. It fits into that category with Audioslave and alt contemporaries of this era where I don't see any faults, per se, but it just doesn't really elicit much of an emotional response for me. The album has a lot of 4-chord, driving straight eighths under meandering/syncopated vocals and it doesn't feel as deliberately thoughtful of a choice for example as in the adverts punk context. The simplicity is definitely accessible but I don't know that I buy the "greater than the sum of its parts" argument for this one. Maybe this is just a product of the genres I grew up on and gravitate towards than criticism, but yeah this is DIRECTLY in the middle for me. If I hadn't been exposed to Heads Will Roll 5000 times since 2009 would I like it as much? I'm not sure. It still doesn't elevate it above 3 for me. I will add however that I didn't notice til halfway through I accidentally had the album on shuffle and I acknowledge that sequencing can be pretty important to the listening experience and so I may be missing the "je ne sais quoi" of It's Blitz. HOT TAKE If this were an EP of just Dull Life, Heads Will Roll and Hysteric I think it would be just as, if not more effective. Odd that it didn't end with Skeletons?!

I guess this is indie dance pop? Whatever it is it’s well executed here. I feel like I’ve heard Heads Will Roll dozens of times and never knew it was the yeah yeah yeahs. Skeletons, Hysterics, and Little Shadow were my faves. Excellent album cover.

This is great pop. Good energy and variety

I think Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been very solid over their career. They have also managed to not sound the same on any two discs. This is, in and of itself, worthy of note. Soft Shock and Runaway are particularly good. Does it belong on this list? I don't think so, but still a very good release.

It was fun to hear such a modern sounding record even if I don't think it really belongs on a list like this. A unique blend of dance and rock music. "Dragon Queen" had a great outro.

Kind of bland and boring. Once was more than enough

Did not click with me at all. I can see how other people enjoy it though.

not my thing

I really liked listening to this album. Dancey with some slower/acoustic songs that blend together well, it is artsy, cool, electrifying, but not simple/superficial. I'd give it a 4.5 but will stick to 4 out of 5.

So you’ve got “Heads will roll” here that I feel like everyone knows, and is pretty decent. As for the rest of the album, just your usual loud punk rock that I’m not really a fan of

Spicy overcast day jammin out in grade school cars - i can dig. Big hair album.

I've gotten through most of the album and I enjoyed it The production is crisp and I love Nick Zinner's work Karen O is as awesome as ever Notable Tracks: Heads Will Roll, Dull Life, Runaway, Hysteric

Boring dirge. 4/10

Heads will roll is a banger

Tant la voix que la musique évoquent pour moi une grande tension, une fébrilité qui me rejoint, une sorte d'énergie du désespoir qui ne faiblit jamais.

Yeah, it's kinda chill, the singer giving me some Santigold vibes at the start, but yeah, just doesn't hold yeah attention for the whole thing, yeah know? So yeah, a good listen if yeah in the right mood. 2/5 yeahs

It was okay. Would not choose to relisten.

I enjoyed this album a lot, but it also wasn’t quite my taste. Aside from obvious highlights like Heads Will Roll, I wasn’t sold. Karen O is a great vocalist for this kind of sound and the disco-inspired production is impressive, but this isn’t what I’d put on for my personal listening. I can still respect that it’s good though, and props to this website for taking me outside of my comfort zone!

Ya gotta move to this one

It's from about this point onwards that you start to get a feeling rock has been dying a death. 2.5/5

Better than expected but a lot of background noise... WHERE ARE THE BANGERS AT!?!

Obviously Heads Will Roll is an instant iconic track. Apart from that song, I didnt think I was going to enjoy the album with the early songs I heard, however I did enjoy the album a bit more as it went on. I'm a huge sucker for heav(ish) songs with a really light acoustic versions and the ones at the end of the album were a great breath of fresh air for me

Never noticed Heads Will Roll on the tracklist when I put this on so enjoyed it when it came on Enjoyed this, this is my kinda thing in general. This could definitely go in my regular rotation

Listen

Nah nah nahs

love it

It's Blitz! is a fantastic album, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have melded synth-punk with alt pop in a way that just makes sense. It's upbeat tempo coupled with the emotional lyrics let you know that they want you to forget about your loneliness/heartbreak by literally dancing the blues away. Best: Heads Will Roll Worst: Hysteric

Post Rock, ok

Y'know, looking back at all the 5/5s I've given over this past year and something, there's only a few I would consider downgrading on subsequent relistens. One of them would be Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Fever to Tell", which I gave a 5/5 back in February 2022 (If you're wondering the other two would be Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Black Sabbath's debut). It's still a really fun album, but not something I would consider an essential listen. I was really hoping this album could fill that spot since it's apparently their best one, but it didn't really do anything for me. The best song, and the only song I've heard beforehand, is "Heads With Roll". The other songs range from completely forgettable to fine dance music you would faintly hear while sitting on the toilet at a party. 3/5. Don't do that egg thing with my balls, that would suck.

4,5

Once again I have been won over by 20-30 year old female-led rock music. I think I liked this one more than elastica but not quite as much as hole overall. I was surprised to hear heads will roll aka the frat lip sync song on here and it was my favorite song along with dull life. This album also did a good job of moving from powerful, energetic songs in the beginning to more slow stuff by the end.

Heads will roll toppen, resten sådär

I mean it's quite good, couldn't help thinking i'd prefer to be listening to something else while it was playing. It's good good synths, vocals and tunes, just overall it's meh - strong 3

Liked it but not every song was a winner. Solid 4.

I didn't think I knew of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but turns out I'm familiar with the song Heads Will Roll. Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an indie rock band with a female lead from New York. This is their third studio album. This album was co-produced by TV on the Radio's keyboardist/guitarist David Sitek. These guys sound quite a bit like TV on the Radio, or Arcade Fire. Karen O's vocals are awesome! Overall, a great album. I didn't know how it would go. It seems like there is a fine line with indie music between excellent music and shit music. This falls into the excellent category. I will definately listen again. Favourite songs: Heads Will Roll, Runaway, Zero, Shame and Fortune, Hysteric, Faces, Soft Shock Least favourite song: Little Shadow 4/5

Going to rate this 4 stars purely for Zero (a song I still have on running playlists 14 years going). The rest of this though is really trying to reach that height and just not making it. What else can I say.

Some nice melodies and songwriting, but it just feels a bit lifeless and artificial in delivery.

Decent but uneventful pop/rock with a female voice. Not sure why this needed to be included over e.g. The Cranberries

A couple of catchy tunes at the start, and then this settles down, and I feel like I know what I am going to get from this. Quirky electronic pop with guitars, basically. The voice works, but I don't like it, if that makes sense? Perhaps a bit one-dimensional and not that expressive? Also 58 minutes long is too long. They try to mix it up with a few slower songs, but these were not as compelling as the full-throttle pop tunes. Just the one Yeah from me.

This sounded incredibly tinny. Maybe it was the streaming via my AirPods that forgot abut the bass? I'm such a music snob. My War Against Pop means I have no room for this. There's absolutely no soul. It's such a cold album. Not a bad record, but not my style. I bailed after seven tracks.

Indie band with a dance vibe. Tracks with different tempos on the album. 'Dull life' is a nice track.

I only knew "Maps" before listening to this album, and this was NOTHING like that. As much as I don't like rock/alternative bands going poppy, this was actually really fun to listen to. It wasn't so poppy to turn me off of listening to it again, or from listening to more of their albums

I had heard "Heads Will Roll" before but not much else by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The vocals were incredibly emotive, the lyrics fell somewhere in between predictable and meaningful depending on the song, and the instrumentals pretty captivating. That's a yes for me.

visai nieko, patiko, labiausiai zero, soft shock ir faces

"Dull life" is pretty good and "heads will roll" gives a certain queen of hearts vibe which I find pretty amusing. Overall, the more I hear it, the more I like it.

Slays. Still prefer the other one though

i only listed to the first four songs. one of those but he’s is from sing! i think

All bangers, instantly transported back to early 2000s.

Yea, I loved this. I hadn't listened cover to cover before but may not really be a weak song on there.

The only Yeah Yeah Yeahs song I'd heard before is Heads Will Roll, and I never thought to check them out further. I should have been listening to this album for years!

Pretty average

I though I was going to be really bored after the first couple of songs, but the last half was surprisingly good and brought me back around. I accidentally listened to the deluxe version and when the acoustic versions started playing I thought the album was taking a massive turn, but instead they're my preferred versions of some of the less good songs on it. It makes the album better for me, so that raises it up enough for the next star rating. Wasn't expecting what I got from the music of the album and the enjoyment from me, so I think I owe it at least a 4.

Not many great albums from that period so this rare.

Really good! Some of the songs just kind of passed me by, but there were some excellent indie bangers. I have to say I prefer the A-Trak remix of Heads Will Roll to the original, but it's still great. The acoustic tracks were pretty too. Dull Life and Runaway stood out especially to me. This is a fun album and I found a few songs I'll absolutely come back to. Favourite: Dull Life

Yeah Yeah Yeah! This band is the gift that keeps giving.

Dance till' you're dead

Not my fave genre. That said, I liked the mellower songs. I like Karen O's voice very much

Mostly entertaining songs.

I'm not sure why this is on the 1001 albums list, but I did enjoy this album.

Always enjoy the vocals.

This is a classic; heads will roll is the highlight of course - but that doesn't detract from the rest of the experience! I never thought YYYs could be so much fun - Maps was pretty good, but this is almost there, if a bit more snazzy for my taste. YYYs are pretty much one of my fav bands now, not just because of Karen O :)

I thought I'd know more tracks on this one. It was alright but nothing to keep me coming back.

A band that passed me by in the 2000s. Worth another listen I reckon.

Really pleased with how much I liked this!

I expected to like this more than I did, but at least did inspire me to go track down some yeah yeah yeahs songs I really liked back in the day

Never really listened to the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs but I really enjoyed this!

It was fine but I didn't connect with it. It was also a little too high energy for my mood for the days

Love anything by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

I don't quite know how to describe this, which is frustrating as I've listened to it through 5 odd times and really enjoyed it. I've downloaded it and will listen to it more, but if you're hoping for an in-depth descriptive review, I'm sorry, but give it a listen anyway...