It's Blitz!

Heads Will Roll was an iconic cultural reset But I just wish this album kept the same energy throughout, it's like the fire got put out too early not even halfway down the tracklist...

i would've eaten this up at 19. heads will roll is still such a banger

More pop than rock, not a guitar in sight, but decent vocals and melodies. Tolerable.

Enjoyed this one quite a bit. Will have to check out more of this artist

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are phenomenal live. I saw them twice back in the 00’s and they blew me away both times. I don’t listen to them as often as I probably should these days. I throw “Fever To Tell” on every so often but don’t think I listened to their last album (Cool It Down - 2022) at all, so will have to remedy that in a bit. It’s Blitz is a great album. Really enjoyed getting reacquainted :)

Didn't really give this the time it deserved but I enjoyed it and will come back to it

Geras, elektroninė, nors geriau remixai kai kurie.

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! Right from the start with Zero this album is amazing. Heads Will Rolls is so catchy even though I prefer the remixed version more. So may other catchy songs here like Skeletons, Dull Life and Dragon Queen. The guitars and drumming go so well with the female singers soft voice. Easy 5 star. Will be on my highlights at the end of the year

Solid album with some notable hits.

Nice rock n' roll!

A great album from start to finish. Karen O's voice adds texture and dept to every song. Fun, a little poppy, a little punky, smooth with edges. 4/5.

I really dig the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I don't know why certain types of dance rock bands do it for me (like them, some of TVOTR, DFA 1979, certain IDLES) and others don't (MGMT, M83, alt-J), but they rule. I think, for one, the heaviness of the guitars here never really relents on the rockier songs and it undergirds the whole thing with an urgency. Karen O's not a perfect singer, but a very good one and really punctuates each line. Fever to Tell remains their best album, and either "Maps" or "Y Control" their best songs, but goddamn "Heads Will Roll" is SO good.

Lowk bangers. Always heard Heads will roll, but never knew who sang it. Zero and Soft Shock hit crazy too. Not necessarily my style but mess w it.

Not as good as their other album

I actually fucked with this mega what a blast what a ride

Album Review 099 It’s Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2009) Rating: 3.5/5 I’ve been a fan of Yeah Yeah Yeahs since their debut, Fever to Tell, and I consider Karen O’s 2019 collaboration with Danger Mouse to be a highlight of the last ten years. However, my opinion on It’s Blitz! is divided. The opening is strong with driving dancefloor indie, but the quality drops noticeably in the middle. I find Karen O to be at her most compelling when she slows it down, and the album closer, Little Shadow, is one of the most beautiful and haunting songs YYYs have recorded. If the other tracks on It’s Blitz even came close to the quality of Zero, Head Will Roll and Little Shadows, it’d be an easy 5/5 but there too much skippable filler here for me.

Demos were the highlight for me

I really like the first yeah yeah yeahs album but this doesn't do much for me. I think the stylistic change would be really good in theory but it's just missing something in practice, I like the demos a lot though

I just could not get into this. Found it too jangly and jarring, didn't provoke any emotional response. Songs are unmemorable although I nearly liked 'Hysteric - acoustic' and 'Little Shadow - acoustic'

Blind album, know the artist thanks to their hit. Album was very middleground I'd say. Not so good songs, okay songs, nothing stood out. A lot of the same, like a meal that needed more flavor.

Enjoyed this one quite a bit. I remember not caring for the first singles when they originally came out, proving I had poor taste in music at the time. They ended up being some of my favorites this time around.

3.5/5 rounded up. I had a ton of fun listening to this record, from the high-energy and punchy opener tracks to the moody and introspective run later into the album. I must say I was expecting a bit more glitter, dance and funk going into It's Blitz!, where instead there's a lot of... mood, on the 11-song tracklist. So I had to readjust my expectations slightly as I went in for a second listen, but I could appreciate the music far better once I realized what I was in for. Just gotta say, this album is not that blitzy for being called It's Blitz!. But, its' pretty good regardless.

Manon is delusional

Stand-out tracks: Zero, Heads Will Roll, Dull Life, Runaway, Hysteric, Faces Not much smart to say. Enjoyed the mix of more energetic and calmer tracks. Most of the album was a nice listen, nothing I would ouright skip.

Highlights: Zero, Heads Will Roll, Soft Shock, Shame And Fortune, Dragon Queen Holy balls, how stupid do I have to be not to know that that's where the meme is from... But yeah, I really liked it. Didn't expect that, but that sure was a mistake. The style is not too different from the rest of the early 2010s alternative, but it also happened to still sound fresh.

Holy shit what a banger. I highly recommend listening to the deluxe version, cause the additional acoustic versions are lovely and show off the lyricism and vocals from this group. I will be adding this to my pop rotation and I'm glad I listened before I died! 8/10

Heads will roll is a classic! I thought it was by someone else though? Huh. Couple other listenable ones. Overall not for me and didn’t enjoy it too much.

Very listenable. Good vocals

It’s simply ok

Pleasantly surprised with this, I had only heard heads will roll before

Instead of Yeah Yeah Yeahs we should have gotten The Ting Tings

feels like mid tier coworker music

I rlly like it, heads will roll has always been on my music playlists and just never thought to listen to the album ig LOL

Heads Will roll is an all-time banger zero is pretty darn good too!

Yes newer music is better. First four songs are all great, none of the songs are cringe and it's over before it gets boring

I don't know why, but I expected this to be more like The Strokes than what I got, which was Florence and the Machine. Which is not a bad thing. I liked it!

a solid album, some songs i would come back too, but overall i wouldn’t say it’s the best of the best. 3.6

Boh, non è malaccio. Ma non c'è nessuna canzone che mi è piaciuta particolarmente. Il remix di "Heads will roll" è molto più bello dell'originale.

The first four tracks are great, after that it's just a mush

Born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the universe, born just in time to enjoy New York-based synth-punk trio Yeah Yeah Yeah's tertiary 2009 album 'It's Blitz!'. Fun, bombastic, and cool as ice, it's blitz: the 'totes epic' sound of the summer you never had. Following a stunning triple-hit of openers (including the radio-staple house-party classic 'Heads Will Roll') is an album that loses its static-shock steam as it goes on. Even still, it's all such a neon-hued entertainment that it's hard not to adore. fav tracks: Zero, Heads Will Roll, Soft Shock

I expected to like this more than I did. I kept feeling like I was right on the verge of a payoff and really enjoying it, but never got there. It was fine.

Hints of punk, No Doubt, couple of other bands. Vocalist’s voice eventually became grating to my ears. Songs were mildly entertaining but I found them ultimately “blah” without a variety of change. Yet another example of an album in this list that I don’t understand why it’s in this list. 1 1/2 stars

Yeah... I guess Yeah? Says who? Yeah, eggs are expensive

This was fairly groovy. Think "Skeletons" was my favorite.

Good album. I really liked the first track and wish the rest of the album could have been that good. Would have been an easy 4+. Also, what a dumb album title & cover.

Will have to listen again but sounded good in background LISTEN AGAIN

Legendary 1001 albums pull. That's THE meme song. Wow. Incredible. Off, off, off with your head Dance, dance dance til you're dead Off, off, off with your head Dance, dance, dance til you're dead Off, off, off with your head Dance, dance, dance til you're dead Off, off, off with your head Dance, dance, dance til you're dead Off, off, off with your head Dance, dance, dance til you're dead Off, off, off with your head Dance, dance, dance til you're dead

I want to like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs music more, but I don't. There's nothing bad on this album, but it just doesn't do much for me.

Good timing, I've had Heads Will Roll in my head for months. Love their energy.

Great

I haven’t ever fully dug into an album by them and genuinely enjoyed this. I knew of songs like zero and heads will roll but discovered new gems like skeleton

No. 143 This album rocks! Was already a fan of the first two hits, and I found the whole thing very engaging and interesting.

Probs a bit of nostalgia for me, but its such a great piece of rock imo. Hysteric especially this beautifully echoing track that lingers in the air. Karen O's voice is so gorgeous.

So I guess it's worth a mental note that I am probably getting two more YYY albums, eh? No way It's Blitz is a must hear and not the two much more critically noteworthy albums that came prior. Maybe even a spin of Mosquito, owner of one of the worst album covers ever? Anyway, I digress. This isn't really an album that has anything to do with Karen O (presumably) crushing an egg with her bare hand, but it's serviceable electropop that would probably call itself punk but it is wrong. Karen's voice remains unique and feels more flexible here than in other work i've heard her do. You do get the feeling that this is why Elle King happened, and that shouldn't be praised, but this would feel right in place at a hipster dance party or basement party, and it would set the mood decently. Most of it is pretty energetic, not really full of earworms, but definitely infectious in a way. Low 3*.Top Track: Zero. The song, not me being snarky

Kinda cringe

Fun, energetic album. The worst songs were still enjoyable to me and the best ones made me actually focus on the music.

Bland, inoffensive. I take offence

Weirdly good. Different -> interesting. Also there is the meme song heads will roll :D

good

Grata sorpresa Nunca me había parado a escucharlos

I was able to slip this one past my kids by launching it immediately after a taylor swift song on the kpop demon hunters random spotify shuffle - so that's where we stand with this thing. On the one hand, you could say it's forward thinking since it fits in well with Tay-tay's Midnights, an album that came along a solid 13 years after this. But that's kinda damning with faint praise. This is really just an indie dance pop album that hits some of those notes while also hitting, I dunno, Jane's Addiction and the recent college grad who read something that culturally we call impressive on a bookshelf. That's not to say it's bad, but it's certainly nothing special. Solid effort of that class but not much more to say about it.

I only know one song of theirs and it’s not on this album. Pretty good at times.

A nice listen. I think I liked this one better than the other album by the band I've heard.

I kinda want to not like this so I can say "yeah yeah yeah? More like yeah yeah nah". But! This was great.

Second YYY album. Very different from Fever To Tell.

Great album. Loved listening to it, made me very nostalgic for that era of Indie pop. I hear a lot of influence thought new music of the 2020s that can be traced back to this sound. Karen O's voice is so perfect for their sound. I loved the track "Skeletons" the most.

Pretty good album, would like to see them in concert. Highlights: “Runaway”, “Dull Life” and “Little Shadow”

This sounds like when you walk into H&M

Pretty cool sound and voice

no thanks

if let’s go to the mall had an album this would be the vibe

Really enjoyed this album. Will listen to more of their stuff

Hey, this album. For whatever reason, I'm familiar with this album name and band despite never having listened to them before. This album cover is pretty cool, though I'm not sure what genre of music they'll belong to. Punk is what immediately comes to mind, but I suspect this will wind up being more alternative and artsy than that. Likely some weird middle ground between alternative rock and art rock. Here goes. Synth-punk, alt pop. If I had stuck with my punk prediction and been courageous enough to suggest an electronic influence I would have been on the money. Oh well. I wasn't feeling this album all that much. There's nothing objectionable about the music - I just don't think it gets anything particularly right. The blown out synths and guitars are generally lackluster and unremarkable, and the vocals aren't much better. There aren't any good hooks or songwriting quirks and the vocal performances have been smoothed out to where they lack any edge or kick. I do wonder how many of my problems with this album boil down to a mastering issue over the actual material. This music is vaguely within my sphere of interest - I just don't think its parts click with one another in a way that is dynamic. Overall, this was a tolerable listen and I commend the runtime, but it isn't anything I'm tempted to revisit. I've heard "Heads Will Roll" before. Most likely through the radiowaves, though it's also made the rounds online. The song isn't all there - those vocal hooks do not land at all. It's difficult for me to pinpoint why, but I think the lack of impact boils down to the weak songwriting, unremarkable performances and there being no synergy between the vocals and instrumental. In its defence, the chorus is iconic and this song is a good representation of where pop music was at during the time. I can enjoy it superficially and at a distance on those grounds, but taking a closer look under the hood reveals that there's very little going on. Book time. A pivot within their style. The guitarist for TV on the Radio co-produced this album. The rest of this entry is just about how the music is good, which I suppose is nice but we only take objective measures of quality and impact here. Wikipedia says that this album was warmly received by critics, was nominated for a Grammy, made it onto many best-of lists for 2009 and had modest chart success. The UK and Australian charts were surprisingly more receptive to this album, even if it did sell more copies in the US. Like I said in the previous paragraph, this song is a good indicator of where pop music would go during the early 2010s and it appears to be in far better standing with the critics than other early-2010s pop albums. For those reasons, I cosign this inclusion.

Fever to Tell was always my YYYs record, so this one was new to me besides the first two tracks - the second i'm a little bit tired of, the first is staggeringly good. with the rest, it's similar to that previous record in that they're a loud band whose best songs are quiet. most of the songs here are solid, but the quavering, vulnerable Soft Shock and, much later in the tracklist, Hysteric, a head-over-heels infatuation song which comes surprisingly close to capturing the lovely heartbeat-pulse of Maps. have never listened to the record in between this and the debut, but this is very much the sound of a band with legs to me - one that knows what makes them good and can transmute those qualities into directions that couldn't have been entirely predicted, especially back then. i think it'll endure in my head for a little while - it's hard not to be moved, ecstatically or sentimentally, by Karen O's wonderful voice, or the nakedness of some of these songs

Great mix of rock with dance/disco grooves. Fun album.

I love this band and album.

Good.

Fun little pop album, that doesn't excite me very much

Really good album, I liked Zero, Heads Will Roll and Skeletons the most.

I listened to the album through the day and nothing jumped out at me. It was OK, but even the big hit off of the album I didn't recognize and it didn't grab me. Pitchfork: 8.1 Rolling Stone: n/a

This is my first 3Y album and I loved every bit of it!

started quite good but then got boring

2009. Third album from them. Album was leaked so they had to publish it earlier.

Колебался, но оценка высшая! Давно не слушал. Бодро.

Algo un poco más nuevo que el resto! jaja banda indie al fin, me gustó, hasta ahí.

Better than Coldplay

…okay

Notable Textzeile: Was it the cure? Shell-shock Was it the cure? Hope not Musik die bei mir tagesformabhängig Unterschiedliches auslöst. Gestern zur Hälfte gehört und ich dachte, yo - erinnere mich daran, dass ich das nicht so mag. Heute andere Hälfte gehört und fands recht gut. Dann festgestellt dass ich einfach die acoustic Versionen, die in der Spotifyversion dabei sind, vorziehe. Ingesamt würde ich also sagen: solide bis schön geschriebene Songs, die dann im Studio durch die späte Nuller-Indie-Disco-Maschine gedreht wurden und das gelingt für mich nicht so gut. Textlich ganz überwiegend eher belanglos, die Stimme von Karen O aber groß. Ich würde sagen die haben bessere Alben, aber das ist auch nur eine Vermutung. 3 in Richtung 2.

Ich weiß noch wie ich mich über dieses Album aufgeregt habe - totaler Sellout, weichgespült, die neuen Coldplay... Ich finde die Produktion auch immer noch zu soft, im Arrangement zu wenig Biss, Fuzz, Trash, Rotz - Ausnahme das grandiose Shame and Fortune. Aber wie fantastisch die Songs sind, kann man eigentlich nicht ignorieren. Eine Band in ihrer magischen Phase. Jetzt wünsche ich mir eine YYY Tour.

Was für eine herrliche Abwechslung in dieser Liste. Gerade die Acoustic-Versionen zeigen noch mal ne ganz neue YYY-Seite und ich muss zugeben dass es das erste komplette der YYYs war, das ich gehört habe. Soft Shock in beiden Versionen ist mein neuentdeckter Hit. Heads Will Roll geht immer immer wieder.

4.25 - Oh, okay. Maybe I do like this band. I thought Maps was their best song, buts it’s Heads Will Roll and I didn’t know that was their song.

Love the first few tracks on this and though I enjoyed it all, felt it dropped off a bit as it went on though.

Fun, energetic indie rock with a little punk thrown in. Enjoyable. - Heard before? Not except for the song "Soft Shock," which I've somehow heard enough to recognize. - Will I listen again? Probably not, it just didn't grab me. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? Meh.

Sounds kinda like Metric crossed with Siouxsie and the Banshees. Dancy music with rock sensibilities and a little bit of punk flavor. Some of the tracks use analog synths, and there's a sprinkling of some krautrock sound as well. Very professional deliberate production.

After sampling a Yeah Yeah Yeahs tune once or twice a year over the past few years, finally an excuse to listen a bit more. Gotta say: I had a wonderful time.

I was a massive fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I tracked down physical copies of their EPs, which I have since lost. I even burned them to mini-disc, a technology that is somehow more antiquated than EPs themselves. The mini-disc is also lost. Lost things are not the point. The point is I liked their music enough to spend money and time to put it in my ears. So even though you can draw a line from Fever to Tell, straight through Show Your Bones and get to It’s Blitz, it was here where I stopped listening. I was quite mature about it. There were no angry gamer proclamations such as METALLICA’S GONE SOFT. PLAY THE OLDER STUFF. I just thought, ‘Well, this is no longer for me. Good on them for trying something new. All the best.’ Listening again after a long time, I still don’t love this album. But it’s so much better than trying to make the same garage rock thing again and again. More of the same, but worse is how bands truly die. Experiments in dance-pop are an admirable thing. Onwards.

Some good songs

🐣🐣🐣🐣

heads will roll almost single-handedly saves this album for me. •honorable mentions: zero, dull life, hysteric

It's like they gave a Taylor Swift wannabe a synthesizer.

This album is pretty awesome. 4/5

excellent album. seems like a more modern take on 80s synth rock. i might consider getting this one. really liked "Zero", "Heads will Roll", "Skeletons" and "Shame and Fortune".

Wow! This blew me away! This was really good! I liked the vocals. I liked the songwriting. I liked the energy. The electronic noises actually added to the song I stead of took away from it. Not really s low point in the album. Solid.

I‘m at a 4,5

06/03/2026 *1. zero - okay.... like an american lcd soundsystem? like the strings. love the instrumental about 2:30.... really lovely vocals. not massive on the lyrics though. nice dance music but lyrics are a bit nothing. nice! 2. heads will roll - already know this. high pitched guitar in this isn't my favourite... like the a-trax remix aloooot more :/ 3. soft shock - not massive on this one immediately.... sounds very millenial indie, bit dated now. getting bored towards the end. 4. skeletons - regret saying the last one was boring bc this is so much worse. her voice is beautiful, but it's starting to get a bit grating? like kindof cursive... 5. dull life - jesus christ you can tell this is from 2008. bit stomp-clap-y. what do any of these lyrics through the whole album mean? maybe i don't get it, but it seems very vacant. reminding me of the songs that would play in the menu on kinect sports rivals on the xbox one (not good!) 6. shame and fortune - liking the bass in this one.... bit boring again. *7. runaway - piano.... how does it keep getting worse. to be fair, it's getting better as it goes on. not something i would choose to listen to, but now the strings(?) in the background have kicked in, it's not as bad :) vaguely reminds me of mars argo.... used to be obsessed with her when i was like ten lol. like the screeching towards the end. 8. dragon queen - seeing people in the reviews calling this indie sleaze.... how is this sleazy??? hate the clapping. 9. hysteric - still not a fan, but do like the dreamy vibe. do not like the clapping effect again..... finding it boring. 10. little shadow - like the organ and the acoustic guitar together. better than the others, but still boring. for me, it's not enough rock in a pop-rock album.. didn't really know what to expect from this one. liked the first track, but it quickly nosedived. realised once i got to the chorus of heads will roll that the version i like is a remix and i do not actually like the original lol. will not be listening to this one again :)

★★½

Knew a couple of songs. Not bad

I've never liked the electronic crap in music.

Yeah it's solid. I liked it. Nothing spectacular, but it doesn't have to be.

Superb

I know tiktok loved Heads Will Roll, so I should too, but Soft Shock >> Heads Will Roll <= Runaway

I liked the acoustic versions in the end. Cuteness

Its hits as melancholic - wish I’d listened to more than ‘heads will roll’ when it first came out. It reminds me of the first year of uni in a way that doesn’t feel depressant

Interesting but not for me. 3.5/5

C’était de l’eau tiède. C’était vraiment pas hyper intéressant, mais c’était quand même pas si mal et ça avait de la personnalité.

When this album came out I was 31, newly separated, and completely adrift, and I had no idea until this year that this album existed. It would have been really great to be into at the time. Need a forensic accounting of how Passion Pit and MGMT were so present at the time and this was somehow invisible to me.

I remember when Yeah Yeah Yeahs came out and they were played on the radio. But they never grabbed me at the time. So, let's see how this goes. Oh yeah, they have that "Zero" song. What the heck does "shake it like a ladder to the sun" mean?? Oh yeah, they also have that "Off with your head, dance til your dead" song. Ugh - really didn't like that one. I think on both these opening songs they only lasted a couple of minutes on the radio before I changed the station. Not a good start. Maybe the rest of the album is better than the radio songs. Only song I liked was "Shame and Fortune" - it has a cool sound. The rest of these were either annoying or boring/forgettable to me. Funny how that 1 song that I liked has the least plays on Spotify of any song on this album - clearly I am not aligned with the rest of the fans of this band. Thinking this band isn't for me. Liked songs on Spotify: 1/10 Rating: 1/5

Great album, but their best is still Fever to Tell.

Awful. Like being continually slapped across the face with a plastic spatula. I put up with it for three tracks and was losing the will to live.

Solid album, even though some of it melts together/is fairly forgettable

This was good

Great album! Quite tuneful!

Beautiful vocals

Me gustaron todas las melodías ,no sabía que me podría gustar esta especie de tecno pop. Fue divertido de escuchar

Шоу йор бонс мне кажется круче был

3.5

bacano, no tengo muchos comentariosc me pareció bien, un roce aburrido

¡Siempre he AMADO "Heads Will Roll"! Nunca había pensado en escuchar todo el álbum, me alegra mucho que me apareciera hoy. Es un tono de voz entre muy carismático e inocente, pero con el contraste de esa electrónica con tanto ataque. QUE TEMON HEADS WILL ROLL LPM. La primera vez que lo escuché fue en un restaurante en Hawái, y desde ese entonces la escucho en todos lados, pero no me molesta para nada; es demasiado HYPE. Debo decir, que ninguna otra canción me ha impresionado (por el momento) como lo hicieron las primeras 2. Voy en "Runaway", así que espero que vaya mejorando. "Dragon Queen" 10/10, muy buen cambio a algo más "trance", se siente el funk e influencias psicodélicas. Fue un buen final con "Faces" pero no se, el album en general no me mato. Al igual que con todos los demás que estoy escuchando lo guardo para seguir escuchandolo, pero debo decir que en esta primera impresión le daré un 7/10.

eeeeeeem not my type

My previous knowledge of the band consists of knowing their name and most often confusing them with the 5,6,7,8s. I expected nothing from this band, as I'm learning to do with this list. I'm frequently disappointed based on my preconceived notions and am rarely pleasantly surprised based on those preconceptions. This album was absolutely in the pleasant surprise category and I really wish I had experienced it in 2009. I think it would have been fully integrated into the list of albums I'd run into a burning building to save. This was really good, and I'm definitely going to be adding it to my personal collection, along with exploring more of their music.

Way ahead of their time. This has been my ultimate favorite

When to listen: Driving upstate in the sun. Yea, it's moody, but it's got a ray of light to it musically that I love. Starts great, lags a bit as it goes through but that doesn't change my rating.

Zero: Grand entrance. Didn’t hit my ears in that special way but was fun. Heads Will Roll: Vocals aren’t resonating with me but the instrumental is catching my attention. Soft Shock: We’re getting warmer to genuinely liking a song, but this one isn’t quite there just yet. Nice song though. Skeletons: Chill. Dull Life: no ❤️. Shame and Fortune: eh. Runaway: Ok I’m sat. I like that dramatic sound. Dragon Queen: Twas okay Hysteric: eh Little Shadow: ok

The first two albums by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were pretty good, but this is where they knocked it out of the park. There's a cohesion to this record that's sorely lacking from their others (especially the ones after this one), and it feels like all three members were at the top of their game here. Despite the fact that it was released in 2009, I still see this as one of the defining albums of the 2000s, and the best album to come out of the boom of New York bands from that decade.

Attention-grabbing intro track goes right into one of the coolest songs ever, "Heads Will Roll"; it's hard to find synthpop that sounds as badass as the massive drama those cascading synth lines + claps create. Karen O's vocal chops are consistently excellent across the album as well- she has a unique, punkish drawl combined with beautiful high vibrato.

Came into this with negative expectations because I really dislike Heads Will Roll, but was pleasantly surprised. A nice mix of soft electronica acoustic and mellow tech rock vibes. Very similar to Chvrches or Metric, two bands that I really love.

Not my thing

This album is just cool. Plenty of tracks make me want to get up and party. It's like a fun Friday night out at Pyramid from my early years in NYC. Heads Will Roll

For some reason Yeah Yeah Yeahs always struck me as one of those bands that released one good album, followed by an endless stream of mediocrity. How I couldn't have been more wrong! Until now I was only familiar with Fever To Tell, and honestly this is just as good. It's a lot less punky and raw, but is still super groovy and I love how they take a more electronic approach in general, taking their sound in a really interesting direction without sacrificing the sound that makes them so unique.

It really seems like there’s a lot going on but it doesn’t really amount to much

2.7 You better believe I'm changing my band's name from The Pretentions to The Meh, Meh, Mehs

Primera impresión: me gusta bastante lo primero que escucho, tal vez porque es más reciente me llega más. No sabía que eran los de Heads wil roll. Like the vibes Mitad de álbum: arrancó bastante fuerte y ahora se fue calmando, me gustan las vibes. Muchas canciones las voy a agregar y seguro que si las escucho sueltas me gustarían mucho más que en la totalidad de álbum donde pueden llegar a ser repetitivas. Final: me gustó bastante, volvería a escucharlo y también las canciones. No está entre mis álbumes favoritos pero me gustó mucho. Canción favorita: Zero, Runaway y Heads Will roll obviamente.

yeah yeah yeah

side a is bangers only

es kann sein, das mein rating bissle zu hoch ist. aber es hat schon mehrere echt krasse lieder auf dem album. ich kannte die band nicht und vom cover hatte ich was in hiphop richtung erwartet. zum glück war es das nicht, hab sogar “heads will roll” gekannt. die band hätte aber echt ein anderes albumcover nutzen sollen.

Love this album so much....

Okay

Sympa

runaway's insanely good

Love Karen O, she is a great lead for the band.

Okay this rocks

This is one of those “one hit” and the rest is worse but it was an enjoyable experience. Whole album reminded me of the song “maps” and then I was like “OH THAT IS THEM!!!” funny moment and great cover haha

It's another album with one standalone hit, and the rest of the album, while sounding polished, feels lacking in depth. It really is a thing of its time: these albums have some form of emotional connection, with slightly acoustic elements that millennials really grew fond of.

Really fun, energetic album, haven't explored this type of music at all before. Some slower moments of the record but not slow in a way that killed the album's momentum. I definitely prefer the A-side over the B-side, but the continuous blend of electronic and acoustic elements, matched with fantastic production, makes this album stand out. Favorite track: Zero

Meh idk kinda boring

Catchy songs, nothing I would choose to listen to but I am fine with it playing 2.5 stars

Most if it it's background music

i love

Pleasantly surprised by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who I really don't know much about other than "Maps", which nowadays just annoys me. Great indie pop dance album. Great voice, production, melodies. Really solid.

A great varied indie rock / pop album.

This album sounds like a bunch of musicians were locked in a room and told to come up with an album in record (excuse the pun) time. It's musically unimaginative and really just one notch up from musak.

This sort of electronic indie pop-rock is very of its time, but Heads Will Roll has endured as a club classic. I wasn’t familiar with anything else here, but some of the other tracks were good too, proof that the group are more than just a one-hit wonder.

It was slightly better than ok for me.

Loved, loved, loved this.

Definitely bored listening to this

Perfectly acceptable

Always liked the yeah yeah yeahs Simpsons: No

Didn't realise that they sung head will roll, its the best song on here, the other were ok.

It’s 3!

The Obama-era synth-heavy indie sound has gotta be amongst my least favorites sounds of all time. Still well-produced for what it is.

Old Blondie, synth pop Zero Hysteric

a little too indieslop for me but does have some bangers

A lot of good stuff here, it does fade as it goes on but still quite enjoyable, really want to give a 4 for how much I enjoyed half of the album...we'll see

Didn't love a couple of the slower tracks, but the album was overall enjoyable and I added to my apple music library. Good vocals. Beat is unimaginative but inoffensive. Stands on the guitar and vocals, and the singer is talented. It doesn't shatter any expectations or redefine alt-rock, but lots of fun.

I am the target market for this album. I knew some of their songs beforehand and I was expecting the synth-heavy goth rock Siouxsie sound but I wasn't expecting to be reminded of bands like Splashdown or Metric or Eisley (especially in Hysteric).

3,5

Enjoyable.

I feel exactly mediocre about this album. Not bad not great. Recognized one song but I can't see myself ever intentionally searching for the artist or that song.

Started as a party album, ended as something else entirely. Overall surprised, liked this more than I expected

I have heard of this band but haven't listened. They were pretty good for a genre I don't dabble in a lot

A real surprise and a very good album. I'd heard of the band but never listened to them before. This is a belter

If I were to get a tattoo, it would be say Yeah Yeah Yeah or be Karen Oh's fringe.

Some fun songs! Heads will roll is a classic lol

I enjoyed this. Nothing grabbed me but I do have a greater appreciation of YYY’s. This mix bothered me a bit, very similar to a tiny desk concert. Low volume or velocity or something.

I was very hard on the first yeah yeah yeahs album for being basic and derivative, but with this album they went a totally different direction and ended up making something that sounded pretty new. This is one of the defining albums of that whole NY era and maybe best encapsulates the feel of hipster Bushwick world in the 2000s. Hysteric is a great song, as is zero. Heads will roll isn’t my favorite but can’t deny it’s catchy. The punk dance combo feels pretty fresh throughout. Have been going back and forth all week on this rating but it’s been a lot of slop lately on this list so I’m feeling generous.

Having a full weekend for this was appreciated, but I thought this dragged on at times. Overall, still very enjoyable. 2.5 stars and rounding up.

Really raised the bar for me on what I could expect pop to be. Also the first release of theirs I was able to pick up on release.

Never knew the name of the Heads will roll song which is so crazy to know finally which album it’s from. There were a few stand out songs but frankly I was pretty bored for most of it and found myself zoning out.

The Good: We all agree! The Bad: Sometimes one needs to not follow the flock… The Ugly: Fucking raw egg on ones hand… it’s just… Did I like this album? Not really. Is the album bad? Not really. Should this album be on this list? Not sure… Will I ever listen to this album again? Not sure… Am I getting a little disappointed with the 1001 list? Yeah Am I going to listen to silence for at least 3 hours today? Yeah Can I get an amen? Yeahs! 2 1/2* upgraded to 3...

Pretty decent, although not anything incredible

It was fine, didn't seem to have a point sometimes. Missing Persons vibes amongst a LOT of other things.

oooo 2009. Heads Will Roll immediate banger on first listen. love the guitars on this album

I quite liked the album. I wouldn't buy it or go to see them live, but I wouldn't skip the album if it came up in my playlist.

Nah nah nah from me.

🐜🦟🐜🦟

Go go yeah yeah

Different and fun

Heads will roll - tune. Best song so far. Needs more listens

It’s a 3.5 but I’m giving it a 4. Some of the songs went on a bit too long and were a bit boring but I overall liked the album

just kept growing and growing and growing on me to a scary degree. the crowd favorite bangers that the record frontloads (and the relative lack of which going forward accounts for most of ppls reservations with this) are amazing and fun but i was rly worried that the record would have too limited a bag of tricks when these ones clearly work so well and theres no reason not to run them into the ground. but no, the record goes on to be on the whole more churning, atmospheric, and often indescribably beautiful...while still maintaining an aesthetic coherence, and ability to just slam the serotonin buttons over and over, like a less abrasive version of the effect lightning bolt has on me. and like, its hard to top lightening bolt, but adding synths and pretty singing is a pretty fucking worthy attempt. i feel like ive been taken off guard with surprise highlights so many times in this project recently!

This is a rock album? it doesn't sound like it, really cool interesting synths. it sounds like music you would hear in a ad, its not bad. very experimental. music that could played in a show. its cool nothing crazy though. overall this was a solid album

Really good sound. I like the energy and the voice. Song"heads will roll" has an awesome sample. I will listen to it many times again. Also liked "dull life", unbelievable song. Overall simple texts, good sound and energy. I don't even know 3 or 4 stars to put. Maybe 4, because I would put this album on my backgrounds for routine many times. Not all songs I liked so much, but 80% is great

Weird way to make eggs

Off with head!! Ok so it has a banger song. This is a pretty good album, I would own this one for sure. It's fun!

Très agréable

Yeah Yeah, whatever.

Nice

Hmmm, okay this is an interesting one. It's more my typically vibe, but I've only every heard "Heads Will Roll" before. It reminds me of Florence and The Machines first two albums very very slightly. I think this is one that could grow on me. I actually really ended up liking most of it, which I wasn't expecting. I think my faves at the moment are "Soft Shock", "Dragon Queen", and "Hysteric". This is an album I can see myself coming back to somewhat often

I was enjoying it until the acoustic versions kicked in. Those made me sleepy, so that knocked it down back to a 3.

yeah yeah yeahs strike again

I was excited to revisit this one as it’s been in my collection since it was released but I got stuck on a couple of songs. “Zero” might just be one of the best songs of all time… and following that up with “Heads Will Roll” is a nearly-unrivaled one-two punch. However, the album has so much more to offer. Karen O’s variety of vocal deliveries help keep every song interesting, and the increased use of synthesizers over YYY’s previous albums add welcome texture. Soft Shock, Dull Life, and Runaway have great hooks I’d remembered — but forgotten they all came from the same album. I was newly impressed by the groove on Dragon Queen, a new favorite after two plays. In returning to “It’s Blitz!” I found an album that seems to have grown on me without even listening to it. I’ll be coming back for more, and delving a little more seriously into the rest of YYY’s stuff that I’ve missed over the years. Fantastic.

6/10 - some good songs on this, but I always have this issue with this lead singer's voice, 3 or 4 songs max and it gets annoying

Ok

This was great. I enjoyed it. Stand out song - dragon queen

Head will roll will forever be a banger, A-Trax remix or not. Didn't know any other songs, but liked most of them. The singing gets a bit anoying after a while.

It's Blitz! has a much more experimental tone than previous Yeah Yeah Yeahs works, and I'm here for it. Love the electronic aspects integrated with a really solid rock album. Overall I don't know if the whole album gels for me as well as I really wished it would, but it's got some great tracks and cool moments. The album is uptempo and gloomy all at once. It's a unique feeling that I don't know quite how to process after only one listen. Lyrically and vocally it is restrained and I wish Karen O had let it go a little crazier like how it began with "Zero." The band goes hard and the synth is dying to be unleashed, wish we had gotten a tad more of that. Standouts are "Zero" - this one has been a favorite of mine for years - "Skeletons," and "Hysteric." Overall this is probably a 7 or 8 out 10 for me. Pretty strong, and it's growing on me the more I think about what I just heard. Definitely want to go back for more, and got a few good tracks for my daily playlist.

too slow for me but it could grow on me

Yeah yeah yeah!!! This album rules. A bit of a nostalgia bias here because this album came out right in the middle of my college tenure and was just constantly on at every party and dance club. Heads will roll obviously but also zero and skeletons. I've gotta say this album hit just as hard and sounded just as fresh to me today. Also love the album art and title. Just all around fantastic album.

Alright.

One of the worst albums so far

Lost interest in the YYY's after this album. However, this disc still holds up.

3.5

I was bit nervous to get another Yeah Yeah Yeahs album so soon after not enjoying Fever to Tell very much, but I think this a group that has gotten better over time. Cool It Down is still my favorite album of their's, but this one really good as well.

Bleh, not the best of the year. 2009 was a better time than this. 222

Enjoyed this beginning to end.

I'm glad we get two different Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums in this collection, and while this one didn't work for me as well as their earlier "Fever to Tell", it's nice to get a somewhat different sound from the trio. The album starts of really strongly with the pair of singles "Zero" and "Heads will roll" (both with fun videos to accompany them), but gets a little bogged down after that with a bit too much synth-sound for my tastes, although "Dull life" picks up the tempo nicely and helps steer the rest of the album in a better overall direction. It's also interesting how involved TV on the Radio was with this album, between producer David Sitek, as well as vocals from Tunde Adebimpe on "Dragon queen". It makes me want to revisit the only Yeah Yeah Yeahs album I actually own but surprisingly have no real memory of listening to ("Show Your Bones").

I like Karen O's voice but most of the lyrics are pretty inane and not in a good way. It's okay.

Who knew would listen to the dance till your dead song today. Mostly listened to on the bike so i feel like i should give it another listen in a quieter atmosphere but some fun beats!

Love it. It’s turned down a notch from fever to tell but Karen O carries it off brilliantly. First two tracks are the bangers but the rest more chilled and thought provoking. Yeah worthy of the 5

Kind of ethereal, pretty. But some of the singing is a bit too whispery for my tastes.

Not as good as fever to tell, and it’s not even close

Few interesting tracks like, for example, „Dragon Queen”, „Heads will roll”. Rest of them seems a bit bland, like FIFA main menu music.

good, i feel like it deserves a second listen but im not sure if ill ever be up for doing it the honors. first two songs were bangers and i fuck heavy with the album art. they also sang heads will roll on glee

For the first few minutes, yappy frontwoman Karen O sounds like an imperious 12-year-old. But then comes the chorus with its glacial 70s synths, and she suddenly bursts into life. "Off, off, off with your head!/ Dance, dance, dance till you're dead!" she booms, and it justifies her indie-icon status like nothing else she's ever done. No other track on It's Blitz! surpasses that 10 seconds, but the band's glittery new disco sound suits them very well. 3.5 stars

Listened driving to and from rehearsal. Not sure how I missed this one when I was in my indie rock obsession in university back in 09. Absolutely loved this one! Bangers from front to back.

Here's a band I really missed out on when they were in their heyday. I had only heard "Heads Will Roll" so was very pleasantly surprised by this one. It kicks off in great style with "Zero" and there's even a traditional Irish feel to "Skeleton." Karen O brings all kinds of energy and elevates the proceedings. Really enjoyed this.

Of those groups coming out of the early 2000s NY indie scene, i think yeah yeah yeahs are overshadowed by bigger groups like The Strokes, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem, but they were and still are a really good band. This is a great indie pop album that sounds both of its time and still fresh. Karen O puts on a terrific performance on most of the songs here, very talented frontwoman. Love the dynamism of Heads Will Roll and the like, but I especially enjoy when they slow it down a bit. Hysteric is a lovely song that I always like to hear.

Heck yeah! Love this album!

Pretty good

Interesting.

Fun album so good songs not much replay value

I listen to this before going out for my favorite pastime of attention seeking.

What a strong start with zero and heads will roll. Love the overall vibe with this electro pop that just rocks enough and her piercing voice!

Love the energy, enjoyable album. Heads will roll is great.

I may not have enjoyed this as much on a different day, but I was really vibing with it for some reason.

Top 3: 1. Dull Life 2. Soft Shock 3. Runaway Least Favourite: Hysteric Good album with catchy songs. Probably wouldn't return to many of the songs, but a few such as "Dull Life" I really enjoyed.

Actually surprisingly ok

heads will roll is classic tell me lies but this isn't really my type of music

8 Some pretty sick riffs and i love the all the distorted basey synths defo talkes me back to me teens!!! Karen O one of the cooolest singers of the noughties for sure

Альбом хорош песней Head will deans и zero. Остальное не так зацепило

Not into the synthy indie rock thing. Really boring for me

Excellent!

Good album. It didn’t wow me though.

Really don’t know what to make of this album. It sounds in part rather late 00s dated yet other parts still very fresh. I don’t think the absolute bombardment of “Heads Will Roll” on TV and social media has endeared me to that song on another listen. My favourite track was the opener Zero. Plus marks for the lead vocals.

Never listened. Expectations: None - Verdict: Not for me - This just felt very bland. I don't dislike it per say, but there just isn't anything here for me.

Very cool. Mucho enjoyment

Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are so impressive, and this whole album was great. I love the subtle techno notes and the beautiful vocals and rhythms. Five stars!

Makes me want to go out to a club ! Reminds me of all my fun nights out that I’ve had, and the nights out I’ll have this summer !! It’s a great mix of club hits and rock. Fav song is ‘Heads Will Roll’.

Listened to at 5am on my way to work and while life can be better, it's not too bad.

A very energetic album, full of electronic elements. It’s not a genre I usually enjoy, although I have to admit there were some really good songs. I did notice, however, that many of the tracks (at least for my taste) felt a bit overloaded with… everything. At times, I would have appreciated a simpler approach. The singer has a pleasant voice, although it’s not entirely to my liking.

Really nice 3.5/5

You, suddenly complete me 😫😫😫😫 Tiene una canción para casi todos los moods de chava : triste, pari loca eh eh eh, enamorada (desenamorada igual), solitaria y horny lol Lo amooo

Great high points on this record, I've always wished they'd just rock a bit harder though. The quieter songs can feel a bit lukewarm to say the least

smooth and confident, lots of synths. not consistent enough for me for 4 stars.

This album gets off to such a sick start. Zero kicks off with a crunchy synth baseline that cooks along through the whole song. And of course Heads Will Roll is a classic dance track. From there though, the rest of the album slowly fizzles, which is a shame when so much energy lives in those first two tracks. Most of the other stuff is just fine though, and I wouldn't roll my eyes listening again. 3.5 Highlight: Heads Will Roll Lowlight: Shame and Fortune Surprise Hit: Zero

It’s ok. Nothing memorable, nothing offensive

A solid little synth-y album. It gets extra points for Heads Will Roll.

Not my usual style but I can recognize a perfect album when I hear one. Zero, soft shock and hysteric acoustic are brilliant. And of course the iconic heads will roll

Какой отличный пик от сайта! У меня давно был интерес к этому альбому - тут и одна из лучших обложек в инди-роке, и шикарный, уже иконический бэнгер Heads Will Roll, звучание которого до сих пор меня завораживает. Мне как раз не хватало лишь формального повода, пинка под зад, чтобы перестать это откладывать. И черт возьми, как же я рад, что этот пинок наконец нашел мою ленивую задницу. До этого я не был знаком ни с одной песней с альбома, кроме той самой. Даже выходившие синглами Zero и Skeletons мне нигде не попадались. Но по факту при прослушивании мне было все равно, какие песни выходили синглами, так как ими мог стать любой трек - все композиции здесь достаточно цепляющие, с приятными хуками и бодрящим позитивным настроением, даже более спокойные треки заряжают каким-то светлым чувством и ощущением, что все будет хорошо. Я получил удовольствие от каждой песни, и мне уже не терпится переслушать альбом. Вот таким и должен быть дэнс-панк.

Ура, возвращаемся обратно в Нью-Йорк в индислизь. 5 из 5. Плохого человека Карен не назовут.

Впервые послушал чуть больше полугода назад, каких-то особых впечатлений не получил, поэтому поспешил навесить ярлык очередной модной безынтересной музыки миллениалов-хипстеров из конца нулевых (07-11 на мой взгляд едва ли не худший период в истории музыки). А сейчас прям получил удовольствие при прослушивании. Основная заслуга в этом, конечно, у Карен О, но и сами песни довольно бодрые и приятные, особенно в первой половине, плюс баланс танцевалки и грустинки хорошо соблюден. Так что возвращаю альбом в ротацию и даю ему 4 челки Карен О из 5.

Лучшая песня: Dull Life Худшая: Skeletons Отличный, ровный альбом без откровенно слабых вещей.

3.5 на самом деле любимые песни группы на других альбомах, но так-то совсем неплохо

фан фэкт: сделать то, что на обложке физически невозможно даже если ты не пропускаешь день рук в качалке. Но Карен О со своим волшебным голосом и позитивными аффирмациями про то что I'm a zero может всё

В 2010-е очень полюбила эту группу после того, как услышала на саундтреке к Девушке с татуировкой дракона голос Карен О, но даже тогда этот альбом не смог попасть на первое место среди дискографии Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Сейчас точно такие же впечатления - несколько ярких хитов и остальное довольно ровное наполнение. Но поскольку такую музыку я люблю, поставлю 3

Посетила мысль, что в альбоме не хватает таких бэнгеров как Heads Will Roll - ещё парочку и было бы отлично. Помимо этого трека, в любимые ещё ушла Dull Life - звучит мощно, полностью в моем вкусе. Из других рецензий в нашем мини-комьюнити сделал вывод, что надо ознакомиться с их другими альбомами. Этим и займусь на днях.

There are some parts to this album I really enjoyed, but overall it's just another millennial late aughts rock revival album. Good for a night out, I suppose.

Good

"Heads Will Roll"❤️

I enjoyed listening to this but I think I need a bit more time with it.

Deleted my review halfway through :/ Anyways, I had no idea this band was responsible for some of these songs, big hits. Did not sway me overall, the middle of the album started to drag but then honestly around the time "Dragon Queen" kicked in the album had revitalized. I would say if I could break this down I'd probably be a 3.5/5, but in this case I have to go 3; I'm underrating but its not an album I'll seek out again for all the music here.

- Bra musikk, delvis drømmende, store deler tilstede - Litt pop-dj inspirert - Litt lumineers hey ho, som er ganske ass, men samtidig ikke nok til å gjøre det dårlig. - Bra instrumentale deler - Popete refreng høres litt wanky ut av og til - Personlig er jeg ikke så fan av stemmen hennes - Akustiske delen passer ikke inn, albumet henger ikke helt sammen

Not my thing. Im sure it's a great dance album but that's not what Im looking for in my listening time.

Pop stuff. not a fan

Good

This album showcases a band - and a voice - that can inhabit different emotional spaces, but is always grabbing your hand and leading you Somewhere. There’s an energy and quality that makes me glad to join them. Love the rock-pop vibe, urgency, and relative lyrical quality - all of which which reminds me positively of my favorite album from Paramore (their self-titled from 2013). Favorite songs include most of them. I was disappointed with their earlier “Fever to Tell” but really, really enjoy this one. 4.5/5.0

Smooth blend of pristine vocals and electronica without compromise on lyrics or punch. I love the sound of this album, and I like the overall vibe. Very enjoyable.

Delightful

Famous start, and then the second half surprised me with that singer songwriter style 7/10

Yes yes yes to Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

Decent electro-pop record. Had me dancing a little bit in my socks. Not sure if this really needed to be added to the list but it’s aight for sure. 3.1/5.0

Their third album. Rock / Punk / Electronica. Zero is a really cool opening salvo to have on the album and followed by the energetic Heads Will Roll. Enjoyed those first two tracks. In fact the first half of the album is actually very good. It does a drop off a little after that but is still good and well produced.

I love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I haven't jammed a full album before. I really enjoyed Heads Will Roll. Great album. I am fining myself straight vibing to this. I would listen again.

This was a great album, really enjoyed the vibe of it. The lead singer has a beautiful and strong voice. 8.5/10 album

What a beauty.

Bueno, me re gustó. Es un álbum que definitivamente voy a escuchar mucho. En la primera escucha algunas canciones me parecieron iguales, pero esto probablemente esto cambie cuando lo escuche mas seguido y en detalle. Lo suuuper recomendaría

Kind of a Pretenders ripoff band, I'd say, but sometimes entertaining and mostly harmless.

Gear: Hifiman HE6se v2 SE Artwork: 🥚🫲💥 Production: 🎧😘🤌 Music: 🪓😵🙃 Rating: ⚡⚡(⚡)/5

Js bi plesala na njihpvo muzko, pa Slave je trenutno tko ena mojih najljubsih pesmi

3.5 in my book. Fun distinct sound, would definitely listen again