It's Blitz!

Kinda boring nothing too memorable but made me remember they were the “wait, they dont love you like i love you” song guys. one good song but other than that its a fart album

An sich gefällt mir das Album sehr. Ich kenne mich nicht damit aus, aber es scheint eine Art „Roten Faden“ zu besitzen. Dazu hab ich das Gefühl dass die Lieder zwischen ruhigen und energievollen alternieren. Mein fav nach obv den rollenden Köpfen ist „Soft Shock“!!!!

An sich ganz gut aber ich werd nicht so ganz warm mit den meisten Liedern. Heads Will Roll obviously ein banger. Der Anfang von Dull Life klingt ein bisschen wie Toxicity. Overall einfach nur ein meh und die meisten Lieder klingen wie die nächste Google Pixel Werbung. Höhepunkt(e): Heads Will Roll Tiefpunkt(e): Shame and Fortune Rating: 5/10

Ich wusste gar nicht, dass Heads will Roll gar nicht ursprünglich so ein EDM Song ist. Finde die Akustische Version aber echt cool. Der Rest der Lieder ist solide aber nichts bahnbrechendes. Aber ich mag die Gesangsstimme sehr gerne. Dull Life finde ich von dem Album am besten, war ein echter bop. Kommt in die playlist Dragon queen fand ich auch ganz nett. Die acoustic Versionen von den Liedern waren ein nettes plus aber nicht nötig.

mm

Punky and fun, but don't know if I would listen to it again

yeah yeah yeahs ate with this one, a solid 5/5

Ok not my jam

I hate that I'm saying that an album that came out when I was 25 sounds dated now, but... it does. This was one of my favorites back when it was new, yet the luster is wearing away.

Some of the songs were really quite pretty. I loved Skeletons and Soft Shock. I already knew Heads Will Roll was a banger. Overall, a very solid albun.

Really, really good this. Yeah Yeah Yeahs the most bankable band in the biz.

Started rough with this one, but it got better.Im not seeking it out but wouldnt mind hearing more from this band.

This was a new to me band/Album. Favorite song was Little Shadow. I could see myself checking out their other albums, especially when I need some background music. Nice to listen to while working!

Indie punk disco, yeah?

I was ready to hate this album because I can't stand "Heads Will Roll" and the band name is easily one of their worst in all of music. That said, I begrudgingly admit there were some solid songs on here, particularly "Zero" and "Runaway". 3/5

The first two songs were leading me to believe this was going to be an album for the dance-floor, then it went in a direction I wasn't expecting, like some soft rock/stuff. The dance-floor songs did eventually return. It has a nice mix of songs be fair, but I think it would've been a bit better if some dance elements remained for non-EDM songs just so it's a bit more focused. I've heard "Heads Will Roll" a lot of times but never knew the song was by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I knew both of the two separately (albeit the band by name only, not any of their songs.) Well now I do. Highlight Song/s: "Zero"

Kivan kuuloista. Naisvokalisti minimaalistyylinen tulkitsija. Hyvin tuotettua soundia jossa ehkä ajankin mukaisesti mahtipontista joustakin mukana.

kinda generic 2000s indie pop if you ask me

I LOVE this band! Was originally only familiar with their iconic "Heads Will Roll" but after seeing them at Osheaga, I fell in love! They're a band that doesn't have a bad album, and this album is a great showcase of their range. They've got fun pop bops, more aggressive rock and some slower ones on there too. Thank you for giving me a reason to listen to The Yeah Yeah Yeah's today!

Really great! Will listen again to this one!

Good album

Объективно отличный альбом, просто не мое

female vocalist<3 indie. pop/punk. leather jacket vibes. dance-y. jams. fun. super cool :)

I was OBSESSED with Karen O when I was 16, and this album was the reason Fav songs: Zero, Skeletons, Heads will Roll

Well then, I guess the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were just dying to make another appearance on my feed. This is the last of 2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums on the list, following 2003’s debut album Fever To Tell, which I rolled last week and mentioned I’d probably forget about just as quickly. Hit the nail on the head with that prediction. I did a re-listen of that album before diving into this one and said a whole lot of “Oh, right, that one”. How did this band evolve 6 years later, and does this one have more of a staying power than Fever To Tell?? Actually, yeah. A little bit, I think it does. First off, love the album art. The visual of seeing a squished egg in someone's hand is the perfect encapsulation for what this album is trying to convey. Second, the hit song on the album "Heads Will Roll" I believe is better and catchier than the hit from their first album, "Maps". Right out of the gate I'm hit with a cool opener in "Zero" which has a killer hook and a catchy rhythm, not to mention Karen and her still incredible voice. In fact, the rhythm's on all of these songs are pretty cool and memorable as a whole, with few exceptions. It's hard to explain, but it just adds to the kind of vibes I enjoy on an album, paired with an amazing singing voice. "Dull Life" is worth talking about as well, and is almost tied for my favorite song on the album. It's probably the song that traditionally rocks the hardest, and it's also the one that sticks out as the most catchy sans "Heads Will Roll". The album loses just a little bit of the magic that the first 5 songs have from this point on, but they're all mostly not skippable, and sound different enough so it's still very easy to listen to all of them and tell them apart from each other. My favorites from the ladder half of the album are "Shame And Fortune" and "Dragon Queen". It all adds up to an album that, while I still really enjoyed, even with a better ensemble of songs, I'm still not likely to remember a lot of in a few days time. However, if I return to it, I can still greatly enjoy it again, so that's cool. This is one of those bands that, since I'm now done with both albums they have on here, I am free to explore their entire discography. And you know what, I did just that, and immediately found the song "Gold Lion", which while not a part of the book, is worth listening to. I might not remember the Yeah Yeah Yeahs going forward the more I crack into this project, but they are a band that I thought had 2 great albums, and worth the inclusion. I came away satisfied listening to both of them. I only wish the songs had JUST a bit more to them. They're pretty close to great, but always leave you wanting just a little something more in the end.

Good

Man this album is such a let down. Head Will Roll is all gas, and then they're just completely asleep at the wheel the rest of the time. So aggressively mid, it's actually impressive. On to the next one.

Pretty good naughties indie. Starts really strong before tailing off quite a bit

That sounded thin

Ok heads will roll just rocks. I kinda like skeletons, its a bit of a pace change, but reminds me of "of monster and men" songs, and i love them. I just checked, turns out they covered them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgcBYAyTyk I love this band, and song. I like hysteric. I think in spite of a couple of 3/5s on the album, the couple of 6/5's songs on it gives this my first 5

Nice vocals and some nice ideas, but not a lot of them.

Cool jazzy album. A lot of songs are repetitive so taking a star off.

Depois de ouvir as duas primeiras músicas (Zero e Heads Will Roll) pensava que ia ser um álbum perfeito ou lá perto. Depois de ouvir as 15 músicas posso dizer que é um bom álbum, super criativo, diferente, a vocalista tem uma voz espetacular e o resto da banda é tão boa ou melhor que a sua voz. De 1 a 5 vai ser 4, mas se tivesse menos músicas podia ser 5. Ou se as músicas fossem todas do género das primeiras duas... Tenho a certeza que ia ser 5 estrelas. Qualquer das maneiras, é um álbum muito bom. As versões acústicas são incríveis também. Destaque também para a Runaway!

underwhelming knew one song but even that has a better version as a remix didnt bother listening to the acoustic versions

#1 2分左右的哭腔好喜欢

Fun listen! I didn't keep up with them after Fever To Tell, but I guess I should have.

This was fine. Good background music.

I don't think I ever listened to a song by this group before today. I really liked it

Loved this when it first came out but haven’t listened in forever. Still holds up pretty well!

gidik kız

After a fairly scathing review of their debut, I loved this album. The version I had included the acoustic versions which upon a second listen of the original’s showed even more depth. On my third listen back to back. Thanks to 1001 for this

I don't know how I feel about Yeah Yeah Yeahs as a band name. Part of me is stuck on why it's "Yeah Yeah Yeahs" and not "The Yeah Yeah Yeahs" but I'm actually not sure which would make more sense. I don't know. What I do know is how I feel about their 2009 album, It's Blitz! It's pretty good! I liked this one quite a bit. It's my first album that I've gotten from the project this year to come from the 21st century, so that's neat. You don't really see albums from the late 2000s onward come up very much for this project, so it's always interesting to see if the ones that you do get are warranted. This one? While I like it quite a bit, I have heard that the band's 2003 debut, Fever to Tell, is apparently better, so that would probably be the YYYs pick of the list, but I digress. The album itself is definitely on the more modern side, but in a good way. I like the production. It's clean, but not too clean, you know? Karen O's vocal performance is fun. It's always cool to see a female vocalist for more indie-adjacent projects like this. I like the music here. It's got some cool synth stuff mixed with an indie spirit that I appreciate. "Heads Will Roll" is a super cool song, with none of the others disappointing. Overall, I had fun with It's Blitz! It's not a super complex album or anything, but it's a sufficiently fun time that I enjoyed. 4/5.

Not bad but nothing grabbed me and pulled me in. Kind of monotonous 80s redux synth and not much modulation/change/drama.

é um bom álbum, e mais uma descoberta nessa jornada.

Uhhhh, yes please! Back to back perfect.

Zero, Hysteric and the acoustic variations are the highlights. Some of the rest are all noise no punch.

I enjoyed some of their earlier singles- twitchy guitars and Karen o is definitely a charismatic performer; that said, this sounds like an LCD soundsystem album and I’m not Johnny Disco. I’m sure I might like some of these songs on a well curated playlist but I was glad when the album ended.

not for me i think. top songs: heads will roll, soft shock, dragon queen

Ohhhhhh this album. Heartfelt dirty indie! I am very biased with this album, as it’s the album my wife and I adore together. We eventually danced our first dance as a married couple to ‘Hysteric’. This album, to us at least, is a perfect 5.

Starts so strong but then drags on without much change. It gets old quickly.

Yo this surprised me with how much I liked it but never heard of this album. Flow was pretty good, the vocals were great. I can only remember the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for "Maps" but now I have added "Skeletons" to my playlist. Really enjoyed this album to the point where i have listened to it 3 times already ahah

Pretty sweet. Has songs I will be revisiting 3.5

I didnt get through all of this. Partly no time, partly not prioritising it. It wasnt terrible. Got theough most of it. But didnt grab me. It was just OK.

3.5 started really good, kind of dulle after the first three tracks

Pretty cool. I like the variation of songs while still keeping the entire album to a certain "vibe". There was one or two songs I really liked, but this album makes an impression nonetheless.

Excellent album with a lot of diversity to the sound of the songs. Hard to get tired of her voice. Obvious banger is Heads Will Roll. Nice switch up with the acoustic versions at the end as well.

Yeah this was sick. It's a pretty mad feat for one record to be such an influence on modern indie, pop and punk. Respect to them. This was class. 8.5 / 10 Best track/s: Dull Life, Zero, Runaway, Soft Shock

Some very classic riffs / bits. But overall too loud for me

Pretty good listen. I dare say most people are a fan of this record mainly because of Heads Will Roll (though A-Trak's remix is way better), but there was some gems in this thing the whole way through.

Pretty good album but ultimately there's one song I gave a shit about on here and it's also the album that I last listened to before doing a six month hiatus on this. Heads Will Roll is a great song but the fact I did not take any notes on any other track on here in the two listens I did of this months ago says a lot more than any review can. Highlights: Heads Will Roll

classic album, really enjoy this kind of rock

This was an amazing album. I wasn’t too familiar with it but I was familiar with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I did not expect to like this album so much, but I was surprised! All of the songs were great, and I loved how the first half of the album had more upbeat songs, and the second half had slower songs.

Wait that's crazy I've already heard a song on this one. Soft Shock is good. I'm gonna like this one it has good vibes. I like the production and the voice. Heads Will Roll is their original song?? That's crazy. I'm really enjoying this album. I like this sound it's millennial but in a good way. Really enjoyed this one. Favourite: Skeletons Least favourite: Runaway

Nah

is this public?

I remember being disappointed by this at the time because of the singles being so good. I still think Zero and Heads Will Roll are the stand out songs but enjoyed more of this as a whole this time. Skeletons was good!

A couple of songs stood out but overall was good but not amazing

Not for me, it’s absolutely fine but not something I’ll recommend or seek out again

Nie było to takie odkrycie jak "Fever To Tell", to na pewno. Ale im dłużej (i im więcej razy) słuchałem tego albumu, tym bardziej do niego dojrzewałem. Chociaż crazy girl energy z debiutanckiego albumu grupy na zawsze będzie moim top doświadczeniem z Karen O. "Heads Will Roll" to dla mnie core memory kawałek dzięki remixowi (A-Trak Remix), którego namiętnie słuchałem przez dłuższy okres w czasie studiów. Także zdecydowanie najważniejszy dla mnie utwór z płyty. Ale "Zero", "Dull Life" i przede wszystkim "Runaway" też mi zapadły w pamięć i sprawiły, że będę wracał do "It's Blitz!" Yeah Yeah Yeahs to chyba jedno z moich większych odkryć na tej liście. Mają niepodrabialne brzmienie, mega mi się podoba to, co ich perkusista robi na tej płycie, bardzo dużo mięsistego bawienia się zestawem, sporo rytmów i hooków pozbawionych jest standardowej kompozycji "stopa, hi-hat, werbel", co absolutnie uwielbiam w linii perkusyjnej.

A nice little 00s indie rock album.

It’s ok

The last few songs did drag a bit. The first half of the album is a good listen.

Love it

Not too bad, not too good.

I quite liked it but i would give it a 3.5 if i could. Good start but overall quite forgettable

Again familiar with some of their songs so this album was good listen. Not a big fan of acoustic songs though.

I enjoyed listening to this one. First time for me. I’d put this in the high 3’s. Like 3.8 or 3.9. Some really good riffs.

Eh, plain alt album for me. Had the “off with your head.. dance till were dead” song on it.

I've only really been familiar with the Yeah Yeah Yeah's due to the hit song "Maps," so I mostly know them as a typical alt-rock band. The band seems to have grown beyond this distinction on It's Blitz! I realized as it was playing that I also know "Heads Will Roll", but it speaks to the Yeah Yeah Yeah's metamorphosis that I didn't recognize them as the artist. There's a lot more electronic elements here than I would have suspected, and the band's willingness to try different styles is refreshing. They do slip into songs that are reminiscent of their past selves, and that's nice too. I will definitely be coming back to this. Not sure how essential it is, but I'm thankful to the author for including it.

This project is right in my wheelhouse. Heads will roll is an all time track for me. Awesome vocals. Great synth. Easy 4.

1. Bonne intro 2. Classique!! 3. Okok.. mid 4. ÇA PART QUAND ?? 5. Bon sequencing, son plus punchy après une berceuse 6. Mid 7. Le ventre mou est bien bien mou 8. Groovy, intéressant, mieux! Bonnes textures. 9. On est reparti dans du no-groove-U2esque PTN 10. Bon 11. Au moins, ça finit mieux Avis final mitigé… 2-3 bons morceaux qui méritent une réécoute. Le reste très très ennuyant, Non-Groovy-Flat-U2esque.. 2/5

Alternative mixed with dance pop. Notable tracks include Zero, Soft Shock, Skeletons, Hysteric, Little Shadow. Overall a good album, every song is pretty good.

Nah nah nah

Standard indie rock that doesn't contain anything to make it worthy of the title 'great'. It's fine but not great in any way.

2/3 bangers 3.5

Great album and awesome live show.

coffee shop music

Im sorry this is so bad I genuinely cannot listen to it oh my gosh

meh

I wish frequently I was as cool as Karen O.

Ni fu ni fa

This is a really, really good album with a bunch of excellent songs. There's another review on this site that says it sags a bit in the middle, and I think that's probably true. But, god, Zero is my jam, and Hysteric is a new favorite. 4.5 stars. Karen O is a legend.

3.5

3.5. Their best

3/5

The first songs are great. There are some skips honestly

This album comes from my youth, but somehow I really dreaded listening to it. I had only ever heard the hits, but didn’t even want to hear those with this go around. Rather annoying and somehow doesn’t feel true to who the band is/was

I like the beginning tracks, but it gets samey and there doesn't really seem to be that much depth (which i know it's not the point but it gets a little annoying). I also just don't really connect with this style of super poppy, upbeat music. I also feel like the band could make songs that are a lot better than these. But despite, all that, I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Lots of fun energy. 7/10

Prior familiarity with the hits which have seen a lot of radio play over the years. Pleasantly surprised how great the entire album sounded. I will be back. 4/5

Let by two strong “banger” openers, then all sorts of lower BPM electro ballads, the album shows growth in the YYYs’ sound while never losing any heart.

Amazing

It sounds like the soundtrack to a movie.

5/5. Outstanding album that I think everyone should give a full listen at least once. It's a fantastic piece. The singer is wonderfully expressive, using volume and texture to greater effect than most. I feel this is somewhat at the cost of vocal melody execution, which can feel loose and outright lost at times. Maybe that's by design. The instrumentation does more than enough in putting a strong structure around her voice. That's where the Yeah Yeah Yeahs really kill it for me here; the way they use their keyboards and guitars is supreme. Final thoughts are that every song is good in its own right. I was expecting to like "Heads Will Roll" the most, but several beat it out. There's a lot of variety here, and at no expense to cohesion. They maintain their iconic sound the whole way through. Awesome. Standouts: Dull Life Runaway

Had previous exposure to this artist and notably the first two songs off this album, so I felt the opening was strong/took me right back. From there I continued to appreciate the lead singers unique sound but couldn’t say any other songs really stood out to me for the remainder of the album.

This was a fun listen. Not a ton to say tbh. Some classic songs and I like the sound overall.

Best Song: Zero This album is pure nostalgia feeling

I didn't expect to like this one, as I was only familiar with the singles from this album - the aggressively happy and dancy electropop of "Heads Will Roll" first and foremost. But side two, especially the drenched out, almost shoegazy "Little Shadow" and the hymnal "Hysteric", caught me by surprise. I really loved the mellower moments here - and that it culminated in the unashamedly upbeat "Faces". 3.5-4 stars.

A coincidence that I roll both listed Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums in a row. I knew Heads Will Roll which is great., and Dull Life was another standout. I like the previous YYYs album a bit more but still enjoyed this about the same level

Started off incredibly strong. I love Karen Os voice and the heavy guitar. I feel like during the second half of the album, I got a little bored even though the songs were good. I just thought some of the songs were forgettable.

I really enjoyed this one. I think I've heard of the band, but nothing triggered a memory, so I guess it's new to me. "Heads Will Roll" is a fun tune that i'm adding to the playlist.

Decent album. Zero, Heads Will Roll, Dull Life, and, in particular, Shame And Fortune, are great tracks. Some, like Skeletons, are quite dull. Better than average for this list.

Johan bändillä nimi

Yllätyin positiivisesti ⭐️⭐️⭐️

1/15 bekannt 8,5/10 Beste Songs: heads will roll, skeletons, dull life anders aber sehr gut

This one is such a funny and enjoyable album. I didn't expect to like it that much, but it truly is such a great album. Some songs are very good, and the first two songs start the album with a lot of energy. I wish the album sounded more like those first two songs, because it has other songs that are not really my cup of tea. But, as an overall, it's a very enjoyable album.

Had never heard of the band before Tried to give it a second listening to be sure I wasnt "missing it", but my earbuds had difficulty pairing and proclaimed "No connection" - I've therefore decided this is a sign and forms my comprehensive review: No connection....2 star

Heads will roll...good tune. Interesting album.

I'm not really into the alt and synth pop sound. It's the more rock oriented tracks that save the album for me. Karen O's vocals are fine, but they have this wispy ethereal quality to them that I don't enjoy.

25th album with group. I wonder if Fever to Tell was this bad, and I just wasn’t critical enough. Good Songs - Dull Life. Bad Songs - Zero, Heads Will Roll, Soft Shock, Skeletons, Shame and Fortune, Runaway, Dragon Queen, Hysteric, and Little Shadow.

heads will roll is an all time classic but really only the dance till you're dead version on that one dark souls animation. rest of the album's a very different vibe; fine, not remarkable.

Até que é um álbum bem bom. O começo é bem legal e tem umas músicas no final que são legais também. Gostei de Zero, Heads Will Roll, Soft Shock e Runaway

3,5

osma stvar okej, ostalo ili dosadno i bezvezno ili blago naporno. ne znam. trunku bolji od onog njihovog prvog albuma koji sam slušo al to ne znači mnogo

Really enjoyable album. Consistently good all the way through. Zero 4 Heads will roll 4 Soft shock 3 Skeletons 4 Dull life 3 Shame and fortune 2 Runaway 2 Dragon Queen 4 Hysteric 4 Little shadows 2 Faces 3

Karen O doing what she does best. Smooth, confident and magnetic.

i first thought 'this one'? but it is good.

Why is this on here? I don't feel like it particularly adds anything to the conversation of it's moment

Loved the singer, the songs so much on first listen I'm just slapping a 5 on this to confirm at a later date. Zero immediately reminds me of Bjork on A Day Called Zero. Other songs the playful way she bends her really pure voice outside of a pure tone like Molly Rankin, always singing just on the edge of badly, love that. Also the bagpipe synths and military drumming on Skeletons, beautiful.

Love this album! Solid all the way through imo. I wasn’t certain why I had listened to it a ton. My sister who was visiting claimed it was her doing. Regardless my old iPod had a lot of Yeah Yeah Yeahs in rotation. Probably not the entire album but most of the tracks were familiar. There also must be a remixed Heads Will Roll track that I’ve listened to on a dj set on heavy rotation.

I don't have a ton to say about this album. But there were definitely some fun songs

This album peaks at song 2, Heads will Roll in my opinion is such an outlier on this album. No other song even comes close to matching the energy of this song. The rest wasn't terrible, but it also wasn't great. Unfortunately one thing that's become clear over the course of this journey thus far is that a single song can't carry an album. Zero, Dull Life, and Hysteric managed to buff things up a bit, but overall weren't enough to even things out across the track list. It kind felt like they weren't fully committing to either high energy or really low energy sad vibes. Just like a lukewarm level somewhere in the middle, which led to an ambiguous tone within each song. 7/10 (Heads will Roll gives a full extra point)

thought i never heard of them until the second song. if i was a British teenager listening to this when this came out i wouldv'e felt the coolest person ever. but im not. first three songs were nice. might listen again.

Trash album. It sounds like generic mall music, tailor made for mid 2000s teens born in the US. I could have died without listening to it and I wouldn't have any regrets. Good album cover tho. Hope they didn't have to take too many photos to get the final result.

Si pudiera ponerle 0 estrellas definitivamente lo haría. Fue un verdadero reto escucharlo completo esperando que en algún momento algo me gustara aunque sea un poco, pero no pasó.

The songs that I know from this album (Zero, Heads Will Roll) are bangers. The rest of the album is good, I was able to listen through without having to skip anything which doesn’t often happen. There weren’t any standout songs other than what I already knew though. (4)

Nice but not my kind of music.

YYY started more garage rock like then took that energy, fused it with dance beats and came up with this great stuff. Amazing fun and energy and a sense of cool.

Not the same level as their debut, but a well put together album

I’ve been meaning to listen to this album, and damn it’s good.

Ok. Not enjoyable to any great interest.

Me encantó, este tipo de rock medio electrónico combinado con los vocales femeninos es de mis combinaciones favoritas en la música. Disfruté tanto el álbum que tuve que escucharlo de nuevo, e incluso añadí varias canciones a mi playlist personal y a otra de objetivo específico.

love

*Good indie rock album but nothing was so great to make it a 5.

Better than I thought. Have heard a few tracks before and some new ones.

I quite liked it, great melodies and production. Wish I could give 3 and a half stars but 3 stars it is.

Heads will roll is the highlight

First time listening to this album ! I think I need to do their discography. Nick Launay, the producer, did an amazing job. Homogeneous, punchy. I need to listen to it again and review properly.

funky

Yeah I mean duh I was in my second year of college when this came out so it’s like it’s fucking written with sharpie on the surface of my brain. Do I love it? I sure don’t. Will it be played at my funeral of course it will but not because I chose it. No, because the sonic waves will still be traveling through my dead veins when they empty my body of fluids during the embalming process and will echo for weeks through the funeral home. This album got me through a very important time of weekly rediscovery as I learned how to drink wrong and party wrong and live wrong and dress wrong and eat wrong and love wrong and talk wrong and be wrong. It’s so important yet so far from what I want anymore. It reminds me of my most confused and pathetic self. And at the same time it was somehow my first taste for guilty nostalgia. My Fever to Tell cd was scratched and cracked from being played so much by the time I left for college so this release was the perfect chance to grasp at some pale reflection of a culturally ambitious version of myself, ripe with individuality and pubescent-cusping autonomy. I will never listen to this album again because I don’t need to. It’s buried. It’s done. I’ve moved on. We’ve all moved on. Let’s just let it die in peace and with only as much respect as it mathematically deserves. Except for Zero. That track will live forever.

Heads Will Roll is great. The rest ehh not bad but not really feeling it.

Sigh. Nothing to inspire me here

Nota de musica yeah!

I’ve jus never really liked them.

Terrific album to round out the aughts!

pretty nice album, "Zero" is an obvious banger here, so is "Heads Will Roll" , i also liked "Dull Life" and "Shame & Fortune"

I wish more people talked about yeah yeah yeahs

3- Stars (7/15)

Different enough to be initially interesting but not to the degree that I'll ever actively attempt to listen to it again.

objectively good not my favorite

Karen O er så sej! Måske min favorit vokal fra en kvinde overhovedet. Jeg har hørt albummet før, men det gav mig lwjmighed til at introducere det for Frida som var mindst lige så betaget som jeg havde håbet.

Hvis jeg skal danse, og det er et stort HVIS, så er det her my kind of disco. NYC kunne bare noget med bands der skabte melodisk, dancable men også rocket musik i ‘00erne. The Strokes og Interpol lå i den meget rockede ende. Bl.a. LCD Soundsystem var det elektroniske yderpunkt. Yeah Yeah Yeahs lagde sig lidt midt imellem.

Nog for me

not offensive but nothing memorable in any way

Favorite track(s): Heads Will Roll, Dull Life

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were such a big deal when I was younger, and I remember really liking this album back then, but time has not been kind to it. There’s still a few standouts on here, but the majority of the album sounds quite boring and dated now.

The album with "Heads Will Roll". I liked the indie feel and can see why it was Grammy nominated for the alternative category.

I really liked this album. I have heard several Yeah Yeah Yeah albums before, but never listened to this one start to finish. This is definitely one I'd listen to again. It's a great album as far as Yeah Yeah Yeah's are concerned. I'm not 100% sure it's one of the 1001 best albums of all time, but it was a great listen!

I don't know why the YYYs aren't part of my musical diet more, considering I almost always enjoy them when they pop up. While I'm not sure this is among the 1,001 albums you need to hear before you die, it's very solid.

I was unfortunately checked out of current music for much of the 2000 aught's - partly because I was married to a person who had almost no interest in keeping up with music, and I partly blame living in NYC where there wasn't much in the way of alternative radio, and there was no extra money (or interest) for going out to shows - and so the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are exhibit A of the types of bands I was missing out on. This album is perfect pop-rock and I feel like a dummy for never having heard it. Better late than never.

It was a nice listen, got cardigans vibes

Great

Music from a simpler time

Nul

Preferred the acoustic tracks. Heads will Roll and Little Shadow were my tracks.

Hadn't heard of them, will definitely listen to more of their stuff

loved it. Heads Will Roll is maybe over-played and made me think this wasn't going to be great. Every song was better than that one.

Not a bad album, but probably wouldn’t listen again. I wanna feel inspired

One classic song filled with a bunch of edm filler that didn’t resonate with my black ass

Remarkably unremarkable, and yet here I am, remarking.

I thought I was familiar with the yeah yeah yeahs, but after hearing this I don’t think I was. I am now. An enjoyable diversion in the form a girl-fronted indie guitar music. Setting the world alight? No. Rushing back to listen again? No. Happy to pay attention next time the name is mentioned? Sure.

Very good album. Love me some synth pop. And by Americans no less. Surprised this made the list given the UK bias. I like Karen O's vocals. She's not a great singer but her vocals fit with with the material. Heads Will Roll!

Cool to check out, three songs are nice, later songs are weaker, poor choice of the violinist. As an album it gets 2/10, but for the interesting music I didn't know it gets the 6/10.

reminded me of my youth. maybe thats why i give it high score. Its dripping with nostalgia of my high school years and all the great music that came out in the 2000s.

I didn't realize that I knew some of these songs!

opening 4 tracks are the best run of their career, and better than most bands entire catalogue. Saw them on the tour for this and had a blast

ニューレイヴやエレクトロクラッシュといった2000年代の音楽にハマっていた時期があったので、聞いていないとおかしいはずなんだけど、このバンドは今回初めて聞いた。 エモーショナルでノスタルジックな、このジャンルに対して期待している魅力が存分に表現されていて、素晴らしいアルバムだった。

Boring

Very good one. Had a lot of fun

And i thought that Fever To Tell was a great album. It's Blitz! managed to take everything that made that album great and cranked it all the way up to 11. It already has a lot of the same musical beats i expect from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs including the loud and rough guitars, Karen O's vocal style and a lot of the same lyrical themes from that album. But the one big thing that this album added is an ARP Synthesizer which ended up turning this album into more of a synth-punk album and i love what the synths added to this album. The album also never hitched at any point and remained consistently enjoyable throughout. I absolutely loved this album and would definitely give some songs way more listens. Best Song: Heads Will Roll Worst Song: Skeletons

Pretty good album, starting off with some really good tracks and then the rest of the album was decent. They have this unique sound for their time where it's kind of rock, kind of alternative, kind of poppy, and their lead singer is giving me big time Pretenders vibes which is a big compliment in my back (apologies I don't know her name)

Well that was a blast from the past and a half! It transported me right back to the high top tent at Reading festival 2009! Top notch vocals that demand your attention with grungy guitar, heavy but also delicate at times. A BANGER!

Awesome!

I've never really asked any of my peers about this but I suspect that for many of us who came of age during the Great Recession the term "recession pop" is never going to be cute or funny or ironic on account of the sheer fucking horror it invokes - your upcoming internship vanishes, then your evening/weekend job cuts everyone's guaranteed pay and just goes straight commission, then you wander into a job fair where there's exactly one (1) employer hiring for non-engineering majors and it's fucking Allstate Insurance, then your dad calls and tells you he got laid off again, and at some point you just wander, dazed, back to your shitty apartment down the hill from campus (stopping at a pre-med advisement seminar along the way because you can pretend to be anything for free pizza) and hope somebody's throwing a party tonight. *We're going nowhere so we'll just dance 'til we're dead.* *It's Blitz!* isn't strictly a recession-pop album (although there are feints in that direction, most notably on "Heads Will Roll") but it's maybe the best representation of what that exact time felt like - the Yeah Yeah Yeahs camped out in Tornillo, struggling to find inspiration, writing and rewriting and tearing up their progress and rewriting again, spending money they don't have on a record that'll never make back what they owe. "Skeletons" feels like the sound of an entire generation marching towards its own funeral. And when Karen O sings "Run, run away/ No sense of time" she's modeling our collective coping mechanism. It's the soundtrack of a life spent forever in the red. I love it and it also hurts to listen to.

🍳

Solid indie, great female lead!

Didn't blow me away but enough oomph to enjoy it

off off off

Basically the sound of the summer 2009, which was only 5 years ago...right?

Another one song album

Especially the acoustic versions were nice

This is ok. The last song is the best on the album. Very dancey but in a predictable way. They leaned too far away from their earlier work.

I was only vaguely familiar with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their first release or two - which were fine to my ears, but nothing I was yearning for. So by the time this would have come out in 2009, I had already made up my mind that it wasn't really for me and didn't pay attention. Well seems like I should have paid attention. I really enjoyed this - much more musical than what my preconceived notions of the band were. The front half is really great - almost 5 territory for me, but I definitely got a little bored in the back half. That said, a really nice discovery thanks to this project.

A weird one this. I’ve listened to this 3 times over the last 4 days. Never a complete runthrough as I always get disturbed. I’ll be driving and reach my destination. I’ll be heading for bed and fall asleep. I’ll be listening whilst working and then work concentration takes over. 
And then I can never tell how far into the album I’ve got and I either start again or guess. I know I’ve listened to these songs more than once as I can vaguely recall each one. Vaguely. But I can’t tell you anything about the songs except that they were ok and if this was the only album available I’d happily listen. Not the most ringing endorsement. I'd sooner chose something else. But I'd listen again. Kinda beige then. And the band name sucks.

It was alright

Not my jam. Not terrible. Enjoyed the listen. However most of it rides the same pocket for the entirety of the album. Wouldn’t choose to put it on again, but probably wouldn’t change if a few songs came up on random.

A fantastic dive into poppier sounds while embracing all of the charm the band has.

Heads will roll, is a good song

Not my favorite Kate Bush Album

Love Head Will Roll, lukewarm on the rest

Knew way more songs from here than I expected! Fun album to listen to, but started to lose me as it went on.

Loved it

Actually really enjoyed this one. Only knew one song but the whole album is pretty good.

I had overlooked It’s Blitz after being a little disappointed by their 2nd album. Listening today though I realised my error as it revealed to me far more quality than the amazing singles I was familiar with. There’s plenty of great music on display, but it’s the vocal melodies, hooks and delivery that dominate the headlines for the majority of tracks. Probably deserves 3.5 but yesterday, I gave another NYC album, Daydream Nation a 4 when it was really a 4.5, so it’s only fair to round down here too.

Not a fan. It seems I should be, but I didn't hear anything that I liked.

Couple good ones, seems forgettable

The two singles still brilliant but let down by the rest of the album

Ganske bra

Such a strong start to this album. First 5 songs are amazing and then the second half just doesnt live up to the beginning. Still an album I love and revisit frequently.

It's OK 2.7

Like it 3/5

I dunno. I really like Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I loved Fever to Tell, and played the absolute shit out of Show Your Bones. Maps, Gold Lion, Mysteries, Date With The Night, Cheated Hearts... stellar stuff. Raw, punky, melodic with Karen O taking on an early PJ Harvey persona as the frontperson. But this is a very different Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They got a lot of acclaim for moving in this more synthy direction, but to me it felt like they'd watered down the sound that made them so good in the first place. The rawness was replaced with polish, and it felt a lot more poppy than punk. Case and point: the acoustic version of Soft Shock on the extended version of the album is INFINITELY better than the synthy version on the main album. I can't listen to Heads Will Roll at all without cringing. I'm being a bit harsh here, because there's some great songwriting present across the album. I mean, it's still Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Shout out to Skeletons in particular being a great song. But I feel this would have been a much better album if they'd dropped the synth.

There is absolutely room for a Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, I'm just not sure that this is the one. It starts off with two hit bangers including their biggest hit "Heads Will Roll," but the rest of the album falls rather flat. Influence 2. Quality 4. Hits 4. Intangibles 2. Not my favorite album, but I doubt there's room for two on the list 3.

It felt easy to listen

It’s Blitz,” the third studio release by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, stands out as a fantastic entry in the band’s discography. The album cover is striking and memorable, perfectly setting the tone for the music within. This record showcases a compelling blend of electronic and indie rock elements, resulting in a sound that feels both fresh and familiar. From start to finish, every song on the album stands out, making it a consistently engaging listen with no weak moments. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to the band, “It’s Blitz” is sure to impress with its energetic style and creative production.

This has to be one of the best albums of the 21st century. Not a bad song on it.

I will never listen to this album again

Being generous. This was not an album for me but I wouldn’t hate it if it was on in the background of a busy restaurant

Favourites: Zero Heads Will Roll ★ Skeletons ★ Little Shadow

dull life was the best song, overall the album is okay. Also yeah yeah yeahs is a dumb band name.

Favourites: Heads Will Roll Skeletons Hysteric

- Och, 'hespenrol', toch meh - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM - 0 nummer al toegevoegd aan MMMM

An interesting mix of punk, synthpop, dream pop and modern indie rock with some original ideas and a convincing lead singer. On paper I should love it ; in reality, I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected. There's just something slightly off, something I can't explain but that bothers me in some of the songs (especially towards the end). Maybe it's just not punky enough for me ; maybe it's a bit too radio-friendly, a bit too dance-oriented... Some of the loops and synth lines show real inspiration, though. It was good for a casual listen, and I salute the effort. But I'm not sure I'll come back to it. 5/10

What a pleasant surprise this album is, it's been a long time! Yeah, I didn't know the band. Yeah, I like the rhythm and some of the melodies. Yeah, I want to listen to other albums by the band. Yeah, I'm really excited about its rating and I'm giving it a 4 out of 5! Yeahs !! ;-)

Another perfect example of how clueless I was about the 2000s. Sure, I had seen this band’s name around before, but my total lack of enthusiasm for the whole early 2000s rock scene kept me from even giving them a try. I listened to this album and their debut, and I’ve gotta admit that I really like it. They’ve got a really nice pop / punk balance going on. Super easy to listen to, very accessible, but way more subtle and well-written than it seems at first. Great vocals, some occasional synthetic rhythms that add this melancholic vibe, and the singer can totally lose it … and that’s just cool. Discovering that David Sitek from TV on the Radio (which I love) is involved is not surprising considering their sound on this album. I’m definitely coming back to this, as a kind of guilty pleasure.

Great album. Some innovative stuff, some you have already heard but overall they just have their own style which is really nice.

Enjoyable indie/rock/electronic record with a lot of great vocals and instrumentals would listen again

I have seen the Yeah Yeah Yeahs several times at various WA state fests (Sasquatch, Bumbershoot, or maybe Thing, they all kind of blend together tbh). And the YYYs do the same...I don't specifically remember hearing them, but I know I know I was there when they performed: just great fest music that doesn't feel as immersive on any medium. Which is to say, that I'd bob my head in a live venue, but feel this is just meh. It's not too bad but it's not great either. MOR 3 stars....

I remember when this came out and the NME was all like "ooooh look, New York indie band the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs are going for the big time, they wanna be famous how do you feel about that? We're not saying we have a problem with it we just wondered if you might" and the only thing backing this up was the concentration of synthesisers on the album. Considering that the two lead singles became instant classics you could say that the YYYs did make the big time. This album certainly cemented their status as one of the preeminent American indie bands of the era and their place in the 2000s NY canon with the Strokes and LCD. But I'm not sure this album stands up alongside the classic works of their contemporarys. It's got lots of the key ingredients. Indie disco staples, iconic off-white album cover and a front person who's magnetism comes as much from their aloofness as their energy. But the lower energy moments on this album don't counterpoint the highs for me.

Mid 4 I saw the yeah yeah yeahs at primavera and watched Mia d go absolutely crazy. Good times. This album is perfectly reasonable I enjoyed it

Yeah! That's more like it.

cosi cosi. non é il mio stile. rock pop? pop rock? pop e basta? non si capisce bene. qualche pezzo carino, forse. heads will roll pezzone.

Never listened to this album before, but coming in as a fan of Fever to Tell. I’ve definitely heard “Heads Will Roll” get some airplay, but that’s actually a lesser track for me. I did enjoy its danciness and electro-influence, but I was really into the build-up to the searing guitar on “Zero” and the tenderness of tracks like “Little Shadow.” Definitely gonna return to this one a lot.

It's very hard for me to separate this album from a time in my life where everything took on new meaning. Karen O has such a great voice and this album is full of catchy riffs and lyrics..Zero, Heads Will Roll, Soft Shock...well I was naming songs based on the track list and realized I was about to name every track. I think each song here left my head bobbing and my toes tapping. It's missing that certain something that makes a 5 star album just that...maybe I'm just being careful not to let my nostalgia get the better of me...

Nice

Already love this album 9/10

Loved it.

One of the rare occasions where I'm giving a five to an album that I'd never heard before coming across it on this list.

My favorite album of their

Yes yes yes!

Innovative. First two songs were great. Everything after that was interesting

Fun rock/indie electronic type album - kind of liked the OG heads will roll better than the remix.

meh for me mostly except for heads will roll. liked the acoustic at the end too

Honestly expected more from this although it was pretty unoffensive. Cool that it released on my 11th birthday though.

I liked this one

Grauenhaft!

I knew and liked Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Fever to Tell. This album didn’t stand up to that one, though. The only real standout was Dragon Queen, and that didn’t reach the same peaks. Overall good but not spectacular

not my style

not my fav vocal

I think it's a solid album, but I guess I'm just not a mood for rock. I wasn't paying attention very well while I was listening to it because I was working on homework.

Nok en af de største supriseparties jeg har været til i den forstand at jeg slet ikke havde forventet denne lyd, efter at have lyttet til fever to tell som har en meget mere rå nærmest punket lyd og sådan lidt mere start 2000'er rock hvor man er tilbage til den der DIY lyd som er lidt skrattet og uperfekt. Her får man bare et virkelig velproduceret synthpop electro rock agtig album, med en hel anden attitude og vokal end hvad jeg har lyttet til af forsangeren. Det er nærmest som at lytte til et helt andet band. ' Jeg synes oprigtig at der ikke er et eneste skip, fordi det spiller ind i musik jeg rigtig godt kan lide. Det er storslået, filmisk, flot og det rammer alle mulige dele af følesesspektret med fokus på noget introspektivt, eftertænksomt men også bare glæde og fest og noget af delen. Jeg synes heads will roll er en banger. jeg havde aldrig tænkt over det var the yeah yeah yeahs. men det nummer falder super fladt ift hvad jeg synes de ellers har opnået med resten af albummet. Jeg ved sgu ikke om det bare er overaskelsesfaktoren der spiller rigtig meget ind, men jeg synes det er smukt at man kan følge en kunstners liv og udvikling på den her måde igennem deres katalog. Det føles bare virkelig ægte at lytte til for mig, af en eller anden årsag. Måske er det rangen, måske er det udviklingen måske er det noget andet. Jeg føler det har den der neil young spirit af "It's better to burn out than to fade away".

Very good

Fun album that surprised me, not being very familiar with Yeah Yeah Yeahs other than Maps. Interesting evolution.

What a solid album! It's a good one to just throw on and start grooving.

This is a fantastic example of 2000's NYC indie rock. Great melodies, great production. A very fine record.

Such a great album. Karen O's voice is magnificent. 5*

The voice got old very quickly for me, still a couple good songs though. Can’t see myself revisiting the album.

Don’t really have much to say. It was just kind of whatever. Didn’t bother me too much but can’t say I liked any of the songs. 2 stars.

Wasn't expecting much, I knew the two singles but actually enjoyed the album as a whole. The sound is somewhat dated but it's executed well, the songs are catchy while still being heavy, although I could have done without the acoustic versions at the end. Not sure if that was on the original release, but I thinks it's a flat 3 regardless.

Heads will roll e fantastica!

Love this album. Great energy. Great sound.

I've liked YYY for a while now, although I must confess that my introduction to them as a normie was through Rock Band. Listening to this album definitely made me go "ah okay I know this song, didn't realize it was YYY" a couple of times. They're not quite rough around the edges enough here, it feels like they pull back a bit with it. There are some great tracks: Zero and Hysteric stood out to me. I liked the melancholy, but slightly hopeful-sounding end with Little Shadow. A solid listen, much closer to the type of music I usually listen to compared to the first two albums generated for me.

I liked this album a lot. This was my first experience with this group and these songs. I will seek out more music from this group.

I love the heavy synth and moody dance beats here and the slick production, but Karen O's breathy, emotive vocals always grab my attention over everything else, delightfully! All the tracks feel unified without being samey; I only knew a few Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs going in and will definitely be seeking out more after this! Best: "Zero" Worst: "Hysteric"

I was very excited for a Yeah Yeah Yeah's album. The songs I normally listen to from them as typically much more upbeat and I think the singer Karen O does a really great job with that sort of breathy sound. However I was surprised by the amount of slower songs on this album, and while I didn't like them all (Skeletons was a miss for me), it did show me another side to a band I like that I didn't even know existed. No hot takes here, my favorite is the ever popular Heads Will Roll. Overall 4/5

Not for me. Couldn’t listen to it all.

Really fun record, no skips and quite a few excellent jams! I really appreciate that Yeah Yeah Yeahs find a way to be in between genres and mix so many elements well and in a way that is always interesting. Best Track: Hysteric

Some major dance classics, I'll always love you twee. Honestly had major personal preference for the acoustic versions

I had only heard the Yeah Yeah Yeah's lauded debut before, so was curious when I saw there was actually a second album chosen for this list. Released in 2009, a scant six years after the debut, this record shows considerable evolution. No longer an angry post-punk guitar band, The Yeah Yeah Yeah's have developed into an electronic indie dance band in the style of Metric (a band I also adore). There is sharp songwriting here - "Zero", "Heads Will Roll", "Dull Life" and the meditative "Skeletons". I loved the original sound of the band, but also love how they've grown and developed on "It's Blitz!"

Still can't decide if I love or merely like it.

I was aware of this band but didn’t really pay any attention at the time. To be fair this ain’t half bad! A bit heavier musically than I would of thought which is a good thing! I’ve always thought 3 piece bands make more noise!

This record grows on me every time I listen to it. Not sure if it will ever be my favorite YYYs record but it’s an another solid offering from Karen O and the boys.

top heavy imo. cool

Good shit! 4.75

Cool. Like it.

È un po' poco ispirato per quanto riguarda testi e arrangiamenti, nel complesso in realtà penso sia parecchio banale a tratti, ma la voce della frontwoman mi piace molto

Quit poppy, but enjoyed it

Some good tunes. I like skeletons, soft shock, zeros. Kinda feels like it might just be a top 1000 album for heads will roll though

i knew one song from it but overall not my thing, boring, flat

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hjälpte mot flytt ångest

Faktiskt rätt så bra! Bara trevlig, härlig synthpop, lätt att lyssna på och lätt att rekommendera :) Inga spår som stack ut SUPERmycket, men som helhet toppen!

Loved the vibe of this one!

It really peaks with those first two songs, but it’s not bad overall

Love the yeah yeah yeahs. I was introduced to them with Maps but I find this album more polished and interesting.

I liked this one a lot more than the other Yeahx3 album on the list. No singular song was better than “Maps” but it was more consistent.

Straight banger!

Didn't care for this. I played it while cooking and the main emotion I felt was annoyed.

Meh

Really wasn't for me. Kinda just sounded like generic indie rock, with nothing making it stand out from the current music in the genre

I knew Heads Will Roll already and I'm glad I got to hear more. I enjoyed it a lot.