Juju

Not bad, not great. No need to relisten 2.4

Monitor is my favorite song I’ve heard from them. I know they’re influential, but I’m not that enthralled.

Decent. Not my favourite, but not terrible.

Not into it.

Woman singing with guitar, bit too conceptual for me, I don't like her singing and random guitar in the background. 2/3***

1/8, 13%

mixed feelings with this album. LOVE the instrumental/background sounds but thoroughly dislike the lyrics//the sound of the singer. the constant repetition of the lyrics jumbled with the off-putting sound of the singer gives a very weird experience while listening to it that im not too sure i enjoy. also thinks this album would be so much better w transitions. ‼️‼️ that was NOT arabian nights ‼️‼️ fav song : night shift

I just don't get it. After seeing all the 4 and 5 star reviews, I'm honestly a bit surprised. There's this dissonance in the double-tracked vocals that I just don't like at all. It's got a decent attitude and beat at least.

kivaa rokkia, ehdoton postpunkkiklassikko välittömästi, sillä niitä ei montaa ole heh... naisvokalisti aina mukava kuulla rokbändin keulassa( 6 jalkaa btw) respektfullia kakkosta lävähtää. ilonaihe, ei surun. (tässä kohtaa paluu könöseen saliin heh, tulevaisuuden lukijoille...) six in my heart

Spellbound and Arabian knights are good. Other than that, mid.

Didn’t like most songs, as not into that genre. Sounds similar to Florence and the Machine. When mixes started replaying I thought I liked it since I recognised it (Spellbound / Arabian Nights).

background fight night music?

It's not exactly a summer smash of an album. This takes me back to dull winter nights and trying to find some escape from all the mainstream bullshit of the time. But sometimes you need a little joy. Especially on a Monday morning. This dragged tbh. Spellbound has some great guitar work, but it wasn't enough to give me the boost I wanted. Something of a timepiece.

Meh

Didn’t really grab me

Too much like everything else back then

Every indie female fronted band (and most indie bands, for that matter) from the 2000s to now owe a lot to Siouxsie. But, I'm not a massive fan, so I see the value of them on the list, but for me, it's still only a 2 star.

Eerie and cool guitar work and band interplay, but with a useless vocalist making a mess of every single song. A very dated sounding album too. The 80's was fucking weird.

God I hate post-punk

This album was ok, but nothing really going on. I do like the song monitor as it creates a real loud and exciting feel to this album which is what i expected for the rest of the project.

сначала показался интересным но потом всё-таки какая тоска, нет, не для меня

Ja had wel zen toffe muziekskes maar ik ga het hierbij laten denk ik no snelle revisit

Almost back to back here. Still a lot of noise but there are probably a lot of influential components.

Meh, nothing really stood out here for me.

Oh no. Post Punk/Goth.... Like Joy Division? Fuck. That is exactly what this noise is, except not so depressing, and with a singer who can actually sing. This music sounds like the B-52's if they became depressed goths. It is very dark and brooding. Siouxsie Sioux does have a very good voice, it's just the dark, dank mood that this type of music spins (kind of like Morrissey in that they just need to cheer the fuck up). This is probably good music, it just really did nothing in the way of connecting with me today. This album is definately stacked heavier on the front half. The back half descends into this trashy goth vibe. Voodoo Dolly is literally 7 minutes of fucking noise and nonsense lyrics. Seriously? Favourite songs: Spellbound, Arabian Knights, Halloween Least favourite songs: Voodoo Dolly, Night Shift, Monitor 2/5

Lo escucharia de vuelta, pero no me gusto mucho. La voz es un poco inbancable

Could not get into that at all

2/16- Driving to penn hills

This wasn't bad, but seemed to drag on after a while. Like many albums I didn't get much time with it and wish I could give it another spin before having to move on. I feel as though I was tiring of Siouxie's voice as the album went on. I don't see this as something I would listen to regularly. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

Not really my genre, I guess.

Not a top pick for my tastes. Could only listen once.

It was exactly as expected. Suck. 2/5.

Eh

Decent but wouldn’t listen again.

- If I closed my eyes and you told me that Willow Smith was singing some of these songs I’d believe it

Goth rock from the 80’s. Different but not my favorite

Eh fine

Decent. 2.5/5

Wat een gejengel, je wordt het snel zat.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: yeah it’s decent, quite a distinctive style and work of synths mixed with great vocals on a lot of tracks here Favourite song: Track 1 - Spellbound

Repetitive. Sounds like one long song.

Just not at all into this sound. It's annoyingly noisy. I want to turn it off.

Aye, it's a novel and unique sound, but would I listen twice? Nah. Just reminds me of how bland some of the music of the era was

I Can appreciate this album as being good for what it is but also have a hard time listening to it for very long. Just not my preferred style of music.

Was hoping for better. It was OK.

A bit repetitive with not much grunt

One of mams favourite. I didn't get it...

Not my favorite

Since (post) punk isn't my thing, I guess I shouldn't rate this album...

Another reviewer mentioned that if you like the Siouxsie sound you'll love this album, but if not, this album will be grating. I'm totally in the latter camp. In the early 80s when punk was rapidly fading the post-punk/goths bands came out of the woodwork - The Cure, Siouxsie, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy.... etc The only one that caught my attention back then was the Cure. Flash forward 40 years and their vocal stylings, drum and guitar work all sound so dated today, their sound was very trendy at the time, but not made to last, all except for the Cure which sounds surprisingly fresh and listenable today. I wasn't a fan of this band back then and I'm still not a fan today.

2/5 ok 4/5 arabian knights

Moody, dramatic goth rock. I didn’t totally dislike it but it didn’t do much for me. Reminded me of seeing an opening act for a show, waiting for the headliner. Afterwards you think, ‘That was kinda cool’ but then you never listen to that band again. “Monitor” is a cool one. Sounds way ahead of its time.

The first track, "Spellbound" is cool. I like how it pretty quickly grabs you and gives you this energetic guitar and percussion driven piece. It's a fun opener track for an album. There isn't much that blows me away though. This album came out in 1981 and the sound is pretty early ~1970's ish. I think the lead singer has a cool, slightly shrieking voice but I don't really think it's anything too amazing. The production really leaves a lot to be desired. In the second song, "Into The Light", there's some great weird synth-like electric guitar parts that come in a little before the 1 minute mark but the production sounds really like flimsy? on these instruments. I listened to the remastered & expanded version of the album and it sounded pretty dull production-wise. Sort of flat and uninspiring. I wonder if the remaster was done only a short time after, maybe a few years? Some remastered albums I hear are done decades after the initial release and end up sounding much more modern than this one did.

Eh, it was OK

I like this band. I like their sound. This was a good listen, but there wasn't anything that jumped out at me.

Haven't been able to get into post punk much and this album was ok. Nothing really grabbed me. A few of the guitar riffs were really cool but overall I'm not coming back to this album.

Started strong but fell off about half way in 2/5

So much of the music was tuneless, but I liked the eeriness of some of the songs.

Not for me.

Neither then nor now am I able to connect to this music. I don’t know exactly why, but it always made my think of saws.

5/15/2022 - ALBUM #109 Today's Album: "Juju" by Siouxsie and the Banshees - This album is really sort of just okay to me. I really like the general style of it, the vocals work well for what they're trying to do, the production feels decent for a group like this, and the songwriting overall is pretty decent. However, it just does not really catch my attention very much outside of having a pretty cool 80s psychedelia aesthetic to it. The highlights on this record really do show how talented the group is and are quite enjoyable, but there are some really stinky tracks on here filling out the track list like the fairly awful Halloween and the generally boring Head Cut. Overall, the vibe of this record doesn't really fit well into a casual listening scene and it doesn't give me enough to enjoy an in depth listen either, so it just feels like this kind of stale experience that's trying to be more than it is. Maybe just give the highlights of this album a listen because the most of it rubbed me the wrong way and the highlights just barely made it worth giving it a play at all. Highlights: Arabian Knights, Monitor Score: 5.5/10 2 good tracks and a lot of hazy and uninteresting garbage

The music is interesting. I don’t care for Siouxsie’s voice, especially affects she uses. I disliked her voice less on a second skim through the album though still not much.

I loved these a long time ago, now, they sound like a long time ago.

Not a big fan of punk music but this album was alright. Definitely need to give it another listen

Intéressant mais relou à la longue.

comment se motiver à écouter un ablum de country après la série maudite de cet après-midi

Turhan kasaria omaan korvaan, ei jatkoon.

Boring, generic sounding punk

2022.01.12

Dark, goth-rock

2 1/2

Nothing special.

This isn't my personal favorite, but it is cool to think that this is ~40 years old. It doesn't sound that old to me.

15th December 2021 Listened while getting ready to go out for dinner with all the wedding crew. I liked bits of this, the grander bits rather than the grungier bits. Know mark kermode is a big fan which is where I first heard of them.

Just because this Dimery character was unfortunate enough to be born in the early-mid sixties, means I have to listen to a fucking post punk album at least once a week. Discordant cat wailing. The instrumentation was decent though.

Wrapping up this week with an unknown UK band. Confirming that last week was in fact an anomaly that I pray visits us more frequently than Haley's Comet. This wasn't a bad album, and I feel like I keep saying that this week. "Not a bad album but not great". And then mentioning that those shouldn't be words used when discussing top albums of all time. I did save the first song on here, the singer reminded me of Rush a bit with hints of Led Zepplin but the music was sort of bland. The album cover is cool but I won't see it ever again.

I didn't HATE it, but please don't make me listen to them again.

Not for me.

Saved Prior: Spellbound Off Rip: Monitor, Sin In My Heart Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: It's embarrassing when I have to admit that an album that means a lot to a lot of musicians I greatly admire did not click for me. In order to protect my musical ego I'll therefore say that idk what's wrong with THEM this is meh.

This was alright not my favourite

Not my cup o’tee

It started off fine; the first song wasn't that bad. However, as the album progressed, it just got more annoying. The instruments weren't that bad generally, but the singer's voice and the odd effects they use within the songs got grating since they were more artsy than enjoyable. Favorite track: Spellbound

New one. Not my cup of tea. Boring.

Sorry, Mohit. Iz ass. // Favs: – Score: Decent 2

não gostei

Female vocals punctuate this Art-rock album as well as the unique guitar chords and minor embrace of electronics. It was a little grating outside of the main singles.

busy punky-goth with an 80s production feel, all a bit serious - can't imagine when i would ever listen to it

Promising start then rapidly became boring

These were ok but I didn't get a lot from them

Ik vind het behoorlijk chaotisch!

Meh

Hvorfor er ikke Into the Light mer "kjent"? Det er jo den desiderte beste låta på dette albumet. Ellers kan det jo bli litt i overkant flatt og gotisk for min del.

OK in general, but difficult to listed to more than several songs in a row

Pat Benatar, but punk

Not really a fan.

80s synth pop

Nothing stuck with me

not for me

2.5/5. Uptempo punk rock with stringy electric guitar and epic vocals with lots of tension. You can imagine every band member with their eyes closed *feeling* all of their hooks + solos. I'd happily participate in this gothy moshpit if I find myself in 1981, but too stressful a listen otherwise.

Really boring :/

5/10, Seinfeld effect, ahead of its time, but done better by it's progenitors. Some standout tracks, but not enough to save it

Fun, loud, but not really my style. I liked the oldies sound to it, but the album kind of blurred together.

Não curti. Não sou chegado a post punk britânico, com essa sonoridade meio reverberada da guitarra, sei lá. Não me apetece tanto.

Not even close to being their best and should not be considered for this list

They can’t keep getting away with this

Never heard. That's OK and I'll keep this.

3/10 - not the worst punk music I've heard but definitely not first choice on the record player

Spellbound, spellbound, spellbound, spellbound, spellbound… Spellbound! Yuck. I didn’t enjoy a minute of this.

no es para nada mi estilo, spellbound me gustó un poco y solo por eso va 1 estrella

no me gusto pero porque no es para nada mi onda, es muy dark. No dudo que en ese mundo sea de calidad igual, pero la escuche haciendo matemática y muy meh.

Hasn't aged well.

Got worse the further I got.

Ugh. Couldn’t stand most of this.

meh

Could not get into it at all.

Boring.

Just weird

no hear

Très rythmé, très rock, avec une batterie assez rapide, une voix insupportable, type gothique, post punk. Je n’ai pas du tout apprécié cet album. Groupe post punk, percussions saccadées.

A band I have no familiarity with whatsoever. This album didn't really do much to convince me to change that. Couldn't really find anything worth latching onto here.

Didn’t really like

Couldn't get into it. Each song sounded the same, and at least twice per song I debated if I should just turn it off. Not my cup of tea

Boring drivel not worth listening to

DNF Really not a goth rock fan. Had a hard time finding any connection to this one TOP 3: N/A

Ur kidding me

Painful to listen!

i cant listen to it

Lowkey might be a bad opinion after another but I didn’t like this album either. I don’t love this genre of music like the cure. This album was annoying

Nicht mein Genre

Not for me

admito que não é mt o meu estilo, mas até me impressionou com o começo de spellbound. dps disso achei meio monótono, a cantora n fez mt a minha vibe. ia dar um 2, mas as ultimas 2 musicas até me incomodaram.

Didn't like

I'm starting to think that someone is messing with me. Somebody thinks this is a great album? I bet even Siouxsie doesn't think this is a good album.

Bad

This album gives me hope for the future - I don’t think even AI would make this music and think it should go out to the world.

1/5

hella mid. monotone and every song sounds like a generic '80s song.

1. zpell -1.5 2. light - 1 3. nightz - 1.5 4. Halloween -1.5 5. Monitor - 1 6. Shift - 1 7. Sin - 1 8. Cut - 1.5 9. Voodoo - 1.5

rubbish

Awful

Niet mijn ding

dogshit

Absolute garbage. Every song sounded the same, and not in a good way.

Trick or treat baby. This was not pleasant to listen to.

Hiç beğenmedim amk yeni nesil kabile şarkısı gibi 0 verebiliyosam vericem

This was quite a boring album sorry

So annoying

Terrible

The Cure vibes bare mere kedeligt. Er ikke imponeret, synes ikke der er noget specielt/originalt over det tbh.

Not for me at all.

I wasn't a fan of the lead singer's voice and was disappointed with the instrumentals. A lot of bands during this time sounded similar and Siouxsie and The Banshees failed to stand out or really differentiate themselves (at least in this album.) Very reminiscent of Kate Bush.

meh

Previous review of the Banshees still applies: atonal and screech noise.

unnerving

Fuck this shit

Not. a. fan.

Ich mag die Stimme nicht.

ts lwk ass.

Annoyingly noisy and screamy Post Punk with dissonant, double-tracked vocals and weird chittering instrumentals.

Not for me. 1/5

Meh

I know I'm going to be the outlier here, but this album has cemented for me that I just really really don't like 80's vocals. I had the same issues with Kate Bush's Hounds of Love when I did this album-a-day trial last time. Loved the instrumentals for the most part. There are certain tracks where I can get behind it, too. For Kate Bush it was Running Up That Hill, here it's Monitor. But on the whole? I will just have to be glad you all liked it more. Fav Track: Monitor Least Fav Track (by a mile): Voodoo Dolly

Not that great

Das 50ste Punk/Gothik blabla Album das nix taugt…

No so great for me today

Terrible. I can't imagine why someone would purposefully listen to this.

Quite annoying singing with distorted guitars in the background (nothing against the latter though).

Nada especial para mi, no deja de ser una especie de Pop de los 80. Canciones sin alma, con títulos que parecían prometer mucho pero finalmente para mi gusto ninguna cosa a destacar. Lo he oído de seguido sin sentir apego en ningún momento en especial. No son malas canciones tampoco, pero no tienen una personalidad concreta ni nada que haga que merezca la pena tener en cuenta para volver a escucharlo.

Gear: Hifiman Arya Artwork: dämlich aber dafür ausgesprochen hässlich Mix (2006 Remaster): flach und fast schon beeindruckend gänzlich ohne Tiefgang oder interessante Details 👎 Musik: wieder was gelernt! 80's Goth-Post-Punk ist anscheinend so gar nix für mich. Ohne Mehrwert. Wertung: 🗿(🗿)/5

Not my cup of tea

Just didn't hit right with me on many levels.

I listened to as much as I could stand. You couldn’t tell when one song ended and the next began (except for the pause). Five or six songs in it changed tempo, but still sounded the same….bad. It’s all the same and that’s not a good thing - this is terrible music. Hope I never hear another song by them.

well... it was alright but nothing really happened throughout the whole album, it was more like just music to fill up a whole album. I thought that it was a bit meh

Hmmm... Infelizmente não é pra mim.

Blech. Not my cup of tea.

Meh 1/5

Heavy twang-distorted electric guitar. All songs fit together with a consistent sound and feel. , reminiscient of a nameless bar band on a Friday night.

Liked Spellbound and Halloween (but I am biased bc Halloween is my favorite holiday!) wasn’t a huge fan of the vocals over all, but the lyrics were fun!

Meh

Possibly the worst album I ever heard

Didn’t like this band when I was younger. It was all a bit weird. But I thought I might have more appreciation as an older man. I was wrong. It’s still just as weird as ever. A bit of a dirge to be honest.

An experiment in sounds that somehow got produced into an album. Whenever a melody threatens to appear, it’s interrupted by distortion, a random percussion instrument, or a hiss/yodel. It attempts to be exotic without actually having anything interesting to convey. Its inclusion has me questioning this entire project.

I kind of like some of the instruments on some songs but mostly hated the overall sound

Just not for me. Too sloppy.

men, too warbly

No.

I liked the first song spellbound. Didnt do it for me after that.

WACK I didn't listen to it

Really didn’t like this. Too dark and evil.

Unattractive loud women’s punk/80s group

awful and emo

Balls

garbanzo

1 I hate Susans voice

Meh

I didn't have any love for this album. Found it kind of boring.

Really didn’t enjoy this.

for starters, I hate the singer, and outside of that, it's just corny and bad. I'm trying to find something that I like about it, but It's really got nothing going for It, just typical 80's music. If I gave deep purple a 2 this gets a like a -3, but that's not an option so it gets my first 1 star.

Sounded like a sound track from a B horror movie 🎥 Didn’t like the movie either.

i dont no how tu spel