The Coral
The Coral
2002
Album Summary
WikipediaJesus, the bar must have been set lower than I thought for what constitutes the top 1,001 albums of all time
Nothing great about this album . Not terrible but not memorable in the least
It's 2002. Rock is back again baby! Here comes another "The" band ready to ride the hype train with a fresh take on an aging genre. But what comes next is more than unexpected, it's sea shanties. It's polka, reggae, klezmer, and punk. It's not very good. It's The Coral. Their name evokes tropical seas. They are a pirates, sailing from foreign land to foreign land, stealing the unique musical riches of each country, pillaging the local harvest, and shitting it all onto a record. D Postscript: In my ever-increasing musical nationalism I'll point out that these dudes are British, talented, likely white, and possibly tone deaf to the fact they're "borrowing" music from the queen's former colonies
My first 5 from something I've never heard a lick about beforehand. Very enjoyable psych-influenced indie, with a little polka and ska for good measure.
I was really surprised that there was a band that was prolific, part of the early 2000's rock revival, and enjoyable to listen to that I had never heard of. These guys really felt unique amongst many of their peers, and I see why they made this list, even though either I am just ignorant of they didn't achieve nearly the fame of bands like The White Stripes or The Strokes. My Personal Enjoyment: 4/5 Did it belong on this list: 4.5/5
starting to dread hitting my submit button and seeing the random ass band I definitely do not need to hear before I die
The algorithm is in a foul mood. The only explanation for this appearing on the list is for everyone to hear what a horrible album sounds like. It turns out this album WAS bumped off the list on the latest edition, a wrong that I hope this generator corrects as well. Perhaps this band got better with future albums, but I don't intend to test that possibility. There are parts of a lot of songs that sound great, only to suddenly veer off into an annoying direction. I'm going to want those 34 minutes and 32 seconds back before I die. What a snooze.
I had heard one song from this, and always liked it. Turns out the rest of the album is even better. I love this! It's an easy listen, fun, melodic, and rocks out. I wasn't expecting this to be so good. A very nice surprise.
This is a weird album, and I kind of love it. The opening track, "Spanish Main", is definitely my favorite: it's a psychedelic rock sea shanty, and I would listen to a whole album of songs like it. Unfortunately, this album is not that and the rest of it is more of a psychedelic folk rock album. Still, the highlights of this album more than make up for the lowlights and it's well worth checking out for anybody who wants to hear some stuff they've never heard before
Wow, that was a real piece of shit. Why the fuck is this on the list? Are the Coral like the genreless Ween band of the UK? Good musicians who don’t have any taste. They mashed up tons of my least favorite, annoying experimental genre rock: Gogol Bordello, Ska, Arctic Monkeys and Nick Cave. There’s a couple of moments, moments, where there’s some very Oh Sees inflected guitar effects, maybe they were an influence. Maybe they deserve credit for that? I hated this album. Wish I could give it a Zero. All that after I was excited by the album cover. Yuck.
I had heard one song from this, and always liked it. Turns out the rest of the album is even better. I love this! It's an easy listen, fun, melodic, and rocks out. I wasn't expecting this to be so good. A very nice surprise.
Never heard of this band before but love their sound. Cant wait to listen to more of their music!
Dope Psychedelia. Would probably be a 9/10, but a lot of the early songs squarely place this in a 5.
dreaming of you gives me joy. other songs are mehh tho but generally love this genre
Not the type of music I'd actively seek out to listen to but was surprisingly enjoyable and catchy!
I was there when Dreaming of you became a hit, I thought they were good but had never fully heard this album until now, it’s quite good
Liked it but can't really remember any songs off of it. I guess these are like the Beatles but they're MODERN BEATLES which just makes them Uninteresting Beatles.
I started this album expecting something like any mid-2000 indie rock, so, I wasn't expecting too much. However, this is a very nice album, with fewer cliches and some good songs. Nothing spectacular, but a nice album.
I didn’t know the artist. I’m a fan of the really guitar-heavy music so this was a good fit for me. Few specific songs stuck out but i enjoyed it holistically and I’d like to listen again.
If Syd Barret era Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones had a baby that was raised by the rest of the 60's, you would have this album.
Oh dreaming of you ist cool. Den Rest entdecke ich gerade erst und dieser 60ies sound gefällt mir.
Psychedelic birtish rock... Punk ish Playlist songs: I remember when Dreaming of you Goodbye
First time listening: 9/11 songs liked It's like a modern version of The Doors, in the best way! Some songs feel very ska like too, that may just be a bias of mine for being in a ska band. Enjoyable! 2 songs saves
This album is weird in the good way. I quite like the lead singer’s voice. Give me some bass-led songs with harmonies and I’m in! Dreaming Of You is the highlight of the album for me. There are other good songs too like I Remember When, Shadows Fool, and Goodbye. The lyrics do get a bit repetitive sometimes and the last track is a bit slow for my taste. It sorta feels like they ran out of steam at the end. This album was on the original 1001 list and supposedly was removed by the 2018 edition. I guess we are working off the old list? I am thankful it was still generated for us.
Excellent opening, let's see if it continues in this vein.... So far, so good.... Looking for it now on Discogs!
Really liking their sound. Some special songs here, "Dreaming of You," "Waiting for the Heartaches." Really strong album. It seems like they are super talented, they know who they are as a band, and they are just having fun with it.
Album cover looks like.... I just don't know. There's only 1 R in Coral so it can't be corral, which would have made more sense. Indie rock maybe? It is a "the" band with no real sense in the name... Ok it's jokey early 00s indie, with like a rockabilly flavour. I normally hate that shit but I really liked this against all odds and want to rate it highly. It's worth noting that I had a migraine yesterday and I still feel like I have some kind of brain fog. But this is album is fun through the haze. 4/5.
Kind of a neat record with a wide variety of instruments. "Dreaming of You" is one of those songs you've heard a hundred times without knowing the origin. Lots of pulse to this one. Favorite tracks: "Waiting for the Heartaches", "Bad Man"
Again, kinda standard. Good though, would listen again for a chill time
I was really excited for this one but it never quite got to where I was hoping it would. Just not quite as listenable as I like my weird rock.
They had a good sound. Dreaming of you takes me back to 1st year in college.
Tiny hint of Ska-ness that i didn't like but overall nice nice. Kind of psych in parts especially in Goodbye, Bad Man and Skeleton Key and he's got a bit of a Jim Morrison voice sometimes. Can here some Zutons in there as well.
I didn’t mind the sound of this one, but I didn’t find it particularly memorable. It’s almost got a little bit of a 60s sound on some of the tracks, but a definite 90s sound on others.
Not too bad. It has one song that sounds like it was recorded in 1965.
good album - a lot of variation between songs and very nice songs indeed. good album overall
A unique blend of styles that works well for the most part. Everything ranges from okay to good, but fails to be consistently great. Points for novelty and a few diamonds in the rough.3/5
Superb English late 90's rock album, from a band I had never heard of. All of the tracks were entertaining and a few were easy hits! Great album and band!
generic rock that is kinda good, if i relisten i might add songs to playlist
Some really great stuff but also some really bad stuff. In the end, it comes out in a wash to produce a very middling album
I don't even know what genre this is. Supposedly psychedelic. I wasn't listening that closely but nothing grabbed me. Wasn't bad either.
I feel like someone took a bunch of music that I like, chopped it into jigsaw pieces, and then put it back together randomly. Too disjointed for me to really get into, the album was bookended by some songs with lyrics that were pretty terrible, but I enjoyed dreaming of you.
“Dabble-do, woo ooh, dabble-do, woo ooh…” The Coral is all over the place, and not in a good way. Just when you think there’s something you like (and there’s definitely some strong potential), they pull a 180 and switch genres mid-song or bollocks it up with a lousy lyric. “Dreaming of You” and “Goodbye” were pretty decent, but “Shadows Fall” and the “yabble-dabble doing” of “Simon Diamond” really brought this down for me. And lest we forget: “Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock) Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock) Yeah Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock)” A 3… just barely. So close to a 2 because of some of its worse bits.
overall thoughts: imma be honest, not the biggest fan of sea-shanties or sea-shanty influenced music. the only tracks I really enjoyed were dreaming of you & goodbye. but even then I dunno if I'd come back to em. these tracks weren't terrible tho, just not my vibe. 3/5.
"Weel set sail ageeen" WTF is that...? Musically, I dig The Coral but the accents kill the rest of it for me. British bands that embellish or feign American accents are like putting on deodorant when you should just take a shower... we can still smell you and it's not good. Chances are that even if you're 100% authentic I still won't dig you. Case in point, Arctic Monkeys, great music, but then Alex Turner and his syrupy British voice ruins it. Anyhow, The Coral is a band I totally missed, there's some decent stuff on this album and after that first track, it sails. Sure there are some errant tambourines but some great hooks. Dreaming of You sounds familiar and judging by the number of plays on Spotify it's included in some soundtrack, rightfully so. The song cooks with a great bass line intro and organ. Other successful experimentation can be found on Wildfire with the xylophone and maracas. After two solid listens, I'm interested to check out some of their other work, but this album's gotta find a home somewhere else.
I cannot place this band at ALL. I don't love it but I certainly don't hate it either.
I enjoyed the instrumentation more than the vocals/lyrics. Interesting tempo changes, so it wasn't boring at least. But not my thing.
Would this be considered part of the post-punk revival bands of the early 2000's? I can't say for certain, but what I do know is that they have some great songs on here. It's all loud and rockin' and differentiated. I can't help but feel there's a weird gap in quality here, not sure where but it's holding the album back. Either way, I appreciate the energy.
felt like it was trying to hard to hit all of the sounds it did. it was ok enough to listen to but i don't see the point in coming back to it when i'm sure other people have done this sound better.
For being a genre I listen to quite a bit, this “indie rock” release is... not my jam. 2 stars
Watered down coldplay with a reggae twist? Was interesting listening to this back to back with a rush of blood to the head...
The Coral. I actually own this album, and I remember it primarily for their vocal harmonies and "Dreaming of you" as a big song in my world. To the point I bought this album I think because of the strength of that song. It's a decent British rock/pop album from the early 2000s. I've always been a fan of British rock and it reminds me of the band British Sea Power. Where they had a great song and I went all in. But this album right here does not hold up for me. I think it should be taken off this list. It brought some nostalgia this morning, and it's pleasant sounding enough, but this will be the last time I purposely listen to it.
I liked the music, but wasn’t fond of the lead vocalist or the lyrics.
I'm not quite sure what to make of this one. They seem to be all over the place with their narratives and their music. Each song is almost from a separate genre with little cohesion between them. The songs themselves aren't terrible but there doesn't seem to be any sort of identity for this band. They jump from one style to the next never offering a full narrative to be emersed in. It seems like each song was create with little regard to the others on the album.