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These guys don’t know who they are. I have some suggestions for replacing this album. This is not the best 1001 albums but the 1001 album that need to be listened. There is a difference. This did not need to be listened to, though.
Definitely has a unique sound to it, just not sure if it’s for me
Mostly ok, some good music in there, singing was passable. Best song: Dreaming Of You
Which one? They're all slimy.
Decent but unfortunately unremarkable. Fun in its weirdness and varied sounds
What the hell is this?
Ой, любовь! Обожаю их многогранность и психодел и длинные партии, которые цепляются и цепляются друг за друга! Кайфовые, как всегда ! И айсид рок и ска и психодел и панк и блюз и кантри 🖤
Blending psychedelic rock and ska, there are some interesting musical ideas and a good album in here somewhere, it just never quite comes together as a whole.
medíocre
Un álbum que mezcla muy bien sonidos del rock clásico con el indie rock y el Britpop de los 2000. Además, musicalmente es bastante bueno, una combinación muy ecléctica de estilos que a veces recuerda al garage de principios de los 60, otras al rock psicodélico de finales de la misma década, otras suena a puro Franz Ferdinand, a polka, o a lo que sea. Hasta un sea shanty hay por ahí metido. No creo que merezca formar parte de esta lista porque tampoco es que sea un álbum demasiado innovador, más allá de saber mezclar estilos con buen gusto. Aun así, le voy a dar buena nota más que nada por nostalgia, ya que llevaba muchísimo tiempo sin escuchar este álbum y me ha traído muy buenos recuerdos.
Нормальный альбом, одну песню добавил себе
I knew one song from this, which I liked before. This was surprisingly really fun and interesting. In a time when bands were leaning into the garage rock of the 60s, they chose the weird psychedelic folk and pop rock route.
THIS was actually brilliant,
Decent
Loved this when I was at school
I mean it wasn’t the best thing ever but it was still pretty good and it didn’t go on too long. 3 stars
Never heard of The Coral before. This album I would put squarely into the "background music while I clean the house" category.
Not as bad as the reviews would have you think. 3.5/5
no
Creative and unique fusion of psychedelic ska
Buenazo. Cosa curiosa, el disco base me gustó, pero escuché una edición remasterizada que traía cerca de una hora más de música, y esa me gustó mucho más que el disco original. Cosas que pasan. Pero sí, escucharía más de Los Coral.
Listened to the whole album without anything really grabbing me. Not that it was bad or unoriginal, but nothing stuck out as something I'd want to listen to again. Might have to listen again but maybe not. On the fence with this one as on paper it seems like something I'd enjoy.
It's a strange sub-genre of music that I can only describe as "Tim-Burton" rock. It's good, I like their unique sound, but they really strike me as a bit of a one trick pony. Not a ton of variety.
At the time, I dismissed these guys as Cast for the 21st century, but there is something interesting and fun and experimental going on here, even if it is just a little bit too indebted to classic psych-rock. They're Space for the 21st century.
Listening to this again, having never really "gotten them" before, I now hear that they were really doing a throw-back to The Zombies and The Animals and other 60's British rock. "Dreaming of You" is one of the biggest examples, but there are many of the other more Psychedelic tracks that harken back to The Zombies, too. It's not exactly what I want out of that kind of sound, but the more I listen to it, the more I appreciate it. I think this deserves a 4 for just being able to write a song like "Dreaming of You" when they did and produce a full album that does have a modern take of that 60's rock.
Really not a great folk album. Pretty messy and wandering with lifeless paint by the numbers instrumentals, and bad vocals and lyrics. Some moments were OK but not close to deserving of a spot on the list. 1.5/5 - > 2/5
Yeah, this album is just awesome. Don't care if they didn't love up to any future hype or everlasting legacy, this album is fun
Pretty decent, but I think it was correct to remove from later editions.
This was incredible. Would love to check out more by them.
Thankfully it was only half an hour long. Otherwise entirely unremarkable.
It’s okay, nothing really stands out. 2/5 Probably won’t listen again
This could have been a good album if half of the songs were just better.
Что-то интересное есть в этой музыке. Не уверен, что это попадёт в мой плейлист, но переслушать ещё раз альбом стоит.
This takes me back. Dreaming of You will forever and always be a real jam. Calendars and Clocks was really good as well. Could live without the rest of it though.
This was a very fun album! Would absolutely listen again. I get vibes of the "London Calling" by The Clash.
Kind of all over the place.
I enjoyed this more than I thought. A high three!
Enjoyable. One of the better ones so far
Ehhh
I have never heard of this band nor have I heard of any of the bands on the Spotify 'Fans Also Like' section. Alt-rock? But like I'm getting a little Irish punk too? I like their sound. I didn't like Skeleton Key, too heavy for me. I loved Simon Diamond though, very fun.
There are some cool tracks, but the album doesn't do anything groundbreaking for me. It's a nice and quick listen, though.
Britpop after the fact.
Love a couple of the songs, but the reality is that this just isn’t up there with the best albums ever.
nahh
It’s ok
2.36
I've always really liked The Coral, some of their songs I absolutely adore. But they've always appealed to the slightly naff side of my music taste. And in no way is this a *Good* Album. And actually, having always loved Dreaming of You, now that I listen to the whole album, I like Dreaming of You a little less...
Nice short album but this was just generic rock and I didn't find anything special about it; certainly not 1001 worthy. 6/10
This album was cool, I wasn’t blown away but I enjoyed listening to this.
Liked this first time around as they came from the Wirral (as did my girlfriend at the time). Listening again it has aged better than many of its contemporaries although is a little all over the shop with its genres. First two songs are the strongest then its a bit more of a mixed bag. Not sure will be listening again in a hurry - its probably a 5/10 but as feeling generous will round to a 3.
It doesn't conform to prevailing indie rock standards of the time, eschewing that for mysterious, carnival sounds meeting 60s Merseybeat, ska meeting pop, sea-shanty rock meeting psychedelia. 'The Coral' is completely ramshackle, completely energetic, with no rulebook. It mashes British 60s with American psychedelia. Add to that the 'La's-worthy ear for melody, and you've got yourself a great album.
Was previously unfamiliar but much liked
Crazy in a good way but still not good
Fun but probably forgettable.
I liked it but didn’t figure out what aspect earned the album its spot on the list.
These might be the worst vocals I've ever heard
Always had this down as a bit of a novelty record but I enjoyed it this time round
I should probably like this a lot less than I should. It's doing a lot of things that normally push my buttons, but I can't help but really like it.
Nice little album. Not an instant hit. Not sure what it's trying to be
A "Oh i think i heard one of the tracks somewhere" album (yeah this feels like a one hit wonder band). It's okey Indie pop-rock mixed with some random instruments to make it a bit original. not a fan of the ompa tempo in a lot of the songs. not unlistenable but not my taste.
Good listening. Upbeat and fun in a bunch of places. Dreaming of You and Waiting for the Heartaches are highlights. 7.5
It feels like they swept up all the abandoned ideas left behind at the recording studio, and strung them all together in one record.
I cannot tell what genre this is. Skeleton key best song. 3/5
Really enjoyed it
A spacey 60s style psychedelic-sounding album with some interesting songs but mostly sounding a little parody-like. I enjoyed it somewhat but I do ask myself is this really an album I needed to hear before I died. The answer is no! 2.5 stars for nostalgia purposes only
Some early 2000s quirky indie-rock that, while not bad at all, gets tired and repetitive real quick. A sort of one-trick pony. It reminded me a lot of another album on here by a group called "The Zutons", though that record was more colorful and generally more enjoyable. More than anything, this is an album that values melody, which I appreciated, especially with those harmonies on 'Dreaming of You', easily the best song here. While it's steeped in its vintage garage-rock influences, some elements of the album reminded me of '80s post-hardcore, mainly a band like NoMeansNo on a song like 'Skeleton Key, the most chaotic and one of the most enjoyable tracks here. Again, not bad, but I'd struggle to be able to pick it out of a group of other albums in this lane. Still solid.
Very cool, loved it!
Really enjoyed this, shame I was too snotty to like them in the early naughties
It's a bit all over the place, and Skeleton Key crosses the line from Beefheart homage to pastiche. Some of it is not too bad though. A low three.
Ahoy, matey!
Not bad
Mish mash.
What the actual nonsensical stupid fuck is this?
Hard to understand why this one is on here. Nothing particularly remarkable about it.
Really liked this one. It's like The Doors meets Simon and Garfunkel. Plus, since they're British, they have those baked-in Beatles harmonies.
custom_rating: 5
Another album of my youth - I went to see the Coral live too, and Dreaming of you was on my covers band's setlist for years so I'm just so familiar with this one... Like psychedelic indie rock heavily inspired by previous Liverpool groups ....
Well, that was actually a very fun discovery to start the week!
This is not for me. I feel like they have interesting ideas and could make a cool concept album with some follow through. But I didn't understand this collection of songs as a whole on any level. I found a lot of it kind of annoying honestly. My playlist song is Goodbye.
Originalot i bon so! És interessant com tantes coses autènticament Y2K sonen increïblement velles.
不错的英伦摇滚咯
Not bad.
Almost a 3. A little too noodly
low mid
is it a hot take if i say it’s a cheap knockoff of 70s rock? ffs this is a 2002 album not 1971
The Coral was probably a breath of fresh air when it came out and we all collectively felt like we heard rock music again for the first time. In 2025 this sounds like The Kinks doing pirate rock.
If this had popped up on a playlist on Spotify or found in the bargain bin at the local record store I might have liked it. I do like my early 2000's rock, but on a list like this it was just unnecessary and janky. 3/10
Not really sure how to rate this one. It wasn't bad, but I definitely feel like it a weirdness that sometimes worked, sometimes didn't woth the pop-punk-esque sound. And I respect the weird, even if it didn't always click. Not bad, but not sure if it's something I'd come back to. Top tracks: Simon Diamond, Wildfire
There's plenty of bad "psych" rock (if that's what this even qualifies as) on this list from 60s/70s bands. I don't need to listen to a revival of that poorly executed crap. Give me something good an innovative. If it's going to be derivative, at least have it derive from something decent and listenable.
3 - I have a soft spot for revival psychedelic rock. It's not for everyone and I wouldn't say this album is even genre defining but I enjoyed most of it and wasn't turned off by any of it.
Utterly forgettable.
British 2000s rock. Neo-psychedelia and folk rock. Has certain darkness. Understand Doors comparision. Feels quite 70s folk at points, done very well. Loads of bouncy, fun tracks. A bit retro Arctic Monkeys.
Excellent hidden gem here. Sounds like it could have been from a movie soundtrack for a weird late 90s or early 2000s movie like Snatch. Very much a 1960s The Animals feel with plenty of well-done instrumentation you may not expect.
Starting to think this list is washed
There is egg on my face. I assumed this would be radio-rock rubbish. I know and enjoy the single Dreaming Of You and assumed that this would be a classic one-hit album. I'm glad I gave it a chance, The Coral is so much more interesting and adventurous than the hit would lead you to believe! The Doors' influence bleeds through basically every moment of this album, but they're in no way just trying to be a sequel to that band. I enjoyed this a lot
Hmmmm. 1 star.
## In-Depth Review of *The Coral* by The Coral The self-titled debut album *The Coral*, released in 2002, is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive and ambitious debuts of the early 2000s. Blending a variety of musical styles, the album is an eclectic mix of psychedelic rock, indie pop, folk, and even hints of ska and sea shanties. Below is an analysis of its lyrics, music, production, themes, and influence, followed by a balanced discussion of its strengths and weaknesses. --- ### **Lyrics** The lyrics on *The Coral* are a kaleidoscope of surreal imagery, storytelling, and emotional depth. Tracks like "Simon Diamond" delve into whimsical narratives with a psychedelic edge, while songs such as "Dreaming of You" offer more conventional yet heartfelt romantic themes. The band’s lyrical style often feels like a blend of Lewis Carroll-esque absurdity and poetic introspection. - **Strengths**: The lyrics are imaginative and versatile, ranging from playful to poignant. They evoke vivid imagery and complement the album's eclectic sound. - **Weaknesses**: At times, the abstract nature of the lyrics can feel disjointed or overly cryptic, which may alienate some listeners. --- ### **Music** Musically, *The Coral* is a melting pot of influences. The band draws heavily from 1960s psychedelia (e.g., The Byrds and Love), folk-rock, and post-punk. Tracks like "Skeleton Key" showcase their experimental side with off-kilter rhythms and quirky instrumentation, while "Dreaming of You" leans into catchy indie pop hooks. The use of jangly guitars, organ lines, and layered harmonies creates a rich sonic texture. - **Strengths**: - The diversity of styles keeps the album engaging from start to finish. - Standout tracks like "Spanish Main" and "Goodbye" highlight the band’s ability to craft memorable melodies. - The interplay between Bill Ryder-Jones’ lead guitar and Nick Power’s organ adds depth to the arrangements[3][5]. - **Weaknesses**: - Some tracks feel underdeveloped or overly reliant on their influences rather than forging a unique identity[5]. - The abrupt transitions between styles can occasionally disrupt the album's flow. --- ### **Production** The production on *The Coral* is both polished and raw. Recorded live in many instances, it captures the energy and spontaneity of the band’s performance. Producer Ian Broudie (of Lightning Seeds fame) strikes a balance between clarity and grit, allowing each instrument to shine without losing the organic feel. - **Strengths**: - The live recording approach gives the album an authentic vibrancy. - Effects like reverb and echo are used tastefully to enhance the psychedelic atmosphere[3]. - **Weaknesses**: - Some listeners might find the separation between instruments too pronounced, which can make certain tracks feel less cohesive[3]. --- ### **Themes** Thematically, *The Coral* explores escapism, nostalgia, love, and existential musings. The maritime imagery in "Spanish Main" evokes a sense of adventure and wanderlust, while "Calendars and Clocks" reflects on time and mortality with melancholic beauty. - **Strengths**: - The recurring themes of exploration and introspection tie the album together conceptually. - The whimsical tone adds charm without undermining the more serious moments. - **Weaknesses**: - Some themes are not fully fleshed out across the album’s runtime, leaving certain tracks feeling thematically isolated. --- ### **Influence** *The Coral* was both critically acclaimed upon release and commercially successful in the UK. It earned a Mercury Prize nomination in 2002 and helped pave the way for other British indie bands blending retro influences with modern sensibilities. Their sound has been compared to contemporaries like Super Furry Animals and older acts such as The Kinks. - **Legacy**: - Tracks like "Dreaming of You" remain iconic in indie rock playlists. - The album's fusion of styles influenced later bands seeking to incorporate vintage sounds into contemporary music. - **Limitations**: While influential within niche circles, *The Coral* did not achieve widespread global recognition compared to some of its peers. --- ### **Pros** 1. **Eclectic Soundscape**: The album effortlessly blends genres like psychedelic rock, folk, ska, and indie pop. 2. **Memorable Tracks**: Songs like "Dreaming of You," "Skeleton Key," and "Goodbye" stand out as highlights with enduring appeal. 3. **Inventive Lyrics**: Surreal storytelling adds depth and intrigue to many tracks. 4. **Energetic Performance**: The raw energy captured in live recordings enhances its authenticity. 5. **Cohesive Atmosphere**: Despite its eclecticism, there’s a unifying sense of whimsy throughout. --- ### **Cons** 1. **Inconsistent Flow**: Abrupt shifts in style can make the album feel uneven at times. 2. **Overly Derivative Moments**: Some tracks lean too heavily on their influences without adding enough originality. 3. **Cryptic Lyrics**: While imaginative, some lyrics may be too abstract for casual listeners. 4. **Limited Global Impact**: Despite its critical acclaim in the UK, it didn’t resonate as strongly internationally. --- ### Final Thoughts *The Coral* is an ambitious debut that showcases the band’s creativity and versatility. While it has moments of inconsistency, its strengths far outweigh its weaknesses. For fans of eclectic music that blends retro influences with modern flair, this album remains a must-listen classic in early 2000s indie rock.
The Good: Coral is the indication on how the oceans are doing The Bad: it seems the oceans are not doing too well, as this coral is bland The Ugly: that, again, we have a band who’s incapable of coming up with an original album title… First listen was a “what the fuck is this doing on the list!!!…!!..!..!?????!??!” and then towards the end of the album I found myself starting having fun… So by the second listen I could understand that there are people who enjoy this… just count me out of being one to herald this as must hear before I die. If this band would have figured out what style they were going to emulate, maybe the overall experience would have been more enjoyable. However, the now we are this, then we are that, then we sing a little like this, and watch what I can do here that, just doesn’t make one pay too much attention. However, no knives came close to my wrists, so chalk this up to another experience… 2 1/2* upgraded
this was pretty good.
I dig this. Not enough to go out of my way to check out more, but I dig it.
This album is ALL over the place, and has a few songs with rather abrupt endings. I enjoyed the majority of it though
Some interesting takes on a very 60s sound but not overly original. Lack of lyrical depth and memorability makes the band seem better suited to a concert opener than a headliner.
A few good ones, mostly filler. Plausibly somewhat rated on having a medicore mood while listening
Funky
Vähän kädenlämpöiseksi jäi. 2/5
Kiinnostavia instrumentaatioita ja biisejä, mutta ehkä vähän liian turvallista neloseen päästäkseen.
quite similar to some clash songs where its a bit like reggae, but done like over 20 years later?? Overall most songs feel a bit nothing though, a bit like madness and that 'x' punk album from ages ago. I do like the chorus and other effect use. Vocals are quite annoying but do definitely work in some places. Favourite songs: I remember when, shadows fall, waiting for the heartaches. Overall around 6/10
I especially don't like the plodding drumming.
Awesome psych record I never knew about, going to lookin into the rest of the discography.
First? 3,5 /5 Again? 3,5/5
I've never heard of the band The Coral in my life, and I don't have the energy to Google them, so I'll just focus on what I've heard. This album played hot and cold with me - one song will start well, it will interest me, and then 30 seconds later I'll lose interest. Another will sound like classic rock, so - hey, this could turn out great, only to be smothered with the next one. I don't know what the problem was, but it was a very inarticulate album, which I can't define at all. And since I gave Roxy Music 2/5, I can't give anything more than that here either, because I don't know how this got into the top 1001 albums list.
It’s okay but just okay. Nothing more.
This was fun!
3.0
i'm not really in the mood for it right now but it's not a bad album. sorry if that is unfair to you mr. coral
Never heard of them! Not legendary but still a nice listen. Some of it was 60’s psychedelic vibes, some ska sounds, some early alternative. I enjoyed most of it.
Wow what a great fun album. Apparently I came across this band on a compilation album 10 years ago but I have no recollection. So as a first time listener I'm keen to dig into it more. Great boppy mix of styles. Faves: Simon Diamond, Goodbye, Calendars and Clocks
This gets a big nostalgia bump from me - takes me back to the just-out-of-uni era. I'm seeing a lot of negative reviews for it which is a bit dispiriting - I dunno, I obviously can't tease the nostalgia out of my viewpoint, but it feels to me like I'd still really like this if I were hearing it for the first time now? 🤷 It's playful, inventive, genre-hops a bunch, is littered with nautical references - seriously, what's not to like? Fave tracks - "Dreaming of You" has long been a fave - fun to sing at karaoke too! I could list pretty much any of the other tracks, too - I have a lot of affection for this album!
There's a bit of a psychedelic vibe and I can see some inspiration from "The Doors" but I also don't really like the way they went with the psychedelic vibe. It's got this eerie ancient feel, almost something you would hear if you were to enter Cleopatra's tomb. Not something I would ever listen to again and not an album I really enjoyed listening to. 15/100
Coral-Self titled || 1.4/5⭐️ ༘˚⋆𐙚｡⋆𖦹.✧˚ this sounds like pirate music. didn’t like. wanted to play ptv instead. i liked three songs tho which means i can give them medals^^ ___________________ standout songs: 🥈i remember when, 🥇dreaming of you, 🥉wild fire
⭐⭐– – – - 2[.4] of 5 stars. Really psychedelic and all over the place, can't tell if that's a good or a bad thing. This album is definitely stuffed with a lot of ideas, with some tracks going for a more "spacious sound," and others feeling kind of cluttered. Kind of made me feel uneasy - but again, idk if it's in a good way or not. Really average - there weren't any major standouts in my opinion, but, I didn't actively hate it. Also, if you were to tell me that this was a 2000s album, I wouldn't believe you - this one sounds really dated. "Goodbye" kinda felt like the only finished idea, with a pretty cool noise guitar break near the middle and the end, but, the rest kinda just felt like awkward and uneasy demos? Favourites: Goodbye⭐. Mid: the rest of the album.
3.7 Idk what genre this is but its funky. I like Goodbye. Its all over the place lol but not bad! Bad Man is FUNKAY.
This is the perfect example of how mediocre and forgettable an album can be. Sometimes I feel like the author of this book just walked into a CD store blindfold and randomly selected CDs.
3.5
Mira, puede ser un poco agotador, pero al menos es breve. No sé si amerita un lugar en la lista, pero tiendo a creer que no.
Liked
Punk indie rock
really enjoyed this, some great rock tracks, fun quick listen
It's okay. A little homogenous. I enjoyed my listen. May not seek it out.
I ... don't know what that was. It was a weird amalgamation of '60s folk(ish) and psychedelia and '90s noise. I don't want to listen to it again.
Really surprised this is in the list. Weird Doors and Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd mashup with some wacky sea shanties and klezmer music mixed in for good measure. Shouldn’t work but it kind of does (for me). 3⭐️
This grew on me. It made me think a bit of the Struts or the Hives, but with a bit more psychedelia, whichI appreciated. Ome or two songs did get a bit repetitive ("Calendars and Clocks" comes to mind. IN teresting that the short songs were just the right size. "Goodbye" had a nice little jam in the middle which was cool. Pretty, pretty good. If someone put it on at a party, I would not go screaming from the room. Top tracks: "Spanish Main," "Shadows Fall," "Goodbye"
I worried that this album would be more of the same as the Bees album assigned previously, since both came out around the same time from the UK, both are some new kind of hard to pin down indie or folk rock, and both were nominated for a Mercury prize. Looking at all the Mercury prize nominees, I'm starting to wonder if it is for eclectic UK stuff that people outside UK will never understand. Gripe aside, this album was decent. It had a much more uptempo rock sound. Almost a 2000's southern rock sound but with more old world country or mariachi stylings. I doubt I'm going back for much more, but I didn't mind the listening experience.
a·nach·ro·nism [əˈnakrəˌnizəm] noun A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. (I would give this a higher score if it was released in 1968 instead of 2002. Didn't dislike it - in fact, it grew on me - but the fact that it was a complete rip-off of 60s psychedelia was a little much for me).
Eclectic mix of music
I didn’t find the catchy tunes yet
A good listen, with a blend of psychedelic tinged pop and rock. The Coral's sound not dissimilar to fellow scouse band the Zutons. Didn't hear anything that was a particular stand out, but decent enough
Stylish
In a lot of ways, it feels like they swept up all the abandoned ideas left behind at the recording studio, and strung them all together in one record. So much hokey shit all in one place. Also, why is there more than one record on this list, that features sea shanties?
Interesting and had it moments but probably won’t be coming back to this one.
What a surprise. I had not heard of The Coral until the list, but it is a delightful surprise. The album moves between fresh and new to older and familiar. Some tracks sound like they could have been produced in the late 60s and other feel right out of the 90s, and yet they keep it together throughout.
Unironically really bad like what is this. No consistency, but not experimental by any means. Derivative and individually bad is crazy.
3.5 dreaming of you great song
What a surprise. I had not heard of The Coral until the list, but it is a delightful surprise. The album moves between fresh and new to older and familiar. Some tracks sound like they could have been produced in the late 60s and other feel right out of the 90s, and yet they keep it together throughout.
Man I knew a guy in high school who would go out of their way to find wacky and off the wall type rock albums like this just to flex their musical acumen. Thats all I could think of during this listen, I didnt like it because I didnt get it, man. That being said the arrangements can be pretty good sometimes, and the vocals seriously hit. I just wish I liked it.
The “most annoying person you know”s favourite album. Since I was already familiar with Tally Hall and Man Man the novelty of this totes random stuff didn’t wow me like it might have in 2002. That being said it’s a fun album with a lot of interesting stuff going on musically. Plus I’m a sucker for harmonies and they LOVE a harmony. Overall the annoying and the good balance each other out
Despite the different genres featured throughout the album (rock, ska, folk, etc.), the psychedelic vibes were omnipresent the whole time. I've never heard of these guys, but I'm definitely into their sound. There were very few down points (Skeleton Key, Bad Man), however, for the most part this was a really fun listen. Songs I really liked off one listen: I Remember When, Shadows Fall, Dreaming Of You, Goodbye, Waiting For The Headaches. The first half was definitely stronger than the second half. I think from an enjoyability standpoint, this sneaks into the low 4 tier. I can see myself coming back to listen.
Whoever compared this to the doors should get a proper beating. This is awkward as shit.
paskaa
3/4
Reminds me in tonality and song structure like a band along a similar timeline as The Devil Makes Three. They lean more bluegrass and folk compared to The Coral who captures an essence of new millenium post punk with other world influences, particularly French music with the use of those melodies utilizing the accordian. I dug it, a deep web tastemakers for sure.
Kind of a fun album
Has a nice little foot-bouncing kind of feel to it.
Interesting album. I liked better than I thought I would.
This feels like a vanload of ideas trying to be a band. I wasn't sure if it was for me until I heard the reggae number and knew it was not
Didn’t listen all the way through
A musician friend of mine introduced me to The Coral years ago, and while I was immediately attracted to their blend of psychedelia, garage and Merseybeat, and listened to more than one album, I did not listen especially closely. This, their debut, has a varied feel. Singer James Skelly isn’t one for nuance, often evoking the over-the-top bluster of Tom Jones, and the album has a kind of lysergic carnival feel — especially on the hit “Dreaming of You” and the woozy “Skeleton Key.” The songwriting is great. “Shadows Fall” comes off like a reggae sea shanty, “Goodbye” rides a potent riff and Merseybeat rhythm, and “Waiting for the Heartaches” unfolds gradually from its spooky vibes-and-organ intro to become a fierce garage rocker. It’s a reminder I need to spend more time with this band.
I enjoyed this a decent amount.
Es un rock bastante pesado, coqueteando con el punk sin llegar a serlo. Bastante flojo y cansador.
They are very talented musicians performing music that I hate. This is someone's favorite album, I'm sure.
Eh
Fun poppy vibe
This was a fun one. I'd never heard of the album or the band so I went in blind. Every song was so interesting and dynamic and I was never bored listening to it. I could actually see myself playing this on my own if I'm cooking or just doing things around my apartment. Really happy with this one
I am always surprised when I come across a late 90s to early 2000s Indie album from England that I haven't heard of on this list. But each time I a reminded of why that is...that era of music from the UK just doesn't resonate with me at all. So boring!! 2/5
Never heard of this band until now. It seems to me that they were trying different styles of music on this album. I appreciate their creativity. The album is now on my playlist. I’ll be sure to keep the songs from this album in my rotation for a while.
Felt kimd of generic throughout but I'll have to check it out again someday when I'm not working
Spanish Main 3.6 I Remember When 4 Shadows Fall 4 Dreaming of You 3.7 Simon Diamond 3.5 Goodbye 3.9 Waiting for the Heartaches 4 Skeleton Key 3.8 Wildfire 3.8 Bad Man 4 Calendars and Clocks 3.7 Score: 3.818181818
very interesting sound, reminded me of the Zutons, may be higher rated with more listens. 4.5
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Strokes fronted by Jim Morrison, it's fine but it ain't great. Some of it is oddly retro, like Goodbye, could be Herman Hermits era music.
Quite enjoyed this. The sound reminded me of a few different (and more current) bands, so their influence is clearly still present today.
Okay!
At first, I wasn’t sure what to make of this album, but it grew on me fast. It’s like a 60s whimsical psychedelic sound blended with a modern indie twist. There’s also a playful and quirky vibe throughout the album that makes it even more enjoyable.
Not a bad listen, but nothing outstanding
unnecessary could i write poetry to this? n
A Brit Rock mess of multicultural influences. I can understand why it may have been popular in the U.K., but we never heard a lick of it in the U.S. I do not feel that this was a big loss on our part.
2.5. Not sure this is required, but a decent listen
There's a few moments that are OK, but overall I hated this. Super corny and annoying. Probably could be a 2, but I'm docking a star because this most definitely doesn't belong on the list.
I mean it's okay, it feels a bit manufactured and soulless but having said that it's catchy at times....Ill give it a 3 because I didn't hate it, but I just can't ever think that I will utter the phrase "oh let's listen to the coral album"
a decent enough 00s indie album but not a lot really caught my ear. the highlight here clearly is 'dreaming of you' and the rest i could really take or leave. the production wasn't my favorite, but wasn't awful. the vocalist's voice seems like it often gets compared to jim morrison or eric burdon, but for some reason is not as compelling a voice as either of theirs. it's not awful, but mostly it's pretty unremarkable.
It was okay, not particularly remarkable.
i really vibe with their psychedelic folky sound and i was already aware of them because of this album, and specifically the song dreaming of you because of the show Scrubs and a sax.co.uk video from a decade ago. I know they've released a few albums recently and this makes me want to give those a go since i really enjoyed this
I got pretty toe-tappy around Goodbye. The 'big track' on this being Dreaming of You, sounds like an OK Go track, while Simon Diamond, Goodbye & Calendars and Clocks would feel at home in a 70s playlist. The tracks are pretty varied stylistically. The album's so all over the place, I'll probably listen to some of those more 70s-style tracks on their own again, but I don't think I'll play the album back-to-back again as it doesn't feel like a cohesive listen.
Vocallist sounds a bit like a prototypical Alex Turner, and I'm not a fan of his delivery. 3rd track sucks Simon Diamond is annoying. Lyrics are bland and music feels unoriginal. What can I say that's positive about this album...it's only 34minutes and uh...the cover art is nice?
Those magic mushrooms in Sefton Park again. On paper an update of the Bunnymen's scouseadelica sound is surely a good thing, but this is all over the shop and for every winning melody there's a throw away jokey track. 2.5 really but feeling generous.
My brother Greg likes The Coral a lot and also they have a great song called In the Morning (not on this) that when I would hum My Girl, my other brother Alastair thought I was humming that. They do sound alike. I thought this would be better but it was fine
More interesting than expected!
you when something is on, and even when you try to listen you can't hear it so you just kinda sit there and wait for it to be over
Would never have guessed dreaming of you was written by these considering the album fell flat compared to that dream boat of a song. If it was just that one song id give it a 5/5 but that song carries it
Trailblazers for the Hoosiers and Fratellis. Embarassing.
Another British band that I've never heard of on this list. I'm guessing they rode on the coattails of bands like the White Stripes and The Strokes. There are moments on this album that are amazing, doing things their contemporaries just couldn't. When it works, it works really well. Unfortunately they took it too far, into ludicrous territory, too often.
Really liked the 2021 remastered album it was a double but I want to hear more of these guys
Steve the pirate started a band.... They're not great...
Wannabe 2000s Beatles, meh
I don’t get this album at all. Mixed bag of songs that I would never listen to.
Честно сказать, по большей части мимо. Лучшая песня - Dreaming of You.
I had The Thrills yesterday so quite similar review yesterday. This is fine and I remember listening to it when it came out, but not sure it really belongs in the list. Quite strong 60s vibes and some decent songs, but nothing massively interesting
Weird, but not in a way that moves me. Sounds deeply unserious, and I'm not convinced.
The Coral was a British pop rock band that evolved through several styles in the course of their career. At the time of their self-titled debut, they were a retro-psychedelic rock band - retro, for the aughts - with effect-laden guitars and organs. They employ rhythms that approach rockabilly, giving their songs a bouncing, upbeat sense. The album's success was driven by the single "Dreaming of You," the band's first hit, and the surprising range of sounds found on the album. The band wanders between an array of styles and sounds, making an interesting collection of songs.
Never heard of this band or album before but found this to be an enjoyable listen. Very unique for a rock band and combines a bunch of different genres into their sound.
A near perfect blend of psychedelic and modern rock, The Coral rush head on into instant classic status while remaining firmly in the promising stage. Such things as this can be seen as tired and worn out and it shouldn't work as well as it does given that, but work it does and The Coral have found a nice niche for themselves. Favorites: Spanish Main, I Remember When, Shadows Fall, Dreaming of You, Simon Diamond, Goodbye, Waiting for the Heartaches, Skeleton Key.
I don't think I've ever heard these guys before.
I agree with everyone else asking why is this album part of the collection? Were they friends with the author of the book? Am I an eagle? If I were, would I fly and poop on this band's house? Do they even have a house? What does their label think about them, like, honestly? Does their label wish they could be eagles too?
This is the first record on my list that I hadn't heard before (I hadn't even heard *of* it). It's... ok music, but completely out of place on any list of must-hear albums. Go listen to a Nuggets compilation if you wanna catch a better and more authentic version of this vibe.
I had never even heard of this band. A bit derivative but okay.
dull and boring copy and paste of 60’s psychedelic rock music
Nah. 2
There is rook for all kinds of music in this world and the more the better. However, this album did not need to be on this list as much as I am sure many folks enjoyed it.
Wow, Simon Diamond is basically Blur circa 1993 (doing The Kinks circa 1967). I love Blur, but can't say I'm bothered about The Coral.
No
No thanks
The early 2000s are increasingly seeming not a good time for music
This is a well made album, with plenty of variety, change of pace, nuance, decent writing. That said, it's not really my sound, either.......
Not my favorite Coral album.
What a strange little album. It feels like that each track is a different band as there is so many styles of music on here. I knew the single of course but while it didn’t blow me away I quite enjoyed it
Haven't listened to this one in quite a while, interesting to see how aged it is now. Dreaming of You is still a great song, and there are a few other good ones in the first half. But the quality dips dramatically in the second half. And it gets way too pirate-y!
Seems like a tribute band
Huh. Not quite what I was expecting The Coral to sound like. Loads of weird and interesting influences, but apart from a couple tracks don't feel that the output really comes together as well as it could. 3.5
Wat een leuk verrassend album is dit! Ik verwachtte standaard 13 in een dozijn rock, maar dit doet me een beetje denken aan die oude old school rock. Zanger heeft een goed prettig randje op zn stem die ik echt goed trek en daarnaast is het instrumentaal gewoon echt goed. Wel kakt het album nogal in halverwege, met Skeleton Key als dieptepunt voor mij. De rest swingt wel nog steeds best wel goed, maar het haalt niet meer het niveau van de eeste paar nummers die ik echt fantastisch vind met I Remember When en Dreaming of you als absoluut hoogtepunt. Toch vind ik dit absoluut een vermakelijk album en is dit zeker geen straf geweest om te luisteren. FAVO: I remember When, Dreaming of you, Goodbye
Énergique et bien rythmé, intemporel et solide.
Though it is prog rock judging from the album cover, but sadly but luckily it's not...or is it? Maybe progressive in another way. But mostly it's quite vintage. Average. A bit repetitive non? well I mean apperantly there are noteworthy stuffs but ummm overall it's...a bit rock here, a bit punk there, can't believe it released in 2002, some of the sound reminds me of The Clash...slightly above 3/5.
Damn! Neo-psychedelia with dashes of dub. This was sick. Best song: Shadows Fall Also great: Dreaming of You Simon Diamond Goodbye Waiting for the Heartaches 4.25
Favorite Track: Dreaming of You
Not really my cup of tea. The genre is okay but I'm not a fan of either the vocal style or instrumentation and songwriting.
14/12/24 This was a good listen.
Great stuff. I don't really get the critics comparing this with psychedelia. Apart from the album cover, which resembles some 20th-century psychedelia classics, the record is more akin to a collection of rock-influenced sea shanties. You've got the drunken choral vocals, the shrill harmonica, the shoop-shoop chugging of the drums, the tonic-dominant basslines... It's not unpleasant by any means (in fact, it's surprisingly enjoyable), but does it really belong on the list of the 1001 most important albums in history? Even the hit track, Dreaming of You, maintains this strange nautical dance energy that eludes comprehension of how it came to be such a hit. It's a fun track, sure, but having 100x the number of Spotify streams as the next-most listened on the album is a little extreme. The vocals are an obvious strong point here. They're clearly inspired by the likes of Jim Morrison, Piper-era Floyd, the Stones, and perhaps a sprinkle of CCR. Definitely a throwback to 60s and early 70s music with its thick vocal harmonies, brash mixing, and simple rocking energy. The song Goodbye is particularly suspect here. We love some good retro singing. The high-energy shuffle of all the songs does get a little repetitive, and the album feels a little lengthy even for just 34 minutes – but judging by other entries on this list, it could be much, much worse. 4/5 Key tracks: Spanish Main, Dreaming of You, Goodbye
Interesting could use another listen
Eh. Not bad, not great. Not worthy of the 1001 but at least it's not terrible.
Fun with good performances. A new band for me.
I will say this one falls into a strange place in my heart. On one hand, I kind of like the instrumentals and the psych-vibes; however, something about the actual compositions and vocals specifically really rub me raw. At its worst (Spanish Man, Dreaming of You) it reminds me of Maneskin; at its best (Goodbye, Calendars and Clocks) its like a more blissful My Morning Jacket. The middle ground (Waiting for the Heartaches) isn't terribly inspiring or offputting. It just kind of feels underdeveloped in some hard to define way. Yeah I'm very soft on this one. Some of the instrumentals are okay, but I really hated the vocal production -- too far forward and clean for how bad the vocals are. I also found the variations here to be pretty quirky, but not in a good way. I mean we've got some dub (Shadows Fall), polka stomps (Dreaming of You), Spanish(?) pirate inspired (Skeleton Key), acoustic deluge (Calendars and Clocks). All of it loosely held together... This is a soft to middling 2 for me.
That was a really unique album with the mix of hard rock, folk, and a touch of reggae in some songs. Was a nice switch up from the norm on this list. Some of the guitar work was really cool and the singer has a pretty interesting voice which worked well. Dreaming of You I think was in Scrubs if my memory was unlocked correctly.
Never heard of these guys, but that was some pretty sweet psychedelic alternative folk-y shit. Noticed a lot of songs had some really solid harmonies too. Skeleton Key is wildly different than the others. This was just a strange album that was super interesting to me. Felt like it had a bunch of different genres and worked well. Creative af.
10 seconds in I realized this was a Very Serious Rock Album and had to return to it later when I had time to actually listen. Was great. will return to it, unlike almost every other album from this that I wasn't already familiar with
Forward looking retro! Here's an album that builds on the past yet has its own distinct voice. Listened twice already. LOVE IT.
Floating between a 3 and a 4. Its rough around the edges, but its like an updated version of The Kinks or something which this list loves, so I'm moving it to a 4 with a "this is how it sits in context" mindset.
The early 2000s is a veritable who’s who of rock bands that every publication said would be the next big thing. This is like Gogol Bordello for people who thought it was too ethnic. It’s this thing where for some reason every reviewer became reactionary and felt the next big thing HAD to be a throw back. They all suck and are so mid. This is probably a 2.5 star album but fuck this it’s so NOTHING
I really wanted to like this and I do but I wouldn't listen to it again. I might check out more of their albums though
It was fine I suppose but like a lot of British acts, it lacked any real enthusiasm and felt forced. I’m projecting my annoyance at the 1001’s never ending favouritism to British acts, at least a little but that doesn’t change the fact that this album was mediocre. It had pops of cool gypsy rock sounds, the single Dreaming of You had something to it. Sketon Key was a bizarre mess of a song, I guess they were going for a pirate thing, Bad Man and Calendars were both annoying and then it was over. Even the album art is a mess, The Coral, how about the Bore-al Yea, I didn’t care for this. 2 stars
Part of me wants to tell these lads to pick a lane and stick to it, but where's the fun in that? Ended up enjoying it. wouldn't be going into rotation though
Great find for me.
Never heard of The Coral, but seems like they’re good enough that maybe I should have. A lot of severe tempo transitions in the middle of their songs and lead vocals make them sound very much like The Doors. Liked all songs except Skeleton Key. The Coral comes in at (4.2*s)
This album was hard for me to rate, I listened to it a bunch of times and kept going back and forth on whether I like it or not. I've never heard of The Coral, they seem to have a good thing going but sometimes sail into annoying territory. I like the ska vibes but they sometimes go polka, I like the bass lines but then they just drop off, I like the twangy guitar but then it goes rattly, I like the vocals but then it's screaming. In the end, there were more bad songs than good. "Dreaming of You" and "Waiting for the Heartaches" are good, "Goodbye" and "Bad Man" are meh. I'm not overly impressed but it wasn't all bad, I'll give em a 2.75 for being from 2002 and being decent.
Somewhat good but somewhat annoying at times. The Coral is a weird combo of folkie cowboy sound with rockabilly and alternative. It's interesting but not that engaging. I like the lead but don't agree with the Skelley-Morrison comparison even remotely. Can't see how this made the list but wasn't a waste of time...1.9.
Decent indie rock album from another band I've never heard of. They have a pretty solid repertoire for a band launching their debut album on this one. They have a folksy playful sound that I is pretty unique. I didn't love anything I heard but I also didn't dislike anything either. Looks like The Coral have been pretty prolific following this release so maybe it's worth checking out a couple other hits to see what else they have in the bag. Always glad to be exposed to a new artist on 1001 and this is another solid entry from an unknown. I feel like The Coral would put on a very good live show. 3.12 stars
Entertaining and occasionally unique.
Decent but bit heavier than expected
iwie zu dadcore für mi
Thoughts before listening: 00s era British dancey indie rock I believe is what this is. Probably doesn't need to be on this list, but might be enjoyable none the less. Review: Ok so its not really dancey indie rock. More just your run of the mill 00s era alt rock with a few catchy songs but nothing really standing out all that much. Reading reviews it seems like critics liked this because it mixed together a bunch of different styles (i.e. 60s psychedelic rock, 80s new wave/ska, etc), which is true, but I feel like a lot of bands were doing that around the time of this release. As is usually the cause with bands on this list from the 90s and 00s, it feels like there were likely better examples of this sound that could have been added...and I only tend to really like the albums from this era if its something I actually listened to a the time. I did not listen to the Coral and I am having a hard time really connecting to this album. 2-stars
Great debut... Obviously has the mighty Dreaming Of You but the whole record bristles with a sense of daring and taking risks. Nothing sounded like it at the time and it only really sounds like The Coral.
Different. Not really my thing, but I see the allure.
# Playlist track - Goodbye # Notes - The opening track is really really bad. It sets this huge tension and suspense and breaks it with a super shitty chorus, I went into the album with a bad taste in my mouth. - I mean, there are a few interesting instrumentals here and there, like the guitars on "Shadow Fall" and "Goodbye", but it's otherwise pretty forgettable. - Giving it a point or two for the surprise, but it's hard for me to believe that this belongs on this list. - Cool, but don't go out of your way to listen to it.
2.5/5 stars
It's okay
Whoa. A UK rock album that I actively liked, that's rare on this list. This album was all over the place and it was fun. The lyrics and feel of the songs was often silly and lighthearted, I thought. I would listen to this album again, I hope I don't forget that it exists.
This album is the audial equivalent of getting farted in your face by a hipster who just walked out of 2003 who constantly goes in about "being born in the wrong generation" and how "no good music was made after 197X".
an epitome of the "throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks" approach to writing music. quite a hit-and-miss fusion of folk/world music and garage rock with a hint of neo-psychedelia, full of musical experiments that sound fun on paper but end up feeling like mere iterations on established conventions. it has its moments, some songs like Goodbye and I Remember When slap, but I don't think i'll be thinking about this much. Actual rating is 7/10, or 3.5/5.
eh. didnt move me
This is cool and hits the right spot with me. Spanish Main is a strong opener.
Cool
This won’t be for everyone but I like it
They were trying a little too hard to sound like an early-70's band.
The only thing I knew about The Coral before was that their fourth album was produced by Portishead's Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow. It was apparently that the creative spark that got Portishead to reunite a few years later. So it was a bit disappointing to discover that the generator didn't give me that album, but their debut one. That sounds harsher than I mean it to. I can see why Portishead would have been interested in The Coral. They share a love for krautrock bands like Can, which is always a good start. They were also influenced by Captain Beefheart, although I can't hear it in this album. There's enough here to keep me intrigued and make me want to hear a bit more. But there's not quite enough to make me into fan, at least based on one listen.
I felt like this album started pretty strong, but then it just kind of existed until the end. I thought the vocals and harmonies were nice. I think this album is middle of the road.
A bit surprising, his voice was actually quite good or pleasant to listen to and the other various instruments certainly spiced things up a bit with interesting lyrics as well
Kinda meh. Liked “Wildfire” a lot but otherwise pretty meh. Vocals were fine, music sounded fine, lyrics were fine. But that was also the problem everything was just fine nothing extraordinary. Not bad just meh.
why oh why was this on the list? 60's psych rock vibe & that is not a good thing. forgettable music
That's not my taste in music. But ok.
Its fine I guess
It was ok. Kind of a ska vibe.
I already liked one song off this album and it's still the only song I'd play again
A right old 60s mix with noughties production. Neat
2002, et il faut se souvenir du contexte. La gueule de bois du passage à l'an 2000 est passée, et la musique rock tourne un peu en rond. D'un côté, on avait le retour en grâce du garage-rock, avec des types en slim et Converse qui jouaient à réinventer le son du CBGB de 1977 et de l'autre, les derniers soubresauts du nu-metal agonisant dans un râle pathétique. Bref, on commençait à sérieusement s'emmerder. Et puis, de Liverpool – ville dont on attendait plus grand-chose depuis des lustres – a déboulé une bande de gamins pas encore sortis de l'adolescence, avec un disque sous le bras qui était un bordel sans nom. Un bordel magnifique, chaotique, et absolument jubilatoire. Ce groupe, c'était The Coral et leur premier album éponyme a été une gigantesque bouffée d'air pur. Dès la première écoute, on ne savait pas sur quel pied danser. Et c'était ça qui était bon. C'était quoi, ce truc ? Ça commençait avec des guitares sorties d'un western spaghetti, puis ça enchaînait sur un rythme de ska déglingué, avant qu'une trompette de mariachi ne vienne se poser sur une ligne de basse dub. Le tout était chanté avec un accent à couper au couteau et des harmonies vocales qui rappelaient les Byrds ou The Zombies. C'était un disque schizophrène, un collage sonore qui donnait l'impression que les mecs avaient braqué un magasin de disques et avaient décidé de tout jouer en même temps. Du psychédélisme californien à la pop de Liverpool en passant par le groove de Madchester, le dub... C'était tout ça à la fois, et sans aucun complexe. Ce qui rend cet album si attachant, c'est sa fougue juvénile. On sent que c'est un disque fait par des gosses, dans le bon sens du terme. Il y a une innocence, une exubérance, une envie de tout essayer qui est communicative. Ils n'ont peur de rien et surtout pas du ridicule. Ils balancent des idées à la pelle, sans se soucier de la cohérence, l'album part dans tous les sens, comme un flipper dont on aurait coupé les tilt. "Spanish Main" nous embarque sur un galion pirate qui aurait fumé trop de weed. "Shadows Fall" est une ballade folk hantée, digne d'un Lee Hazlewood sous acide. "Calendars and Clocks" est une cavalcade pop-punk complètement déjantée. Cet album c'est un tour de grand huit permanent. Et au milieu de ce chaos organisé, il y a le tube, le single parfait, celui qui leur a ouvert les portes : "Dreaming of You". Deux minutes vingt de pop scintillante, une rengaine de cour de récréation, un refrain imparable. C'était leur cheval de Troie, le morceau qui a permis au grand public d'entrer dans leur univers barré. Alors, pourquoi seulement un 3 sur 5 ? Un "gros" 3 sur 5, certes, mais un 3 quand même. Parce que la plus grande qualité de ce disque est aussi son principal défaut. Cette profusion d'idées, cette créativité débridée, fait que l'album manque parfois de colonne vertébrale. C'est une collection de moments brillants plus qu'une oeuvre totalement cohérente. On a l'impression d'écouter une compilation de leurs propres influences, jouée avec un talent fou, mais pas encore un album qui affirme une identité unique et affirmée. C'est le son d'un groupe qui se cherche encore, qui essaie tous les costumes pour voir lequel lui va le mieux. C'est un disque qui pétille, qui explose de partout comme un feu d'artifice. C'est excitant, c'est coloré, mais ça manque peut-être de la profondeur et de la maîtrise qui transforment un très bon premier album en un chef-d'oeuvre intemporel. C'est un formidable catalogue de promesses, un aperçu d'un potentiel immense qui, on le sait maintenant, se confirmera par la suite. En 2002, quand je l'ai entendu pour la première fois à la radio, j'ai souri. Enfin, un groupe qui ne se prenait pas au sérieux, qui osait être bizarre, qui préférait la fantaisie à la pose. C'était rafraîchissant, c'était nécessaire. C'est un premier album à découvrir, pour sa folie, pour sa joie de vivre, pour son refus des étiquettes. C'est un disque qui me rend heureux et c'est déjà beaucoup. Un excellent 3 sur 5 pour un des débuts les plus excitants des années 2000.
Clearly into their 60s Pop and Psychedelia, I didn't feel like they added much of their own into this. And the lyrics didn't mean anything to me. Seemingly lots of maritime references, which I guess at least fits with the name.
How did they hoover up so many influences whilst still so young?. This is a punchy debut. It bounces along with a Scally psych feel. The lyrics are clever, the songs are tight. Ian Broudie polishes up the rough edges without too much Mr Sheen. Songs for window cleaners to hum.
Not great - not terrible.
One redeemable song that saved it. Western music that just didn’t swing
Decent but was genuinely surprised it was from 2002. Unlike say King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, they didn't put much freshness on the psychedelic '60s sound.
Not bad. Familiar with a couple if the songs. Don't get the comparison with Eric Burdon or Jim Morrison , especially the latter , Jim was in a different class
Wasn’t horrendous but very few songs really stood out to me
Despite me singing Dreaming Of You around the house on a regular basis, I somehow never knew that The Coral are from a town basically ten minutes down the road from me. I hadn’t heard anything else on the album before today, and it was a lot more varied than I’ve come to expect from UK indie bands. Interestingly, there were tracks that reminded me a little of Gogol Bordello, which was definitely a pleasant surprise. Outside of the super bigwigs of UK indie rock/pop (Blur and Oasis), this album might be up there are one of my favourites.
is nice 🙂👍
Aika perus suht modernin rokin kuuloinen levy. Vekkuli ja leikittelevä ajoittain. Hyviä kappaleita kyllä. Parhaat: Goodbye, Skeleton Key, Wildfire, Calenders And Clocks
Magic and Medicine was the The Coral album I liked more during college in the mid-00s; their sound aged pretty lousily, as a lot of throwback music can tend to do. So take a wild guess how I feel about my less-favored album by a group I haven't bothered to think about for twenty years. When I saw the Zutons on here I was like “get The Coral on here;” now I’m like burn em all
Having loved this when it came out and having seen them support Oasis at Finsbury Park in 2002, I was fully ready to give it 5 stars. It's definitely lost some of It's magic. Maybe it was the time and surrounding music scene that made me more enthusiastic about it or maybe my tastes changed. Still, 5 scouse stoners having a lovely stoned time in the studio, I could never dislike it.
Thought there'd be more i enjoyed about this album but sadly disappointed
В общем-то неплохо, заводные мотивы есть. Но меня что-то раздражает в альбоме, возможно, грязный звук. Я не буду переслушивать еще.
Great album that I'd not given much thought to before
Some wannabe psychedelic/folk/Oingo Boingo/CSNY/Doors/The Specials..... The tried to come up with a unique sound while trying to sound like a ton of other groups at the same time in every song. They failed on a sound that is worth listening to while also failing to honor whoever the hell their influences are. Maybe the author of this list should have capped it at 101 albums.
Meh…
This honestly took me a long time to figure out what kind of album this was. It was musically a little all over the place. I enjoyed it though even though it seemed scattered.
Never heard of these guys. Are they culturally significant or talented enough to make a “must listen” list? I guess it’s better than another album from The Police.
What is this doing here?
A debut that throws everything at the wall with youthful abandon, but despite its creative ambition, nothing quite sticks.
Varied and entertaining 3.9
A hard to categorize rock album. There's stuff here I like, Dreaming of You and Goodbye to name a couple. Wildfire has some nice keyboards on it and a carnavalesque bassline. Neat track. I didn't care much for the first two songs and Skeleton Key was tough to get through. Bad Man is also not working for me. Vocals can be obnoxious at times. ** 1/2
Cool album art...
i like it:)
"I remember when" aggiunta alla playlist : )
Indie band starting off sounding quirky and novel, but overstayed its welcome.
The music and songwriting is competent, but the whole thing just feels like a novelty album that you'd play at a Halloween party.