The Coral

Made me want to cry in bed. A+ original and interesting.

Liked it a lot. will definitely listen again

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.

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

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.

Jesus, the bar must have been set lower than I thought for what constitutes the top 1,001 albums of all time

I enjoyed this one. ***

Meh. Didn't hook me but fine to listen to.

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.

This album is garbage. The lyrics sucked, the music sucked, and I hated it.

good album - a lot of variation between songs and very nice songs indeed. good album overall

Not really my thing, every song was the same and basically young adult singalongs

Part of that mid-00's indie rock that I really don't like I'm afraid.

Eponimowy albumik grupy koralowej, wczesne lata 2k0, wyspy brytowe, pierwsze skojarzenie to muzyka radiowa z hispsterskiej stacji, kawalki nie sa nieprzyjemne dla ucha, mieszcza sie w czasie 2-3 minut grania antenowego, wiec muzyka ktora ma byc popowym rockiem lub rockowym popem z nuta psychodelicznego klimatu, choc wiki okresla go jako indi rock neopsychodeliczny, wiec calkiem blisko tego grze ja go rzucilem, nazwa zespolu jest bardzo nieprzypadkowa, bo wydaje mi sie ze morskie klimaty sa spoiwem lirycznym plyty, zaczyna sie kawalkiem spanish main, sa pozegnaniowe songi, szkieletowo skarbowe, czyli zycie marynarskie pelna geba, jakby sie uprzec to nawet motywy instrumentalne z szantow by mozna bylo wylapac, na plejke leci dreamin of you i wildfire

Dope Psychedelia. Would probably be a 9/10, but a lot of the early songs squarely place this in a 5.

Ok classic rock

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.

Es como un poco country - rock. Está bien.

Very quirky, they sounded like it was fun to produce/record.

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.

Probably had it's time and place. Nothing really unique in it for me.

starting to dread hitting my submit button and seeing the random ass band I definitely do not need to hear before I die

eh

'Dreaming of you' was a solid track, but there was way better music that came out in 2002. Come onnnnn

"Dreaming of you" can't be this old... A few other great songs too.

I remember living ‘Goodbye’ back when it was released, and it gave me a chortle. The rest of the album is a bit lost in weird ska/carnival/rockabilly weirdness

nice Album, nice music

An interesting mix of rock and... idk... kind of like... sea chanties? I'm kind of here for it. Before I started listening to all these albums, I used to think that the British were good at music, but now I'm starting to realize that they just make a lot of mediocre music that the whole world eats up for some reason apparently.

I have already begun to forget this album. I don't think it's bad in a technical way, it just doesn't work for me.

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

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

I really liked this record! Sort outlaw, or pirate

3

nice one

Not too bad. It has one song that sounds like it was recorded in 1965.

Never heard this - like Gomez and burning spear fronted by a rabbi

The alternative side plays okay at times, but the psychedelic takes over a bit too much to want to listen to it again. Definitely takes a dive towards the end.

fun at first, but this one really dropped off. it just got kinda boring.

Pirate music.

Some really interesting vibes. I had never heard this ever before

Throw-back, but still fresh.

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.

Okay album and completely memorable

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.

Interesting. I enjoyed this

I liked the music, but wasn’t fond of the lead vocalist or the lyrics.

so good! but like 2-3 solid songs

A cacophony. Last track was fairly decent though.

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

Nice but not spectacular

5/5

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.

It was great! but not too memorable.

They have character

An enjoyable blast from the past!

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.

They had a good sound. Dreaming of you takes me back to 1st year in college.

Never heard of this band before but love their sound. Cant wait to listen to more of their music!

Watered down coldplay with a reggae twist? Was interesting listening to this back to back with a rush of blood to the head...

I like the coral. You forget some of the classic they knocked out.

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.

Fav Song: Goodbye

interesting but nothing great or want to listen to again

coral e tal

Nothing great about this album . Not terrible but not memorable in the least

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.

For being a genre I listen to quite a bit, this “indie rock” release is... not my jam. 2 stars

Again, kinda standard. Good though, would listen again for a chill time

More unknown brits bringing the solid rock and roll

Like modest mouse but not as good

Nice

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"

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.

Not the type of music I'd actively seek out to listen to but was surprisingly enjoyable and catchy!

dreaming of you gives me joy. other songs are mehh tho but generally love this genre

Super assured retro psych/Brit beat debut