Reviews (page 14 of 14)
Meh. Besides Psycho Killer, there was nothing memorable for me.
Boring, armi Voice
I know there's nothing to be done at this point, it's written and published already, but GOD this book is just so fucking predictable and boring. So much fucking new wave, so many fucking talking heads albums, so much bullshit that sounds exactly the same as talking heads. 2/5 because psycho killer is fun enough in its own retarded way. But fuck off and die, Dimery.
Sons interessantes. Definitivamente é um álbum p ouvir mais de uma vez. Don't worry about the government e First week/last week... carefree me pareceram ser as mais instigantes.
Kwaliteitsmuziek natuurlijk, maar afgezien van wat hitjes en een enkel nummer boeit het me allemaal weinig. Jammer, want dit is een band die ik graag goed zou willen vinden.
Ik weet ergens dat het ik goed zou moeten vinden, maar het kwartje landt bij mij eigenlijk nooit.
Ok sound, but really repetitive. Cringe lyrics.
Aika blendiä, mutta psycho killer on tietenkin kova
Behalve het hitje vond ik weinig aan dit y
Funny album. Very random and chaotic but still enjoyable. If I could give it a 2.5 I would.
Kind of a boring album from a band that would release three nearly perfect to perfect albums later in their career. This is pretty much carried by Psycho Killer, but it's still worthwhile to hear the origins of one of the best bands of the 80s.
If Im honest, I didnt find it hugely engaging
2.75/5
Although I could see why people would like it, I just couldn't get into it minus a few songs
‘Psycho Killer’ is outstanding but there’s not that much else here.
Meh….didn’t finish it
Jotta voisin aidosti pitää tästä levystä, minun pitäisi pystyä uskomaan, ei vain teoriassa vaan myös käytännössä, että sen sisältämät epämelodisen melodiset koukut ovat yhtä hyviä kuin perinteisen melodiset. Vaikka en olekaan tällaisesta uskosta valovuosien päässä, en silti pysty täysillä heittäytymään siihen, mistä toimii todisteena se, ettei minun erityisemmin tekisi mieli soittaa yhtäkään levyn biiseistä uudelleen. Ennen kaikkea tämä on hyvä osoitus siitä, ettei punk loppujen lopuksi olekaan vain älyllinen vaan myös esteettinen periaate - muuten rakastaisin Talking Headsia.
just boring
what are these vocals and lyrics? this shit sucks. 2
An entire album is too much.
Well, it’s about what I expected. I respect Byrne’s music and artistry, but this just isn’t my kind of music. I love “This Must Be The Place” as much as the next guy, but I don’t really dig 77’s thirty-nine minutes of yodeling.
Meh
Not a fan of 80s sound and mixes, and chorus(song fuction) are too happy and bright but also in weirdly too conventional way for me. Basslines ar funky, lyrics also very fun. For example Tentavice decisions - i dont like chorus, but funky basslines in beginning is amazing. New feeling - funky lyrics. Album is FUN, but old way fun. Sure a classic of some sort that pictures good times in new york going crazy in your bedroom and dancing alone being a middle class grown up man with a tie. But for me it's hard to relate with harmonies and the emotional content which is a bit oldschool music for parents would fit. Not enough COOL a lot of stupid. 3/5 for me. xuj znaet kodel as ce angliskai rasau :DD NES ANGLISKAI COOL psychokiller ofc hitas.
Its okay
I dont know what it is, but i just dont really like them. His voice or the music works for me at all.
another 70's album, i am on a roll. quite the album i'll say
Pyscho killer an amazing tune, the rest not so much
I don't know why, but this kind of music makes me incredibly angry. "Psycho Killer" is the only song saving this from a 1/5 for me. The instrumentation is so incredibly bland. Every song these guys make is the same thing over and over again - what makes this album different from "Fear of Music" other than David Byrne mumbling slightly different nonsense? None of my complaints apply to "Remain in Light". That album is, dare I say it, funky as fuck.
Satunnaisia hyviä hetkiä, mutta vastapainona välillä menee ärsyttävyyskynnyksenkin yli. Yleiskuva vaisu.
Honestly, music was dope, but hate the vocals, makes me wanna rip my ears out
03/14/2022 Maybe my expectations were too high for this. Psycho Killer is nice, tho.
Best Song: The Book I Read. Romantic in that creepy vibe that the Talking Heads give off. Worst Song: Psycho Killer (Acoustic). It isn't terrible, but why is the song twice on the same album? They didn't even put the repetition at the end? Overall: It really just feels like more of the same of this pop punk, alternative rock. Never seems to put any gusto behind any of the songs. Feels like a slightly better version of the B52s.
Am I one of few that think this band is a tad overrated? I have delved into their back catalogue in the past and always feel a tad underwhelmed. Really did give this album a chance but I find a lot of their melodies jarring and musicianship in the main is nothing special. I can’t get onboard with Byrne’s voice on this album. I’m sorry , but I can’t. Having said that, I did like ‘Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town’ ‘No Compassion’ & obviously ‘Pyscho Killer’ the latter being aware of before. Some of the tracks to me are awful though- ‘Who Is It’ especially- just a load of bollocks. I really want to like this band- I just don’t based on what I heard so far.
Saved Prior: Psycho Killer, Pulled Up Off Rip: Uh-Oh, Loves Comes to Town Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Eh. I like the hits, but their obtuse rhythms and David Byrne's oscillations between weird inflections and simple melodies either hits or misses, and they mostly missed for me on this album. Truly cannot believe they did not fit a They Might Be Giants album on this list.
Couldn't get into it, psycho killers is a tune though
Did nothing for me
It's got the Talking Heads sound, but I liked it far less than Fear of Music. Compositions were a bit sparse for me. Looking forward to see if Remain in Light breaks the tie.
Disco muy plano para mi gusto, la voz de David Byrne esta muy ensima de todo el resto, además ese 'falso falsete' puede ser simpatico al principio pero resuta bastante irritanta llegando al final del disco. No lo volveria a escuchar.
This opening song is absolutely terrible. I'll just go out on a limb and guess that Psycho Killer is the only listenable song on this album. What do you know...I'm right. This is one and a half stars for me, but I'm feeling generous so I'll round up.
I just didn't get it
Really bad hahah
2/5 sadly nope.
Hier spielt Byrnes Stimme doch deutlich erste Geige, die Texte gleichauf, da wirkt die Musik kulissenhaft, was mir seltsamer Weise vor allem der Smasher „Psychokiller“ deutlich macht. Der Gesang ist fa-fa-fa-fa- fa- fa-fa-fa-fantastique, die Musik noch im Kühlregal. Bei „The Book I Read“ flirrt es endlich etwas, ja flirrender. Ein selteneres Erlebnis. Noch etwas grün das rote Album 2.3
I still feel that Byrne repeats himself incessantly. Having said that, this album is better than some of the others.
A good start but they got a lot better...
can’t believe psycho killer was on this mess of an album
Loved the steel pan on Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town. Other than that, not my fave. I have heard Psycho Killer before but I'm not really sure why that's the most popular song from this album, seems like nothing special to me.
meh
Creative, interesting, doesn't grab me.
Psycho killer killed my boner for this album
Meh, not my kinda style 3/5
Hm, hier hatte ich mehr Funkines erwartet, den Psychokiller liebe ich, der Rest ist irgendwie nicht hängen geblieben.
With the exception of Psycho Killer, Talking Heads' albums fail to uplift me. Their "best of" is another story.
Maybe it’s because we had some really great albums and also some huge stinkers this week, but this album didn’t feel like anything special. I did like Psycho Killer which I’ve heard somewhere before but the rest of the songs felt very off beat and abrupt in the way the guitars cut. The singing was a little off as well but I know the Talking Heads meant well. Their album cover is bland and kind of sums up the album itself. It isn’t bad, per se, but I was not a huge fan of this one.
L’album bipolaire, les 5 premières tounes oufff j’angoissais noir tellement c’était faible. Mais J’ai bien été recompensé par ma patience, quelque bijoux en fin d’album Je l’évite les 5 premières tounes de la pur scrap, j’ai failli abandonner, mais j’avais tougher pour Abba Je lévite: No compassion & the book i read
Til tross for Psycho Killer, så blir dette kjedelige greier imo :(
Finally! An album that ends strong. In fact, this one ends so strong that the last two songs are really the only true highlights for me. There’s something David Byrne does with his voice where he just about reaches the point of screaming that I absolutely love. Sadly, there are about nine other things he does with his voice that I have come to understand that I will just never fully appreciate. Frequently, he does all 9 of these things in a single song and it kinda drives me mad. It makes me think that if you were friends with David Byrne when he was 19 you’d tell your other friends, “David’s cool. Super talented. I just wish he’d tone it down a bit, ya know?” I don’t know. I think this will always be one of those bands that I want to like more than I actually like. Them and Winger.
I was so excited to listen to talking heads, but my excitement quickly turned to disappointment. This is one of the talking heads albums I haven't heard, and I don't think I was missing much, compared to their other work, this is pretty boring. There's actually something very annoying and repetitive about these songs, it was kind of hard to listen to. This album just really didn't have anything that made their later work so great. I could see that they had some interesting ideas but it was seriously just so boring. I respect the band and I know they're capable of better, so maybe I'm just being extra harsh on this. I'm gonna go listen to remain in light.
Was alright. Psycho Killer obviously the brightest spot on the album but if you like the lead singer's voice you'll love the album
I understand the context of the album, but I found it boring and uninspired.
2.5 | Pues el disco me decepcionó bastante: me gusta mucho la de "saicoquiler quesque cé" y esperaba más rolas así de interesantes, pero veo que en realidad ese es el clímax del disco (y la primera que grabaron) y el resto suenan casi como refritos de la misma. No es que sea malo, pero solo una canción brilla realmente y el resto tienen apenas sus pequeños detalles. Insisto, "I Feel It in My Heart", que viene en las rolas extras empieza igualita a "Silly Love Songs" de McCartney que salió un año antes.
Tuttua Talking Headsia. Tällä kertaa Enottomana ja ehkä vähän vähemmän taiteellisena. Ei tämä kyllä silti edelleenkään iske yhtään. Laulajan ääni ärsyttää, musiikki on mitäänsanomatonta ja yleisesti koko levy jäi vaan aivan taustamölinäksi. Ei ykkönen mutta ei kyllä lähellekään kolmonenkaan.
Byrnes hektisch-histrionischer Gesang geht mir hart auf die Eier und wird zum Ende der Platte immer unerträglicher. Ich kannte (und schätzte) von den TH bislang nur Once in a Lifetime, dieses Album macht keine größere Lust, sich tiefer mit dem Œvre der TH zu beschäftigen, obwohl einige Sounds und Arrangements zugegebenermaßen ganz reizvoll klingen. Auf keinen Fall mehr als 2 Sterne.
Good songs: 9 “First Week/Last Week.....Carefree”
Ok, one great song. Mostly forgettable.
Meh
ugh man idk idk idk it's like fine maybe david byrne's voice annoys me tho
Ganska tamt förutom Psycho Killer och Pulled Up...
hell naw
I should probably give it a shot, but not today or even this year. Gonna save it for a better time (switching to DragonForce as a cure).
Psycho Killer is the only tolerable song on here so this is technically a 1.5
All the songs sounded the same.
I've never liked Talking Heads, and this only confirms that I'm right. His voice could be used as an instrument of torture
The band's name sums it all up. What is there in this to include it on the list? Did it eventually lead to punk rock or something? Anyway, the second album in a row I am rating one, as it had passed the threshold of annoying me. Seriously, the instrumental parts are literally of zero curiosity here; the vocals are below average even. When the singer at last tries to put some emotion into a song, it tends to sound cringe and fails to resonate with you. A couple of songs were better that the rest—Happy Day and The Book I Read—but even in regard to those, I'll have to consider if I wish to keep them on my playlists. A throwaway album, one could easily skip it. The album cover only adds up to lack of anything worthwhile here.
1/11
I guess it was a debut album but I don’t get why this one rated the 1001??? Clearly they learnt a lot about catchy songwriting that would appear post 77. Cause this was just some weird ramblings and Dave Byrne didn’t even seem to have his trademark delivery down yet … That is apart from psycho killer - which was a well constructed popsong and a clear sign of things to come - the only track here that was destined for the greatest hits album. And again what is with this placing the only good track at the a**s end of the album? S&G did it. McCartney did it .. Was this a seventies thing and they didn’t start front loading albums until the 80s?
Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town: 2/5. Realized pretty quickly that this isn't my thing, but it's an easy 38-minute listen. New Feeling: 3/5. Surprisingly liked this one a bit. The whininess felt appropriate and relatable. Tentative Decisions: 1/5. I like the outro, might've just been because it was over ahahahahaha Happy Day: 2/5. This boy is in motion............. Who Is It: 1/5. Happy Day, but worse. Honestly, it all started to blend together after this point. No Compassion: 3/5. I listened to the following 3 songs, but I don't remember how they went, nor do I wish to revisit them. The Book I Read: n/a Don't Worry About The Government: n/a First Week/Last Week.... Carefree: n/a Psycho Killer: 2/5. I know this one. Never liked it. Cool to see where it came from. Pulled Up: 3/5. This one is fun. This whole album is like if toddler-speak were intelligible. I'm not trying to be unkind; there's just not much to say. Nothing burger.
I like the Talking Heads and already have 19 of their songs "liked" on Spotify across all their albums. But I only have 1 song liked on this specific album - the classic "Psycho Killer" - which I think is a great song. So, I'm glad this is making me do a deep dive on this one. After listening 3 times... First song "Uh oh, Love Comes to Town" has a funky bass line and kettle drums. And the song has funny-ish lyrics about how love confuses you and makes you do stupid/irresponsible stuff. I must admit - other than that first song and Psycho Killer - I am VERY underwhelmed with this. I was hoping for a cool discovery of songs from a band for which I already like a bunch of their stuff. After those 2 songs, none of this connected with me at all and did NOT grow on me after repeated listens. I mean, I can recognize it as the Talking Heads - I think mostly because of his voice - but it's just not very good and doesn't make me want to listen to it again. Bummer, as I really was hoping for much better. Liked songs on Spotify: 2/11 Rating: 1/5
klinkt alsof ze nog wel aan het album hadden kunnen werken
nao vo ouca isso
no. Just no? Not a fan. I only finished this because it was in the background, I wouldn't have otherwise. I would listen again but I've just really been put off, no thanks!
Much much better than Remain In Light. It's still shit, but it just goes to show that Brian Eno is a terrorist.
i dont like
Dreary
Bad
Second Talking Heads album. It's been a good while since their last - some 250 albums. At first I thought this was the album which had "Radio Head", but that sadly isn't the case. I'll need to make my holy pilgrimage to that song someday. Anyways, "More Songs About Buildings and Food" hasn't really been on my mind. "The Good Thing" occasionally pops into my head for whatever reason, but other than that the album has been completely memoryholed. Maybe this one will be something better. I'm still curious about what a very early new wave album sounds like, much like I was with their previous album. Yup. This is another Talking Heads album, alright. Just David Byrne Byrning about as usual. Something about this album was mentally exhausting to me despite the short runtime. The instrumentals are dull, uninteresting and way too busy to leave an impression. Can't say I'm into Byrne's vocals, either. The strained, warbling falsetto that avant-garde musicians can't seem to get enough of just sounds like shit. Sorry, music industry, but it's the truth. Overall, these two aspects of the album let me down greatly, which is made even worse by the fact that they don't synergise with one another at all. Regardless, I'm still hopeful about understanding this band. Some of the tracks off Remain in Light are pretty decent. I only have their later albums to get through now, so maybe I'll come around. Book time. A "classic debut album". Many stylistic influences, but that's about it. Wikipedia says that this album only had mild chart success, but was very well-received by critics. Sure, whatever. I cosign this inclusion.
1/5
Grrrrrrrrrr. Lord, I want to give this album a 1. To be frank, it probably isn't a 1. It's unique and fully formed and mostly listenable. I maintain my current position: fuck David Byrne, fuck Talking Heads. You're sooooo geeky and silly and off-kilter. Take your grammy and go back to the fucking Rhode Island School of Design. Of COURSE that's where this band came from. Fave tracks: - Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town - No Compassion - The Book I Read What exactly do people like about Psycho Killer..? Edit: What is life without choosing hills and dying on them? I am fighting a war against the Talking Heads. One bloody star.
1/5
Not my type of music
К блонди туда же, не моё
you know what... it's annoying and I dont get it
I can’t stand these guys
this shit was trash, I mean I guess it has psycho killer and that one isn't so bad but it's still hella boring
I discovered More Songs About Buildings and Food first, indeed I thought it was their first record back in another time, another place 1978. It is still one of my favourite records. And so when I finally got around to 77 it was too late. I've always thought this sounds a bit twee, demo like. You can tell they've not worked out what they want to do, and that's ok too how old would they have been? So for me it suffers with comparison with what came after, unfair I know but it doesn't make for an interesting listen in anyway.
I did not enjoy, too weird.
Hasn't aged well. Bit of a cacophony. Voice is awful.
Absolutely could not do this. I have been listening to alot of music outside of my genre and really pushing through the albums but this one...I absolutely cannot lol I now assume that they are called the Talking heads because they talk through music? Once again, I'm sure for lovers of this genre of music this is a great album, but I must move on. If music makes me angry it is not for me lol
Boy, I don’t remember David Byrne being so aggravating. Ya, it has one of the three Talking Heads songs on it a non-fan could name. The rest of the album makes me want to stab needles into my ears.
nothing spctacular
I got to song 5 of 36! When I realized that this was God torturing me for not believing in him. Tally Hall just does this better. I force myself through half the songs before I decided, "good enough"
1. Town - 1 2. Feeling - 0 3. Decisions - 0 4. Happy - 1 5. Who - 1 6. Compassion - 0 7. Book - 1 8. Worry - 0 9. Week - 0 10. Psycho - 1.5 11. Pulled - 1 12. Fire - 1 13. Say - 1 14. Killer - 1 15. Heart - 0 16. Sugar - 1 THESE GUYS SUCK
Ok. No more Bowie or Talking Heads albums...please!!!
Get in the bin. I just can't. No.
I don’t understand the love of the Talking Heads. I’ve given them several chances but it’s just not for me. David Byrne’s voice just sucks so bad, and it’s exceptionally bad on this album.
It feels like I'm listening to the circus performers while high, but I'm not enjoying the experience, also feels like when someone keeps talking your ear off about casual stuff you don't care about and won't stop. The music feels repetitive, spontaneous but sloppy, and the lyrics/vocals mimic spoken word, but as if adapted from high school poetry. Nope, not for me.
Just not to my taste and I had a hard time connecting to it and enjoying it. Honorable mention to Psycho Killer, no doubt the one song I liked the most.
The instrumentals sound like those songs characters in sitcoms come up with when they claim they play in a band but are clearly terrible. It's not just the voice, the entire thing sounds sedated. Maybe that was the general mood back then? Nah, someone should have been sober enough to stop this stuff.
too much cacophony
All I can think about when listening to these guys is Fred Armisten and Bill Hader's knock of in Documentary Now. What I didn't expect is that the the real band sounds even sillier than the mockumentary band. Really not my thing--I can't get over the goofy vocals. Not to mention the lyrics are stupid and nonsensical half the time, even on a rock level. And I don't love the music backing tracks, so it's not even like it's just the singer. As others have mentioned, Psycho Killer is the high point here. But not something I'd want to listen to more than once every half decade. 1/5
Forgettable album. I learned where the song Psycho Killer came from.
Not my kind of music.
One star for Psycho Killer, and even that song is a little overrated. All these tracks are either forgettable or skippable.
Musikalisch wie so typische Bayern 1 Songs und die Texte sind sooooo grottig. Erinnern mich an den Song von Patrick Star, was lyrische Komplexität angeht
I really hate talking heads a lot. I almost feel bad about it. It's completely irrational. I can understand that, musically, it's not bad. I just hate the way it sounds so much.
Not it lil bro.
I don’t like his voice. Nothing strikes me as interesting or catchy about the instrumentation. The lyrics might have some value but they’re not speaking to me. Just not my thing at all.
Packt mich überhaupt nicht!
unfortunately, it’s a no for me
Crap. Terrible way to start this experience.
Not really a fan of this music. I know one song on the album and even that I don't really like.
Pretentious and mannered.
Didn’t like it, found the songs monotonous. I liked Psycho Killer but the rest felt like filler tracks lacking any song structure or interest. Not an album I’ll ever return to, except maybe the track Psycho Killer.
Didn't like this one. Boring. Next!
Like marmite...you love them or hate it. I'm definitely the latter....Its shit.
Not for me. 1/5
It’s not my genre.
Really hate this one. It's messy and discordant in a bad way. I really love Talking Heads' few classic tunes, but most of this is garbage - god I sound old. David Byrne's voice is interesting but too weird for anything more than a couple of unique tracks.
Not for me.
Grim.
Psycho Killer!
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Nope
Nope!!!
Masterclass in writing the worst lyrics imaginable
It was weird
This was annoying
I’ve always found David Byrne’s voice/style annoying and Talking Heads music uninspiring. This has clarified matters, what a dull album.
nie mój styl, angielskie "nie umiem spiewac wiec bede wyl jakbym spiewal na karaoke"
Really didnt care for thought it was annoying
*1.5 stars* Not bad, but quite boring and for some reason, somewhat childish too? If I had to pick a favourite, I'd choose No Compassion or Psycho Killer, but even then, I don't really see myself listening to these songs again.
Was ok until they started singing
Oh dear...no!
Kann ich nicht so viel mit anfangen.
Only 1 good song
no new feelings
Thought it would love this, ending up struggling massively. The first half of this album feels ‘lazy’ for lack of a better word.
No thanks
Not my sound at all.
Nothing stood out at all
I don’t vibe to it.
He's enormously pleased with his own shtick.
Meh. nope.
Not my thing. The first album I turned off halfway.
Probably an unfair rating, but this is my least favorite band of all time. In college, when I would stay over at my girlfriends, a group of guys across would come home after a late night driving. They would proceed out onto their balcony and turn on their huge speakers and blast psycho killer. They did this every weekend. I hate that song.
not a fan of 80s brit pop
Wish I could understand its supposed greatness, but I find it annoying and uninspired.
I find the rhythms pretty outdated and kitschy. I guess I just don't understand the presumed genius here. It was a real slog for me and I didn't finish it.
This whole album irritated the shit out of me... Not even Psycho Killer (which I'm not a massive fan of) could save it.
Not my type
Singer's voice is annoying, songs are lame and dorky. People are calling this funky? This is as funky as Weezer is heavy metal. FOH.
Good - timeless loved the guitar
Nicht so meins…
Nothing about this band and especially this album appeals to me. Weird dance breaks with the sax, the fa-fa-fa chorus, nonsensical lyrics. Am I supposed to find it entertaining? clever? pleasant to listen to? It's none of those things. Best track: Psycho Killer, I guess. Says more about the rest of the album than anything else
1/10 didn’t like
Just wasn’t my taste
I did not enjoy it.
1001 songs and they're all 70-80's bollocks, clearly a very specific persons late teens and 20's, not my jam at all.
It was eh
Si ya los Talking Heads me gustan poco, este disco de la banda sin pulir me resulta Infumable.
Meh
Not for me at all