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Bro waht is this :skull: not conpletely unlistenable
I didn't really pay attention but damn this doesn't end
Nice find
If the album was a bit more condensed and focused this would've been a 5
nudy
Anos 80 inglês. Lembra the cure achei legal.
Had one or two interesting moments but was ultimately all surface and little core
This is the equivalent of a TikTok video that has been reused and stitched together so many times that whatever was originally there is just total garbage quality at this point. The production here is just awful and dated. The songwriting quality doesn't add much either, as nearly everything feels like bad Bowie or Smiths knock off music. Apt album title.
Fallow, fruitless, not very fun.
whale
With a name like that, I was half expectant of mellow jazz. "Sulk" is feverish, experimental, pretentious and absurd new wave. I feel like the band was mentally tortured to compose the album. The vocalist's vocals are even more excessive than Morrissey's! He practically yodels the entire album: "So-ooo-O what if this party fears ᵗʷᵒ? Th'alcohol loves you-uuuuu while turning ʸᵒᵘ blu-uu-U" "Sulk" is the musical embodiment of a manic episode. I bookmarked the album, just so that I can listen to it again if I'm ever high on booze. The """best""" song, and most listenable song, is "Party Fears Two." You're welcome.
Weird vocals over sometimes minimalist other times overdone keyboards and sequencers can work when done right. This is not done right. Sounds like two theater kids trying way too hard to be weird and popular at the same time
Utter crap.
Fun album
Soundi onnistui lähinnä ärsyttämään. Levy myös pitkä kuin Tacon syntilista joten keskeytys kävi mielessä, mutta tsemppasin loppuun. Skeidaa.
J.outo-kamaa…
Bizarre and tedious.
Bad British synth pop. No reason to be on this list.
Meh. Very boring synth pop with no business being on this list
Musically it’s ok in spots but the vocals really don’t do it for me. My ears have adjusted to his sound and sometimes it pleasant enough and then he gets out of hand. This is very dated and has some experimentation for the time but does not hold up well. Songs just arnt there and the David Bowie wannabe vocals leave much to be desired 2/5 Better than I thought but can’t see being more than a light 3 with future listens
This feels like an Andy Samberg parody of a worse soft cell. yet I though I was going to hate it more than I do.
Man they really gave anyone a record contract back in the days eh?
Think it was good but not my thing
Bap de la bap, Scottish New Wave band, bap de la bap, wasn't good, wasn't bad.
There just wasn't much that I consider good or catchy. Very mediocre. 2.5/5.
some interesting experiments on here, but most tracks are misses.
A good moment or two saved this from a 1. Just 80's synth weirdness, and glad I don't ever have to listen to it again. 2/5
I was not a fan of most of the instrumental heavy songs. Loved party fears two, club country, love hangover as some good 80s synth pop.
This has a definite 80s sound going. That’s not exactly a a compliment. And it often sounds like something Bowie would’ve been involved with, but not any of the Bowie that I like. I can hear the Cure influence, too. All in all, not really my thing.
Biggest piece of dogshit I've ever heard
One of the lowest rated albums on the list, so I already know this is going to be a good day. The highs are very high. When they throw any semblance of pop aside and go full insane mode with those goth vocals and the brooding bass, it rocks hard. ("Nude Spoons") When they do some boring New Wave shit with Tarzan vocals, I lose interest ("Party Fears Two"). Somehow managing to make Gloomy Sunday (aka the "Hungarian Suicide Song") sound like an emotionless U2 song is an achievement in itself.
I don’t like everything about this, but I have to admire its weirdness. The generator has served up a lot of 80s pop albums and *a lot* of 80s post-punk albums but somehow, despite clearly straddling both genres, Sulk doesn’t sound quite like any of them. A freaky fever dream of a record.
Never heard of em, but the album is veeery pretty, caught my eye, I'd say genre is also welcomed in my taste. No high expectations, but I think I want to enjoy this just because of how good the album cover looks. Too many songs tho, I won't listen to the songs twice just because they are "different". I saw some extra ones tho, I'll try them only. Reviewers are quite against this, so I hope I won't dislike it as much. First song, start is very new wave already. Production is decent, wondering about how the voice sounds. It's low-key catchy, sounds like something else, DK what. Okay wtf, I didn't expect it to be FULLY instrumental, it was good, but no progressiveness or anything like it is boring. However, this does feel like a good album start song so I suppose nothing wrong with that, just they could have done more. Second song, wind sounds and something is rattling. Asmr vibes. Beat slowly came in and then the whole vibe, piano is doing a good job, it's in my right ear and in the middle. It's vibey, but it better have some vocals, God. Finallyyy his voiceee. It's a good one, so production and vocals are both listenable, even more than that tbh. Piano is still the best part in the song. It's kinda eerie, but also upbeat in its way. His voice makes it even more eerie tho. I expected more because of the start, but this ain't that bad. Third song, weird ass starts. What is that title, I think he's saying that now, oh he wasn't, but it was gibberish, now he's saying the title and some lyrics after it. Not bad for now, unless it gets uninteresting. Chorus is rocky almost because of the sound only though. The new waveness isn't into full action, but still a loveable song. Wonder if the lyrics contain some type of jokes. 4th song, yacht rock vibes, but there's an additional sound that progresses into an even more new wave sound. His voice is sadder here, though the song is upbeat. Sunday funday is replaced by a "Gloomy Sunday" apparently. Dunno the meaning, and apparently neither does Genius, but I'm just gonna spiritually connect to the song when it's Sunday, a gloomy one. His voice is very clear and instrumentals are kind of a background noise(in a good way), mostly voice is the one being less noisy, which iss annoyingg. 5th song, new instrument joined. The names are too funny "nude spoons" I mean, I'd never say those words together. I don't like his voice here as much. Production is fine, but feels far away. He changes the way he sings mid-singing and that's kinda fun, also vocalls a lot, but I don't see a pure talent. It's outro and there's a different sound in my right ear and it sounds extremely good, the kind of part I'll be anticipating when I relisten to this. 6th song, Suicide vibes, if you know what I mean. Songs does sound kind of same, but not sure because they are quite different in some ways too. This one has an amazing instrumental break apparently. Lyrical delivery kind of sucks. The bridge here (I think it's a bridge at least is a reaaaly good one). Him repeating the title in a weird way is the best part, it was hard to hear what he was saying at first tho. It's not even like beautiful to listen to, or in any way satisfying, it just is what it is, and it somehow makes me like it. 7th song, the production seems looooow here, I think remastered version would be better than this one, the instruments are far far away somehow. Probably the worst song for now. Rock came in with that electric guitar. Maybe it had good lyrics, too lazy to read them now. 8th song, alien-like start. Wedding sounds (not exactly tho). Oooh a happy happy song. Weird vocal delivery. The instrumental break is too good to ignore but verses are reaaally bad. Chorus isn't exactly catchy either. Every time that beat comes in, I'm like why didn't I add this to my playlist and then the verse starts. It's probably a grower so I'll just add it. The outro was fully unexpected, fits the vibe tho. 9th song, amazing start wtf. Oooh it stopped, AAAH WHAT A BEAT DROP. I'll ignore how he sings and just listen to instruments, there are a lot of them apparently. There have been a lot of headphone play in other songs too. Chorus has a catchy delivery. The instrumental break is very new wave, loving it. Ordered chaos vibes and it's too good for my ears. I think both of them are singing, feels like it. Loved this but, song quickly changed was there a transition? 10th song, quirky funky beat. Feels like there'll be no lyrics. Nothing much to write but I just realised that 11th song has this beat at the start so I LOVE THAT, but as this song being separate does not give me anything. 11th song, as I said the instrumentals are introducing 10th song's production fully, but not always. Lyrically it sounds exactly same, guess that's not what I should be paying attention to. Lyrically it's about having an affair I think, I barely read the lyrics so that's just what I think, he wants her, but she's getting too expensive. Not a banger. 12th song, this is a bop already because of the instrumentals, gotta say there are many extremely good production deliveries. Love how he's just casually being operatic now, also during that the beat is amaaziiiing. Lyrically it's low-key funny, definitely not a serious song in a good way. There were some girls singing some gibberish, made it better in a way. The girls voice at the end was the clearest sound of their, would love to see more of their appearance I suppose. 13th song, I've had a pause from this, so I don't even remember what this song sounded liked even tho it's just a version of the previous song. Start was kinda weird, but the beat and the voice is giving now. 7 minutes is too long tho. I remember the chorus apparently, good one it is I suppose. There's gonna be a big instrumental I sadly predict. It's dancey though. His vocal delivery is quite different from what I've ever heard. I could skip the song rn, because nothing new is gonna happen in the remaining time I bet, it's not certainly one of those crazy plot twist songs. By each chorus it's getting more and more catchy. As I said, there's this big break, which is better than I thought it'd be. The guitar is actually doing its job well. Idk what 12 version means, but it might be better than the original, don't remember that one tho. 14th song, instrumental only of the song which I apparently remember. The instrumental part is actually nostalgic, but I don't remember how he sang. It's actually been a long time since I was here, and this was the perfect album to stop midway. It's catchy af, idk how they do it. Quite a memorable melody I suppose. 15th song, dunno what alternative version means. The start was "white noise"y. Then the gibberish vocals was a good improvement. Sonically it's good too and now the verse is equally giving. I listened to the preview of the song with the same name just the original, and it sounds way different, but still good. Oh, It's the 7th song, and did NOT like it apparently, I was listening it on headphones back then, but idk why it sounded THAT bad, I'll give it a relisten I suppose soon enough. Russian talking at the end here, weird. 16th song, BURPING? So childish, love it. Guitar is giving and the whole Sonical beat is catchy. Verse is not as good, chorus will be better I suppose. The production seems experimental, saying that as a good thing btw. Verse is getting less bad. No chorus in the way. This is an alternative version, but I don't see the original one up in the album. It actually has a fast-walk-beat, basically a sped up runway. Is he mimi-ing rn‽ It sounds like Bloodhound Gang kinda, but these lyrics might not be as funny. 17th song, creepy ass start, guitar came in quickly enough, but the eerieness is still at hand. First time being spooked by an upbeat song tbh. Idek what he's saying. It's too permanent wave tho, I wish it could change at some points. Little opera vocalling. As I said it's too same all the way to actually like it, still worth a listen here and there. 18th song, dururuing already, to the guitar beat too I think. It's sonically catchy again. I heard french talking at one point. Bridge was probably the best part. Everything else stayed the same, but didn't really become boring. The outro was loud af, they're kinda screaming "skipping" I think. 19th song, John Leckie? Never heard of him. This is fully different production. It's too indie rocky. There's an actual beat and not an experimental one. Not baad, but is John singing, some new guy, because the voice seems the same. Not really impressed still. 20th song, same production start. Big ass intro. Are there even lyrics. It's progressing quite well sonically I must say. It was fully instrumental, not disappointed, but I wanted more, especially since the title was kinda interesting. 21th song, same catchy beat, but the song title isn't club country so idk why it has that beat. Lyrical delivery is majorly different though. Neither verse nor chorus standed out to me. Still fun I suppose, just idk why releasing that demo was a thing to do. 22th song, club country's fully different version with no catchyness. Chorus is still good tho. It feels like it was recorded live, it's too raw sonically so. I'm bored so I just wanna finish these songs quickly, since they are basically the same. 23th song, fully different title. Start wasn't interesting. Oop, neither the verse apparently. Sonically there's a beat in the background, the main one, that's kinda catchy, but it's too blurred out. Vocal delivery sucks, better to say, it repeats the one already used in other songs. Welp, still worth it I hope. If I rated this album based on every song in unison(which IS the correct way) it would be looow. So based on how they can make that catchy tune that hooks one in, despite how many times it's repeated. The vocals and the way of singing is another remarkable thing this guys do. I don't remember the songs above 13th song, but I do have some of them added in my "liked songs" so I'm just gonna say that 4 star is prolly the best choice. It's just not as good to get the highest rating, there were albums that deserved that status more, there's no real artistry here I think, the connection between songs and stuff like that(might be lyrically and I missed it but I can't help that rn). I enjoyed it quite much as I remember and as I did in the past half hour, I do hope I'll listen to their other record here, or I'll do it myself.
This is like a shit pick and mix of Bowie, The Cure and Depeche Mode wannabes that forgot to include tunes. Wonky electonics and half hearted post punk. Best Tracks: Gloomy Sunday; Skipping; Party Fears Two
This was ok, but I don't really want to hear more. 2/5
New album, new band for me. Some experimental music really works - see anything by David Byrne, or even that clangy album by the German band everyone on here hates (Einstürzende Neubauten). This just seems to be trying too hard to be David Bowie. Then again, not all of David Bowie’s experimental music works, so I guess they got it down after all. I was going to give this album a 2 for forgettable, but the more I listen to it the angrier it’s making me.
This album is so disjointed, I can't imagine anyone finding it enjoyable. The vocals are terrible, the drum beat machines seem like they're always off tempo, and the synth is absolute shit. This is concentrated hot garbage being funneled through a disposal directly into my earbuds. I did not care for this in any way shape or form.
What was this? I am still uncertain.
I couldn't get through the album. Listened to the first two tracks and the over-Bowied vocals + synthy soundtrack lost me quite quickly. Tried a few other tracks that were apparently the big hits on this album and found them to be middling 80s synth-pop. Read the backstory on the band and the singer Billy Mackenzie's path was truly tragic. They seemed to know and influence a lot of other, better bands so I can kind of see why this album is on the list.
Sounds like the 80s But more experimental, pushing boundaries. Doesn’t sound like it hit radios, but im probably wrong
Shades of Bowie and Queen. Too theatrical.
uninteresting british pop instrumentals and a bad singer.
A bit whacky early 80's album, vocals were pronounced
What? I liked the first song and then it turned into a chaotic mess of experimental try-hard music that just misses.
Party Fears Two //
Pretty one note, pretty bland, pretty forgettable.
Has some interesting aspects, but over all not really my jam.
Blah
Meh. I give the album a 2.5/5. Just wasn't my jam. Sounds like a Goth inspired 80s wannabe funk album. There is a reason these guys didn't go the distance.
"you know what the world needs? a two minute synth keyboard intro" W T F.
Trash
I hated the vocals most of the time but the instrumentals were really good most of the time.
I don’t like it at all. The album is titled appropriately though. 2.3 stars
Yikes no thank you
I will not be associating with this band
Kinda like a bad Bowie tribute for the most part.
That was what that was. 2.
What am I listening to? I say this as a fan of New Wave and Post-Punk. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5
Cool dark goth synth vibes. A little distracted this morning with this listen. Worth revisiting.
This has GOT to be a joke. One'est one out of five I've ever given and I hope the creator of this list has a really shitty day today. You simply can't seriously justify putting something this shit on a list like this. 522 albums in, it makes me want to stop because its a waste of time. I could have gone my whole life never hearing it. When my worst enemy goes to hell, I hope this is what they have to listen to on repeat. Matter of fact, whoever made this list should listen to this album on repeat if they think it's so fucking great. Maybe then they'll think twice about replacing it with something different, preferably not from the 80s
If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if David Bowie were half as talented and twice as pretentious, well, wonder no more.
I couldn't get through this. Dreary dreary and dreary.
Some of this might have been bearable (e.g. Skipping), but I found the singer's delivery really irritating. First track's drums seem off.
Oof. This was not good. If it preceeded some of the John Hughes soundtrack bands of the 80s, then I suppose they were influential. But if they were just another 80s band, then no need for them in the 1,000. Lovely cover art.
This is just an odd collection of synth-pop and falsetto - and I love New Wave but I simply found it weird. I hear that contemporary comparisons were to Sparks, and maybe I wanted them on this list more. I liked it best when they leaned more into disco moods but apart from a few moments, it just didn’t resonate with me.
new New Wave, ganz ok, aber nix herausragendes
Classic early-80s production, no mistaking Billy McKenzie's voice ! Really enjoyed this album, full of great songs
Um...operatic punk? I like it (never listened to it) even though the first rack sounds like it was misprogrammed...
Voice actually irritated me at points
Groupe totalement inconnu. Le premier morceau est un instrumental plutôt dynamique et assez agréable. Le second morceau et les suivants sont chantés, je trouve que la voix ressemble beaucoup à celle de Bowie. Les harmonies/mélodies sont vraiment originales, j’ai écouté l’album une seconde fois. J'ai particulièrement apprécié : Club country ++ (ligne de basse). Donc découverte originale. Mais pas sur de le rajouter dans ma liste d’albums. =>3.5/5
There's an account on Insta that will record songs about your pet 🐕 in a silly voice. This sounds like that.
The opening track was an instrumental. I was thinking this was an 80’s style upbeat synth pop album so maybe listenable. Then the next track - the vocals. When I say this sounded like my cat hacking up a furball, I’m not kidding. He actually burps into the mic in one song. That’s when I heard the most refreshing sound - the sound of the skip button. The fact that this album is 23 tracks makes it the most skipped so far in my journey. An occasional instrumental gave me a reprieve. But overall I have to say this has been one of the worst of the 50ish albums so far. What label in its right mind pays to produce such garbage? Reading the wiki article - which I always do AFTER I listen to the album - makes me think either the reviews were paid for like some 80’s version of an Amazon rating scam or the music critics were collectively insane at the time.
I wanted to like this since 80s post punk is one of my favorite genres, but it got annoying after a while.
This did not get any better as it went on. I've gotta pass on this one. Just wasn't very good.
Maybe the most frustrating album on this. A real challenge. It’s so close to being brilliant so many times, then just gets a bit too jarring and frustrating! Second half of the album is better (or did I just get used to it?) I JUST DONT KNOW!!!!! 2.3
“Sulk” is an album of overreaching mania. The Associates, driven by the creative duo of Billy Mackenzie and Alan Rankine, became known as champions of “new pop” here, undergoing the kind of record making process that becomes mythologised for decades to come. While making this album, the duo blew half their budget on indefinitely booking a studio, filled their drums with water, urinated in their guitars, constructed an entire kit out of snare drums, bought a jangle piano merely for liking the name, and so on. So… did any of this… work? Yes and no. “Sulk” is an album brimming with excess, to a point where the stories behind it feel entirely appropriate. It’s eight wilfully bananas post-punk songs, bookended by two slightly less bananas instrumental pieces. I mean it in the most confounded and complimentary way when I say it’s a total nightmare. Opening instrumental/overture “Arrogance Gave Him Up” is strewn with out-of-time percussive hits underneath a buzzing, swelling synth lead. The unwieldy “No” introduces Mackenzie’s vocals, crooning and soaring away in dramatic falsetto above some kind of Tim Burton-esque cabaret march. “Bap de la Bap” is the first truly promising song, with a yodelling vocal, layers of dense synth noise and guitar lines tantamount to Fripp. After a disarming, melodramatic cover of “Gloomy Sunday”, we branch into the acid-trip inspired “Nude Spoons”, with its insistent two-note bass line and piercing falsetto hook declaring “euphoria”: rapture and torture all at once. The other highlights from the album’s second half are its two singles, which are notable for their relative (I stress relative) accessibility. “Party Fears Two” and “Club Country” are the most conventional-sounding tracks on the first couple of listens, and for that reason they’ve quickly become my favourites. Unlike most of the other numbers here, they have a fun hooks and instrumentals to latch onto (a jangle piano sequence for “Party Fears Two”, a frantic bass refrain for “Club Country”). Forty-odd years on, it’s difficult to say if the album’s influence looms large or not: while it won the hearts of (among others) Bjork, Bono and the Divine Comedy, it also earned itself a place on this very site’s “Lowest Global Ratings” list. So it is that with “Sulk”, The Associates garnered great critical praise and would also go on to be voted in the bottom 20 albums from a list of 1001. This album is a masterclass in how to be divisive, so of course this flakey critic is going to sit directly in the middle of the fence.
Hmm, this is grabbing my attention. I might actually like it! Never heard of these guys before, how is that possible! Gonna be bold and give 4 stars!
Caveat: I was a teenager during the '80s During the period when The Associates were creating their music, I was in the midst of a musical transition from Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life) to Prince (Purple Rain), and most of what we called New Wave was overlooked by me until the end of that decade... I've listened to the album 3 times in the past 18 hours, and I will listen to it at least 1 more time, not because it is worth 5*, but because this old man is enjoying the momories of highschool parties, weird hair cuts, and monochromatic clothes that abounded those lovely years! Future me again, editing… This album has been a goto when I need to be active, when I need to concentrate, or when I just need to wonder… To think that this album is on the bottom ranking list overall… I am gladly given them 5*
Sulk indeed, found this a bit too whiney.
I feel a bit sad how much of a rough time this album is getting on here. For me it represents more than anything an early 80s post punk optimism that music could be reinvented with new sounds and shapes and still be pop.
There's enough here I didn't mind (ex: Gloomy Sunday) that keeps me from rating this lower, but the misses are truly weird. After side one don't want to listen to this ever again. Side two may be changing my mind. I do like the bass a lot on the first two tracks. The high pitched vocals ruined Party Fears Two though. Short instrumental Nothinginsomethingparticular is a strong finish. I can't give this more than **
This album came out 4 years after Parallel Lines, and 14 years after the White Album, yet this is by far has the most cheese and campiness of them all (not just those 2 ofc). It is 100% just pure 80s cheese and I hate it. Only reason its not a 1 star is bc Skipping and 18 Carat Love Affair are actually kinda cool. I'm sorry B-52's perhaps I'm too harsh on you for your campiness because holy shit these guys burned the camp down.
Man. Way out there crazy 80s pop doodling. Fun stuff.
First listen. Nah
2-3 Party fears two
hidden gem goth Sparks freakout hell yeah 10/10
Not bad
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds minus the baritone and cool lyrics, add 8-bit instrumentals. Not enjoyable and kind of discomforting like sitting on a couch with a plastic cover over it. Let me guess, they were big in the UK? Beans for breakfast and shit music, never trust a Brit's taste in anything.
Booooring but not actively bad. Vocals were unpleasant
I seem to recall reading that the British press had called Talk Talk's late masterpieces insufferably indulgent. Reading contemporary reviews of Sulk, they appear to have gotten those records and this one both wrong.
There is a reason you have heard of Human League, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Heaven 17, Depeche Mode, ABC, XTC, Thompson Twins, Flock of Seagulls, OMD, Ultravox, Erasure, etc etc - and NEVER heard of these guys.
so eighties and recorded in a cave
Not my style. I Liked one particular song: club country.
August 12, 2024 HL: “Skipping”, “Party Fears Two”, “Country Club”, the instrumentals Perhaps I’m rating this too high, but I was fascinated with this album. Look at a song like “It’s Better This Way”- it’s not worlds apart from what the Cure were doing around this time, but perhaps even eerier with its repetitive, discordant synth strings. Or “Club Country”, one of the poppiest songs, yet the production drowns it in these aggressive, sci-fi sound effects in the background. I’m not making much of a case for why I like Sulk so much, but unlike a few of the new wave/post punks on this list, it grabbed my attention and didn’t let go.
Painful. Just painful.
Dark and broody ( which you may have guessed from their cover of Gloomy Sunday, the infamous “Hungarian Suicide Song”) but still a decent party record. Not bad.
It feels disjointed. The instrumental at the beginning of the album didn't really get me in the mood to keep listening. Doesn't seem resonant.
This was a pretty challenging and interesting listen. It has a theatrical energy, with a style mix that seems to blend David Bowie-Roxy Music-Depeche Mode-Simple Minds vibes. There are some less successful tracks that get a bit irritating (Bap De La Bap, Nude Spoons), but others that deliver a good emotion and energy (It's Better This Way, Gloomy Sunday). Their use of electronic synth sound is definitely trapped in the 80's, but isn't too tragic.
Nothing Special.
This album was just a bit of a mess parts of it were good, but not enough for me to believe this deserves to be on this list.
Typical for 80s music trending toward the bad end.
Some songs would start out promising and then the vocals, melody and lyrics would emerge to burst my bubble. Should bot be on this list. Where are the real special albums by far superior blues, jazz, roots, early rock and soul artists? Huh? Where?? ,
Some good moments, but another album that I just wanted to end.
From doing this project I firmly discovered that I really don’t care for this genre of music and this album is no different. Awful shitty music.
3/5
Not good, and not even in an interesting way.
Art rock/pop, kinda dragged on
this was very annoying but I have heard worse in this list so it can have a 1.5 rating
This isn't a good album, but its interesting enough that it gets one extra star. 2/5
Awful is the only word to describe it. The album title should have been Suck
this makes my head hurt, what even is this?
It’s oddly magnetic for a few minutes—sort of like the draw to stare at a car accident. These guys must have been out of their mind weird, but I don’t need to listen again.
When you take upbeat weird and give it a positive outlook and some joy, you get Talking Heads, which lives in 4 and 5 star territory. When you put upbeat weird into a minor key and make it all mopey and angsty, you get this.
3.50 rym 2/5 troppo synthpop per me
Is this the same Gloomy Sunday by Bjork on Stormy Weather? That’s the only thing intriguing about this album.
Wasn't sure of this one at first but I settled into it pretty well. Some refreshing electronic-type grooves, it can be hard to distinguish albums like this from one another (sadly, it's becoming like a '60s psych rock monotony sort of thing), I feel like the list man included a handful of electronic albums to show that he's got diverse taste, but he failed to vary those albums significantly enough for me to not think he's a poser. Pretty good album though, not sure if I'd keep it. I'd definitely whittle down this specific genre pack a bit or spice it up. Favorite tracks: Bap de la Bap, Club Country, Love Hangover. Album art: I really dig this one, great colors. Two flamboyant dudes sitting on what appears to be sheet-covered furniture in a garden lit with incredible lights. It's a very striking cover, I like it a lot. 3.5/5
This is one of those albums that polarise opinion. And I'm one of those who do love this album. It's wildly over the top - Billy Mackenzie's soaring vocals and the extreme 1980s production values see to that. I absolutely love it.
Decided by the third song this was a pile of wank and hoped I’d have something clever to say about it by the time it finished. I didn’t.
No A bit Blue Nile goes cabaret. Quite like it though, think the word is evocative. Ba de la Bap Someone’s a Bowie fan. Not a bad knock off though Gloomy Sunday Very camp, but I kind of like it Nude Spoons Sigue Sigue Sputnik bit mad Skipping Too frantic, needs a better melody to hold interest Party Feats Two Prof that it takes more than a mannered vocal to do what Bowie does. Club Contry I like this, a bit ABC Nothinginsomethin.., Quite a nice tune, although it s Does make me think of Come Dancing by the Kinks, which I infinitely prefer Love Hangover Decent campy pop 18 carat.. They really like that Kinks riff And then I read a book Some of these are a bit impenetrable. I don’t dislike them, but think it would take quite a few listens to him along with this
Sulk I’m vaguely aware of the name The Associates, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard any of their music, and I don’t really know what genre they are. I didn’t want to read about them or this before my first listen, but looking at the cover and the year, I guess some kind of synth pop type band? Arrogance Gave Him Up, quite a bouncy synth pop instrumental, I like it. No, quite a gloomy sound, a bit more new wave/new romantic, the pulsing drums and highly pitched synth is very 70s Bowie. Not the most convincing vocal melody. Bap De La Bap. I like the squeaky sounds, but does sound a little like a pastiche of a synth pop singer, like the Mighty Boosh might do. Good drum pattern though. Gloomy Sunday - another very very Bowie vocal and Station to Station era feel. I really like the rippling synth line. Nude Spoons, great title. Drums, bass and one of the synths sounds quite like I’m So Excited. Skipping - The vocal in parts sounds like when I try to do the lowest note I can in the bathroom mirror by dropping my chin into my chest and trying to look like a frog (or George Lucas). It’s Better This Way, sounds a little bit Jesus and Mary Chain, but without the echoey drums being quite as satisfying. Again the vocal melody isn’t my favourite. Party Fears Two has nice bounciness, I like the synth line and the bass is good, and the piano in the back half is excellent. Club Country I really liked, the bass, synth, guitar and noises are great, and it’s probably the strongest vocal and strongest melody on the album and it’s best track - a potentially overlooked 80s classic. nothinginsomethingparticular is similar to Arrogance Gave Him Up, a jaunty bit of instrumental synth pop, at slight odds with the slightly gloomy songs in between. It feels like they are more of slightly new wave 70s inspired synth focused rather than synth pop band on the basis of these songs. Now I’m reading about them it makes sense they are Scottish, although I don’t know why that is, and that they would think of themselves as post punk, which also makes sense, but they are clearly in thrall to Bowie and a fair bit of pre-punk music. It looks like they were pretty influential too, although I guess that might be more for their attitude and style rather than the songs themselves. I’m not entirely sure what I think. There’s a lot I like, there are some decent songs, some excellent synths and some very good guitar and bass, and musically overall it does a very good job of creating its own murky, vaguely histrionic atmosphere. The drum sound though, I’m not that keen on, there’s an almost midi quality to it, it feels thin and flat. And vocally while it does feel a bit tuneless in places, which is fine, the voices don’t have much weight or distinctiveness, and the very Bowie derivative aspect of them I do find a bit off putting, especially combined with their melodies. It’s not a bad record at all, there’s some great synth lines and bass playing and some really interesting ideas and the overall slightly off kilter DIY aspect to it is fun, and while it’s intriguing enough to make me want to find out a bit more about them and see what else they’ve done, I may also, in time, forget I listened to this. I think a 3 is a fair score, some re-listening potential, but not necessarily an exciting discovery 🎹🎹🎹 Playlist submission: Club Country
Was so bad I was sulking by the end of it
QuasiBowie a lo rollo.
This is such a great, undervalued band with their greatest moment. I loved this album and still do- Billy was a tremendous character with such a great voice. Brings back great memories.
Einhvers konar blanda af post-pönki og nýrómantík. Nýrómantík með angist? Áhugavert.
If someone asked me to provide them with a completely obscure album that emits 80's vibes, this would be it. Best Song: Club Country
More 80s synth pop uggghhhh. Why did they have to gate the drum sounds like that?!?!?!
Quirky, but not enough to warrant another listen. If this album was literally an hour shorter it would be a lot more impressive. The instrumentals are pretty fun, though. The keyboards complement the bassline pretty well, I just wish this album had more high points. It's definitely a slog to get through.
Fullt godkänd.
awesome, eerie new wave album way too Low rating here
There were brief flashes where I thought this might redeem itself but they were all killed off pretty quick.
Album 463 of 1001 The Associates -Sulk Rating : 2.5 / 5 Some British Post Punk. I could have given it a closer listen, to be honest, but it just never fully grabbed my attention. I wasn't feeling the need to turn it off, though.
I like this genre but I found this very boring. Maybe that's why I've never heard of them.
Ahh, torn on this one. It goes on too long. I’m surprised how experimental it is though. I was expecting a more poppy vibe. And I do like Billy Mackenzie’s voice. It seems to be divisive. His death is such a sad contrast to the glamorous pop star image. Oh go on then, have a 4. Probably should be a 3.5 though
Things this list maker loves based on what is on this list that shouldn’t be: 80s bands, British music, punk, albums that actually don’t need to be listened to. And this one checks off 3 of those as they’re Scottish but they’re from the same islands. More 80s over synth music that is actually pretty annoying to listen to. One of the less catchy less exciting 80s albums yet. 4.2/10
They assured you that the party drugs were fun ones. I think the first half of this record is rough, but the last few songs save it and make it an entirely palatable experience. Lyrically, I like the record quite a bit, but at certain points it feels like the group messing around in the studio more than anything. Favorite tracks: "Party Fears Two", "Country Club"
the concept was there but the execution was not
Does one half decent song make an album 'essential'? I don't think so, especially when it isn't as good as Ultravox and Simple Minds of the same era. Most of this album is pure dreck
Fav: Skipping Least Fav: Bap De La Bap
Oh god..TheCure on speed… without talent
This is not an album that has aged well
Meh album, though it gets better at the last half.
É um álbum do início dos anos 80 com todas as características definidoras da música pop dos anos 80, mas que, apesar de ser um produto de sua época, parece uma trilha sonora composta em para um besteirol que satiriza os anos 80. Os músicos conseguem colocar todas essas características (de um gênero que gosto muito, diga-se de passagem) juntas de uma maneira que fica insuportável de ouvir. A sonoridade é brega, a produção é ruim, a voz é estridente, as músicas são enjoativas. Simplesmente terrível.
Not 1 star bad, but pretty close. I really don't know how this got on here.
Started bad, ended worse, but there was some okay stuff in the middle!
UK new wave is something I wish I could have listened to after I died. And I mean that as an insult.
Many moments of unique interest, but not for me.
I was pleasantly surprised by this album by an artist that I didn’t think I had heard of. Could really hear the influence they had on The Divine Comedy - from the cover of Party Fears Two, to the burp at the beginning of a song. Bravo.
A 3 hour 10 minute long deluxe version of this album does exist for anyone who wants to hear it. This information is, of course, useless because no one who has heard the original will ever want to hear the deluxe.
Sulk brings a bad end to a bad week. Just really bad art synth new wave bollocks, some of the worst of that genre we've had, 1.
I liked this more than you did, but still not a lot. Ended up listening to the extended edition, with a few alternative versions of tracks that I found better than what made it onto the album. There are a few moments that work quite well, but it's subsumed in a sea of dross. And it's another new wave album, we seem to have a wildly disproportionate number of them. 2/5.
Ok
I don't even know, man
Very 80s
Mediocre album. I didn’t give this one too close a listen. It’s standard 80s pop, but maybe I’m missing something. **
At its heart, this is a Techno pop album which should normally get an automatic 1 star from me... but there's something else about this album that I can't quite put my finger on. There's definitely a strong David Bowie influence lurking somewhere. I'll come back to this album. A 3 star (for now)... benefit of the doubt!
On first listen I wasn't really sure about this but second go through it all started to make sense. The instrumental opener doesn't really set the scene for what's to come but No is a cracker of a track and he cabaret keeps on coming. Fave: Club Country
Slap some black lipstick on these lads and this would be goth AF! And the theatrical, overwrought vocals would probably make more sense in a gothy context... Rather enjoyed this - I like my new wave brushing up against my post-punk, and my post-punk sprinkled with experimentation! Fave track - "No". Great tune!
Lost me at bap de la bap.
I tried to make it through this several times and just couldn't. Not my jam.
Nit a big fan, but it's not that bad. I could hear the influence of David Bowie on a track or two. Not something that I will probably listen to again
EI vibinud sellega.
Don’t do it for me.
I try to listen to all of these, but barely made it through 3 songs on this one. Awful.
I've never heard of this album or artist before, but I do love eighties music, so I'm excited to give this a listen. This album was certainly... something. I went into this expecting something more pop-forward, but got something frantic and echo-y instead. I really didn't care for this album. There were moments here and there that I enjoyed, specifically the synthesizers and keyboards on some of the songs. But that enjoyment was often ruined by the vocals, which I hated. The overall sound of the album was really muddled by the echoing effects, and it was hard for me to pick up on anything melodic on most of the songs. These songs weren't insanely long, but they felt like they droned on and on. I think I felt like most of the songs didn't go anywhere musically. The little snippets that I did enjoy often faded away or weren't really built upon throughout the song. "nothinginsomethingparticular" was probably my favorite song. It was bolstered by its short length and lack of vocals, which easily made it stand out from the rest of the album. I can't really find anything noteworthy or influential on this album, and I'm really confused as to why it's on the list.
Not really my type of music, but I thought this was fun. Super 80s, but enjoyable.
Really good! Nice gothy synthy stuff.
Maybe I'm just not in the mood to listen to this kind of music, but I didn't like it, 1/5
This album is the answer to the question: What would it sound like if David Bowie was terrible at writing songs? I’ll bump them up to a 2/5 for their attempts to be inventive in the studio. … Just mercifully got to the end of this travesty. I take this comment above back. It would be too complimentary. There is nothing Bowie-like here. Sliding it back down to a 1/5.
It’s only Party Fears 2 which keeps this from being one star That’s a great song but the rest of this is insufferable
Had to stop after the 3rd song; all this seemed pretty weird! Than I read some previous reviews and, yes, I had to agreed with those smashing this album! There was a lot more and better music from this year, why this album is on this list became a mistery to me :-(
Wtf
I don't think this is what Bowie expected when he became a rock star.
They want to be the Cure. They're not the Cure.
I'm not a fan of many 80s albums but this is something special and otherworldly. I love the angular rhythms and McKenzies voice. Strong.
80’s weird pop stuff. Not for me.
At the time of reviewing, this is the 15th lowest rated album on this site, so I went in with low expectations, in fact being in a lugubrious mood, I was prepared to sulk, but contrary to the artist's name, this is not sulking music, nor is it sucky music, and most certainly not deserving of it's low rating. A few things off the bat, the cover of Gloomy Sunday absolutely does not do justice to the song, the overall content of the album does not justify it's length, but there are enough unique melodies, lines and ideas here to make it a very worthwhile listen. In the right setting, it might even be enjoyable. Also, Bap De La Bap is a bop!
Party Fears Two is a jam but the rest sort of washed over me like milk.
I think this is an album where you just had to be there for it to be good
I normally love 80's synth stuff but this one didn't hit for me.
Very 80s, synthy and whiny. I think I like it... Time will tell if I like it enough to listen to it again in the future (I probably won't).
On the spectrum of tacky 80s pop this is on the good end, Club Country is particularly good.
This album is Eighties AF. The whole feeling puts you in that framework.
very new wave, kind of liked it
At last we have an answer to the question: "What if Bowie, but on Syd Barrett amounts of acid?" Not a bad listen, exactly, but a bit challenging.
1. arrogance - 1 2. no - 1.5 3. la bap - 1 4. gloomy - 1.5 5. zpoonz - 1.5 6. zkipping - 1 7. thiz uuay - 1 8. party fearz - 1.5 9. country - 1.5 10. nothing - 1 11. love affair - 1 12. hangover - 1 13. club - 1.5 14. party fearz - 1 15. better - 1 16. a book - 1.5 17. ceptimol - 1 18. zkipping - 1 19. auztralia - 1 20. tragic ztory - 1.5 21. never uuill - 1 22. country club - 1.5 23. grecian - 1
Seems like the Associates couldn’t figure out what to cut loose from sulk and the final product suffered as a result. I really enjoyed what they’re going for here. It is odd looking at their North American and European releases that the NA had Nude Spoons and left Love Hangover out and the European release went vice versa. I thought both tracks were standouts. This was a unique, interesting listen with stellar cover art. 3.5 stars
1.8/5. 2000 remaster. Listened 1x.
Forferdelig.
Remember that time Dracula got really into Bowie and started a band?
This album kinda sucks and I'm generally a fan of 80s new wave/synth. There is maybe 1 or 2 decent songs on it but the album itself lacks zero melody.
Disappointing
I think this is the first album that emphatically DID NOT pass the high test. Boring repetitive 80s new wave that had a couple of interesting moments but nothing fun or memorable at all.
I could've died without hearing this one. Honestly, a lot of songs the singer seemed to be in a different key than the musicians. A lot of 80's musical tropes. Just not great.
electro-meh
Really just not for me.
One of these perfect and highly influential 80s albums that sound very catchy and experimental at the same time. There is a lot going on musically and (apart from the big single) it may take severals listens like all their work, so it is also one of these albums that are not so suitable for the 1-album-per-day 1001 format.. score:10/10
Ranging from horrible to acceptable when the singer shuts his mouth.
First I didn't like it much but as the Album progressed I started to like the sound. It has a crazy energy to it
Way better 80s albums
Never heard about this one before, a nice surprise. Synthpop is hit or miss for me, post-punk is one of my fave styles. I haven't heard many albums which can be described as a clear combination of the two - perhaps some New Order or Fad Gadget stuff.
Early 80s music is fine I say.
Ahhh the 80s, a time for musical experimentation. Some hit and some missed. This shit missed like a 3 point shot from Shaq.
This feels like a joke. Like a parody of Duran Duran or Flock of Seagulls. The keyboard is the quintessence of the 80s. All you need is a Roland 808, some bad drum beats, and you’re fully capable of turning out some terrible music. That anyone ever bought this album, joke’s on you, kid. Gloomy Sunday!
This is not good. I understand that this is early synth pop goth. At best, it sounds like a bad joke. The more I hear, the less I like. 1/5
Nope, nope, nope. This does NOT appeal to me. I’m tired of complaining about the over abundance of UK 80’s and 90’s bands, and detailing why I don’t like them. Theirs is another one, ‘nuff said. 2/5
i could feel my ranking sink the longer i listened. could i write poetry to this? n
Wow... this is terrible. Possibly the worst album in this project so far. I tried to give it some credit for being so early in the Post-Punk/New Wave/New Romantic movement, but I just cant. It's bad, no matter how you approach it. Negative infinity stars.
This album has nothing redeemable.
Some potential here, but I don't think I'd ever choose to listen to this again.
pretty meh
Nu-wave, but without the choons.
This was like if you took the Cure and removed everything good they have going on. Annoying music, annoying wailing, nothing really interesting going on.
Very meh
Not really my style...very repetitive sounding
Sulk?? More like Suck.
Headache stuff - but better than rap.
5.5/10 Promises to be very interesting at times, but then mostly turns out to be annoying. Highlights: No Gloomy Sunday Nude Spoon
Fíla röddina oftar en ekki, lögin eru stundum ansi töff. Mjög dramatískur flutningur og production. Svolítið dósahljóð í soundinu, en ég toga þetta uppí fjarka.
So weird. Some psychadelic vibes, mostly instrumental. Lyrics can be nonsensical. Definitely has a new wave, synthesizer sound, too. I did not enjoy this album.
It's just bad and it goes on and on...
Was expecting a horrible album, wasn’t that bad but still not great
This is one of the worst albums I have heard, an album hasn't made me angry like this to finish in a long time. Boring and very very annoying
Sometimes it is decent for a bit
Terrible
couple good jams didnt read enough about the band. cool era, cool style, not my favorite
You a band is a one hit wonder when their 3 most popular songs on Spotify are all various remixes or remasters of the same song. And it's a fucking terrible song. Better than some of the other songs on the album but still terrible. These guys were clearly trying to bite Bowie's style but did it poorly.
Please stop the music!
Could not dislike this more.
Couldn’t get through this, sorry
If I had to describe this as anything I would call it teen emo punk in space meets the 80s synth addiction voiced by Dennis from Always Sunny singing the Day Man song. If that sounds all over the place it's because this album is trying to do everything at once and is overwhelming. I thought this one was a chore to get through and I had to listen in multiple parts. This guys definitely think they are music's gift to the world because they released all their songs in triplicate assuming that anyone would every want to listen to this more than once.
QuasiBowie a lo rollo.
Isn’t Asaph tabular as the singles
This was so hard to listen to. Perhaps I don’t understand this music. It sounds like some guys messing around in the studio making songs on the fly. The odd timing of the drums sounds like “mistakes” as they are played at odd and infrequent times. One song sounded like the singing was recorded without any backing track whatsoever, then simply layered over some music. Maybe it just went over my head
Psychedelic post-punk like an acid trip.
2/10 not a fan at all
First song is way too repetitive. I don’t think I’m a fan of this style of music. This album feels so long because every song is boring and has nothing going for it. The 80’s style is driving me insane.
Hier en daar typische 80s synth sound, maar er wordt verder niks mee gedaan. Het vliegt alle kanten op en mist daardoor de boot.
classic of shitty new wave
nope
The colors they chose for the album art are nice I guess...
Moody, plodding, 80's synth music. Normally right up my alley, but just a little too creepy for my taste. I'm not sure they influenced anybody but you can certainly hear lots of influences although I can't rightly call it derivative. Unconvinced this album belongs on this list.
Solid early 90s pop album
I was going to give this 1 star but the second half marginally improved things to the point where I could kind of see myself tolerating listening to this at a push. If that's not a glowing endorsement I don't know what is!
A couple of decent enough songs, but most of the others sound like poor imitations. Scores OK with its scottish bonus point, but this is actually a 2 🌟 album
2.5
80te dance, OK ali nije moj stil
3/5. I super dig the dark undertone with the creative and simple instrumentation. I appreciate the willingness to create songs that will definitely not do well on the radio but are still super enjoyable and awesome. It's a cognitive dissonance because I hear the loud and bombastic drums and synth mixed with the high vocals and I still feel scared, like something is going to jump up from the music and grab me. The main downside is that they can sound a little similar so can take away the mystery and then becomes somewhat boring later on in the album due to the similarity. Best song: No, Bap De La Bap
How many versions of this did we need on Spotify? Anyway, the instrumentals were pretty decent. I was surprised at first, as I had read they were considered "post punk". The instrumentation worked well. The vocals, however... are just not good. It's like someone from a Cure cover band. It doesn't fit well with what the rest of band is playing, and at times he's SCREAMING over the instruments, which got extremely annoying. The instrumentals bumped it up to listenable. Next.
Terrible. That's what was going through my head after the first few songs, especially Bap De La Bap, which seems like the worst parts of Joy Division and New Order (and David Byrne) brought together. Terrible is still what I thought when I reached their so-called big hit Party Fears Two. Their other hit Club Country was better. I get that they epitomized the new wave sound happening at the start of the 80's and they have paved the way for bands like Culture Club, the Cure (in their mid-80's evolution), etc. But this is not my scene. Too over the top. Too shite. Not complete shite, but not good enough either. It's music and trends like this that make us want to pretend like the 80's never happened. What were we all thinking?
This is bad. These folks are yelping and making noise that I find harmful to my ears. Too much going on, and not even in a cool prog-rock sort of way
I do not need this many British pop albums. One of the better ones, though.
This is awesome synth pop for how demented it is, as well as there being some genuinely great cuts. The wacky cover of “Gloomy Sunday” belongs to the former category, while “Club Country” sits firmly in the latter. Overall, I find the novelty very entertaining
Sulky sulky sucky wucky
Already had this albumrepeated
"Arrogance Gave Him Up" is an absolutely great opening track. It was entirely instrumental, and it got me really excited by the album. Unfortunately, it was the only standout track for me, and the others were either middling to poor.
Pretty advanced for 1982, and predictive of Sisters of Mercy, on the one hand, and Pet Shop Boys (though this is angrier/spikier and slightly depressive, too). A few hooks stick and “alive and kicking at the country club” sounds suspiciously like a theme song for one’s late middle age). There is ample silliness and this is overproduced by an order of magnitude. “Love Hangover” is camp upon camp, and certainly merited inclusion on the album.
I’m so sick and tired of British people making music, and no, I didn’t finish the 1h 40 album, I got enough the first 40 minutes
medio aburrido pero le encuentro la visión. bastante largo. le doy un 6/10.
Did not enjoy at all
3.2
Phantom of the Opera, David Bowie, a carnival on acid, Day Man from it's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, pure 80's vibe. The vocals really kill the album. Party Fears Two almost seems like a joke with how over the top the vocals are.
I was actually pretty close to giving this a 1 but after a while, I kind of started to respect the bands decision to make annoying, vocally grating new wave music. I think this might have been another case of "you had to be there", in which case I was certainly not.
Truly awful.
Whiny ass voice
Synth-driven and very atmospheric 80s New wave. Lots of high-tone keys that texture and convey lead/counter-melodies. They get lots of strange and experimental tones/sounds from these keys - like a maxed out chorus pedal sound, a melting song-stopping effect. Vocals are a coy tenor, variously operatic and snapped out (a bit like Bauhaus). There is some swirling textural guitar work creating a stormy unsettling feeling on some tracks. Overall, it's a mixture of poppy major key songs and some dancey tracks but generally more minor key drones/dirges. Reverby drums add a lot of space. Favorites: Party Fears Two, Arrogance Gave Him Up, Gloomy Sunday, Better This Way
QuasiBowie a lo rollo.
meh, ok
It was fine
Awesome
so annoyinggg
God awful album. I liked gloomy Sunday but the rest was torturous to listen to
Huh this is what its like when i dont like pretty much every musical decision made in a project
Hectic, chaotic, melodic and prominent songwriting.....of the times. The rawness of the production seems a bit of the era and doesn't translate as well for me on a personal level.
This album sounds like a collaboration between David Bowie and the Cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Party Fears Two isn’t bad. Too synth-pop for me.
Not feeling this, a David ish Bowie vibe But not, hahaha Now it went kinda Talking Heads on better this way
I really have no clue what I just listened to. While not the worst thing I've ever listened to, I definitely won't be seeking it out again in the future.
I wasn't thrilled with this album sounded a little disjointed lacked focus and an identifiable sound. 2.5 stars
Weird, in a cool 80s way.
Boy the first and last song clearly could have used some vocals. We're not soundtracking a movie here. But in between, it sort of started kicking ass in the way a post-punk early '80's duo way. Maybe that's by design.
Yikes
A little on the synth-y side for my taste, and I am not keen on the vocal delivery. Didn't do much for me overall.
I can't finish this album. It's terrible singing on top of very generic 80s new age synthpop music. There's nothing special about it and it's a 23-song, 2-hour commitment I'm just not willing to make
Okay
Dear god, it’s been a rough few days. This is so overproduced in the worst possible way, the amount of reverb on the snare creates so many moments where everything just feels out of time, and it’s all a complete mess. At least Einstürzende Neubauten from yesterday were TRYING to be unlistenable with their uncompromising industrial hammering - The Associates tried to record a pop album and somehow shat this out
This album is a little out there. I don't really like resonate with any particular song but I appreciate the composition and production. I'd say this is not really my type but it's still good
Goth pop ? No thanks 1 star
I appreciate the synthy melodies, they're fun despite being so distinctively '80s. Those vocals though... one of the worst I've ever heard. Who hurt that boy?
Not bad. Sounded a bit like the Talking Heads on some tracks.
Опять же, как уже порядком альбомов, которые мне здесь встречались: овердрама в голосе, нью-вэйв/пост-панк, темнота, мрак и всё остальное - всё звучит так, как вот звучит идеальный альбом. Но будто бы и тут затянуто, и тут записано? заремастерено? очень сухо и плоско. Утром проснулся с мелодией из главного хита группы в голове. Лучшая песня - Nude Spoons.
ehh.
Yuck! They heard the Talking Heads and said “That’s it”. Sooo little here to like. 2/5
I love you, David Bowie, but you inspired some truly bad music.
Bizarre Scottish duo, Sometimes sounding like Bowie's vocals, i.e. 'Gloomy Sunday'
This was kind of a mess, but with a few bright spots. I can understand why someone might like it and can see how it inspired the goth sub genre, but it was pretty grating
I disagree with choosing this album. I could’ve gone my whole life without hearing this one.
Don’t listen to a ton of 80’s but this seems like a good example of what it would be like. Really good vocals but not my fav overall 3/5
Sorry falls da irgendwie Pionier vo schlechter Musik gsi sind oder so. Ich chan mer do echt nid ganze album geh. "and then I read a book" eifach mit eme röpser start scho zu unhinged für min Gschmack (han random uf das lied klickt). S album isch au mega lang? Aso weiss nid ob da eifach uf spotify mit de live Version sind aber gsehni irgendwie garnid. 1.7/5
Ischmer eifach chli too much irgendwie sorry
erste track nice 80s cheese. spezielli drums irgendwie. sehr wonky für e drum machine. gfallt mer aber. no. boh etz isch huuere lang gange bises singed. hui d melodie isch out there. und draaamaaatisch hoobla. bap de la bap?? ich sött de synth nervig finde aber finden no cool. alli synths sind so noisyy. uuh gloomy sunday isch chli post punk pop time. findi super. de best bis etz. nude spoons. bgv sehr ominös, geil. its better this way isch au sehr nice weird und er singt nöd würklich tön. Party fears two. sie hend sehr gern wonky tön und so. finds etz chli lang s gliche. country club hani recht nervig gfunde. nothinginsomethingparticular fangt besser ah und isch funky instrumental coool.
uiui aso ich gah devo es isch extra aber bin schomal gar nöd begeisteret vode produktion also s erste lied isch jz für mich game-musig gsi miteme nervige schlagzüg im hindergrund, ich hoff da chunnt nachli meh no gfalltmer jz scho besser, sehr atmosphärisch und weird, fast scho unheimlich JZ CHÖMMED WIEDER DIE ASS DRUMS UND GAME MUSIG ah er singt funny jaa jz zB party fears two findi voll easy, aber sie würked eifach wie wenn sie us prinzip alles münd übertribe (jz idem lied de gsang) logisch chan das au funny sii und kreativ aber finds ener müehsam au club county recht cool mite schnelle strings aber sie wennd alles quirky mache