What's That Noise?

The reviews talking about having to "hunt this down" act like they had to venture into the catacombs with a torch. You had to open your YouTube app, grow up bro. This wasn't bad! Not my usual style but I didnt hate it.

Album had an insane amount of sampling and was an up and down experience. For 1989 this would have been out of the ordinary for sure. Overall it was a decent listen but it was definitely all over the place in terms of sound. I gave it a 5/10, so it will be 3 stars as I am feeling generous.

Only just a 3, it's a textbook of classic hip hop samples. The remix of Beats and Pieces is great.

Not all that bad as far as dance music goes, but listening to this whole thing just made me feel like the only sober person at a club

2/5

Die britischen Avalanches. Wahrscheinlich deswegen nicht auf den Streamern zu finden, weil die Sample-Lizenzierung ne Katastrophe sein muss. Viele spannende Ideen, tolle Gastbeiträge und sogar waschechte Pop-Hits. In einem Song hab ich das "Woah" aus The Prodigys "Smack My Bitch Up" gehört. Hier hat Liam Howlett also genau hingehört. Aufhorchen musste ich dann auch bei "Not Paid Enough". Hierbei handelt es sich um ein Instrumental des "Seven Minutes of Madness"-Remix von Eric B. & Rakims "Paid in Full", ein absoluter Remix-Klassiker, für den Coldcut wohl damals nicht ausreichend entlohnt wurden. Witziger Troll-Move. Wusste nicht, dass ausgerechnet Briten für den Track verantwortlich sind. Ein paar Songs sind mir nicht so reingegangen bzw. bieten über ihre Laufzeit nicht genügend Abwechslung, aber insgesamt war das ein schönes Stück Zeitgeschichte der britischen Rave-Kultur.

Geil. Das ging richtig gut rein. Das Theme war ein kurzer Downer, aber wir wollen mal nicht so rein. Das war in sich konsistent, geradlinig und abwechslungsreich. Außerdem hat es mir durchaus Spaß gemacht. Was will ich denn noch?

Gleichzeitig finde ich dieses Album zu lang und gar nicht so wirklich meins, andererseits wollte ich dabei durchs Büro tanzen. Macht erstaunlich viel Spaß trotz längen. Hierfür bin ich da. Hätte mir das nie angehört, werde es mir nie mehr anhören aber bin froh es gehört zu haben

It does sound more like the nineties than late eighties, so maybe it was a bit ahead of its time. Doesn't make it a good record, though. Can't seem to decide between half assed songs and sample heavy, overlong interludes. More British mediocrity.

LOVED some of these songs and deeply wished i wasn't listening to some of the others so i guess im trying to split the difference with this one. but rounding down feels more true to me than up so

Highly enjoyable. They literally probably don't make em like this any more. Not sure why it was so difficult to find!

Stansfield song an absolute choon! Alison Limerick Where Love Lives vibes. Mark E Smith song interesting, together with maybe My Telephone a clear precursor to Telephone Thing. Might be his 1st collaboration, good on them for having the cojones to approach him! Rest innovative and interesting throughout. A further part of the proof to Merthyrs "1989 was the best year of the 90s" theorem.

Curious and funny.

This wasn't on Spotify, so already that wasn't a good sign. I did not like this. It was dance/electronic music. I knew some of the artists that sang on the songs (Lisa Stansfield & Queen Latifah), but that didn't save this. Not for me!

You’re really gonna make me go to YouTube and click through commercials for some mid techno?!

Still as badass as the day it came out. 4/5.

There's a lot going on here, but let me try to distill how I feel. 1) Album art powerful because it's the context through which we perceive the music - it's the environment and the glue that holds everything together. This album art looks like diarrhea. 2) there is some really cool sampling on here and playing with pitch that I enjoy. (Stop this Crazy thing and Not Paid Enough) 3) there are VERY annoying bits and dated references that render the experience borderline unlistenable sometimes (Fat & Telephone) All together not an essential listen that I wouldn't recommend to a friend. But interesting nonetheless. 2.4/5 -> 2/5

My feelings on this are so up and down. There are some funky trip hop parts of this that I really like and then there's some of that old rap/80s keyboard stuff that turns me totally off. I was ready to give this a 2 until a funky beat struck me like half way through.

1989. Club dance music that grabs you right from the start. Cutting and pasting break beats while still at the end of the 80's. Its so good for a late night work vibe.

Couldnt find :(

I have no idea why I enjoyed this so much. However the bits I enjoyed were predominantly samples…

dorsn't exist apparently

Interesting album. Sometimes it’s joyful with funny samples, cool beats etc, and sometimes it’s just a little too much happy soul. It’s annoying when you have to stream on youtube, but I won’t hold that against the album.

Good album. Had to listen to on YouTube as not available on streaming services

Ik wil nog wel eens zeuren over de (qua muziek) foute jaren tachtig, maar het begin van de jaren '90 is muzikaal gezien ook wel een verhaal apart eigenlijk. De opkomst van (acid)house, de opkomst van hiphop, de opkomst van computers. Toen was dit ultiem cool en klonk het futuristisch, maar als je het nu hoort is het ongeveer net zo cool als Carlo Boszhard met een petje zijwaarts op z'n kruin. Dit album is een tijdcapsule naar die tijd. Als je heel goed luistert hoor je in de verte de geboorte van de Flippo's. En dat maakt het geinig, maar tegelijkertijd ook een beetje triest. Het is echt zwaar gedateerd. En toch heeft het ook wel weer iets. Misschien is het een soort van nostalgie wat ik ervaar, ook al zou ik inschatten dat ik pas m'n eerste actieve herinneringen heb vanaf 2 jaar na de release van dit album, toen ik onterecht straf kreeg voor het (terug)gooien van zand in de zandbak van de peuterspeelzaal. Ik zit tussen de 2 en de 3 sterren. Ik hou het op 2. Er staan indrukwekkendere sample-heavy albums op deze lijst.

I like plenty of albums built out of endless samples but this was just tedious. Coldcut lacks the meticulous beauty of the Avalanches, the relentless energy of Girl Talk, or even the laid back moodiness of a J Dilla. It honestly feels like they're just throwing well known melodies at you half the time and then occasionally inserting annoying sound effects on top, ruining what is sometimes a decent groove with literal needless bells and whistles.

This is groovy! 4 leaning 5 and might upgrade to a 5 on future listens. I like the weirdness of this, it's fun while still being catchy and musical.

new to me, very cool. still a fail on the 1001 albums book acklowledge a detroit house artist challenge (impossible), but cool

Dikke samples, lekke vooruitstrevend!

Ya que no esté en Spotify y lo tenga que escuchar en Youtube la bajó. Igualmente arrancó bien, me sorprendió pero después se quedó en eso. No estuvo mal.

Any album featuring both Queen Latifah and Mark E. Smith is ok by me. A stew of disparate samples, seamlessly blended into funky danceable grooves. Slicin' and dicin'. Very cool. One more for the low attention span generation.

Not available on streaming services. Had to locate on YouTube.

Could not find on apple music

A very... unique album. It has a very captivating jungle-type DnB beat behind many of the songs and pulls all of its sounds via. samples from other tracks, which leads to an eclectic mix of sounds. I enjoyed "People Hold on" and a few other tracks, especially around the 9/10/11 track number. Songs could be a bit abrasive at times and it had quite a long run length, but I didn't mind this album at all. Plus the album cover is super cool 🤖🤖🤖

Thought about giving this album two stars, since I didn’t hare sitting through it. But then, I didn’t find anything to like about it, so down the drain it goes. No redeeming qualities

This is kinda fun but occasionally gets irritating.

A surprise, to be sure. Could have easily skewed cheesey, but was eclectic in a good way, with solid production.

no

Not my thing

Rating: 4.3/5 Short Review: Chaotic in a really fun way. Samples, hip-hop, house, funk, random voices, weird little transitions. It feels like Coldcut discovered a sampler and immediately decided every sound on Earth belonged inside it. Uneven, but never boring. Favorite Track: People Hold On

The UK DJ house music on this project is probably my least favorite, but this one has some fun grooves and jams. Like all of them, its 15 minutes too long. But it has really interesting glitchy samples and grooves that make it fun to jam out to.

I like the creative sampling and the sound of the beats. Hearing this and Public Enemy's "Fear of A Black Planet" within a few days really takes me back to that late 80s, early 90s aesthetic that was impossible to escape at the time. Not everything hits and it honestly goes on too long for my liking. Some of the cartoon samples get to be a little too much. I think I had the best time with tracks 2-4... especially "Telephone." I'm glad I heard it, but I know I wouldn't seek it out to listen again. If it had been a thing people said in 1989, this probably would have been called "brainrot music" and it would have deserved the title. I think it's fun in small doses.

Had to listen on youtube so that was fun. It wasn't bad, but I'm not heading back to it.

Jag blev väldigt positivt överraskad av detta album. Det är alltid en intressant insikt när man märker att albumet inte finns på Spotify, och det väcker knappast hoppfulla tankar inom en. Men jag ska vara ärlig, att stå på kontoret och göra binders med detta i öronen var frid och fröjd. En riktig vibe! Jag ger det 7,5/10!!

Gillar detta Dance album, väldigt unikt och före sin tid. Påminner mig lite om Dance monkey Dance! I och med att denna är på YouTube så har jag inte lyssnat igenom mer de än 1.5 gång. Men jag gillar detta ändå. Inte bästa och inget jag kommer tillbaka till men jag Grabbensomintekollarpåexplosioner ger detta 5/10

It took about two seconds of this album to be transported back to late nights in dubious cars with dubious boys going to dubious raves in the middle of fields. The rest of the album just reinforced that feeling. Some of this might be a nostalgia flavoured bias but this really is a great album, that works so well as a whole album experience. I think it's better than I even remember, now I appreciate music a little more than just something to get wasted to. Fantastic stuff.

Great sample work. Like the jump between the dance beats and the slower bits.

Interesting.

People hold on and doctorin the house are very of it's time but also very endearing. Lisa stansfield sounds amazing on the album opener. The rest of it shall we say experimental

Alldeles för konstigt. Ljud collage, edm, hiphop ... Samplingar galore! Inte min jag. En etta

some unforgettable tracks from back in the day in there but the rest mediocre

This is a solid rain after a long draught. Fat drops pelting your face and you love it. You don't care about getting your clothes and hair wet. You just want to be drenched from head to toe.

a total blast. they are having a good trying whatever comes to mind when the future is still wide open. respect the process.

WAYYYYYY TO LONG!

It's really a noise lol

Could not find - did not listen.

This album is a collection of some very good stuff, and some un-memorable stuff. I would have liked this a lot more hearing it for the first time when it came out.

Eh this was fine. I liked it in the beginning but it wore on me a bit by the end.

Really struggled to find this album anywhere. Finally found it on YouTube It's good.

Not my thing

Liked the album. But wasn't really thrilled by it. Felt a bit too long. Good, but not great.

This is good! I just wish it was on streaming services :(

2 out of 5. Some good beats and melodies found here.

Gear: ZMF Auteur Classic LTD Shedua Artwork: 😖⚠️😖 Production: 🎧📢😵‍💫 Music: 🤖🎉💩 Rating: 🧪(🧪)/5

Stop This Crazy Thing is one tune i really liked, a great mix of familiar tunes, rhythm and good vocals. Probably the highlight of a mostly forgettable album.

Fine

it’s very dated sounding but i had fun.

Cheesy late 80s dance/pop. Not very interesting.

I've had a pretty good stretch of albums so I needed a palette cleanser to make the next ones just seem that much better..this assortment of sounds disguised as music fits the bill!

What in the 80s after school special is this crap? 👎

Of all the "didn't need to hear that before I die" albums this is the most "didn't need to hear that before I die". Hate when you know it's going to be a long listen just based on the artwork.

I love old 80s electronic music it's just a series of gated beeps and boops and poorly recorded samples over an archaic drum machine. It's not good but they just trying shit out and laying down foundation. Something akin to caveman paintings or hieroglyphics. Highlight: Not Paid Enough

Spotify link wouldn’t open and couldn’t find it there :(

Groovin beats & cool samplea, but really overstays it's welcome

Funky late 80s electronica. Feels like katamari damacy.

This is a fun album

This record massively intrigues me and I can’t really quite work it out. Why is it not on streaming services? Why have I never heard of this band? And ultimately why is this album so disjointed but equally fun to listen to? There are so many incredibly fun, upbeat & groovy bangers to get stuck into - but there are also moments where the record feels patchy and not particularly thought through. The production sometimes feels very dated too. But overall, I have to say it was at least a good ride. I’ll go 7/10 for this - it’s enjoyable and shows huge potential but I’m not fully sold on it.

Some people just don't know how to part like it's 1989. If anything I like this even more now than I did back then when I picked up a vinyl copy with a free 12" for diddly squat. Back then I was more of an S'Express fan who I guess had a more effective unified image. This is more like a compilation of early dance music tunes. Kind of mad it launched both Lisa Stansfield and Yazz, and it launched Mark E Smith of the The Fall's ongoing flirtation with electronica. See also D.O.S.E, INCH and Von Sudenfed as well as the contributions of Dave Bush and then Julia Nagle with The Fall. Check out The Fall's 'cover' of My Telephone renamed as Telephone Thing. Sound nothing like the original not least in including a lyric about Gretchen Franklin who played Ethel in Eastenders. Anyway all that and Wikipedia has just informed me Queen Latifah is on it too. Although I can't hear what she's doing....

Didn't know who they are, but recognised the famous ones. I suppose it was done quite well. But its really not my thing. A generous 2.

A good example of a genre I’m not that keen on. But enjoyed it I did.

I went into this completely blind having never heard of this group before, and was pleasantly surprised by what I found after a quick jaunt over to the ol' YouTube. I love a wonky mashup of samples over a funky beat, and this was an album chock full of exactly that. 90's house production has this weird charm that I fall for nearly every time, so needless to say I had a great time listening to this one. I wish it wasn't only on YT so I could listen to it more often! A great find I would never have known about if not for this list. 3.5/5 Favorite tracks: My Telephone, Smoke Dis One, Not Paid Enough

It was OK, not great, but OK.

Crap

Some of it was ok but not really my thing

Not bad for an EDM album at all. Very catchy and infectious. I think the shorter runtime helps a lot here - none of the songs feel drawn out or overdone. Just a bunch of fun songs to bop along to. The use of hip hop mixing helps keep everything fresh as well. Top tracks: Theme From "Reportage", Which Doctor?, Stop This Crazy Thing

Had to find on the internet, however that’s one good retro album. Worth buying a physical copy.

It was not in Spotify and it was not very convenient for me to find and listen to this album on YouTube - so, I’m giving 2 stars as my default

Bleeeah.

Spotify didn't have this one?

3,4/5

I didn't know this band. Some good tunes. Good album overall.

Eo

What’s that noise (derogatory)? Not worth messing up my YouTube algorithm

This is house! Quite ok but not necessarily my jam

Mark E Smith track was good. Good collages but tiring after a while

What’s that noise… doing on this list?

Wat houd ik ervan dat de review met de meeste upvotes dit een house album noemt lmao. Erg cool album, na de eerste paar minuten sceptisch, maar daarna alleen maar keihard viben

Leuke plaat dit. Ik vind de vergelijking met Avalanches die veel mensen begrijpelijk, maar die niveau's berijkt het voor mij niet. Wel lekker vibey en zomers.

ergens opzoeken buiten youtube

Fuck yeah! Gimme more of this! Perfect album for this list. Quirky, dancey, fun, without getting repetitive. The Shamen should take note. 5