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hell yes coldcut, let’s dance
Pretty silly now but it sounded almost glamourous or sophisticated at the time. It’s a bit like listening to a history exhibit. Something of a precursor, at least in form, to the Avalanches and UNKLE (and a bit later, Gorillaz), although their apparent English influence was on Big Beat. But it’s a lot of the same house track and not a little bit goofy otherwise.
This hit all the right spots for me what can I say? Despite seemingly not being able to escape Mark E Smith, this was a fantastic record. I had to find it on YouTube to listen to but it was worth the search! This thing is dope as hell!
Not available on Spotify
So so so boring
I think I get it. See... what had happened was... This spot should have gone to M|A|R|R|S, but they never released a proper album that would qualify for this list. They only produced the international smash hit single, "Pump Up The Volume." It was backed with the more artsy-fartsy number, "Anitina (The First Time I see She Dance)." Everybody should check out M|A|R|R|S before they die. Instead, we are presented with Coldcut, which both is and isn't close enough. And speaking of "Pump Up The Volume", why isn't there any Eric. B & Rakim on this list?
Just great! Catchy, groovy, and tons of variety in music and themes. I already love the house music of this era, and this is on another level.
We liked it more than expected. Took a while to get round it because it's not of Spotify but overall very decent. We liked the circus sounding song the best.
4 - sample laden 90’s edm. It’s ok
This was a fun bit of early sampling. It was good to hear Mark E Smith pop up. I hadn't realised Coldcut wrote the music for Telephone Thing. It's a shame that it's not on streaming services, or I'd listen to it more.
Too bad it’s not on Apple Music. Loved all the samples in the songs. I also enjoyed the positive vibes from the music. It was a pretty cool experience.
Kind of annoying that it's not available on Spotify, but that might make me actually pay a little more attention to what track is playing. (I'm) In Deep went pretty hard. I feel like it caught the zeitgeist of that era in sampling/mixing. I liked Stop This Crazy Thing too, very funky and fun.
I still wonder what that’s sound actually was…
Enjoyed the late 80’s hip hop styling but overall found it disorienting and grating. 2/5
Surprisingly good album for one that isn't on Spotify. Favourite song was my telephone! Would listen to it more if it was on Spotify.
Interesting discovery. Not something I'll revisit much, but I'm glad I've heard it.
Fanns inga på spåtifaj
Plenty of good moments, but this was ultimately too annoying for me to get into.
Good. Had to listen on YouTube as it’s taken down from streaming services.
really fun! will want to relisten
Not available to listen to
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
A bit dated, but has its moments.
What's That Noise is an album i did want to like but due to many issues it suffers from, i just can't really like it. This is probably one of the most 80s electronic albums to ever exist. A lot of it just sounds like it would come from an Amiga which makes sense considering this duo was involved in making a game called Top Banana (I don't recommend looking it up since it is one of the ugliest games of all time). This album just suffers from a lot of issues from feeling directionless at points, to having grating vocals, to sounding overly fuzzy. I can't completely fail it since when the album isn't having these issues, the songs can genuinely be super fun but more often than not, these issues will always be there. Best Song: My Telephone Worst Song: Not Paid Enough
Meh
If I have to dig that hard to actually listen to it, it isn't essential. That being said, lots of interesting sample stuff here that has spread organically.
It’s a mish-mash of clips, sounds, beats, snippets and some chatter, like house music for a dance party or low key millennial rave.
This record is a banger. Favourite Track(s): What's That Noise Least Favourite Track(s): No Connection
Has two actual songs are the rest is just straight up garbage noise. The first song made me thing this would actually be good but I guess not
Points for sounding like early 2000's electronica so clearly had influence and I genuinely enjoyed it early on. I think this is definitely on the listener as after a while I just can't continue in the genre so a qualified 3.
What's That Noise is exactly what I said when sticking this on. Yikes.
After the few albums we have already had that felt like they should have sounded like this but didn’t, this took things to a new level- the samples were sublime, the sound was quality and all I could imagine whilst listening was Bumblebee playing the radio and using all these snippets to create this album. Absolutely loved it and it needs to get added to Amazon music so I can get some of it on my playlists. Can’t comment on face or worst tracks as I played it and couldn’t look- but the fact it all seamlessly flowed and played twice without me realising was enough for me to realise no bad tracks. 9/10
Coldcut I liked this. All the tracks kind of ran together but there wasn't a moment I wasn't enjoying it. Can't remember track names apart from the singles and I'm not battling with YouTube again to find out. If I saw cheap on vinyl I would probably pick it to be able to listen properly. 8/10
Got two dj-style albums today, and I think it's due to my criticisms of the least essential members of Chvrches yesterday. This one is the one I can't die without hearing, and given that it starts with the most banal disco track in the world, I disagree. I could have died. Though I do think “party and bullshit” is the most accurate description of all of this. It's the song that never ends, to me. I guess there are only so many ways to say that. But it just repeats and repeats. “Im in deep” almost made me think maybe, maybe i'll be rethinking this… the very beginning almost promises an eastern flair, and then we get the dialog and it becomes one more uninteresting bassline looping forever. And sure, I like droney things sometimes, I like things that aren't necessarily complex, I like a lot of things. There's just such a je ne sais quote about this sort of album that makes it soulless. Like, even Kraftwerk is more soulful, and they are making robot music (ironically, “my Telephone” tries and fails to mine Computer World vibes, but only ends up making me think of Kelly Clarkson's “miss independent”). Honestly though, you know when you give a kid a noisemaker toy and they just press the buttons over and over again and say “mama, dada, listen”? And then they press a button that plays a tepid big band “joshua fought the battle of jericho” while poking around aimlessly at the keys? That is how I feel about this album. It's not abysmal, but it isn't interesting in any way, isn't music made from a compulsion toward making music. ⭐️⭐️ is generous.
Dated to hell, but a fun bricolage of sounds. It's bouncy and engaging and I had fun, but that's about it.
Goofy and fun
Who else was hoping this would sound more like What's That Noise? by Stormtroopers of Death. Fun album for what it is. Stop This Crazy Thing took me back to Saturday morning cartoons with the George Jetson and Tarzan samples. The Queen Latifah track is the standout.
Not on Spotify. Not all that interesting for me. Listened on YouTube. Suppose I can see the enjoyment at the time.
The only Coldcut record I owned was a single from 2001 called Re:Volution which sampled UK political leaders Tony Blair and William Hague. This early record of theirs is more goofy and acid house inspired. I knew they had a few hits in the late 80s but didn't realize People Hold On was them, enjoyed the Mark E Smith colab too, but overall it was a bit repetitive and some tracks didn't really justify their length.
Yeah this one just went by. It definitely is something different compared to most albums on this list. But my attention wandered to other places pretty quickly. 2/5
Not available on Apple Music.
Meh
Great - really enjoyed
Couldn’t listen to this one, tried some other albums and didn’t catch on. 2.
Decent but not on streaming and kinda silly overall. High 2.
If it ain't on Apple Music, I take that as a sign I've dodged a bullet
I've read some reviews from people calling this revolutionary and influential, and I can understand why, as I can't disagree with the fact that the sampling can feel ambitious. However, this is not the only point I agree with. As much more people have pointed out, this things is terribly dated house. Except from the fun opening "People Hold On", the rest of the album is just incredibly bland beats with a substantial lack of catchy melodies. Not to say that there aren't, as the already mentioned first track or maybe some lines in "My Telephone" are infectious, but overall, it fails. On top of that, the songs are also quite lengthy considering the amount of repetition there is. The tracks range from three and a half to six minutes, which are certainly the standard lengths for any song, but as said, repeating boring stuff while always make things feel stretched. So in the end, very forgettable album.
Pas archi nul, mais le plaisir d'écoute est ABSENT.
kind of a fun mix of grandmaster flash and primal scream. it's got some of that scratching/80's style beats but those 90's electronic samples.
does this album even exist, i had to string together random parts from youtube, album wasn’t even the best but people hold on is a tune
Listened last week and didn't write a review. Listened on Youtube. I liked it. Review:7.6/10
2.5
It's a racket, is what it is.
Actually super solid
Couldn’t find
This was fun you guys are mean
we are living the good life 2nite (word to kevin saunderson). never has an album sounded more like 1989™️. am I really gonna give the hi nrg eurobeat win to SAW? yes. yes i am. together forever babayyyy. unlike these tracks on streaming. thank you admin for uploading it to the tube. that all said there's some heaters. and some synth patches that will never be touched again (unless you're making futuristic skate graffiti music). 2.7-3.8. i will never forgive you evil white fucks for foisting fatboy slim and moby upon us when this shit already existed.
Not bad. But didn’t really stand out to me.
What an apt question. What exactly is this noise? I was struggling along and then some faux dub reggae thing appeared. Do you need drugs? Or am I too old? I was happier when I didn't know this existed.
U.K. House has aged like fine milk.
204. people hold on!
Listening to this, I felt like I was watching the old Fox show "In Living Color," with the musical segments and dancers they had. It's the same music with heavy doses of sampling and scratch. I enjoyed it enough for what it is but, as with so many on this list, I'd hardly call it essential listening.
Must be in the conversation for gold medal at the Shitty Album Cover Olympics. I'm guessing they put this on the list for its early/innovative use of sampling? There are a couple fun/endearing moments here, like the weirdly named Fat (Party and Bullshit) and Stop This Crazy Thing. Unexpected Latifah too. Didnt hate it, definitely didnt love it, like so many of these British electronic albums (like a plague lately)
Kind of a lame electronic / dance music album. Nothing very interesting, just a lot of beeps and boops
Not available on Spotify is not a good sign. This sucks. Dance music is bad. Maybe I don't really like music. Oh my god this is bad. Dance music with found sound?!? How have I never heard this before? Not available on Spotify because they couldn't obtain appropriate permissions from all the sampling. Good work, Coldcut. Not only does your music suck, but you stole it from other, more deserving, artists. Lisa Stansfield must have been one of these guys' girlfriend. The Jetsons was a knock off future Flintstones. My son makes better music in Garage Band. Queen Latifah was never one of my favorites and that's no different here. Stealing Eric B. & Rakim's Paid in Full beat and music and passing it off as a "new" song is insane. I am super glad this doesn't have permission to be on Spotify. The US release I found on YouTube is longer than the original by three songs.
8/10… electronica / trip hop / *1989
When I was a child, my parents got me an electronic keyboard. One of the soundboard for the keys was "DJ mode". I created more interesting music as an 8-year-old just ramming the keys. Groundbreaking record? Maybe. Interesting? Definitely not.
It was a fun listen, as I had not heard it back in the day Gotta track it down on YouTube, as Spotify doesn't have it
No estaba en Spotify!!!!
Inventive, fun, a bit long. Worth leaving the Spotify site to find this one on Youtube.
Decent, but not great. Not on Spotify at all, which isn't surprising given the amount of samples. "Stop This Crazy Thing" and "Not Paid Enough" were the standouts here
Not bad just wished it was on DSPs
I don't think I recognize this artist, album or any tracks by name. Though seeing Mark E. Smith and Lisa Stansfield as guest vocalists on this, and combined with the fact that this seems not to be readily available on streaming platforms, it all feels like a bad omen. Almost immediately, my suspicions were confirmed. Sorry, this just isn't my thing.
A good album, I liked People Hold On and Stop This Crazy Thing the most.
Not on Spotify. Found on Youtube
A cracker!
party time, pure joy
this was weird and fun
Maybe this was cutting edge at the time? Just doesn't seem like a "must hear" to me. Not terrible, but not exactly good, either.
Yeah ... this was good fun all around. Made my morning commute into work more enjoyable!
I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. This is an electronic dance album. Nothing particularly special. Unfortunately this album is not on Spotify so had a lot of trouble listening to this. Did not get through the whole album because of that. Wouldn't seek this out again even if it was on Spotify though.
Third-rate ripoff of Steinski and Double Dee who did all of this so much better years before, and with heaps of style and wit to boot.
Pass.
Sjovt lyt. Der var en masse genkendeligt i det, lidt disco feel over en del af det, og generelt fint. Tilgængeligheden af albummet var dog svær! Helt ud på mørke sider af nettet for at finde den. Men det gør kun oplevelsen mere memorabel.
Jeg ved ikke hvordan jeg skal rate det her album! Det var meget sjældent at jeg nød musikken. Men samtidig var det et sjovt lyt jeg ikke vil være foruden. Der bliver samplet virkelig meget, og alt muligt. Meget af tiden tænkte jeg “gad vide hvad de finder på nu”. Oplevelsesmæssigt var det en 4er. Musikalsk kan den måske skrabe sig op på en 2er. Men det er et stort måske.
Sentí que tenía un poco de todo, pero no me desagrado eso, al contrario, con varias dan ganas de bailar.
Thought I don't know them but listening to the album I'm pretty sure I've heard People Hold On before. My theory that I like late 80s/90s electronic music was proven right again. A really good album 3/5
Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Stop This Crazy Thing, Smoke Dis One While listening, I recognized a ton of different samples that I've since heard in numerous other songs - mostly hip-hop - over the years. That's really cool, but it's also the extent to which I can connect with this music. Its repetitive, dated, and kind of boring. Did I mention it's repetitive? There are a handful of interesting tracks. Stop This Crazy Thing is catchy, and Smoke Dis One features Queen Latifah, which was interesting. I just don't think I can see myself listening to this in the future.
not on spoti
Loved most of the songs!! I wish it was on Spotify, perfect party music
Thus feels like listening to a boring rerun of / Late 80s and early 90s top of pops episodes
that noise is Coldcut
An album so influential that Coldcut couldn’t be bothered to put it on their Spotify account
Not listed...
crazy sound super iconic
Yeah, This one is not for me. Just monotonous samples with no feeling. I think the green dudes on the cover agree with me.
1.92
I'm not a massive house fan but this was quite cool. 'Theme from Reportage' really sounds ahead of its time, Avalanches/Paul's Boutique were mentioned in other reviews and I definitely hear that. The tracks with Lisa Stansfield are quite catchy too Think it outstayed its welcome a little. The version i listened to on YouTube has a long penultimate track which isn't the same as the version on Wiki. But anyway this was fun, lively, creative and cool
Pretty average house album overall, even if the vibes are good and its got its charm. The songs are pretty repetitive and mostly just go on and on for too long, and so does the album overall.
This was kind of a vibe, emphasis on "kind of". Favorite track: People Hold On
Ég fer nú ekki að setja meira en tvist á þetta...
Can't find on Spotify- pass
It has all the pieces that make for good '90's dance music, and yet it just doesn't seem to work. Fat Boy Slim and Daft Punk achieved what this album did not.
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Coldcut have had a fairly large impact on the music industry, not least through their wonderful 7min remix of Paid In Full (which they place in this album in instrumental form after not being paid in full at all...). Also the founders of Ninja Tune, whose artists I've been listening to for years. Album was fun too (3.6* rounded down)
Entiendo bastante porque tengo que escuchar este álbum antes de morir, aunque siento que me costó escucharlo y que me sobre estimuló bastante sí lo miró como pioneros en el sentido que agarraron a muchos artistas muy influyentes y que cambiaron bastante la forma de hacer la música y lo fusionaron todo en un álbum. Lo siento bastante creativo bastante adelantado, probablemente para la época.
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It started off strong. "A 4 star album, woah, this is fun" I think to myself. Little did I know, it'd turn shit later on and I'd rate it a 2.😔💔
Very self-aware - What IS that noise? It’s a DJ album mixing and sampling sounds for far too long. I don't need a 50 minute album of this. Still better than some of the albums on this list. 2⭐️
312/1001 Coldcut - What's That Noise? Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ Not on streaming. Made it to 45 minutes with all of the ads. Wasn't enough for me musically to continue. Gave up.
People Hold On
I really vibed with whatever this is
Probably the first pure house album so far able to keep my focus. Expert example of an album that's basically all samples 8/10.
8/10 It's pretty fun and danceable. The sample use in 'Stop This Crazy Thing' particularly stands out.
Album 205. What's That Noise? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgYhZ5Ennig) — Coldcut (1989) Nope, weird house electronica. Not available in turkish spotify aahh 1/5 No liked songs
3 sterne
2 - not for me
6/10
Enjoyable, not special.
Are these songs criminally underrated or was I just not paying attention? Why aren't these more well known???
This wasn't on Spotify so had to listen elsewhere. Didn't get all the way thru but not the biggest fan
People Hold On 3.5 Fat (Party and Bullshit) 3 (I'm) In Deep 2.8 My Telephone 3 Theme from "Reportage" 2.7 Which Doctor? 3 Stop This Crazy Thing 3.2 No Connection 2.7 Smoke 1 3 Doctorin' the House 3.2 What's That Noise? 3 Score: 3.009090909
Not sure I like this
Inte min typ av musik.
Görs för få låtar om kommunikationsmedel idag.
Vid ett tillfälle tänkte jag ”det här låter schysst” men det visade sig vara reklampausen på YouTube som dragit igång.
ja var ere för oljud
"Vad är det för oljud?" frågar sig Coldcut i albumets titel och jag är beredd att hålla med. Klassiskt öppet mål, ber om ursäkt men var tvungen att sparka in den öppna dörren. Kanske är det jag som kommer in från fel håll, inte fattar grejen, inte var där 89 och drog ladd i ett industriområde i Manchester. Aldrig! Jag vet allt om musik. Således vet jag att detta är kasst oavsett tidens tekniska begränsningar.
Great album full of fun sounds that will later pave the way for future artists and genres.
Awesome record. Hip hop has sampled this alot over the years. Cool to hear alot of these samples source material.
Legitimately great singles band - the infectious gogo swing of Stop That Crazy Thing stands out here - but doesn't work as well in album format, try as they might.
Gauging from this album alone, I suspect I've heard far more Coldcut than I've ever realized, largely as samples for artists like Fatboy Slim and others, which is a nice irony given how much Coldcut relied on samples themselves. They do a nice job at it, and I can see how this was a great album for the dancehall scene, although aside from the extra hyper-sampled bits (like "Beats & Pieces" and "Not paid enough") it's not really my cup of tea. The best of the lot for me were probably several of the collaborations like the opening track "People hold on" (Lisa Stansfield), the quirky "(I'm) in deep" (Mark E. Smith), "Stop this crazy thing" (Junior Reid) and to some degree "Smoke dis one" (Queen Latifah). And while it's no fault of Coldcut, of course, it was *incredibly* annoying to try to piece together the various tracks of this album from the battlefield of broken YouTube playlists....
Really perked up with I heard the Tina Turner sample but otherwise didn't stand out for me.
I was thinking of this album when I had _World Clique_ by **Deee-lite** in this challenge a couple of days ago and it very much shares the house influence of the time. I’d say this leans into it even more. It’s of its time for sure but I loved that time and I listen to this album every so often anyway, when I’m in that mood
Ugh.
I had an epiphany today, it's something I've thought about quite a lot but today while listening to this album, it really hit me. And that's that this entire list of 1001 (well, 1089) albums is not auto generated or anything like that, every single individual album on this entire list was hand picked by a human being with a love and passion for music and music history. Each album was individually listened to and the maker of the list thought "yep, this is a significant album for the progression of music history and it's one that any fan of music should hear." The maker of the list did that with 1089 individual albums. And of course in that, you have a lot of albums that are obvious undeniable classics. Abbey Road, OK Computer, Illmatic, Remain in Light, I could go on. But then you have albums like this. I don't mean this rhetorically, I'm asking this question with full sincerity; why the fuck is this album on this list? You might like this, sure. I don't particularly but that's the beauty of art being subjective. But regardless of one's subjective opinion on an album like this, objectively this album is in absolutely no way an essential listen. Like there are plenty of albums out there I like, even ones I love, but many of them I wouldn't even entertain calling them an essential listen. I just like them because they are to my taste and I enjoy listening to them, but they are not important parts of music history that everyone needs to hear in order to have a deeper understanding of music. Which is exactly how I feel about this album, and honestly I feel like about half the albums I've listened to over my two and a half years doing this project. Just pointless annoying slop that nobody *needs* to hear. If you like this, great, I'm happy for you. But anyone labelling this as an essential listen that changed the course of music history is completely delusional.
parece uma trilha sonora de jogo de ps2 (elogio). achei bastante divertido. :)
Cool music, learned something new
5/10 - Overused synth and sampling but some catchy songs. note not available on Spotify due to too many sampled tracks without licensing so listened via youtube
ASMR - you're listening to DJ beats in your kitchen and periodically you mom yells something
Soul, Disco, 1989 -> 2
toe tapping samples. +1 for the collabs and club culture influences.
Chill enough but I’ll prob never listen again particularly given inaccessibility
That was brilliant!
Surprisingly its not on Spotify but the album has great album blends some funky some rap beat some weird ones to even if the album was released in the 80s some of its song give 90s and early 2000s vibe every song has its own vibe some "not paid enough"is a banger 8.79/10 great for its time
Não encontrei...
bangers. fuck you
Late 80s electronica. Trip hop.
У меня этого альбома нет..
This album showcases some of hip-hops and raps most sampled sections of all time. It's very funky, which is something I really enjoy considering the kind of music I grew up around. This kind of sound has a very soft spot in my heart; I feel that it's cultural and musical significance tips it just over to a 4.
Sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack of a middling snowboarding game on the PS1.
If Girl Talk released records in the 80s they might have sounded like this.
2.5/5
Hell yes. And the walls came tumbling down.
This is 100% fire 🔥 Is there any Chicago House in this list? Frankie Knuckles? Larry Heard? No? Can't have this without that.
late 80's and early 90's electronica/house hits so good. High energy while keeping it fun and light hearted. I swear a good amount of this was used as background music for 90's movies (Hoop Dreams in particular stuck out to me, just that inner city vibe and energy). It doesnt pigeonhole itself into one genre either which is nice, it just gets strange and silly with it at times (My Telephone) and while usually that kind of thing would turn me away it just kept me interested to see what would come up next. THIS is the electronica I can get behind.
Shocked by how much I enjoyed this one. So dated, so corny… yet funky and fun and all around a good time. Loved hearing samples I recognized from other songs, loved the genre switching. The only downside is that this album is not on streaming so I had to listen on YouTube like a fucking CHILD
Not for me.
Felt like a bit of a waste of time....
Album title is perfect
I’m so sad this album isn’t on any streaming platform. I could hear elements from so many different genres throughout it — pop, electronic, disco, hip-hop, reggae, and more. It’s such a rare find, but in the best possible way. I really enjoyed discovering it.
i feel like there's some fun tracks on here, a little repetitive but I enjoyed it. i recognize some of the beats because they were sampled by other artists haha. for sure has to be included in the jet set radio soundtrack right?? i'd give this a 3.5/5
Way too long. First track recognisable, the rest has that very dated production I don't vibe well with.
Three because I don't know what to give it.
Just not for me
I do like some later Coldcut stuff, but this 80s house is not for me. Sounds so dated in a way other electronic music of the time doesn't. Well tracks 2 and 3 are great. Some good tracks throughout but nothing else amazing. 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No: 67/271 (24%) Will I get: No
Pretty solid electronic album.
Fun. Definitely nostalgic. Influential for sure. Dated - of a moment. 3.5
I was not looking forward to another uk electronic album but this one put the dance in my pants.
Wow what a collection of sound. Some of it was great, some of it was weird. There seems to be something for nearly everyone on this bizarre amalgamation. Minus one star: some of the songs went on too long and felt like remixes.
Decent old school rave type album. Reminded me of Happy Mondays.
Okay first half I wasn't sure on this. Then I heard Stop This Crazy thing and I was sold. I also can't believe this came out in 1989, if you told me this was late 90s/early 2000s I'd believe you. Queen Latifa's appearance on Smoke 1 is brilliant. Its a consistantly great record, but I probably won't be listening to it much unless I host a house party.
That was a blast from the past, which I would have hated back then but now offers fun and fuzzy memories.
Bien.
It has a place and that place is the dance floor. This was not a sit and listen album.
House, 1tl People hold on
House isn’t a genre I would to particularly quickly. It’s an album I’ve always grown up with, but never really had an appreciation for. When I went seeking this album out and saw it was an hour long I was displeased; I wasn’t anticipating to like this album particularly, as I tend to find house blends together so easily and nothing really settles as anything distinct. I was expecting a slog. Instead I got a very funky, distinct album where every track felt distinct and worth its run time. It has my main gripe with house where I can’t remember much distinct about it as a whole package, outside of good sampling usage of the ringing phone, but that doesn’t really matter, because in the moment I very much enjoyed it. Well worth my time, even if I never think to come back for it. Shame it’s not on Spotify, otherwise it might become a regular in my playlist
Cool
That’s a weird and random choice.
What's that shit?
why is this album so hard to find. it was groovy though!
eh
An excellent question, that album title. It’s not a noise I enjoyed. Yet another DJ record. Meh
I was getting ready you dislike another electronic album but then I started to listen to it. There’s so much going on that I’m going to save the record at three and listen to it some more.
It's always fun to hear songs that I only know because they were sampled in other songs.
Way too long and unbelievably dated. I sincerely did not like this one.
People Hold On and listen to this album. Don’t Stop This Crazy Thing!
I was hoping this would be like, a noise album based on the title, so I was a little disappointed that it ended up being more disco-y than I anticipated. I really didn't care for the first couple of tracks, but I let it keep playing in the background at the office and by the time we got to Stop This Crazy Thing about halfway through I was vibing with it pretty hard. 20 minutes later I realized I had stopped paying attention and that when I zoned back in I was getting kinda bored. I have no idea what to make of this album lmao.
Difficulty finding this album keeps it lower. Was a fun listen, but it's just dance versions sampling other popular songs so can't say it's in the same category of anything else here.
Fanns inte på någon streamingtjänst. Efter att jag hittade den på youtube så önskade jag att den inte fanns där heller
Shame cannot get it on spotify so played via shitty PC speakers on Youtube which did it a great injustice. Some quality 80's commercial house with a few very familiar samples.
What’s That Noise? *This isn’t on Tidal, so it was a YT listen. I don’t think I ever really knew what type of music Coldcut made, even though I know the name. I think I assumed they were a straight ahead hip hop group from the US, but, while that is clearly an element of their makeup I wasn’t expecting a primarily electronic/house album. And I didn’t actually know they did People Hold On, I always thought that was a Lisa Stansfield solo track. Anyhow it’s a great listen, with a great sense of energy. People Hold On is a banger, Fat and Which Doctor have a great downtempo groove to them, and In Deep has a nice synthy/electroclash feel. I particularly love the juxtaposition of the two Lancastrians with Mark E Smith’s flat tones on I’m in Deep against Lisa Stansfield’s soulfulness on My Telephone. I do like the scratching and sampling of Stop this Crazy Thing, although I’m not super keen on the electro-swing sound. No Connection is great, as is the ragga Smoke 1. Doctorin’ the House has a great squelchy bassline, and Yazz’s vocals are excellent, but it’s possibly the one track where it gets a bit close to Jive Bunny. What’s That Noise though is a great eclectic mash up. It pulls the curious trick of sounding very much of the time period it’s from, while still sounding fresh and interesting, with a fun sense of magpying from different genres, and you can also hear the influence it would have subsequently It’s a shame it’s not on streaming, as I would definitely listen more if it was easily available, it’s a great record and a 4 for me. 🥶🥶🥶🥶 Playlist submission: People Hold On
This feels very much like a tribute to late 80s and early 90s house culture, and yet it was released in 1989. Initially I thought this must mean it sounds ahead of its time. But it feels like a tribute because it tries to cram in as many, now clichéd-sounding, snippets as possible, in what is often a ham-fisted attempt at 'fusion'. What is being fused is at times anyone's guess, and at its worst it's a complete bugger's muddle. If there's something of a lack of melodic variety, which endless samples doesn't help, the Lisa Stansfield-led 'People Hold On' goes some way to make up for it. It is easily the best track, with an uplifting house beat, anthemic melody and great vocal. The female vocals across the album - 'My Telephone' with Stansfield again, and the Yazz number - complete a set of good tracks with soulful melodies set to a piano-house backdrop. It's a real mixed bag. The myriad random samples sound highly clichéd and the beats sometimes feel like a safe version of what non hip-hoppers think hip-hop is. Where it excels is on female-led house anthems and acid-house menace. Probably a three.
I had to find this on YouTube and honestly didn’t really know what to expect, as I’d only heard a couple of tracks before. But I actually thought What's That Noise? was a really interesting listen. It’s got that early sampling thing going on, which is pretty cool, and at times it’s just full-on chaos—but in a good way. It kind of keeps you on your toes because you never really know what’s coming next. It doesn’t sound like a lot of other 80s stuff I’ve heard either, which made it stand out straight away. It almost feels a bit like a mix or a collage rather than a normal album, but that’s part of what makes it work in a lot of ways. The downside for me is the production does sounds a bit dated now, which is kind of expected, but it’s still an interesting listen regardless. Not fully decided on this one.
I'm really fond of coldcuts dj mixes but this just doesn't work that well for an album unfortunately.
Often fun, occasionally strays into “we have avalanches at home”. Still worthwhile. RYM: N Saved a song: N
61/100. That opener is so good it almost works against the rest of the album. It sets the bar high right away, and everything that follows struggles a bit to match that initial energy. It’s a solid record with some creative ideas and early electronic flair, but I found myself losing interest as it went on.
1/1
A sampledelica-sounding dance album that doesn’t really make me feel like dancing, or gather much interest at all. The grooves are meh, the songs with vocals just don’t land for me, and it sounds dated. Would like to better understand why it was included, because it doesn’t seem particularly significant. Not unpleasant, just meh…
No album available?
Hypnotic mess of crazy samples and late 80isms
Groovy
I am probably being extra negative because I had to listen on YouTube. But idk. This had some decent moments but mostly I just wanted it to be done.
lol was not expecting the prototype version of Party and Bullshit, that's dope
Never heard of Coldcut before today. Nifty enough.
OK. me gusto, me esperaba que no me guste la verdad. pero esta actually bueno, raro en el buen sentido. la verdad se erece este 4
Not available in my region.
It’s a fun album I guess. Had to dial it up on YouTube, which included about a dozen randomly placed Ads for erectile disfunction cures, involving common household ingredients, using amateur porn stars or an AI-generated Tom Brady to pitch their product? It’s decent dance music, but I was a little disappointed it didn’t make me hard.
daft punk is still better 3/5
Not as bad as the reviews would have it seem. The first track was especially pretty good, but not really my vibe at the end of the day. 2.75
- I enjoyed this - different than a lot of 80s music I have heard with lots of fun sounds and audio clips - would listen again - good background music - just a couple annoying songs
Very funky and fun, I like the diverse samples but "Stop This Crazy Thing" sounds like a Big Bad Voodoo Daddy song which is a cardinal sin Highlights: "People Hold On", "Smoke Dis One", "Not Paid Enough"
This is a lot of fun, but does goes on for a smidge too long - cut it by 20 minutes, I would gladly give it a 4. Otherwise, it's still good, love the beats.
572/1001 17.03.2026 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
My streaming service doesn't have this album. I listened to another album by the band from that era. I didn't particularly like it. On the other hand, I have fond memories of the band's name. So it's hard to rate an album. 3/5
eh. pretuctucasto za mene, nedostaje mi nešto, nije mi bilo dosljedno dobro. premda mi valjda ne bi smetalo da svira u nekakvom bircu il klubu
I wasn't alive when this was out but being a fan of raves, Dance Dance Revolution, funfairs & Queen Latifah, this album lights up pleasure centers in my brain
Raw but groundbreaking stuff eh
When to listen: feeling squeaky?! IDK honestly this house album was catchy in moments but mostly not my jam
People Hold On with Lisa Stansfield is possibly the one hit most people remember, but not the band Coldcut. To be forced to listen to this on YT was not a nice experience, as there is definitely a loss of sound quality. Then, as I have now discovered, there is quite a difference between the UK and the US release. The UK version contained the well-known Doctorin' the House featuring The Plastic Population & Yazz. The US version included "Not Paid Enough," a version of Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full" mixed by Coldcut, which was a massive global hit in 1987.
Loved this. Didn’t particularly expect to, especially when the first track started, but I found myself very much enjoying the album as it went on. A shame I had to listen via YouTube, but didn’t let that detract from my enjoyment.
Wasn’t available on any streaming service
Can not rate not on Spotify
groovy
"This is a Journey into Sound." No, not for me, it's simply awful. I hate those awful scratching noises. Those damned "announcements," the whole shebang. Sounds, sound snippets, I have nothing against them, but this is a compilation I can't make heads or tails of. Sure, there are fans, and I know that even hitting a car hood with a sledgehammer can be brilliant. Yes, I'm into Einstürzende Neubauten. I'm not into Coldcut.
It's actually not bad noise. I was somewhat entertained. At times it reminded me of Art Of Noise.
It's funny how this intense sampling feels like peak '80s sound to me. I guess drum machines are fun if we're sampling the funkiest bass tunes put to wax. It's not something I typically find myself enjoying, but it's so cut up and rearranged here that it frequently vibes really well. I think as a more practical record, it should probably start with track 2, which honestly makes me think of a detective themed porno soundtrack. The refined porno soundtrack vibe tracks with a lot of this effort, but in this instance it feels like a slow introduction to the eclectic energy and mix of sounds that this duo is prepping for you. It really does feel more like a raw dj set without context. I dock some decimals for its lack of replay value. I would buy this record. It feels like they were challenging the possibilities of sound. 3.3/5
I bet this music would be great live and in-person. On the album though all the songs sound basically the same.
Soulless, as if they had AI in 1989.
oh f**k yeah you better WERK
This was actually kind of fun to listen to. I liked it more than I thought I would. A major knock was that it’s not on any streaming services, so I had to listen on YouTube with ads.
I was not expecting to like this as much as I did and not every song did it for me (especially Fat and In Deep) but the rest of the album has some really funky tracks that made me swing with the beat more than once. A real highlight and a breath of fresh air after a dry streak for me. Best songs are the original Stop This Crazy Thing and Smoke Dis One. 8/10, a funky surprise.
very cool!! this album was well worth the trip to youtube. some tracks go on a little too long but really enjoyed a lot of this
OG electronic/house banger!
Found on YouTube and feeling like more (almost) 90’s UK dance that generally doesn’t land too well. Especially listening in the middle of a week day! I mean it’s good enough. Not blown away, nothing too originally, but a nice bonus to have Mark E Smith on there! Kinda done after the first few tracks. Get the gist, very off it’s time but probably won’t go back (3.5)
Felt like dancing SpongeBob
Absolutely abstract in composition, out there in terms of cohesion, but something I haven’t heard before. The kicks, beats, and hi hats make me happy
Very 80s, sample-heavy hip hop and dance remixes. Not really sure what makes this album so special, but I guess it's listenable. But one recommendation - do not listen to it on a platform with ads... it will be hard to tell where a song ends and an ad begins! - Heard before? I haven't even heard of this band before. - Will I listen again? No. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? No.
By 1989, this was already sounding kind of stale. The beats and samples don't change up enough to end up being any more than tired and boring club music. The first track sounds like if C&C Music Factory came from a disco in the very early 80s, but not as fun as that might sound. After that disco track, things settle into a different genre, Electro. My Telephone sounds a little more funky, but it's still recycling new wave grooves from 5 years earlier. Not Paid Enough brings enough funk to groove with, but most of the credit goes to the looped sample of a famous drum track. This is fine for the club (is it really?) but for casual listening, there's not much of substance to savor.
I think this album contains the first instance of electroswing music ever. I’m not positive but I’ve not heard it on anything prior to this. So it’s definitely ahead of its time in some ways. In other ways it sounds a lot like other stuff from the time.
Great album. Cut up techniques and odd samples and sounds.
HAd to listen to it on YouTube. I bet I would have loved this in 1989. A bit of a relic now but still great!
it’s alright
Never heard of them before. People Hold On: 7/10 Kinda catchy. Fat (party and bullshit): 6/10 (Im) in Deep: 5/10 My Telephone: 6.5/10 Theme from “Reportage”: 4/10 Which Doctor! 3/10 Stop this Crazy thing: 3.5/10 No Connection: 3/10 Smoke dis one: 3/10 Not paid enough: 3/10 What’s that noise: 3/10
You know, for an album that I could only find on YouTube, this was quite the banger. I loved the groovy instrumentation and the repeating themes. To me, this is what the whole project is all about: finding new music that I never would have listened to otherwise. I'm glad I'm not dead yet. 7/10
had to watch on youtube since its not available on my streaming service. this album would be really good at a house party. the songs and album as a whole were very long. I liked the beat and feel of the music. 6/10
Maybe a little ahead of its time. This 'album' might come up nicely on Spotify but other music services don't have it. I had to find each song individually. Some interesting sounds in there.
An enjoyable listen and a classic in its own right. Almost every history of sampling includes mention of this album. There's a lot of suspicious UK artists on this list who are directly copying Black styles from the US, but this album is a cut above the rest and has an authentic place in hip-hop history. That being said, can we PLEASE include some actual Chicago house music on this list? Like many other examples, this album highlights a real problem with the list -- albums are not the ultimate work concept of recorded music. The best pioneering examples of dance music (including house) were all released as 12" singles. But still, by the early 90s a ton of Chicago innovators (Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Steve Silk Hurley, Robert Owens, Joe Smooth, etc etc etc) had released albums worthy of hearing before you die.
I normally love EDM. But this? This sounded like I got stinkface’d at WrestleMania 2001 and the ref just let it happen. I respect the audacity. I do not respect what it did to my ears.
Mostly unpleasant, repetitive and uninteresting. Did not enjoy.
The album name speaks for itself. Only listened once due to length. Though the chick singing was OK at times. Otherwise electronic/dance music that went on way tooo long. Have no fear, we'll be playing in the sunshine soon! 1.5
3 Sega Dreamcast-coded. I’ve said that about a few albums on this list in the past and was going to refrain from doing so again here, but apparently this inspired the soundtrack to Jet Set Radio, so I guess I was genuinely on to something. Now, I only have a random YouTube comment to point to to support that claim, but given the lack of information on this album in general, I’m just going to assume that’s true. Anyhow, ngl, after having just had an absolutely terrible electronic album two entries ago, I groaned when I saw this pop up, and putting it on immediately added to my disappointment. Then, a weird thing happened. The Mark E. Smith-featuring (I’m) In Deep came up, and I was like “this isn’t so bad”. A couple more decent tracks followed, and the next thing I knew, I was low-key grooving at the gym and bouncing my head between reps on the lat pulldown machine. As I’ve made abundantly clear with this list, I’m really not much of an electronic music fan, especially house, but as far as that kind of thing goes, I think this turned out to be a perfectly palatable offering, one that I think grows on you over the course of listening. It feels a bit more varied than your typical electronica album, and the guest vocalists really help contribute to its overall memorability, with the aforementioned Mark E. Smith track and Queen Latifah’s Smoke Dis One being highlights. I particularly liked the lyrics on the latter and found myself thinking “Preach, Queen!” throughout most of my listens. I was going to include some of them here, but the whole damn song is more relevant now than ever, so I would encourage everyone to give it a deeper listen if you haven’t already. On that note, I was pretty surprised to learn this came out in 1989, as the overall sound felt much more late ‘90s, early ‘00s - so, still dated, but a little less so. However, my actual two favorite songs here ended up being Stop This Crazy Thing and Not Paid Enough. I kinda cringed at first with the former, as its cheese levels are off the charts, especially paired with whatever sort of In the Hall of the Mountain King thing it has going, but it’s the one I found stuck in my head after listening and that I felt like I looked forward to the most on re-listens. Is it borderline a kids’ song? Yeah, but it's also catchy and danceable as hell. As for Not Paid Enough, well, if you’ll indulge me, it sent me down a deep, niche rabbit hole… or rather, a journey. That particular sample - “This is a journey” - jumped out to me immediately, as I’m well familiar with its usage in the song Holy Calamity by Handsome Boy Modeling School, which happens to be one of my favorite tracks in the video game Tony Hawk’s Underground 2. Then came the “pump up the volume” sample, which I know has been in plenty of hip hop songs, but I personally know from Volume by Libretto… as featured in Tony Hawk’s Underground 2. Weird. And THEN I clocked a sample of “He’s a sweet soul brother”, which was later used by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth for their track Soul Brother #1 - a song that, you guessed it, was featured in Tony Hawk’s Underground 2. I tried to do some research to find out if there’s some sort of connection or if it’s a coincidence, and all I was able to learn is that the song Not Paid Enough itself is a reworked version of a famous remix of Paid in Full by Erik B. & Rakim as done by Coldcut. The guys allegedly hated it, so idk if the version here - that cuts out their parts entirely - was a shot at them (especially considering the title), but all the aforementioned samples are present in the original Paid in Full remix as well, so maybe someone who worked at Neversoft was a just a big fan of the track and wanted to give a subtle nod. If you happen to be said ex-employee and are reading this review right now, just know that I see you. (The original Paid In Full remix is actually a lot better than the version here, so I recommend giving it a listen if you haven’t already). Anyway, that’s more than I ever thought I’d write about this album or that anyone probably cares to read. I can’t say that it blew me away, but it was a mostly enjoyable experience, if imperfect and a bit long. Honestly, my Tony Hawk-inspired hip hop deep dive was the best part of this experience for me - I really hope someone out there knows what I’m talking about and this doesn’t just sound like the ramblings of a crazy person.
4.5/5 - A Cracking Album. Probably the most fun album I have listened to on this list! They sure don't make them like this anymore.
Very strange. New and interesting at first. Then becomes annoying.
Solid and fun
Deeply unserious (compliment)
I actually quite like this, felt like it was an interesting listen because of its obscurity, being unavailable in most places on the internet. Surprisingly enjoyable as a genre that I don't usually like.
It’s ok
I liked this. Fun and interesting. Wish it was on Spotify.
Yeah this was pretty fun house music. It offered some really fun sections, riffs and samples, but also contained equal amounts of unnecessary scratches and rambles. 6/10
This is probably the closest a house/electronic album has gotten to being something I like, but ultimately this genre just is not for me at all. There are some fun samples in here, with some hip hop influences, and it absolutely OOZES 90s, but at the end of the day it's not something I'd come back to.
wish I was high on m0lly in a club in the 90s part 2 (but less cool)
What is that noise?? 3/10
Pretty good but it does get a bit tedious to listen to towards the end.
Couldn't access this album. I'll give it a go another day.
This is so fucking fire, how have I like never heard of this band at all? The first avalanches? Basically yes. An album so full of great samples it would be impossible to make today. Huge shame this album not on YTM 4+ out the gate Ya 4+ this was fun
One star bc it couldn’t be found :(
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would! I’m usually not into house/electronic whatever this kind of genre is called but this had some really fun like reggae samples and vocal bits and stuff. People Hold On and Stop This Crazy Thing were bops. Will probably never listen again but yeah pretty pleasantly surprised. Couldn’t stop thinking about Aunty Donna’s “cold cut era” though and imagine Mark Bonnano going “mortadella!” and so forth over the tracks hahaha. (3.5 stars)
Pretty solid and seminal. Would love to listen to it more, but not on the streaming services (had to youtube it).
The late 90's was wild. The trend for more is better has some merit and spawned some fun stuff but hasn't aged well. Also the improvements in technology that allowed things to be more easily cut up and remixed allowed us to have things like this and DJ shadow. I dont have anything against this, but its not a particularly brilliant album, just a good example of a time and place.
What’s That Noise? didn’t really resonate with me personally, but it’s clear how important Coldcut were. Their experimental use of sampling helped shape UK breakbeat culture, and it was surprising to learn that two tracks from this album were even used in Japanese TV comedy shows. The album stands as an early and influential example of sampling-based music.
Worth the trouble to listen on YouTube, even if it's not really a type of music that I enjoy: a few enjoyable tracks.
Wasn't available in Apple Music so listened to it on YouTube. Glad I did...really enjoyed it. A lot of really fun, entertaining songs.
No Spotify no stars
I hate when fun albums like this are hard to find, but I'm glad I got to listen to it.
I thought an adobe software AD was a part of the album. That’s how little I enjoyed this sample riddled boring ass album. First clunker on the list.
Sometimes I wonder if the people who made the record ever look back on it and say, "yeah, we were young, having fun, doing drugs, messing about. This album we made really wasn't that good."
It’s not that bad, but it’s still 80s movie wardrobe change montage music.
Banging from start to finish
1/10
I had no idea to expect from this, but I really enjoyed it! Just some great vibes throughout. Fun beats and samples, some nice turntable work here and there. Really good album. Minus side was it's apparently not streaming anywhere other than YouTube, but that worked well enough.
Couldn’t find it. Listened to half of the greatest hits, which seemed to contain a few of this albums tracks. Fine.
"You don't need to listen to that one, trust me."
Vacuous
Was getting into it by the end
5/10
This was completely new for me, never heard of Coldcut or any of these songs before. Nothing bad here, but not much really grabbed me either. I guess it’s important as kind of a bridge between classic songwriting and the more cut and paste approach typically used with sampling, but as an end result I feel like the album is just pretty good.
No, absolutely not my tempo
Electronic house sorta band
Cold cuts is an electronic dance music duo and their work is not on streaming services. There is no doubt that they are an early influence for what would ultimately be the 90s dance music scene (one I am not particularly fond of). They benefit from features, including Queen Latifah on this record, but the music ultimately is dated, and you can tell. There are sections of scratching and sampling that, since this record has been released, have been honed and perfected. There’s no denying their influence as pioneers in the genre, but this simply was not for me.
Upbeat with a late 80s/early 90s dancey sound, with quite a few samples. I get the feeling that this may have some historical signifigance, particularly with the sampling aspect, but the album as a whole is just okay.
Sounds like 1990 electronic music from Europe/UK
They were too busy figuring out if they could, that they didn’t stop to think if they should.
Not for me
Not only is this shitty 90's club music, but that dickbag from The fucking Fall is featured on a track.
solid fun all the way through. stop this crazy thing by far my favorite. wish it was on spotify!!
This one already wasn’t doing much for me musically, and then I had to hunt it down on YouTube since it’s not on any streaming services. That alone knocked a star off. If I have to go out of my way to find an album, it better be worth it. This wasn’t. The music itself just didn’t click. Nothing stood out, nothing made me want to replay a track, and it all kind of blurred together.
I found some of the album interesting, but it was a lot of noise. It was basically just sample after sample, so it wasn’t my favorite.
Not on Spotify but found on YouTube.
This doesn't pull up anything on Spotify.