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I like the techno vibes.
This was enjoyable enough. Grateful it didn’t outstay its welcome as a lot of electronic and house albums tend to. The songs were diverse and the beats were fun. Glad I listened.
< the Beatles
War nicht bei Spotify
from the little research I did on this album, two things become clear to me: 1. People Hold On is obviously the outlier here because it's perfect and everyone loves it 2. it's very weird that this isn't on streaming, like Lisa Stansfield, Queen Latifah?? what's happening nothing is perfect about this album, but everything is so FUN! it's so clear that they just had the stupidest fun time throwing random samples around and it's very entertaining. highlights: People Hold On, My Telephone, Smoke Dis One minor flops: Which Doctor?, Not Paid Enough (cool but just wayyy too long and repetitive), and, sadly, What's That Noise? just didn't really engage me but the album as a whole is silly and sick
I had a great time listening to this album. A lot of artist sample, but few makes albums that are nothing but samples. It is a small niche, and I like it when it is done right. I wish it was on Spotify, so I don't see myself coming back to this album as much as I would want to.
Fucking awesome. As a lover of The Avalanches this really scratched an itch for me. You know the episode of SpongeBob where they have that “When worlds collide” song? This album is also like if World Clique by Dee Lite was doin tricks on that
I'm tempted to rate this higher to spite the other, stupider reviews of this album on the website. One person complained about the length of the album (it's like an hour), another complained that it's a "shite House album" (ok everything with groovy synths and samples is house ig), and another said that it "was just noise". are we listening to the same album? i mean, i'm not gonna pretend it's one of my favorites, and i dunno that i'll listen to this one again anytime soon, but i think it's pretty cool. you've got some disco elements, lots of funk, some soul, some fun mixing and sampling happening... it might not be incredible (feeling pretty bad about "Theme from 'Reportage'"), but it's far from the bad album the lower star reviews make it out to be. maybe it's just internet sensationalism, idk. i found it to be mostly interesting (minus a track or two) and rewarding to listen to. i wasn't familiar with Coldcut prior to this, and not that *everything* has to be reduced to ingenuity, but i do think it's neat to hear something like this from 1989! if you'd told me this was late 90s or early 2000s, i would've totally believed you. "Stop This Crazy Thing" is pretty cool.
Very fun time. I feel like giving it a 4 instead of a 3 due to the fun factor.
The first few tracks I really vibed with, but my the mid point of the album, I was pretty lost. There are some standout moments, but it wasn't a homerun for me. "Collage" is the perfect descriptor for this album, it felt like a bunch of pieces loosely glued together. Sometimes that structure makes sense and gels, but looking at the overall product doesn't always communicate something intelligible or interesting.
I really have a lot of respect for this type of sample-collage based music but my appreciation cannot be fully realized unless I take the time to sit down and listen to every single piece of music that is being sampled. I do not have time to do that for this one, so I’ll just assume it’s impressive and move on about my day. “People Hold On” is so so so so good though. Shit knocked my proverbial socks off.
I’m a sucker for a sample-fueled album, and this one was a lot of fun. But I think this belongs on here because beyond that, these guys were tastemakers that followed this album up by launching and fostering tons of other alternative and electronic artists on their label Ninja Tune. I mean they have featured: - Thundercat - Bonobo - Tycho - ODESZA - Run the Jewels - Young Fathers - Black Country New Roads - Kamasi Washington - …and like every artist on my downtempo electronic coding playlist
I guess there are some fun songs here, and it doesn't get irritating until the remix of "Stop This Crazy Thing," so it's tough for me to go down to two stars, though that's where I sometimes found myself leaning.
19/01/2026 This actually wasn't too bad. Not what I expected at all. Spotify listeners: Not on Spotify.
Surprisingly good. 4/5
Weird brit techno babble. Fortunately, I had to clean the whole house so this helped a lot somehow. Ordinarily not my thing...but everything in its course I suppose?
This album wasn't on Spotify but I did find it on YouTube. I love how they mixed all the different samples and melodies. Also, the surprise of Queen Latifah on a track with lyrics that stills feels relevant for today brought a whole lot of joy to my ears.
Album 1023 of 1089 What's That Noise? - Coldcut (1989) Rating : 2.5 / 5 When I saw this one was tagged as “electronica,” I was already lining up the usual reaction - What’s that noise? More electronica I don’t enjoy. Turns out, that wasn’t quite fair. Once I got into it, it became clear this isn’t just another foggy, repetitive electronic album. There’s personality here. Some playful, skit-style narration, some genuinely fun moments, and beats that actually have some life to them. It doesn’t feel like the same sound looped endlessly - there’s movement and a sense that the group is having a good time with what they’re doing. This still isn’t something I’m going to rush back to or add to my favorites list, but it did something important: it made me pause before dismissing an album based on genre alone. That counts for something. A decent listen, and one that reminded me why giving an album a fair shot is part of the whole point of this project.
I like classic, late 80s UK electronic music and house - this was an unfamiliar band and album for me, and it was a fun listen, though a bit repetitive here and there. Strong 3 stars.
Seems like a pretty weak inclusion overall. Sure, you could call it the inception album for the cold cut/ ninja tune legacy… enjoyable though
Had to listen on Youtube as not available on Spotify. Some goofy ass beats Fave track: Fat (Party & Bullshit)
All I know is that Nas did a NASty freestyle over Not Paid Enough. Adding a point for that I guess. 3/5
I actually quite liked this.
Awful
A bit hard to get hold of for some reason. In 1989, the first track especially was definitely a kind of blueprint for a lot of the Eurodance that followed. Simple, programmed rhythms, off-beat keyboards, powerful female vocals, mediocre rapping and scratching, awkward samples, and cringey lyrics... It's all here. Takes me right back even though I've never (consciously) listened to any of this. Can rightfully be called genre-defining. So maybe... the world would have been better off without this? That's maybe a bit meaner than strictly necessary, but suffice to say that on the whole, this wasn't an enjoyable listening experience for me.
People Hold On is literally a masterpiece. Liked this one a lot but after the first handful of songs my brain kind of numbed out lol.
Some undeniable skills on display, but it dragged on a little. Probably not helped by having to listen on YouTube.
People Hold On is great. Did not enjoy a hour of this. First time the YouTube ads have been welcomed. Feels like some PEDs are needed for this one.
Whoever made this list needs their head checked.
57/100
Álbum muito bom, sonoridade agradável. As linhas de baixo são muito boas de se ouvir, a vibe cyberpunk ou hightech é massa. A dificuldade é encontrar esse álbum para ouvir.
Sounds a little dated, but on the whole I enjoyed it, and anything with Mark E. Smith is worth listening to. Strong three
Wow. I had completely forgot that this artist existed, but back in the late 90s 'More Bits and Pieces' made it into my winamp. It was fun then and this album is fun now (once i could find it)
this gives ANTM photoshoot music and i kinda love that.
Never heard of it before. Cool stuff.
Loved it
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 on. 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.
11/10 - incredible album, really really good. So sad it’s not on Spotify :( but other songs are also great
Equal parts daft and great really. It bops along, and the mix of vocalists keeps it relatively interesting. On the other hand, is that much house, occasionally happy hardcore-adjacent, music really what we're looking for in 2026?
Interesting, but they're no daft punk that's for sure. I don't think this should be on the list. That being said, i liked the tunes mostly, so low 3
I really have a weak spot for these old electronic and dance albums from the late 80s and early 90s. This was a fun listen because it shows a different side of Coldcut compared to how they sounded in the late 90s and early 2000s when I was first listening to them. It really highlights how early they got involved in the scene and how innovative they were even back then. They make great use of synths and electronic gear, but what stands out most is how sample heavy this album is, because it almost feels like a precursor to artists like The Avalanches. The sound jumps all over the place, from UK acid house, dub, hip hop, trip-hop, and breakbeats.
bissi wie prodigy aber 80s
Fantastic combo of various electronic genres, kinda feel like a precursor to mashups with how it recontextualizes other songs. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Very 80s
En ymmärrä
this is a prank album. i think i am genuinely being pranked. the first song in this album, "people hold on", is a groover. house is a genre that tends to bounce off me, but this opens with a deliciously late 80s energetic track that would be fantastic to dance to in a club. after expectations like that, the rest of the album is "when do they stop tuning their instruments" tier garbage. worse yet, it's "your buddy's first attempt with a DAW" tier. i just want to know what goes into the mind of a person who thinks that this completely unremarkable forgotten english house album that does not exist anywhere except for a single 200 subscriber youtube channel with a big yoshi profile is not only Great, but *essential listening* for one to appreciate the entire body of modern music. madness.
Insert Joke about the name of the album here. The English Bias is actually amazing its kind of hilarious. Why is this here? It wasn't rated well. The critical reception page of wikipedia STARTS with "this album was featured in 1001 albums you must here before you die" The album peaked at number 20 in the UK and nowhere else. When you look this album up on youtube the top comment is thanking the uploader because its the only place to find it and they needed to listen to it for the 1001 albums review. It's house. I like house music sometimes. I like People Hold On, the first song, I guess. So I was thinking to myself "maybe I'll find this okay". Then the rest of it was god awful. Most of this sounds like the menu music for a ps2 game you found in a bargain bin and is all scratched up. In a weird way I can see the link between music like this and something like The Avalanches, but y'know, one of those bands is interesting and the other is this. I'm gonna be real I didn't want to finish this and ended up just doing other stuff whilst it was on to satisfy the time. This is the worst one so far for me and its actually not even close. The best part of this album is the featured artists, I guess. They could do the best singing part ever and it'd be a 1 star still.
Just kind of a pastiche of noises. Probably more interesting in the timeframe it came out.
Error 404. Had to dig, did not strike even pyrite.
I’m not sure which is more sad. The fact that this album is on this list or the fact that I actually remember it being played at various college parties. I always thought it was a band trying to sound like C&C Music Factory or Jesus Jones. Which is never a good idea.
Ok I guess this album isn’t on Spotify, so I listened to some adjacent recordings from them. Fairly sure I got the picture.
Not on Spotify. I listened to a couple other songs from the band…all I can think is maybe Spotify rejected this album.
Nije toliko loše, mada smeta što dobar dio ovoga prepoznajem iz drugih pjesama. Originalnost je samo u aranžiranju. Da imam gdje vjerovatno bih lajkala pjesme 1, 7, 9 ali na ostatku albuma ima poprilično dosadnih dijelova.
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Not on spotify - based on other review going to give it a 3.
I was prepared to hate this because it's more house/dance music and it's from the late 80's, so I knew it would sound dated. Overall, I didn't hate this music as much. I am not sure I can answer the question of "What's that noise?" but I can certainly say the noise isn't offensive and a lot of what is being done here in 1989 was a forebearer to the music (that I admittedly did not love) in the 90's. I would not be adding this to my collection or intentionally listening again but I can't say I would not turn it off if I heard a song from this album on the radio. I listened to the 11 track version, so the fact I skipped the two "bonus" tracks meant my listening experience was reduced to a more amenable 50+ minutes. Very listenable and Coldcut is not needlessly extending songs out just for shits and giggles.
It’s totally naff, but also kind of fun? Very cheesy. Ridiculously dated, particularly with the terrible use of samples, scratching and rapping. It’s not as bad as I thought it’d be though. It is overlong, but it was actually quite a fun, upbeat listen. It never lets up, it’s relentless. 2.5 rounded up.
This was a surprise package, I’d heard of the name, but not listened to anything by Coldcut, but it was a good liste, so listened a 2nd time👏
eugh
Every song sounds the same for an hour.
Great mixes and energy
Nice
It was fun. 3
3.5/10
These songs really didn’t need to be this long. Way too repetitive but has a couple of bangers
Not bad, but probably not one of the best 1001 albums of all time...
4.5/5 this album is incredible, near perfect
I'm guessing this one is hard to find due to copyright problems with all of the sampling. Very cool for a 1989 dance album and sent me down a Lisa Stansfield rabbit hole. Not a bad listen, but not sure if I'd throw it on all the time.
First thought: this is classic hip hop with techno beat. It sounds like C+C Music Factory. Second thought: Fat (Part and Bullshit) was sampled by Terminator X on the Anthrax album Attack o the w Killer B’s for the song I’m the Man ‘91. As the tracks continued, I swear I had heard many of these songs before but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out where. The track Smoke 1 with Queen Latifah was a change of pace that added a little street flair back in. From a historical perspective, this album has so much influence on later works, however, insofar as modern relevance, I don’t know if this album endures the test of time.
Random thoughts: * Hate when I can't listen on Spotify * This was from the wild west of sampling and early dance music. * I put this on and did some computer stuff. It was fun and disposable. * It reminded me of Big Audio Dynamite a bit. * I won't be revisiting this but appreciate the influence and some of the cool new sampling and unique approach that is standard today.
1.5 Yeah man I can’t do it. I can’t do another hour long British electronica album when I’ve already listened to 20 for this project! He has no justification for including so many on the list. Easily the most overrepresented genre on this list given their actual influence and popularity. I’m so over it! This one is not even the worst, but it’s one of the stupidest! “Telephone” is one of the more inane songs I’ve suffered through for this project. It sounds like a children’s song. Thank you for telling me the telephone is bad in TYOOL 1989. Come on dude. Nice album cover though.
This is the first record that I've gotten on this project that was a new, wonderful discovery. I had no idea who Coldcut was, but when I saw that this record had both Mark E. Smith and Queen Latifah on it, my first reaction was "wait, what?" and then I immediately put it on. Here we have some dance-y music incorporating lots of sampled speech and sounds, which was weirder and more interesting to me than a lot of the stuff in that genre that got airplay here in the US. (I somehow managed to miss getting into the whole techno thing, so I don't have many referents there.) So, this was very fun; while many of the records I've been fed so far in this project have taken a bit of an effort to get through, I was sorry when this one ended. If I ever find a copy, I'll buy it. Until then, at least I have Youtube -- 5/5
Actually liked this a lot more than I tend to like the British electronica albums! It's not life-changing or anything, but it does hew closer to something like replacement-level Golden Age hip-hop, which means we get some solid beats and actual hooks. There are moments where it pushes at those borders in a direction that I don't care for, but I can recognize that, for example, "Theme from "Reportage"" is good at what they're trying to do with it.
Didn’t know about these guys. Probably would have liked it at the time. A cooler version of the Art of Noise from a few years earlier, and you can hear things that later turned into DJ acts/bands like LCD Soundsystem.
I have no recollection of Coldcut from when this album was released. I found it an interesting mixture of different styles, including some that I wouldn't normally listen to. In small doses and put together the way this album was I enjoyed some of my normal 'avoid' styles.
Another hour of painful electronica. I relate strongly to the green figures on the cover, crying with my hands over my ears. This only gets an extra star for a nice feature from Queen Latifah.
Very 80s, a little dated now, not a bad listen as a one off but not something I'll come back to in a rush
absolute banger did not see coming
An hour of basic-ass repetitive electronic music from 1989. I’m so stoked. I’m pumped dude.
Couldn’t listen on Spotify
Kan den ikke finde
This wasn't on apple or spotify. Sounded like generic 80s electronic. Some tracks annoyed me (reportage, not paid enough), but I didn't hate this. Highlights: stop this crazy thing
Never got to hear this, and it's beautiful And so genre-defining
Fantastic. Shocked I haven't heard this. This would be an all time have if I had heard it as a Freshman. So many influences. It's like it laid the foundation for a half decade of music on one record.
Oh my... What's that noise? For sure! At least it's not "that" noise I listened to yesterday, Lightning Bolt's Wonderful Rainbow, but this album is not good at all. At least it's listenable. For that, two stars. I think from yesterday's album I can only go up, so maybe I'm being generous. Take advantage of that, Coldcut, and take my rate, because there is no other way I will listen to this album ever again, and if I do... Well, maybe you won't get two stars. What a boredom!
Ass
estuvo chidito al principio, pero chale, se empezó a poner bien pesado hacia el final
eclectic crazy goofy weird. i liked it, esp the acid, there were a couple of standout bits. glad to have come across this album (wouldnt have otherwise) and look forward to returning to it
A couple of fun songs but overall a boring selection of sample-based dance music.
I can't figure out why this is here?
Fun noisy weird house music. Highly enjoyed. A bit too long.
Meh
Interesting to listen to electronic music like this as an album: seems like a band that would have appreciated the streaming model of releasing songs without the pressure of creaeting a coherent whole.
Couldn't find this album on streaming service so unable to assess it properly. There are some great Beats and Pieces in the half dozen or so tracks I've been able to hunt down but seems a real mixed bag. That's also consistent with some other Coldcut mixes I've heard in the past. All over the map but that's largely deliberate.
I didn't have a lot of time to listen to this album today, and I found after the first side that there wasn't much reason to listen to much more. Also I was only able to listen via YouTube and that made it more irritating with having ads in between, as well as sometimes during, songs. Had I been enjoying the album more, I wouldn't have cared about the time issue, or even the irritation of the ads. I liked the first song well enough, but the next few were just not that interesting or fun to listen to. That's about the best I can say.
Fun and colorful dance music. But it’s clearly not remembered as a classic (being harder to track down) and it’s too long. Maybe if I found a CD copy I’d give this another chance.
Really fun at times But feels like it drags on other times
Incredibly interesting and historical to the art of sampling and even electronic in general. I can hear its influence in many things I love that came out since. That said, it feels very much one of those influential pieces that has been very much topped since, and feels simple in retrospect. The vocal tracks specifically do not feel as ahead of it's time as the rest, instead making it extremely dated to the late 80s. But I can still feel just how genius this album and how important it is for what I love.
2/5
Fun album, until I realized 40 minutes in I still had almost another half hour to go. So many of these electronica albums overstay their welcome. So I knocked off half a point for the length.
Listened to a few songs but album wasn’t available on Apple Music
This is a 1001albums for me, not something I'd normally be drawn to, but I enjoyed it from the jump.
This was a nice surprise. It does remind me of the Avalanches a decade earlier. Their uniqueness was probably more apparent at the time but still some fun cheesy songs. I thought I had heard all of Mark E Smith, I wonder how much impact this had on him as their sound did become more electronic around this time. Rating: 3.4
i put off listening to this for nearly FOUR MONTHS simply because i couldn't be arsed to look for it on Youtube. finally decided today was the day and i LOVE IT. it's such a mess and i completely get why a lot of people would hate this, but this is exactly the kind of collagey all over the place kitchen sink stuff that i am really really REALLY in the mood for sometimes. just a huge mish mash of loads of things that i adore. YES.
ausgehende 80er, samples, und die superstimme von Lisa Stansfield. mein tag war gerettet!
Disco
This is the sound of the 90s, however, this time it is from 1989.
This started like an 80’s workout video and evolved into some neat sampling beats and hip hop. Pretty cool stuff.
While it was frustrating to try to find this album online, I'm not going to let that affect my overall impression of it. It's a decent house/dance album and I enjoyed the sampling. It was pretty solid throughout. However it's not something I'd necessarily want to add to my normal rotation. That might explain why it's so hard to find.
Not for me. 2/5
Utterly forgettable background study sounds 2.5
Couldn’t find this album
I dont know what I was listening to, it was half an hour of noise. Not very pleasant at all. Turned it off.
Not being on Spotify is annoying. Immediately I have an image of a curly permed woman in a leotard, hairband and tights ready to give us instructions for aerobics. Sort of like the album cover actually. That didn't last long. Oh no. A wild Mark E. Smith appears. No exercise going on here. What's that noise? Indeed. It could be a scratch, a phone, a saxophone or something else. I'd say it's like a bad trip, but it's not even as good as that. I dunno what the purpose of this album is. Is it a selection of 80s noises to use for crappy projects? To play at your pretentious art and fashion show? To piss off the neighbours? It's hip hop without the hip. It's house without the consistency. Stop This Crazy Thing was as good as it got, but it didn't hold up long. I liked the dooty bit. I'm glad it's not on Spotify. Nobody who worked on this deserves a microfraction of a penny that my stream would earn it. Imagine the recommendations that would follow. In fairness, it does as it says on the tin.
not for me
C'est quand même torché au niveau du sampling, c'est l'fun à écouter. Mais dans un monde ou Paul's Boutique existe, je n'y vois plus vraiment d'interêt. C,est comme une version de cet album pour un dance club un peu trop campé dans son époque pour mes gouts.
Y'a des p'tits bouttes pas pire pis des longs bouttes poches. 2.49 étoiles
throws me back to times when i was breakdancing. feels like this album was used as a sample library for countless other projects. 4.5
I didn't like it very much. I'd use it as background music or, probably, I'd have enjoyed it more while dancing, eheh! Never heard something like this. It's kind of an alternative electronic music
Album not on Spotify, but found it on youtube
Great
Interesting music for its time. Still holds up. I love Lisa Stansfield
I get that it's important. I don't like it though.
Didn’t know this album at all but definitely enjoyed it! Lots of funk, good samples. It’s a hidden gem!
Not on Spotify for some reason. Pretty good, not too annoying pre-techno grooves.
Couldn’t find the album on Spotify so I listened to the tracks I could find. They were quite annoying and I don’t think album would have been any better
People Hold On is a banger, but the rest of the album had too many sound effects and talking for me.
Very few thoughts on this
Pretty good house album!
It’s a hot mess that never catches my attention
My experience of this album was not improved by the interruption of four Youtube songs per track on average. In fairness if I was a streaming service I wouldn’t go out of my way to make this stuff available either. Honestly not anywhere near as terrible as any of several other hour-long electronica albums this generator has put me through so far, though
What’s That Noise? Where’s the Album? Had to go down a few rabbit holes to listen to this album. Wasn’t quite worth the effort.
OK, it's not on streaming. No problem, I'll dust off the old YouTube. 64 minutes long? Hmmm, pushing it perhaps but let's see what this is all about then... ...what we have is a house album that sounds every bit its age. Apparently these lads were pioneers of pop sampling in the 1980s and one of the earliest EDM acts that gained popularity in the UK, but I've never so much as heard of them. Has anyone? Well, at least I've found something that my Mum might like...
Bad, just bad 90's house music w/ tons of samples. Repetitive and annoying. I can't write more about it. I'm too angsty now from listening to it. That's a 1 for you!
This is a triphop band I haven’t heard of and feel like I could listen to it a hundred times and miss some of the samples. I couldn’t find the whole album but what I heard reminded me of Dee Lite, so I’m into it.
J'ai un peu mieux aimé que Goldie.
Encore du techno...
Toujours bien aimé le style « cut and paste » de samples obscurs. Tellement de temps a du être passé à fouiller dans des caisses de vieux Vinyls! Une tite demi étoile de plus car ce sont les fondateurs de l’influent label Ninja Tune. C’est pas rien. Sur ce j’ai hâte à …Entroducing de DJ Shadow!
This one took me straight back to the ’90s. I first discovered Coldcut through a CMJ magazine I picked up in ’97 (I looked it up). It’s fun, sample-heavy house music that instantly reminds me of my time in Chicago, with its energetic, playful, and full of that era’s DIY dance spirit.
No electronic album should be in a top anything list
The beats were fun, a lot of tracks were interesting, and the album as a whole didn’t overstay its welcome.
Excellent question! The other possibility for an apt title could have been: Why Is This So Long?
Not bad dance music. Wicked sampley.
Not on spotify
I just can’t. I thought it was okay, and I realized I was only 15 minutes into an album that’s over an hour. Maybe it’s not the album’s fault. I don’t think anybody is supposed to just sit and listen to house music, sober and solo. Still, it didn’t even seem like the best house music. I couldn’t.
Sounds like the music Ross makes in friends.
Saw the genre notes for this and thought I was going to hate it, but it has more in common with something like The Avalanches, and the beats on this were actually interesting. So yeah, pleasantly surprised.
Absolutely feels like a survey of dance music at the end of the 80's. Not my thing but definitely a snapshot of the era.
A club sampler of its time
Not earth-shattering, but pretty cool.
This is not to my tastes. I'm unfamiliar with the context of it except to say that the music sometimes does sound like more popular songs by Lisa Stansfield, but then she actually sings on a few of those songs...did this group produce "All Around the World"? There's moments where the sound and the music come together and it really hits; then there's stretches of early digital wankery that sound like a guy on too many mushrooms pushing buttons on an old drum machine.
some of it i really like but ill never do the work to parse it out
The 80s UK house scene was a time of extraordinary creativity and also something of a Wild West for sampling as bedroom musicians and producers gleefully grabbed whatever they liked from movie soundtracks, tv, and the entire history of recorded sound. At least Coldcut approached it with a sense of humour and did eventually get around to getting permission for their samples. This album is a great example of the time, with the highlight being a performance from Mark E Smith of the Fall alongside such luminaries as Yazz and Lisa Stansfield.
I loved 2 of the songs and the rest was meh. I think the 2 I liked were first and last.
Not for the hard of hearing
vissa goa beats eller vad det kallas men annars inget kul.my telephone var kanske bäst
Interesting album with a few great hits. i never knew who made that music. The album as a whole is too long and repetitive though. 3.3 stars
Another tricky side quest, as one that's not on any streaming platform except YouTube, where because I won't pay for a subscription, I have no choice but to 'watch' it play while keeping my screen on the app. I'm not opposed to buying an album like this if I have a good idea that I'm going to like it but the first track on YouTube told me that's probably not necessary here. I like it when it's hip-hoppy and the sampling is cool and funky. But it's also a bit house-y and wore thin on my patience. I'd like to give it more of a chance and not be too swayed by the platform, as that's hardly Coldcut's fault. But I don't feel that excited to spend another hour with it, if I'm honest. That'll do.
It’s a fun listen overall! Same with all the electronic albums, feels a bit too long but I enjoy snippets. 4 stars, I think it will be better if it was all separate songs instead of a whole album.
I'm not sure this some of Coldcuts best stuff, but even if it was its too samey to run on for this long.
interesting, prototypical beats
Naslovnica mi je kjut, pojma nimam kdo so to. Prvi komad ("People Hold On") & prva misel: o fak, 1 uro in 4 minute tega morm poslušat zj? Na večer, k bi sam rada en pir spila, probala do konca pogledat Halloween, k me je včer po 40 minutah v film zmanjkal k kretena & bla mal chill? Sicr komad sploh ni slab. For the genre it is, it is quite good. Sam ne sede mi ta trenutek & to sm pri tem mojem eksperimentu s 1001 albumom že dojela, da ima velik vpliv na celotno izkušnjo poslušanja. "Fat (Party and Bullshit)", drugi komad, je tud soliden. Naslov je tud kul. Nasledn ("(I'm) In Deep") je ful tuc-tuci (wiki prav, da je to acid house). "My Telephone" ma skoz not samplane taprave zvoke takratnih telefonov. "Theme from "Reportage"" je kr insane, sm vesela, da je sam minuto in pol, ker je kr a lot. V "Stop This Crazy Thing" slišm sample od Run DMC, pa očitno iz nekega Tarzan filma? Pa The Jetsons! Ha! "Smoke 1" ma kr Queen Latifah na vokalu? Kul. (Njen komad v Chicagu je neki najboljšga ever.) "Not Paid Enough" mi ma tud en kup znanih samplov & na tej točki ugotovim, da poslušam US verzijo albuma, namesto originalen UK release, kjer tega komada sploh ni... Ah, ja. Ponavad ciljam na originalno verzijo, zj je kar je. Če prav vidim, se sam na konc zj razlikujeta mal. Tko da, poslušam še "What's That Noise?" (Ki kar livea up to its name), k bi mogu bit na UK zadnji komad, pa poiščem komad, ki ga kle ni blo & ga je zamenjal prejšnji. Tko bom basically mela izkušnjo UK releasea. Evo, še "Doctorin' the House". Mogoč bi blo vseen, če ne bi.
More useless dross from they youth of the British Gen Xers who compiled this list.
Chokeret over hvor meget jeg nød det her britiske electronica album. Ikke for lang, gode samples og features, catchy hooks. Lyder et par år forud for sin tid
Ret sjov plade, ukompliceret. Ikke noget særligt men overhovedet ikke dårligt. Hører det til på listen...?
Scratch my shit up!
Not my thing
first track fucks so hard. i love house music yall are a bunch a puhsssies (extra emphasis on the puh) (its not the best house music ever tho. ngl i've heard much better)
Had to really look for this one, but well worth the search. Really fun to see how early house music like this came to influence modern music. Found a few gems that were later sampled by some artists I enjoy. A little klunky in places and does seem a little long, but overall I really enjoyed this one.
This felt longer than it was, and that's probably not a great sign. It's not baaaaaaaad, but it's not that great to my ears either. I can take late-80's early-90's dance music/samples/rhythmic beats in doses, and this was too big a dose.
Somewhere within all the noise of this album I found myself nostalgic for the age of the landline home telephone? I still remember about 4 telephone numbers from my childhood which is surprising to me given the state of my mouldy grey matter. 2.5
"a DJ album... is it cool? sure... is it groovin' and danceable... yes... is it monumental in ANY way, shape, or form? no... heck, i give ZERO respect to people who slap their names on records that have either a complete studio "band" or AI... this type of record, at least, takes a great deal of WORK to piece together... i'm not sure WHEN this sort of thing became "art"... maybe around the time this one came out? 1989 ish... who knows? who cares? the only thing AMAZING about this record, is that it made a list like this one... i'll give it three stars for effort... zero stars for originality... putting this record on a list of all timers is like putting a gifted child's mobile art project on a list with the Mona Lisa... do i do music like this? sort of.... Maloa Warriors use a lot of the techniques on display here, but... the key difference... almost ALL the music is real, and played by real musicians..."
Very cool
3.,0 not on Spotify, listened on youtube
Late 80es house band mixtape. Al the streaming services are right: too less value to waste diskspace.
Nothing special here. Grating vocals, predictable beats, annoying vibe. The bad side of 80s music which you have heard a thousand times before. This was not relevant even in 1995, let alone 2025. Has no place on this list. Blah.
got repetitive but generally not bad
Not on Apple Music. Listened on YouTube more passively than other albums
Bit disappointing
Couldn’t find it on Spotify
Really fun album and sounds surprisingly 90s considering it was released in 89. I don't mind this type of album being long, but some of the tracks definitely drag on a little.
It's always fun listening to the roots of a genre I've always liked
Never heard of until today. Enjoyable listening. Then I saw a reference to Coldcut on another program today! What are the odds!?
The album isn't on Spotify, but several of the tracks are. A House album. I wasn't really a fan at the time, and it still doesn't do anything for me. Features "People Hold On" and "My Telephone" with Lisa Stansfield, plus "Doctorin' the House" with Yazz.
This felt more like a DJ set than an album. Absolutely loved it. Will put this on at the next house party I'll host. Good vibes great melodies.
Extremely danceable. Weird in the most wonderful way. Endless stank face funk. The production quality on this album is through the roof. There were many times throughout the album where I heard a sound that I had heard before, I wonder how many times this album has been sampled? Or how many samples it used... This album has so much texture. It feels multicultural, bilingual, and interdimensional. This went from completely unknown to me, to probably one of my new favorite albums. 5.3 outta 5 masterpiece
Nothing much to write home about here, just generic late 80s house music you can tune out to. There's no real profound statements, just an hour of club-ready electronica. Kind of like a less memorable KMFDM or Primal Scream. So that's that noise from Coldcut I guess, not much else to say. Sounds like all other club music of the time. 2.5/5
2/5 - This one wasn't available on Spotify, so I listened to their most popular songs instead. They were interesting! I didn't dislike them, but they were artsy/disjointed. I probably wouldn't seek them out in the future.
3.5 , nearly 4.
A bit of a mixed bag. I quite liked the more (instrumental) hip hop moments. Some gave me Beastie Boys vibes. Less keen on some of the more disco / house moments. 2.5
At first I was a little irritated by the random sound clips thrown in along with the music, but I think I've warmed up to it now. I started liking this album a lot more about halfway through. Depending on my mood, this album would fluctuate between 2 and 3 stars.
I thought the ads on YouTube were most interesting then this album.
No es mi estilo, por lo que no rescataría ninguna canción de este álbum en particular. Sin embargo, me ha entretenido en diversos puntos.
Meh. This doesn't do it for me
3.5
A bit long but mostly enjoyable. Dancy housey hiphoplike samplemania over here.
quite a weird but fun album. good to have on in the background and bop my head to while i do other stuff. had to listen on youtube considering it's not on any streaming platforms. it did feel quite messy and disjointed though. i also thought it was too long - for an instrumental album it failed to be concise/remain interesting throughout. standout tracks for me were 'my telephone' and 'beats and pieces'.
Definitely a product of its time, but not a bad listen. I found myself head bobbing a bit to it, even if it faded in and out of my attention.
I can't believe I got back to back 90's (technically 89) UK Electronica albums. I've really been getting into Electronic and dance music recently, but my God, this list has shown me I really hate this scene. I get that it was important, but did we really need 50 of these albums? They are never bad (besides that mj Cole one), but they are always a chore to sit through. Thankfully this one was a little more lively and I could see people actually dancing to it. Anyways this was ok and I'll forget about it tomorrow morning. Mid 3.
No está mal, la verdad. Mi queja, que ya repetido incontables veces en discos de este mismo género o relacionados, es la misma: el disco termina siendo demasiado largo.
A fun listen from an artist I wasn’t familiar with. Seems pretty cutting edge, pre-Avalanches sample based dance. Surprised and impressed with how engaging the tracks were.
Dance classic
~note this album was not available on Spotify so this review is for their album Some Like It Cold~ This annoyed me by the end
Not for me.
A good one for me to work along to. So many samples I've heard it later songs but work so well here to be original.
In the context of the time I can go 3 ⭐ … noted would prefer a lot of later electronic to this (and wish more was on the list)
Great reminder of the beginnings of house music. Not really my thing but an entertaining listen nevertheless.
What a strange artifact of 1989! A real sense of fun and energy carries this charming LP. I particularly like the Mark E Smith feature with him rambling over the mic. Telephone has some hilariously delivered lyrics “hello?” “Who’s this?” It starts to drag by the end (at least on the US version which I heard.) It’s very loveable even if it’s good, not great.
Loved a lot of this and disliked some of it, going v high 3
Doesn't play
Could not find the whole album which is a shame because the songs I did find were excellent.
Found on YouTube. Fun but wouldn’t choose to put on.
This is the 2nd album on the list I’ve had to go to YouTube for, and the version I listened to appears to be the US release, rather than the UK release and there appears to be a few key differences, I gather Doctorin’ the House was a big release so since it was missing, I sought it out also. This is 80s house music, lots of guest vocalists, and it’s one of those cut and paste sample albums, crafting all sorts of samples together - maybe this was influential and I’m not averse to this sort of music. There were elements I liked but the album was too long and I got a bit bored, it’s probably not for sitting down to listen, more for a party or the club. It sounds very of its time, I don’t think it stands the test of time but can understand the appeal it will have had.
OK, this is the first artist on the list, I've never heard of before. From the get-go, seems like a classic sampled house style. Reading upon this, seems like they were an influential UK electronic band in bringing Hip-Hop into UK's mainstream and contributed to Big Beat scene. So I get the influence, but at the same time it's kind of boring after a few tracks so far, a bit of a cheesy 90s house feel. I like "My Telephone" so far, and intro track was alright. I want to skip quite a few tracks on this one already. This just doesn't seem on the same level to me as some other UK electronic acts of the time. Not bad at all but not a masterpiece either in my opinion, an average 2.5/5.0. And I'm pretty sure this is not first sampling albums by miles, David Byrne's and Eno's collab is way more interesting and creative than this. Interesting takeaway from this is that seems like Eric B & Rakim might have based their Paid In Full from track 10 on this album.
Couldn’t listen on Spotify
Funky and interesting album!!!!!
This album is not available on Spotify
People Hold On"- 3 "Fat - 2 "(I'm) In Deep" - 2 "My Telephone" - 3 "Theme from "Reportage""- 2 "Which Doctor?" - 1 "Stop This Crazy Thing" 4 "No Connection" – 3 "Smoke Dis One" – 4 "Not Paid Enough" – 3 "What's That Noise?" – 2 "Beats & Pieces" – 2 "Stop This Crazy Thing" – NO SERIOUSLY STOP NO NO NOOOOO
People Hold On"- 3.5 "Fat - 2 "(I'm) In Deep" - 2 "My Telephone" - 3 "Theme from "Reportage""- 1.5 "Which Doctor?" - 2 "Stop This Crazy Thing" - 4 "No Connection" – 3 "Smoke Dis One" – 3 "Not Paid Enough" – 3.5 "What's That Noise?" – 2 "Beats & Pieces" – 2.5 really wanted to like it too avant garde for my tastes
Not available on Spotify (Sept. 16, 2025)
ta bueno, me gustó pero se me hizo un toque largo. 3,5
Wow. A time capsule of sampling anarchy.
"What's That Noise?" Is the debut album by English electronic music duo Coldcut. Electronic, house and alternative hip hop are the Wiki-listed genres. That works. The duo had guest vocalists including Lisa Stansfield, Mark E. Smith, Junior Reid, Queen Latifah and Yazz. Coldcut was/is Jonathan Moore (drum machine, bass, percussion, keyboards, engineering, turntable, sampler) and Matt Black (synthesizer, drum machine, keyboards, engineering, turntable, sampler). The album reached #20 on the UK charts. The album opens up with "People Hold On." A piano and synth melody and an electronic dance beat. Lisa Stansfield on vocals in a glossy, high production song. Heck, this is disco. Got to be strong! Mark E. Smith makes a talking and singing appearance in "(I'm) In Deep." Funky and weird. Lisa Stansfield shows up again in "My Telephone." This is where the boys go crazy with the added noise samples: telephones ringing, synth computer noises and various voice samples. The funk gets laid down in "Stop This Crazy Thing" featuring Junior Reid. All sorts of tv and movie voice samples. Maybe the best guest appearance is the rapping of Queen Latifah in "Smoke 1." Horns, people talking. Latifah gets down to business as she raps about discrimination. The one true hip hop song on the album. This album reminded me of across between an Art of Nosie and an Avalanches album. I guess that's a pretty good thing. There's loads of tv and movie voice samples. It's danceable. It's weird at times. I can see why it did fairly well commercially. It kept my attention with its creativity and the sampling is very original for its time. So, if you're a sampling fan or like Art of Noise or Avalanches, this is worth a spin.
Vreemd dat dit album niet op Spotify staat. Gelukkig kon ik het luisteren via YouTube. A Het openingsnummer van Lisa Stansfield (op kant A, "People Hold On") is wereldberoemd en klinkt geweldig. Maar ook opener op kant B (Stop That Crazy Thing) heeft een mooie zanglijn en een heel herkenbare melodie (samples). De rest is een beetje typische pop-hip-hop-dance muziek van rond 1990. Er wordt veel met samples gespeeld en het scratchen mag ook niet ontbreken. Het doet me denken aan de eerste computer-stukjes met muziek. Ik vind het leuk! Het heeft iets old-schools.
Another one not to be found on Spotify, sadly. What an opening track. Slammed in the face by some funky house chords. If it continued on this trend, I was certain for it to be an easy 5 star album. Sadly, this was the albums strongest song, and though there were a few other gems, none lived up to the opening track. The album sounds quite fresh for when it was made, more of a 90s record than an 80s record to me. Generally it was a bit too much scratch sounds, and the "corny side" of 90s dance music. It was more beat focused than it was melody focused, which make it drop ratings for me. Overall I was excited at the start of the record, but it just didn't deliver consistently enough to warrant a higher rating from me. Strong 3.
Felt quite a bit like ”The Avalanches” at times, but with less interesting samples. Large parts of the album are actually quite good, but its long runtime makes the whole thing feel rather bloated. “Witch Doctor” has a great groove, and I really enjoyed the beginning of “Stop This Crazy Thing”. The sample from the old standard “Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho” is really good, but it feels like they just throw it away. I actually paused the album to listen to the originals instead. Overall, a weak 3.
almost overwhelming
??? das einzige was ich irgendwie in Verbindung zu irgendwas bringen kann ist das cover mit dem Radiohead Video? c
What’s That Noise? That noise is music; a mash up of funk, Rasta beats, electronica, and catchy lyrics. It’s a bit weird, and it’s all good. Strong start with People Hold On, especially liked Stop This Crazy Thing and Telephone, but all songs are engaging. (3.8*s) Will check out more from Coldcut, and will also make sandwiches.
Thank you list for list-ening. "What's That Noise?" is a super fun, scatter-brained adventure through cut & paste mayhem. Coldcut was on the forefront of mixing with this debut and they piece together some pretty coherent tunes despite the jumpiness of the genre. Some may find this annoying but I love the chaos. "Stop This Crazy Thing" was so great and lands top track spot. "My Telephone" and "Theme from Reportage" get honorable mentions. This album fits right in the late 80s techno-beat movement. A solid amusement ride of a record...3.71 stars.
Never heard of Coldcut and from what I can tell they are not on Spotify so I had no idea what to expect. What a pleasure to be greeted with a completely unique electronic pop album from 1989 that I never would have heard of otherwise. What a bizarre and fun album. All the tracks are solid and some of the electronic jams are catchy and groovy. Surprised to see this album had 4 singles, but I'd say they are deserved. This album scratches a certain itch and lives in a realm with some other unique acts that I enjoy. It might have outstayed its welcome a bit toward the back end but I still enjoyed it enough to stick around for the bonus tracks. Great entry for 1001. 3.39 stars
Pros: Interesting album. Partly quite funny. At the time something new and creative. Cons: Boring.
only got through a few tracks before i gave up listening on youtube due to the ad frequency, but THANK YOU ARCHIVE.ORG my beloved: https://archive.org/details/0653_coldcut_what_s_that_noise_1989__mlib/10.+Coldcut+-+Doctorin'+The+House+(Say+R+Mix).flac pretty awesome stuff. loved the sampling of mozart, and the play off of hall of the mountain king. banger but definitely an acquired taste
This is it. The first 1 star in my journey. The only good thing about this album was the samples - which weren't great either - but I don't think anything was added to them. It's just shit. Sometimes it was funny too, like stop this crazy thing, that actually made me laugh. So bonus points for that. But still 1 star. Maybe I'm being harsh, but I still feel if any album deserves a 1 so far it's this one
This is not the album I would recommend to someone who is trying to stave off a migraine (as I was today). It was very… noisy.
I didn’t hate it and actually really liked "Stop This Crazy Thing". I’ll be generous and round up.
Okay, it’s wild that this was made in 1989. It’s very ahead of its time. That said, it’s not terribly listenable for me, someone who doesn’t really dig electronica. I respect it and see why it’s here though
Absolute banger. Marvel VS Capcom 2 ass music (affectionately)
An eclectic collection of song types. Must have been revolutionary at the time, but feels a bit stale now.
I hope this can serve as a reminder for all mankind that Mashups may fool your dumb lizard brain for a minute, but ultimately they will not bring you joy.
I’m listening to this. I’m listening to Rumours again. It’s so good I’m just gonna give this shitty album a 5 too for following it.
Another album of “you had to be there to understand the significance” Nothing great. Telephone was a fun song to bop around to
Unable to find album
The noise is early house, my friend. It’s the sound of illegal raves in abandoned warehouses, smiley face T-shirts and Es. Reminds me of my mid teens, but it’s not really my vibe. Nostalgia will make me score it higher than it actually deserves.
Couldn’t listen on Spotify so did not listen
This is not typically my style of music. I gotta be in a particular mood to enjoy this kind of music. And in that mood I was. I’ve been on such a good streak of albums that something as interesting as this is still okay. There were a few tracks I quite enjoyed. I particularly liked the “pump up the volume” part of Not Paid Enough. Very interesting album overall. And not nearly as bad as I was expecting. Standout Songs: People Hold On Stop This Crazy Thing Smoke Dis One Not Paid Enough
A sort of drum and bass/dance type thing with lots of artful sampling. I liked that samples were modified in pitch, timbre and rhythm to make them melodic. They were also frequently taken everyday sounds rather than from other music, which gave interesting context and made me feel like I was somewhere else. The music has complex with lots of layers and interesting textures. Very compelling and I really enjoyed it but not sure I could listen to regularly.
Surprised by how many of the songs on there I recognised. Not my normal jam, but I enjoyed my listen.
At times a wall of noise but there was a lot of variety and surprises in there. Some I like, some I didn't. Can't remember the name of any songs but a solid 3 from me.
(Pain in the arse trying to listen to this without Spotify)
2.7 1x catch up 10/13, started out pretty generic 80s, but got better after first few tracks.
Older electronic music is really interesting because it has a lot of experimentation that you have to look off the beaten path to find these days. This is a pretty good example, using interesting samples and bridging elements between tracks to great effect. It's a little too long, but most tracks are pretty good. It's a shame that it's so difficult to find this album streaming anywhere. Favorite track: probably "People Hold On"
Wow. This is really good. I can see why Coldcut was a big deal in England. I often criticize the "1001 project" for over-hyping artists that were only popular in England, but I think this is an exception (probably due in part to the niche genre). Coldcut was making big beat music in the '80s. These guys are pioneers. Not only is the music fun, it's ahead of its time. Coldcut deserve credit for being innovators, not just copy cats. 4 stars. (It's a shame this isn't currently on Spotify, but at least some of their other stuff is.)
It's like it was a goal to go into the studio to see how many awful sounds you can string together to make a song. And there's 13 of them. And it's long as fuck.
Beep Boop Bee this is not for Me
It was good for me to listen to this for the historical and educational component. Wasn't the kind of thing I enjoy assss much though
Great sampling. I forgot that I have this CD. I could only listen to it on YouTube and I think I missed a few songs.
Couldn't listen
Groovin'
Fun album! Enjoyed it thoroughly, not much to say about this other than that it was a nice jam to listen to, but not exactly anything insane, just a good cut. Would love it if there were more songs with lyrics, as a lot of the space felt more dance music like, but for what the album did it did well!
Highlight Song/s: People Hold On This one sadly isn't on Spotify. Anyways, this is some cool dance music. I have previously heard "People Hold On" from Grand Theft Auto IV, It did sound familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it until it JUST clicked. It kind of went all downhill from "People Hold On." Not a fan of the futuristic sound or the production. The first track kind of mislead me, thinking it be straightforward Disco. But no! Completely obnoxious sampling instead is what you get. Complete utter garbage, just the same thing going on and on for 5 minutes straight. The last couple tracks did it in for me.
#683. What's that noise? I'm not sure, but there sure is a lot of it. 2/5: meh
Brings ya back to the times for sure, don't really enjoy it these days, decent listen though
Ace album
A song from 1989 about being addicted to your phone - now that’s prescient. Otherwise this is very of its time, but in a fun way. Along with the playful samples and impressively eclectic mix of collaborators (Mark E Smith and Queen Latifah, together at last), there’s some catchy songs here.
Could only find this on YouTube. Cool record. Nice examples of early sampling, solid tunes. Not my typical genre but it’s a fun listen. Strong 3
Day 17 and already the third release I've never heard of before! The duo's label Ninja Tunes is a label I own a release from though, The Bug's London Zoo, which might better suite this albums spot on the list. Or maybe Eno & Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts which this album wishes it could be. Even though this journey is mostly about exploration, I'll be glad to get junk like this out of the way early on. I realize I'm being unduly harsh so let me just say it's cool that this duo got Mark E. Smith and a teenaged Queen Latifah on the same LP. I'd like to know the story behind their discovery of her. She's the highlight of the record and I guess she doesn't even appear on the initial UK release.
Favorite Track: Fat
Couldn’t find
Was meh, wouldn’t listen to again
If you are my age and were into dance music in the UK then listening to this album is like boarding a time machine. It really was a revolutionary album, it was the first UK production that you felt had significant impact. It wasn't copying US urban culture, it was UK born-and-bred. I had this on cassette back in the day, but that sadly got lost over the years as I moved home several times. I think I'll source myself a new copy, hopefully on vinyl. An easy 5 stars for me.
This was better than I expected but only so good. Bassnector could have been on this list if he would stop snapchatting tweens.
Had to pull this one up on youtube because Spotify doesn't have it. Some of this is pretty generic pop-house euro stuff of the early 90's with better than average sample work. Some of this is the precursor to big beat stuff like Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Crystal Method, etc. I prefer the latter stuff much more than the former. Songs like "Fat (Party & Bullshit)" are clearly the inspiration for a whole movement that would come a few years later. Turns out these guys also founded Ninja Tune, which makes sense as well. In a way it's cool that I had no idea who they were before today. A good thing about this album is the varied samples and vocalists make it so it's impossible to really use the same sound kit for every song. While a lot of it has the same style of sound, not one song uses the same drums and the like from the previous one. It takes a lot of time and talent to produce an album like this. Overall I think this went on too long, but it didn't feel the 60+ minutes it actually is. I think the tracks I like more were supposed to be the breaks in between the "main" tracks with vocalists, but that doesn't really change the album much for me. It's fun hearing the samples I recognize, especially the whole bassline from Tupac's "Hit em up" in "Not Paid Enough" (obviously the original song that Tupac also sampled). There's definitely some Zeppelin drums in there and I thought I heard a Deep Purple riff as well, the little ding in "Smack my bitch up" by Prodigy is in "Beats and Pieces". I like the album cover too. This was better the longer I listened to it.
I can hear so much of what will be the 90's electric sound in here. I'm not well versed enough in the genre to know if this was a real forerunner, but it feels that way. Would fit at home in any 90's movie that had a scene set in a club.
What's that noise you ask? Just a bunch of shitty music. Nothing to see here.
на любителя.
nice stuff - different
so cool i love it. the music is super interactive and very fun to listen to.
This cassette was one of the best things about my oldest brother when I was a kid. We didn't get along well a lot of the time, we didn't even spend much time together since he was so much older than me. But we had this album that we could bond over, even though I usually just sat in amazement while my 8-year-old brain was processing it. Listening now I realize he only really played 2 of the songs. The rest are just so-so.
Couldn't find it on Spotify
Very interesting, the title was very insightful, it really is what's that noise?
Really enjoyable mix of house, electronica, and old-school hip-hop. It’s a little bit chaotic and a whole lot of fun. A great one-stop shop for a party soundtrack. 3.5
Some cool energy in this but I wasn't really blown away by it. There's a lot going on at times and I think they don't often nail the blend that they are going for. It feels like they had a bunch of people in the room and each one wanted something different and kind of fought for more volume in their idea. Not a bad listen, but I don't know if it's an album that you have to hear in your lifetime.
I like these bleeps and blorps much better. This album fucks, actually. Mindless fun during our current exeptionally grim times.
Solid
kommer nok ikke til at lytte til foreløbigt.
Not streaming
It was difficult to find this album and it certainly was not worth the effort. 1 star or F.
One of the better late 20th century electronic albums I've listened to on this list, but still not great. I actually liked that the instrumentals weren't monotonous and there were a lot of different sounds/themes. The "vocals" were hit and miss. Overall not bad and was groovy at times, but still not my preferred cup of tea.
Whiny guitars absolutely drowned in reverb was a bad choice. Also, Elvis did it better. I bet 80s punks loved this crap.
House fully doctored
My head was nodding this entire time! Lots of fun samples to recognise, nice beats, and cool scratching! 4*
Damn I love the beats, but often lose it when any vocals intrude. Just don't fit, which could be the point--but then I'm out.
Some great dance tunes on here and back in the day I was definitely on the dance floor when they came on. Stop this crazy thing, Not paid enough any and People hold on. Infectious and I loved Lisa Stansfield back then. Happy to jiggle in my chair now - hobbling to the dance floor is not a good look. The rest I have no care for.
After the whimsical dance party that was our visit to Galantis, it feels a bit shitty to diss Coldcut for its genre trappings, but I wasn't drawn into this at all. Too much flash and hits and breaks and the lyrics were, well, they weren't great. I guess I just didn't really like this.
Unable to listen to this via my usual streaming service, so I skimmed through it on YouTube. Not fair to the group or the album, but it was all I had time for. Seems fun enough. I might have enjoyed it if I liked fun.
meh
It’s fine. Cool to hear Queen Latifah randomly show up. She would have been a teenager, well before superstardom. To hear her pop up on a UK breakbeat album was definitely not on my bingo card for today.
3.5
Nah, I didn't enjoy this. So dated.