D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

🙄

Can’t do it. Tried different songs, still couldn’t do it. It was terrible, at least for me. Could only manage maybe 30 seconds a song before I just had to change the song.

The song "Weeping" made me want to cry from the pain in my ears. What's the point of this album? To bang a bunch of random things together and mumble strange lyrics into the mic? That's the vibe I'm picking up

Just not my type of music

When you're done with all the music left that this world has to offer. Once you wrought every ounce of experience from the millions of musicians out there... Give this album a try

como a gravadora em 1978 liberou o estudou pra gravar isso é um mistério.

Absolutely terrible. A bunch of random electronic sounds. Reminiscent of being in a loud factory. I don't care if this was important in some way to the fountains of electronica, sampling, or whatever, it is absolutely painful to sit through.

No.

WTF was I just subjected to. No.

pretty much just noise

9.5 от пичфорка. я в шоке просто.

Did not like at all

not a fan

Nah, this ain’t it.

Ooof

Want to give it more credit for being ahead of its time or some bullshit, but fuck off.

Awful. Really not my bag

One of the worst things I've ever heard of my life. I'd rather listen to the death rattle of a man suffering from terminal flatulence. If I could give it 0, I would.

Ross Gellar’s “sound” is infinitely better than this garbage.

Fuck this headache inducing self-absorbed experimental noise shit pretending it's music. This is what you get when you continually give children unnecessary praise for the delicious "cake" that they "baked", even though it's just a lump of wet sand.

I appreciate that this probably inspired Trent Reznor, but man I did not enjoy it

Serial killer music. Certainly a challenging listen, and I personally can’t really find the music in this so I find it near impossible to rate. Feels unfair to call this bad because it might be a brilliant example of what it is, but I struggled to get through it.

The 1 star is too high for this travesty

Richtiger Schrott

Absolute rubbish. Shit the emperor would listen to and everyone would say it is amazing even though it is a collection of noise and nothing more.

Got a headache listening to this. I'm not sure why this album was made. I'd give it a zero if I could.

Honestly a bit ridiculous. However a couple of the tracks actually made me feel something which is more can be said for the Miles Davis album I had to listen to. Most was a bit unlistenable but the disturbing nature it does actually manage to achieve prevents it from being a 1.

Absolute garbage!

Tiresome nonsense. Would rather throw rocks at my own head repeatedly than listen to this wibble again.

whole bunch of sounds

These days I need at least a trace of listenability in the noise I intentionally consume. I’m getting old, ok? I look towards other mediums for that type of transcendence. So sorry, D.O.A., you might have created here the blueprint for industrial and noise, but I still say, ciao bella.

Pitchfork described the album as "a nauseating masterpiece, and an essential recording". They could have just stopped at nauseating.

That’s a no from me. 0/5

i have stopped listening to it to preserve my sanity

Wtf was that?

This is barely music

Haunted house sound effects CD

Never heard of them or this album and apparently I'm not alone. The listen count on Spotify is glaringly low. This is my second 'experimental' album this week ("Duck Stab", by The Residents). And this one sucks too. Only one song, "Hamburger Lady" has a million listens, how a million people sat thru that is beyond me. Everything else is pure garbage, just sounds, ambience and nonsense, not actual songs. "AB-7A" was the closest thing to a song on the album. The only good thing about them is their band name, Throbbing Gristle, projects an instant mental image. I've lost faith in this list, there's simply no reason this album would be one 'you must listen to before you die'. 1 star, the minimum I can give. This was unforgivably bad.

one of the worst things ive ever heard

Not for me at all

demasiado experimental para mi fomisimo

There should be a rating less than 1.

I can't believe that there is something worse than Neil Young. Absolute crap. Who would sign a band like this. I can't imagine how awful a live show. 2 songs and I was done.

Nope

Quite possibly the worst one yet

I'm sure this music is for somebody, but that somebody is not me This is one of those albums you listen to once, and only once. 1/5. 2.38/10

Ah now, eventually you plan to have music on your music album, right? Hello? *Tapping on computer screen* Hello?

Random noises and not even music. Forced myself to listen to it and maybe got something out of it, but the commentary/messaging/experimentation that Throbbing Gristle attempts on this album is done better by numerous other artists. I will be laughing at this album in the same way that I laugh at the Human Centipede trilogy.

No standouts, this is not good electronic music

More interesting to create than listen to. You call sniff your own farts, why bother with someone else's? Best Tracks: Hit by a Rock; AB/7A; Blood on the Floor

Pretentious bullshit.

Really not for me. I don't mind out ther, experimental and dark music. But this was just dull. Also feels like it's trying way too hard to be provocative, though it did seem to work. Some slightly interesting ideas here or there but I have no desire to listen to any of this ever again.

Not music. Distant sound effects for people on heroin to nod to. Only decent track is AB/7A.

I've listened to and appreciated many types of noisy music before, and at least been able to understand why it sounds the way it does. Not for this album though, "noise" in music usually still feels like it has a purpose, so this album feels less like a careful construction of noise and more like a random collection of sounds.

At this point you might as well go listen to some local construction. I will give this one thing, though: it’s not really trying to be listenable music. It’s some kind of weird art statement. Does it succeed at that? I dunno, but it’s hard to fail it as music when it’s barely that in the first place.

Es una verga esto. Inescuchable.

I.B.M. 0.1 Hit by a Rock 0.3 United 0.1 Valley of the Shadow of Death 0 Dead on Arrival 0.4 Weeping 0.2 Hamburger Lady 0.3 Hometime 0.2 AB/7A 0.5 E-Coli 0.2 Death Threats 0.1 Walls of Sound 0 Blood on the Floor 0.1 Score: 0.192307692

I didn't hate this album quite as much as I thought I would. Some of the songs were messed up though, the word repulsive comes to mind.

This is just noise. Shit noise.

I did not have a great time listening to this personally. I feel like maybe you have to be in the right mood to listen to this album? For me it just got a little too repetitive and strange. Many of the songs had high pitched noises and sounds which was off putting to me. I sort of rejoiced when the album was over because this wasn’t my cup of tea but I can see how some people find it appealing.

Ya know, I get it. This isn't music, its noise, and if I'm on a website about music, I'm going to get pretty annoyed that I have to listen to "industrial". 1/5, should be 0. I don't really want to listen to gurgling for my daily "album".

hmm... why??

50% Best: AB/7A Must-Hear? Before listening: surely it can't be that bad! ...After listening: it's that bad

Well, this was just a bunch of noise and random yelling. No thanks. 1 / 5

That's not my taste in musik. Musik?

What a dumb album! It was ridiculous just sounds it wasn't even music! One of the worst albums so far!

WTF was that? It's only music in the sense that random noises played simultaneously can technically be considered music. But no... absolutely not. 0 stars

yeah no not spending my time this way

no

un atentado a mis oídos

Album No. 0028 on my list. I appreciate the experimental nature of this, but unfortunately this is not for me. „AB/7A“ was the only fine track on this album to me, the rest i did not like. 1/5 stars.

what to say? so experimental it doesn't sound like music anymore. I am sure they were relevant but I don't care Lol ..

Nie, co to w ogóle ma byc

Oh man, I love me some industrial, but this is just noise. 1/5

Could not listen to it. Too many noise.

Just sounds and awful.

wut?

Noisy, electronic, terrifying; a nightmare in music form. Tape recordings of voicemails and phone conversations, drones, echoes, long repetitions, lack of any melody. Not a bad record, but I wouldn't listen to it again. I gave a short listen to their record 20 jazz funk greats, and I liked that immediately more than this, so don't sell this band short!

giuro che non so se dargli 1 o 5 stelle, esperienza fantastica, ma non lo riascolterò mai più lol

1.13

I respect the big, confusing swing this band took here but I cannot get down with it.

Utter shite

I probably don't understand industrial music, i don't like this album, lacks of all the soul of what random sound based music should be, if it is an interpretation of "out of the box" thinking music, then i want to stay inside of the box all the rest of my life.

1 star I don't support child porn

Look, maybe this had some historical importance or gave inspiration to something good like Nine Inch Nails. But, objectively, this is just chaotic noise. Calling it music is generous. It's bad, unobjectively bad. If you're looking for deeper meaning you're being pretentious.

Not sure this is music. A collection of sounds that I don’t understand. I listened through but not sure I am glad I did.

Unlistenable noise with nothing resembling music to be found. Did this lead to the creation of the entire industrial genre? Maybe but this is awful to listen to. Seriously worse than Metal Machine Music. Albums like this make me question the decision to do the 1001 albums exercise. I could not get through even half of it.

1+ Stars (3/15)

This must be historically important to be on this list because it is unlistenable. Not a melody to be found. Noise on top of noise. Garbage.

Too experimental was not really good and didnt flow. They thought they were doing groundbreaking stuff but they were really doing dog💩

This is not music. I guess you could argue that’s exactly the point, and maybe that’s why it’s on this list. It’s abrasive, unsettling, and more an art experiment than a traditional album. Whether you find it fascinating or unlistenable will depend entirely on your tolerance for noise.

Gelijk een straffe binnenkomer. Flink experimenteel, rare industriële geluiden, af en toe wat muziek. Ook wel divers en best sfeervol. Het doet me denken aan de experimentele stukjes van Pink Floyd

Just noise.

Sounds like a middle school band attempting to be edgy

Umm, no.

<<<< the Beatles Fuck people who record bullshit then have the audacity to release it and charge actual money for it. I can't tell if the positive reviews I saw for this are a joke because they describe things that simply are not on this album, like music, for instance. This would be zero stars if I could do that

The pioneers of industrial music did not perfect industrial music. I would argue that it's not even good industrial music. It was bearable, but just barely. Once again, the algorithmic generated playlist that started after the album ended was better than the album, haha. This is the point though, I am doing this project to improve my algorithm.

Połowa utworów brzmi jakby jest nagrał R2DR, druga jakby komuś się dyktafon włączył w kieszeni. Szum, chaos, dezorganizacja i dezintegracja. Ja lubię dziwne rzeczy, ale ludzie tego nie da się słuchać! Nie obchodzi mnie, że to wielka płyta jest, nabawiłam się przez nią dźwiękowstrętu. 1.5/10

YIKES

Novelty levels of atrocious

Industrial = absolutely no musical talent whatsoever

Tried to give it a fair shake but it’s borderline unlistenable.

If you are fan of bleeps, boops, clangs, indecipherable background dialogue and ambient noises, this is your album!!!!

Just not my thing.

What in the world?!

Synthetic, dissonant, weird spoken word

so scary. hamburger lady is terrifying. I don’t like this. at all. really bad first impression for this website. really horrible and awful. I’m genuinely scared. who put this on the list because they are disturbed.

I really try to be open to experimental music, but this just doesn't feel like music at all, does it?

Didn't take much from it. Some of the songs reminded me of Ross trying to show off his keyboard playing skills.

There are a lot of words I could use to describe this album, but "music" is not one of them

Ha, and to think I took a week off of this list because it was starting to seem like a chore and then this is the first album I get back. This isn't music and it's infuriating to listen to. At least I can turn it off after 2 songs. 0.5/10 (0.25/5)

not music is it

Creative at least? Idk this is barely even music, more like a collection of random sounds. I appreciate them pushing the boundaries with this, but there is no reason for me to ever want to listen through this album again.

Not a fan thumbs down

fucking awful

1978 feels quite early for this kind of record. While I appreciate there are all kinds of music out there, and this certainly could be a fitting soundtrack for a horror movie or Twin Peaks, I hardly think it is an album you must listen to before you die. ‘Weeping’ was really on to something but in the end it’s too much noise ans incoherence, and just overall bad sounding - as with the rest of the album. Ironically I listened to the remastered record but it’s probably one of the worst sounding albums I’ve ever heard. 0/10.

Recognized this from the "Global lowest rated albums", unsurprisingly it's an industrial music record. This really isn't for me. I get that it pushed the boundaries of what music actually is and sampling done in the 70s is very different from what it is today. But it just isn’t an interesting or pleasant listen. All of it was not bad though. AB/7A and E-coli had a pretty cool electronic synth vibe. Groundbreaking it probably was but not something I would want to listen to. Doesn’t make me question how it can be rated highly, which for many 1 star albums I often do. It must be a 1 star from me still.

Why is this even on the list. This isn’t music.

Cool that it’s old

Most of it is just random sounds. I couldn't get through the album without my brain hurting. Sliding through most of the songs told me enough.

it's experimental, I got it

Weird one. Not much lyrics

n.l.

come on

This album made me pro-9/11. I hate the west for allowing this album to happen.

HATED almost the entire album, then severely fucked with AB/7A. So what I’m saying is get this album off the fucking list and replace it with the one below. Anyways, go listen to Stay Ugly EP by crim3z if u thought this was stoopid except AB/7A. It’s a 5 song album. Here’s the link to it on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/album/4SdrdBBRHRo1CL6u3vJrR7?si=uom9S52oTG6Ok3d2HcQKzA

industrial rock deez nuts

Difficult to listen to and straining my ears with noise, blips, feedback, guitar distortion, fragments of conversations.making up an Industrial album.

41 minutes of random noises.

What the hell is this album?! It's just a bunch of random sounds smashed together, which were not pleasant and also upset my dog. I couldn't even listen to it all the way through, it was that painful. I would give it a zero if it was an option.

terrible

I feel although I am being brainwashed. This entire album is like the intro to a plausible piece of audio one could call "music", but it never ends the intro phase.

I hate experimental music

it was something..

The opposite of the Holy Grail for this site. Deserving of the lowest rating.

Dafuq

De to første låtene var grusomme, resten var det mulig å lytte til uten at det ga mer stjerner.

Thoughts I had while listening to this: "Finally, the perfect soundtrack for a lazy Sunday" "Wasn't this featured on 'NOW That's What I Call Music 32'?" "That riff just kind of tunnels its way into your brain, doesn't it?" I don't know, man. I want to be the kind of music lover that can appreciate this. I was so excited to check out an album I'd literally never heard of before that enough critics thought worthy of a list (even one as big as 1,001 albums.) But I didn't appreciate this on any level. I'm guessing it's hugely influential and there are artists I adore who were completely turned on by this. I can imagine this being a foundational record for Aphex Twin, Autechre, Whitney Houston. Oh, not Whitney Houston. Who am I thinking of? (That being said, I listened to '20 Jazz Funk Greats' and there was some actually great stuff on there.)

Don't like noise.

This album is weird, very experimental. I found the sound effects to be distracting.

Industrial music is not my thing and this is a particular distasteful example.

Horrible noise. Whoever signed this band should have been fired immediately!

I do like to think I'm open minded, but this is not music. It is a soundscsape. A soundscape that made me too bored to finish.

Meaningless noise.

Les pires 41 minutes de ma vie, et j'ai fait le Vietnam.

This was just bad. I have heard of Throbbing Gristle before (from 2 sock puppets online oddly enough), and they mentioned that it would be weird. It was weird, but also awful.

Misophonic garbage.

This might be the worst thing I've ever heard. I understand being abstract, breaking convention but this is horrible. You can be weird, use unconventional sounds, have things which aren't traditionally appealing without it being this horrible to listen to. This isn't an album, it's an abstract art piece masquerading as an album, and because of that as an album it's horrible. I understand it was very special for it's time, and that it's not supposed to sound good, but also I would never listen to this by choice. I was unable to get through the whole thing.

Thanks Robert Dimnery, now I have a headache... Favorite songs: AB/7A Least favorite songs: the whole album 1/5

Super weird. Was not impressed - more noise than music I guess?

Ei vaan voi ymmärtää.

Mikä tämä on

Nyt oli kyllä harvinaisen huono levy, yhdessä kappaleessa oli ajoittain hyvä beat. En ymmärrä mitä tekee tällä listalla. 👎🏻

Voispa antaa 0

What an awful album choice to have added to this list of 1001. For sure, there are some stinkers but this one takes the top spot for biggest piece of shit on here…it’s not even music. Just some fuckwad band tinkering around in their garage trying new ways to think they’re pushing lines on what’s possible. Ugh. Not one single person in all of the world alive or dead has ever said, I have friends getting together later maybe I should put on some really good music, like DOA. I dont care if that wasnt the intention of this album to begin with. If I could give this horseshit album 0 stars that would be more appropriate. I’m so fired up about this album that I’m leaving a review no one is even going to read. If you do read this and you have this album up next in the cue, take my advice…don’t listen to any of it. Piece of shit.

# 498 : D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle : 09/06/2025 Pitchfork described the album as "a nauseating masterpiece" Bang! says it all really. I mean It's good to know other bands and genres' exist out there, But I'm pretty sure I DIDN'T need to listen to this before I kicked the bucket.

Absolutely terrible, complete garbage, no musical qualities whatsoever. If you get this album: turn around, don't drown.

This is without a doubt the second worst album I have ever heard.

Not for me.

Trash

Boring. Nauseating. Creepy. Pretentious. Calling this album shit is an insult to shit. Also, whoever made the album art should probably be put on a registry.

I get avant-garde, and yes, music is everywhere in everything. But this isn’t pleasurable, listenable or desirable.

Dafuq. This is really annoying stuff...

I usually reserve a 1 to an album I was unable to sit through. I sat through this. I hated it, but I sat through it. There were 2 tracks that I didn't hate.

This was just bad.

Way to experimental/industiral ,or what you might call the mostly strange sounds that happen throughout the album, for my taste. I didn't enjoy this at all and I hope my Spotify discover weekly wont get any weird ideas from this.

I did not enjoy this

they spent more time working out the song titles than they did the actual songs.

dnf

Not the worst one star I’ve given, but yeah, firmly one star. WTF? 1/5

When the lead track spends a good chunk of time cycling the instrument cable in and out to make that noise we all hate, you just know the album is going to suck.

Unlistenable

Literally unlistenable garbage

Could not stick with it - it's weird

Listened on 5/15/25 1/5 No favorite songs This was just nonsensical noise

In lieu of a standard critical review, I’d thought I’d just share some random thoughts that occurred to me while listening to this so-called “album”. - I wish I had the self confidence that these people had to record this, call it music, put their names on it and release it to the public. - I have to assume this is what they played in Guantanamo Bay to force prisoners to confess to crimes. - I also have to assume this group of people got in a room and asked themselves how they could make an album without using a single musical instrument. - My ears hurt. No really, they hurt. Favorite song: AB/7something was the closest thing to a melody found in the entire album

The fuck You simply CANNOT convince me that these people have any talent or that anyone who likes this has a single brain cell. The only thing I enjoyed was the song titles, but to borrow from track #2, I’d like someone to hit me with a rock when I listen to this machine porn garbage. “Songs” that didn’t make my ears bleed: - AB/7A (closest to actual music) - Hamburger Lady

I prefer the NIN, Ministry vein of industrial music

I hated this album. Seems like it would be appropriate for a horror movie!

A few moments of interesting noises scattered throughout 45 minutes of crap. It's as if an art student turned in their sketchbook for their final project. How and why is this an album?

this was a turd sandwich

Utter Rubbish

Thanks, I hate it.

Mostly, it's a bunch of spoken word over noises, sort of reminds me of some of the artsier moments of Huggy Bear's Taking the Rough with the Smooch. Except there, you're listening to stuff like "Pro No From Now" and "Prayer" because you know you've got "Herjazz" coming up. Here, the payoff is some rudimentary beats with more noise over the top of them. Now, I'm not disparaging rudimentary beats with more noise; the same description is true for Psychocandy, and that's one of my all time favorite albums! The problem here is that they're just not very good at it. This album falls somewhere between a 1 and a 2, giving it the 1 because everything I've read about them in Simon Reynolds' Rip It Up and Start Again makes them sound like unbearable edgelords.

Just noise. One or two bits of songs that are pleasant, promptly interrupted with more noise. No idea how this could be in the 1001 to listen to unless there's a big crowd of people who want to remember their modem connecting.

Hilfe. Ich bin sehr tolerant aber das war doch keine Musik mehr... was war das?

Apparently in 1978 you could just record you and your friends at the kitchen table with ambient noise in the background and call it music. This is straight trash and shouldn’t even have been allowed to exist much less allowed on this list.

Hated this

Não ouvi porque não tive interesse no disco! E as críticas que li eram devastadoras.

Absolutely garbage

Very not good

This is why I usually rate obscene and offensive rap albums 2/5, to make room for nonsense like this. At least those are somewhat entertaining, have good beats and samples. What's here? Computer noise, people talking in the background, industrial noise, more talking, other noise. I know this list doesn't specifically say it's for music only, but it's implied or else there would be stand-up comedy and other types of albums. This album barely qualifies as music. Yuck.

Maybe you had to be there? This shit sucks ass. It did kind of trance me out while I was on a run though so not the absolute worst. The high pitched alarm shit at the beginning is terrible.

Very meh.

Very weird. I was expecting that and there were some interesting bits mixed in but overall yeah...

I don't get it. I'm probably not supposed to. Fine, whatever, let's move on...

This is an interesting inclusion on the list! I thought this was 1001 Albums with music on them and not whatever this fucking bullshit was. There are more unpleasant albums on this list, but I can't remember one that has less music on them.

Pretty hard not to skip

I'm all for avantgarde and experimental music but this was a really terrible listen, like a background music for a factory or something similar. I guess there is a reason the genre is called industrial. The only thing I liked about the album is that its sound was ahead of its time - it was recorded in the 70s but it could have been something from the 90s or even 00s. But anyway, it was almost unbearable as there was absolutely no melodies, not anything that could be a called a 'song' so I have to give it 1 star.

I came into this really prepared to like it as I often have with the worst-rated albums from the list, but yeah, nah, this sucks. With the name of the band, I was expecting something offensive and harsh, but this is just plain boring. In a quite literal sense, the first few tracks are not music. The tracks are just a bunch of noises and recordings. No rhythm, no tone, no vocals created for the track. The title track is ok, even enjoyable, like an industrial-lite Krautrock? Weeping was mumbled, spoken word vocals over droning backing and intermittent strumming. Not bad, but not fun to hear. Hamburger lady much the same, but in some of the harsher noises I hear something like a much less fun Butthole Surfers. The outro We Hate You Little Girls is all that is wrong with this album - not music, not beautiful, trying very hard to provoke but eliciting only a sense of profound boredom. It has the sensibility of a university student performance art piece and about as much style, skill and meaning. The experience of listening to the whole album is like being trapped at a show you hate but can't leave until it's over. The majority is right in this case, it's a very bad album, although it was more interesting than another Dire Straits entry. A valuable though unenjoyable listen. Just out of curiosity, I listened to another Throbbing Gristle album immediately after, 20 Jazz Funk Greats. It's much more listenable and enjoyable while still retaining the same sound.

It's like background music for disturbing movie scenes. one track reminded me of fight club. maybe it would work better for me if this was part of a movie but for sitting in my living room and listening to an album it's not the stuff i listen to

Worst thing so far. Jesus fucking christ.

Industrial music's actual trash, innit?

This isn't music, it's just noise.

Really trying to push through this album, but Hamburger Lady really tested me. That was a very morbid and unsettling song if you can call it a song. The whole album is just distortion and noise with varying crescendos and voices speaking throughout to make it more unsettling. AB/7A was maybe the only song on the album, but was just an instrumental keyboard and drum track only to return to the creepy ambiance of scientists talking over distortion and other ambivalent noise. Trend pretty much continued on for the rest of the album. I hated every minute of it, but also somehow feel more fulfilled (??) to know this existed at some point in time.

Assolutamente no

I can’t it’s awful noise

Qué cojones

‘Like a small piece of Throbbing gristle’ was how Len’s 11th wife, the one and only Linda Lusardi described his erect penis! The marriage didn’t last long. 0.2

1/10. One of the worst albums I've ever had the misfortune of hearing. A constant assault on the senses. That being said, I think they achieved their goal with this album

Ugh, DOA is just another cookie-cutter, radio-friendly, crowd-pleaser. Way too mainstream and poppy for me. 2/10

zzz

While I can appreciate the experimental aspects of this record, I did not like it.

1 out of 5. Despite most of the reviews saying the same thing I didn't expect to dislike this album as much as I do. It does not spark joy.

If this was a film, I’d probably like it. However my tolerance for pretentious wank doesn’t extend to music.

I should have just skipped this when I saw the name "Throbbing Gristle". That said, perfect name for this band, the noise in this album turned my ears into throbbing gristle. Never again. Never should have even been in the first place. Yikes. I'd give this 0/5 if I could. 1/5

Music made by modern day cave folks. Or someone left the electronica on and laying around in an unsupervised preschool. As primitive as electronic music can be played. My head hurts after listening…thanks for that.

I didnt like this other than the children chatting it offended my ears.

Yeah no that's just noise

United

Glad I listen to this. I can now honestly say I have listened to the most godawful shite in the universe.

I definitely did not need to hear this before I die. Now that I've heard it, I would like to die.

Not even music.

Nah, maybe better when observing the art exhibition at the same time. Heard hints of Death in Vegas in there though.

This challenged me big time

Throbbing Gristle is a British band that pioneered industrial music. D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle is the band's third album, but not actually their last. Most of this is non-melodic noise - random samples, feedback, and static. Oddly, there are a few melodic spots - like the track "AB/7A" - that could be an Animal Collective track. For the few bright spots, there are too many tracks like "Hit by a Rock" and "Hamburger Lady."

The only thing final about this report is my willingness to ever play it again

Got through 3 tracks. I like challenging stuff but this was just weird.

uh no thanks

How many times can I get a truly awful album on a list of "must hear" albums? This is just atmospheric sounds, noises of people and children, and other ambient and electronic noises, which, in my mind, serve no purpose. You can't dance to it, you can't sing to it, can't play along to it, you can't workout to it, you can't relax to it...all you can do is "feel" something about it, and I felt irritated. It amazes me these artists think of these, record em, put it in an album, and then expect people to buy said album.

This is fucking shit. It's the first album though that gave me something I haven't heard yet. Still shit though

Suddenly Yoko Ono doesn’t sound so bad. I like Zoogz Rift, Magma, CAN, Brian Eno and Captain Beefheart 100x more than this. AB/7A is the only redeemable track. I’m still only giving the album a 1 for the overall pain it instilled on my ears Avant-Garbage.

It is just sound, like awesome it supposedly makes inbounds in experimental music but honestly, it felt so pointless listening to it. What do random noise and conversations mean with these interesting and experimental albums that showcase the best of music? No idea.

just no

First album that I just couldn’t finish. This is just a lot of noise and got on my nerves real quick.

I'm beginning to regret this endeavor. This is garbage, total and complete. The album cover is objectionable and the sounds that issued from the speakers in my headphones were appalling. I regret giving this extra plays on Spotify.

I've heard more interesting sounds emanating from the tyre and exhaust place opposite my house

Can I give this zero stars? This is not music.

Two or three of the songs are quite bad, if perhaps a bit interesting as an experiment. The rest is just unbearable. 1/10

No thanks. Nonsense. From the wiki…” Later reissues of the album omit the inset and card calendar due to its resemblance to child pornography.” Yeah I’m not interested in this.

Just why? This ain’t music

Ist das Musik? Das sind einfach aneinandergereihte Geräusche. Vielleicht muss ich hier auch mehr auf den Text achten, aber nach der Hälfte habe ich einfach kurz durchgeskippt und es waren wirklich immer nur irgendwelche Geräusche

I appreciate contemporary art for pushing the envelope of their respective art forms. You have to look at these things through the lense of cultural context - like with how serialism changed the way people thought about harmony etc. But a lot like serialism, looking back at artists like Schoenberg and Throbbing Gristle, it stops making sense in the modern day. If you find me one actual real life normal human with real life ears who thinks this album sounds -actually- good I’d be impressed.

20 seconds in: Thanks, I hate it. I think this is specially calibrated to lodge a sharp hook into my brain and scramble it. I think that experimentation in recording is important. It doesn't necessarily mean that all those experiments are music. Play this if the sound makes you feel less alone, but don't pretend it's anything other than an album of sound effects. Now I feel bad for docking a star from S&G's Bookends for "Voices of Old People." That was magnitudes more listenable.

This manages to somehow be both boring and obnoxious at the same time.

No one needs to listen to this album before they die.

ich "rauche" eindeutig zu wenig

Random sounds thrown with no reason in songs.

En samling ljud, inte musik. Har ingen aning vad grejen är och var här. Blev tvungen att googla och det visar sig att de är grundare till flera genrer som är absolut soptunna. Verkar som att de var en av de första med att strunta i sångstruktur, så vem vet om vi har interludes och beat switches utan de. = Om jag rökte på och fick för mig att jag var nya Aphex Twin. Andra delen av ”Hometime” ger mig rysningar och magont.

Not for me

Great way to get out of an obligation. Listen to this first thing in the morning and a headache is guaranteed. Also a great way to trigger nightmares. Could be useful if looking to simulate the sounds of hell? I do indeed feel like I've been 'Hit by a Rock'.

I respect the artistry of this band. Though I'm not sure I fully get what they're trying to do here, and even if I did I still don't enjoy it. I wouldn't say that there's no resemblance to music here, its atmospheric. AC/7A was sort of enjoyable but not enough to bump the score.

Nope.

Well when people say that music sounds like noise, I'm certain they aren't referencing this album... But they should be. Not really sure what the hell is going on here, but um.... yeah. Yeah.

Is this supposed to be a joke? Or is it supposed to test our believe in the 1001 albums "to hear before you die"? Why should anybody listen to this album? I reckon that you will find a couple of persons who actually like to listen to the album. But what have I missed if I hadn't listened to it. The answer is very, very simple: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

41 minutes of my life I will never get back.

No one needs to listen to this album, should be removed

fuck you 1001 albums you need to listen to before you die

what a name. oh. and uh... not for me. look, I respect people who make industrial / noise (is there a difference? is that offensive??) but I don't fuck with industrial / noise. does that make sense? anyways. DNF. sorry.

This is atrocious.

Once you get past the opening tracks of modem sounds and noise, some of the later tracks are ok, but anything interesting about this album is buried deep under an obvious and tedious intention to shock, the revoltingly aversive band time, and the borderline paedophile cover art.

Just why?!?

Noise...just noise. I knew this would be difficult but it ended up mostly being just boring. 1/5

noise - a hard listen

Horrible

Ultimately, the goal of music should be to sound good. This does not. 1/5 Key tracks: AB/7A

This one is weird. Experimental? Or maybe they forgot they were recording? some of these are not songs. Why was this made? WHY was this on the list??? I made it to number 8.

0 stars. Garbage noise, nothing worth relisten. Beginning to question the criteria used to make this list.

This album sucks. “Art” rock is not my thing, it’s just noise as far as I’m concerned. No redeemable qualities here.

I'm lost.

* laughs nervously * what the fuck

1.5/10

Couldn’t get through it

Now I know why this is titled 1001 Albums You Should listen to and not music you should listen to before you die.

This is the soundtrack to schizophrenia

This is really toeing a fine line on what exactly music is, which really makes this more art than music - something designed to elicit and emotion, and not necessarily a positive one. While I can appreciate art rock, I can't stand listening to it when a whole album is like this.

Terrible Album, nothing redeeming about it. Maybe it would be slightly better if I was on acid or something

In a nutshell: industrial performance art. This was a hard listen. I haven't heard anything like this before. If your only exposure to noise is Nine Inch Nails (like me), then you're gonna be in for a shock here. For anyone who liked Kollapse by Einstürzende Neubauten or Psalm 69 by Ministry, this could be right up your alley. Will give two points for ingenuity. Overall: 2/10

couldn't finish

Just noises, nothing but noises

Well at least it's good to know that there's a floor to this list. A reference point or dictionary definition of what a 1 star album should sound like. Honestly, I get why this is on the list and I agree that you should listen to it once because after you do everything else will sound so much better by comparison.

This entire album feels like a joke that everybody else is in on besides me

Dreadful. I get it, they're challenging the norms on what could be considered music. That's why there are only like four tracks on here that have any sort of rhythm or melody, and all of them suck. I find it hard to believe that anyone, including the "artists", could possibly enjoy this, so the 1-star review must be what they've been going for anyway. ... That was the review I had prepared after making it through the album. And yet, a day later, there is more to be said. Most albums so far didn't captivate me for much longer than their runtime. This one was different. I did thorough research on the band's background. I found a concerningly active subreddit and was shocked to realize at least several people spent actual money on their physical records. I regrettably listened to "20 Jazz Funk Greats", which is still terrible, but at least undoubtedly music for the most part. I really tried to understand why this is a thing. I still don't. I spent the rest of the day listening to Igorrr and Mr.Bungle and had a great time. Long story short, this is still obviously a 1/5, but it might be the most fascinating one out there.

Not an album to listen to before you die, but an album that made me wish I was dead.

Didn’t need to listen to this one :)

"What in the fuck am I listening to?!" is how this album review started. I thought it's just a choice of intro, to start off an edgy band/album or something. But, seriously, what the fuck is this shit? Is it music? Is it the last surviving piece of tape of a recording jumbled up by a trash compactor that you're trying to play through a rusty blender? wtf is it? I never heard of this band before, and from this album I have no clue wtf they're about. Do they even make music? Maybe they recycle old casettes and try to stitch them together to see what it'll sound like? They could be selling potatoes for all I know because listening to this album I have no idea what's going on. Granted a few of these have a bit more rhythm and melody besides just random noises. The 2nd half of the album was more tolerable than the first. It could be great for the soundtrack of a dystopian/apocalyptic drama/horror production. Fair play for getting included. One of the albums to listen to before you die just so that you can find out such a band or style even exists. I'd justify this being on it more than some shit rock band that's not produced anything noticeable on an overplayed genre. At least this pushes some boundaries, becomes trully unique, and defines a genre of its own, even if you only play it once in your whole lifetime.

Fuck sake, it's the first listening day in December, can't I have some Nat King Cole or something? Instead I get a 'challenging listen', joy! The tracks with music in are either rubbish discordant noise, or mumbling nothingness, and the talking tracks you can't even hear what they're saying. This is absolute bollocks. I'm off to boot up some 'Christmas with Nat & Dean'.

I think Throbbing Gristle may have nicked this from the BBC sound effects library.

Absolute garbage.

Difficult to see how you can give this more than one star

Resembles music But noise and randomness reign In mechanic art

Shite

I just wasted 40+ listening to this garbage

Ist das Musik? Das sind einfach aneinandergereihte Geräusche. Vielleicht muss ich hier auch mehr auf den Text achten, aber nach der Hälfte habe ich einfach kurz durchgeskippt und es waren wirklich immer nur irgendwelche Geräusche

Industrial ambient boring music

Just random noise.

I’m 960ish albums in and this is easily in the bottom 2 of albums. Random noises, bad voiceovers, and ear piercing screeches does not make music. This was a steaming pile of horse, cattle, and pig shit combined.

This is just a bunch of sounds and audio clips put together. This is shit.

Shite

You’re fucking with me right?