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I was a bit dismayed to see a 20 minute track, but this ended up being a quite pleasant sonicscape of noise.
would use for like background music in yt videos.
Nice chill vibe. Very atmospheric, good for work.
I listened to this one without doing anything else and I really felt my emotions like rise and fall and change with the music, it was nice. The album was really varied and interesting I thought.
Listened to this a few times ages ago but I could only remember the first track. It's sort of post rock but often too jazzy for me
Tranquilo, relajado, no aporta nada especialmente
Rock instrumental. Un poco psicodélico. Interesante.
an interesting, melodic, instrumental group. very progressive style of rock i think. long drawn out songs with ebbs and flows of feeling. probably a 3.4/3.5 for me
No lo termine pero iba bien
I didn't love the album, but I didn't hate it. The last song, "Along the Banks of Rivers," caught my attention the most.
Meh
enjoyed that, not all good but the good bits were good
Liked it a lot. Very different. Nice and chilled
Very cool!
I found this album to be a really fascinating listen. I'd never heard of Tortoise so didn't know what to expect, but the album was completely different to my prior expectations. The completely instrumental album was really captivating to listen to, particularly the opening track - 20 minutes long, which explored so many unique sounds. A really fascinating listen.
Opening track is a masterpiece! 3.5/5
Found my new study music
Long track. Gave me a sense of anxiety. Was merely OK because of this.
Tycker aldrig den här typen av instrumental post-rock lyfter riktigt.
Pleasant and ambient but not something I'd go back to again I think. But I enjoyed it for its stay.
Hmmmm, tegu oli selliste taustahelidega. Nagu sellistega, mis on osa mingi seriaali või filmi taustamuusikast ja mängivad taustal kui mingi tegelane kaadrisse tuleb. See muusika pani mind ka mõtlema mustvalgetele fotodele ja sellele, kuidas nende fännid kiidavad mustvalge võimet detaile esile tuua ja mitte tähendust kitši alla matta. See on üks neist albumitest mille puhul tunnen, et mina pole õige seda hindama. Ma tunnen, nagu küsitaks minu arvamust haiku kvaliteedi kohta - mina ei tea. Eelmises reviews esitasin naljaga küsimuse "olen ma kultuurne?", see album ütleb et võibolla ikka mitte. Jah, tunnen ära Ghostface Killah (kuskil on kindlasti sellenimeline tups), aga ma ei suuda leida sellest väidetavalt kultuurselt määravast muusikast post-rocki algeid. hinnang: 2,5. Kuulasin prokrastineerides.
I was waiting for something to happen but after 40 minutes im still waiting. If you want to listen to some quality post rock, go check out God is an Astronaut
It's an instrumental album, I would say it's probably not for most people. The first track is 20 minutes long and heavily features a sound that made me think of a squeaking wheel. The rest of the album is pretty chill, maybe focus music.
Not my bag.
Not really my vibe. 2 stars for me
приятно под работу, но в целом ни о чем
1. 3.5 2. 4 3. 3 4. 3.5 5. 2.5 6. 3
This just seems like some bad experimental album from 1968 that everyone (for good reason) forgot about. But no!! It was from 1996!!! Come on people... Music has evolved WELL beyond this. No reason to listen to. No reason to have on this list.
Instrumental albums don't bother me the way they might some other people. One of my favorite artists is Joe Satriani, and there's little to no singing on most of his records. That said, I wasn't crazy about this. I get why Glass Museum is the most downloaded song on this record. It’s not half bad. Just kind of lays there though. Meanwhile, the rest of the record never really hits any major high points. If you have an instrumental album, there has to be a series of crescendos, and they just didn’t get there for me. Not sure why this is included. Relatively ineffectual. 2 stars
boring
Ehh
Instrumental 👎🏻
I've spend about twenty-five years trying to get Tortoise. It feels like I've spent even longer trying to articulate why I don't care for it. There is plenty of post-rock I like, but not this aggravating mix of repetitive groove, minimalistism pastiche, and imitation Neu. Indeed, it doesn't feel post- anything - the Reich sounds like Reich, the motorik motors along like it's 1974. It goes beyond none of this. The twenty minute opening track is the greatest stumbling block, as its kaleidoscope of styles demonstrates the group's lack of originality in each mode and their inability to meld them together in anything like a coherent composition - essentially McCartney's Standing Stone all over again. After that, the tracks become easier to follow and settle into a gentle groove, but who wants to settle. 2 This was a puzzler. While I really admired their facility for maintaining textural interest I was left thinking that Tortoise’s music really isn’t as good as it sounds. Perhaps I miss the point of ‘Post-Rock’ to say that they could use a singer but honestly much of this material felt like backing for a top line that wasn’t there, rather than the musical event. I’m not saying a top line is an absolute necessity - Debussy was often getting on nicely without one, for example - but there is something about Tortoise’s evocation of the ordinary gestures of rock music that seems to call for more than just textural shift as a structural device. If you mean to reject melody then why create such a comfy nest for it? Someone ought to sing something over this. The album is like a display of impressive sets for a play that never begins. It felt a bit sad to be honest. 2/5
Hated the first song. 20 minutes of garbage noise. The rest was better, threatening interesting at times.
No idea what they were on about. Waited for a singer until I realized this wasn't that type of album. Could have been worse, honestly.
Bit of an odd entry for this list. Can't say I'll be listening again.
Fine, but boring.
Kakva narkomanija. Kraut Dio u prvoj pjesmi mi je ok zadnja trećina od The Taut and Tame, ostalo me sekira. Too old for this shit. 2/5, 4/10
Sleepy
Interesting enough to have a few fly bys but not interesting enough to desire
Achei fraco. O som não é ruim, mas não foi tão divertido ou marcante para estar nessa lista. Com certeza outros álbuns poderiam estar aqui.
Just a load of uninteresting noise in the studio. Not for me.
Cómo vas a tener un tema de 20 minutos como primer tema del disco
If this was a film score I'd probably dig it more but as an album it has its moments but nothing that hooked me to come back for more
First track is really long and boring, so I didn't have high hopes - one track later on that I *quite* enjoyed, but on the whole just far too chilled out for me.
I’m really struggling to come up with 100 words for this one, it made so little impression on me, but I’ll give it a go. I’m reserving 1-star ratings on this website for albums that I actively dislike and find a chore to get through, rather than those (like this) that are merely underwhelming, boring, etc., hence the 2-star rating. But make no mistake, I was not a fan of this album. It just felt utterly vapid, lifeless and empty, occasionally annoying and even more rarely vaguely enjoyable. Overall, I suppose it’s serviceable as background music, but that’s about all.
2 - not for me
lot of ambience and tinnitus sounds, low amount of actual vocals
Maso
I have a lot of respect for instrumental albums and long songs. This, however, was rather boring. Not bad, just boring. 2/5.
Completely forgettable, but pleasant background noise occasionally punctuated with strange sound effects
Maybe it’s the fact that I have an attention span of a gold fish but god damn this first song kept me like a prisoner. I‘m not saying that I don’t like the sound but then again I just kept wanting to stop and move on. The moments of excitement did not carry me through sadly. Maybe I’m just not a music expert but then again that does not matter at all because I just don’t like it that much
Rate: 5/10.
Sims 2 building music. Pitää kuunnella kokonaisena albumina.
Ok but pretentious
Fue interesante hipnótico, muy enigmático y entretenido. Creo que es algo que escucharía como fondo o para leer algún libro bastante entretenido.
I do appreciate the experimentation and the way the mix of sounds are built and structured, but I don’t see myself listening to this again.
This is probably good background music but unfortunately it's vocal-less and therefore not the vibe.
Good background noise but other than that I did not like it.
Inoffensive, dull, pedestrian, uneventful and uninspiring. Two stars. 1 "Djed" (2/5) 2 "Glass Museum" (2/5) 3 "A Survey" (2/5) 4 "The Taut and Tame" (2/5) 5 "Dear Grandma and Grandpa" (2/5) 6 "Along the Banks of Rivers" (2/5) Total - 12 Average - 2 313/1001 170/313 albums reviewed were new to me.
Die US-amerikanische Chicagoer Instrumentalband Tortoise nahm ihr zweites Album zwischen Juni und September 1995 in zwei Chicagoer Studios auf: im Idful Music Corporation und im neu eröffneten Soma Electronic Music Studios – beide Male am Mischpult: John McEntire, zugleich Mitglied der Band. Erschienen im Januar 1996 auf Thrill Jockey, markiert das Album einen Wendepunkt, an dem Post-Rock, Krautrock, Dub und Elektronik nicht mehr als Einflüsse nebeneinanderstehen, sondern zu einem kohärenten Klangraum verschmelzen. Der Vorgänger hatte den Rahmen abgesteckt; dieses Album füllt ihn aus. Das Herzstück ist „Djed", eine 21-minütige Komposition, die durch rund 15 Mixstufen ging und am Ende klingt, als hätte sie diese Arbeit nie gekannt – ruhig, zwingend, unaufhörlich. Marimba, Vibraphon, Bass und Elektronik schichten sich übereinander, ohne je zu drängen. Die kürzeren Stücke – „Glass Museum", „A Survey", das eindringliche „Dear Grandma and Grandpa" – funktionieren als Ruhepunkte und Kontrapunkte zugleich und geben dem Album eine Dramaturgie, die über reine Atmosphäre hinausgeht. Dave Pajo, der hier erstmals als Bandmitglied zu hören ist, verleiht dem Ganzen eine dezente gitarristische Textur, die nie vordergründig wird. Millions Now Living Will Never Die ist kein Album, das erklärt, was es tut. Es tut es einfach – und das mit einer Selbstverständlichkeit, die auch nach fast drei Jahrzehnten nicht verblasst ist. Der Maßstab, an dem sich Tortoise bis heute messen lassen muss.
OK.
Way more marimba than you think
definition of background music. Could be good situationally but I like to hear some more things going on
seems like a drone album
Post rock then. OK. From the write ups it seemed interesting, but in reality? Seems like simpler ambient soundscape created by quite a bit of repetition? Don’t know why but expected more in the experimental avant-garde sound collage vibe, but it’s more prog-rock. Making it an easier listen but well. Opening track 20 minutes, did nothing, went no where, guessing that was the point, and the Casio comment is on point. Next track ultra light jazz motif, another 6 minutes- listen to Guaraldi to see how that one should be done. Then later there’s the rock track, standard prog fair. Then the spy movie soundtrack retrospective scene. Look if this is your thing good for you. So it's supposed atmospheric music made with rock instruments. OK, fine, maybe if it had just been on it would have been fine, but directly listening found it a complete yawn, bored the life out of me. Easy listening, but not in anything like a good way. Wasn’t terrible, background, but what was the point. 2 Star.
Just kind of boring background sounds
1,7/5
Ei lähtenyt. Samaa kappaletta koko levy. ⭐️⭐️
Not my piece of cake.
Elevator music. Not too bad as background, but not really much body to concentrate on. Maybe it's called 'post rock' because it's like rock music produced by someone deaf as a post? The best I can say is.. it was there. Anyone who deliberately adds technical glitches to a track to make me think my audio equipment is broken deserves to be slapped around the legs. -1 star. "I must put some Tortoise on", said no-one ever.
Djed - “What if Pink Floyd was less stimulating and had, like, xylophones and stuff?” That glitch-out at the 14-minute mark got me. 6.5/10 Glass Museum - Could feasibly be played by a band. Has the potential to be a headbanger, but some weird time stuff prevents it from being so. 7/10 A Survey - A couple of electric guitar people play electric guitar outside in a forest somewhere. 5.5/10 The Taut and Tame - This does, indeed, feel rather taut. Gets somewhat tamer as it goes on. Best drum stuff so far. 7.5/10 Dear Grandma and Grandpa - Old ambient technology sounds. Don’t really think I’d call this music; it’s more of an interesting collection of sounds. 3/10 Along the Banks of Rivers - Almost sounds like background music to a 1940s spy movie when the main character is in a bar talking to his partner about a case he just got. Almost. 6/10 Overall, 5/10. This kind of thing isn’t really my speed. It’s basically Pink Floyd but less stimulating and more vibey(apart from Taut and Tame). It’s good for what it is, but I don’t think I’ll ever find myself listening to this again, besides maybe Taut and Tame.
Sadly forgettable, but inoffensive. Nice to see more ambient work on this list.
2.5 Really frustrating in that everytime it seemed to be building to something good it just faded out instead. At certain points there also seemed to be one annoying instrument/sound ruining otherwise pleasant music
"Yo La Tengo"-esque I don't have enough patience for this sort of thing
My husband: 'there's better post rock...'
Pierwsza piosenka to 20 minut totalnego chaosu, nic do siebie nie pasuje, chaos zmienia się w hałas a ten w normalną muzykę. Potem jest już nieco lepiej, ale nadal nie na tyle, abym nazwała odsłuchiwanie tej płyty przyjemnym przeżyciem. Kto czegoś takiego słucha z własnej woli? 4/10.
Meh, background music again. And please, no 20 minute songs ever
I know I probably just don’t get it but I really don’t. It’s not bad, musically, just boring.
I mean, its interesting and it is definitely different than anything being put out commercially at the time. I appreciate the odd time signatures and changes. No one needs to hear this before they die.
A bit of a nightmare to rate. Honestly, it was just kind of there. I trust that this was important, but it's not doing a great deal for me.
I know this list is meant to expand horizons, but I just am not a 20 minute song type of girlypop. sorry. Is what they do with those 20 minutes, and however many minutes the other songs were, interesting? yes. Will I ever think "hey, i wanna sit down and listen to this album" again? no I was gonna put this as a 3, cause honestly it's fine, but like there more it went on the more my soul died, so 2
Tough music for a treadmill. A strange addition to the list.
Es wabert so vor sich hin. Nicht unangnehm. Fans finden bestimmt auch etwas, dass sie begeistert. Ich bin kein Fan, für mich wurde es mit der Zeit langweilig. 2/5
A nice listen while working, wouldn't just listen to it though
its nice ambience i guess but i would never willfully listen again fav song: Along the Banks of Rivers
Very boring but not annoying, other than the first track being 20 minutes long.
Haven't heard of them. I have a headache today, not a good time to listen to it. But I think even without one I still wouldn't like it, it's just random sounds 2/5
dull
Little disappointed. I thought I’d love this, but I kept waiting for something to happen, then it ended.
Didn't hate it, but would never put this on
Ambient oddness. Not very compelling.
Man, that was a hard listen
oh, well. the tracks lead nowhere.
Не моё. Что слушал - что не слушал.
Terrible
Pass
To be honest, this album has been really boring and feels likr it drags on for centuries. Who thought a 20 minute song was a good idea? If I heard this in an elevator, it would take me a solid 5 minutes to notice it wasn't elevator music
I'm not really sure what to say except it was weird...
Instrumental. Just not my kind of instrumental. 2/5.
Bakgrundsmusik
Interesting. I didn't mid it as background music. Nothing that really caught my attention spectacularly or would make me seek them out. 2.
nothing happens there are no songs really just pleasant noise for a long period of time I feel I am being very generous in giving it two but I have heard worse albums on the list.
Glorified music for studying.
This album caught me on the wrong day. I had a driveway to shovel and was excited for the chance to listen to my album while I did it. This kind of music can be saved by vocals but without any it's boring as shit. It's all one long intro. 1.5
please abolish 20 minute songs
Didn't even know what genre this was for the first few minutes. Turns out, Earth meets jazz. I love Earth. I love post rock. I don't love jazz. So I don't love this. Along tt Bank of Rivers the best song as it sounded a bit Western. On other tracks it was like they'd just discovered xylophones and glockenspiels and wanted to shoehorn them in to half the songs.
meh. 2.5 stars
Interesting in places
Interesting concept but I can’t say I found it that enjoyable. I doubt I’ll ever listen to this again.
In places it was good background music but it really lacks any punch and ends up being quite dull.
Rather bittersweet this one. We wait patiently for 473 albums and FINALLY we get some (kind of) post-rock. Shame is, this is very dull, barely getting up above walking pace. Please let there be some ‘Mogwai’ and ‘Godspeed You! Black Emperor’ coming up to save the day and the genre ratings. We desperately need some proper quiet/loud/quiet/loud. Please list, I’m begging!!!
Fine background music. But overall a real yawn.
Day722 -meh, i don’t care for instrumental albums but it does kinda sound like band of horses if you get rid of the stupid keyboard sounds
Don’t mind instrumental stuff, though this was a bit weird at times. Better than I anticipated though
If someone told me this was the soundtrack to an Italian art house film about watching paint dry (the extended directors cut) I wouldn't be surprised.
Good as a film soundtrack maybe but definitely not my thing
I don’t like 20 min songs
I think parts of this are kind of pretty, but there's definitely some aspects of it that kind of seem a bit aimless. Instrumental stuff is always a bit of a challenge for me. Going 2.5 stars.
Mostly just random noises with an occasional interesting melody. 2/5
Len Houmous once owned a tortoise. He sold it to Blue Peter in 1981 to raise money for his kids to go to uni. 2.1 4/6 The Taut and Tame
Yeah, not for me. Too crazy for background music, too boring for anything else.
Parts of the first song were headache inducing. Like audio incense. Still stuck it out though.
There are no words? This is elevator music.
Well, someone had fun plinking away on the keyboard and playing with the settings. Doesn't add up to something particularly listenable in the end, unfortunately. Last track is an exception.
I just don't know what this is trying to achieve.
This was alright. For a normal album of music I would give it about 3.5 stars, but for a 1001 best albums of all time, I'd say maybe 2. It was kinda neat, and I listened twice to make sure I didn't miss anything mind-blowing and it was short enough, but I didn't really enjoy it much. 2 stars.
The first track is trash, the rest of the album is pretty good. Unfortunately,, the first track is approx 50% of the album play time
I love NOISES
fucking annoying pinging sound in a 20 minute song? please end my misery. Genuinely so not enjoyable why did you do this. It is like an ice pick on my skull. This has to be a social experiment. the rest of the album was fine. nothing special at all. 2/5
Nothing amazing, although it works to have in the background when you study.
Pretentious is putting it politely
Background, lobby, or elevator music, but not worthy of this list.
I’m confused
meh. I just don't get the artsy post-whatever flavors of music. I bet Thom Yorke really likes these guys. really boring
forgettable background music. why is it on the list?
This is background music at best, but then again I’m not even sure for what. Would seem out of place at a pub, not loud enough for events, too much for an elevator. Just doesn’t really seem to fit at all. As a piece it’s fine, but again I just think having a 20 minute song is heavily self indulgent and I don’t think that the quality warrants a relisten tbh
One of those instrumental albums that just fall into the background??? Theres pockets of interest and those moments are sick but overall it’s nothing to write home about.
I understand why the list pickers would have chosen this album, but for the average music listener, ya... nah. Some moments on this album were quite nice, like Glass Museum, but that was more of an exception to the album than the norm. I just felt that a lot of random sounds were placed together that didn't feel coherent, which is kind of the purpose of the album, but does not suit my listening style.
Strange
Mogwai/boards of Canada
The constant electrical pulse in the last 10+ minutes of djed are annoying af.
Dreamy pseudo-psychedelia.
Pleasant enough but a bit Muzacky. I like ambient music and this borders on that genre but a pale comparison to Brian Eno. Worryingly, although recorded in 1996 this does sound like it could have been produced by AI. A frightening glimpse of what’s around the corner? 2/5 30/10/25
taustamusiikkia ilman vokaaleja. tunnelmallista meininkiä ei siinä mitään.
Weird ambient music. OK for while working I guess, but nothing incredibly interesting about it.
пълнеж
Background music. Not really for me. Got some work done to it though...
Not good.
Some interesting sounds, and some moments that border on prog rock, but mostly just repetitive, boring riffs.
diudnt like it
Why is this here?
Instrumental bien mais instrumental
Disjointed noise. Nope
Eh fine but immemorable bg music
I am a bit behind on my 1001 albums to hear before I die challenge so don't mind me if I try and get all caught up here real quick. Recently I was assigned yet another project I had absolutely no idea or expectations with Tortoise's Millions Now Living Will Never Die. This borderline Ambient/Post-Rock project is a really weird blend that I surprisingly got down with a good bit. This project feels like it should have more meat on its' bone, but is in actuality a pretty lean project with not too much to it outside of some very subtle compositions. With no vocals whatsoever, the performers really have to carry their weight with their compositions, and I'd argue they do a decent to good job throughout this project's runtime. Even during Djed I can't lie this album was losing me a bit. I respect the hell out of having an entirely instrumental album with such soft and gentle instrumentals, but sometimes it comes off as more background music than really thoughtful pieces painting pictures of a landscape. I like what Tortoise was going for here, but I want something a bit more focused next time around. Maybe TNT will be just that, but I'll have to wait another day before I get around to it...
Maybe 2.5? Boring, but mostly not abrasive
Meh.
100% instrumental. Fine for the background. I want a bit more from my music. 1.5 outta 5
I am partial to ambient music. Nothing completely awful about this album but not groundbreaking either. I enjoyed the two shorter songs. The other songs felt way too long and there wasn’t any discerning beginning, middle, end.
The first song on this record remind me of a modern day Peanuts. There is this random piano part that triggered that thought. It’s all instrumental. It’s a bit of everything. Noise. Post Rock. Fusion. It reminded me of a band I like called Mogwai. I found out the title of the record is a phrase used by Jehovahs witnesses. Which, I think they use in jest. Kind of funny. Anyways, not really my thing. It’s interesting for sure but the replay ability is not there.
It sounds like this band/album is important because of their influence on other artists, more so than directly. I find the album to be extremely "meh". It reminds me of Philip Glass or other kind of experimental instrumental style things, but far less interesting.
Nee, dit was niet mijn muziek. Wel vette bassrifjes en een kneiter lang eerste nummer van maar liefst 20:57 minuten! Echter, het voelde voor mij meer als een soort lift/wachtrij album, met enkel instrumentale tonen. Ik denk dat dit voor een bepaalde liefhebber een zeer tof album is, maar voor mij kom ik uit op 2 reten
gentle instrumental progressive rock. a reallybold 20 minute long opening track. 2/5
It was just okay background music.
Starts with Radioheads worst song Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box Ends with a slow Portishead song without Beth Gibbons tl;dr I don't get it
Not sure why this is on here
Don't get this at all. 2*
Two may be a bit harsh but I likely won't be listening to this album again. Left me in a state of "?".
I don't get it. Just meanders around without really getting into any kind of story with the instrumental.
Mellow, unremarkable for me
2.5/5
This album helped me realize that post rock just isn't my thing. I can recognize the technical and experimental virtuosity going on here. I'm just not interested in it.
This album was boring as fuck. Will not play back not even that happy I heard in the first place.
Electronica isn’t my thing unless it’s really good electronica. This ain’t the latter
This album is fine and unique but just all too boring. Nothing particularly offensive but also nothing more than background music. Hardly "one of the most influential music groups of the last 40 years" as their Spotify description reads. 4/10 (2/5)
If there was a soundtrack for a head cold this would be it.
Its pretty, it is interesting at times but overall just music that is there. This isn't the first album we have that has followed a format I find a bit confusing. What is with one really really long song, that has multiple parts that could be broken down into multiple songs that are then followed by multiple shortish songs. I get that there needs to be a certain length to a typical album but if you like long songs do two long songs or focus on short songs. To me I automatically assume the long one is your Opus and the rest is just filler.
Pretty good, just a long instrumental álbum. Felt like an indie rock album that skipped forever and no one ever sang. Decent but didn't wow me
Kinda boring noises.
Background noise; not offensive yet certainly not special
Not bad background music at work, but wouldn’t listen to this otherwise
Kinda weird alternative.
Okay post rock
I usually like this kind of music, but this was just bland, uninteresting, and boring.
For art to be worth seeing, something must happen, or it must be beautiful. An action movie has something happen, but isn't beautiful. Alice Munro's stories are beautiful, but nothing happens. Rzewski's variations on Pueblo Unido are beautiful and have things occur in it. This album fulfills neither requirement. Fortunately, it doesn't sound actively bad and thus it gets a 2.
just a bit boring
This started off okay but then went very prog. At which point it lost me.
Not for me, found the album boring
banda esencial, sin duda, como Slint Gracias a ellos supimos apreciar el Post-Rock y emergieron grupos como Mogwai o Godspeedyou Black Emperor! sin ir más lejos. Este fue con el que se dieron a conocer, aunque TNT y Standards so muy buens también. Djed es toda una experiencia.
Track 1 lost me around minute 14... Some good stuff in the back half, but it is really nothing special. Didn't need to hear it before I died.
A couple of interesting ideas but too jazzy for me
Was hoping to get into this...it hits some of my reference points. But... Too noodly...too academic..too...stars.
Some interesting sounds being exported, but really not a lot going on here for my taste. Like a modern version of 70’s prog rock, I found it incredibly boring and really have no desire to ever listen to any of their work again.
Not for me...but certainly no place on this list...
Not what I expected
Two stars for The Taut and Time. Rest are Jeb Bush face.
...But they should. Millions must die. Billions, no less. Septenvigintillions. Entire galaxies must perish or however my shitty musicmaxxing chudcel life goes. Djed is the main draw of the album - a 21 faaaaarking minute track. I have a storied, vitriolic hatred of "long songs" as they were, though this one doesn't bug me. Is every second of the song deliberate and purposeful? Not really. There are many moments where my attention waned. Were there any good bits? Yeah. The backing guitars are consistently the best part of the song. The quirky electronic sound that comes in at the seven minute mark is pretty funky. The Another Green World instrument from the twelve minute mark is alright (I still have no clue what that instrument is) and I like the sudden shift towards a reverberating electronic sound near the end of the piece, even if that stretch of the song goes on for way too long. What can I say? I don't bother the track and this track doesn't bother me. The rest of the album doesn't really go anywhere, though there are some good moments. Glass Museum is nice - likely my favourite song on the album. After the extensive blueballing of the previous track it's nice to get a guitar-based track. I also enjoy the spacy atmosphere on Dear Grandma and Grandpa. That song sounds nice with headphones on. Let's have a lookie at the bookie. Uhhhh, nothing really of note beside them being hipsters and multi-instrumentalists. A cursory look at Wikipedia reveals that these guys are icons and pioneers of post-rock, which is a genre of music that I have a hard time identifying. I don't know how I'd categorise this album, really. It doesn't sound like much of anything. In any case TNT, the band's next album, was where they hit it big with the critics. I'm curious to know what these guys sound like at their best, so I've taken their name down and hope to give the album a listen soon. As for this album being in the book, I think it's a solid inclusion. No complaints from me. Post-rock is worthy of representation and these guys appear to have earned their stripes in the scene.
Ke plan. Esch jetzt halt eifach so chli musig. Guet för e Hendergrond ig aber ech has jetzt nie wörk gfühlt ond ke gross logische ufbau oder öppis ähnlechs bemerkt.
Rambling folksy instrumentals
Nice instrumental album. A bit forgettable but interesting to listen to
Sound like they're warming up.
Meh
Really weird listen. Overall decent enougfhfrom track to track, but never really goes anywhere or does anything besides ambient melodies for the full runtime. The 20-minute opener is also the worst song, should not have been included. If you like ambient instrumentals this is a good album, otherwise pass
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
A few decent moments, but a lot of this just doesn’t feel like music. Djed meandered through five ideas without cohesion, and much of the album felt like sound design exercises. Cold, clinical, and more of an art project than an album.
Boring music about nothing that goes nowhere. Good enough as background music but why would I have to listen to this before I die?
Les and his Bontempi keyboard from Vic Reeves Big Night Out finally released an album of uninteresting noodling. I will never even think about this album again.
Djed - Cool progression from atmospheric to active. I like the keyboard tone too. Glass Museum - Same on this one! Also a distinct 90s sound to the second half of it. A Survey - dull The Taut and Tame - pretty fun in a hectic way. Dear Grandma and Grandpa - fairly dull. Along the Banks of Rivers - fairly dull - disappointing end to the album.
I'm certain I did not need to hear this album. It's purely instrumental, ambient, and just... drones on and on. I don't know why this was included on the list and I'm glad it's over
No private session used for Spotify and no idea on what I was getting into. I did not get into this instrumental snore.
wieder einmal schwierig, worte zu finden für ein nicht einfaches album, mit genreloser, avantgardistischer musik.
Not unpleasant but plodded. so very plodded.
Like instrumental rock techno, each track slow and repetitive with variations on a theme. I can see why people might like this, but I find it boring.
A very low-key combination of soundscapes loosely strung together as an album. First track runs a bit too long and has a few off-points where you think it's ending but you're only six minutes in or it starts skipping and you think your speaker is messed up but it starts right back up for another twenty minutes. Lot's of weird, scratchy textures and chimes. I think overall it's pretty interesting but it's not something I would put on as music. It's more like background effects to fall asleep or do really focused work. It's probably like a blind person watching a movie (they only hear the score); it could be like a soundtrack to daily life and I like it for that aspect. It has some really groovy spots that I wish were explored further and had a more prominent focus throughout. I like the vibe but not the album name. The Evangelist/Jehovahs/Watch Tower Bible faith aspect is lost on me. Slow and rough like a Tortoise but it gets there. 2.30 for repeat hand drum slaps.
Couldn't get into them. Also really funny to start out with a 20 min song
never heard of. a little too weird
The first track is certainly a handful. The mid-90's was an interesting time to release a record like this. "Post-rock" as a subgenre was and still is largely underground (and to be honest, I'm still not really sure what this genre entails). After listening to this record, I now gather that it's experimental/ambient music, with accompanying guitar melodies. I guess this particular record was a catalyst for this genre as it pertained to the mainstream? Neat, I guess. Didn't do much for me otherwise.
Cool instrumentals
It's okay, doesn't set my world on fire as far as instrumental stuff goes. Mid 2s.
I can confirm that this is music and it does exist.
Not my cup of tea 🤷♀️
An entire album of song intros, even if a few are pretty interesting, most of the songs on this album just left me saying "ok when is the good part of the song gonna kick in?" 'Along the Banks of Rivers' is pretty great though.
Slow and atmospheric but not quite ambient. They had a good sound so I didn't hate it, but I was still bored.
Another album I feel without any sort of context just doesn't make any sense. Was it important to a movement or a pivotal album in a specific genre or scene? Without doing research on it, I have no clue. As it is, standing alone, contextless, it's pretty uninspiring and uninteresting.
instr. electr., 1996 -> 2
Ehhh, I liked it at times and HATED it at times. You got a nice weird jam / jazz-ish thing going on then BOOM here’s some dead noise. Then we’re jamming, jamming, jamming, Fucking Surprise here’s a track with some god damn crickets. Probably would have liked it more if I was super baked, but then I would be searching my house for crickets.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my post-rock SPRAWLING. Kind of a snooze fest, if I'm being honest. I saw these dudes live once - I think it was kind of a big deal. The show was decent...better than this album.
Meh decent drumming not my scene too Tom for me
Instrumental rock jazz - Some interesting sounds but no memorable melodies - Attempt at experimental but fell a bit flat
I read all the raving reviews before listening. What do people hear in this that is so amazing? I don’t get it.
An alright album but no songs really stood out.
Ok, the first song having 20 minutes is just unjustified. Not a bad song, but it could have been done in the first minutes really. The following songs were ok, but kinda boring.
boah, null mein Stil. Wenn ich Hintergrundgeräusche haben will nehme ich lieber Walgesang oder Meeresrauschen
I wasn't under the influence of whatever it would have taken to make this album interesting, I was bored.
Literally nothing?
This was like a soundtrack to a movie I’d forget about as soon as I left the theater.
Post Rick very experimental
More than a few parts of this album seemed like good intros to songs. Some songs sounded like wimpy versions of songs I'd like by harder bands. But in the end this is an electronic jazz fusion album. Maybe it's good if that's what you're into. I'm not.
Eh
I enjoy a good instrumental song, but a whole ass album of experimental instrumental songs is a little too much
This music is described as “post rock.“ If that’s the case, I truly hope rock ‘n’ roll never dies!
Muy indie muy alternativo, creo que me gustaría más con un equipo muy bueno, pero ahora me aburrí un poco
It's okay. Sounds like a lot of other okay stuff.
Saai... liftmuziek die niet negatief opvalt, maar dat is het dan wel. Is hier iets bijzonders aan?
Post-Rock is at its most interesting when the music moves between tension and release. There doesn't seem to be much of that here. Other similar acts like Explosions In The Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor use this effect to make their atmospheric experimentation sound more "musical". Without tension, release, or typical song structure, this just becomes background music. That's fine for soundtracks and dinner parties, but not dedicated listening. A have a couple of Tortoise's later albums, which are much better than this one. Those albums would be in the 4-ish star range, so this one gets bumped down to two.
I remember reading glowing reviews for this and listening to it in the bookstore. I realized then that I don't always agree with the reviews. 1.5 stars.
A bit boring tbh.
i don’t know, doesn’t seem like much
Didn't hate it, but found it very bland. Maybe it would grow on me with repeated listens, but one listen left me feeling uninspired.
Best Song: Glass Museum. Nicely proggy in a way that didn't overstay its welcome. I especially liked the xylophone(?) as the counterpoint to the heavier guitar rhythms. Worst Song: Djed. Sounds like a dystopian cartoon war played out on an old CRT TV. Overall: Another example of an album that feels like it needs to be "experimental" so badly that it can't tolerate to linger on an interesting. With an album like this, I always wonder what its fans are doing while they listen to it. What situation is enhanced by this?
This is yet another instrumental post-rock album, and I guess I don't like the post-rock music genre, as I've yet to hear one that's good. 2/5 (for at least having coherent music and not random sounds and bangs and electronic shit thrown in for weirdness).
It was okay
I don't hate it but I don't particularly like it either.
An interesting listen. Likely not something I'd ever think to play again, but I love when my 1001 Albums project throws me stuff I've never heard of before! Parts of it felt like background music for 90s Cartoon Network shows, and I mean that as a compliment.
Sounds like a jam session from a beginner garage band
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"Aight, we got an album for 'ya!" Jokes aside, it's not that bad, but it's boring, and I don't see how this is a must-listen album. If you're among the millions of people in question, you don't need to listen to this album before you die, because you will never die. Listen to Ágætis Byrjun instead. You're welcome!!! :)
Not my thing.
I try to be fair when diving into a band and album I have not heard before. I sat through a whole FKA Twigs album listen once. I just don’t understand the “greatness” of an instrumental only album, such as this one. Is this supposed to be indie jazz? I will say, if you put Thom Yorke vocals over top of the music it could work itself as a Radiohead album. There’s a band called Matmos who have perfected this type of sound and they use every day items to create their “noise” . I especially like it when they use medical equipment. Try them instead. Choice cut: Along the Banks of Rivers
idk brother mostly not great but couple good ones
I forgot to write my review for this and I can't remember anything but not wanting to listen to it again. 1.5.
I had previously listened to this album while diving into post-rock. This album has its moments, but it's mostly forgettable. As part of a deeper dive into post-rock, it is interesting to see its place among other albums within the genre, but as a standalone album during the 1001 albums exercise, it does not hold up particularly well.
Moody background music. It was a unique experience because I imagined the movies scenes that would be rolling with this. With that, there was no progression or real build up or payoff or anything with the album. Not as bad as some of our ones but not that great. High one or low 2.
It’s not a bad album, but it’s nothing great, either. Starting out with a 20 minute track really takes the wind out of your sails. There were some sections of songs that were really enjoyable but the rest is pretty meh.
21 minutters lang instrumental åbner: "Djed". Navnet på sangen er også den følelse jeg sidder tilbage med. Der var sikkert noget godt et sted i den, men det er blevet skakset i smadder, og DJed ud over et tomt danse gulv...
100% genuine dialogue from the studio during this album: “Dan, we’ve only come up with 14 minutes of music! How are we going to fill an entire full length album?” “No need to worry, John. Let’s just repeat what little we have over and over until it’s long enough” “But won’t that make it boring and repetitive?” “Not if we just tweak small elements every now and then” “Couldn’t that still render the album dull and repetitious?” “Perhaps we could make little changes here and there” “Doesn’t that risk our music being tedious and monotonous?” “…”
I suppose it was fairly pleasant to listen to, if not a bit boring. I couldn’t even tell that first song was 20mins long it all sounded so similar. Simpsons: No
Engaging in parts, intricate instrumentation, experimental but lacks consistent replay value; a sound that might resonate more with evolving taste over time.
Seems like quality jams, but I was waiting for it to end most of the time.
Okay background instrumental music 2.5
Muy conceptual
organs at beginning of Along the Banks of Rivers reminds me of something I can't put my finger on. It's okay, like more boring Godspeed you black emperor
Not my thing. Wasn’t annoying, but I definitely won’t be listening again. Production was very good and so was the writing and arrangements. 2/5
Not my thing..
I really hated the first like four minutes of this album, then it gradually became more intriguing. However I’ve never been of fan of music that just really contains different “sounds.” I definitely wavered with this album because at points it was pretty sounding then others it was just honestly aggravating noises. I’m just not a fan of this type of music, but I can see why others may be.
Alternativ rock, ren instrumental, ambient, gode glimt, men for mærkeligt
Yet another completely unneeded inclusion on this list. Innocuous, but purely background music. The best thing about this record is that it's short.
The problem with this and so much post rock is that it’s an entire album that sounds like an intro for a song that never starts
I tried but just couldn’t get there. 2
Conocía el anterior. Éste me ha aburrido un poco.
Did that first song really need to be 20 minutes long? Really?
Sounds like background music from the movie Primer. No vocals, just ambient sounds and instruments.
**An ok instrumental album
Nope, really not feeling this. I guess you have to be in the mood, maybe chilling with the headphones on letting it wash over you. Clearly I wasn’t
Um what was that
Nothing I enjoyed
whatever
This sounds like a band just compiled all the intros, outros, and interstitials they made for an album or two and turned that into its own album. It has some really cool stuff on it, but it is just herky jerky, incomplete sounding
Not my Kind of music
Tortoises are amazing creatures. We may or may not all be on the back of a tortoise, and they are the longest living land animals. I don’t think Tortoise the band is going to be particularly long living though outside of the 1001. There are several parts of “Millions Now Living Will Never Die” that would be decent foundations for some background chill lo-fi type stuff, but as a whole the album is a boring improvisational jazz rehearsal with a rock spin.
Conocía el anterior. Éste me ha aburrido un poco.
This is good background music. If it's all you're focusing on, it's a bore. Highlight was the minor key finale track that suited the slow tempos much better than the other cuts. Listened to: at home. Favorite tracks: Along the Banks of Rivers
Vaguely pleasant sound but then not so much other times. I don't really get the idea of post rock even if I like some of the results. Did rock end? Where's it gone?
FAAAAD
Instrumental. A little navel-gazing, a little bit of a snooze. It's ok. Should it be on the list? No.
Long instrumental
if the first song didn’t exist, i think the album would be netter. some weird 20 minute experimental song to open the album seems quite unnecessary. the rest of the album is pretty good, though. i like “The Taut and Tame” a lot.
Meh. Didn't leave much of an impression. Along the banks of rivers was nice.
well that was a whole lot of nothing
Not an album that I would pick and listen throug