Millions Now Living Will Never Die

not a fan

First song extremely long and mostly boring. The rest shorter and still pretty boring.

2/10 What are we doing here. Pass.

pointless!

Utterly insipid self indulgent shite

Goes on a bit

Wow. Not even for background music

Het begint met een sfeerzettende intro. Althans...dat dacht ik. Het blijkt door te gaan en wordt een opbouwend nummer. Althans...dat dacht ik. Het gaat op gegeven moment gewoon over van buitensporig saai naar buitensporig vaag. Dat laatste in die mate dat het strafpunten verdient. Halverwege het album staan de tellers dan op 1 nummer en 1 ster.... De rest van het album komt niet buiten de marges die het eerste nummer aangaf... Het is natuurlijk prima als je, onder invloed van, op je zolderkamertje geluiden ontdekt en opneemt. Geniet ervan. Als je dat dat kan spelen voor een publiek dat hier, onder invloed van, van kan genieten. Hartstikke goed. Maar om dat dan vervolgens als plaat te zien die iedereen gehoord moet hebben...Het gaat me wat ver. En halverwege de jaren '90 kunnen we gepiel met elektronica toch niet meer vernieuwend noemen...

Look, this was fine for background music if I was like eating dinner or something. This would never be anything I would spend money on. In fact, the album ended, and Google started throwing random shit on there, and I didn't even notice.

Not for me

Album 673 of 1001 Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) Rating : 1 / 5 First track was supposed to be some "masterpiece". I found the whole thing to be simply boring. Nothing more to add.

the first track was good for 15 minutes but then the distortion actually hurt my ears.

This record is mostly just noise. There is the occasional melody here and there, but I was never interested in what I was hearing. I am honestly surprised that this one made the list at all.

Trash

i can see you. do you remember? i was told you wouldn't. go to adrian, michigan. soon you will be notified. they are here now. but many more will come. you need to go. they will become, shortly. the time is upon us.

No emotion, no passion. I didn't even detect a running musical theme. The Taut and the Tame shows they kind of know what music is actually supposed to be which means the whole album was deliberately in the opposite direction. Whack af. “Overproduced, underproduced, a bad song’s a bad song” -Ice-T

This is music in the loosest sense.

Not terrible, but pretty boring. A few times they did something that threw me off, which I appreciated. But most of the time I was just wondering when it would be over so I could listen to something I actually like.

I’ve only ever sold one album in my life and it was my uncle buying my cd from my senior project as a joke, so these guys are technically 50,000x better than me, and u know glass houses and not throwing stones and all that, but if you’re this band you’ve gotta go in your own Wikipedia article and remove that little tidbit of this selling 50,000 copies. Like that seems like a laughable number. I hated Djed. And all the scratchy noises through its entirety was painful. I guess some of the other songs would be decent for an action/thriller movie score but I’m not here to listen to that. One star.

This album is great if you're a movie producer about to make a Sci-Fi space movie and you can't afford Hans Zimmer. Just purchase the rights to "Djed" and chop it up as background music for the entire film. I should really like this album more than I do. I like the sound of it, but the structure is just all over the place. It meanders and winds with no direction. A third of the way through "Glass Museum" the song just stops so the guitarist (at least what it sounds like) can tune his guitar. Next time I hope they actually write their songs before getting in the studio and start randomly playing.

Too random and repetitive for my taste

“Post Rock Trailblazers”, according to some dweeb’s review on Apple Music. First, why call it Post Rock? Rock is alive and well, and this shit is nothing like rock. Post Music is more like it. As in, after music, you have noises from amps. I guess that could be Pre Music too. Oh well. Second, Trailblazers? Where have they been? Which way are they headed? How soon will they leave? Lastly, this sucks.

Post good more like!!

This was utter shit!!!!! A song over 20 minutes long that didn't do anything. A totally instrumental album and just boring music. This album is a stain on the credibility of this list. Whoever put the list together must be related to one of these geezers. Because nobody likes this. The peak position in the charts for this was 115th. Just to put that into perspective.The smurfs also released an album in 1996 called ‘the smurfs go pop’ and that peaked at number 2 and had 29 weeks in the top 40. Yet it doesn't appear on this list. If I recorded the noise I make from the toilet on a loop for 45 minutes I reckon it would make a better album. 

This is not Tortoise, but Torture. 20 minutes song that is not good even as elevator music? The rest is just OK, sometimes, but nothing more. 1/10

I’m sure at the right venue with the right drugs this would be great.

I was excited to check out something by an artist I’d never heard of. Unfortunately this album sounds like it was made by people who never played music before and were just given a bunch of instruments to try out. Atrocious bass playing, random noodly guitar, percussion glitches that they couldn’t even be bothered to make in time, sound effects that sound like children just mashing on toy keyboards, arrangements that go nowhere forever and then just suddenly and unmusically change to something else entirely. Just terrible all around.

Seriously wtf. 1.33

Loved the first song on the album, unfortunately it really just dragged on from there

Great for sleep deprivation!

terrible

Genuinely, what was the point of this album? This was so boring.

A bad acid trip

WTF? I don't even know where to start... what the hell is Post-Rock? And, if that is a musical genre, what kind of genre is it? Google has only managed to confuse me more... Does "being experimental" mean that you are included in this musical journey? I thought the idea of having something that is good to listen to would be the main criteria... So, for now, having to sit through a 20+-minute intro song, which goes so far as making me wonder if my sound-system is broken around minute 14:04, really makes me dislike Tortoise. Maybe my second listening of the album will make me change my mind... Okay, second listening, and my thought has now shifted to "okay, so it's several styles of music being created by instruments that aren't standard for those styles. Still not liking it.

Not a huge fan of nothing but bland instrumental.

I actually checked to make sure my speakers were working. When I realized they were I didn’t understand why I was made to listen to someone experimenting with Apple’s Garage Band.

Boring

Millions Now Living Will Never Die falls short of expectations, presenting itself as a disjointed and tedious listening experience. The album opens with a slow and uneventful start, lacking the engaging hooks or rhythms to captivate from the beginning. Throughout its duration, the tracks often meander aimlessly, giving the impression of a band warming up rather than delivering cohesive musical compositions. The extended instrumental passages, while showcasing technical proficiency, fail to sustain interest and feel indulgent. Overall, this album may disappoint listeners seeking structured and engaging music, offering little beyond its experimental aspirations. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACK - None

I don’t get it. Maybe more THC would help me get it…?

Big fan of tortoises, even bigger fan of songs that have words in them

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Didn't find anythin interesting here.

tremendo

There is a place for minimalist music and a place for ambient music. It's not really to my taste anymore although it does relax my brain to have something like this on in the background while I'm doing something else. But if that's the reason for making an album, you might as well just create an algorithm to produce this kind of music. Western music is characterized by tension and release. there wasn't much of that here. That is perhaps by design, but there are other ways to disrupt Western music conventions. I'm not sure this band was trying to do that, although it appears they were trying to do something. What that is is unknown to me, but I hope it made them happy. They call it “post-rock” because it uses rock instruments in new ways. But honestly I’d rather listen to musicians use their instruments the way Tricot and Primus do. If you are going to break rock conventions and make a stylistic statement do it with virtuosity, not blandness.

Didn’t get it

Пошли нахуй козлы со своими 20-минутными песнями

I'm not totally opposed to instrumental music but this doesn't even build to any big moments that grab you. I guess it's in the list because it's influential in the post-rock genre but I didn't need to hear it and I'm not big on post-rock anyway

Just about made it through the first few song. Albums like this should not be on a list to listen to before you die…unless you want to die of boredom.

I can see where they got the band name from with that first song Would probably rather watch a tortoise race than listen to this album again...

How on earth has this album been included in the top 1000? Dross. 1/5

Forcing Alicia to listen to these on vacation. Her review: “Sounds like music from a coffee shop with a bunch of random noises mixed in”

Experimental Techno-Electronica. Not into it at all. Another 1

I did really try to listen to this. Made it about 1/3 of the way through, and I don't think I really enjoyed a single part of any song I heard.

Shit was ass

Hä?? Was bini am lose?? Nahh

scheiss isch nöd uf qobuz Djed meega lang ui. und s goht au öppe 3 minute bises in fahrt chunt. und au denn nur so halbe. oke s tönt als wer ich chli ufem rhodes am umedrucke. drums sind no cool aber meh. etz isch mega lang afoch sones synthi grüsch wo schneller und langsamer wird. nocher schnell afoch arpeggios mit bassmelodie und denn grüsch time. de david fänds worschinli banhbrechend oder son rotz. pftpft tschktschktshc diuuudiuuu. jetz machts taktwechsel tönt chli proggy? no nice. aber finds immerno insanely seicht. a survey. ahaaa das wörs?? sochli bass melodie?? whattt. the taut and tame isch au afoch ei weirdi melodie? boah gseht nochme 1 uus. dear grandma and grandma isch chli ambient sounds. wooow. along the banks of rivers het e melodie wenigstens.

Just sounded like a garage band noodling around for an hour jam session. Had some catchy bits, but way too long for what it was.

No idea how this shit made the list

Sounds like ambient piano music for bedtime.

Not a fan.

pra mim, hoje, é não kkk chatão

Too long and experimental for me to get into it

Gave me a headache. Not my cup of tea.

Pass. 1.5 stars.

ASMR album. Not sure why anyone would say that this is an album that everyone should hear before they die. MAYBE everyone should listen to it to help them get to sleep. 1/5

Random noise would be an improvement on this.

I simply was not built to enjoy instrumental prog rock. Get this out of here.

I am about to give up on this list.

I could of made this

Had a very strong and immediate emotional reaction to this album. None of it was positive. It varied between irritable and irate. I hope everybody associated with the chain of events that led me to listen to this album stops their toe.

wtf is this

dreadful

- I was super intrigued by the fact that I had never heard anything about those folks before, as well as by the interesting title of the album. - Huge disappointment. - This is supposed to sound creative and experimental, but for me it ended up being messy and annoying instead. - One of the few albums that I didn't manage to finish so far.

Tortoise is apt name for the band, the music is slow and plodding. Glass Museum is decent, but the opener Dejd isn’t and it’s 25 mins. Most won’t get through it 2.7/10

This isn't a rock album and it's boring as hell

Dreary nonsense. Like a shite Boards of Canada.

Instrumental - no lyrics

Boring

Why is this on the list

Not for me

I'd possibly find 1001 instrumental albums worth istening to before this one.

low-key, instrumental, nah

Saai

Self absorbed useless cacophony of sound. I want my time back. I want to give 0 stars

As far as jazz fusion goes this is quite disappointing. Thought my AirPods were bugging during the first track but was just the song

Noise

This is offensive to me

I felt like I was listening to an album that could have been a really good ambient album. But it sort of missed the mark and instead sounded like a bunch of miscellaneous sounds stitched together, rather than having any sort of cohesion

an ok listen Definitely need to be in the mood

It likely I'm just not educated enough in music to get this, but the top review talks about discovering keyboard samples on your cassio keyboard and that's all I can hear now

A survey. The taut and tame.

Ik mis de tekst. Het is saai. Daarnaast is 20 minuten erg lang voor een nummer. Je moet er maar van houden.

Never heard of Tortoise before today. Upon further research, it became clear as to why I hadn't heard of them. They are a "post rock" band. I was unsure of what the hell that meant, so I researched it a bit. From what I can gather, it is a genre that includes rock style guitars, which are overlaid with shitty electronica music. Fuck sakes, not more obscure electronica garbage... Yes, more electronica garbage. This stuff is perhaps one of the worst helpings of electronica that I've heard thus far. I don't hear the "rock guitar" part, what I hear is static, screeching noises, xylophones, and distorted bass notes...all mixed together in a big shitty mess...and that's just the first song. Also, the first song is....21 MINUTES LONG!!! Why?!? I spent this entire record waiting for something to happen....they had 43 minutes, and NOTHING DID....AT ALL.... Overall, a garbage record, made by a band that sounds like Walmart brand Tool meets up with a game show host. I will never listen to this trash again, and am beginning to wonder who the hell created this list? Obviously someone obsessed with electronica music and obscure British bands, because this has absolutely no reason to be on this list. Favorite song: Along the Banks of Rivers....I guess??? Least favorite songs: Djed, and the rest of this dumpster fire of a record. 1/5

Another album with a 20+ min song except this time it sounds like they've just slapped together a load of random sounds. Perhaps this was ground breaking in 1996 but it didn't hold up. I didn't even enjoy it as background music.

A colossal waste of time.

Se me hace bola(PSP) Me parece muy acertado el comentario, de hecho no aguante hasta el final (ONB)

why is the first song 20 minutes long? that’s all

I remember me and the guys playing random warm up riffs while we were tuning our kit up... but that was back when I was 15 at school... I never thought of putting an album together of those random riffs... and people would pay money for this! I just don't get it, yes it's easy listening, its just a random miriad of soft sounds, or put you to sleep sounds moreso, but wouldn't even come into my thoughts for a choice of listening.

Shite

It’s the kind of music you put on at a party when you want your guests to say “What the f$&k is this?”

I like lyrics in my music

Vaya M

What it sounded like to get a massage in 1996 without a happy ending.

First song bad/stressy. Other songs kinda background music-y.

Other than seeing the length of track one I have no idea here hope I enjoy it. The album starts with the song Djed it’s a few minutes short of being half of the entire album ( 21 minutes) it’s very off putting as it’s this really slow building instrumental which kinda lives and breathes throughout. Unlike other long songs I’ve herd on this it doesn’t have any mind blowing stand out moments,actually, the only way I would recommend it is maybe for like study being a really long instrumental. That’s still kinda what I think but then there is the second ten minutes it sounds much, much more interesting and is more a distinct track of it’s own , it’s a harder listen and not really “ study music” like the first half but it’s just better y know; then the third part around 14 minutes in is even harder to listen too stranger and so much more distinctive, I still don’t really like the track but I respect it. There are some other little bits at the end but not much to note. Next is glass museum it’s got a really interesting sound to it the song is mainly this sorta cool instrumental but breaks off intro distinct sections from time to time I still don’t really like instrumental tracks though. Now is the song A survey it’s much shorter but so dull in an album that I don’t really like already. Then it’s the taut and the tame which has this really cool tapping noise in the background kinda like a horse galloping to me. Then it goes in order for normal drums and electronic sounds and just what a way to ruin a cool song. Dear grandma and grandpa is very short for this album it’s quite cool but nothing to change my thoughts on the album. The album end’s with along the banks of rivers it’s well boring to be blunt. The term post rock sounds so cool but when you know what it is it’s so so dull and I wouldn’t even get why anyone would want to make such generally boring music. It’s worse than my one 1/5 so far so I’ll have to give it that.

Nothing like starting an album off with a 20 minute long song. This was not for me...seemed like a glorified jam session for most songs

This is not something anyone really needs to listen to.

This is absolute torture.

Zzzzzzzz

I get it. I get it. I get it. You make experimental music, someone has to listen to it. Dear Grandma and Grandpa seems indulgent. I wonder if they broke out the bubly when they listened to it. Djed was OK for some parts, not OK for the most part. I've spent less time doing my taxes than the length of this song. How/where do you listen to this song? What's a situation where you want time to go on and on? The last 30 seconds of an NBA game? Yeah, it's like the last 800 hours of an NBA game, then. It should be broken down into 16 different songs because I don't know that any parts related to each other. Finally, this album, it seems, will never die.

Instrumentals are cool but not my style of music to listen to for fun.

1.5 i don't get it. its just a bunch of noise, like the band felt they needed to use eveyr sound they could think of. its too bad too cause in the middle of some of these songs there's good ideas but they never go anywhere and instead are replaced by something boring or trite.

Guess I’m not that familiar with “post rock” but what the fuck was that?

*weird noises *probably made around the time before djs so experimenting with new tech and sounds

Not a fan.

Not my thing at all

No sé qué decir.

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