Treasure

Whilst I did love the big atmospheric reverberating rock sound and the beautiful choruses sung by these big female voices...there was no real substance in my opinion. It made me feel really disappointed as all the songs held so much promise. Oh well...2 Stars!

The wailing turned me off.

still better than punk

There were some good parts to this album. I particularly liked Amelia, and some part of Lorelei. But on the whole I felt like this album tried too hard to hit a particular style. The combination of overly dreamy music and forward vocals, paired with harmonic background vocals, and (in my opinion) overly strong drums made for a not so pleasant listen.

Reading about the album helped me appreciate it more. Not sure how often I would come to it.

nice, nothing special

2/5

Dull

Musik ganz geil. Aber diese Stimme, heieieiei.

Wie Helium atmen. Klingt komisch, bleibt nicht lang im Kopp & hat keine weitreichenden Folgen. Extra points for „Pandora“ and helping 4AD getting on the map. 2,2

Eh

I thought some songs were okay, the rest were quite boring.

Not really my thing

dream pop

Nope

Fav Song: Lorelei

2.2

I could never get into the vocals. The music is cool.

Didn't know Dream Pop was a thing before this! I wanted to like the weird psychedelic vocals and stuff but it ends up just being annoying noise for the most part. Lorelei was cool though.

Aika outoa settiä

Nah, not again. Why is there 2 of their albums in this list?

Not for me! This alternative rock, dream pop style is just odd and doesn't settle right. It's similar to listen to atonal classical music. And the nonsense vocalizations? It's the kind of vibe you hear at Starbucks or a club but don't listen to willingly for enjoyment.

Not for me

Har svårt för när man försöker mörka dåliga låtar med ett ännu sämre sound. Får mig att känna motsatsen till att dricka 8 starköl och sjunga med - lägg ner verksamheten

Vet inte om jag bara inte förstår eller om det är objektivt dåligt. Subjektivt låter det bara spretigt, inget tempo, ingen riktning,

At first I was hopeful that being a somewhat unique Scottish act with an “ethereal sound” that it would defy its era and its genre. Alas, it did, but not in a good way and it was actually worse. Another log on the funeral pyre that this list of mostly has been and never were UK bands plods on.

Not my style at all

..

3/10 No le preste atencion, no se si es malo justamente por eso pero no me gusto, no me atrapó en ningún momento

No

Not mine

Treasure but Cocteau twins was nothing special, it kind of reminds me of enya but less encapsulating. Cicely is ok, but they all sound mostly the same and nothing particularly stands out. (2 songs in) I'm not going to lie, I did check multiple times to see when the end of the album was near. I forgot that I put it on shuffle so I was disappointed each time. (5 songs in) Nearing the end I felt pure relief, my opinion on Cocteau twins have plummeted as the album continues. I was feeling pretty tolerable at the start however my patients has worn thin as I crave the end. (9 songs in) Finally finished 1/5 would not listen again

i can agree that it's soothing but isn't it bit overdone? overdone for 41 mins and 35 secs to be exact. the ''soothing'' harmonies are pretty similar every song. i guess they were trying to create alliteration in their lyrics but r2d2 forms more understandable sentences. Pra-da-da-dee, Peep hole. haha this isn't r2, it's an actual verse from this album haha :/ anyways, i didn't hate it but i'm not sure it's an album i ''must hear'' before i die. i would have given it 1.5/5 but since you can't do halves here, i'm gonna round it down to 1. 2 would be too much.

That was hard work. Will not listen again.

This entire album was way too breathy and had falsetto coming out of every orafice. I couldn’t understand a single word that was sung. I’m pretty sure Spotify didn’t provide the lyrics because AI can’t figure out wtf she’s saying either!! While the music behind the vocals was somewhat nice, this album did absolutely nothing for me. Hard pass.

Were they singing words or just making sounds? Sounds like they might be saying something, a cry for help perhaps?

You're telling me this is a Scottish group singing a made up language? Get this garbage as far away from this list as possible

Charlie Browns teacher over synth pop

Crap

not for me

Not my cuppa tea

🤮 No fucking way!!!

Enjoyed some of the songs for the ethereal qualities. Vocals, as well as some of the arrangements made it difficult to listen.

The production was great on this album don't get me wrong. But this album is such a bore. You yawn through this album wishing you were listening to anything else.

Nicht meins.

Not the Treasure I was hoping for. I tried really hard to like it, and maybe I need to be in the right space and feels, but definitely didn’t need this in my life

Definitely wasn't English. I really don't like when I can't hear what they are saying. The ethereal thing is fun for a few songs but quickly looses me.

Not my cup of tea

Too slow and basic for me

no 4 me

Besynnerlig new age-indie.

Det här var inget vidare. Elizabeth Fraser må komma att göra dina sånginsatser med Massive Attack, men här låter det för jävligt.

Ett band man sett omskrivet många gånger men aldrig tagit mig tid till. Börjar hyfsat, får lie cure-vibbar. Men det går snabbt över i något slag new age - Enya- gregoriansk kloster-sörja.

Moody, atmospheric, excruciatingly dull.

Insipid, dull, repetitive, encouraging suicide - Paul (guy I work with)

One cocteau twins album is enough for this list. This one was not all that pleasant to me.

At least this was 25 minutes shorter than the Nick Cave album yesterday.

Good overall album

1.Ivo - 1 2. Lorelai - 1.5 3. Beatrix - 1 4. Persephone - 1.5 5. Pandora -1.5 6. Amelia -1 7. Aloysius - 1.5 8. Cicely - 1.5 9. Utterly -1.5 10. Donimo - 1

Too many vowels in this.

It's always a good sign if I say "oh god" after a few secons into the album. why is she always screeching as if she's frightened by a spider

Boring music. All songs sound alike. Annoying voice.

Treasure = Trash

Not my cup of tea

pass

I don’t think I’m in the right state of mind to listen to this one. I didn’t vibe with it at all, but I can see why the whimsical voice would be welcome to others. Not one that I’m personally going to revisit though.

I found this practically unlistenable to be honest.

Meh, not very good, IMHO.

The ambient/dream pop just doesn’t work

Vaaaaaaaag

definitely not my style

Weird whisper singing

There are times where I would thank 1001 albums because I never would have found an album on my own. This is not one of them. Really annoying and boring. I kinda liked Pandora but not exciting to listen to.

Modern opera?

Garbage wish I could give 0 if I could. Not a treasure

Wow it aged so bad

Absolutely unbearable.

No likey.

Just no

Sometimes a bit cringe but otherwise great

Real whiny sounding, just high and shrill - not my favorite.

I don’t want to know what kind of person willfully turns this shit on to listen to.

I don’t get it. I don’t like it.

Boring

Yeah this was some weird stuff

This was incredibly boring.

What the hell is this crap anyway

2/10

Droning

Not by cup of tea

Bad lol.

This album sounds like someone locked a banshee in a cathedral and recorded her trying to remember the lyrics to a song she heard once in a dream. It’s like they handed a reverb pedal a record deal and said, “Go nuts.” I don’t know what language the singer is using—maybe Elvish? Maybe baby talk? Either way, it’s not working. Every track blends together into a swirl of unintelligible wailing and echo-soaked guitar noodles. It's the musical equivalent of trying to read a foggy mirror. I know some folks call this “ethereal.” I call it “unlistenable.” Just awful. No other way to describe it.

Bjork’ish.

i do not like this

Not quite

It was fine I suppose, but I do not enjoy that kind of music.

The whispy singing gives me the feeling of breathlessness. Can't stand it.

esti que c'est plate

Not really my jam, that was all pretty terrible.

Pretty good if you want a woman yelling nonsense in your ear for 41 minutes.

Furchtbare Aneinanderreihung von Tönen. Schreckliche Stimme. Das Gequietsche nervt.

I guess the saying "one mans trash is another mans treasure" works both ways.

Not for me.

I didn’t really like this at all. Way too dreamy. Seems like a stream of conscience with no real focus. The vocals are nearly impossible to hear they are buried so far in the mix.

I have to quit reading the Spotify profiles and Wikipedia entries for these albums before I've listened all the way through because I am not able to separate my evaluations from what is written. The lyrics are literally nonsense words. This album apparently influenced later "shoegaze" music which is a genre I just now learned existed and am also pretty sure I will not be a fan of. A girl making up silly wordless songs over "dreampop" (another genre I just learned about) is not an alum you need to listen to before you die. I just put the shoegaze genre and the title of the Alabama Shakes song together. This is worse that ambient noise music because this woman "wrote" these lyrics knowing they are just sounds. She should have just gone to Japan and read off the strange English you find on some t-shirts there. The lyrics are dumb, the music is terrible, there is nothing redeeming about this album. This could be the music from a Final Fantasy game and I wouldn't know the difference.

This just wasn't for me.

I had no memory of listening to this, which should tell you all you need to know.

Diablo II town music ass album

Not for me - did not finish. Not sure why it’s on the list.

I dislike this type of music. Not my thing I find it boring. Dont like Kate Bush either. They should leave these groups forgotten.

Not for me

Just straight up boring and uninspired, if I wanted to listen to something like this I'd listen to Sisters of Mercy who have much better production values and far more interesting songs.

Couldn't wait for it to end.

From members of the band: Raymonde alluded to Treasure being rushed and unfinished, while Guthrie referred to it as "an abortion", "our worst album by a mile". (I wholly agree) If you look at the lyrics they all have the same thread. Choose a letter of the alphabet, come up with as many words that start with or contain that letter. Then play the same tired music while softly saying those words over and over again. Add a splash of reverb with some vocalizing to give it an "ethereal" touch. Vapid and self-aggrandizing. The whole collection of the human race's musical achievements would not be lacking anything if this album was never created or recorded.

That album font was an indicator

Mmm top 1000?

Nope

not my style

They startled my partner

Very creepy

Not good.

Oh that voice…. I’d rather have root canal without analgesics than listen to that again. 1star

80s Cranberries with the 80s turned to the max, and nothing that held up

Eh should stay in the 80s.

This sounded exactly the same as the previous Cocteau Twins album so I'm just going to copy/paste that review: The album has a very psychedelic and dream like sound which I was not a fan of. I really struggled to get through all of the tracks. I'm sure it was intentional but I hated the production/mixing because at times it felt like they were singing in another language.

I had a difficult time enjoying this album as it just felt like poppy background music to a positive movie. Dream pop is an interesting genre to me and I’ve had a hard time enjoying it. This album isn’t much different. 3.0/10

I don't think I'm cool enough to get it.

Meh.

Album 15 of 1001 Cocteau Twins - Treasure Favorite Track : Pass Rating : 1 / 5 All songs sounded the same. Not my thing. Kind of a mess, in my opinion. The "related" music that Spotify offered after it finished was interesting.

Eh, not my vibe at all. Soft rock with echoes of Enya. Pass

Niet mijn kopje thee, verre van zelfs. Het is zeker alternative, maar het heeft in de verste verte niks met rock te maken. Het is zeker uniek, en dat is maar goed ook, houden zo. Vooral raar gejengel over een deuntje, van de lyrics is niks te maken, maar goed klinkt het ook niet.

Oh man. After Leonard Cohen I was hoping for a nice rock or metal album. Hell I could have gone something pop or even jazz or swing. Instead we get this... Oh man. I needed to check if my ears were bleeding multiple times.

I didn't realize that Treasure was a synonym for steaming pile of 80's dogshit.

No no no no please no

Pffffffffffff

Fasansfullt. Är det bara denna plattan eller var det lika illa hela vägen?

Not bad or terrible. Just very strange. Not my cup of tea. Not even sure if it was foreign or not. Just very strange.

Horrible, I couldn't even listen to half of the album

Ivo

Ooo-ooo-ooo, ahh-ahh-ahh, sigh-sigh-sigh.

Boring

Crap. Absolute crap.

Trash.

Really not my favorite just didn't stick with me or made an impression

whack

Generic 80's sound.

As hard as I tried, I couldn't get into this album.

I was a bit underwhelmed, it sounds like it may have been fresh for the time but now it sounds badly produced and there is so much better ethereal stuff out there now

This was not something I would listen to again.

very strange trance-like featuring airy/moany vocals that are unable to be interpreted with a very old school production sound. Not for me

Remember that time you were huffing nitrous while being chased through the house of mirrors by those clowns playing the bagpipes and you couldn't find a way out? THIS IS THAT ALBUM!!! I bought my first and only CT album in 1993 because of Jeremy Klein's part in "Ravers." I liked that Iceblink Luck song, yet it wore on me after only a few plays and I never listened to it again. But that was 30 years ago ... on a different album, and we've all changed ...so why not start fresh, eh? No such luck, and if I changed, it's only to be less forgiving. Yes, this album is terribly-unique in that it's uniquely terrible. I had a visceral reaction to Treasure and though technically, it is music, I hated everything about it. The bajillion fasletto voice overlays, high-pitched keyboard overlays and more overlays of echo-y feedback overlays gave me the sickly-anxieties so bad that were tough to shake even after it ended. Somehow, I managed to find my way though without barfing and lose the clowns in the process. So, that's one good thing about this one. Truth be told, I'd rather be in this room, with these two guys just before being murdered than giving Treasure another listen. (https://youtu.be/7E_U1xyK7Gw?t=91).

Not really my jam. Plus, it all sounded the same to me.

A Scottish electronic pop act…I must love this…right? No…no I do not. I most certainly could have died without hearing this album. There are a lot of seemingly random elements to this album somewhat like a Salvador Dalí painting. However unlike a Dalí, there is no overarching theme to the elements, no thematic beauty. Just random shit…like I swear there was yodeling in Amelia…WTF. According to Internet, these guys started the modern dream pop genre. They deserve credit for doing so because Internet also tells me these other bands are dream pop too: Au Revoir Simone, Chromatics, and Troye Sivan. They all kick some major, major, MAJOR fucking ass. So kudos to Cocteau Twins for pioneering this genre. This album is still shit though.

No meme high ca le fait las

Trash.

I really did not enjoy this 👎

Didn't like at all

couldn't finish

Horrible

New age, só q ruim.

1.5

Garbage