Reviews (page 14 of 14)
I like Beck. I've listened to this album at least 3 times previously. I couldn't tell you anything about it. Dull.
What a long, dragging album, that 52 minutes felt like it stretched on forever. I kept waiting for something like 'Loser,' 'Where It's At,' or 'Devils Haircut,' but it never showed up. I haven't really kept up with Beck's stuff over the years, so I'm genuinely curious: what ever happened to him? This feels like a completely different artist.
Another artist that I like the idea of more than their actual work.
Not for me. Reminded me of a 5th grader first learning chords on their instrument and a moody teenager whining about the woes of life.
was soll das?
This is an incredibly frustrating album, because when I read the lyrics, some of them are actually heartbreakingly beautiful, like 'Already Dead'. But Beck does this 90s/2000s indie rock thing of refusing to enunciate anything clearly, so the lyrics just turn into 12 tracks of sonic mush. Great poetry collection, terrible album. Fuck you for pairing such great lyrics with such garbage music.
Consistently down-tempo, dreamy, & one-note.
I don’t know it kinda gives me 2017 vibes but not in a good way like a galaxy print leggings…
This album was so slow, sad, and a bit winy at times. It took me multiple days to get through it. Did not enjoy.
Reminded me of those indie songs that get played during sad sitcom scenes. Bored to death.
Too slow and depressing for my taste
This is the second Beck album I've endured and I just didn't bother after the first few songs. A quick scan of the others showed it to be a collection of sameness and I'm really disappointed. I always felt I should 'dig' Beck, I can now affirm that I think his music sucks.
Absolute boring garbage
BORING
Monotone drone
Årets julealbum. Jeg må for det første si at dette albumcoveret irriterer meg, uten at jeg helt vet hvorfor. Matcher ikke musikken i det hele tatt. Når det er sagt, er musikken i seg selv helt grei singer-songwriter-aktig rock, selv om den heller kraftig mot den kjedeligere siden. Top 3: Little One, Paper Tiger, Lonesome Tears
There's a good song on here but mostly it's country/folk adjacent and when it's not evoking that, it's boring as hell.
Dude low key sucks, should not have multiple albums on here
Booooring
I didn’t enjoy the sound or his voice. I’m not really a fan of country music.
Not great. Not even good. It's Beck. That should explain it.
No cowboy.
Che lagna (what a drag)
Snoozefest
This hardly feels essential? This feels like Beck said, I wanna make a Radiohead record and tried to do that and accidentally made a Flaming Lips record but it was boring. I'm not a beck fan. How many albums does he have on here? 7/19
Lowkey languid.
This just kept fading to the background. Couldn’t keep my attention even as I tried. I gave up by track 8.
Never liked Beck, so naturally, I did not like this album.
Really disliked this album. It was slow and I didn’t like his voice. Would actively avoid listening to these songs ever again.
Not my favorite.
Sorry boring
white people music. I thought I was an indiehead but this was a boring listen.
Loš dan za ovakvo smeće od albuma. 1/5, 1.5/10
I am convinced one of the author's of list favorite genres is this slow country tinged dreamy rock. I'm only about 11 albums into this journey and almost all of the rock albums have had this same sound. It's telling that not only is this album itself nor a single song featured are on Beck's most popular albums on Spotify that I'm not alone in being unimpressed. The whole album is so damn boring. None of the songs are memorable and barely differentiable. I'm not sure how this album made it on here compared to all the millions of others.
Another tough one. From what I knew of Beck’s music previously, I expected more excitement, innovation and risks. I get that this is about his break up, but the result is a maudlin, ploddy record. Musically it’s ok. Some arrangements that hint at being really good but never quite get there in my opinion. Again, I’m aghast that this is ranked here among truly great albums.
This is not why you listen to Beck.
I have a bunch of Beck songs saved, and I own my favorite two albums (mellow gold and odelay). But I unfortunately hated this album. It did nothing for me. I think the problem is that the beautiful angelic music just doesn’t mesh well with his vocals. In a song like hot wax his vocals fit perfectly. But on this album they felt so melodramatic and distracting, while the actual music of the album was enjoyable and relaxing. Honestly I hope Beck’s other albums are on this list cause this is like one of the absolute worst to start with.
Didn’t like it.
not my cup of tea. Too depressed
I've never been a big fan of Beck. I find most of his stuff boring and forgettable...and this album is no exception :P Nothing stood out as anything really good, tho I guess nothing also stood out as being really bad either.
Boring couldn't even make it past the third song.
Too emo too slow. 1/5
I don’t like the slow monotony
I wish they'd stop letting Beck make music. He's the Jared Letto of the music world. Who is enjoying this? Who keeps letting him make stuff? What pact with the devil was made to enable this and how do I make a pact to cancel this out?
not for me too boring
SOOOOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOOW. One track is tolerable. Two gets you on a suicide watch list.
And Beck again. This could be fun. Does he actually consider himself an avant-garde artist? My God, he definitely isn't one. This is just bad, conventional crap. "Sea Change," well, I don't see any change here. Beck is still called Beck. His songs are still his songs. I still think they're bad. I'm still not going to listen to them. I've only ever briefly played the material, and voila, no real change. The man is just as messed up as ever. Yes, the man is musically "Already Dead," and what does "Sunday Sun" remind me of? This is definitely not "The Golden Age," but at best a "Paper Tiger."
Dreary
really boring and not super good imo
If you want chill Beck that's still inventive and fun, check out Mutations. This one is boring and derivative.
Meh. Guy has feels, wants to express himself, wants to tell the world his feels are different to everyone else’s feels. Wants to make money from his feels. Wants to be someone. So male, so millennial. Meh.
voi vittu.. pikkujäbä.. pikkupoika..Martin Beck on usein uupunut ja pettynyt työhönsä, perheeseensä ja elämäänsä. Beckin lähimmät alaiset ovat Lennart Kollberg, Gunvald Larsson, Einar Rönn ja Fredrik Melander. Päähenkilöt ovat turhautuneet Ruotsin poliisiorganisaation politisoitumiseen, militarisoitumiseen ja byrokratisoitumiseen – tämä kehitys näyttää kirjasarjan päähahmoille ilmentävän koko yhteiskunnan huonontumista. Osalla heistä on toimiva avioliitto, Beckillä ei; jopa suhde tyttäreen vaikeutuu ajan kuluessa. Beckin vähän vapaa-ajan täyttää purjelaivojen pienoismallien rakentaminen. increible story! paper tiger
Well that was.. forgettable? Is this really the same guy that sang “Loser”? Not that any of it is good, but damn this sounds different. I found myself feeling inescapably bored throughout this entire record, the silence at the end of it was possibly my favourite part. There’s some pretty guitar playing at times, I guess. 1*
Didn't care for this one at all.
Not for me. Too slow and sad.
Too depressing for me. But these are the least quirky songs I have heard from Beck.
Dookie
I started writing my review and it turned into a suicide note so I’m gonna start again. I was cooking when I listened to this album and fell asleep standing up like some fucking bitch ass horse and then woke up to this cis/het white boy singing to me saying that it’s all in my head??? Is what all in my head??? My depression ??? Is white boy gaslighting me?? Spit your fuckin words out and say them with your chest, pussy hoe. The focaccia I’m making is more interesting than this album so here’s my recipe: Focaccia 2-3 cups warm water 2 1/4 tsp yeast 1 heavy tsp honey Allow to bloom ~10 minutes Add 4 cups flour 1tsp salt 1tbs eeoo Mix, cover, and let rise 30 minutes Fold 4 sides in, add eeoo around edges of bowl, cover, and let rise 30 minutes. Repeat total of 4 times. Transfer to 9x13 or two smaller baking sheets that’s covered in more eeoo that you think you need. About 1/4 cup. Flip dough over in oil so it’s completely covered and make dents with fingertips, cover and let rise 45-60 minutes. Bake at 450° 22-25 minutes with bowl of water underneath Incorporate herbs, Calabrian chilis, and hard cheese into folding process or when you make dimples at the end. If you add them at the end, consider chopping them up in advance and marinating them in olive oil while you do the rest of the baking to incorporate flavor into the oil you use.
I love a sad album but this just doesn’t hit. Insanely boring.
Depressing.
Tedious Pap
Not great, didn’t listen to everything. Voice sounds different than his face looks. All songs sound the same.
Tried so hard to like this, but i think it didnt have enough diversity between the songs, and it was way too sad for me, i normally dont like sad music. music isnt good just because its sad and has hardhitting depressing lyrics, it has to be interesting besides that, is my opinion.
Once again, I don't usually listen to music for the lyrics so this is booorrrrriiiingggggg...
No.
I'm a huge sucker for strings, don't get me wrong, but they don’t add anything to the album at all. He slaps strings on his shitty rock songs to make them seem GRAND (Which is UNNECESSARY and STUPID). Instead of doing anything interesting (like Babybird), the songs don’t really change much. I think the songs are too long, and it doesn’t help that the album progresses very slowly. Beck doesn’t sound great either. He almost sounds dead...
Could not get into this one, all the songs sound very similar.
As someone who does not shop at Abercrombie and Fitch, or take downers, I'm not into this.
Not excited to listen. It was fine background music. I don’t get the hype
Vai tomar no cu deveria estar na lista dos álbuns mais entediantes da história! Que ttttttttteeeeeeeddddddiiiiiiooooooooooo chaaaatttooookk
Dull dull dull dull dull dull
I would actually swap this for Guero
Seichter Chamber Pop.
Worst gig ever seeing Beck tour this miserable album
Not a fan
Had to turn it off before I got too depressed.
Irgendwie packt es mich nicht, zu langsam und langweilig. Und beim nachlesen habe ich gelernt, das Loser von ihm ist, was ich nie vermutet hätte. Und welches echt gut ist.
Rentouttaa duunipäivän jälkeen monotonisuudellaan.
eh
I yawned.
So so bland
1. the golden age - 1 2. paper tiger - 1.5 3. guezz im doing fine - 1.5 4. lonezome tearz - 1 5. lozt cauze - 1 6. end of the day - 1 7. itz all in your mind - 1 8. round the bend - 1.5 9. already dead - 1 10. zunday zun - 0 11. Little one - 1 12. zide of the road - 1.5
Yawn
Incredibly boring
Nogal een zeik album voelde deze echt voor geen meyer
I apreciate the soft rock style and the album was apparently inspired by his breakup with his girlfirend so the thems on the album are very sad and more depressing. But none of the song really strike me ig is not for me but its still good.
I hate beck and why is this album so long!! I had to fast forward and I’m not sorry about it
I love Serge Gainsbourg. On this showing, I doubt Serge would love Beck though, unless he is somehow getting royalties for the tunes 'pastiched' here.
Not for me
No
Beck is hit or miss for me. Not a fan of this album. I liked his album Modern Guilt and some of the older stuff…but my biggest thing is the vocals. A bit too monotone for me.
Couldn't finish, too sad
fad
Monotonous every track pretty much the same.
A bit too country/folk
Bored me senseless. I completely forgot I had music on in parts
Absolutely not my cup of tea.
Who took a shit in this man's coffee? 💩
eh I thought I liked beck but this was not for me
Holy shit this was bad. Several songs were skipped. None were good.
Lowkey Coldplay vibes but too melancholic for me. Didn't really enjoy it
He makes me sleepy
watered down spoon, how is that possible
Snoozic.
This ain't for me.
Some of the music could possibly be a bit enjoyable, but I really dislike Beck’s voice. Is his jaw wired shut while he sings?
Not my style
Not my thing. Didn’t get past the first 2-3 songs
If it wasn’t for Lost Cause this album would be one
Nagyon lagymatag, nem tűnt fel hogy szólt. A dalszövegre nem figyeltem, így az megmentheti, de elsőre gyenge volt. Felüdülés volt amikor a spoti bedobott utána egy másik tracket.
Breakup album
Dreary…
1/5 way too low profile and gentle for my taste.
Whack. Boring
Neeh dit is het niet, mij te zeurderig
Das ist das langweiligste, was ich seit langem gehört habe. Sehr gerne nie wieder.
Not a fan of beck, none of the songs really stand out on this indie-ish/country-ish album
Great for coding, super mellow
Pretty good. Probably better listening with headphones