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Ok
2/5. This one might take some time to really get into just like Homework. At the moment, it's fun and simple, and I'm sure there's more than just what I'm hearing going on, but I am not feeling the bounce or the passion in the house music. I don't think I'm finding myself dancing to this often, but there is an organic feel to it. Despite the electronics, it feels like people are playing these instruments, instead of a repetitive beat which clearly sounds robotic. The main issue is that the music is not all good to begin with, so the organic addition does not improve it much. It's not terrible but not great. Best Song: Bingo Bango, Jump n' Shout, Always Be There
Man I’m just not really into house music. I like a few tracks but overall it’s kind of boring. This album was not an exception. Every song was too long and I get it, they’re long on purpose for like raves or whatever. I love electronic music just not this.
❌❌❌❌ Nicht gut Ich hatte so ne tolle streak schade 😔
I guess it seemed ok enough as electronic, not for me Will I listen to again: 0%
Не мой жанр...
Not for me
När jag såg vad som var dagens skiva så var jag bombsäker på en svag etta. Tänk så fel man kan ha. Den här får en mycket svag tvåa.
Rubbish
Album ended, Amazon music went to auto play random and I didn't not notice. That is how generic this album is
Af allri raftónlist sem ég hef heyrt þá er þessi líklegust til að vera spiluð af mér því það er alveg hægt að hlusta og njóta smá en það þýðir samt ekki að hún verði spiluð af mér. Mér finnst svona tónlist frekar leiðinleg
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Download lasergun.mp3 Download 80-computer-sound.mp3 Download shush-sound.mp3 Download shattering-glass.mp3 Download snare-sample.mp3 Download guitar-single-string.mp3 Download yelling-crowd.mp3 Download talking-crowd.mp3 Download annoying-peeping.mp3 Download telephone-ringing-sound.mp3 Download wouw-wouw-sound.mp3 Download g-funk-high-pitch-whistle-thingy.mp3 Download piano-random-keys.mp3 Download house-baseline.mp3 Download moaning-sound.mp3 Download random-bird.mp3 Download yelling-man-in-background.mp3 Download salsa-piano.mp3 Download maracas. mp3 Download every-existing-mp3-sample-on-this-planet.zip Download every-existing-filter-on-this-planet.zip Alles zememixe und violá: zwei mal en yelling-man-in-background für das irgendöppis vo Album.
Yees bros, mir hend d „the …“ ami band streak durbroche. Basement jaxx. So tönts au ca. also ob da zwei lüüt sich zeme im keller für 2.73 täg ihbschlosse hend und random umeklick hend ah irgendwelche musikgrätlis. Sie hend sicher de plausch gha und einiges entdeckt. Aber tbh, es isch au würki eifach chli nervös und nervig. Sie hend zwar es konzept und ich wär on gsi für da dri zcho chli uk garage oder so aber es hed mi doch zfest gstresst. Good try, danke fürd abwechslig aber ich chan ihne doch nur 2 täg im ihbschlossnige keller geh. Wenn ich basement jaxx chönt e tipp geh, vlt au eifach mal biz länger ihbschlüsse oder mal e gmüetliche break mache, a di früsch luft und das ganze namal inere ruhige minute lose und überarbeite
zum glück hani gester no mitem herr gucci gredet was den de unterschied zwüschet emene 2er und 3er album isch mir sind druf cho, dass wemmer sich en song speicheret isches automatisches es 3er album es zweier album hett nüt speicherwertig druff also isch das ezt es 2er ganz klar
Fine but too long
Meh not my thing. The music itself was sometimes ok but the awful vocals ruined most of the songs.
Thought this was gonna be Metal. Had some easy listening dance music that you were in some clothing store in the mall. But, as we all know, those songs you hear while shopping are ones everyone sings to or ones that don’t pull you away from conversation or thought.
It's EDM- industrial, sexy, intense. I'm sure it's great in the clubs, otherwise it's alright.
I dislike it but don't hate it. Why? Probably because I didn't hear it in context when it came out, and it's very much of its time but the moment is gone.
Ya en camino al cierre del 2024 y a la pausa de éste reto, toca álbum de banda que sólo ubicaba de nombre. Empiezo a entender más la movida inglesa de la electrónica en los 90: ahí entra una diversidad de proyectos como The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin y un largo etcétera, incluida esta banda. Del disco me parece haber escuchado antes Red Alert. Destaco a las otras bandas que nombré antes que a esta. Hasta mañana.
Meh
Thought I would like it more than I did prob between 2 and three
Klubialbumi, jollaisia vain Englannissa osataan tehdä, jotenki se ysärin skene vain aina kuuluu vaikkei olisi dubbia tai dnb:tä. Tää jättää mut täysin neutraaliksi kyllä, en saa mistään mitään irti. Miks tässä levyssä tarttetaan laulajia?
some songs and parts are kinda cool, but overall it was a repetitive weirdness that I am not interested in revisiting. It's like if the avalanches music just looped the background stuff the whole time
I like basement jaxx but this album didn't grab me. Didn't finish 1.5
decent
Early electronic stuff definitely paved the way for what we have today, but it is not so glamorous listening back on it. Definitely had me bopping as house music has a tendency to do, but I don't think I enjoyed it as a whole. The songs lacked cohesion that I would expect out of an album. The lyrics are very much from 1999. There's some cool sound design, but it never really got put together. A 2.5 is in order for this one. Probably giving it more credit for being early electronic, but I am rounding down based purely on enjoyment.
Maybe if I inhaled an entire bag of spray paint then listened to this I would have actually liked it
A little jarring and a little much, but really liked the origin story in the book.
Feels like you need to do a load of cocaine and ecstasy, in 1999, as a 20 year old, to really enjoy this. 2/5
Remedy is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, originally released in 1999. I read some other user reviews on this album that referenced an interview by Basement Jaxx. They mentioned how much they disliked the house music scene at the time, noting how the genre felt too "robotic". They wanted to revolutionize the genre with this album. In a way, I can see what they were going for. The first few tracks have distinctive use of acoustic instruments such as acoustic guitar and tabla. However, this idea was short-lived in this record. It's just wildly inconsistent. The first half of the album is very upbeat whereas the second half begins to trail off to a more ambient-influenced sound. I also understand the use of sampling in the context of house music but the samples on here felt pretty repetitive at times.
I was so underwhelmed by this! I thought it'd be great fun but it's actually fairly boring throughout. The three tracks I knew were easily the best and the rest just sounded like filler basically.
After over 1000 albums, I reserve my right to get tired of it.
Odd that, at the time they complained about the meretricious quality of dance music because 25 years on, this sounds just as flash and pointless as the stuff about which they railed.
A couple of catchy songs on here, but overall I found it bloated and repetitive. I see why it's on the list, and didn't hate it, but it's not as good as their contemporaries like Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, etc.
Best Song: Red Alert. A decently funky groove, buoyed by a great vocal sample. Worst Song: Same Old Show. A terribly unsexy attempt to make a sexy song. Overall: I can't remember the last time I heard an album that so freely alternated between decent grooves and the worst, most annoying beats imaginable. The duality of bro.
maybe Jazzalude is the best track here
Sensual yet robotic, sharp, seedy. I’m not really into the vibe or sound of this, but I can see how it might have impressed a lot of people back in its era. Best song: Red Alert
Meh.
I can dig me some EDM. And while this album is much more listenable than some of the prior ones in the genre, and especially some of the drum n bass ones…I find myself asking: are there really this many EDM/dance albums that I must hear before I die? I’m starting to think: no, there are not.
Thought I’d like this more than I did. Better than drum and bass we’ve had lately but still not great. Too bad this album doesn’t have Where’s Your Head At…. 1.75/5
i mean. This is kinda tough because I feel like they try to do so much, they just threw stuff at the wall and hoped it stuck. and most of the time, it didn't. If you heard the first 30 seconds of each song, you heard the whole thing. the best song was red light and the rest of them aren't worth listening to.
Perhaps a Tuesday morning early admin session was not the forum for this album, but it didn’t slap.
Yeah I feel like Remedy doesn't meet my memory of Basement Jaxx, the singles are better than the other stuff on there, which is quite crap, but even then only Red Alert and Bingo Bango are actually good. Not sure those two alone get this up to a 3, it's very heavy lifting if they do.
Don't have any nostalgia for this, can't recall hearing any of it before. Singles sound okay, if a bit dated, it's very very 90s, not really for me. Red Alert is head and shoulders above the rest, not bothered by the rest of it, 2/5.
The singles still sound fine, the production isn’t varied or interesting enough to have aged this album particularly well though.
Ehhh
In fairness, it was probably pretty fresh in 1999, but all I can see now is the background to a 2004 JC Penney commercial.
OK really getting tired of the British electronic music. This one is more obnoxious to me.
Why must I hear this before I die? It didn’t really ever rise above potentially interesting but disappointing.
Yeah, it has its moments. 2.5 stars
Incredibly boring house music.
I liked a few tracks, but mostly was annoying
Takie okej. Do lecenia w tle, ale ciężko coś zapamiętać.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I hate this genre
C'est peut-être parce que j'écoute pas ça dans une boîte de nuit après avoir chug une bouteille de Quaalude, mais messemble que même dans ce scenario là j'aurais pas plus envie de danser là-dessus
This doesn’t have their big hit (Where’s Your Head At). But it does have Red Alert, which I didn’t realize was them. That’s a good one. Feels like you need to do a load of cocaine and ecstasy, in 1999, as a 20 year old, to really enjoy this. Some parts feel like a Daft Punk imitation. Some parts want to give me a heart attack. Some parts are alright. Not required listening. 2/5
Couldn’t really get into it. I found it weird and grating instead of cool and funky, so it’s just not for me.
Song with the girl getting railed
真的要让我连着打出两个2分么（
Not my bag.
I never listen to this genre- so I can’t tell you if it is good or not in that regard. I can say I didn’t care for it nor will I willfully listen to it again. But it didn’t make my ears bleed like a few of these albums did.
not good.
I don't know how to operate this music.
Reminds me of nights out as a student in the soulless clubs full of posers
Gear: Letshuoer S12 PRO Artwork: 5318008 Mix: YC1UJ Musik: 61T5U7 R38A D078 N34C5518 N13 5377A Wertung: 🧮🧮/5
Almost as bad as rap. I don't appreciate this "music".
Actually kinda enjoyed it despite the rating, wouldn't ever chuck it on though
This was okay. Decent house music but I'm not sure I could distinguish it from most other house music of the time or that followed it.
2.5
As an album I found the sound became bland and same same. I think they are best listened to by song
Detta här var trist. Always Be There var kanske lite bra. Vände lite mot slutet. Två elkontakter får det bli.
Meh Standout songs: U Cant Stop Me Bingo Bango
Whew there’s a lot better house music. Not sure what context I’m missing to make this one interesting. Rating: 1.9
Mediocre album. This is just some late 90s house/electronica for dancing/partying. There is really nothing more to it, and, for me, it doesn't really have any value other than something that might play at a club I would go to very rarely. **
Not my kind of music, although some catchy and groovy elements here and there
The first 3 tracks were incredible, but the rest is forgettable and so average or below. I am truly disappointed after hearing the first 3 tracks and saying "Wow this is gonna be another 5/5."
Meh. May be one of the better electronic albums. But still not my thing.
Start remind me of a bad version of Daft Punk but as the album progressed it slowly became just noises
It was alright didn’t really stand out to me, though aren’t the biggest fan of electro music type stuff 4/10
banging beats, relentless, uptempo but lacking a human touch.
Way too long for my tastes. Could be 30-40 mins with 10 songs easily. It would be a lot more bearable. Most of the songs were background levels. Three very good tracks on here though - Rendezvous, red alert and bingo bango.
What was that
Do some of these songs sound like they were made on Music 2000? Yes. I'm pretty sure i wrote Same Old Show on my ps1. Mtv music generator... two! It's fine, not my thing.
2.5
ist halt nicht meine Musik
Not my thing, but put this on while working and I was pretty damn productive.
I wasn’t super into it.
Muy largo y, aunque puede haber sido novedoso en aquellos años, hoy más bien suena anticuado.
There are a very wide range of EDM sub-genres at this point and I do appreciate some of the originators. I think that for 90s EDM this album is actually well done. It really isn't my favorite style of music though. I'm not one for going clubbling and that feels like the true setting for this type of music. Good execution but not for me.
Some songs were cooler than expected, but most were just as shitty as expected. Nah, get out of here with this.
I'm a house dancer and hear a lot of fucking amazing house music all the time. This was garbage.
U can't stop me is an absolute banger. Everything else just meh 4/10
Sometimes I was vibin. Most of the time I was just waiting for it to end - 4/10
Another electronica album, pretty much the same feelings as the last few. Did not enjoy the moaning sounds. Giving it a low 2.
I listened to the start of this album like 4 times before I finally listened to the whole thing. It wasn't bad, just a bit too experimental and noisy for me. I dont like listening to staticy things. not offensive but my boat was not floated
Parts of it were good, pretty hoppin and boppin. Other parts of it were weird. The sex noises were unpleasant. Why do so many artists put sex noises in their music? Overall mid, 4.5/10
That song with the moaning was not my favorite
I listened to this right after Mermaid Avenue. The difference in sensibilities was quite jarring! Electronic music is just not for me. Maybe because I’m not a dancer. This isn’t the worst, but I find electronic music to be tedious for the most part. It should make me want to dance, but it does not. Some of the beats and patterns are interesting, but I get bored of them so fast. Each song should be 30 seconds, max. 2.4
I don't like this style of music, but I got kollaps after this and hadn't given a star rating to basement jaxx yet. That reminded me what a 1 star album is. So this gets a 2.
There were some beats I would occasionally groove too. But more pervasively I was just looking at the clock waiting for this album to be over. 2/5
Ça partait avec quelques bangers, quoique un peu cliché et quétaine, mais plus l'album avançait et plus il semblait décousu et aller dans trop de direction à la fois. L'une des dernières pièces était surprenament expérimentale et j'aurais pris un album complet comme ça, mais c'était trop peu trop tard. 4.5/10
#mamita. 5/10
Like many a dance music album, this seems like a handful of strong singles padded out with far too much filler. At the start I was enthused by some Daft Punk-esque squelchy beats, but by the end the sounds became generic and monotonous. 2.5
Didn't really get the appeal of this one.
In theory, this would have been one of the best electronic albums but it wasn't. The 2 main singles outclass most of "Remedy". "Same Old Show" is absolutely rubbish and shouldn't be played in public. I couldn't stand it and felt twice as long. There are some great songs like "Red Alert". 2 stars for this polarising album.
It would be fine for a dance club. I don't need to listen to it in my earbuds for an hour.
Here and there some interesting samples, but I still don't like this
Not great
ich kann das nicht fertig hören sorry........
I love the electronic genre, but even I found this fairly boring. Not as interesting as Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales, another club album, which also happens to on this list. And neither of those albums is as interesting as Paul Oakenfold's Bunkka. I am unsure whether that album is on the list, but if not, it should be.
A continuation of “Music to shop for slacks to” at your local mall.
was, wenn das beste an einem album die intermezzo von 30 sekunden sind? nicht meins!
Hmm, guter Rhythmus und groovig, aber nicht so meines.
Well, that was an album. I certainly listened to it. You know, the group who made this album, Basement Jaxx, complained that dance music of the time was "very shiny and so robotic" and that there wasn't much feeling in it. That's how I feel about this album. This is one of those albums that really don't need to be on here, but don't particularly upset me with their inclusions. I mean, this album sold approximately a million copies, so it's not like there isn't an argument for this album to be on the list. It's just not a very compelling argument. This album sounds fine. Some songs are pretty okay, others are kind of annoying. The vocals are varied, I'll give the album that. The writing is uninteresting and repetitive, kind of like this album as a whole. Did this really need to be 57 minutes long? I don't think so. This album's okay. I'm just gonna move on now. 2/5.
Never noticed how many annoying samples and instruments Basement Jaxx used until now 2*
Feels pretty generic. Not even sure I could dance to this.
Something about those songs is not made for me.
It was okay for dance music
the album ended and it started playing a song i had already heard and i didn’t realize until it played the second song i had already heard
2.3
They could have boxed this off in 30'. It would still be two stars but I'd have saved some time.
I don't even remeber the album and I listened to it yesterday.
Someone likes jams like this but not me. My favorite part was that it used some unexpected samples, like The Specials.
Extremely unremarkable.
time to jaxx off with Basement Jaxx! thats all I got for jokes, sorry. This isnt the album with "Where's Your Head At" so immediate disappointment. after that its just the typical uk electronica that seems to be all over this list. not for me!
I can respect the talent and craftsmanship that goes into an album like this but that doesn’t mean I’m going to like it. No “Where’s your head at” so what’s the point? Also I think I’m past the age where putting women’s sexual moaning in songs is cool. All it guarantees is I won’t be playing that song in public or buying the record
This was a throwback. It felt fresh and exciting back in the day. Now it sounds boring and dull. Background music for all those crappy mid 90's bars where you would talk shit about how GREAT you are. Red Alert remains a banger. I still have the urge to run around and shout BINGO BANGO in the face of randoms.
Not really my thing, but I did know a couple songs in here, which surprised me. Not bad per se, but just not something I would really listen to. 2/5 Won’t listen again
not my cup of tea.
I did not vibe with the robotic vocals at the beginning of the album, they did not age well. Thankfully, they did not last. I also found the sound effects on "Same Old Show" very cringe. Some of the synths on "Don't Give Up" gave me Metroid Prime vibes which was cool. I had to be careful listening to this in the office because of the album art haha. Most of the songs that didn't annoy me I found pretty meh. But "Jump 'N Shout," "Red Alert," and "Bingo Bango" are bangers.
not for me 1.5/5
Not really my style
One star for Red Alert One star collectively for the repetitive rest
Pretty good for the late 90's of electronic music but kinda trailed off for the second half of the album
Basement Jaxx have done some incredible, fun, memorable music. This album is conspicuously not that. The singles are actually pretty decent, although Rendez-vu always makes me think of 187 Lockdown. The rest of the album is repetitive, disjointed and in many ways quite amateurish when compared to Jaxx' later work, or contemporaries like Groove Armada. Shame really.
Very weird but not TERRIBLE
Serviceable house music one supposes, with a few decent tracks ("Red Alert", "Bingo Bango", "Being With U") though I contend: why would anyone want to listen to this when they could listen to Daft Punk of the same era, with a cleaner sound and less grime to it? Maybe I just haven't taken enough ecstasy.
I was 20 years old when this came out. The right age to be on mind altering substances in dodgy clubs trying to get lucky. I thought this was pretty crap music back then, and my opinion hasn't changed in all the years since.
enough already with the boom boom boom
This album was supposed to get me laid.
Trippy electronic music doesn’t do it for me. I can see grooving to it in a disco but hard to just listen to a whole album in a normal state of mind.
Nice to study to, got into a groove, but didn't like it. Just not my thing. And not done in a way that would be a taste breaker.
Never heard this band before. And won't ever put them on again. They lost me with the first 2 vocoder abominations. Some of the later tracks were better with some jungle and krump but not my bag and I can point to other albums in the genre is rather hear. Same old show was one of the better bits.
I guess that I can begrudgingly give it a 2. It's a little better than a lot of the other electronic music this list has exposed me to, but not by much.
Not a fan of House as a general manner. This was fine. Very up and down. 1.5 rounded to 2 because I managed to finish it.
I could listen, but barely!
It is kind of hard to rate these 90s UK dance albums. Am I holding them to the same standard as a “real” album? I think they’re designed for turntables and dance floors, not for headphones or Alexa while cooking your tea. So I was thinking of an easy 3, mostly on the strength of Red Alert, which I’ve always really liked. But there’s no way I’d dance to anything else on here, and there is very little variation or innovation on the deeper cuts. 2 feels harsh, but here we are.
I really do not need to hear so much electronica.
... and the music keeps on playing on and on ... Doesn't it fucking just. Thos like being at an office party in a job you don't care about, and Cliff from accounts is on the wheels of steel.
Mhm kinda OK kinda weird
Great cover, mediocre album.
Nice to listen to but way too long.
I enjoyed the singles from this when they originally came out, but the album as a whole feels pretty empty and soulless.
Why is there so much electronica on this list??? Please make it stop. Most of this album becomes background noise. A few tracks actually attempt to be full songs with real vocals. The opening track "Rendez-Vu" isn't bad, though it sounds like it's trying to recreate Eiffel 65's "Blue." "U Can't Stop Me" isn't bad either. It has kind of an Aaliyah vibe to it that's cool. And I didn't realize they did "Red Alert"—I think I thought that was Daft Punk or something (because, again, this is really not my genre)—it's not terrible. Those are probably the only highlights on this album. Most of the tracks don't even have real lyrics, just bizarre vocalizations or noises. There are some cool samples, but you can only loop the same 4 seconds of music so many times before it gets annoying—when you do it for 5+ minutes straight, it starts to feel like torture. By track 6 I was ready for it to be over. Every now and then something would draw my attention, like the poor attempt at a whistle vocal on "Always Be There" that's more of a scream, but then it would fade back into electronic monotony. I ended up fast forwarding through "Same Old Show" because of the obnoxious moaning. From then on, that became the norm for me—listen to the first 30 seconds or so, then jump forward a few times to find that nothing much had changed and I wasn't missing anything by ending the song early. Like all the other electronica albums I've been forced to listen to, I have no interest in listening to this stuff outside of a club context (and even then, this is definitely not the type of music I seek out at clubs). 2/10 It's not literally unlistenable, but I have no desire to sit through it again.
ptsd flashback: my freshman year suitemate has invited me over to listen to his “mash ups.” he worships tiesto. he thinks he’s the next girl talk. he isn’t.
Decent house record, but it's very-very repetitive and nothing memorable. 2/5
Boring and too jazzy
Repetitive and uninspired.
Finds musikalisch eher langweilig und die Songs zu langatmig. In den 90ern bestimmt irgendwie innovativ, leider gar nicht zeitlos 4/10
Not the vibe for me. 2.4.
Music is fine, but the genre is not for me.
Ranges in quality from very good to forgettable to bad. Red Alert and Rendez-vu are bangers. Lots of filler/interlude tracks too.
It’s either Enjoy (Jump ‘N Shout) or endure, and it’s mostly endure.
i once saw primal scream at glastonbury and they were off their fucking tits so over ran their time slot. upon being kicked off the stage by security, Bobby Gillespie referred to basement jaxx as basement joke which is appropriate for this album. then someone super upper class ponce with no understanding of glaswegian stood behind me and loudly proclaimed, 'Primal scream, you are a disgrace!' and that is the epitome of how gap yah glastonbury was in the 2000s.
Josef Fritzl's favourite band
don’t know about this one England
ngl i don't want to listen to this
2.3/5 nothing memorable here
I don’t know what genre of electronic this is but we’ve heard it a few times and I don’t really like it. The moaning song annoyed me.
'Red Alert' és un tema dance per disfrutar sense complexes. La resta del disc és una mena de llarga sessió nocturna underground que en el seu context adequat pot encaixar força bé amb l'atmòsfera, però fora d'allà perd gran part del seu sentit
I think I accidentally walked into The Gap or maybe even Old Navy
Not my style.
Not a dance guy. Still alright tho.
Basement Caxx
It’s ok. Pretty generic edm from the era. 2 stars
Techno club music just isnt for me. Not bad but not great.
I'm sure it's great if you like this kind of thing.
I might have found the album cover to be more engaging than the album.
Nothing but 15 twink anthems. I can see why someone would like this album but I am not that person.
2.0 I remember when this came out and it was a bit of a hit with the critics. I never did download it on Napster, so this is the first time I've listened to it. I thought alot of the album was pretty juvenile but it did get better on some of the later tracks.
The best Basement Jaxx album is called The Singles and even that isn’t that great because a lot of the singles are just meh
Standard dance, i prpbably have a half hearted boogie then go hunting the bar.
Relentlessly similar, dated house with occasional bursts of interest.
The best songs were the ones where they get a sample of a great song, looped it and chucked a load of beats and one finger keyboard playing at it, and then asked a budget soul diva to wail a bit, and then sampled the worst bits of that alongside some stuff of their favourite telly programs. And I like electronic music. Catchy though...
This album is ok. Not the kind of electronic music I like. The slower songs I enjoyed more, often because the faster sings had crazier and harsher sounds that I didn't really like. Just not my cup of tea. 2/5 Favorite song: Stop 4 Love Worst song: Yo Yo
Not for me. Really I should give it a 1 but I've nudged it up to a two just for the clubbing nostalgia.
Boring generic techno.
33/100
More dance music - I don't dance so it's just pointless. This isn't music you can just listen to, it has next to no musical value.
House. Rollo.
Ehhhhh. There were some cool ideas here and there, but overall none of these songs really grabbed my attention. There are also some *really* annoying bits, like the vocals in Yo Yo
Música un tanto electrónica que pasa sin pena ni gloria. Nada destacable. Poca influencia. Discos de este tipo hay muchísimos.
2.9 - Strictly for a dance hall, cocktail lounge or hostel common area.
Fine. 90s DJ noise.
Why do some bands feel the need to say the name of their band over and over in so many of their songs? Is it a branding thing? Anyway, some of the songs were ok, but some really grated on my nerves. Overall not something I enjoyed much at all. I guess it's just not my thing. 2 stars.
Couple of bangers from back in the day but they're the best if the album really. The rest is borderline irritating.
Amontoado de ruídos e som que disfarçam bem as batidas repetitivas.
jarring club music
It's a good album to dance to I suppose, but it feels repetitive in a bad way even if house music can feel that way sometimes. Some of the song feel like the entire scope of said song was introduced in the first 10 seconds and then that's all it was on a loop for like 5 minutes. Songs which had vocals with them did improve things a bit, like Red Alert, but most of this just feels like background club music in a sense. If I was drunk or high out of my mind this might be more enjoyable, but I'm stone cold sober, and it isn't that enjoyable in such a state.
Overrated background music. There was nothing in this album for me.
Not a bad dance album just not really somrthing that gets me very excited. 2.5 stars
Oddly grating in too many tracks for this to warrant more than 2/5
I was heavily involved in the rave scene in the mid 1990s in the Bay Area, and while I personally preferred techno and related situations, I was certainly conversant with house, acid house, trip house and similar. I don't understand the inclusion of this album on this list, particularly when there's nothing from The Orb or Future Sound of London or Art of Noise. If the goal is to expose people to things they may not have heard, OK, sure, I haven't heard of this record, but that said, it's derivative in the worst possible sense of not being creative. I will give it two stars because it's not objectively bad -- if someone put this on at a house party, I don't think anyone would run over and turn it off -- but there's no there there. LOL reading Wikipedia now and this seems firmly in the area of the author is UK based and this record was apparently big over there, but hell, Rolling Stone said it's #13 on the top 30 EDM albums of all time... I guarantee that 1-12 aren't all on this list. Silly!
No thanks.
House. Rollo.
Some interesting mixes.
Some of the worst vocals of any album we've had so far. Music was meh. 3/10
Meh. The start of this is OK. As background music. But it just gets so tiring and repetitive after a while. And then it all starts to get a bit silly about two-thirds of the way through. As if they got bored. Which I did. I like a bit of electronic stuff and can understand why other people might love this, but this sort of stuff is the reason I gave up on music in the 90s for a bit. It's just thin and vapid after a time. As an album, that's not a good thing. It's also just so long. Cut 20 minutes and I might have enjoyed it more. I'll not listen to this again, although it's not terrible enough for 1 star.
2.5
I've heard about Basement Jaxx but never listened to any songs. I didn't like this album. Red Alert was nice but the rest of the songs are very meh.
Not impressed as every song was extremely repetitive imo and some of the sounds used were just straight up hard to listen to
Kinda cool. Inoffensive. I wasn't into it.
Have not listened to a whole Basement Jaxx album before but this one opens with a banger. However, I'm not really into House music and apart from the three tracks below most of the album didn't do anything for me. Nearly a whole hour of this was quite tiring by the end. Highlights: Rendez-Vu Red Alert Bingo Bango
Wasn't feeling this. Not my thing. A couple of songs were kinda nostalgic as they were played a lot at uni but shan't be listening again. Totally forgettable
Breakbeat is the Never growing up teenager who like Bacardi Breezer and smokes Menthols. It‘s ok for a certain time but… 2.4
More electronica. More of the same. More boredom. More- wait, what is happening on that album art?
Not for me, tough to listen to the whole way through.
Waste of my time...
I've never hear of Basement Jaxx, and all of the music from Remedy was new to me. This music is not a typical genre for me to listen to. Most of the album was okay. "Don't Give Up" might be the track that sinks this album from being able to round up to three stars.
Not a fan.
Not my thing at all
It is electronic music. One song was recognizable. It is better than a one. Not really a two. I will round up.
annoying
Red Alert and Bingo Bango are fun party tracks, but generally this feels a bit generic and unexciting. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Red Alert Date listened: 12/02/23
90s electronica
House. Rollo
This list provides me with so much great music that I really treasure, and sometimes it provides me with stuff that I don't really care for, but I can see the significance of the album. And then sometimes it provides me with stuff like this, where I have no earthly idea why I'm supposed to give a crap about this album. Sure, it's a fine album if you want to have some drinks and dance at the club, but I have no idea how to evaluate this seriously as an album. It's not technological mastery, it's not innovative musical structure, it's certainly not interesting lyrically, so why am I supposed to care? I'm not, and I don't 2/5
PREFS : Rendez-Vu, Jump'n'Shout, Bingo Bango, Stop 4 Love MOINS PREF : Don't Give Up
Unexceptional, didn't engage me at all.
It was pretty ground breaking back in the day, but now just sounds repetitive and lacking imagination. Couple of bangers, but a massive amount of dreck
Oh boy, this ain't my cup of tea at all. Not much that impresses me on here, but most house doesn't really grab me. I notice their musicality and craftiness, but it just doesn't connect. The only songs I did like were Rendez-Vu & the catchy Red Alert, but unfortunately, that is the only good I've to say for this record. Key tracks: Rendez-Vu, Red Alert, 3 out of 10
Well, EDM and the like is not my favorite. I didn't really mind this, and would have given it 3 stars, except it became very repetitive, so I'm giving it two.
Electronic dance, not my thing.
Maybe if I was coked up, dancing to this album in a Amsterdam nightclub on New Years Eve 1999, I would’ve enjoyed it more, but I am stone cold soberly not enjoying myself. Found it annoying and a chore to get through. 2/5
A few great moments buried in awful 90s rave music
I usually enjoy electronic music but there are too many high pitched squeaky noises for me to make it through many of the tracks
Not so easy to get through this, even if Red Alert is a catchy tune.
Never been a huge fan
A bit too annoying to be 3 stars
It's okay... but not that great to listen to at home. Club? Maybe.
ugh, yet MORE 90s UK techno. I didn't like these guys then, don't like em now. 2/5.
Repetitive and annoying, after a while. Most of the songs overstayed their welcome. And things like "Jazzalude..." wth was THAT about? Electronica really has to grab me, there has to be some intensity, and I felt my mind wandering in the first or second song. I was not impressed by this stuff at all. Next.
It’s… not bad. Unfortunately not interesting or compelling at all.
Unfortunately, no matter how much human flesh is stuffed in the cover art, the music stays as robotic as it is.
Really just didn't get it. It's a little below a 2 but not quite a 1.
Meh
i'm sure people on X love this, but, um, outside of the club (and possibly inside it as well), house music is borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring (also LOL at this clown talking about how "robotic" EDM is and then making a super robotic album)
Not for me
Sounds a bit like 100 gecs, but it doesn't really convince me. I don't find the synthetic sounds very pleasant to listen to, and the music isn't particularly interesting structurally either.
I thought I might like it during the first song, but it was only downhill from there for me.
I love experimenting in songs but it just felt random and wasnt telling a story to me.didnt work for me
Once again hard to rate this dance albums sitting on my ass in front of a computer. It's ok. It's sounds more dated than then it is.
An ok dance album. I wasn't expecting a Selector sample. Red Alert held up pretty well.
Not my thing. Too repetitive. Dragged quite a bit.
I have enjoyed most of the 90s electronic albums on this list so far. Not so much for this one.
not a fan, none of the songs appealed to me. it wasn’t horrible, but it was definitely not good.
No joo kai tätä pidetään house-klassikkona, mutta on tää vähän hektinen mulle. Sais olla enemmän daft punkin suuntaan. Red alert on ihan tiukka bängeri kaikkine funkkikikkoineen, mutta muutoin vähän turha. Ostin joskus vinskalla kirpparilta hyllyyn ja taitaapi olla ihan hinnoissa, mut ei tää kyl jatkoon mee 2/5
That's some club electro stuff. Not my jam, but I see the fun allure.
Not my stuff but I'm sure it was good for someone else. Still better than lorde
I’m just not into this style of music.
not as bad as I would have imagined, but it went downhill in the second half
This is not for me.
Just not my vibe on the whole, sorry guys. Red Alert and Bingo Bango were absolute bangers though (and I enjoyed the Jazzalude)! The last song was also nice, but I didn't care for the rest at all
Not my thing, but I get why people like it.
In a bit of research, I learned that this album was the result of Basement Jaxx being displeased with the state of dance/electronic/house music, and this album was intended to redefine the genre. I'm guessing they didn't accomplish their goal, because I fail to hear what is so genre-defying on this album. Most of the tracks seem thematically scattered and musically unpolished, like we are hearing an album full of demos. It wasn't a great listen, but it was tolerable. Honestly, I would not even find most of this music to be very danceable. The experiment to redefine the electronic space kind of fell flat and remained just that: an experiment.
Not memorable Cover art 4/5
El inicio me gustó, movido sin ser atascado. La variedad de sonidos que usa es grande y el uso diálogos me parece queda bien también. Poco a poco se va tornando más raro, usa ahora sonidos menos agradables o bien francamente molestos. Supongo que por ahí radica la genialidad de este disco aunque no la pude encontrar. 2.5 que bajo a dos porque no creo volver a escuchar este disco.
Tiene el sonido perfecto para lo que es: dance de finales de los 90 o principios de los 2000. A menos de media canción me sentí transportó a alguna horrible tardeada de mi pubertad. Me queda claro que la intención de esto no es escucharlo sentado trabajando, sino que es material para ser usado en sets en vivo, mezclado con más cosas. De ahí que alcance la segunda estrella. Pero la neta, no me gustó.
Is it weird to say this record feels... sloppy? The first few tracks are painful, with difficult grooves and a kind of maximalist approach where everything and the kitchen sink got thrown it. The middle of the record gets good, but the ending tracks fall to the same issues. I can hear the influence this record had on UK Garage and even Dubstep (both the Skirllex and Burial kind), but overall I'm just unsatisfied. Favorite tracks: "Bingo Bango", "Red Alert"
Juro que tento na música eletrônica mas não consigo gostar
It's clever and catchy. But it's house. I didn't like dance music from my generation (disco), so I'm even less enamoured with EDM.
Aikalailla geneerisen oloista ysärijytkettä, ei oikein napostellut, mutta ei toisaalta ihan ehkä pahinta kuraa. Selviää rimaa hipoen kakkosella.
its like experimental electronic music which means while maybe at some points interesting makes for not as pleasant listening experience. and at many points the album and songs are not really coherent.
Las canciones de este disco son jaulas en las que se aprietan un montón de sonidos distintos para ver si se pelean entre sí o se llevan bien. En la mayoría de ellas hay que limpiar la sangre pero en algunas parece que la mezcla funciona. Estoy hablando de “Bingo Bango”, “Stop 4 Love”, “Don’t Give Up” y la mítica “Red Alert”, tantas veces puesta en la MTV en nuestra adolescencia. El resto consiste en repetir sonidos continuamente y se hace tedioso; en el caso de “Same Old Show”, hasta incómodo, ya que son seis minutos de un gemido femenino en un intento fallido de emular el “Love To Love You Baby” de Donna Summer. Es peor este Remedy que la enfermedad.
not for me
not being a fan of electric music, it was hard for me to get into.
This is music for the club and I can see why it would be enjoyable there. Outside of that however it is not really enjoyable.
4/10
Not my style
2.7
First Listen. About what I expected. It's ok for me. 2/5
Actually liked this better than I expected, especially considering how I typically feel about house/electronic music. I bet I would have fun listening to this in a club, and I know that listening at home obviously isn't the ideal listening experience, but it just gets so boring for me after a while Saved: Rendez-Vu*, Red Alert
1 tune, the rest aren't my type of vibe
i think 1999 was just a pretty tough year for music in general. someone uploaded something by them to my (super totally rad, btw) free mp3 server back then, and i almost deleted it as soon as i heard it. this album, and the passing of 20+ years, has not changed that assessment.
A couple of ok songs and a few painfully bad ones. Started out pretty meh then just got worse. Very 1999.
Chavviest album so far.
Top 3 1. (11) Bingo Bango 2. (2) Yo-yo 3. (6) Red Alert Bonus: (1) Rendez-Vu
It's low hanging fruit to say electronic albums are repetitive, but this is repetitive. Maybe it was groundbreaking in 1999, but it doesn't seem so.
Was disappointed in this one.
Not my thing. I find the repetition hard to deal with track after track. It started out pretty okay, but became weary by the end. I'm not sure driving is the way to listen to this one. Favourite track: I dunno. "U Can't Stop Me."
I'm sorry, I could not get through it. I guess even blends of electronica/house just aren't my thing.
2
A lot of filler and thematically muddled, this makes for a difficult listen. Not the album I remember it being.
Als je er niet te veel op let, valt het nog relatief mee.
It's just house music, but I do appreciate all the little details Basement Jaxx put in. 2.5 really, their 2nd album would get a full 3
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Not my style
Dance mix