Chore of Enchantment

Really difficult to rate because they sound familiar (Lou Reed impression) but some of the lyrics are too cute and rhymey.

I mean it’s fine but there are so many other albums with exactly the same sound and more compelling songs

Meh

Quick to become back ground noise and lose my interest.

Just one word ... boring. This was so beige and dull it actually riled me up. Is that normal? None of this felt identifiable or interested. Confused why it's on the list

This was pretty dull. It kept feeling like it was about to get going. It had kind of Lou Reed or Nick Cave vibes but very weakily done with no pazzazz.

There were some good ideas here but it somehow didn't jell together and nothing stuck with me. It reminded me of Sparklehorse, but it was way less interesting, and the lead singer has a Lou Reed vibe going as well. I like the records that Thrill Jockey puts out (particularly Tortoise) so I really tried to like this, but liked I said nothing stuck.

weird, and almost in a good way

Strange album. Musically I enjoyed most of it. The vocals really brought it down a lot.

Kind of interesting sound that never really takes off. Chore was a good word for this one

Varför är denna sunkiga slowcore med då I Could Live in Hope av Low inte är det...

Of course the singer is the mainstay of the group. He's only good for that raw whispery voice. And that only takes you so far. A whole album of it, blech. His voice reminded me somewhat of Neil Young's voice on "Unplugged," but there was more to Neil's; there was a weightiness that there isn't here. The lyrics feel like they're trying too hard. I needed someone who could sing at least in one song. I don't think that's too much to ask.

Indie for sure. I'm gonna say NOT UK though. Looks more US. Oh yep indie and pretty boring. Meandered around from slightly interesting to fucking dull. Went too long. Also: reading wikipedia, that's a lot of band members for an album that most of the time is just vocals and guitar or piano lol. 2/5.

Not mine!

Must be terrible album day on this list. Oh wait, that’s every day.

10% des albums sind nicht gut. mit den anderen 90% kannst mich jagen. war ne qual hier durch zu kommen & hat mich drei (!) tage gekostet

Yes, just go away!

Tenker vi lukker den døra

This album feels like the raw demo of a precocious singer songwriter. You're a freshman in college and your buddy's weird but chill roommate asks that you listen to it and tell him what you think. It's got some good stuff on it. The chord progressions are neat. Instrumentation is varied and can be novel. Lyrics are alright. But he refuses to actually sing on most the tracks. He does this weird spoken word thingy and you cannot tell if its insecurity or a misguided way to give gravity to his songs. But all in all, it's a really good first try for an 18 year old. It isn't that though, this is Giant Sand's FIFTEENTH album and the song writer was in his early 40s when he wrote it. Man, this bites. Imagine writing, arranging, and recording an hour's worth of pretty good alt folk rock only to make it a drag to listen to by talking weakly over every track. It is almost an accomplishment to take an otherwise solid stable of songs and make them near unlistenable with the addition of the vocals. It's like if you took a good song in all respects but had the rhythm guitarist put his guitar slightly out of tune, strum messily, miss chord changes, and keep an off-putting tone on his amp for the entirety of it. Just ruined.

They really be giving anyone a mic

so glad mid ass indie has some representation on the list

The monotones on a lot of these tracks kinda lull me. The way the vocals are presented in this throws me off like the singer was trying to embody Curt Cobain story telling but he sounded like he was out of breath the whole time. If I was at a music festival I’d be curious about it. Listen for a few minutes and head to the food stalls or go on a side quest.

boring as hell man

This album is all the way too long for how uninteresting every track is.

so bad

An absolute skip. Sounds like your neighbour at an open mic recorded on a mobile phone. Why is this on the list? I don't need to hear this before I die.

I'm halfway through this album and it's holding up progress through subsequent days' albums because I just can't bring myself to listen to it in anything more than three or four song increments. A couple of fundamental problems: it's musically dull, and also the sound of his voice is really difficult for me to listen to. His semi-sprechgesang and the fact that he sings very quietly, meaning the volume of the vocal track has been turned up, leads to some sort of anti-asmr and makes me feel slightly disgusted. 'Shiver' would be the worst track on a good album; it's the best one on this

There's a reason I've never heard of this band.

Chore of Enchantment? More like chore to listen to! But seriously, I am not a fan of this kind of talk singing.

Yawn! I already forgot I listened to this album and just finished it 5 minutes ago.

1.25 - No.

I got bored. That was a long 1 hour and 57 minutes. Not sure many of the bonus tracks were that bonus-y either, ironically finishing with Bad (Not Good).

All the dumb things that Tom Waits does? Do all that and be a worse songwriter. Then you’ll have this album.

Not good, rambling -- incoherent musically and stylistically....

favs: wolfy astonished (in memphis) no reply dusted (in tucson) seldom matters again rating 0.7/5

Never heard of this. Don’t know the band at all so will be a brand new listen. Don’t fully know how some of these albums get on this list. Barely a Wikipedia page for this album. Early on, and do not like this guys vibe as a singer. It’s very dark moody lyrically. Vocally, it almost seems Leonard Cohen inspired except it isn’t connecting at all for me. It’s really making me disliking it all because of his voice. Overall a lot of this is a miss for me. I thought maybe was a 2, but actually teetering on a 1 right now. Thought there was some interesting things then it just fell apart in the middle, I’ll see if it wins me back at all. I keep going back and forth between finding something interesting and then really disliking it. Randomly it wins me back on a song. Why is this album so long too? Some of the back half’s songs are way better than earlier on the album. I think it saves it from a 1, but overall I don’t particularly like it as a whole and don’t think it deserves a spot on this list. But a few songs were good enough for me. I liked Shiver and Satellite. There’s a weird originality to a lot of this that doesn’t work most of the time for me, but sometimes it’s just fine. It’s between a 1 and 2 because I really dislike some of it.

I would have given this a 2, but 16 songs and an hour of not great vocals and poor lyrics get you downgraded.

Yeah this was sure a chore to get through. Just nothing interesting going on at all, and the singing is barely singing at all, which doesn't help. 1.5/5 because it's not as bad as others in this list.

Who told this guy he could sing? Things were fine till he opened his mouth. Two hours of this? OH HELL NO!!!!

Is it too late for them to take this album back? I hope not. I'm not a big fan of Lou Reed, but this sounds like an incredibly shitty attempt to impersonate him. I listened to every song. Couldn't get to the end of one of them. I can't write good songs. We have that in common. Unlike them, I did not force my mediocre talent on the world. This has made me seriously reconsider whether this thing is worth my time.

Who or what on earth is that? When I opened my '1001 Albums' app this morning, I came across an album called "Chore of Enchantment" by a band called Giant Sand that I’d never heard of. These things happen; I'm not all-knowing. OK, Wikipedia tells me that they’re an ‘alternative rock’ band. The mastermind behind the band is the American singer-songwriter, musician and producer Howe Gelb, who I’m at least familiar with by name. The album itself, however, isn’t worth mentioning. It's fairly laid-back alternative rock, similar to the Eels, but significantly more boring. It's not awful, but it's incredibly monotonous. The lyrics probably aren't bad, but I wish there was more going on musically. Not my cup of tea.

Bland, completely devoid of personality, corporate yet unsuccessful sound. Gen X music is awful, no way to defend it.

This is honest to God some of the worst music I've ever heard. I'm not exaggerating. I've been doing this project for 2 years every single day and this is in the bottom 20. The voice. The lyrics. The production. Terrible. Worse than those toothpaste flavored chocolates.

The chore of listening to this. Just nothing redeemable here. I usually save 1's for albums that actively make me angry or something like that but there is just NOTHING here to like.

Really quite boring.

Never heard of these folks. Sounds dull and cheesy at times. Stopped at song 9 as found no reason to continue.

Yes, it was indeed a chore Like so many of the "must-listen" items on this list Almost 25% into this process, and there seem to be many more difficult days than moments of joy This was one of the dark days

100% Chore, 0% Enchantment.

what a mess

Damn I genuinely hate this.

I’m sorry this album was so fucking boring and such a slog to get through. I felt like I was actively falling asleep while listening to this. I can see why this album is appealing to some people but it was just not for me personally. This is one that I will not be revisiting anytime soon. (I did not listen to the bonus tracks because I was so bored and sleepy)

Am I missing something other people are hearing? The low speaking vocals with copious amounts of pretentious vocal fry are uninviting. There's this almost comically vocal impression of Mark Lanegan in a few songs. There is no doubt in my mind why I have not heard of this band nor why they have had 30+ band members over the years.

This bored me to sleep TWICE!

This is not on the current list anymore, so I'll skip this review and just rate.

perfect if I wanted to lay in the desert ripped on heroin

eu sou fã de álbuns melancólicos, mas eles precisam ao menos serem bons: o que não é o caso desse. em alguns momentos, fiquei com a impressão que Giant Sand deve ter algum parentesco com quem fez essa lista. 1,5/5.

Dusty alt-country and desert rock built on loose guitars, organ textures, understated rhythms, and weary, murmured vocals drifts with hazy, nocturnal restraint. Listening feels like wandering through a half-lit desert town where sounds echo without urgency and time seems to stretch indefinitely. The result is hard to bear elusive monotony.

1 - just so boring plus his voice was not pleasant to listen too

Альт кантри… Я как будто послушал ничего Возможно надо вслушиваться и понимать текст

No

A serious Bob Dylan vibe here. I will pass.

Did not relate to the advertised eccentric lyrics. i did hear the sparse quality that tucson dessert mimics. Won’t remember tmrw, sorry.

dull uninspiring droney mush

Didn’t like this. Very bizarre and too long

The fuck was this

I found this one really boring

2/10

this album is a chore to listen to, might be the worst one yet

Aggressively dogshit

Eh. A bit of Leonard cohen thanks for the dance but not for me

This was really boring. I was constantly waiting for this to end. There vocals were bad and the instrumentals were boring. It also was kinda just weird. Actual rating...1.5. Liked Songs: "(Well) Dusted" , "Punishing Sun" , "X-Tra Wide" , "Shiver" , "No Reply" , "Satellite" , "Rock Opera" , "Shiver (In Tucson)" , "Dilemma"

When to listen: On drugs and want to see sounds. As an opera nerd I liked the integration but it wasn't enough to get me into the album.

Did not enjoy any of this

God, I thought the whole thing was two hours. I didn’t see the bonus tracks at first. I'm not making myself listen to those as well btw. I’m not really a fan of his voice or how he basically talks, sometimes sings, trying to be all seductive or whatever. I’m not sure what his end goal is here. Is sounding attractive actually the point? Because as a woman, I’m dry as sand hearing his voice. Also this is a chore for sure, so they got that right as well. WHAT THE FUCK IS A WOODPECKER DOING HERE? What was this album, man? The first song wasn’t that bad, but it just kept getting worse and worse. It’s kind of the same thing over and over again, honestly. Why did I have to listen to this? Such a shame, because the instrumental sometimes feels like it’s getting somewhere, but then this guy comes in and ruins everything.

I really did not enjoy a single part of this experience

Ummmmmm...... no

1 no thanks

Chore by name........

boring bland and someone who thinks they are being avant-garde but actually just cringey?

Well, this was terrible.

Not a whole album of this please.

Not for me. 1/5

Very dark and grimy. EXTREMELY long album. I’m kinda scared of these songs… Fav song is ‘(Well) Dusted’.

Utter shite

Alright people, let's not pretend this is anything other than shit. Sounds like the stuff my uncle made from his bedroom 20 years ago.

Is this worse than the Beatles? This was a horrible experience made especially worse by the spoken word vocals, wish I could give this 0 stars. Can't do it sorry, just not for me.

The voice reminds me a little of Lou Reed, but I never found Lou Reed this boring. I have no idea how this album got a positive review. There's nothing new, nothing innovative, nothing fun – the album is simply lame.

Not good. First album I intentionally didn’t finish.

yikes...

Why was this on here?

Yes, this was definitely a chore.

These bullshit wannabe Lou Reed vocals are completely awful. Musically, this has a brief few moments of interest but for the most part stays safe and in doing so just becomes forgettable. Another "Why is this on a must-hear list?"

Giant Sand can go pound sand. Dreadful.

DNF

this one felt like a chore and a major snore.

How is it worse than my college wannabe-boyfriend's music and also the longest album I've seen to date?

Not a vibe

I don’t see the point of this and doubtful anyone else does

Another entry in the 1001 albums I didn’t need to hear before I die.

Really hard to get over Howe Gelb's vocal affectations, the HARD 'R" sounds, the whispering, the little growls at the end of phrases, whatever the hell that accent is supposed to be.... SING SOME NOTES! That in addition to the incredibly pretentious nonsensical poetic meanderings, apropos of nothing, is just a waste of time. Feels like some rich kid got a hold of expensive recording equipment and fancies himself a latter-day Tom Waits. Of course, Tom Waits is still around and producing music, so there's really no need for another (possibly worse!) version of that shit now is there? DNF

Lou Reed called. He wants his voice back. Best songs: Nil

This record was quite uniquely annoying. The overbearing, mawkish sadness in the lyrics tops the list. The basic-ass music (not in a good way), the pretentious out-of-place arrangement and production calls, and the slack-ass out-of-tune singing and performances designed to telegraph authenticity and sincerity. This record is proof that Lou Reed unfortunately left open the door to allow wet men to write shit poetry and boring songs and think other people need to hear it. The thin veneer of country authenticity and Lynchian cool has the unique effect of degrading country music, the work of David Lynch, as well as simple, well-crafted songwriting in general. It appears to be a mechanism designed to lure in hordes of other sad, damp boys to indulge in the sentimentality most people mature out of by the time they’re 23. This is music for people so inwardly cowardly, they need every artistic prop they can find to justify their ongoing pretentious resistance to facing themselves and moving on with life. The fact the version of the LP I listened to has almost as many bonus tracks as LP tracks is testament to how little Howe Gleb thinks of the craft of songwriting. No one should give their time to art that uses music as an excuse for whatever bullshit this guy thinks he’s getting away with. Fake sadness is the worst.

This album sounded like Shawn Mullins put out a spoken word record.

We have Wilco at home, but they all took Ambien.

"Shiver" was decent, "Satellite" was good except for the vocals. Unfortunately, the only chore here was staying awake through the album.

Yikes, this was pretty bad.

Didn't understand a thing

I don’t like Lou Reed. Why would I like a Lou Reed wannabe?

Meh

Giant Bland.

Complete lack of personality from the singer and this band. Just utterly boring and lifeless.

Shite

Shite

Too long and not good

What a load of nonsense

I kept checking to see if the song was over, and it never was.

It sounds like it was AI generated. What is the point to this stuff? This sub sub sub sub genre noodling and nurdling to say it is a cliche is a cliche. Here goes, here's a lyric made up on the spot: "Armadillo sunset, beavers growling. She's a windswept thief, digging around for Jesus"...fuck off!

Wow. How depressing.

Lazy pun, I know, but when's it's served up that obviously, it can't be ignored. On a drizzly, grey, Wednesday morning, the week after a disappointing holiday and just prior to a compliance review....that was a CHORE. Maybe on another day, on another week, anywhere other than my work desk and just after a Full English with a decent cup of coffee, it might have enchanted me...but .....I doubt it

55/100 what an absolute drag oh my lord. some real quality sprinkled in the cracks of this project but its overshadowed by the fact that listening to this album felt like a task rather than an experience.

Nothing really wrong with it, but will I ever listen to this again? No. Will I even remember that I listened to this album a couple of days from now? No. So in a way an "okay" album that's thoroughly forgettable and unremarkable is a lot worse than an album that's genuinely bad but at least leaves a memory and a mark with its awfulness. This is just lukewarm and irrelevant.

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

After listening to the 10 seconds of the opening song I new this was trash!

*Let me just quick read the ENTIRE Wikipedia for this album so I know what I'm getting into* "Chore of Enchantment is a studio album by the alternative rock band Giant Sand. It was released in March 2000 by Thrill Jockey." And that's all we know about it. It's an album! Could be anything. Lets give it a go... My thoughts on the record? The beatnik style of singing is interesting in small doses, but I was over it about halfway through. None of the songs made me go, "Heck yeah, I need to hear more of this band!" It's bad, and the people who wanted it included in this list are flat out wrong. I've never heard an album that made me physically ill before, but this one did it. I had to stop and come back to it later. It did not get better. Is it possible to enter a negative star rating?

30 tracks. 2 hours. The Overture is whiny and harsh. Oh boy. Luckily I saw that the last half of the playlist was bonus tracks, which by my rules I don't have to listen to. Good job too, because this whole album was really irritating. Musically nothing much going on, lyrically and vocally too. A big waste of time where I was waiting for it to be over. Awful, but not in an interesting way.

This is utter crap.

Not bad initially, but the whole album is very monotonous.

YABA!!! (Yet Another British Album) Seriously, what is the point of this? A chore to get through, nothing new added here. 1*

cacca

I am not aware of this artist, so I'm going into this completely blind. Unfortunately, I'm just not feeling this.

I don't really understand why this record was chosen over other, more influential, Americana-tinged Slowcore records, such as anything by the Red House Painters. Very same-y and too long for it's own good and not really relevant from a historical prespective. Baffling pick.

dislike.

1. overture - 1 2. duzted - 2 3. zun - 1 4. uuide - 1.5 5. 1972 - 0 6. egg - 1 7. rauu - 1.5 8. uuolfy - 0 9. zhiver - 1 10. rain - 1.5 11. aztonizhed - 1.5 12. reply - 2 13. zatellite - 1 14. man - 1.5 15. day - 1.5 16. zhrine - 2 17. zhiver - 0 18. opera - 0 19. duzted - 1 20. aztonizhed - 0 21. thingz - 0 22. francoize - 1.5 23. zun - 0 24. chore - 1 25. zeldom - 1.5 26. arcade - 1 27. zhiver - 1 28. catapult - 1.5 29. dilemna - 0 30. bad - 1

I am once again asking: singers who sound like they're bored while singing, how do you expect me to enjoy what you're performing?

This one was actually tough to finish. I just didn't like much on this album. The melodies were sometimes nice. Mostly boring. I don't listen to lyrics that closely the first time I listen to a song, but I would just hear snippets that make me raise my eyebrows. It might be the way he sings the words...it was weirdly ASMR-ish at times.

What is this wannabe Brooklyn-ass nonsense.

Bit boring

Snoozefest.

I’m such a hater. Forgive me lord but chore is the word I too would use to describe my experience listening to this album.

Not that good!

more dire American "alternative rock"!

Reminded me of Sparklehorse a little bit, but I'm not sure if I like this kind of lo-fi melancholic music overall, apart from Grandaddy, who managed to at least make it feel like it wasn't made by someone about to have their life-support machine turned off.

Temptation of Egg okay, the rest not so good

Album deserves to sit in the rain

The fuck is this?

Couldn’t get into this album at all. Voice was so lifeless to me. May try again in future but had no endearing quality for me.

Oh it was a chore alright.

DNF cuz i got bored because it sucks. Chore of a listen!

Was not the best I gotta say, hard pass on this

I hated this. Didn't get it, would never listened again.

Honestly, not a fan, not sure why this one was on the list. Given Its the list of 1000 albums you should listen to before you die, I’m gonna give it a one out of five. Not for me.

This was a chore of no enchantment. So dreary. I guess this is the kind of album you make when you can’t sing.

Oof, this was baaaad

It almost had a quality I liked, kind of like a moody Morrissey vibe. But then they’d wreck it a song or two later with something that was just awful and didn’t work.

gtfo

No

Complete waste of time.

Really boring and obscenely long. 1/5 stars.

This is slop. Basic slop. I don't know why this is here. Why is this here?

Supposedly Alternative Rock / Folk Rock? A boring depressing album that is neither folk nor rock. One reviewer praised this album's "raw but tender empathy in songs full of unexpected departures" - what a load of pretentious crap.

Musically I did not really hate this. The vocals are the thing I have the biggest problems with. The monotonous, bored delivery becomes annoying very fast. I could stand it for a little while but a few songs in, listening to the voice became really frustrating. This is just annoying, repetitive, boring and did not have to be that long. Favourite song: Shiver (probably the only melodic vocal moment on the album)

I usually feel great after listening to the album of the day. Not today

Not even halfway in but this is painful. Would be less of a chore if he didn't sing.

It did not need to be 2 hours long 30 songs track list. No clear identity of what they wanted to have the album be like. Also I can't be arsed with men being poor singers anymore. Fully losing the plot. Only song I can tolerate is Shiver.

More like Chore of an Album. Yawn.

There was nothing in this album that I could get a firm grip on. Too monotonous a soundscape for my taste.

boring

It’s alright, honestly I didn’t listen to it.

Stealing this from one of the global reviews: listening to this was a chore...

Not sure why but that album really annoyed me. Might have been the weird way the singer whispered the whole time. Or could have been that sometimes it feels like the instruments were just playing whatever the hell they wanted to. Seems like music that I would normally really like, but just something about this did not jive with my ears. Anyways, like 95% of that album was pretty terrible, and 5% was mediocre to ok

Giant Sand was band that I tried to get into in the '90s but I had given up by the time of this 2000 album. Nothing ever caught hold of me. I'm surprised to see anything by them on this list. Not that they're terrible. It's just that Howie Gelb's vision has never appealed to many outside the band's following. ...and this record, as it turns out, is more of the same. Meandering, understated, mood pieces that conjure remote places and broke-down people, not exactly Americana... not exactly like pre-Odelay Beck, sharing some sonic space with Jim White's more-compelling stuff from the same era... at an hour long, this is a slog of a record for the most part. The punky spurt of "1971" was a surprising interlude, and "Shiver" stands out like an actual song I'd want to hear again. Some of the lyrics carry some weight, and some of the atmospherics/production is cool, but not enough to save this record for me.

I'm starting to understand the real premise of the book's title, which is that some of these albums are intended to make you welcome death

Just ungodly slow. Pretty dull.

Uninteresting dross

Not in my edition of the book! 2000. 1 star. Dull hipster bar noodling that goes on for far too long, with a vocalist channelling a stoned Lou Reed. Who decided this was essential listening?

More like sand in your bathing suit at the beach.

Worst album ever...a chore?YES....enchantment? FUCK,NO! music played on the elevator to HELL ...1 star, wait, no stars for this ...sorry Giant Sand....even your name is fucking stupid

This album sucks. Like Godspeed You! Black Emperor or Silver Mt. Zion but bad. Temptation of Egg is maybe the only halfway good song on this album. 1

not a fan of the vaguely grungy vocal style

I should've taken chore being in the title as a warning.

Struggled to get through the bonus tracks

It’s a Chore alright.

There was definitely no enchantment here and it was a chore to get through it. Would have given 0 stars if I could have

Horrible indie/alt rock garbage. Singer has the most monotoned voice ever. They got the word Chore right.... It is a Chore to listen to. While listening to Temptation of Egg, my 4yr old son put his fingers in his ears and said he didn't like it. He has more sense then the complete morons who thought this album belongs on this list. This is absolute hipster indie/alt rock garage. Nothing about this is good. Favourite songs: Dirty From the Rain, Shiver Least favourite songs: Temptations of Egg, and the rest of this piece of shit record... 1/5

This sucks.

B0000000RING

Dude seriously tried to rhyme Cohen with Own. Also sampled about four different genres and was terrible at all of them.

What a chore it was listening to this.

Could someone please explain to me why I need to listen to this painfully drab album?

There were a few songs toward the back half of the album that stood out, but you had to listen to 7 tracks to get there. Too dry and low energy for my taste. I think I would've liked it better as an instrumental album I'll probably never listen to this again. Super forgettable. Not sure what this album is doing on this list

Tough one to get through. The vocals ruined it all for me, I just don’t enjoy the singers voice or delivery. The music wasn’t half bad at times, there are some interesting surprises throughout, but the time between surprises really drags. Not my thing.

This is like if the Flaming Lips singer wanted to make an album that sounded like Bruce Springsteen. That’s not a good thing. I found myself getting distracted by everything but this album. I actually forgot I was listening to something, which says a lot since music is my thing. There is nothing good about this one, sorry. 2 failure of albums in a row? Sheesh

Giant sand? Giant shit more like. Who decides to put this on these lists? Why is it great because it isnt...

Unacceptable

There are a lot of annoying noises and whines scattered throughout the songs. So, it’s hard to get through a whole song. This is misophonia hell. Stopping early.

Someone tried and failed.

Just a boring album. Nothing particularly interesting or groundbreaking to speak of. The songs usually just have one musical idea and don’t go anywhere. The talk singing might have been okay for an EP but listening to that for 16 songs (30 with all the bonus tracks!!) is just exhausting.

Crap.

how did this end up on this list⁉️his singing is awful and the instrumentation & lyrics are so bland

Don't know em; don't like em. Lou Reed posers.

Boring album. I don't know why it is in the list in the first place. It's something I can only imagine people listening to in the deep States. It has nothing.

This album seems to be “Let’s throw together any old shit and see what works.” Some does, some doesn’t, but they’ve neglected to take the bad ones out. Seriously, 31 tracks? Also, its like Mountain Goats fronted by Lou Reed. Didn’t work for me.

Sorry, but this was awful - the husky not-quite-singing mumbley nonsense might work for some, but it's definitely not doing anything here. Not a fan, going to definitely need to listen to something with a bit more variety to contrast with this.

erste song nöööd mis bier. han au ultra scheisse pennt aber sie helfed gad nöd. punishing sun au bitz weird, s wär eigentli no schön. aber wiso chönd die ganze indie guys nöd singe? s nögste lied isch mega breit ok. ich merk etz scho da chunt nöd guet ich fründ mich glaub nöd mit dem album aah. okay eventuell findi de songtitel "temptation of egg" seeeehr funny und de song scho bitz groovy. ah jo uf raw isch wieder de lamsam indie stuff und de obligati indie-glockenspiel-melodie im refrain irgendwenn. UF WOLFY HETS AM SCHLUSS VIER COOLI SEKUNDE GITARRE shiver isch kinda cute aber joooo so indieee no reply isch tz gad no cool gsi cooli gitarre recht moody. kenn s operestuck nocher aber weiss nöd wases isch. bottom line man findi etz wieder chli wenig melodie für so e langwiligs instrumental. aso isch afoch seicht. gseh wies eim meega chan berüehre

oeeeff oke mal luege was da passiert well dusted findi na spannend? aber er redt halt nur punishing sun AARRRSCH ok s solo findi na cool HAHAHAHA X-TRA WIDE ISCH MEGAAA ASSSSS ER CHAN NÖD SINGE UND DENN GAHTS VOM LINKE UND RECHTE IHR WIE DEVIATION CHLI VOR SICH HER MURMLET HAHAHAHAHAHA ok hiee und daa findi de groove na spannend, mite orgle (?) im hindergrund raw isch eig na herzig wolfy passt wieder gar nöd zum ganze? fuck isch das arschlangwilig satellite isch en neue tüfpunkt aso das die gschissne schisslieder auno mind. 5 min münd gah, isch fast scho tortur

a horrible soundtrack to roadtrip to punishing sun was the only song that didn't make me want to turn it off. kinda liked it tbh

Putting 14 bonus tracks on this flaming pile of garbage is perhaps the most delusional thing I've ever seen. Do yourself a favor and just watch an ASMR video instead of subjecting yourself to this crap

Shiver

De cara foi enormemente ignorado.

I was in a great mood this morning. It took about 5 minutes of this shitbrick of an album to change that. I loathe this with the passion of 1,000 suns.

Jesus needs to return and snatch this crap up.

I sometimes wonder if the authors of the list are just trolling us, this is one of those times.

Shit music. If you will.

I got far into this, but at the end of my commute to work I was still five songs from the end and hadn’t enjoyed a single minute, so I’m calling it. I didn’t *hate* it, exactly, but it’s firmly in the bottom 20% of albums in this project, so I’m giving it a 1.

This was pretty awful. The dude cannot sing and his music was bad. 1/5

I didn't listen to the bonus tracks, I couldn't have done this for 2 hours! I had not heard of Giant Sand but was surprised that they have 33 albums in their discography! What a long and boring album.

How can something have so much potential and be so annoying simultaneously? The last (extra) song is almost good, but that's all.

Couldn’t get passed thinking this is an Aldi version of Nick Cave. I don’t like genuine Nick Cave.

fucking trash

Who the fuck thought I needed to hear this before I died? I will admit, there is some poetry in some of the songs that is relatable and nice, but for the most part this album just gave me fucking anxiety. I didn’t even listen to the bonus tracks and I’m not even joking this album left me feeling like I should start drinking again to forget I listened to it. If you rated this album above a 2, and that’s even pushing it, you’re simply lying and just trying to act like you’re some music junkie who is better than everyone else. It has some good poetry, but there was no reason to make this into an album. I would argue that if he just left this as written poetry it would’ve been a lot better.

Groupe totalement inconnu. Et totalement inintéressant. Il m'a semblé tellement interminable que .... je ne l'ai pas terminé. =>1/5

oli hetkiä, joissa kykenin huijaamaan aivojani tykkäämään tästä. joitain vipuja piti väännellä synapseissa että se onnistui mutta valitettavasti alta-aikayksikön iski tylsyyden tunne naamaan kuin tuhat valehtelevaa huoraa... vasta kuudestoista albumi kyseiseltä bändiltä. ehkä jos kirjoittaisivat vähän rivakampaan tahtiin sitä musiikkia niin laatukin parantuisi. perkele. jätti hiekka? jättiläiset ja. gi muurahainen hiekka. all these places... all my faces... blown away...... todayh........ vähän beatles lyriikkaa. tarvitaan nykyaikana, nykypäivinä menot sellaiset että voitaisiin hidastaa pikkusen wolfy

calling this album a chore was apt...

Giant Sand…in my asshole.

Chore to listen to. Boring. Lazy songwriting. How is this one of the best albums of all time...

My god, that was so boring.

Horrible

Buncha quiet meandering. Ugh.

This WAS a chore.

Id rather listen to the mating sounds of whales than this album. It drags on endlessly and drains the listeners will to live. I would like a few words with the moron who decided this piece of crap album needed “bonus” tracks. 1 star because less isn’t possible.

I listened to all of this 2hr album then read about it as I felt confused by the half-whispered singing. I learned about Howe Gelb’s loss prior to this album; I learned (and heard) about how he was influenced by The Cure. I read about how was starved for new music in Tucson, Arizona and decided to make his own, which served as the blueprint for alt-country. I understood more. Does it mean that I liked the album? Nah.

wow i fell asleep

Strange and all sound similar Do not love it and also didn’t even attempt to listen to all 30 songs

Some individual tracks were ok but as an album it didn't work, felt like it was perpetually on the cusp of waking up and getting more lively but left me feeling cheated

Abysmal. Absolutely dire. How anyone can seriously rate this highly is astonishing to me. Depression on wax.

What in the "Give Me a Leonard Cohen Afterworld" is this shit?

Really not my thing at all. Not a fan of his voice, the tracks feel really empty, and I'm just not resonating with the lyrics.

A bit too pretentious for me. Gives me too much of "beach boy near the fire with his guitar".

"Chore" is a very fitting word to use, because listening to this felt like doing taxes (this is a very original joke that nobody has made yet). I'm astounded at how many albums with two sentences on their Wikipedia page and like 10k Spotify plays are on this list, because genuinely, how do you dig something like this up and then decide it belongs on the list over fucking Neutral Milk Hotel or Weezer. I doubt anybody has listened to this album outside the context of this book in the past 10 years. 1/5 for being offensively bland. Boo, I throw rotten tomatae at thee.

Chore. Bore. Snore. Please no more.

Yeah, not good.

Might have just set the record for quickest tap out for me, congrats!

I think this album is having an identity crisis. There's Lou Reed-esque vocals, a splash of psych rock here ("1972"), the overall feeling of country and folk, but with trip-hop drums occasionally tossed in there? I'm usually fine with the dry, listlessness of the Reed vocal style, but combined with the very laid-back feeling of the album overall, it just makes it feel like so much wallpaper. I can find a few tracks I don't mind, but overall the thought is, who is enjoying this? It's too boring to be anything to listen to actively, but it's not... anything-enough? to be something that you'd consider mood music. It's just got nothing for me.

According to wiki, the only claim to fame this album has is being included on this list. Given this list's other entries, my expectations are low. Yeah, this is just bad.

This album is certainly a chore, but not of enchantment. Pure crap.

Unlistenable. The only mildness ok songs were ruined with random crap

This album feels like your Ol' Uncle Jimmy got drunk and broke out his instruments that he doesn't quite remember how to play. You also know he was never the true vocalist for his band that never broke out of the local bar scene...if that seems harsh, it is. This album is no good. Fav tracks: N/A

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1.5, I liked the writing and idea but I think the execution was horrible.

??? I dont get it. gib besseres in die richtung

Not my vibe.

Chore of Enchantment is just a chore tbh. It tries to front itself as folk rock but it's miserable, uninviting, lacks creativity or poise, utterly boring. Nothing else to add.

Overall -damn, an overture on an album -honestly sounds like a dramatic reading -this is exactly why white men need to be told to shut up at least once in their life, like why did no one tell this man he can’t sing -if the vocals were stripped, I’d enjoy this more -I’ve never had second hand embarrassment from an album, this is like someone burning at karaoke Well Dusted -Jesus Christ did he pregame the recording with a carton of cigarettes or something -it’s like a trust fund baby said dad, I wanna be Kurt Cobain Punishing Sun -ok why am I liking this -like it wasn’t good but I enjoyed it for some reason Temptation of Egg -oh my god, this has got to be a joke

Well, they got the Chore bit right. Generic indie guff - nothing to grab me here.

Long and couldn’t deal with it

w e i r d Is it just me or is it o u t o f t u n e

Gepflegte Langeweile.

Chore to listen to

Horrible

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Yeah - I had no idea what that was supposed to be. Like the talk-singing is fine in general with bands like The Hold Steady...but this is a mess. It's caustic and uninspired

A chore to listen to this monotone singing with the guy one millimeter from the microphone. And it's 2 hrs of this?

Entirely way too long. It's pretentious and boring. I will round down.

This guy be like “hmm, I can’t seem to hit these low notes. Oh well”

Agree it was a CHORE to listen to this. 0 saves. What even is this.

On the 1976 release "Zoot Allures", Frank Zappa delivered all the songs in a whispery voice to create a creepy, sleazy vibe, and did it to great effect. On the 2000 release "Chore", Mr. Sand delivered all the songs in a whispery voice because he can't fucking sing worth a damn. Some nice moments of experimental instrumentation do not compensate for this man's absolutely painful mumbling and half-assed lyrics. One chore (to listen to this) out of five.

Nope. Boring af

Nope

Feels like this album never actually gets up and going? Like the guy is warming up for an hour and forgot to record the album. Sounds nice enough, pretty calm, but what's it doing?

I've never heard of this album or artist before, and that's probably the most positive thing I can say about listening to this album. This album was definitely not my cup of tea. I didn't care much for the vocals, and it was pretty dull musically too. Maybe under the right circumstances (a cold, rainy day, with a cup up of coffee in my hand and no responsibilities) I would have enjoyed this album, but this just wasn't anything that I would want to listen to again.

crap

Broing dreck

No

Mehh..

Poor man’s Bill Callahan

Chewing sound in one of the songs is enough to make me quit the album entirely and give it a 1 star.

So we’re just putting any album on this list huh?

This could not have ended soon enough. Not for me.

99% chore, 1% enchantment.

Nope. Didn't get past first track.

Holy crow this was awful. I hated every second of it and there were many seconds. absolutely not. goodbye.

I don't get it. Tucson and Arizona had a pretty good music scene in the 90's and early 2000's from what I remember but I don't remember these guys. They sound a bit like a softer version of the Butthole Surfers - unusual sound and not quite singing vocals. I was already looking to turn it off on song 2 (song 1 was just instrumental fuzz), feeling got stronger on song 3. On song 11 (of 16) I was screaming come on, when will this end. Is it the worst music that ever existed? Probably not. It's soft and not abrasive. But my god is it boring. I didn't want to turn it off before giving it a complete listen, but I'm sorry, couldn't do it. I advanced through the last 5 songs just to check out some of each. But no.

Looked like indie, sounded an awful lot like cuntry. Cunts.

Folk off About as exciting as a Man City game.