Reviews (page 9 of 9)
A helpful reminder that 90s rock didn't start until September 1991. 1.5 This is the album that Primal Scream‘s ‘Give Out But Don’t Give Up‘ could have been with a little more focus and a lot less drugs. After listening carefully to the Black Crowes’ debut I wanted to shake that drug dealer’s hand. Sure, GOBDGU sounds like shit when you are fresh off Screamadelica but it sounded absolutely sensational after this. And until this moment, writing this review, I never realised that the acronym for Primal Scream’s apparently underappreciated fourth album is GOBDGU. I shall be mentioning Gobdgu more going forward. Many thanks Black Crowes. 1/5
Gear: Focalman Cleardara Artwork: 🕴️🌑✒️ Production: 🙄😑🆗 Music: 🐮🍸🤮 Rating: 🐦⬛/5
borrrrrring
I have a feeling this album was very influential on an era/genre of music that I generally want to avoid.
dreck.
boring
Heard Before? Unfortunately. Notes: - 1990 pretending to be 1970, still listening in 2026? yuck. - some nifty piano parts lurking behind the bland riffage. - I love rock organ, but here it's only used to pad the mix. a sin. - vocals sound much better when propped up by the backing singers. - guitar solos are as plentiful as they are forgettable. Verdict: Elevator muzak for tailgate parties. Listen Again? Please no.
Can't fathom why this is considered essential listening. It's fine, it's just nothing new or inventive. 1 - shouldn't be on this list
Facile shite
zu generisch? c
This is not good. Going into this I was wondering this was picked for this list, but then I started to recognize the songs. I hate The Black Crowes, and I've been hating them for a long time.
Really?
Not for me
beliebiger Rock
HEY PRETTY LITTLE THING LET ME LIGHT YOUR CANDLE CAUSE MOMMA I'M SO HARD TO HANDL..I hate this
God this was boring as hell. I try to find at least one track from all of these to add to a playlist and they all just blend together for me.
I don’t like this album
Lenor Guns'n'Roses
Imagine a bunch of total chooches took everything bad about 60s/70s rock without any of the creativity or imagination and imbued it with faux-excess and the worst instincts of every awful bar band you've ever seen on stage in a vacation town. Oh, and add a shitload of cocaine. Truly fucking awful.
Jesus fucking christ fuck off. No
Awful
I'm sorry, but after six songs I'd had enough; my time is simply too precious. Boring stuff without any highlights. Do 'The Black Crows' still exist? I can't imagine they do. I definitely don't want to listen to their debut album 'Shake Your Money Maker' again.
#177/1001. I vaguely remember Black Crowes being labeled as yet another of those saviours of rock'n'roll by the press. But I forgot that it was title always given to a band who did everything to the fax copy same way 1001 other bands had done through the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s etc. And most likely the trend still goes on. Listen to Black Flag's Jealous Again and Black Crowes' Jealous Again and tell honestly which one rocks harder.
Dreadful boring by numbers blues rock. But it was a good example of boring by numbers blues rock, hence the scoring.
Trying to revive 70s hard rock and blues rock with 90s production can either work really well or really badly. The Black Crowes make it really badly because they barely sound unique at it, so what's the point of listening to them when I can listen to... idk anything else. Just, no thank you.
1. tuuice - 1.5 2. jealouz - 1 3. zizter - 1 4. Blind - 1 5. Things - 1.5 6. Handle - 1 7. Thick - 1 8. Angels - 1.5 9. Blues - 1 10. Cold -1 Not one good song
Another case of an album being here because of the single
Sounds like Southern rock for tough guys who deep down just want to be loved, but they're misunderstood because everybody just sees them getting wasted and into fights so everybody mistakes them for violent drunkards.
I don’t like this.
Oväntat generiskt och identitetslöst. Helt ok men otydliga låtar, sångare saknar karaktär. Känns som unga pojkar leker gubbrock. Kände igen too hot to handle now, ok hook men för svag hit för att lyfta album. Förstår nog inte var de hör hemma i rockhistorien eller varför skivan är med här. Vill inte höra något spår igen. Betyg: 3 av 10
Sounds like a revival band.
I got a washed out rolling stones sound. Very boring
Why would you embarrass yourself by releasing this soulless bluesy hard rock album in 1990, when grunge was very much a thing? Completely inauthentic and boring.
Disgusting
- kurzweilig und in Ordnung, aber diese Stimmenlage hört man einfach in zu vielen Rock / Metal Geschichten und ich bin kein Fan davon 1-2/5
You'd think that by 1990 white blues rock musicians would have figured out how to do something new instead of sounding like malformed led zeppelin homunculi
drepleiðinlegt drasl.
Hrikalega lélegt og leiðinlegt.
Just didn’t enjoy this
Oh shit this is from the 90s? Well I like it less. It's bland and generic 70s stuff, done in 1990, which is even worse.
Boring and unoriginal. I’ve always found “hard to handle” extremely annoying. The more I listened the less tolerable I found this hence the 1
música de redneck racista do sul dos estados unidos q passa 8h por dia no bar reclamando que imigrante tirou emprego dele
bom pra quem gosta. eu nao gosto, inclusive, repudio.
Boring. Why would a rock band in 1990 make an album like this? I just don't understand.
No
generic rock. it's whatever. 1/5 stars.
Reminded me most of The Faces with a bit of AC/DC thrown in for good measure. Was giving me wedding band vibes. All a bit meh.
I hate the Black Crowes and how dumb and America they sound
Didn’t finish, 4 tracks was enough
God, no.
I feel sorry for all the other dad bands that didn't make the list. Sister love? no thanks.
Enthusiasm for this project at an all time low. Maybe the most absurd selection yet. I can appreciate some albums I really don't like need to be included for their place in pop music history. But the idea that such a basic bitch white blues rock album from a passable Rolling Stones tribute act is essential to listen to before dying is properly mental.
Nope, didn’t hold my attention as an album. Most tracks seem very predictable and you kind of knew where it was heading and how it would end. Rather like watching a soap opera and then realizing at the end that you’ll never ever get that time back.
It's Monday and I have things to do I really do not want to listen to you Uninspiring and shitty bar rock All songs making me go YUCK Boy these guys really suck. So no, I need to listen today to the new: Squid, Sharon van Etten, Dream Theater, Eddie Chacon, Heartworms Goodbye Black Crowes, see you never again. YUCK
Pretty generic late-60's/early-70's blues rock, nothing too standout. Wait... This is from 1990?! Why is this even here? Key tracks: Hard to Handle
careful, if you hear this band playing in a bar, it probably means that an ex-cop looking for his kidnapped wife is about to beat up you and all of your goon friends
Deathly, deathly boring. There's not a single good tune in this album's jewel case
I used to be a fan. I stopped being a fan a long time ago. They arrived to a show that I had tickets to, declared the venue unsuitable, and left without performing. They had gotten too big for our venue. No-show Crowes. I listened to the record to honor my commitment to the list, but did not enjoy it as much as I thought I remembered liking them.
Boring
Just no.
there is no conceivable universe in which this is essential listening
Twice as Hard Hard to Handle She Talks to Angels
Never got the appeal of these guys. There's about a dozen Stones albums and half a dozen each of Allmans and Aerosmiths that should be on this list before this album.
One song was good. Kinda like stale bread
It's mid bar rock.
The name is familair. No wait, that was Counting... , so---huh--? My fellow reviewers seem (equally) bemused angered. Why this trash here? [A: Environment+Pop'n+Value of greenback=distortion ]. footnote: I'd venture many ernest lads just like JUST LIKE TOM CRUISE need a soundtrack for fist pumping while driving a pick up? and that this kind of music is played at monster truck events, venues serving bucket margeritas, and at walmarts? Rest of World, shrugs. I wonder if AI can tell this apart from Bon Jovi and Springsteen? its missing secret sauce, veges, lean protein.
Благодаря этому альбому ко мне вернулась вера в аудиторию сервиса 1001. Лучшая песня - She Talks to Angels.
Generic background rock
Utterly forgettable.
This is a hot pile of steaming shite
Generic, boring.
It’s probably great if you like this sort of thing, but how could you like this sort of thing?
This sucks. Super generic crap. This is the shit they play at sports bars while you mindlessly shovel wings down your gullet. 2/10
Life's too short to sit through this
Not my cup of tea. Knew the popular songs already. Didn’t realize how long ago it came out.
Oh hell no.
The Stones reborn. Supercoole Jungs mit schwarzer Paula als Klampfe und RB Wayfarer auf der Nase. Da haben die Groupies und Drogenhändler bestimmt Schlange gestanden. Ne, dann doch lieber Nickelback (just kidding).
People who like greta van fleet should probably check out this band....
Nope
A 1 feels very harsh for this album. And yet, here we are
salio el 1 de enero de los 90s, tal vez el primer disco de esa década!!!
mid at best, 1.5
Not a Black Crowes fan and could tell you nothing about them. By sheer coincidence this album arrived on my list the same day their latest album Happiness Bastards was released in UK. As an experiment I merged the two albums into a playlist and then pressed shuffle to listen blindly. Guess what? Couldn’t tell which track belonged to which album. So to my ears that’s how far they’ve progressed. Not saying churning out the same is a bad thing but musically and to retain my interest for more than a few bars it all becomes a bit of a bore. As others have said a poor mans Rolling Stones.
Middle of the road, basic, populist American 'rock' pop nonsense. Literally on a par with Jamiroquai or Oasis aimed at people who apparently don't really like music, but think it's cool if they do. Tellingly, the best track is a cover. Seriously if you think this is an album to hear before you die, then what's keeping you?
I don’t know if this is an album to listen to before you die but it definitely feels like an album you’d have to listen to while you die at the hands of the most chinless white man in a fedora to ever exist. One star.
derivative drivel
Unexpectedly bad. Like a terrible cover band at a bad bar.
Sounds like it's about a generation too late. CCR vibes. Singing was very AC/DC, a bit over the top for my liking.
1.5/5
sound like a cover band. seems like 30 years later they are opening for aerosmith
This album was strange for me because like.. Some of it, I'd kind of enjoy.. but then some of it just sounded like pandering country/rock music for like cliche rednecks I don't know how to explain it. Not my album. I liked the opening track but not much more from this thing other than that.. I just found it very repetitive in the choruses and it felt like it was designed to be sung along to at concerts for normal country music listeners. Overall: 1.3/5
Generic, boring, slog of an album. Started my day off with this and now I'm upset.
This album is the soundtrack to a high school football movie shot in a rural town from the 90s, starring Kevin Bacon as the coach who falls in love with the kickers mom, played by Helen Hunt.
Didn't like this at all, all. Generic sounding, like it came from a catalogue of middle of the road rock sounds.
Holy cow that was boring
American rock - not my cup of tea.
Heard before: yes At least it sounds like someone is having fun. Not me though, even if I'm subconsciously tapping my foot. This makes me want to find the quiet part of the bar and talk to someone or watch TV. Top tracks: Jealous Again, She Talks To Angels. I can't tell the rest apart, except for Hard To Handle which I really don't like, and I'm not going to listen again.
More like 1001 albums that make me want to die. Seriously though, why the eff is this on here? I skipped down the track listing to be fair, and surprise surprise, it’s terrible. Sounds like every pub band in the country. Like a rich suburban dad with a ton of money to professionally record ZZ Top covers. Devoid of original thought at best, grating on the ears at worst. If we have to scrape the bottom of the barrel like this, I think 501 albums would have been enough tbh. Justice for Lightning Bolt!!!!
Absolute snooze, classic rock revival from a time when the rest of the musical landscape was moving on to bigger and better things. There are worse things to be listening to, but it’s definitely not an engaging listen or one I would willfully revisit. WZZO-ass album.
First listen Saved 1/10 Top track: Twice As Hard
Reheated leftovers.
Hey the Seventies called, they want their retrobullshit back
Really hate this, even worse now I’ve realised it’s not counting crows
Run of the mill AOR. Awful.
Bit too generic "rock" for me but it's not offensive or anything. Just very vanilla. I bet they would put on a good show though.
Not a bad start. Sounds like it should be used for a roadtrip scene in a film. Very late 20th century rock. In a disappointment to John Humprey's, I started it but didn't finish
Really do not like Chris Robinson's vocals. High pitched and whiny.
Didn't like it. Not for me
En minä nyt tiedä onko nämä ihan jees omia bluesbiisejä vai vähän jopa pastissonomaista. Joka tapauksessa en syty.
Jos haluan kuulla Hard to Handlen, laitan Otisia soimaan.
Hatafe det här?
Bit shit
Clichéd mainstream blues based rock.
Sleazy dad Nascar rock... hate it. No, thanks.
Not my cuppa tea
Never realised this version of Hard To Handle was by Black Crowes. That realisation was probably my highlight. Oh and that the singer was married to Kate Hudson. She Talks to Angels has a nice guitar intro and a heartfelt theme, if a bit cliche. But then this whole album is canny cliche. Once upon a time I’d have probably really liked this, but I also used to like Eastenders and used to drink cans of Fosters and I think both of them are shit now too
It's incredibly uninteresting 1/5
Awful
I don't expect to like every album in this book, that's fine, but I don't expect them to annoy me - this is an exception. One of most egregious inclusions on this list given how comprehensively the 70s classic and blues rock is already covered from first time around. Why would I listen to this in 2022 when I already have Exile on Main Street, or Led Zeppelin II? May have been essential listening in the 90s when there were just the several other bands rehashing Rolling Stones' 70s sound, Lenny Kravitz, Primal Scream's boring period, etc. Except at least they had the grace to include a couple of great songs, I'm not arguing with Rocks off, massively unoriginal, but certified banger. There's no tunes here. 9 helpings of meh and 1 annoying song from an advert. Also, Hard to Handle when played in Manchester indie clubs in the 90s would signal the music was about to turn shite and would invariably be surrounded by other bands doing pale (and also somehow infinitely annoying) comparisons of good blues rock. Reef, Kula Shaker, all that terrible shite. So yeah, please, take this away.
Generic rock led zeppelin wannabes boring no slay no pizazz robert plant was hotter cool cover design though
Such a safe rock album, felt like there was no risk or attempt to stand out honestly
"She talks to Angels", really liked that one. Otherwise its this american rock sound, that i don´t quite get - I find it quite irritating, it all sounds the same and its not rocking my boat.
This is super cheesy and not for me at all. I can't in good conscience give it more than 1 star. I guess I can say that it's a bit eclectic. But that's all it's got going for it. Not sure how this is on this list.
Not a fan of this genre
Had to go and wash the stench off by listening to Otis
I'll be honest, I hate this.
That's a cute little blues rock cover band you've got here, do you often get requests for "Freebird" when you play weddings?
Pretty sure fan of the band are trolling us. No one as listen to this album more than once.
Half of the songs seem like plagiarism from other rock acts. The other half is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo generic.
The sound of your friends Dad having a crisis after the divorce, buying a Les Paul for £800 and forcing you all to watch him play lumpen blues in a dingy working men's club because you're all worried he might top himself. Except these guys were in their twenties and there's no excuse. Why do all early 90s rock singers sound constipated and/or like Ronan Keating? In short, if you're reading this ahead of listening, don't. Nearly every album ever made is better than this.
i'm so embarrassed for them by proxy when i listen to this. just the corniest stones/zeppelin/air quotes classic rock rip off shit in the world lol
Oh qu'on n'est pas dans mon genre ici. À part la chanson Hard To Handle qui a un petit quelque chose d'accrocheur, le reste est pas mal répétitif et sans grand intérêt, du moins dans mes goûts. C'est bien de constater se qui entoure justement la pièce Hard To Handle, mais je n'ai pas manqué grand chose. Next
1, honestly was hard to listen to
Overrated boomer bar music. Chris Robinson has got to have one of the most annoying singing voices of all time.
Nah
Veldig ikke min sjanger.
Yawn. More American blooze rawk. Tedious stuff. The best thing about this album is the use of the Elmore James song as the title. Luckily they don't attempt a cover version.
Esta bien
Good to know that Greta Van Fleet sucked even back when they were cosplaying as The Allman Brothers. I hate this type of “white dad blues,” but I definitely hate the reheated versions of it the most.
Fucking horrible
awful i never want to hear anything similar
This album is just another boring nineties album to me. I don't care for it, I'm never going to listen to it again, and I never really liked Hard To Handle.
hard rock muy genérico a mi entender, nada muy interesante, que me perdonen los puristas, hace 30 años trataban de sonar como hace 20 años de ese entonces.
Hard Rock, wie er wohl niemals wieder ernsthaft ins Gespräch kommen sollte. Eine so cocky Spielart ist heutzutage schwer vorstellbar - höchstens als x-te Reunion Tour. Kurze Frage: sind die Jungs alle Geschwister oder war eine so deutlich markante Kinnpartie Einstellungskriterium bei den Krähen? Krahkrah 1.0
Hillbilly Honkey Tonk. Hver og eneste låt kunne vært i en cars sequel. Stemmen til vokalisten var overdrevent røff og tøff, til det stadiet at det ble ufrivillig morsomt. Leste litt rundt om albumet, reviews og sånt. Fikk ikke så superbra tilbakemeldinger da den kom ut. Forstår ikke hvorfor dette albumet er med her.
Veldig kjedelig. Super repetitivt, 4/4 riff, ingenting interessant å feste seg til, irriterende vokal, og de mest klisje tekstene 90-tallet kunne stjålet fra 80-tallet. Hvis jeg vil være veldedig, ville jeg sagt at de prøver å gjenopplive gammel rock, men selv da er det ingen grunn til å høre på dette over Guns 'n roses, AC/DC, eller lignende. Eneste positive siden på dette albumet er gitar introen på "She talks to Angels".
boring and annoying
Yuck. I hated this when it came out and hated it less this time but still hated it.
Hm naja Nicht so der Burner
The vocals to me sound like how cilantro tastes like soap. I know this album has those two bops on it, Twice As Hard, and She Talks To Angels; but I don't like how this guy sounds. I almost turned it off a few times through. That's a No from me dog.
If this were in a movie or playing in the background of a record shop, I wouldn't pay any attention to it. I would most likely never listen to this on my own, though.
Solid as a rock