Duck Rock

Sorry, i don't get what anyone sees in that Album. Can't listen to it.

Felt like an incoherent mish mash of songs just thrown onto a single album. The album didn't flow and most tracks felt like an intro that was building to something and just never went anywhere.

Wtf

Not sure what that was all about. Not music. Just sounds.

What the hell am I listening to?!

yikes

That started out alright before descending into utter madness. Not for me. Best song: Obatala

Ništa mi nije jasno kod ovog albuma. Kao da se netko zajebava, evo. Zvuči kao skup rendom semplova i zvukova koje je dijete složilo u wannabe pjesme. Not today brudi. 1/5; 1.5/10

This is rap/afrobeat music for people who don't want black people living in their neighborhood. Malcolm McLaren sucks on multiple levels

Infuriating to listen to - especially the radio host / DJ segments which really ruined the flow again and again.

That one shit radio station in every GTA you scroll past every time.

Cultural Appropriation The Album! That is all this is. Malcolm McLaren steals a bunch of music from various cultures, sings poorly, and yes, even raps poorly. But he used artists from those cultures to help make this album you say??? I did a bit of research on this album to learn that even though he brought in artists from those cultures, he left out many of the black and brown musicians from the credits. He also didn't even understand how some of the genres work, including what a "bar" is in rapping. As someone who actually listens to a lot of the various music styles and genres he tries to reproduce here, I’ve heard much better from actual genuine artists. Fuck this dude and this album.

not my thing

A pretty gross album that just samples a load of South African and Caribbean musicians without credit (and inexplicably combines them with playground chants). And not samples in a real hip-hop producer kind of way, where they’re flipped and combined and used to create the backbone of a different piece of music - they’re regularly just played in full while a load of random sound effects shoot off in the background. Some of the rhythms work together really well and the chaotic nature of it was quite fun - it’s l almost like channel-hopping through different stations on three different radios at once - but the fact that the most interesting musical ideas are stolen really takes the fun out of it. Also the album cover sucks

So McLaren stole pre-existing music from black artists, claimed it as his own, then spoiled it with his annoying bleating and making it sound like parody. I'm sorry that this is how Brits were introduced to 'hip hop' - but that doesn't make this a must listen for anyone.

McLaren is such a weird person in terms of pop culture. I guess the closest modern comparison is Simon Cowell. He's a great bellwether, though. You know a scene is just about to get lame once he shows up. And this album is... yeah, pretty lame. I'll give it credit for playing with multiple different genres and sounds, but it's incredibly cynical about it. It just takes the broad sounds of a few genres and mashes them together. It's a giant pool that's an inch deep. I'm finding it hard to give it a number, because I tend to save 1's for music that I just find deeply unpleasant. This isn't that, it's too tame to really sink its teeth into the suck like some McLaren proxies can. Still, I don't want to give it even that much credit. At least it gave us one of the weirder Shady samples, which, by the way, is also a pretty lame song, but Eminem is great at being simultaneously lame and cool.

what is this

Didn’t really listen to it properly but was just a bit odd for me.

forgettable

Malcolm might be the lamest person of all time and l will never understand why people don't hate on the sex pistols for that very reason.

Scratch Nummer zu Begin der 80er. Das Album hat keine Seele und keine musikalisch anschaulichen Element. Während die ersten Song als Laune der Popgeschichte zu verzeichnen waren, wird es am Ende fast schmerzhaft. Der “Song for Congo” war nach fast 300 gehörten Album - mit einer der schlechtesten Sound überhaupt.

Horrid Henry wouldn’t make people listen to this

McLaren managed to create something worse than the sex pistols

Still no Bob seger

Não entendi o que estava tocando, pareceu-me apenas um programa de rádio mal feito.

There's nothing here for me and based on the total listens on streaming, I can't imagine why this record is on this list.

This felt like a barely-connected string of hip hop ramblings, world music, and a radio show? Not even sure I'd call it eclectic, just confusing and honestly pretty bad.

The music is pretty cool (although I am not really a fan of hip hop)...BUT...I am giving this a 1 rating based on finding out he had taken music from South African musicians and failing to credit them for their work. NOT COOL, NOT COOL AT ALL!

Definitely never listed to anything on this album before. It was also definitely not what I expected based on Malcolm McLaren and his influence on late 70s punk music. This is the 80iest of 80s. Definitely the source of a lot of samples. I'm not sure what's with the "live radio DJ" stuff, but it's definitely a time and place. I also hate how they use "female" as a term. I think this will fall heavily into albums I've listened to, but won't ever listen to again. Not sure that I'll ever spin any of the individual songs either. Though the first half did make me feel like I was at a party on the ocean shore, the album really starts to drag on it's second half. Legba is terrible, and it doesn't much improve from there. By World Famous I was just waiting for the album to end, and...suddenly square dancing? What?? Ok. This is stupid. 1/5

Well… this is basically just a mixture of sounds made by a man who never credited the people he stole from. It sounds good but it’s just all over the place

A ginger slaps his name on a bunch of work by black artists. Got it.

1.5☆/5 08.14.2024

OK all you "Those Brits stole our music" types, this is what artless theiving sounds like. This is cultural appropriation. Funny thing is he clambered aboard the hip-hop / break-dance trend so quickly he's almost cutting edge (for a UK artist). I would say though as a South London kid when this came out I do rememeber Grand Master Flash, Break Machine, Rock Steady Crew around the same time. But it's bad, really bad, reprehensible, this overtakes Bon Jovi for most cringeworthy by a mile. And it doesn't just bust it's way into the black american music scene of the time, it also bizarrley heads off into the land of country jigs and hoedown. Then there's the childish "scratching" obsession and the tapping away at the same single vocal sample repeatedly. Jesus. Just painful.

this was all over the place - I didn't like anything about it

No

Enjoyment level = zero. Desire to ever hear this again = zero.

Meh

Que bosta

Don’t know what the fucking point of this is

What a weird collection of tracks. With the exception of the weird radio DH call excerpts (which sounded terrible and weren't funny or interesting at all), it seemed like each one was completely different from all the rest. Which is kind of interesting, except that each one was either severely jarring and annoying to listen to or very amateurish and crappily recorded, or both. The only tracks that were somewhat decent were Obatala and Double Dutch, but I doubt I would ever listen to either of those again either. One star.

The western gaze

What the duck is this doing on a must hear list. Never Mind The Bollocks is classic, but the only good thing anyone in the group ever did. This is absolute garbage and I couldn't tell if it was supposed to be a joke on the listener or not. Duck you, list makers, you suck again!

This really came out of nowhere and I don't know why it's on this list. A mix of south american/african sounds and this guy 'singing' about jumping rope? I looked it up and it was supposedly influential, I don't see how it influenced anything besides maybe being out of the box at the time. Malcolm just took sounds from other cultures and didn't add anything to it, and to top it off he also did not credit any africans that worked on the record so he was just a bad person. Bad person, confusing and derivative music, 1 star.

Hypocritical cowardly creep with music that reflects that. Zero stars. Rounded up because whoever was in charge of buffalo girls did manage to write a decent pop arrangement.

I suppose it was influential, but it's not great to listen to now. Some good instrumental bits, but better to go back to the sources

this was an incoherent mess

influential in brining hip hop to the UK - think it would have been fine anyway

Doesn't feel authentic.

Kinda fun with how bonkers it is. Left me wondering wtf genre is this album.

Horrible. No idea what this shit is. There may have been a decent song buried in here somewhere but way too much bullshot surrounding them

0/5

Until there's a word that specifically means "worse than awful", referencing this album will have to suffice.

No

Well.. Not sure what to say about that to be honest... Like some others I saw in the reviews, I was hopeful with the 1st track "Obatala", but then things quickly devolved from there... I get that setting up an album like a radio show might have been creative back then, but that's why we have radio stations - as I'd rather listen to that if that's what I'm in the mood for... In fact, this past weekend I was listening to 104.1 HOT FM in The Cayman Islands, as we travel there a lot, and it was a very similar in terms of DJ interruptions and comments over the music et al - except with Reggae & SOCA music... 104.1 HOT FM is authentic - "Duck Rock" absolutely was not in my opinion... Only other song that I enjoyed was "Legba", as the rest of the tracks just seemed less-than-authentic to me - like the artist was TRYING to be like someone else - as opposed to being true to what they were about... Also loses points, because I heard that many of those who made the music on this album - were NOT credited, and that's where the money is - so definitely big-time shady if you ask me... I was sort of perplexed me that "Buffalo Gals" & "Double Dutch" were apparently hits - so I listened to each a few times to make sure that I wasn't missing anything - but other that the "Buffalo Gals" chorus that sounded like Eminem's "...please stand up... repetition in 2000's "The Real Slim Shady" (i.e. not sure if Eminem got that from this song or from somewhere else...) - there was absolutely nothing compelling about either in my opinion... BTW - there was a tie for WORST song on the album - among a lot of them, but it was a race to the bottom between "Jive My Baby" & "Duck For The Oyster" - as both were among the most dreadful songs I've heard on the 1,001 to date... Finally - pretty sure that one of my group participants is going to absolutely love this album... Hope I'm wrong, but that's my vibe... : )

I have no idea what I just listened to.

I don't like instrumental music.DNF

couldn't get past first three songs, unlistenable

I tried. This album is awful. Like zero stars awful.

Not for me

its rly weird probably good for some! not i!

Album cover is funny as fuck but what is this? Why is it on the list? Is it bad? No. But it's noisy as hell, makes me feel nothing but desire for it to end. More like a 3/10 but I can't justify putting it with other 2/5s. Fav tracks: - .....

Too eclectic and all over the place. 1/5

Manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls. Interesting, experimental soundscapes + world music. But, not really for listening.

The hip hop side of this album was not my favorite. If it had been more focused on the world music aspect I think I would have enjoyed it more. It felt like it didn't quite know what it wanted to be. 1 star because I wouldn't ever recommend this album to someone I know, and I don't think I'll listen to it again.

Just… no. [0086/1001]

👎

I do not get it.

urgh

This is hairable. Elmo instruments.

a garbage dump if you will.

Na

Sorry it was bad then and it hasn’t improved.

Yup, not my gig.

I was actually angry that I had to listen to this album.

- meh

Didn't like it.

Remote Malcom McLaren from this album and let everyone else cook. Also, a lot of those performers didn’t get any credit which is whack. I appreciate the use of African and Caribbean music tastes, but some of it comes off tone deaf and a bit offensive to me in 2023. I wasn’t into this one. Worse one yet for me 1. not at all what I was expecting. Odd instrumental drives by a keyboard or synthesizer? Nice drum beat. 2. What the fuck is this? Is he a DJ? Is my man rapping? I dig the samples and the radio cuts. This is not what I was expecting but I’m letting it breathe 3. The instrumental is great. I don’t know about the lyrics tho. The background singers are great tho 4. Why is he trying to sound Spanish. This is offensive 😂 the instrumental is fire tho. The radio interludes are a nice touch. Keeps a theme going 5. There’s nothing Punk about this track so what’s with the title. I think I’d like this more if Malcolm mcksren wasn’t singing 6. The use of African and Caribbean beats is all over. No shitty vocals on this track 7. No shitty vocals on this track 8. Another song from the Caribbean. This is only decent because of all the background folks. I hate everything about McLarens vocals and lyrics. He is very annoying. Remove him and I would actually dig this 9. I find most of the instrumentals on this very interesting are the least. Some I even like but I don’t love that most of the folks were uncredited 10. Same story here. 11. Love this instrumental 12. What in the square dance shit is this. This is the closer???

What?

Siger mig ikke noget.. Den ene stjerne for verdensmusikviben og Keith Haring.

I enjoyed some of the music but the whole package was just bizarre. I also read that he initially didn't credit a lot of the musicians at all somehow and they had to sue him. Weird all round

This music is really fun and interesting and clearly had a big impact on music in the UK by introducing many people in the UK to hip hop in the 80s. However, it's a bit mad that it was just ok to blatantly appropriate an entire album of music and not even credit the musicians or make any changes to it to make it your own or bring any creativity. Kind of grim. Cool idea to bring music from the Mahotella Queens around the world but not if you're not going to credit them or even mention their names on the album... Weird. Soweto is a great tune but it doesn't belong to Malcolm.

Nah, after reading Grace's review I looked into the album and yeah she's absolutely right. I think this is just some rich bloke who ripped off a load of stuff to make an album. I get what he was trying to do and there are positives to the music etc but he seems like a bit of a dick.

Didn’t like this or the radio show

Ni

horrible

Awful, Malcolm Mclaren approriates without skill or class.

BL: never heard of Malcom McClaren before but seen that he had a lot of connections to the underground art rock scene, so will be interested to see how this one turns out. AL: i can appreciate what this was going for. But as I also do not like the sex pistols or the new york dolls, who he was responsible for a lot of their fame alongside westwood. This just felt like it was trying way too hard to say or do something, and in turn just ends up being too experimental - but not even in the way that it pushes boundaries, its just odd for the sake of being odd. I'm so happy I wasnt alive in the 70s and 80s because this wave of punk pseudointellectualism is absolutely mindnumbing and id be happy if i never had to think about it again. FT: "Buffalo gals" (the only one i found catchy) 1/5

Such a weird album. Very little of it anything to do with Malcolm Mclaren. And then the bits that are - his inability to sing is just the start of the problems

Bozo ass music. I want to shove this album in a locker and force it to do my homework. Oh, Eminem sampled this? Alright cool, guess that makes it worthy of being one of the 1001 albums you have to hear before you die. Thanks Robert Dimery.

This was not good. Many drugs were presumably involved, but creativity did not flow in a positive direction as a result.

pity zero stars aren't available

Couldn’t make it through this one. I had an immediate negative reaction to the first song and pushed through a few more songs. It didn’t age well and wasn’t enjoyable.

I don’t purposely hate world music but I just do this is weird and yeah unique but rubbish 1/5.

It's just not for me. Experimental stuff by a dude that was mainly produced by another dude (Trevor Horn).

Nope.

You are kidding me

Terrible

Not for me. Self indulgent, privileged, superior.

Really oldschool hiphop, not my thing

Nope.

Really not my jam

Recognized several jams but it was a hard listen

Not my style, would not listen again

This album is ridiculous. Basically just makes a mediocre song from many genres

Jeez this album sucks, I was gonna give it 2/5 but the last track reminded me of why this album sucks. It makes me gag.

1.75

This album contains music from South Africa, North, Central, & South America, and the Caribbean, all compiled together with an underlying hip-hop vibe by Malcolm McLaren. This album is credited as bringing hip-hop music to a wider audience in the UK. It is a great collection of world music mixed with hip-hop, released during the early years of that music genre. I didn't really care for any of the songs, but overall the music was interesting. I believe that if I was from the Caribbean, South America, or South Africa then I would like this album a lot more.

1st one has a nice drum beat but annoying that same word repeated over and over. 2nd all over the place musically lot of sampling. I wasn't expecting a rap album if that what this is? 3rd song. Just sounds like a bunch of random stuff was sampled together. Not enjoying the vibe of this at all. Early 80s hip hop that just doesn't sound like its a serious composition.

This is pure garbage

No thank you

not my cup of tea

Vast van een genialiteit waar ik geen weet van heb.

Teveel een carnaval voor mij.

Als ik DJs tussen de muziek door wil horen praten en over de telefoon met luisteraars suffe dingen wil horen bespreken, dan zet ik Q-music of 538 wel aan. Maar dat doe ik nooit want ik heb daar een hekel aan.

keep the rock in the duck please

Listened to 2 songs, didn’t like it.

Not a fan

Weird!!!

Might have been evolutionary for hip hop, but not my jam.

Frustrating mix of styles in a very 80s package, pretending to be a radio show

Not a fan

Felt like I hit the button from play music to play radio?! Especially when looking at the album cover. I did have two tracks I liked: Obalata and World famous. Did not understand this album, was it just music put together for a audience that loved a DJ? I did not appreciate the collage of tunes My guinea hens loved Duck for the Oyster.

Shite

the 80s produced music way better than this shit

all over the place, all of it bad