Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Yuk

Never heard of the artist before. Very repetitive electronic music with some rap here and there. This is not for me, though. The first song was okay, but after that it became quite tedious. Best song: Keeping Pigs Together.

This is excellent...really enjoyed. Entirely missed them first time round. Great sound

I usually rate electronic music on a scale of how bad it is for you, not that any of it is really good for you, tho the best of it should have at least some restorative effects, e.g., Massive Attack, Chemical Bros. Like, it should be more than background music - you know, it should get INSIDE your body - but I don't want it to be so immersive that there's no critical distance - it's still a mediated product. At this level, Our Aim Is To Satisfy succeeds. The drums are heavy, the grooves are suggestive, the cerebellum is relaxed but tuned-in. At another level, however, this is not a success, which has simply to do w/ the fact that the music isn't very good. Not bad - just that quality that's impossible to write about, i.e., unmemorable. Featureless I think 'tis.

Acid jazz feels like a genre that was important enough to be on the list, but I can't necessarily think of any specific artist who deserves a place. So I guess Red Snapper is as good as anyone. "The Rough and the Quick" deserves extra points for explicitly covering female pleasure. Overall, it's a nice enough album, but not particularly exciting. Good for background music.

They did a decent job of meeting their aim. It was fine. Some good tracks. Some not so much.

I dig the live drums and beats but the vocal sampling starts to be grating.

This is pretty good. I like the vibe a lot.

pretty chill, this and l4d

Nope

I am now confident that there is an oversaturation of this electronica/trip-hop genre on this list. Which is unfortunate for me as someone who just doesn't click with it at all. It's music. But I just can't understand what mood I'd have to be in to enjoy most of this, especially the first side. There are a couple songs towards the end of the album (Alaska Street and Belladonna) that bring a relaxing, almost mesmerizing quality to the record that I can get behind, but the rest of it... I just wish there was more representation of other genres in place of yet another representation of what is already a very niche genre.

Je suis pas trop sûr de ce que j'ai écouté, c'était plutôt bizarre, mais dans le bon sens du terme. C'est pas que j'ai trouvé ça fou (ça manquait un peu de direction, ça va un peu nulle part), mais ça fait du bien s'entendre quelque chose qui a un peu de folie (surtout que ces derniers temps, j'ai eu beaucoup trop de britpop bien proprette). Je reviendrai sûrement pas dessus, mais l'écoute n'était pas non plus désagréable du tout.

Every song felt like an extended intro that never went on to actually become a full-fledged song. Left me wanting a lot more.

Amazing sound! With some vocal features this is incredible.

Electronic music is hard for me to properly rate. I am unable to determine what is good versus what is rote or a copy of something else. The result is that electronic music by and large all sounds the same. This album especially so. Each songs starts and sounds more or less the same. No shifts in rhythm or even the ancillary music. Drab. Repetitive.

Boring, uninteresting, repetitive, unpleasant noise

Până acum îmi place mă duce cu gândul la night crawler haha

It really just felt like this album didn’t know what it was

Not for me

I was partially satisfied so I suppose they can pat themselves on the back.

This album was a real nothing burger for me. I had a two hour drive and was excited for an opportunity to listen to this album carefully. And it didn't hold my interest despite much effort. It is totally fine electronic music from its time. There is nothing wrong with it at all. It is not worth listening to in 2026, however, unless it has personal meaning to you.

Red Snapper’s inclusion in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die feels like a relic of the list’s original 2005 perspective. Revisiting the list through a 2026 lens, this is exactly the kind of entry that invites reconsideration. There's 1089 albums now anyway - I suggest this is 1 of the 88 that are cut

This works for me more when it's entirely instrumental or the vocals are minimised. The end of the album picks up for me.

Loved this, felt so familiar but fresh. Straight 5

Today’s album is an interesting mix of trip hop and big beat that is absolutely of its time. I want to score this well because you can hear the live elements in each tracks - but the album lacks either singles, or a cohesive concept album theme. At the times where this is not simple big beat (in the style of fat boy slim) OR lounge jazz infused trip hop. At those times - you have trip hop with purpose - and the talent of the musicians shines through. Too rare though. Low 3

An interesting mix of flavours that you wouldn’t usually put together but definitely work and come together as a unique, cohesive sound. Red Snapper have seemed to find a route through to a totally new take on trip hop which I’m partial to. There isn’t a particular track that I’m drawn to - the album lacks a stand out moment. I must also admit that some of the lyrics set me on edge a bit, but maybe I’m being prudish.

Going high 3 on Red Snapper, not all to my tastes but some great stuff on hear and love the mix of styles

Not for me.

Strong, but a bit too maximalist for me. I might've been burned by too many nights spent near trustafarians in Clifton, Bristol to enjoy this music.

I hadn't heard of Red Snapper before now and I am not surprised after listening. My wife said it sounds like someone listened to too much Massive Attack and thought they would have a go at it, but forgetting to add the good parts. An astute observation. It's a relatively inoffensive album, but not a standout. Definitely didn't have to be an hour. Onwards.

Another new name to me, trippy acid jazz, lots of vocal samples and endlessly repeated loops, it's not bad, I'm giving it a go, but probably not for me really. I listened to about half of it in the end.

Decent album with some interesting, if not lyrically provocative tracks.

a lot of repetitive sound, which i dont love. not my vibe

It’s not my least favourite sound in the world

An interesting if uneven trip-hop/acid jazz instrumental record that succeeds in a lot of ways, but falls victim to repetitiveness issues as a lot of instrumental albums do. Peaked with the first song and never recapture that sound, but was unique enough to keep me interested for the runtime. Top tracks: Keeping Pigs Together, The Rake, Bussing

This is by no means the greatest electronic music album I've ever listened to, but the reviews would have you believe this is barely more than a random arrangement of noises. If you can't even appreciate the beats on some of these songs, I fear that says more about you than it does the music.

Nothing that I could sit back and enjoy.

I enjoyed the songs with MC Det - Some Kind of Kink and I Stole Your Car, can see adding those playlists. The rest of the album was... ok. Not a lot left to the imagination when it comes to a top shelf night.

It's varied and different.

Enjoyed this one

This gets 5 stars just for how pleasantly surprised I was. I saved every track : )

Nice steady vibe all the way through. Plenty of other stuff I'd reach for first, but this is a good enough ride.

When the Wikipedia page basically only mentions the fact this album is in the "1001 Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die" books, you know that's bad news. However, this one caught me off guard. It's another album that overstays its welcome, but it's fairly good early 2000s club music. Favorite Track: "Shellback".

Meh. Wasn’t for me. 2 stars

I don't get it. 3*

Pretty boring

WTF

Is there any other genre that has aged as poorly as Acid Jazz? Maybe Trip Hop. Unbearable.

Okay beats but some dumb shit on there too.

I knew absolutely nothing about this artist or album and now that I've heard I feel my life is none the better for having listened to it The first 30 seconds got my interest, dark ambient jazz like something from a neo noir film then the most generic drum track kicks in and it's all downhill to boredom town from there

Cool electronic album. Very fitting for its era and some really cool production

Seemed fine for clubbing background music

I did not make it through, I think I stopped at track three? I was not here for it man, wrong headspace. I needed vital, pulsing music and this was not giving me life.

Монотонно, скучновато. Вайб музыки из Квартирного вопроса и примерочной Зары. В конце неплохо, последние два трека приятные.

I don't think this was an album that I had to listen to before I die but I've had worse I guess

like this. very funky. will be looking at more of their stuff

This is the music you’d hear in an edgy advert in that plays before the trailers in the cinema in the late 90s/2000s

Not bad, but pretty forgettable. Standout song: Alaska Street

👎

It's not terrible, but it's not amazing either. I don't really see how this is considered one of the albums you MUST hear before you die, but it had a few good tracks

Dnf

Not sure if I should add or remove a star after being ordered to lick the singer’s clit

It was fine I guess. Got annoying in places. It’s hard for me to “get” electronic music sometimes.

First listen, never heard of this group. Digging the chill vibe. Like the jazz, trip hop thing. 4.

Never heard of it. It has a good Massive Attack vibe to it. Will revisit.

cool asf

I'm not sure this is really influential or significant enough to be on this list, but I enjoyed it because electronic music from this era makes me nostalgic. The one track I already knew was from the Spaced spundtrack.

Meh

If your aim was to satisfy you fucking failed. Boring slot. PS1 demo disc music.

2 1/2 It’s okay background music.

the rough and the quick best song

Cool and funky beats. Very emblematic of British crime movie soundtracks.

Just sounded like sound effects with some chanting and moaning in the background. Not a fan.

i wouldn't normally listen to this but it did go off as a soundtrack to my programming work + making me feel like a cool hacker

Yo esta música es que no...

Most of this album was a noughties house album, sort of a mix of groove armada and massive attack. A lot of it sounded like advert music. Not really my thing. The penultimate track belladonna was brilliant, had this great light washy repetitive main riff. Sounded like American Football. The last track was darker and while not quite as good, still very enjoyable. A 5 track, a 4 track and a bunch of 2s. Probably rounds out to a 3.

Some Kind Of Kink sounds like it belongs in the background to a 2000s football video game advert. Belladonna was very different to the other tracks on the album, a good thing. Not overly sure this should be on the list - pretty straight down the line house/trip-hop. Favourite track is definitely Keeping Pigs Together, it has a lot more urgency than the rest and is pretty funky. Overall the album has less to say than Massive Attack - Heligoland still my go-to for best electronica. Red Snapper is a brilliant name for a band though.

Fine in the background, nothing special at all. Not sure why it deserves to be on the list. The other reviews saying it sounds like the soundtrack to a heist or guy Richie film are spot on 2.5

More electronica. Sounds like a movie soundtrack from the 90s

Pretty cool, loved the incision of double bass in some songs. Cool vibe, really enjoyable while listening but because there’s no real hooks it’s hard to come back to. Cool anyway to have something a bit different

Definitely did not like this, but not bad enough for a 1. It's a 2

4/5

To me, this is a B-tier Massive Attack or trip-hop/electronica project/album. I enjoyed it and do like having it as another option for listening to this specific type of music from this era, because I've already listened to all the A-tier stuff many times. I don't think it belongs on this list, but I enjoyed it and will listen to it again. 3.5

Another boring electronica album that I really didn't get much out of. Absolutely hated how blunt the lyrics were on The Rough and the Quick, which would have been one of the better songs here were it not for the vocals. The opening song was alright, but I wouldn't come back to anything else on this thing. 1.5/5, rounded down to 1.

BORRRRRRRINNNNGGGG!!!

On the surface this may seem like a bloated, badly mixed, bland electronic album, that makes poor use of it's samples - but if you look deeper you'll see tha it's had no impact nor relevance since it crawled out from the UK postelectronic womb directly into the grave of obscurity. On extended listen, I'll hand it to them for versatility. Through the tracklist I hear a number of very UK-centric genres: electronica, trip-hop, dance, drum'n'bass. Unfortunately though I get almost no understanding of the personality or style of the band. The final track They're Hanging Me Tonight (as well as parts of Alaska and Bella) is what pushes this up for me. 2/5

For me, all I hear are some random noises

I don’t like this style of music, I don’t understand why someone would listen to it for pleasure.

1.5 - weird but not bad

One of solid examples of the 2000s acid jazz / trip hop scene, but in a way just one of many.

553/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

Album 53 Top 3 favorites off the album: Alaska Street, Belladonna, Keeping Pigs Together House party music. I can think of the exact people I know who would put this on. To be clear, it is not clubbing music; it has that specific LED strip lights, weed and vape scented, light on above the kitchen sink in an apartment with carpeted floor in beige feeling. Generally speaking, I like that vibe. I prefer to listen to it with other people, though. Nothing huge to say about this.

Plutôt sympa, ça change, je sais pas trop comment décrire ce style ça fait un peu musique de jeu de course de voitures si vous voyez ce que je veux dire mdr Vibe un peu GTA

Sympa en musique d’ambiance Je pense que ça marche pour courir

J'étais enthousiaste au début et puis j'ai fini par me faire un peu chier

i have found throughout this list that i do quite enjoy trip hop??? (i say as i push aside gorillaz). this was a pleasant and quite head bopping album to listen to in the car

There is nothing mind-blowing about this album, but it has fairly decent sampling work throughout. For trip-hop, it isn't too bad.

Add another tick in the "Sounds Like I'm Listening to a Heist Movie" column.

A surprisingly middling debut from the rock legend himself. There are some all timers on here, but also some pretty forgettable tracks.

Just shitty noise. Happy Valentine’s Day I guess.

Groupe inconnu. Musique très répétitive, avec des morceaux souvent trop longs dans un album qui devient vite ennuyeux. Je l'ai laissé en musique d'ambiance en faisant autre chose à partir du 3eme morceau (il n'est pas désagréable). Pas de seconde écoute envisagée. =>2/5

this was a vibe in all fairness, good sample and good vibes all around

0 stars for relevancy, 2 stars for musical content. The verdict? Shite

Boring most of the time.

Well, to be honest, I really wasn't impressed with this album, especially since it's on a 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list. So first, let's give this band the respect they deserve. This is a breakbeat driven downtempo, acid jazz, and trip hop band that performed everything live and relied very little on electronic equipment to produce the sounds they were going for. On that merit alone, they were way ahead of a lot of artists making this style of music back then. Now on the flip side, listening to this album 25 years later, it fits just about every cliché imaginable from the late 90s and early 2000s trip hop and acid jazz scene. For someone like me who was listening to a lot of this type of music back then, this album sounds like your average run of the mill release from that era. Even the tracks with rapping have that stereotypical conscious hip hop flow from the early 2000s. Those MCs sound exactly like all the other MCs I was listening to back then. Like I said, this band was probably a lot of fun to see live back in the day, and this album was probably a very enjoyable listen for its time. But for me, it didn't really stand the test of time. It's very much trapped in the sound of the early 2000s, which is a sound I'm completely burned out on at this point.

I got into it on this mornings walk, but didn’t really hit any “highs”

Album #58 Red Snapper: Our Aim is to Satisfy If their aim was to satisfy, then they didn’t achieve their goal. I don’t know much about electronic music, but according to this list, neither does anyone else. Every electronic album on this list is completely obscure, overly indulgent, and entirely a waste of time. I do wonder if there will be any electronic albums that I’ve actually heard of, like Aphex Twin or Boards of Canada, because as it looks right now, there isn’t a single electronic album on this list I would actually return to. I did hit 12k trophies in Clash Royale while listening, though, so this album gets a bonus point. Best Songs: Alaska Street, Keeping Pigs Together, Don’t Go Nowhere Worst Song: The Rough and the Quick Score out of 10: 3

This was my first time hearing Red Snapper, and I think I really enjoyed it. Although I had to give it two full listens to be sure. It’s still growing on me a bit. That said, it would make fantastic soundtrack music. I’d definitely recommend it as background music for a chill gathering or relaxed hangout.

Hidden gem for sure. I love the sampling and drums on this. All good songs. The verse on The rough and the quick was too much for me but other than that great album.

It’s fine as background music.

Bit uneven but not an over represented genre. Pleasant enough in general and good musical impacts.

Pretty good vibes, better when there were no guest vocalists. A lot of electronica around in the 00s and not especially sure this offers much more than the rest. I recognise that it being live instruments, a double bass for instance being used is quite unique but there are other bands to do similar, Fingathing were one that comes to mind with double bass and DJ. Albums in the electronic category like these also come at the expense of losing other important albums in the genre or edge of the genre, so always feels a bit of a shame.

Meh

I'm sure when this came out - 25 years ago - it would have sounded futuristic. Now, it sounds really dated, generic, and thoroughly dull.

The penance I must pay for getting something really good two days ago, is the garbage I got yesterday, and somehow, someway, they found an even worse album today. Another one that really should be zero stars.

This was one of those albums that makes me wonder if it was added simply to fill out the list. I found this album had one or two decent songs on it but was mostly random electronic noises at times.

Background music for several B-Tier movies.

This album had some good beats

It’s giving action movie soundtrack, except more edgy

Boring.

No ta x

Vibes were so good on this one. Some questionable lyrics however

Liked slightly more than I expected to Fave song - the rough and the quick

I have a love/hate relationship with albums like this. I don't mind instrumental music and, more often than not, enjoy listening. However, in this setting, where I'm going through the task of experiencing all these albums, most of which I have never listened to, 5-6 min songs seem laborious. Even though I working, I still feel like, "Ok, I get the point of this song, next." but there's still 4 mins to go. 100% on me and the setting I'm in, which should not bear upon the artist.

Skip 'the rough and the quick' if family are with you. Apart from that it was pretty nice. Not sure there's anything to make me rush back, no solid hooks or vibes that got under my skin. But good background music, so long as guests aren't present, so, kinda meaningless.

"Shellback" was the standout, and the one that I'd listen to again. "Keeping Pigs Together", and "Don't Go Nowhere" had a nice groove to them. The rest were meandering and forgettable. And the ones with "guest" artists didn't do a thing for me at all.

Actually pretty good. Would work well if playing wipeout.

I don’t think I get it 3/5

Good

Good music and interesting. Lyrics rather incidental and mostly annoying.

As I’ve said before, I think that any album on the Warp Records label is worth a spin. This one is mostly instrumental with some nice jazzy beats, mixing traditional instruments such as the double bass and trombone with danceable electronica. I really enjoyed this album, but to be honest I wasn’t quite prepared for just how filthy the track “The Rough and the Quick” was - definitely not safe for work! Headphones-tastic!

Nice!

- Kan ikke se så meget godt ved det her album - Teksterne er kedelige (gentager det samme igen, og på en irriterende måde), har ikke noget imod instrumentalt musik, men det instrumentale er heller ikke spændende - Kan godt se potentialet i at blande elektronisk og jazz, og jeg synes det er lykkes okay i “Bussing” men det er virkelig ikke min smag

dig the experimentation, it still sounds modern today. never heard of acid jazz til now

Such a bland and forgettable album, coming from someone who loves instrumental records

It may be worth hearing, as the sounds are pretty and the concept interesting. But LISTENING is a tedious effort that reveals nothing of substance.

There are decent ideas here there but every song overstays its welcome with endless repetition. The woman vocalist is passable but the rapping is terrible. The darker songs just don’t work at all.

This record definitely has a time and place...

188/1089 VERY 2000s chill vibes, i’m so here for this. It had some… interesting moments. I’m not 100% sure how much i’d come back to this, it very much feels like background music in a nice way but there are other albums that sort of fill this niche for me faves: alaska street, belladonna, keeping pigs together, shellback, don’t go nowhere, bussing, i stole your car, they’re hanging me tonight 69/100

I feel conflicted rating these stupid British electronica albums this list is riddled with. They're not bad (with the exception of Darkdancer, which is so bad it's good), but they're just so unnecessary. I enjoyed listening to this, but I can't imagine anybody finding the solution to the meaning of life to this.

It’s been a lot of the same this week. This is ok.

klangteppich pur - die instrumentals besser als die tracks mit gesang.

Und man wartet, ob fängt das Lied an...

I do have a copy of the book, but I don’t remember this at all. Presumably it only made it into one edition, and it’s not hard to see why

Electronic music is so hit or miss for me. Largely, this sounds like a boring score to a boring movie, you know, a movie you can't really bring yourself to pay attention to, and the music just sort of drones... Anyway, its not offensive just not great. "The Rough and the Quick" is hilarious, and (actually really listenable) though! 2/5

3 albums left! Chat GPT gave me 5 arguments. I chose: ⭐⭐ 2 / 5 — “Interesting, but I won’t come back” You might land here if: You appreciate the groove and restraint, but it never quite clicks It feels like a time capsule rather than something alive The vibe is nice, but the album feels flat dynamically Your likely thought: “I respect it more than I enjoy it.”

This is...fine. But in no world is it essential listening. If I was in a better mood it might get 3 stars, but I'm not.

nice...

Nice jazzy electronic music, some good songs here and pretty good production but like only every other song was good

There’s more interesting background music out there

Big pile of 'meh'. Forgettable and honestly sounds like generic background music for a game or show.

This album is so flavorless I can't even tell what genre it's supposed to be.

I see how it was good for the time, but has t aged well

Bara nokkuð góð plata, eins og plata með instrúmental lögum sem eru að lágmarki 5 mínútur getur verið.

When the album summary is just “this album is on the list” I don’t have high hopes. Their aim was off. Just more repetitive generic music. Even the fun sex song wore out it’s welcome pretty quick. It didn’t make me viscerally angry so I’ll be nice and say 2 stars.

Started off so strong and then ??

Judging from the selection of records from the 2000s onwards that I have listened to so far, the creators of this list do not seem to have been particularly in touch with the pulse of the time - if at all. More than half of the selections from this period feel like odd ones out. Unfortunately, “odd one out” not in the sense of “this record flew under the radar at the time but gradually gained a cult following and is now considered a classic,” but rather in the sense of “wow, it’s surprising that someone even remembers this record, because it was never especially great and time has not been kind to it.” Most of the post-2000 album selections appear to have been included primarily because they carry a nostalgic appeal and; this is my slightly mean interpretation; because they echo the beloved classics the writers actually knew and loved. Our Aim Is To Satisfy is no exception: While it enriches the mid-90s Trip-Hop formula with slightly punchier electronics, later house-style vocal sampling (and perhaps very subtle jazz flourishes), the overall sound is far from revelatory. After all, this slick blend of acoustic and electronic elements, coupled with an overtly “night-time” aesthetic, was omnipresent around the turn of the millennium. (Thievery Corporation - while I personally do not enjoy their work - would arguably have been the more logical representative of this style.) Our Aim Is To Satisfy is a decent album (it was released on Warp, after all), and I do not regret listening to it, but I struggle to see any compelling reason for its inclusion here. Given the recent resurgence of Trip-Hop within left-field niches, including Red Snapper does carry a certain charm. However, there were many more successful - and frankly, better - acts and albums that could have been chosen instead.

Like this. Brings back memories from uni. Some great beats and good to listen to whilst working

I like electronic stuff but this is too heavy on the cheese

this one might have been crazy and innovative when it came out and when the book was authored, but it sounds masturbatory

Ooh fun album to listen to at work. I liked this, it is music for nighttime highway driving

2 out of 5. Dated with limited enjoyment.

Not a fan of this one tbh

Perfectly fine. This is like if the soundtrack to Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines if it took place in Brighton.

Fun vibe

Surprisingly good. It’s repetitive, but the repetitions are pretty nice. The atmosphere is great, and there’s a lot of variety. There’s a bunch of cool melodies, and occasional vocals also worked well. Wasn’t expecting to like this, but although there isn’t anything impressive about here, this album is quite enjoyable. 7/10

Oh oh no that was really bad wow. The Rough And The Quick was just so dumb.

I hate the term "nothingburger," but I can't think of another way to describe this album. Not a bad sound overall, but at this point in the list I've had several albums like this, and this a pretty boring example of the genre. Shellback was my favorite track. The Rough and the Quick was gross. Nothing else stood out.

this app gotta start recommending me albums with more than 2 words pls

Rubbish.

2 stars It was forgettable 90s euro techno style music with some acoustic components. Only moment that got me was “Belladonna,” a surprise little slow number towards the end. It wasn’t terrible to listen to but I otherwise didn’t care.

Is this album a Led Zeppelin joke? I know nothing of this, but it's giving Indie or Dance vibes. I was correct - this is a dance album, but more experimental and Indie than commercial and club-oriented. And what lyrics there are follow the saucy 'ooh matron' vibe of the artist and album name. The first song is pretty good and the rest are fine. Most songs are a tad overlong given the inherent repetitive nature of the genre, but not excessively so. It's not as bad as the one stare reviews or the overall average overall score would suggest - those reviews mostly by people who unironically enjoy Country 'music' - but I can't in good conscience give it a four to even the average out. It's a solid three star album, but nobody needs to hear it before, or after, they die.

This was alright. Pretty good. Not bad. Might be the first time I've heard the word clit used in a song, and I feel like that's a plus. 3.65

Maybe my understanding of early 2000 music has been calibrated correctly because this is EXACTLY what I expected. Was hoping to be proven wrong with catchier beats or a more unique sound.

v3ry nice

dobro, solidno, ali ipak ništa posebno. na kraju krajeva nije nešto što bih si pustio, ali mogu cijeniti unutar podžanra, šta god da je ovo

Not for me, you do you Will I listen to again: 0%

Kinda cool I guess (except for "The Rough and the Quick" WTF was that)

A collection of instrumental jams that are struggling to be mildly interesting. I'm not seeing the significance.

Liked some disliked some didnt really move me

Pretty annoying "experimental" music?

interesting...

Listening to this album, I'm wondering if this was the kind of sound played in UK clubs at the time. Hearing it on my phone while riding the train in Japan, it felt more like a film soundtrack than a set of distinct songs, and individual tracks didn’t really stick with me. Of course, all music is influenced by context, but this kind of sound feels especially dependent on its environment, which made it hard for me to fully engage with it.

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Some decent grooves and well produced, but I think I died of boredom 3/4 of the way through. I'm not much of an expert in this type of music, but it feels like a pale version of Massive Attack or Fatboy Slim to me.

không phải gu của tao, i enjoy music with lyrics. tổng các sound nhạc điện tử kì lạ và dài tận 57p

вайбово, сохранил, претензий нет. напомнило бьорк... (кто ставит 1, почувствуйте вайб)

Listened to this in the car on interruptive errands, didn't see the point in it. Luckily I gave it a sit down full second listen, the point was made. Love love love this.

Honestly a pretty cool and funky album. I wasn't expecting to like this, but I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I saw some reviews comparing it to Massive Attack and I can see the what they're getting at - it's electronic and vibey. I also saw someone call this 'heist movie music' and I think that's both funny and accurate for some of the tracks.

Pretty weird and cool vibe to this album. Definitely some songs I found myself really grooving to

Some interesting sounds and electronic noises to make some really cool beats. Some songs are ones I wouldnt revisit regularly but are still really neat. Others were replayable bangers such as Keeping Pigs Together and Bussing

Jedno słowo, cztery litery. Nuda. Nawet wikipedia nie zbyt wiele do powiedzenia o tej płycie. Ja mam jeszcze mniej. Jaki to w ogóle jest gatunek? Inny niż: muzyka do słuchania w tle, gdy chcesz wyłączyć mózg i odpłynąć jak Jedenastka w tym zbiorniku izolacyjnym. Chciałam dać 5/10, ale nie. Za takie muzyczne popłuczyny dam 4.5/10 równane w dół. Bo dość mam miałkości.

not sure what I'm listening to but not bad

Nothing particularly unique or interesting about this one... Fairly smooth, driving beats, but I fail to see the cultural significance, creativity or emotional intensity that grant other albums a place on this list.

This album was half chill, fun vibes and half annoying sounds and vocals repeated ad nauseam, but there are a few moments that absolutely shine. Like the last track, They’re Hanging Me Tonight. If the whole album sounded like this last track, I’d rate it quite a bit higher. I actually just went back through the track list again, and the tracks I had the most issues with were the ones featuring other “artist”. Seriously, cut out the 21 minutes of tracks with features and this actually would be a pretty tight and satisfying 36 minutes.

It's sometimes interesting, sometimes good, sometimes aggravating, sometimes annoying. "I Stole your Car" is probably the most interesting song, and what I like about fusion genres. Nothing on this album feels complete. It's a bunch of good ideas scrambled together. Sometimes they stretch nothing into a full song, sometimes they cram too much in. I can't call it good, but it's not boring.

Pretty nice Trip Hop music. This is not my favourite style but it’s ok to listen to.

Not sure why this is on this list. It probably wouldn't make my best 3001 list. Pretty generic trip hop. I couldn't finish it but nothing new or interesting but just okay.

A few good ones, but barely worth your time.

Well that was pretty solidly uninteresting. It should likely be a 3, but I've had a shit week when it comes to albums.

solid 3, good stuff

Pretty good. Chill

More electronic music. Okay.

3,5

Waste of time, some kiddo starting with the electronic music in garage band

Feels like a low budget Steven Soderburgh film. Vaguely intriguing background atmosphere, not an album I'd revisit. Shellback is a pretty good track.

This is why I'm doing this challenge. Never heard of the record or the band and I loved this. Lots of late 90s/early 2000s trip-hop beats like Massive Attack/Tricky/Portishead.

Not commanding my full attention but has some fleeting moments

This definitely satisfied. Very good record.

There's just no scenario in which I need to listen to this music

so fucking good actually

TRASH

I've never heard of Red Snapper but it's pretty good. I like how it feels like it's played on instruments while still being electronic music Standouts Alaska Street 4/5

Spy movie ass music 3/5

Prob won’t be added to my playlist anytime soon. Just not my taste.

Rätt simpelt men precis på rätt sida av helt ok. Skön rytm. Det låter som ett soundtrack. Men mer ok än tidigare liknande varianter. Igen, på gränsen till 3:a!

Bitvis tycker jag denna var rätt bra. Gillar mycket av det instrumentella och akustiska som till och från gav sköna Portishead- och Massive attack-vibbar. Låtar som Keeping pigs together och Don’t go nowhere, samt några på slutet är bra. Den tidstypiska ”rapen” som dyker upp hade man förstås kunnat klara sig utan. Genomgående trevlig lyssning även om det inte är nåt som verkligen sticker ut. Stabil trea.

Certainly see the appeal. However the album does not hit me over the course of multiple songs

Bso atmosférica para el día a día. Si es un día lluvioso mejor.

Konemusa ei ole minun kuppini teetä, mutta tämä on jollain tapaa menevää.

I love the name and how it can be interpreted like they want to satisfy their listeners if taken alone or like a hive mind mantra "Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper." I expected this to be more like electronica than it is, and I actually find it much more interesting than I do electronica. I enjoyed this and would listen again. Acid jazz is pretty cool. 3.5/5 but I reserve the right to raise this score on future listens.

halfway

Garbage. Or as the Brits would say, rubbish.

Giving credit to where credit is due, from my understanding of how Red Snapper operates, the synthesized sound they create on their tracks is purely instrumental and is not computerized. That being said, I would have no issue listening to this while at the gym or out for a run, but I’m never going to seek out when and where their next gig is. It’s fine as background music (except for maybe The Rough and the Quick) but that’s about it.

This definitely started out as video game music and I was very worried. But it mellowed nicely mid-album and finished with some strong chill-out tracks. The instrumental vibes were a solid foundation with nice grooves and soundscapes but the vocals add nothing but annoyance. A good album for driving long distances or having on in the background while working around the house. If your paying attention to it, it will disappoint, but if you let it wash over you gently, there’s something to be said for it, especially the second half.

Pointless nonsense

Better than bad, but otherwise anonymous. Standard beep boopery from the early 2000s and I certainly never needed to hear it, but not mad I did. Actually, the last two songs are great. Shame about the first 9.

I don't think this album deserves as much hate as its been getting in the reviews here, though I appreciate that music without lyrics can be looked down upon, especially in this genre with many considering it "not real music". Looking at the album cover felt like a big part of the experience with this one, as you can imagine a plethora of action/urban scenarios unfolding to this. Digging up the commentary from the 1001 Albums book for this, it states that the albums inclusion is largely because of it's attempt to create something new by bringing in various genres such as dub, acid jazz and disco beats; not everyone understands experimental music, regardless of whether traditional instruments or technology is used. Admittedly, the album shines brightest when lyrics are introduced. "Shellback" became an instant favourite, with lyrics delivered in a seductive voice and backed by heavy acid beats which feel very reminiscent of the early 2000s where this album was released. "The Rough and the Quick" is probably one of the better sexually explicit songs I've heard, with most being a rapper parading their self-inflated egos around for 4+ minutes. The scratchy vinyl sounds, repetitive bass and guitar really delivers the spy/heist visualization. "I stole your car" had great and playful energy and sits almost starkly amongst all other tracks on the album. "Belladonna" was simply gorgeous, with it's dreamy beats and xylophone. Overall, this is another album I enjoyed, but can understand where it's criticisms come from, as this genre is notorious for often repeating 1-2 fixed sounds throughout a track overlaid on a mix of harmonies that can come off simply as a garbled mess of noise.

Olipaha tärinää

Tää ei oikein lähtenyt vaikka muutama hyvä rytmi löytyikin, silti ⭐️⭐️

Ihan jees taustamusaa!

Massive Attack, Aphex Twin, Red Snapper... wait hold on, Red Snapper who? Not heard of them before, but Im happy I did now. What great music, and an awesome record.

This was pretty cool. Definitely early 2000s electronic music, but I didn't find it annoying or uninteresting.

Une bonne écoute! J'ai bien aimé! Ça me faisait penser à un mix de Massive Attack et de Radiohead, avec du hip-hop. Belle découverte!

listened to this one as it was intended: my car was playing it on the inside while i spent a half hour getting all the snow and stuff off. on my second listen, though, i was just a little lost, like, why is this album on this list? but The Rough And The Quick is hilarious and Belladonna is a great vibe, "They're Hanging Me Tonight" is a great title too lmao 2.5?

Pleasantly surprised with this album considering that it was a recent release and the low monthly listeners. I wish the album had more instrumental than vocal tracks, I found the vocals more distracting than complementing. I really wanted to give the album a 3, but the second half dragged it to a 2 for me.

It’s night driving. It’s intellectual. It’s soothing. I like it!

Their aim was to satisfy, and yet I felt nothing. I just think that there was really nothing on this album that left an impression on me.

this shit is not “Bussing” but it does sound… sort of interesting I guess

This one was another one that was pleasant to have on in the background, but any amount of active listening to this left me bored. It's quite a vibe for work when i'm typing away though. i didn't dislike it, but i also didn't like it too much. i will probably never listen to it again.

Video game title menu music I didn’t despise this album and there were plenty of parts I enjoyed. However, once they’d been repeated non-stop for 6 minutes, I was over it. 2-2.5

At no point did I feel adequately satisfied. At times I found myself thinking that I would be embarrassed to be playing this music out loud. There were some good beats here and there, though ("Bussing" stood out).

Inoffensive but too long. There’s also the slight wrinkle of there being a non-zero chance that I didn’t actually listen to the whole album because it all just kinda sounds the same.

Really enjoy this downtempo and grimy era of electronic music. A few bangers, a few duds on this one. The range of house, hip-hop, and more ambient stuff along with the solid use of samples is probably what landed them on this list.

Fairly boring.

I'm sure this is good but I don't think I'll ever like electronic music that much. I enjoyed Shellback.

I vibe with this...sorta? There are better electronic albums that aren't on this list, so I slightly resent it for that.

I guess I have to listen to these sounds while stuck in traffic as my cosmic penance for eating red snapper. Belladonna was kind of nice though

sounds like a track suit, addidas shell toes, a pack of newports, and an affinity for parkour

Interesting on paper but the execution is off. There's many interesting sounds and pieces of instrunentation, but the songs are mostly too overstuffed with ideas. Sometimes less is more and this album can be a lot.

I’m honestly not sure why this one made the list. Red Snapper’s whole niche is that live-instrument trip-hop/jazz hybrid—upright bass, breakbeats, noir-ish atmospheres—but here it feels strangely hollow. The record is sparse in a way that doesn’t build tension; it just drifts. Nothing really anchors itself in memory, and even after a full listen I’m left with no strong impressions—good or bad, which might be worse. And digging around doesn’t help: even the usual historical signposts are missing. The Wikipedia entry is thin, critics didn’t seem to rally around it, and there’s no compelling narrative that explains why this album is supposed to matter. It’s not offensive or incompetent—just weightless.

Musically is a 2. But no reason to be on this list. So I give it a one for wasting my time.

Tämähän oli mieleinen! Tämmöstä downtempoa lisää 4/5

melko epätasainen ja kummallinen kokoelma. alkupuolen ahdistus siirtyy kiimaklubille ja lopussa muutama aidosti kaunis raita, erit. Belladonna. kokonaisuutena 2/5

Ambient electronic turn of the millennium trip-hop with a side order of acid jazz. Think Massive Attack with more of a groove. Listening music, not dancing music. You're either going to find it an odd but interesting album or you'll consider it a bunch of aimless guff over a two bar drum loop. Best enjoyed with a good set of headphones and some quality weed.

This grooved and jived, dance was mandatory

Red Snapper sure is an interesting band name. And I hate to be negative, but their aim to satisfy didn't pan out. I mean, yes, this album was different from many other electronic albums. They incorporate hip hop and, at times, shoegaze. But it was just too forgettable.

At the very least, I was intrigued to hear music from a band and album that barely even has any Wikipedia presence -- this is often a bad sign. In reality, this was fine. Apparently, Red Snapper is known for acid jazz, and while that's not the primary genre of this album, I can hear those influences across these songs. This is funkier than a lot of other albums of this heavy electronic genre, I feel like I've heard plenty of examples of this type of music on 1001, and they're always just okay. Just when I thought this album was going to lull me into a mid-afternoon slump, "The Rough and the Quick" hit with some very horny lyrics. More power to her, I suppose. This is probably right down the middle at a 2.5 for me, but I don't think I cared for it enough to round it up to a 3.

This seems to be one of those albums included due to the author's own personal taste. This oozes that Y2K-branded Brit-pop fusion of hip hop, rock, and electronica, etc. Honestly the bass lines are pretty sick throughout, but I'm not a fan of the songs they're serving. The 5+ min track lengths that don't go anywhere and all sound pretty similar are tiring, albeit maybe better served for background music or maybe a movie soundtrack. That is, the hooks are not enough to keep sustained interest, and there is so much thrown in, your ears get exhausted. What I hate most is the Donald Duck voice.

Not among the trip-hop GOATs, but a solid one to work to. I’m glad this genre is pretty well represented here. Strong strong 3

There is nothing here that should put this album on this list. 1 star or F.

Started as very generic English electronica, but got more interesting as the album went on. Not stellar, but it saved it from a 1 star rating.

decent

goddamn this got me movin

Meh, i usually love electronic but this wasnt the vibe

This was made better with the weird, hour-long, AI-made financial advice stuck in the middle of the YouTube playlist

Enjoyable background music. Seems odd to give it 4 but I’d definitely listen to this again.

Day685 - the song names are way more fun than they should be

Solid background vibes. I love a mellow acid jazz situation.

Electronica that sounds like decent background noise for a bar. I like the authentic sounding drums and bass, but there's not enough hooks elsewhere in the mix and the rhythms aren't interesting enough to carry the songs either.

Another album I'd have never heard if it wasn't for this list. Neither this band nor this album were on my radar at all. I'm glad I listened to it, but I probably wouldn't listen to it again. It's got a good groove, but it's not my genre of choice.

This surprised me a bit. I was not expecting it to be so “punchy”? (If that’s the right word) I enjoyed it though, some good grooves and some good vibes.

Fyrsta lagið, já takk. Hin mun síður, þakka pent. Ekki óþolandi, og mögulega getur eitthvað vanist vel, en þið haldið þó ekki að ég nenni að bíða eftir því.

странные ребята. иногда внезапно хорни (или мне приснилось?). не моя музыка (для фона не работает т. к. иногда настойчиво начинают повторять одно и то же), но и не отвратительно...

Acid jazz electronica from 2000 - it's an ok background music as it is instrumental and quite atmospheric for a late night listen. Still, it's not something I would revisit and I wonder again why it is on the list.

Didn't expect much going in, first two tracks reminded me of something out of the early 2000's movie Human Traffic where I'm British, rounding up my friend for a rave party. Third track Shellback was phenomenal. About a minute in, it turns into a banger. Every track with MC Det was a let down. Favorite tracks: Shellback, The Rough and Quick, Alaskan Street The Rough and the Quick put me through a loop Overall, very original, sounding fairly fresh considering it came out in the year 2000 *Conan O'Brien's voice* IYKYK Super high 3, not quite. 4 3/5 Stars

No me ha llamado la atención

Funny how much interesting music I missed out on in my youth from just plain lack of exposure. I would have loved this back then, to.

Another new to me album and band. Laid back. Groovy music, I enjoyed the instrumental songs the most.

Just tries way to hard to be something cool, it ends up being quite irritating 1.5*

This album starts very well with a track that sets a very dark and eerie tone which gets ruined by the following tracks. It goes from a nice cold atmosphere to very uninteresting, boring and very repetitive songs that can feel long and tiresome. 'Some Kind of Kink', 'Shellback' and 'The Rake' feautre these very annoying vocal chops or samples which are hard to listen to. 'I Stole your Car' and 'The Rough and the Quick' have some very repetitive vocal melodies with the last one getting absurdly obnoxious. From 'Alaska Street' to the end of the project, it gets very decent. The mentioned song has a nice chord progression which is followed by some beautiful and relaxing horns in the next track, 'Belladonna'. Overall, a very inconsistent album, but I'm not giving it a bad score because I think the electronic base of the worst tracks are a bit decent.

Gave up after a couple of songs On the instrumentals I longed for some vocals to hold the (not uninteresting) soundscapes together Once the vocals arrived I longed for silence

I liked - most of this. There were a few they could have left off, but it was good background music to do some Photoshop work to. Will check out more of them after listening to this.

Not satisfied at all. Nothing in this is actually interesting, it's just kinda boring, shock value noise.

The most interesting thing about this is that it had a song with a woman begging for sex ("The Rough and Quick"). The rest of it is just vapid electronic music with occasional rapping. It appears to have been completely forgotten; exactly the opposite of an album you must hear before you die. It is nothing; it made no impact. Ergo, it deserves the lowest of all possible ratings; the fabled 1 star reserved for only the worst of albums.

The Good: One can not ask for better intentions from a band than to Satisfy… The Bad: The aim of the band is way off! The Ugly: The reputation of a red snapper took a nose dive… Not my thing… Did I mention that this is not my thing? Not my thing… And to think that I really liked the album art… 2* just because of that… and the name of the band… thought I should remove a point for the terrible aim… conflicted...

4/10

Why is this on the list? I appreciate the real instruments, but this music does nothing for me.

Takie se. Nie jest złe, ale na pewno nie jest to coś co trzeba usłyszeć przed śmiercią. Brzmi jakby mogło lecieć w tle składanek lo-fi. 2

Var sjovt men weird, en oplevelse

Very good!

Was very much taken surprise by the randomly explicit song, so much so that it actually made me laugh. In general, this is just very British trip hop/electronica, and there is already so much of that on this list. That being said, I didn't hate it, and it was a good enough soundtrack for a long drive, but I also don't think it needs to be on this list.

I am a fan of electronic music, but this is bunch of electronic chaos which doesn't bring any positive emotion or feeling, no recollection. I only was frustrated.

Better than Coldplay

Best Track - "The Rake"

Vocal loops got old really fast

Like a lot! Feels like perfect music to code to. But some songs are jarring and don’t necessarily flow. I’ll return to this one

I’m so don’t with electronic music atp

The 90s - gone are the days of hallucinogen fueled psych rock bands, in are the minimalistic electronic experiments. For what it's worth, I really don't hate the simplicity of this album. It doesn't try to shock and awe (except for that one song) and instead provides ample breathing space to quietly float along at its own pace. That said, I bet DVD menu designers were crawling over themselves to license some of these songs. All in all it's pretty good. Deserving of a proper co sidered listen.

This feels like what a would-be tough kid would want people to feel as they walk through in the hallways and they creepily stare at people

I normally enjoy these ambient instrumental records but this one, not so much. I was put off by The Rough And The Quick. It was far too thirsty - the musical output I’d expect from a horny teenager - and honestly ruined the whole vibe of the album for me.