Our Aim Is To Satisfy

A pretty obscure album, so much so that I don't think Spotify has the album title correct. But ended up being a fine album. Nothing that I feel I need to come back for though. 5/10

Not for me.

2000 album that felt like a late 90's club music. Very receptive and get into a grove. Solid to drive to. Early syths

Not really sure why I need to listen to this before I die? Two and one half stars.

Solid sound.

Never heard of them before. Sometimes reminded me a bit of the later Massive Attack releases, but in contrast to MA, I can't remember anything I've heard after finishing the album.

Not for me

Decent electronic music. Not my favorite, though. 3/5

Im glad, i hold off listening to this album. I enjoyed it more than i thought.

I seem to be getting alot of electronic trance music at the moment. This one is fine but I fear blends into all the rest I've had recently

New band to me. Shit name though. First track had lots of promise and reminded me of DJ Shadow/UNKLE/RJD2 etc. and also made me think the first track belonged in a Guy Ritchie film. However, quality and my interest declined markedly after first track.

Electronicoso y divertido. No creo volver a él ni entiendo porque está en la lista, pero no me la pasé mal.

Nice ideas throughout but overall quite forgettable

Giving it a 2, it's cool to hear and enjoy something totally unknown and always like anything dub-adjacent. The first half is much stronger than the second though, feels like it drags on a bit

Never heard of it before, didn't find it particularly memorable and doubt I'll listen again - not bad enough for a 1

Found this blended into background music and was quite forgettable. I don’t think I’ll be listening again

Good a bit repetitive trip hop jazz album

An excellent example of acid jazz electronica by a band I genuinely had no knowledge of prior to listening to this album. I am not sure it merits being on the list, but if I have not heard of it and I listen to this genre I can imagine this album did not influence much in the scene and therefore probably doesn't merit an inclusion. Having said that it was a treat even if it overstayed its welcome by the last couple of tracks.

Wtf

Apparently, Red Snapper, are a Nu Jazz / Acid Jazz / Trip Hop band, which put me off slightly, but I quite liked the album which is good for chilling.

Amount of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Tool, They Might Be Giants, Weezer, Mountain Goats, MCR, Blink-182 albums on this list: 0 Amount of British EDM albums on this list: 10+ (so far) Like, alright dude, we all have our favorite genres and I get that you like this one, but at a certain point you kinda have to sit back and be like “am I being objective about this?” What did this album offer that other, better EDM albums had not? Just include Aphex Twin and the Chemical Brothers and be done with it.

It was okay. I think need to give the tracks another listen before I decide to remove them from my playlist.

Not at all satisfied.

Funky

..

Not bad for trip hop. It's doing the "simple riff repeated to death" style of most trip hop from this ear, but I happen to like most of the riffs and bass lines, so I enjoyed this a decent amount. 2.8/5

Was fine, but just not my thing. Definitely feels like a 90s album though. 2.49/5

Meh, I thought it would be good, that's on me

Never heard this before, which is surprising. I used to have a dodgy burnt copy of Reeled And Skinned ep collection which I liked. Ok trip hop stylings. Very 2000s. Haven't listened to these guys since back in the day. There's better music from this era. Three stars.

Usually inn to repetitive jazz influenced beat stuff like this, but didn’t feel this one too hard. What I typically like about this kind of music is getting rewarded with an interesting melodic or vocal section in the track after head nodding to minutes of loops, but that didn’t really happening too much here.

I enjoyed the second half of this album more than the first. Beginning seemed more basic but more interesting choices came later. 2.75/5

I enjoyed this, I've never heard of them before and it was really good

Like most of these atmospheric electronics albums on here, it was fine, but nothing memorable.

Not for me

I thought this was one of those albums where I don't mind the music but it's just so forgettable for whatever reason

Extremely competent if a little shaky in some rare places

A bit to close to MA for me

Been doing this a month now and this is the first band I’ve never heard of, so had no idea what to expect going in (from the cover I expected a Bloc Party style indie band). I was surprised to hear a pretty decent trip-hop album. You have to be incredibly good at this sort of thing for a whole album to have staying power for me, and this just didn’t do it. Some really nice beats and drum work on this, but not one I’ll be returning to. That track with all the vocal samples about shagging was cringe as hell.

yes good 4/5

Nice fun background listen. Nothing super stood out but it was good.

Some good sounds and beats, but hit and miss track list. Some songs are great and others pretty annoying to listen to, they shouldnt all be 5 minutes long. Still, very atmospheric music that really fits the cover with great opener and closing tracks.

ez viszont nagyon izgalmas volt 😎

Middle of the road electronic music. Nothing notable or special about it at all.

It was such a monumental release that they didn't release another album for 11 years on a different record label. Sounds bitchy but just stating the facts. The music tries to be mysterious and funky but ends up being dull and repetitive, coming off like a third rate Massive Attack.

The only thing the Wikipedia says about this album is… “ Our Aim Is to Satisfy is a 2000 studio album by the band Red Snapper. It is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.” Which kinda tells you everything you need to know. That said I thought this was OK

It snapped enjoyable but better out there.

Unsatisfactory. Just seemed to get stuck and didn't really go anywhere, ok as generic background sounds but didn't really stand up to an active listen.

Lovely groaning funky bass, samples and dirty electronic stuff.

Just another ex-1001 album!™ http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex Red Snapper, a band is never heard of, and doubt will ever hear about again. This album was fine to have on in the background whilst pottering around the kitchen.

"Listen, we're supposed to hang you tonight, but the rules say you can listen to any of the 1001 albums you didn't get to first if you want." "What's next up?" "Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper." "No, that's ok." music: hated. (⌐■_■)

C’mon man

Very different. Middle of the album flowed very well, however the start and the finish sounded out of place. Good to listen to when doing work.

Couple ok songs, the rest are forgettable minutes after listening.

Why am I being told to listen to this?

I did not need to listen to this album before I died. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 1/5

Some of these songs are interesting, but overall the album is trying too many different things. It would be stronger if it picked and stuck to a lane.

This album lacks consistency. There are a few instrumental songs towards the end that were really fun to dissociate to, but other than that… Also, the horny song has a repeating yelp sound that sounds exactly like my cat crying for help. I went running to find her when I was listening to it.

The Rake slaps. This is electronic music that can double for dance or trance.

Back in the late nineties/early oughts we had stuff like Boards of Canada and DJ Shadow and some of us thought this is how all music is gonna sound like in the future. Instead we got chill lo fi hip hop beats to study and relax to. This album feels very much of that time. It has all of the same tropes, with the use of acoustic instruments, a lot of variation in beats, some liquid vocals, low fi snares. It’s all there. It’s fine I guess. No idea what it’s doing on this list so I guess this is two stars.

⭐️⭐️ i feel similarly to this as I did to albums like Play by Moby: it's very repetitive and the sound gets old fast. in fact, i think i enjoyed this less. it's obvious they were going for a similar sound to Massive Attack or Portishead, kind of a trip hop vibe. some tracks had potential but were just dull. others were just odd, like wtf was with that weird alien-sounding noise on The Rake?? this is yet another obscure/subpar UK music from the 90s and 00s that no one's ever heard of being listed as music we should "listen to before we die." i'll stick to massive attack and portishead, they do it much better

Yeah, this definitely sounds like it came out in the year 2000. I'm just not into Electronica.

This is pretty boring. I really wanted to like this. But there’s no soul here. It’s very empty. It’s not dancey. The vocal samples are tedious and repetitive. There’s just no hook.

Fav: Don’t Go Nowhere Least Fav: Some Kind Of Kink Massive Attack if they went crazy experimental + a little sprinkle of Portishead in that one song

I saw "acid jazz" in the artist's Wikipedia description and I got excited for a moment prior to listening. I guess this wasn't totally what I was expecting. I tend to equate acid jazz with the hip-hop side of things (A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, etc.), so perhaps that would explain my feelings here. Not that this was a bad album per se, most of it was easy to listen to with its funky, groovy instrumentals. Some of the tracks run a bit too long, as is the case with most atmospheric and instrumental music. There are some vocal-led tracks but once again, plenty of repetitive sampling there. Not super memorable.

Not my usual genre but very enjoyable

This is cool. But when there's a really repetitive vocal sample and I can't work out what it's saying it drives me mad. I'm sure one of them was about Steve Martin??

Sick beats

Every now and then, I'm introduced to an artist I've not come across before, and I find something I like. This is one of those such times!

Sterile and semi-boring. Don't remember a ton about it. 1.5/5

Interesting but somewhat repetitive. Lots of funky drummer with electronic dance vibes. I was grooving, but not earth shattering

Not bad. Not great.

Mid electro

This kind of reminds me of Basement Jazz, and had I heard this contemporaneously with that band, this album would probably have a nice warm fuzzy of nostalgia from me. I probably would have played the shit out of this in the early oughts. That said, I'm into this, but I'm not sold on its inclusion in a list of 1001 albums to hear before you die. 3

Really good, really weird!

Did not satisfy. 1.63

Really impressive evolution of the Trip-Hop sound born in the 90s, blending in House and Jazz elements for a really surprising listen, that doesn't really go stale given the 57 minute runtime. The bass and drums are prominent throughout and always interesting. A nice paveway between Portishead and early Bonobo. Best Tracks: - Don't Go Nowhere - I Stole Your Car - Belladonna Worst Tracks: - Some Kind Of Kink Rating: 7/10

Mostly enjoyed this album, especially the parts which were clearly influenced by dub and trip-hop. Not a perfect project though - there are some weaker tracks which haven't stood the test of time as well

The last thing this list needs is another electronica album. There’s not enough crystal in the world to make me enjoy any of it. This particular one benefits from me having never heard it before and therefore tire of it.

Another one of these terrible electronic records. There is nothing interesting here whatsoever in my opinion. I’d love to know the reasoning behind including this one.

Good electric album

kinda fun but whats even going on here?

If it was 2000 and a friend invited a few people back to their flat to hang out after the club and put this on in the background, I bet it would sound fantastic. I listened to it in 2025 while cleaning my kitchen, so it probably lost something.

Good vinyl to have

It’s not bad, but I’m never going to listen to it again. It goes on way too long, but it didn’t totally bore me or make me irrationally angry so it’s a low three, I think.

Much less dated sounding than expected

stylish 2000s movie soundtrack

Started off interesting, if a little antiseptic. Really tailed off at the end.

Noty cup of tea

Sounded like the part in CSI or NCIS montage of them examining the body. Unremarkable but some songs slapped a little.

Amazed they got Donald Duck to appear on one of the tracks..

Pretty great trip hop album, it's got the exact mix of atmosphere and inventive uses of beats and other instrumentals to make it a nice vibe for it's 50 mins. I usually love this stuff but it makes me happy to explore other albums in the genre that aren't the usual suspects

Decent. Wee bit long and dragged towards the end.

Regular album, no highlights for me.

Extraordinary, sophisticated but not snobbish.

Tolerable, not my style at all, not something I would ever choose to play

# The Rough and the Quick - LOL! Soooo repetative, it must be what OCD feels like?

Left me feeling a little unsatisfied Propellerheads would have been a better addition IMO https://open.spotify.com/album/5xbDEJ9xCamw1OSOjaTdzV?si=xPVbNegWQMCT8UGbwTkA3Q

Disjointed meh

Forgettably groovy grooves.

Trip hop album from a group I've never heard of, and could hardly find this album anywhere. I am digging this though, it's got a real DJ Shadow feel. Though once again I'm puzzled with how this made the list. Nice music to work to. 2.6/5

What is special about this? Not much. Oh, one of the songs has sexually explicit lyrics out of the blue.

Fundamentally annoying, but up to more interesting things than most of the electronica included on here

Started with some promise, got bored quickly. Background music.

Yet another post rave spliff album. This is categorically NOT an album I needed to hear

No estoy del todo convencido

Enjoyed this.

I’m starting to think that the author of “1001 albums to hear before you die” is a massive electronica fan and wants to subject as many people to it as he can. It’s the only reason I can think as to why there is so much electronic shit on this list. Because who in the fuck would know about Red Snapper? And of course, it’s almost a hour and pretty much acts as background noise. It’s not the worst album, but like… what about this was so groundbreaking to be put here? I put this on during my ride home from work. Do you know how many other songs I could have put on instead? Do you think having the phrase “I want the kind of night that I read about” repeated over and over before being told to lick someone’s clit is vital hearing material? Actually, don’t answer that. Just let this album stay in the year 2000 where it belongs. Favorite track: The Rough and the Quick (out of sheer irony, but because of quality) Other hits: Belladonna, maybe. I got almost nothing else.

Well, that was a whole lot of nothing. Normally I don't like to be that blunt right off the bat, but, wow, there just wasn't... **Anything** there for me to get invested in. Not even the vocal on one song that sounded like Donald Duck with a cold could do too much for me. There's a person in my group who talks about this "the first minute is the whole song" trope. Now, I'll admit, I was reading some crossover fanfiction as I was listening to this album, so maybe my attention was too diverted to notice any deep intricacies, but seriously, that trope applies to this whole album. Every time my focus wandered back to the music, I had to check what song was playing and how far I was into it, 'coz for all I knew I could still be at the very beginning of the first song. And, y'know, I can forgive repetition if the song at least evolves and morphs over time, but there ain't no "Around The World" or "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" here. Honestly, there were parts where I had to wonder if they were just looping the same bar of music over and over again. The album's length sure didn't help either. 57 minutes. Why did it have to be 57 minutes? Lemme bring back an idea I've discussed in a lot of my early reviews that I haven't brought up lately: CD bloat. The fact that once CDs became the dominant form of releasing music over vinyl records; once artists lost the limitation of 23 minutes per record side, they suddenly felt like they had to include every idea they could because... Well, they had the room. Who was going to stop them? And this isn't as egregious as some other cases; this is at least under an hour and not aiming for the full 73 minutes... But I still hafta ask: **none of this** could be cut? Not a single second? We **had** to have "The Quick And The Dirty"? Or, like, a bunch of these songs that're barely distinguishable from each other? All of this was supposed to be worth my time? Really? Like, I gotta wonder who exactly they were aiming to satisfy here. Me? Well, obviously not; no one makes music specifically for me except me. I'm not **that** much of an egotist. Was it clubgoers, then? I mean, like that's the most discerning audience in the world. As long as there's a good boom-down beat, I'm sure clubgoers could dance to anything. So, like, was it just themselves, then? 'Coz I've been going back and forth on whether the band's name is supposed to be a part of the album title or not, and... Y'know, I don't wanna go out claiming the band is like that, even as much as I didn't like their music. It just wouldn't surprise me, from the way it looks, if we really were supposed to read it as "Our Only Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper" is all. I really can't remember the last time I got so little out of an album, yet so much to complain about. 'Coz, like, I had no expectations for this album, so I shouldn't be too offended that all I got out of it was acid jazz/trip hop mush. What did I even want out of it in the first place? I suppose jus'... Something more than this. Honestly, it doesn't even make for good wallpaper. Even Les Rhythmes Digitales, who I actively thought I was gonna go after for making faux-French house music, did a better job at it. And as I've been writing this, I've been debating with myself if I really wanted to slap this thing with a 1 or not. Unlike every other rating I give out (check my 150 4's), I don't just wanna throw those around willy-nilly. An album actively has to do something to get under my skin to justify that. Either the artist has to be so shitty, where I have so little respect for them, that I can't justify keeping the album at the 2 it'd otherwise get (Kid Rock, Koffi Olomide); or I have to find the album just that unlistenable for my sensibilities (MAXINQUAYE was too boring; PSYCHOCANDY was too much of a noisy mush). I really hafta be honest with myself in asking if this album really bothered me that much or not. Was there really **nothing** redeemable about it? Yeah. No. No quarter. There wasn't. I'm slapping this thing with a 1. This album is a box. I could have chosen to spend my time with anything else; anything that I'm already familiar with, but I chose to take a chance on finding out what was in the box. And inside the box... Well, if I may quote the scene from UHF I thought of upon seeing the band's name: "NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!"

There's honestly not much to say, asides from this just being some nice tunes from the WARP label. Solid 4 Stars.

I’m genuinely at a 4. Look, from the get-go, my expectations were a little low – 2000 trip-hop album, with a barebones Wikipedia page, a 2.7 rating on the website, and a Spotify page that includes the band’s name in the title of the album. With such little care or reverence, it felt like I shouldn’t give a shit. And yet, for whatever reason, this aligned directly with a lot of my VGM sensibilities in a way that’s hard to describe – the first track on this album gave me “technopop Silent Hill” energy, and I think that soundscape carrying itself through a lot of this album, on a very slow buildup to a purely manic final track in “They’re Hanging Me Tonight” just really clicked for me. There’s not actually a cohesive narrative here at all; this is just 11 tracks with varying degrees of trip-hop and techno soundscapes meant to evoke the feeling of say, Y2K or The Matrix. And yet, I only really found myself annoyed by one track in “Shellback”. From Track 5 onward, this album just found a groove for me that slides right into all of my VGM sensibilities – the awkward choppy rap samples & the helium-infused alien version of Donald Duck on “The Rake”, the completely out of left field explicit lyrics (which simply made me laugh) and MVC2 / fighting game vibes of “The Rough & The Quick”, the heavier bass & machinery feel of “Bussing”, the Plok!-esque SNES feel to “Alaska Street”, the dynamic ambience of “Belladonna”, and the eerie “church organ at a fucked up cult” vibes from “They’re Hanging Me Tonight”. Each track had something new to offer, and while I’m sure it’s easy to scrutinize the compositions themselves (there’s definitely some form of “the first minute is the whole song” to most of them that my ears didn’t catch), I was just in a zone that I really liked being in. Look, if you hate this sort of soundscape, it’s an album that’s definitely a 2, or even a 1. For how much I managed to enjoy it, I’ll give it a pretty generous 4. Does it deserve to be on the list? Eh, no, probably not – there’s a number of albums that could’ve made it over this one, and I’m still stunned beyond belief that albums like No Jacket Required, Demon Days, and The Colour & The Shape aren’t on the list. However, I think I’m glad that it is, if only because it’s music that fits a niche that would be criminally unrecognized without being on here. There might be albums that do this better on the list, and for all I know, this genre & style could be criminally over-recognized on the list (as in, I will go to the author’s house and confront him in a criminal way (this is a joke)). Overall, I did like it, and I like it enough to give it a 4, even if I might regret it in the future.

Good in parts

Fun and jazzy sometimes but didn't catch my attention

Pretty nice. Might listen to it again.

Not really satisfying

Keeping Pigs Together and Alaska Street are interesting songs. Rest just ok really 2/5

Pretty boring overall, though I did like the first and last tracks. Favorite: They’re Hanging Me Tonight

No los había escuchado, pero no me han impresionado.

Доста зле

Almost entirely instrumental. Some small hints of hip hop near the middle and gets a little more EDM-esque near the end. But a great vibe when you need to think or listen to something to help you focus.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy begeistert mit groovigen Beats und innovativen Sounds – ein Muss für alle, die Musik abseits des Mainstreams suchen!

Pleasantly surprised by this album. I'd never heard of them so I had no clue what to expect from them musically. They're electronic, yes, but I also hear the swing revival that happened in the late 90's early 00's, along with a bit of reggae. A few of the songs were tedious, but mostly I enjoyed this album.

01) Keeping Pigs Together - 7,5 02) Some Kind of Kink - 7,0 03) Shellback - 6,5 04) Don't Go Nowhere - 7,5 05) The Rake - 7,0 06) The Rough and the Quick - 6,5 07) Bussing - 6,5 08) I Stole Your Car - 7,0 09) Alaska Street - 6,5 10) Belladonna - 6,5 11) They're Hanging Me Tonight - 6,0 TOTAL: 6,77 (68/100) Current ranking: 285/409

Not sure what type of music this is but it's bitchin'. I think I liked the first half more than the second half but either way the album was fun and chill at the same time 4/5 Might listen to this stuff on the weekends or when I have headphones to truly appreciate (or hate) the music

They aimed to satisfy. I am satisfied. Very psychedelic with a nice progression through the album.

This was awesome. I really liked it. Im gonna say its a five, but Endtroducing... is still my favorite from this genre. Also, this sounded like a collection of Bjork instrumentals.

Interesting. Worth a listen.

I've never heard of this group before, the wikipedia references a review of this album calling it a "revved up Massive Attack" - I think that's a fair shout. Electronic jams, with the occasional vocal feature. I lost it at the The Rough and The Quick, can't wait to sneak that one onto a playlist. The final track, They're Hanging Me Tonight, had a very satisfying heavy breakdown.

3.5/5

Lyder egentlig ret godt men den her genre gør intet for mig. Synes vi har haft det her album flere gange allerede

Der har helt sikkert været for meget elektroniskish musik fra den her periode, men jeg synes faktisk den her var fed og lød ret andeledes

Very boring.. you know it's a niche when the albums wiki page only mentions that it's included in the 1001 book...

Not the most disappointing electronic album, but still glaringly uninteresting. Just. So. Boring. 2/5

This wasn't bad necessarily but it was awkward listening to The Rough and The Quick in the car with my parents....

Good moments.

Shouldn't be on this list. First half is okay, didn't enjoy the second half as much. One of the songs had really awful lyrics I might give it a 2 because I think I want to. Sorry lad

Booooo I am not satisfied this is fucking boring I liked “Belladonna” I guess.

I really liked this actually. Does it need to be on this list? Maybe not, its never a good sign if the album isnt in the top albums from spotify, but nevertheles I liked it. There was more going on in variety and quality then some other electronic records on this list.

Didn't know what I was getting into here, but I did not use a private Spotify session. This type of music seems to be not the type you actively listen to, but it's the background at bar or during some action scene in a movie. It's too repetitive to be interesting and not that much different than a lot of this type of music, some of it seems like I have heard it before, it the background, but I think there a lots of DJs doing this. I could have died without hearing this album.

I have so many thoughts and no words at the same time.. this may be the most interesting album we've had so far. I've never heard of them and was surprised to see an album from a band with so few monthly listeners, but cool to see So many interesting sounds going on in these tracks, mostly in a fashion that just feel interesting to me as opposed to actually wanting to sit and listen to it. I love an instrumental intro so that got points from me Donald duck in The Rake ??? Weird day of working with this on in the background, probably wouldn't listen to again with the sun up and stone cold sober

I usually don't listen to this genre. There were a few songs I thought were ok but probably won't listen again.

Not terribly boring but still quite boring.

no era taan malo al final

J'en avais jamais entendu parler, mais ça m'a vraiment beaucoup plu. C'est différent de tout ce que j'ai j'ai pu écouter jusqu'à présent, c'est bizarre mais en même temps parfaitement mon type de bizarre, dès le premier morceau j'ai su que ça allait me plaire. À part quelques boucles de voix avec des effets qui peuvent devenir usants à la longue, j'ai rien à dire.

rien ne m'a tant intéressé.

I only really liked Don't Go Nowhere. Reminded me of This Will Destroy you or Panama or something. Keeping Pigs Together was pretty good too. The rest was just meh.

This kind of album is why I love this exercise. Zero context for Red Snapper. Makes me want to drive all night in the rain. If I hadn't listened to Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor this would be a bit more special but I respect that these guys did it first. "The Rough and The Quick" is too horny.

I imagine this is what Tyler Durden listens to. Very early 2000's. As thrilling as dishing out a 1 star is I'm elevating to 2. I think a 1 star has to be truly insulting - this is borderline but some cool stuff here. They were trying something for sure.

I like to imagine this album was made by Jez from Peep Show. Has anyone else seen that show? It’s a British sitcom from the early-mid 2000s and maybe the funniest sitcom of all time (imo). Anyway, Jez is one of the main characters - a clueless, lazy and talentless electronica DJ with delusions of grandeur, and this sounds exactly like the music he and his crackhead bandmate Superhans make together. To me, it’s not that it sounds bad (it sounds fine) but just that there is a general aimlessness to these songs where it feels like keeping ‘the groove’ going is a distraction from the fact that the songs don’t actually go anywhere. they just add increasing layers to themselves as they go on, which is a neat trick once or twice, but I just don’t think these musicians are pulling from a deep enough bag of tricks to keep this interesting for more than a few songs.

This was wayyyy better than I initially thought it was going to be A long time ago, I was into the music of Pretty Lights. His music blends electronic and acoustic like no other. I find this album to be extremely close to what ive heard in the past from similar artists, but with more emphasis on acoustic instruments. I enjoyed most tracks, but found Bussing to be my favorite. Ill definitely be going back to this album. I really want to give it 5 stars, but ill actually round down to 4 and hopefully regret my choice later.

To me, this is a better version of Fatboy Slim. This music all seems tailor-made for a heist scene in Ocean's Eleven, but I kinda mean that in a good way. Some fun grooves and brass on some tracks. Some absolutely outrageous lyrics on The Rough and the Quick. The production on Alaska Street was pretty sweet – if I were a hip hop producer I'd be all over sampling this. I'm never going to listen to this album again but I didn't hate it.

In high school there was a group of upper classmen who were all super into Incubus. I worked the grocery store with one of them and he told me he was saving up to buy a turntable set to learn to scratch - he played no other instruments - that shit had such a grip on us in the early 2000s. Thought there were moments of this album that were ambitious and cool - Pigs, Alaska, Belladonna, Hanging - pretty and cinematic and they pulled off the blending of genres jazz, electronica, trip hop, all very 90s but fun. Then there were moments when I was brought back to reality - most notably Rough and Quick - where I kind of lost trust that these guys had a super clear vision for what they were trying to do as a band. I poked around on a few other tracks not on this album. They do some cool stuff that leans more jazz with more forward horns. Overall, the drummer seems excellent, but I’ll defer to the “corner”. Also was inspired to revisit some Incubus tracks, and think their hits actually hold up pretty well - makes me want to get some turntables.

some of the songs at the end were pretty nice but overall this album fell short

Elevator music with a dash of low grade methamphetamine.

It’s fine as background music, some of it wanted to skip through. A few tracks are decent as groove background the hip hop/rap aren’t noteworthy.

A sound track to a movie I should have watched. Wasn't a bad listen, but i don't think i'll revisit it.

The first half of this album was okay, the second half dragged for me. I'm just not loving all the electronic music I've been listening to lately. Hopefully today's album has some real lyrics.

I didn't get drawn into the music.

Run of the mill early 2000s electronica. Nothing special.

Meh, but the"rough and the quick" caught me off guard.

could i write poetry to this? n

A nice surprise. This is some solid Trip-Hop from an album whose sole accolade (according to Wikipedia) is its inclusion on this list.

Not satisfied

Qué ganas de un sótano en Berlín

More boring British electronic. You can spot these albums a mile away.

I really liked the opening track Keeping Pigs Together. The album is a mix of chill and club. It is also hit or miss for most of the tracks. I prefer the chill ones. The club tracks are very cliche and just not good. 3 Least Favorite: Some Kind of Kink The Rake Favorites: Keeping Pigs Together Don’t Go Nowhere Bussing Belladonna

There aim was to satisfy and they did

Nice enough but very few vocals.

I had never heard of this band before...and probably didn't need to. Some decent grooves here and there but nothing outstanding compared to other electronica albums released that year.

I'd never heard of this band or, by extension, this album. After a quick read of the linked wikipedia page I was quite excited, it sounded like it would be right up my street. However, I was quite wrong. I couldn't really get into it. It wasn't bad, just very mediocre, like a chicken-in-a-basket version of Radiohead.

Very good for background music.

Sounds like the soundtrack to a ps2 racing game

musica elettronica niente male

Started better than it finished

Meh. Fine background music for working but not something I’ll come back to ever

This goes along the line of now how but why does something like this make this list? It's fine, enjoyable enough, but as far as staying power on me, it lacks anything special that makes me want to return to it.

Never heard of this before, reminded me of Massive Attack. I liked the beats, good for vibing around the house on the Sonos. Realistically not relevant enough to be on the list but I enjoyed it.

i hate to say it, but this was one of the most bland electronic albums i've ever heard. there was not really anything here that enticed me or i found interesting. it just sort of went on for almost an hour. sort of the epitome of background music in a bad clothing store.

Another album for which I was very glad to have been on a treadmill. Some interesting stuff and good rhythm.

Never heard of this band, album started strong, had a few questionable songs toward the end.

I found the majority of this album irritating. When I wouldn't even put something on for background music, well, it's a 1, unfortunately. I thought Some Kind of Kink sounded familiar and was kind of into it, so I looked up the sample and yeah, I'd much rather listen to the David Essex song, thanks.

There were many great electronica albums released around the time of the new millennium. Unfortunately, this was not one of them.

Found myself bobbing my head along with the music but I didn’t necessarily enjoy it

Enjoyable mid-tempo EDM with bits of dub, funk, a little jazz at times - shades of Soul Coughing, but JUST shades... nothing really memorable or catchy but they successfully bring you from one track to the next without a lot of effort. Vocal tracks were a little week but overall pretty fun. Has a good beat you can dance to it. Always cool to get something I've never heard before, will be checking the rest of Red Snapper's catalog. Interesting drum/bass/guitar core.

There’s nothing bad on this album, but it’s really forgettable.

non malissimo, ma è musica elettronica. proprio non ci riesco, mea culpa.

It was okay.

Nicht meine Richtung

3.5

I'm not usually one for ambiant music like this, I guess I listen too intently but it wasn't bad even if it felt like music to put on in the background. 4/10

Very interesting. Part post rock, part trip hop. It's too long and inconsistent, but it has great moments.

Pretty decent, amusingly filthy in parts.

Is there just not enough good music out in this world? This is like the 10th trip-hoppy late 90s/early 2000s album that sounds about the same as all the others. But I don’t even know what to replace it with for 1001 albums, maybe the 2010s and 2020s have more gems now that electronic and industrial elements have fused more solidly into the fringes of music to put a hyperpop/intense spin on a lot of genres for eclectic new blends of sounds. But lord knows the boomer that made this list won’t include any of that

Repetitive and boring. Don’t understand what is special about this compared to every other electronica album circa 1996-2000.

Music to make you feel like your bus ride is part of an epic action montage when really you're stuck in traffic outside and abandoned kebab shop.

Not groundbreaking stuff, but good variation and atmosphere building made this an electronica album I surprisingly didn't hate

Pretty bad

Better than expected.

did not do it.

This album gives me the vibe of the "Piracy is a crime" campaign video that I had to endure everytime when I wanted to watch Garfield the movie as a kid. 1.4

This was a bit too weird for me. Not music I very much like to listen too. What was going on with The Rough and the Quick?!?!

It's not horrible, but it's extremely repetitive and doesn't give you much to grab on to. It's background noise. Honestly, the stream for the album ended, youtube queued up another track from the album and I didn't realize it was replaying one of the earlier tracks because it kind of just washes over you like that. This is extremely forgettable. I'm not sure why this would be on here when there are a number of other fantastic instrumental bands that make far more interesting and inspired music. Tera Melos, Pelican, Russian Circles, etc. I definitely didn't hate it, but in context of a "must listen to" list, I feel like I'm being generous giving it a 2/5.

pretty fun and funky but no reason to revisit; is this the album with the least robust wikipedia page?

I see you. Have little time. Go Adrian, Michigan. But not yet. Will keep notified. They are here. Many more coming.

Love the instrumentals. Acid jazz is so rad, and they blend together acoustic and electric instruments so smoothly. Most of the vocals are forgettable at best and obnoxious at worst though and I kinda of wish the whole thing was just instrumental.

Interesting trip hop using live instrumentation. Not so keen on tracks with lyrics.

Never heard of them, somehow I doubt that this album is really essential. And oh no I kinda enjoyed it. Great atmosphere.

Why the fuck is this on the list? Seriously. Does Dimery truly not understand the gravity of the phrase "must hear before you die"? Jesus Christ. 1.5/5

I enjoyed it. You certainly don't need to hear it before you die. Can't fathom why it's on this list.

Slightly more fine than yesterday’s album

Thought I might like this more than I did, from the description. Still fine in spots.

When the entire Wikipedia article for this album is a paragraph about it being included on Robert Dimery's 1001 albums list, how influential is it, really? We call that a circular argument. More annoying electronica. Just because it's played by a live band doesn't make it good. This album is basically a Linkin Park album with the vocal tracks removed. I'll admit the fourth track, "Don't Go Nowhere" and the seventh track, "Bussing" were kind of fun. The last two tracks are just obnoxious ambient pieces filled with ear-piercing sounds that'll make you grit your teeth. 2/5

Ummmmm…it’s fine, but I checked to see how many tracks were left and I was on the second to last, they all kind of started to blend together at some point without much variation.

Electronic-ey beats, some simple vocals

Favourite songs: The Rake, The Rough and the Quick, I Stole Your Car, Bussing Least favourite songs: Alaska Street 3/5

I think this is the Mission: Impossible soundtrack. I would take the first track and it's techno movie score over the second all day, every day. This has no business on this list. The distorted vocals that sound like a mix of Donald Duck and the Chipmunks is ridiculous. The Rough and The Quick is more like stereo instructions for having sex rather than being actually sexy. Primarily instrumental pop music strikes me as soundtrack music, it was the same for Tubular Bells. Alaska Street is probably the worst song on the album....so far. The drill bit sounds is particularly annoying.

You failed to achieve your aim, Red Snapper. I think had this 20 years ago and it was disappointing then. Very sloppy samples and dance music there’s no way you could dance to. A long hour.

PS1 menu music. This is repetitive as fuck and boring to boot. This is the first album I have turned off halfway through. When the only info on wiki is that it’s in this list, it doesn’t belong.

Unexpected. Not heard of them, and really quite like it!

Sounds very typical of early 2000s electronic music. Mostly beat and samples, little musicality. Would be more interesting to me at a doubled BPM. A bit like Jamiroquai, but more Avant Garde. Last track sounds a bit like Radiohead. First half of the album is quite hard to listen to but the tracks from Bussing onwards are a lot more chilled out and enjoyable.

Fun times

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper is not a terrible album. They do nothing new in terms of their genre to make this album extraordinary. Outside of them being British (AGAIN), a band with an even more limited list of Wikipedia entries or chart traction has very little to do with a list of this nature. 3/5 for the album, 1/5 for the list.

This really took me back to when electronic music was regarded as dark and cool and this is right here in the tracks. Loved listening to it.

I'm indeed satisfied ^.^

Interesting, never come across it before.

Nope

Sepäs oli vain tunnelmointia. Tai siis olivat selvästi omia biisejään, mutta saman fiiliksen hinkkausta kappaleesta toiseen. Taito kuuluu ja tässä on mukavan orgaaninen ote, ei kliininen. Mutta yksikään melodia ei jätä muistijälkeä.

Iisejä biittejä. Siinähän soivat!

synthy electronic mixes, not bad but not my fave

initially a bit interesting, but ultimately sorta boring

Soort drum n bass achtig album? Best wel vet gedaan! Sowieso is de lijst de laatste tijd erg prettig, weinig 13 in dozijn indiepop/rock albums maar meer experimentele spul zoals elektronisch, country en ok een singer-songwriter album. Maar jammer dat MC Det een grote rol hierin speelt, vind hem eigenlijk het minste van het album, zeker als je kijkt naar de meer jazzy nummers zoals Shellback en The Rough and the Quick. Maar god, er staan ook een aantal absolute stinkers op dit album zeg... Dan kom je uit op een prima album. God ik begin het woord prima echt te haten ondertussen.. FAVO: Shellback, The Rough and the Quick, Alaska Street

best

This actually got on my nerves after awhile.

It's alright, but with the power of hindsight probably not an entry in the list that anybody would or should be fighting tooth and nail to keep.

I think all the people rating this lowly are overthinking it. Don’t take yourself or your music so seriously. This isn’t an album to think about. It’s an album to feel and groove to. 5/5 Highlights: Some Kind of Kink The Rough and The Quick They’re Hanging Me Tonight

vibey. I polished glasses to this would recommend.

Milestone log 2: Day 200! I am starting to realise just how much I love music in general... my average rating has steadily increased over time and I have found so much new music that I love as a result of this project. I have no doubts that I will go the full way. I wonder whether a new edition to the book is released within the next couple of years... Now onto this album. Don't quite understand why I am listening to it. As much as I love electronica, this just has nothing of substance. It's fine, just... why?

A variety of sounds. Everything sharp.

I really liked this, it was funky and fun, the kind of thing I'd have playing in the background. Rating: 4

Actually really enjoyed this. Like the last two songs the best almost a relaxing vibe to them. I also like the first one-it gave horror movie vibes

Il y a des groupes comme ça, qui traversent les époques en catimini. Pas de disques de platine placardés au mur, pas de unes de magazines tapageuses, pas de frasques de rock stars relayées par des médias avides de chair fraîche. Juste une poignée de fidèles, une "estime polie de la critique", et surtout, des disques qui comptent. Red Snapper fait partie de cette aristocratie de l'ombre, de ces orfèvres sonores dont le nom s'échange sous le manteau entre initiés. Et laissez-moi vous dire que, pour ceux qui ont fait l'effort de tendre l'oreille, la récompense a toujours été à la hauteur. Mon histoire avec ces Anglais remonte à 1995. À l'époque, je me colletais tout ce qui sortait sur Warp Records. Le label était alors le pinacle de l'électronique intelligente, et au milieu des pépites d'Aphex Twin ou Autechre, j'ai dégoté leur premier album, "Reeled And Skinned". Une claque, un son neuf, inouï. Ce n'était pas de l'electro, pas vraiment du jazz, encore moins du rock. C'était tout ça à la fois, une fusion organique portée par la contrebasse profonde et vibrante d'Ali Friend, qui donnait une âme, un corps, une pulsation charnelle à des rythmiques complexes. J'ai immédiatement rejoint cette fameuse "poignée de fans". Puis les années ont passé. Après un "Prince Blimey" qui confirmait leur talent, le groupe a fait un choix qui, pour les connaisseurs, valait toutes les déclarations d'intention : ils ont quitté l'écurie électronique Warp pour signer chez Matador Records. Matador ! Le label américain, temple de l'indie-rock le plus exigeant, la maison de Pavement, Guided By Voices, et à une époque, de mes chouchous de Sonic Youth. Le message était clair : Red Snapper n'était pas un groupe de "dance music", c'était autre chose. Quelque chose de plus sombre, de plus profond. Et l'album qui a scellé ce pacte, ce fut ce chef-d'oeuvre de maturité : "Our Aim Is To Satisfy". Rien que le titre est une ironie mordante. "Notre But est de Vous Satisfaire", on dirait le slogan d'une chaîne de supermarchés. Mais la satisfaction que propose Red Snapper n'est pas celle d'un produit calibré pour les masses. C'est une satisfaction qui se mérite, qui s'obtient au prix d'une écoute active, immersive. Cet album est une créature de la nuit, il est sombre, urbain, crépusculaire. C'est la bande-son d'une déambulation dans un Londres pluvieux, éclairé aux néons blafards, où le bitume suinte encore la moiteur d'une averse. La fusion entre acoustique et électronique atteint ici un niveau de symbiose quasi parfait. La contrebasse d'Ali Friend n'est plus seulement un instrument jazz posé sur des beats, elle est le coeur battant et mélancolique de la machine. Les rythmiques de Richard Thair, complexes, syncopées, empruntant autant au breakbeat qu'au funk le plus tendu, ne sont jamais froides. Et par-dessus, la guitare de David Ayers tisse des toiles, parfois discrètes et atmosphériques, parfois tranchantes comme du fil de rasoir, injectant cette dose de psychédélisme qui empêche la musique de tomber dans un simple exercice de style trip-hop. Ce disque est d'une mélancolie poignante, des morceaux comme "The Rake" ou le sublime "They're Hanging Me Tonight" sont d'une beauté ténébreuse, portés par des voix samplées ou des invités qui sonnent comme des fantômes hantant les pistes. On sent l'influence du dub, pas seulement dans les effets, mais dans la gestion de l'espace, du silence, dans cette impression que chaque son est sculpté dans une matière dense et réverbérée. C'est un album qui prend son temps, qui installe des climats, qui préfère l'insinuation au matraquage. Alors, pourquoi un groupe capable d'une telle finesse est-il resté confidentiel ? Parce qu'il était trop intelligent, trop inclassable. En 2000, il fallait choisir son camp : guitares ou machines. Red Snapper, eux, s'en foutaient royalement, ils prenaient les deux, les mélangeaient, et créaient une musique pour adultes, complexe, nuancée. Pas de refrain débile à hurler dans un stade, pas de chanteur à gueule d'ange pour faire se pâmer les adolescentes. Juste des musiciens, des vrais, des mecs qui n'avaient rien à prouver, sinon à eux-mêmes. "Our Aim Is To Satisfy" est l'apogée de leur son et vingt-cinq ans plus tard, l'album n'a pas pris une seule ride. Il est intemporel, précisément parce qu'il n'a jamais cherché à être à la mode. Il est le fruit d'une vision artistique pure, sans compromis. Pour tout ça, et pour toutes les heures passées à me perdre dans ses méandres sonores, je lui accorde un très gros 4/5. C'est un album essentiel pour qui aime la musique qui sort des sentiers battus, qui ose, qui cherche. Si vous ne connaissez pas, vous savez ce qu'il vous reste à faire et si vous connaissez déjà, alors vous savez que j'ai raison. Vous faites partie du club, et c'est déjà une sacrée satisfaction.

if i went into a room with lots of people and this was playing in the background, i would enjoy the vibe of a lot of the songs i think, but also the rapping kinda sucked. whatever. double bass appearance is nice BUT the song it's on makes my head hurt. they're hanging me tonight is a pretty okay track

This music is very... odd. I think I'd enjoy it more if it were accompanied by a late-night drive out of the city (or, perhaps more fittingly, through an urban hellscape). The music is kind of dull, but with a hypnotic electronic spin. The percussion creates an almost industrial atmosphere, particularly in tracks like Shellback that have heavy, atonal synths backing a slow, equally heavy drumbeat. The tracks with vocals are very artificial-sounding, and I imagine it would be an unusual experience listening to them live. The bass playing is probably the album's high point – particularly on tracks like Don't Go Nowhere and Keeping Pigs Together, where it's more prominent – because of its clear, central mixing. It acts as the melodic voice when there aren't vocals, and I think that's a nifty choice. Other than the points above, the music is pretty nondescript postmodern stuff. At times, it's almost brutalist, and can get a bit overwhelming. I didn't enjoy it much, but it wasn't horrible either. 2/5 Key tracks: Keeping Pigs Together, Don't Go Nowhere, Bussing

Fantastic

Well the vocals on track 6 was a surprise lol. Other than that, just an hour of pretty good electro hip hop kinda beats

If their aim was to satisfy, then Red Snapper did that, then some and more. For almost an hour, they go through the ends of the electronic music world to cobble together any and all likewise and disparate textures and influences in order to conjure up a seemingly flawless album that unfurls itself in real time. Any kind of skepticism that comes from approaching this album will melt away as soon as the second or third tracks reaches the midway point and it is off to the races from there. A genuine surprise, this one.

Intro music to the dark crime miniseries of my childhood. This album was released on the very tail of trip hop. It's extremely dated, not definitive of any new subcultural movement and, as far as I can tell, not really a huge thing back in the day. I have a hard time considering it essential. That being said, I did enjoy the album somewhat. Weak 3

Wow! Just wow! An amazing album.

Ik stak gisteren nog de loftrompet over Trip Hop, over hoe goed de verschillende nominaties het tot nu toe doen bij mij. Dit daarentegen kan niet tippen aan de magie van voorgaand werk als DJ Shadow, Portishead en Tricky. Er mist iets. De beats zijn op zich wel aardig, maar ze missen spanning. Ze zijn bij tijd en wijlen best cinematisch, maar ik mis - verrassend genoeg - de adrenaline van de Jason Statham film die erbij hoort. Een beetje spice horen we wel bij het vulgaire 'The Rough And The Quick', dat los van het schunnige toch wel een pakkende beat heeft. Maar echt een highlight is het ook weer niet. Mwah. 5/10

Dit is het net niet. De beats zijn af en toe nog wel oke, de lyrics en stemmen vind ik bijna allemaal niet te pruimen. Het past in een rijtje van triphop albums die de afgelopen weken meer zijn langsgekomen, maar deze scoort toch ver beneden niveau. 4,5/10

Not my thing but easy listening, not so bad at all

Big fan of the fish jut not so much of the band.

Electronica is so hard for me to appreciate. I don't know how to connect with the genre and see it as background music. I don't think this was an album I needed to hear to expand my horizons on the genre and it seems to be late to the 90's EDM UK club explosion. 3/5

Weird video game music.

Me fait penser un peu à Portishead, Massive Attack. J'ai écouté plusieurs fois sans me lasser

I kept trying to listen to this for 2 weeks while listening to the other albums on the list, thinking I was the problem. No, it's just not that interesting or good

I'll search out more by these guys.

Electro. Der var ikke meget info at finde på Wiki. Det var lidt som at lytte til et mix tape med forskellige kunstnere inden for electro genren. Måske derfor at jeg ikke kom til at kede mig, og satte den på igen kort tid efter den var slut. Jeg blev ikke klogere på hvad der gør det unikt nok til at være på listen, men albummet var tilfredsstillende.

Et underligt mix af forskellige arter af electronica. Når det bliver trip-hoppet som på Bussing giver det løfter om noget interessant. Der er bare lidt for lang mellem de tracks.

te wack

terrible, what were they doing here?

decent vibes but too bland

Not bad. DJ Shadow is my style of “electronic,” and this is nice. Missing a star because DJ Shadow was doing this slightly better at the same time.

Who decided this should be on the list

Love electronic music. Track one ‘Keeping the Pigs Together’ has already gotten me interested.

This is like listening to the "you wouldn't steal a car..." Anti-piracy add on DVDs for a whole hour. No thanks, I did about 20 minutes and gave up.

Very interesting. Would make a good soundtrack sometimes, and there are very fun beats. Still, not entirely memorable.

Э. Услышал об этой группе первый раз. На RYM 500 рейтингов - абсолютный андеграунд. Как это работает? Очередной альбом из начала двухтысячных, который мешает трипхоп с *чем-то* - это как бесконечные блюз-рок альбомы из 60-ых/70-ых. Не очень интересно. Лучшая песня - Keeping Pigs Together.

Langweilig...

Cool AF

Well, if their aim was to satisfy, I'm happy to say this album is very satisfactory. Not much more than that, but it'll do. Inoffensive millennial chillout.

think i’d actually like this more if there weren’t vocals….. may try to rec some of these songs to my brother. might be too out there for him tho highlights: keeping pigs together, don’t go nowhere (aug 7 2024)

Here is a band I know nothing about other than what I can see: the name, the album's title, and the cover, so I'm intrigued to listen (although also a little bit apprehensive since the name and title sound dumb). I put it on and at first I think it's some okay study / work music: a funky blend of electronic and traditional instrumentation, mostly instrumental with either samples or MCs over sections of the music. And yet, as we progress, I can tell it's no home run. The suspicions I had based on the name seem to be playing out in decisions made within the music itself. The thinking around this record seems to be on the juvenile side of its era in ways that reveal a goofy decision-making that lacks restraint when it comes to so-called humor. The cute / funny stuff just doesn't land with me. I think part of that is because I too am prone to this kind of thing "a pun" as part of the artistic output. Let's have a little joke here or something I thought was clever over there. Over time it is precisely these asides or jokey bits that I thought made the work something special I can see are actually weighing it down and have held it back. Really just feels like: A less clever Soul Coughing and 311 blend jamming on joke tunes with DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin, and the Chemical Brothers playing in the background of their practice space.

3/5

Love the combination of dance electronica with real instruments.

Acid jazz has a way of making it's source material feel more unnerving, unsettling, unruly. The real star on Our Aim Is To Satisfy is the production from Hugo Nicolson who cut his teeth on the unique sound of baggy. Red Snapper has everything in the right place with this album, just an incredibly engaging with some beautiful sounds. The ambience, the bass, the DRUMS, my goodness. That snare is unreal.

Just really bad music.

Pretty nice soundscapes. I liked this more than the other electronic albums from this era that have been presented so far, the harder beats and occasional rapping really help it.

At least with artists like The Butthole Surfers, Throbbing Gristle, or the Residents to name a few, there’s irony and wit to their music, whilst deliberately pushing your buttons as well as the boundaries of good taste. Whereas here, there’s none of that. ‘Our Aim Is To Satisfy’ does the exact opposite. It’s one of the more laborious albums I’ve had to sit through. I just didn’t find it very interesting or engaging, just tedious. ‘The Rake’ is up there as one of the worst things I’ve ever heard, as is ‘They’re Hanging Me Tonight’, as are a bunch of other tracks.

Meh

Good background music, but nothing I would seek out.

Pretty cool modern jazz/electronics album. Never heard of it before, but I'm happy to jump into the genre now. Nice little find.

Так-то заебись. Для кого-то. Не для меня.

Not that bad, but some of the songs were kinda long and sounded like the soundtrack of a 2000's video game

Acid house, breakbeats, een vleugje triphop, instrumentele hiphop, reggae. We krijgen alles voor onze snufferd geworpen op dit album. Veel gesample ook, wat ik toch altijd wel tof vind. Zo'n track als 'Bussing' bijvoorbeeld, ideale muziek voor in een hippe brewpub. "Belladonna" is ook een prachtige track. Dit is een dikke meevaller, maar dat komt ook deels omdat de album titel me aan Elvis Costello deed denken. Ik sta te kijken van de variatie tussen de nummers onderling. Van drukke pillenhouse naar Perquisite achtige hiphop beats en toch weten ze het zo te doen dat ze nergens als een huismerk klinken. Zieke finale ook. Ik ga een 5 geven. Deze gaat vaker aan.

Meh

Better than okay, but not much. Overdone overall though there are several cool cuts and a number of vibe-y moods across the record.

3.75

Had some cool grooves. It was ok but got boring and a bit too repetitive. Favorites were Shellback Bussing Don’t go nowhere.

At first it just seemed generic and forgettable but the repetition became torturous. Should not be on this list

I really don’t understand the purpose of this. It’s so repetitive. One star because little to no vocals which is better than bad vocals

Not for me

not really much happenin for me on this record but liked the use of vocals

Really glad to have discovered this, didn't know it at all, but really enjoyed it. Will definitely be listening again.

Really liked this. I don’t think I’ve heard the other C-word on an album before, so that was……interesting.

New one on me. Really enjoyed it

Pretty MOR

Overall, I enjoyed it. 3.5

not terrible

Un autre album dont le mauvais score a plus à voir avec la nécessité de l'inclure ici que sa qualité, bien qu'en plus je ne l'ai pas tellement aimé. Certains genre, le jazz ici en exemple, ont absoluement besoin d'avoir un représentant de tous les sous-genres, alors que d'autres styles n'ont pas le même traitement. Pour en revenir à l'album, je n'ai pas tellement compris l'attrait. C'était un peu du pareil au même sauf sur certaines chansons quand il y avait des paroles. Certainement pas un album que je vais tenir à réécouter. 4/10

The spotify listening stats show it all, the first song is amazing and the rest are not so great. I'm glad I've listened to this album, but I don't think I will again beyond the first song.