Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Me gustó. No tenía idea de la existencia de este grupo ni de este disco.

The all instrumental pieces worked better for me... both the first (Keeping Pigs Together) and last (They're Hanging Me Tonight) were the strongest for me. Not enough on the album really engaged me, though overall in was an interesting listen.

This was interesting, I found this as an instrumental pretty entertaining. Although I wish they would have focused more on a melody and bridge then repetition (as trip hop). I think the only song that got dull after a while was "The Rough and The Quick." Yeah, the song could have ended a bit quicker than it did. Aside from that, I found it a bit atmospheric, particularly the last few pieces. Bit of a change of pace, and it worked for me. I kind of wish the songs were a little shorter as they did get repetitive, though.

Geez, did they let a few pill-popping British teens get ahold of the 1,001 list for an afternoon? Another trip hop, Massive Attack-like dreamy band and album. It wasn't awful, but it didn't excite me either. Decent background music, but a little monotonous. Perfectly average to me.

nice..

An album best suited for late-night listening. Dark and ambient, if not really exceptional.

3.1 - Another entry from the aughts that has me confused given that it’s generally left no lasting cultural impact. Perfectly listenable electronica in the vein of Chemical Brothers. I like some of the darker compositions on that latter half, particularly “They’re Hanging Me Tonight.” Really, though, here’s another record ripe for the culling!

This was fine, but I'm not sure I love the Genre

Not bad, but one has to wonder if it's really worthy of being included in this book. This sounds like typical typical trip hop from the early 90's, except it's a little bit more varied (and inconsistent) by including some hip hop and jazzy arrangements. On that front, I have to say that I'd rather listen to a band like Lamb than this, simply because they made it better.

Decent album but the first and last songs where the only memorable ones for me. The first one was amazing

I enjoyed this project, it's quite a vibe.

OK background music, but nothing special

5/10 incredibly forgettable

5/10. I liked it pretty well when they weren't talking/singing

Clean but boring. 6/10

Música electrónica. Ni fu ni fa.

Very experimental music, not sure what I feel about it

Problem with this type of music for me is that I go to clubs and dances where this genre of music is played a lot and I hear the top artists making it. This is fine but I've heard better. Sufficient music to throw in the background to do other tasks.

3.5/5

Listens:2 Enjoyed: I think If I had been up to date on albums I may have gave this a third listen before reviewing. It was definitely a refreshing album with a completely different vibe to many ive had so far. I think a third may have pushed the rating up

Sounds like a fleshed out soundtrack to a PS2 game that takes place in a factory level. Really does give off the grimey vibes of the era it shares with nu metal and the Matrix. The way it incorporates acid house and jazz in an upbeat manner reminds me of the Madchester movement. It's a decent electronic album, with a good track listing that transitions to the chiller ambient side as it goes on. Nothing groundbreaking or impressive, and it's way too long with a few duds, but this is one of the better electronic albums I've heard on this list. Favorites: Kepping Pigs Together, Shellback, Don't Go Nowhere, Bussing

Electronica, good background music. Some of the lyrics were more explicit than expected. Overall a typical example of early 2000s edm

I liked it. A fantastic background album.

I left this playing on the background and at one point I totally forgot I was listening to an album from the "1001..." list, and I thought I was just listening to one of those lo-fi youtube videos that I play when I'm working. Nice, boring, gentle music.

Not really my genre, but novel. Fine for background listening while working, somewhat chill with a 90s dance music feel.

I can appreciate this album and will probably re-listen to it someday; however, it isn't my favorite. I like electronic, but drum & bass type electronic was a little before my time.

It was good background music while I was working.

Good stuff, but few tracks that really leapt out at me. Great drummer and bassist, especially enjoyable on "Bussing", my favourite track on the album. I found myself wishing for more from their guitarist, amidst all the synths & samples. Interesting to listen to the feedback wailing on "They're Hanging Me Tonight" right after Fripp's on Bowie's "Heroes". I don't know if this would have been pressed to vinyl in 2000, but I preferred "Side 2". Overall, I'd be happy to listen to this album again, but I wouldn't reach for it, and would probably play only "Side 2". Is that 3 stars? Still calibrating my approach to ratings!

Nah, just hip hop backing tracks (with a few vocals). Could be good, if they were finished songs, but only ok as backing music as they are

Not sure why this album is on the list? It's pleasant to listen to, like I am at an expensive restaurant. But not much more than that

Cool, nogal onverwacht, maar best tof eigenlijk

Weer eens iets anders dan die gebaande paden van de afgelopen dagen.

I confess to listening to this at the end of a long day whilst drifting off to sleep. It sounded stunning as I left one life and entered another. I may have been a little tired and emotional.

Fav songs: - Keeping Pigs Together

Nice instrumentation and blending with the electronics. But the Album is a bit too long and I found myself bored

I liked this one, some really interesting stuff.

“Bussing”

Instrumental. Electrónica

I had the same issue with this I have with a lot of the kind of nerd-jazz intellectual alternative, that “being music” seems to take a back seat and many of the choices just age badly. Particularly the vocal element here, the whole robot voice repetition chorus thing did not satisfy.

fun dub record. if dub is your thing. Bussing is feeling my speed this morning.

This was pretty good, better than I expected. Nice mix of styles from electronic to hip hop. 3 stars.

have a feeling I would have liked it had I had the time to listen properly

Speciaal album, sommige nummers vond ik leuk, andere gewoon raar

3.75

Good not mind blowing. I like this kinda stuff though 4

All completely new to me: the band, this album, their music. I really like this album. Truly solid composition and performance. I dig that I can hear the drum kit. It would've been fine with a drum machine, but there's that extra depth and warmth to a human-played acoustic drum kit. And, wow, that bass.

It wasn't terrible to listen to. I am not eager to own it, but it's nice chill music.

3.25

Have to be in the mood.

Never heard of before. Okay background music. Not compelled.

Good band, nothin' different but well done.

Though I can't say this was my very favorite sound I've listened to in this project, it was definitely among the more unique sounds I've heard. An innovative album. Manages to be edgy and dark and sexy at times, while at other points being campy and a little bit goofy. It feels "lived in", as albums go. That said, I am not completely in love with most tracks and I am glad I listened, but wouldn't revisit most of this one. Fave track: The Rough and the Quick. Definitely broke a few taboos at the time.

A couple-few interesting tracks (Bussing and They're Hanging Me Tonight) but not sure I'd make an effort to re-visit the full album again.

Not my usual thing but enjoyed the sounds. Quite hypnotic and well produced.

it's ok

Somewhat pleasant. dance-y

Ekkert sérstök, samt áhugaverðir hlutinn inná milli. Á skilið aðra hlustun

6/10

Cool beats, perf for working.

Nice beats, samples and effects. Very y2k sound reminiscent of some video game soundtracks around the time. Keeping pigs together, The Rake, Alaska street

A lot better than I was expecting

tasty electronica

I thought this was good, punchy - it got old pretty fast for me though. Coincidentally I had just listened to a newly released album in 2021 right before this one that was strikingly similar - I think it was The Long and Short of It by quickly, quickly. Not sure if that means much, but it was intriuging to stumble upon that 21 year time warp.

Never heard this one before. I would have liked it more at the time of it's release had I been aware of it. Like the atmospheres created.

Not bad not but great. Live would be fun, but for listening at home it doesn’t do a whole lot for me.

Música ambiental, en ocasiones un tanto hipnótica. Sucesión de instrumentos. También alguna canción cantada. Bien para experimentar algo distinto, pero no nada más allá.

it sounds like pretty good video game/movie music

While this isn't my favorite album on the planet, it is pretty neat. The music, atleast for me conjures visions and feelings of what the album cover shows. It feels like something I should be listening while cruising through the dark. It's almost meditative in a way. While it might not score super high, I do think it's cool as fuck honestly.

Funky and ambient. A little repetitious on a few tracks.

Really cool beats. I dig it

This is a style of music I’m not particularly conversant in, so I don’t know how to contextualize it. Is it groundbreaking? Derivative? I have no idea. The album is pretty listenable. Repetitive, yes, but that’s clearly the point. Lots of moods to get into here, which I’m kind of liking. “Some Kind of Kink” and “Alaska Street” are miles apart, but I enjoyed them both. I had to turn off “I Stole Your Car” because I was in the middle of an online chat with colleagues and it was too damn distracting. Also, I appreciate genre fluidity in music, but the whole ska/hip hop element of that particular song was a bit annoying. I guess what I’m saying is, that’s my least favorite track on here. Oh geez, Bella Donna is pretty. Okay, I’ve decided the final three tracks are pretty fantastic, best of the bunch. Fave songs: Alaska Street, Bussing, Bella Donna

Pretty cool instrumental album that caught me off guard. Interesting mix of funk, hip-hop and jazz.

Decent enough as background listening, but not particularly exciting. "I stole your car" was probably the highlight for me.

Very mixed bag, some parts feeling like 5/5, and others genuinely 1/5.

Pretty whacky. Quite a lot of sonically pleasing bits but much of it is too out there for me. Probs quite good within its genre

Banging 2000s esque drum and bass

The musical embodiment of anti-piracy. Pure nostalgia of the little I can remember of the very early 2000s, I was very put off by the first couple tracks but it slowly turned into an enjoyable album I could see myself adding a couple songs to an outside summer garden playlist

Some hits, some misses.

weiiirdd

Pretty cool, almost chilled ibiza-ish, like late night minimal electronic stuff. Easily a 3.

Buff, pues me recuerda a rollo Bonobo. No terminé de escucharlo, porque solo lo encontré en Youtube. Si puedo le daré otra oportunidad.

I don´t know, I was esily boored by the album, but I am gonna feel bad if I rate it lower than average 3, because I simply couldn´t listen to whole thing.

Part really nice, part meh - quality varies as it goes

Hmmm, can't place this. Hmmm

Interesting, missed them at the time. Some good tunes & has a gritty feel, not bad.

Música electrónica.

Big tunes

Interesting and cool beats

Eh

Mostly instrumental jams, would probably go well behind a casual driving game.

Funky. Good background music to work to, but I've liked some of the other funky/electronic albums better.

Some of the songs on here like "Belladona" are very beautiful and I really liked that we had a mostly instrumental album today. Reminded me of Glitch Mob's lighter stuff for some reason.

More house music (this is two days in a row), but this one is interesting because it's organic real instruments. Honestly not that different from a Bonzo Terks philosophy when we're playing at our best; ironic because a saxophone player ended up joining this "acid jazz trio" with electronic influences hahah.

Enjoyed it, never heard any Red Snapper before

“Acid-Jazz”, kinda trip hoppy. Not sure why it’s in this list. I’ve never heard of it, the wiki article is like 3 sentences. It’s okay but you have to hear it before you die? Idk. Some solid tracks on the back half though

is jazzazz? definitely not the jazz i expected, more like trip hop or electronic chillout also giving propellerheads, chemical brothers 💥keeping pigs together 💥bussing 💥they're hanging me tonight

It sounds like something I would listen to back in the Big Sonic Chill days... but I didn't, and I won't now

Another entry from the “music from a computer hack heist movie” series - a few too many for my liking. It was fine as background music but it didn’t hold my attention at all.

2.4. didn't really track for me but I did have a moment listening to Alaska Street, driving through Chinatown (which has unfortunately gone down hill like many larger cities downtown's). it was quite the vibe on a grey day with all of the zombies slouching around.

groovy

This is very obviously a 'Robert Dimery heard a british act from this time frame' addition to the list. I need some keyword I can put in all of my reviews going forward so I can annotate them. It has to be like 35% of this list conservatively estimating. I don't know what to do so I'll just do #DimeryBritPick and then I can just search on that. This is so bland and just of-the-time it was made. The sample work is just exhausting to listen to. Some obnoxious vocal sample getting played like every measure. This was still in that window I guess where that was a way to get some kind of radio hit. Absolutely annoying.

Good overall but inconsistent, nothing stood out.

Imagine if you started a project of watching all the movies on some random 1001 best films list, and you were assigned Citizen Kane and The Godfather and The Bicycle Thieves and maybe some decent movies that you don’t quite think belong like The Usual Suspects or Easy Rider but you figure they’re reasonable choices even if you wouldn’t agree with them, but then you woke up one morning surprised to find that you’d been assigned an anime you’d never heard of from 1994. Not Spirited Away or Akira or some generally recognized genre masterpiece but like a random no-name bullshit mid-90’s anime called Happy Fun Fun High School that you could not imagine why anyone would ever recommend anyone else watch, much less why someone would put on a 1001 Best Films list. But you went, “oh well, I guess a list this long is going to have some odd inclusions and taste is subjective”, and moved on. Then a few weeks go by and you get some good movies and some okay movies and some real stinkers, and then Fun Fun Amazing High School, an anime from 1997 with basically the same complete lack of notoriety and same plot as Happy Fun Fun High School, and you start to wonder what the fuck is going on. This is a 1001 best movies list. No other movie critics in the history of film criticism have included either of these two generic anime in any other lists. There’s nothing special about them. No one else on earth thinks they are worth including in a discussion of all-time great movies, if they even know what they are. They’ve basically been left behind in the dustbin of movie history and no one minds that fact. Why are two of them on the 1001 Best Films list you’re using for your movie watching project? Then a year or so passes and you’ve watched or re-watched Star Wars and Blue Velvet and Bridge Over the River Kwai and whatnot, but you’ve also suffered through Happy High School Robots Wow! and How I Survived Amazing High School and High School Amazing Robots Love Town and they are all from 1992-2000 and they all have basically the same animation style and they all have identical plots and none of them have any form of recognition from anyone else in the world other than “is listed on 1001 Films You Must Watch” being on their Wikipedia page. Now imagine that you’ve found out as you’ve been doing your movie watching project that the author of the 1001 best films list you’ve been using as its basis was the head of his high school’s anime club from 1994-1998 and wrote a book about 90’s anime and is just generally a weird weeb who likes “film” as whole okay he guesses, but for his money, random completely unremarkable 90’s anime was the peak of all artistic achievement. Imagine if you were three years into that film watching project. What would you do? Cause I am kind of hitting a wall here and I don’t really know what to do but I am straight up not having a good time.

Those English like their club/electronica music. i for one, does not.

I just never could quite understand this type of music. If it is going to be 100% synthetic and computer generated, they why not make it super interesting, exciting, or beyond normal instrumental capability? But instead they make it super repetitive and pretty boring. I was bored by song two, was ready to turn it off by song four.

A disappointing choice.

Not for me. Some beats have a nice groove, but other than that, it’s garbage

Underwhelming and a little confusing on what sounds they were going for. A few better songs in the middle, but not for me.

Meh, wasn't awful but wouldn't say it was good either. Just kind of boring electronic music. Felt like something out of an early 2000s video game but not in a fun way.

Kind of cool. Never heard of this band. Not surprised.

It’s fine. It sounds like almost any album of this type. It’s not bad. But it’s not exceptional either. It’s not even memorable or interesting.

Troppo monotono

No está mal pero tampoco me dice nada especialmente. Se me ha hecho un poco largo.

Not sure what to say, certainly some interesting beats, catchy mixes. And, I can’t stress this enough, use your headphones if you’re around other people.

OK but another case of why is this album on this list.

No va

I really tried to like this album but it was just too repetitive. The beats were decent enough but the songs could have been cut in half. They just felt way too long.

None of these songs needed to be 5 min long.

I heard about your aim but unfortunately you missed your target

No Joy

Ihan jännää ja erilaista, mutta ei se kuitenkaan ihan kanna.

Kyl mää sillain tajuan mistä tässä on kyse, mutta ongelma on ehkä liian rajut sillisalaatti-tarjoilut. Bonarina voi kai laskee, että elektronisen jumpan lisäks on ihan luomuakin seassa. Eikä elektroilussakaan mitään vikaa oo, mutta yhtenäisempiä kokonaisuuksiakin löytyy. Homman nimenä on veltto ja liian monet biisit menee "kivaa taustamusaa" -kategoriaan.

This one has to be a nostalgic thing for the author of the books. Remember how when you were little your family had that handful of movies on VHS that your family loved watched all the time but nobody else really cared about them or had even heard of them? Yeah that's got to be how this is. Even the Wikipedia page just says basically 'this is an album that came out. It's in the 1001 Albums book' and leaves it at that. So needless to say I have never heard of this album or band like 99% of everyone else doing this project. This album really does sound more like a soundtrack for a sci fi movie from the early 2000s. It plays in the background and doesn't grab your attention at all. I guess it isn't bad if you like this kind of music. I wouldn't call it trip hop, its much more electronica than that. I think it would be a great idea to replace this with a more deserving album though and I wonder if this record made the cut for more than one edition of the book. 2/5

Weird but interesting

similar experience to Nitin Sawhney's Beyond Skin. the ideas are pretty cool, but they are never interesting enough to keep me for the entirety of the song. vocals/vocal samples are really not doing it for me either. fine coding music

Sehr elektronisch. Vereinzelt mit Gesang. Für mich überwiegend untinteressant. 2/5

A soundtrack of urban Britain\ Some kind of kink The rough and the quick

Well, they didn’t succeed.

Es klingt wie ein endloser nächtlicher Groove, der ständig verspricht, gleich spannend zu werden – und es dann doch nicht schafft. Der Mix aus Trip-Hop, Jazz und Breakbeats ist stilvoll, aber oft zu zerfasert und ohne echten Zug. Viel Atmosphäre, wenig Substanz.

It's not Soul Coughing and it's definitely not Massive Attack. It's not even The Crystal Method.

We've had to deal with a lot of metal in our first 120 albums, so it feels odd to say this, but this might be the most "not my genre" of all records so far. Whatever this is (acid jazz? trip hop?) it is very very not to my taste. I started listening and thought, oh no, an instrumental album. Then a song played with someone "singing" and I thought, holy cow it got WORSE. Just 10000000% not for me. Just thinking about it irritates me. Can I say it's bad? No. Just very annoying to me personally.

Most of this faded into the background. Except for The Rough And The Quick with those absurdly sexual lyrics. I thought Alaska Street sounded interesting but I already forgot almost everything else here.

This gradually lost my interest after a song or two. Not my genre, but had some nice grooves at times. They eventually became tedious.

I'd consider "The Rough and the Quick" to be the title track here. Okay, but WAY too long. Overall, it misses its mark.

lamento no escucharlo entero, pero estoy de campamento y es un poco mierda

4/10 Middling to poor dance music, with absolute repetition. Kinda Death in Vegas, but without the couple of good songs. The last three songs are dog crap, a slow death to a poor album

I guess this is ok background music? I’m comfortable with silence, but if you’re not, this can fill the void. Otherwise, pretty banal.

Hard to work out why this is on the list. Pretty forgettable electronica. Would feel right at home in the club scene in Trainspotting where everyone is off their chops. I guess it would be ok as background focus music at work or when studying - but definitely not for my general listening pleasure.

Recognized the sample from Rock On. Otherwise this did nothing for me.

Decent enough album. The last few songs were my favourite. Probably wont listen to the full album again but might listen to a couple of sons here and there

ok - first listen. Never came across this back in the day. Nothing particularly original and its clearly from the early 00s, but I like what it is. Makes for a pleasurable listen in the background. 2.5

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.

Fun but fades to background

I think the worst thing an album on this list can be is "fine." The kind of thing where when you're finished, you didn't hate it but you also can't really remember any of it. And then you leave just absolutely mystified. This is an album someone *must* hear before they die? Are you sure? It's like being told one of the meals you have to have before you die is store-bought pancake mix. There's nothing wrong with store-bought pancake mix but I'm expecting a certain amount of wow factor and memorability here.

started off fairly interesting and rapidly got worse. i really like this kind of music so it’s a little bit of a shame this didn’t hook me

Well the Wikipedia entry was certainly not encouraging, and the album didn't do much to redeem itself from there

There are days you would get this album and it would drive you insane. Pinky plonky stuff and if vocals keep repeating the same thing. As its a lovely summer day it's only slightly annoying.

Täh

2.5

Not bad, but not memorable.

Couldn't get into their songs. The songs had a creepy sound to me and I couldn't move past that.

Fine! I liked I Stole Your Car the most, it was the only one that broke through for me

This album is a big shrug. If you don’t like quiet, sure, put it on a background but if you want actual music of this type to listen to there are multiple other albums to check out first

forgettable

It's not a bad album as a whole, and there are some interesting bits. It just feels too forced and garage-y. Red Snapper has some great stuff in their musical portfolio, especially in more recent years. This album specifically doesn't stand out.

7.1.26 (and 7.2.26) a fun album with some funky and entertaining tracks. very viby and good music for reading, but idk if i'll come back to this one. Favorite Song: The Rake Rating: 2.5/4

I Stole Your Car var fet. Resten var ganske kjedelig.

Likte noe, annet ikke så mye. Totalt sett ganske greit album å jobbe til.

A mediocre palate cleanser for the next shitty fuckass album this list makes me listen to

way way too long. boring

It’s not bad, it’s just not crazy good and worth listening to. Three stars

Why is there so much shitty electronica on this list from the 00s? This one is a bit better than most of them. A few of the tracks made decent background music. 2.5

Oof

I appreciate the variety of the tunes on this album, even if I don't find any of the tracks particularly compelling. The mix of electronica and hip-hop brings together two sounds that have never been particularly in my wheelhouse, which greatly diminishes my potential "ceiling" for an album like this. And while I can admire how effectively it's sometimes done, the songs inevitably go on far too long for me.

This was not a dislike two star, more like a not my thing two star. Although I would like to sit down and have a cup of tea with someone who considers this a five star. Why? What makes you tick? Why is this a face melting record? Goddamn it, I’m going to have to by the book now aren’t I?

Yet another peculiar addition for electronic music on here. Some of this material is a non-starter, and other bits of it are quite cool, like the looped vocal line in "Shellback". Then there's multiple tracks of nothingburgers, then there's "Rough And Quick" outta nowhere. Then there's some dub on "I Stole Your Car" which would be normal and expected except it's not really done all that well? The production is actually neat enough, lots of little sounds and bloops to add some texture, but the parts don't fit together. Then the first two minutes of "Belladona morph into this pristine ambient passage. This track is actually really worth your time! Agh! I can't make sense of it! This album exists in a superposition where it's both everywhere and techincally impressive, but also nowhere and unmemorable. 2/5, a better and still similar listen is "MJ Cole presents Madrugada". I’d love to hear what Robert Dimery’s methodology was for picking electronic music albums. It’s so out of touch and seemingly random

Inconsistent sub Portishead

Another one of those lo-fi albums best enjoyed when you've kicked back and are just chilling the night away. Perhaps I'll listen to it again when I'm in that frame of mind. Perhaps not.

Ok ambient music. Hard to have in the foreground though, much more of a soundtrack/background vibe that I don’t mind playing but don’t pay a ton of attention to.

Another total waste of time

Never heard of them so let's have a listen, shall we. Huh! Really? We're doing what? What's going on?

Strangely I kinda like this - especially the first half of the album. The Rough and the Quick… um, hello!!

2/5

Como vengo diciendo, yo no soy fan de lo progresivo o lo completamente instrumental, pero este disco me re gustó. Sentí que estaba adentro de Matrix. O del Need For Speed. Es recontra esa onda. Para ponerte en la autopista y pegarle derecho toda la noche. Entrás en un transe mal. Hay que estar dispuesto a comerse esa peli igual. Me lo voy a guardar para futuras ocasiones.

some chill, some annoying in almost exact equal measure. drums go hard. wouldn’t mind ignoring this late at night in a crowded cocktail bar with chaotic vibes. generally not for me.

This was a fun album to get some work done to. I don't think I would listen again

It was okay, some nice instrumentals but wouldn’t listen again and I have no idea why this needed to be on the list. The random explicit lyrics in The Rough And The Quick completely caught me off guard. A lot of the tracks are very repetitive with almost no development. The vocals were not great, and kind of annoyed me. I didn’t hate it, mostly my ears were just bored.

This album is an anonymous hour of turn-of-the-millennium electronic music. This was probably used to sell Mitsubishis in the first George W presidency. It was OK, but just OK. I don't think it is a "must listen" album.

An instrumental album with a type of music I'm not crazy about. Less annoying than other bands in this world because there are so few lyrics. Repetitive music is less annoying for me than repetitive lyrics.

Not for me

It's at least a little better than Let's get killed by David holmes (which I listened to recently on this list), but again, if you're going to include trip hop on this list, it better be the best damn trip hop I've ever heard, and this isnt

como soundtrack de una peli, esto está super super bien. Pero es más para tenerlo de fondo, no aporta mucho sino (especialmente las canciones sin letra lol) 4/10

Poor

Por momentos parece que va hacia lo trip hop y por otros suelta cosas más reggae o de otros géneros que siento no cuadran. Suena lindo, eso sí. Pero me costó. Como me pasó otras veces en este juego, estando Massive Attack o Portishead (con álbumes hechos antes), no entiendo por qué dirías que esto merece llegar como representante del trip hop acá. 4/10

Nothing here for me.

I'm not sure I gave this my full attention. One of those days. Nothing quite stood out for me. It seems like a weird blend of electronica and early 2000s europop or something. i don't know.

the electronic aspects didn't flow for most of this. more moments of disparate noise than music that gave me a groove

i was so ready to be done with this by the end. it's another one that just drags on for far too long. there are some parts i vibed with more than others and it's more listenable than l'eau rouge but i still find it hard to give it more than a 1. i mean it's not Bad but it certainly isn't something i ever want to hear again

I honestly don’t really understand why this album is considered essential. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘪𝘮 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 has a decent groove and a laid-back atmosphere, but I’ve heard plenty of albums in this style that leave a much stronger impression. A lot of it just drifts by without really grabbing me. It’s listenable enough, just not especially interesting or memorable.

I liked first song on the album then the rest was just overload

The acid jazz isn't my type of jazz but I still quite liked it would of gave 3 if I added more songs

not bad but mostly instrumental which isn't really for me i wish they had lyrics

Been Listening to a lot of late 90s and early 2000s alt music and idk I kinda vibe with this one more than Mylo. I think we’re scraping at the edge of musical scenes but I did enjoy this listen but I think this is just a sign of scale creep in 1000 albums

As someone else mentioned, the big problem with this list is that they're throwing in albums that barely had time to age, and while some of them stand the test of time, this one for sure didn't. If you're looking for this kind of sound, just check out Massive Attack instead. 2/5

Pretty boring album with not uch variety but i did like the nocturnal atmosphere 5/10 Favourite: Keeping Pigs Together Least Favourite: The Rough and the Quick

Got bored.

Nothing inspiring really, background music

got bored quickly

What is this. What genre is this. What is anything. Is this entirely instrumental?? What the fuck. Weird and I'm not sure if it's in a good way. Repetitive in a kinda bad way. Oh there's a girl nice. Why is there a mosquito in my ear. Kinda boring. I mean I guess it's interesting. Please don't steal my car. Favourite: Shellback Least favourite: The Rough And The Wuick

Podría funcionar como música de fondo... Demasiado exoerimental para mí gusto

It was a decent trip hop album for the first half but the second half was much more of a bore. I was counting down the minutes until the end. I enjoy the cover art. Rating: 2.3

You failed! I can see, in abstract, why this made the list - presumably not long after release when the writers had to quickly decide which new releases were worthy of inclusion. On paper I think this is a fairly interesting and novel mix of trip hop and some influences from jazz and rave music. The problem is that whilst at first this is unexceptional but very listenable, you realllly feel that 57 minute runtime as the album approaches its second half. This would probably be a 3 if it were somewhere in the 40-45 minute region.

hm?

Not sure who these guys are, not really my kind of music but not the worst

No fav song

Eeesh, maybe I just wasn't in the right headspace (I was almost delirious with tiredness) for this. I was actually fairly excited, but it was just the most generic and quite irritating EDM. The second half in particular just blurred into one for me. On another day, in another mood, I could like this. But not today.

I’m often a fan of electronic genres, but this stayed too repetitive. It was like being on hold or playing some version of tetris

Another hard listen something I wouldn't listen to again a disappointing 2 stars from me

90s electro

The kind of shit that Jez from Peep Show would claim to have created and been stolen from him. Quite interesting as an electronic album which sounds about 90% acoustic Not unlike Endtroducing, which I think manages to make more "iconic" sounding tracks than anything off this. That said, Belladonna managed to stand out for me despite being near the end - both of the album and my tether - really beautiful soundscape mixed with the heavy double(?) bass. Reminded me a bit of Mogwai

Sounds like Massive Attack trying to do a soundtrack for an Urban Outfitters store

Aimed, but totally missed.

Another one with a clear 90s sheen to it. Found this to be a bit too busy, and rough around the edges, though. Very heavily sample based, and idm-sounding at times. While not necessary, it certainly cements its sound in time. There are some interesting tracks in here, like 'Some Kind Of Kink', and 'The Rake' to name a few. But it's hard to not feel like it works best as soundtrack for Mission Impossible. And while that have its valid place, it's nothing I'd go off and listen to whenever.

If you showed me this album, I’d think it was okay, I guess. It feels a bit like Massive Attack, but more cinematic. It’s a nice album to have on while studying or doing something similar. But if you told me it was one of the best albums ever, I’d seriously question both your sanity and my own. It’s a pretty generic album released in 2000. If it had come out in the early ’90s, I might understand the praise, but 2000 feels way too late for it to be influential. This is kind of confirmed by Wikipedia, which barely has anything to say about it, aside from mentioning that it appears in the book this site is based on (and is apparently better than their last album). 2 stars.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Not for me

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.

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.

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

Nothing that I could sit back and enjoy.

Meh. Wasn’t for me. 2 stars

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

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

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.

Meh

2 1/2 It’s okay background music.

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

Yo esta música es que no...

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

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

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

1.5 - weird but not bad

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

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

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”

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.

It’s giving action movie soundtrack, except more edgy

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

2 out of 5. Dated with limited enjoyment.

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.

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

Pretty annoying "experimental" music?

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

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.

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.

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.

Not commanding my full attention but has some fleeting moments

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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).

Fairly boring.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Meh, i usually love electronic but this wasnt the vibe

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

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