Reviews (page 7 of 7)
A collection of instrumental jams that are struggling to be mildly interesting. I'm not seeing the significance.
Waste of time, some kiddo starting with the electronic music in garage band
TRASH
Garbage. Or as the Brits would say, rubbish.
Pointless nonsense
Their aim was to satisfy, and yet I felt nothing. I just think that there was really nothing on this album that left an impression on me.
Inoffensive but too long. There’s also the slight wrinkle of there being a non-zero chance that I didn’t actually listen to the whole album because it all just kinda sounds the same.
I guess I have to listen to these sounds while stuck in traffic as my cosmic penance for eating red snapper. Belladonna was kind of nice though
sounds like a track suit, addidas shell toes, a pack of newports, and an affinity for parkour
Musically is a 2. But no reason to be on this list. So I give it a one for wasting my time.
This seems to be one of those albums included due to the author's own personal taste. This oozes that Y2K-branded Brit-pop fusion of hip hop, rock, and electronica, etc. Honestly the bass lines are pretty sick throughout, but I'm not a fan of the songs they're serving. The 5+ min track lengths that don't go anywhere and all sound pretty similar are tiring, albeit maybe better served for background music or maybe a movie soundtrack. That is, the hooks are not enough to keep sustained interest, and there is so much thrown in, your ears get exhausted. What I hate most is the Donald Duck voice.
There is nothing here that should put this album on this list. 1 star or F.
Electronica that sounds like decent background noise for a bar. I like the authentic sounding drums and bass, but there's not enough hooks elsewhere in the mix and the rhythms aren't interesting enough to carry the songs either.
No me ha llamado la atención
Just tries way to hard to be something cool, it ends up being quite irritating 1.5*
Gave up after a couple of songs On the instrumentals I longed for some vocals to hold the (not uninteresting) soundscapes together Once the vocals arrived I longed for silence
The most interesting thing about this is that it had a song with a woman begging for sex ("The Rough and Quick"). The rest of it is just vapid electronic music with occasional rapping. It appears to have been completely forgotten; exactly the opposite of an album you must hear before you die. It is nothing; it made no impact. Ergo, it deserves the lowest of all possible ratings; the fabled 1 star reserved for only the worst of albums.
This feels like what a would-be tough kid would want people to feel as they walk through in the hallways and they creepily stare at people
No thanks
Every song is like five minutes of weird noises repeating. Headache inducing. Favourite song: Belladonna Least: Some Kind of Kink
Honestly? "...the band said a reason for splitting was too much discussing what to play, rather than playing. Each member wanted to try a different musical direction..." The author could open a list of top albums from any other country for the year 2000 and pick one.
Why the hell must I hear this before I die
Life’s too short for EDM. Especially with Iggy Pop on deck.
Why is there so much of this crappy british electronic music on here? It’s boring and repetitive. The same beats looping for 6 minutes at a time. This album is way too long and I see no situation where I would enjoy listening to something like this. I was definitely not satisfied.
If their aim is to satisfy, then they have been found seriously wanting.
What is up with this author's obsession with electronica? The genre is WAY over-represented on this list. This is just more mind-numbing, repetitive, soulless electronic drum beats driving a bunch of go nowhere songs. The only satisfaction I got from this album was not listening to it any more.
# Album Name: Our Aim Is To Satisfy # Artist: Red Snapper # Rating: 1/5 # Comments: Our Aim Is To Satisfy - well sorry mate, you are well off the mark. Honestly, this could be the movie soundtrack to a generic 2000's movie. WTF is this doing here. I mean, seriously, WHY. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? Fuck no
Cut each song down by 75% and you have a nice little 15 minute album if some cool sounds without losing any meaning whatsoever.
Was thinking this was very average / dated late era big beat/ trip hop when The Rough And The Quick came on which was a bit too in your face for me and kinda pissed me off so unfortunately is a down vote from 2 to 1.
I’ll be honest, I had a busy weekend and I’m tired and sweaty. So, my head wasn’t really into listening to a “British acid jazz trio” as Red Snapper were described in their Wikipedia entry. Their album Our Aim Is To Satisfy is supposedly their best album and I couldn’t be happier for them. It’s not for me. It’s just kind of the same beat over and over with some tiny variation and someone singing a hook over and over, with a little rapping sprinkled throughout the album. The first time I listen to any of the 1,001 albums I am assigned, I listen while working. Saturday, I listened while reading. After the first song, not once did I stop and just listen or think, “Man, that was a great song.” Maybe it was the headspace I was in, or more likely, this type of music ain’t my bag, baby. And that’s alright. Rather than get angry and write how this music shouldn’t exist or call anyone who likes this album idiots, I’ll just not listen to it again and go on with my life. If you’re a fan of acid jazz, you probably already know about this album, but if not, you might want to check it out. Man, I’m tired.
Det är ganska trist, låter lite som samma sak mest hela tiden.
Well, I’m afraid that aim was well missed
Not overtly offensive in any way but it bored me to fucking tears
Eleven unmusical, pointless techno/electronica tracks.
Electronic music is not one of my favorite genres. I often find the repetitive nature to be infuriating to my brain. There are some decent beats on this album, but nothing that really wowed me. I’m not going to say it’s bad because it’s not. It’s just not for me. If Red Snapper’s aim was to satisfy, I better go grab a Snickers bar because this album didn’t do the trick.
You failed
This is drivel of the highest order. Sounds like somebody tuning a keyboard. Directionless. Get in the bin.
# 536 : Our Aim Is To Satisfy When your only claim to fame is that you are on this list… If you have to listen to this, look out for The Rough And The Quick. Worth Listening to: Not much, but The Rough And The Quick was the best here. Listened: 31/07/2025
muito ruim filho pqp
Sorry, I tried, but I can’t.
Huh. Meh. I used to really be into Beth Orton’s music. Upon reading their bio, she used to sing for them - makes sense. Don’t think I can spin this entire record.
Another album that I don’t know why it’s on this list. I can combine samples from GarageBand too. Halfway through the album, I saw a meme about Wu-Tang Clan and decided to listen to Wu-Tang Forever instead. No regrets.
I don’t get it. Average at best.
Easy 1 star. DNF Best Song: N/A Rating: 1/10 (An Abomination to Sound) Stars: 1/5
I like some electronic music but Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper would not fall into that category. This album intolerable. Did not enjoy and was not satisfied. A 1 rating. 1/5
Pretty boring. I don't know the history of edm but I'm sure this is important or something.
Click app. After a few seconds of intrigue that unmistakable beat drops in. Look at summary. Electronica. Again. Fuck off! I'm Australian. I was born in 1960 so I heard almost nothing of that genre before this list. I'm down to the last 20 so in 3 weeks time I will hopefully NEVER hear this genre. I don't take drugs so this "music" has no appeal at all. Track two samples that sublime bass riff from Rock On. Badly. The rest of the track is shit. Will listen to a bit more of this to see if it manages to squeak in 2 stars. . . . . . . Not even close. Truly fucking awful.
Yeah so this one was just not for me boys. Liked how weird it was and appreciate the out there nature of some of the songs. Plus some of the songs were almost good and then very much not, a lot of sounded like it could have been Need for Speed menu music. Fav Track: Don’t Go Nowhere
I like the band’s name, not so much the music. Weird and spooky intro followed by catchy and repetitive drumming then overly the spooky sounds again or weird not so spooky sounds with peppier rhythms. Two choices both boring after hearing them more than once.
More random British electro dance music from the late '90's/early '00's. Just more trash. Sounds like the soundtrack to a bad Matrix knockoff.
Awful bland shite
Bah. bum bum.... bah bum bum.... bah bum bum, one five second sample repeated 200 times a good song does not make
Songs were too long and repetitive
I hated this
Öde!
boring techno with occasional unmemorable vocals. wouldn't bother me if it were in playing in a movie (though it would probably cast doubt on the quality of the movie) nothing I would usually opt to listen to, nor will I start now. blech.
I could see a lot of this as background music for a video game or movie. It would be cool in maybe a scifi futuristic setting with an alien band who all play weird looking instruments. Here on Earth as an album to just listen too though? It's super boring. The Rough and the Quick stands out of course. Definitely interesting and attention grabbing. Pretty groovy too. Overall, I could see songs from this album being applied well for other media but it's just extremely repetitive and largely uninteresting to me
Not in my edition of the book! 2000. 1 star. "Our Aim Is To Satisfy." Fail. Tedious electronic sampling with no redeeming features. WTF is this doing on the list?
Meh
Nah fam. 1/5
Not for me
Wtf
Not at all satisfied.
Meh, I thought it would be good, that's on me
Middle of the road electronic music. Nothing notable or special about it at all.
"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
Sterile and semi-boring. Don't remember a ton about it. 1.5/5
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.
# The Rough and the Quick - LOL! Soooo repetative, it must be what OCD feels like?
Yet another post rave spliff album. This is categorically NOT an album I needed to hear
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!"
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.
could i write poetry to this? n
Not satisfied
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.
Nicht meine Richtung
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.
Pretty bad
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
I see you. Have little time. Go Adrian, Michigan. But not yet. Will keep notified. They are here. Many more coming.
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 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.
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.
Nope
Iisejä biittejä. Siinähän soivat!
Big fan of the fish jut not so much of the band.
terrible, what were they doing here?
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.
Just really bad music.
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.
Так-то заебись. Для кого-то. Не для меня.
At first it just seemed generic and forgettable but the repetition became torturous. Should not be on this list
Not for me
There are moments on this that could work decently as a soundtrack to a movie or TV show. As music to just listen to there are none. It's boring. It just kind of exists. I knew a guy in college who fucked around on his computer making music like this. I hated when he had me listen to it. He's in sales and marketing now.
this was not good.
Lofi hip-hop beats to break your mute button
i have beef w/ whoever wrote this book
This sucked.
Awful electronic shit, god knows why this was in this list so many better albums of this genre from around this time
Interresting nice sound constructions. Does not hurt, does not alarm. In my mind: no music at all. from this point of view 1 Point, because 0 is not possible.
Fuck no
Unfortunately, cool drum rhythms does not good music make.
This is bad. Absolutely nothing redeeming about this whatsoever. Every track is far too long and tedious. You know when a beat or a vocal line is repeated so often it becomes grating? And you start to questions your life choices and your sanity? This is where this album lives
The worst thing art can do is fail to produce an emotion from it. I went into this album with hope that it would be a fun electronic/dnb record. What I was left with was a deflating sense of fun as none of the songs did anything for me. It all felt like it's been done before and better. My rating might not represent the musical skill of the album but my experience coming away from it. Entirely forgettable.
Ironic title. Not much to say about it on Wiki. When I Wiki’d the band it said they had a ‘compilation of unreleased and rare Red Snapper tracks’. Can a band have rare tracks if no one’s heard of them? I’m listening to the first song…drugs might help its enjoyment. But I don’t have any. I guess when you have a list of 1001 something, you can cast the net pretty wide. I must say this exercise is exposing me to many different artists and styles of which I was unaware. This is an album I’d want to tell my music friends “Oh my gosh I just heard the greatest album! You have to listen to it.” And then play it for them and while I’m extolling its virtues, watch their faces.
Damn, after Amy and Al, you gave me this? Yea, not for me and not going to re-listen.
Terrible! Awful! Unlistenable!
This band is too talented to be making such bad music. The drummer is so dynamic. The bassist is soulful and interesting. But this music is difficult to even get through. They write a funky groove and then ruin it by singing about something insane like licking and spitting. Please stop singing about licking and spitting. Some really interesting grooves that just didn’t go anywhere. I did not like this
I feel like perhaps I've been too generous in the past, especially with electronic music. I don't know why but this is the straw that broke the camel's back. This is the first 1 star review I'm giving out. I know I've been to generous in the past and if it wasn't something I liked I would just rate it 3 stars saying it wasn't for me. But this is a bridge too far. I really didn't like this. It wasn't for me. I don't know who this is for. It was boring and repetitive. It maybe even is a little better than some of the other electronic albums that I rated earlier because it does every so often do something a little bit different... But barely, and not good enough. So I guess I'm changing the way I rate things maybe.
Ibiza hotel background Muzak like you would hear by the pool. Suit the trendy euro travellers who don’t need to stress out by knowing the lyrics
Gaebage
:(
Time and place may have made this more popular than I can perceive at the moment. Not my thing!
I'm now very sorry for the albums that have received 1 star from me so far. Because actually I should give this album a negative rating as a result. Which unfortunately doesn't work.
Eu não quero chamar de ruim mas nossa viu... Dentro do meu cérebro isso é processado como um monte de barulho sem o menor nexo e não agrada nem um pouco
Hellish
How has this made the list
Make random noise, repeat, make random noise, repeat. Do this for 5 minutes and call it track 1. Repeat process 10 times and call it an album. Sit back and self gratify yourself for the shitty album you've just created.
Nah
Impressions: Why is this here? So many other great electronic albums, but why this? Favorite tracks: Shellback Rating: 1/5
It's a no from me.
Repetitive nonsense. Doesn’t belong on this list. Did not finish the entire album. Would give it 0 if I could.
Not really my cup of tea.
No
Pointless. Mildly irritating background music but without character. Dull as weak tea.
At the risk of sounding like a boomer, this album is just noise.
Um so this was awful. Like, in all aspects. It is awful. no thank you.
Yeah. Inoffensive. That’s the best I can manage.
I'm not a platypus. That's by design.
Isn’t it pretty telling when all the Wikipedia intro has to say about the album is that it was featured in the 1001 albums book? The question is: Why?
moves effortlessly between mind numbing and annoying. what an achievement!
It didn't satisfy anything. Completely forgettable. I know there's good electronic music out there so why is so much of what appears on this list so bad?
The best electronica on this list so far. That’s not saying much
Meh
Well they failed at their aim
Kinda feels like this doesn’t belong on the list. It’s just weird industrial techno. No thanks.
I got halfway through the first song and turned it off.
Me costó mucho terminar de escucharlo y seguramente no lo vuelva a hacer nunca más.
Too many repetitive rhythms, chords and themes for me to enjoy.
With a full hour of music, the album managed to say very, very, very little. Not unpleasant to listen to, but I felt as though I was waiting for the actual album to start the whole time. Like listening to how pure gluten tastes.
Not good.
I could see this being a cool soundtrack to some action/suspense movie where there’s lots of running down dark streets hoping the bad guys don’t catch you, but I didn’t need to listen to it as an album
No
I’m afraid their aim was off. Played it once. Life’s too short. Not at all interesting to me. Enjoyed hearing the famous backbeat from David Essex’s 1973 hit, Rock On, on Some Kind of Kink. And Karime Kendra’s voice on The Rough And The Quick was effective. Other than that, I found it difficult to stay awake. Not one for me.
Aside from the great beginning track, this album did not cease to disappoint me. Endlessly repetitive beats and recurring sections, unattractive vocal *noises* and overall a lack of progression. Feels very stale.
Electronic, mostly instrumental. Seemed disjointed to me. Only made it through a few songs. Best of luck to them but not my thing.
Didn't finish. Kept skipping though songs waiting to find something interesting but never did.
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