Reviews (page 12 of 12)
Meh
Seriously don’t understand why Jack White is on this list. Could only get halfway through the album.
Terrible
Annoying
Very boring
His voice does not please me. Fingernails on a chalkboard
whiny misogynistic divorce-core trash. a little funny that from my initial read of "freedom at 21" was "wow, is *appallingly* misogynistic" which is what me listen closer so of course when i look at the wikipedia article jack white's response to this criticism was "no it's about *technology*". Sure bud. pretty much start to finish it's nails on a chalkboard singing over instrumentation that alternates between insipid and uninspired. shoutout to the pedal steel guitar on the title track which made me think of better albums.
meh
I hated this, I find Jack Whites voice so grating.
Jack White rarely provides any of what I'm looking for in music This collection is no different No terrible, just nothing for me here
Wished it was over by 2nd track, but kept going for a bit (could not finish the album). The 3rd track saw Jack doing a bizarre almost rap filled with awful falsettos at the ends of lines and what sounds like a toddler's attempt at mimicking Tom Morello on guitar. The album (from what I could get through) felt like Jack's audition to be the worst member of The Black Keys.
Not my fav
not sure who this album was made for but it’s not me, jack was better in the white stripes imo album art: he wanna be edward cullen soooo bad
meh
I'm not sure why this on this list and not a White Stripes album. This album doesn't belong on a list like this.
Jack White could be on the right side of The White Stripes breaking up and it could all be Meg's fault, but he makes it so incredibly damn hard to care, let alone take his side. He sounds like he's poorly emulating The Rolling Stones. At least the Stones had some redeeming quality. All this amounts to is piss-poor breakup music, or should I say, a piss-poor attempt at gaslighting paired with annoying amounts of "woe is me". I don't feel bad for this guy in the slightest.
Jack Shite
worst one so far the singer sounds like hes bored to sing idk
Nope.
Nah
There’s just something about Jack White’s voice that puts me right off everything he does - Hotel Yorba by the White Stripes is about the only song of his I can get all the way through, even then I’m grateful it’s only two minutes long. I quite like the music on this record - each time a new track started, I thought, Oh, this might be okay… then he’d sing and spoil it. I think, apart from anything else, I always have that wretched doorbell song in the back of my mind and I can never forgive him for it.
No he conectado demasiado (no lo he llegado a terminar). No todo puede ser perfecto.
Is his name rhyming slang ..... ? 3/10
Yuck
No. Sorry, but no. This album just isn't good. It's like Led Zeppelin, but with no real talent. And did he really say, Woman, I've got no truck with you "? Really? Lame, unmemorable and just not at all a good album.
I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but I don’t think this album belongs on here There were some decent tracks in here, but it felt very outdated (although it might’ve been going for that?) and it’s possible that it was just me, but the mixing/mastering was flat out bad considering it’s one of the more recent albums on here Again, it might’ve been intentional in order to give it a more vintage feel, but it hurt the overall listening experience I didn’t connect with this album at all and although there are some objectively good moments, it wasn’t enough to make this album enjoyable for me Favorites: None Honorable Mentions: None
I liked The White Stripes a lot when I was in junior high, and I remember this being a huge deal when it came out -- I'm not sure why but I never gave it a listen. It's pretty fucking annoying.
nu l am ascultat ca e naspa
Oh wow! Another uninspired rock album on this list? Color me impressed!
this is shit
Just really not my vibe, there was no song that I enjoyed.
I couldn't get into this at all.
Grown man singing like an angsty teen Terrible lyrics trash songwriting Awful guitar tone that sounds like nails on a chalkboard Terrible listening expierence. Not sure why its on this list, I deffinitly didnt need to listen to this album in my life time. Waste of my time 0/10 trash. 🙃
Kjedelig
meh
Not for me...
jack white. gross
Everything about this felt off-putting, hollow and soulless. Based on other reviews this is clearly not a widely held opinion but Jack White just seems kind of shallow and juvenile to me - music, lyrics, themes, vocals, all of it. Particularly stark on this solo album.
I am finding myself unimpressed with this album. It is one that I have always wanted to listen to but never got around to. Freedom At 21 feels incomplete, like the first draft of a song that just needed some more thought and work. It isn't a terrible album, but it does fall flat for me. I don't think I would listen to this one again.
should not be on the list
No a fan
Unfortunately this doesn't have the impact of a White Stripes album. I lasted 4 tracks and got fed up.
There were times when the music was nice, but overall I am simultaneously exhausted and endlessly bored by Jack White
Невозможно скучное. Едва ли 30 минут, а ощущается как вечность, а впереди ещё 10
The first 4 tracks were HORRIBLE, i didn't like them at all. The rest of the albums was ok for 2 reasons: 1) the melodies were good, especially the piano sound in these type of songs. 2) the irony in some of the lyrics in some of the tracks was kinda funny. Also i found the last two tracks really interesting, they were def the highlight of the album for me. So i still don't feel like this is the kind of the album i would reach out for but it was interesting to listen to tbh. 4.3/10
Down with this sort of thing! A White Stripes and now this! Stop making me feel bad.
blah... not at all to my taste
This genre isn't really my thing. I feel like I'm listening to a copy-cat version of stuff I heard decades ago. It all feels pretty contrived and uninteresting.
1. piecez - 0 2. zaltinez - 1 3. freedom - 0 4. love - 1.5 5. blunder - 1 6. kizz - 1 7. zleep - 1 8. zhaking - 1 9. tongue - 0 10. boy - 0 11. zleep - 1 12. on - 0 13. go - 0
DNF. Yeah, nah. Not my vibe at all.
Nah.
Meh
Unremarkable. Some nice Yardbirds style guitar sounds, but the best song on it by a mile is his cover of Little Willie John's "I'm Shakin'" . I am surprised that this qualifies as an album that anyone needs to hear - everything on this was done much better by him in the White Stripes, and before that by the first 3 Gun Club albums. Anyone would be better informed by listening to Magic Sam's Black Magic, or Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch , or Sun Ra - Space Is The Place none of which made the list. One Star for not being good enough at all, and for needlessly taking up a space.
Jack white sounded like an angsty teen throughout the entire album.
eh. very whatever
Should not be on list
Not my type
no
Clichéd rock stuff. Felt like I was back in the Seventies, and not in a good way. The end sounds like someone had listened to The Kinks a bit too much.
the worst crime: boring
How has Jack White come up twice in this? Possibly the most boring musician of the last few decades. I absolutely cannot hack this. Awful.
no
Suger.... alltså va e poängen me denna skiva
Not my type of music. Don’t enjoy his singing. Did not listen fully through.
NOpe!
Honestly, couldn't get into it at all. I know it's personal but I couldn't stand the vocals
Awful. Just a mess of his other projects without an inspired song to be found
Not really my cup of tea
I got bored and couldn’t finish it. Nothing about it was super compelling to me
Again, not my kind of jams
Not my 'cup o tea'.
Not my cup of tea!
Wildly overrated
Very unenjoyable it brought a frown to my face, there was like one okay song
What a blunder
very classic jack white rock riffs, nothing amazing though
Very tonally pleasant. Classic background vocal recording tracks. Was nice to go back in time to when drum sets were recorded in mono and hard panned. Lots of hard panning in general, experimenting with the stereo field. Something many modern recordings don’t seem to do much of anymore.
I don't get why this is so appealing.
this was coasting to a cool 2 until he said "noivus" in "I'm Shakin'." the atrocious vocals of "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" are just the nail in the coffin
Heard before: no I know these are random, but why the fuck do I have to listen to THREE Jack White records and only one Count Basie? Or really anyone of any musical import other than this calculating cypher. I mean, he makes Beck look sincere. He works hard, the sounds are great, esp the guitars, but this is forgettable music. Didn't need to hear it before I died. Top tracks: Freedom at 21, Tongue Trash Talker, Take Me With You When You Go (I guess)
This album's black and white cover depicts a pale and somber young woman wearing a funeral bonnet in early 1800's America. A man's hand can be seen stealing a locket from her breast. This image superimposes a blurry swarm of battle droids from some bleak future; their mass further darkening a darkened sky. The cover's promise of uniquely meshed musical stylings from the past and future, layered with themes of war and death, is not kept or even hinted at. Instead we find the generic mean of pretentious rock throughout.
Ugh, otro disco de este sujeto. No le entiendo su ruido, ni su guitarreo.