Reviews (page 9 of 9)
Synth Synth Synth
ok I guess
I appreciate it for what it is, but it feels very basic by today's standards.
все верно, отец. причем ещё того, гиковского нью-вейва, близкого скорее к панку, чем к приемлемой поп-музыке. ну че сказать, меня тащит такое. вот прямо эти убер неживые жирные синты, вот этот вибрирующий космический звук. понимаю, что фанаты блюз-рока вероятно не найдут в этом себя, но мы ребята прогрессивные и тут, в России, уже достигли британских 80-х в своём сознании. Поэтому годнота, заходит такое. Для меня 9/10, хуй знает. Инструментал Asylum вообще звучит как будто современный трэп бит, под него 808 бас подложить и будет бэнгер (бля, не то шобы это круто, но просто интересная штука)
Скучный, архаичный, репетативнй звук. Одиозные ленивые вокальные партии. Интересно, что все треки звучат плюс-минус одинаково заурядно (разве что у вступительного трека начало будто предвещает нечто интересно). Но почему-то мировым хитом стала Cars. Да таким, что Ньюман "был помечен как артист одного хита". Вторым по значимости стала Complex, но там хотя бы инструментал поинтереснее. На Metal было сделано множество каверов, даже от Nine Inch Nails, хотя трек тоже унылый весьма. В общем, пускай Гэри Ньюман стал "крёстным отцом электронной музыки", но ныне пускай сидит в монастыре, в 2к21 такое слушать неоправданно тоскливо.
блять что же это если не прародитель ебаного жанра? ММ??
Undoubtedly influential but seems to recycle the same ideas over and over.
I warmed up to this album. The vocals are very counter culture esque with their simplistic and wavering tone. The synth melodies are simple , but pretty effective and the drums and bass give a sense of structure for the synths to sit on. Favorite song: Cars
Enjoyable listen lots of funky 80’s beats
Yet another band/artist/album I have never heard of until that one song that everyone knows. lol. Pretty good overall.
I've heard the majority of Numan's albums, and this is the one. Absolute 80s classic. (Edit: it wasn't the 1980s yet! He set the tone for a whole decade of pop.) Coiled-spring energy of British New Wave combined with the new electro sound from USA. I love the deliberately artificial/robotic aesthetic, which would go on to be a direct influence on Detroit techno. The rhythms are a cold, mechanised version of rock, while the melodies are otherworldly synth. "M.E." turns the synth into a deep guitar sound, and is a highlight I'd slightly overlooked in the past. My only complaint is there's some minor repetition of ideas - e.g. "Observer" basically sounds like "Cars". But I don't even mind hearing that idea twice, tbh. FIVE.
I enjoyed the simple, synth-pop instrumentation and the satisfying new-wave songwriting and could easily see myself giving the album 3-4 stars if it had another singer. Unfortunately, I just don't like Gary Numan's voice apparently.
Some iconic tracks. Primed for samples.
Pioneering I suppose but sounds a bit basic now
It's Gary Numan, top man
I mean I liked this one a lot, a very pleasurable listen, and it's not weak at any moment but it neither has any particularly strong moments.
Its different. Never heard the synth used as a hook so much. Reminds me of death metal, but instead of riffs its the synth. All that said still not my cup of tea, even though I kinda liked it
- its robots singing what can be more perfect, the synths and drums and BASS
cars is ok
Yes! Good fun
2.5 background gear for me on this one
Horrendo, no he podido con el.
It was alright. A couple of pretty good tracks
Added barely any tunes to the playlist but it's interesting enough for a 3
Cars" Released: 21 August 1979 "Complex" Released: 16 November 1979
Buen pop instrumental y con abuso (indiscriminado) de sintetizadores. Temas un tanto relajantes. Invitan un poco a desconectar
What a strange duck this is. I feel as if this is an album more important for what it represents than what it sounds like. Automation, alienation, robotics - we're on the cusp of the first era of popular computing here and thus Numan's otherworldly marriage of man and machine must've seemed a quiet thrill. However, in 2021, its repetitive grooves and relatively small sound palette just don't cut it no mo'. I realise that repetition in and of itself can be a canny tool in the hands of an artist, but it doesn't mean I have to enjoy the results. I've listened to this twice, to see if I missed anything the first time around. I don't think so. I've got a friend who looks like Gary Numan though.
Primera presa de contacte amb Gary Numan, a qui consideren un dels pares de l'electrònica. Va ser dels primers ens experimentar amb sintetitzadors i aprofitar-los per fer pop. L'àlbum té elements interessants però el conjunt se m'ha ennuegat una mica.
Man this week has been very average
Great album. Played at cocktail night.
Let's be real: the reason this was on the list is because it pioneered the ensuing electronic music movement. This isn't very good except for "Cars," which is the most known song. Bad singing and annoying repetition across every song. 2/10
buen experimento
Boring. Not a fan. Cars, metal and maybe one or two others bring it up to a 2.
Except for one song from this album I was unfamiliar. Despite that every song made me think of another song I have heard but couldn't name. That tells me that perhaps a lot of people have sampled from this album? Anyway, I liked it.
starts very well then it becomes headache synth music
Spaceship sounds!
Pop sintético. Cosas interesantes.
Interesting. Not good, but interesting.
not bad, good mixing but repetitive at some point. I mean that song conversation is quite good for the fisrt couple of minutes but then it goes on the same for five additional ones. That cars song is a classic though (f*uck cars btw)
Meh
No ps no.
maloooooooooooooo OHHH
I dig it. Had only heard “Cars,” before this and wasn’t expecting those cool ass instrumental tracks. Some of these tunes sound a little too much alike to my ears, but I really just want to know if Andy also saw people fucking at a Gary Numan show because I feel like that would make sense.
Iconic! Its funny how far synths have come and these now remind me of 00s Casio keyboards BUT some great tunes in here. Enjoyed
Obviously influential, but feels cheap and plastic compared to some of its progenitors.
Every song felt the same. Techno drum machine is repetitive. Probably influenced some 80s artists
Solidly strong throughout. I love the consistent tone of the synth. Great songs. And Cars is such a masterpiece. 4.5
La neta tiene tres o cuatro rolas muy chidas y luego tiene todas las demás muy pinche fumadas pero en el mal sentido. ¿Qué pedo con Oceans? ¿Por qué nos tenemos que chutar esos malviajes? Tres estrellas porque las chidas sí están muy chidas.
He descubierto que me caga Gary Numan
2
Alright liked the songs but was fed up by the end as it all sounded very repetitive.
good stuff, always knew I needed to check him out, glad I finally did
I'm not sure I ever listened to a Gary Numan song other than Cars before this. New Wave was THE new music of my youth and I retain an affection for it from that. The cover art for this album is superb.
Some great synth work here - tracks tend to drag on a bit longer than they should but it's easy to see why this LP was revolutionary
Great album, ME is a masterpiece I think and Cars has always been good to me
Cars. Very 80's synthy rock pop? yea let's go with that.
I was pleasantly surprised by this. Never listened to this album before and only really knew Gazza's hits but I enjoyed this one.
2.6
A landmark synth album with all those old-school bloopy tracks I crave, and also the one song that played on every Car commercial ever in the 2000s but it's not poor Gary's fault! :)
the king of synth
Barnsligt och kul
I liked it especially Asylum
i really like him and his style, I don't think i didn't like any songs, get my 5 stars!
Pretty solid album! I like the genre - it's good while working. The album also has famous songs (Cars, M.E.) I hadn't liked in Spotify so I'm glad I found this album! I also think it's the influence for a couple of electronic bands. There's nothing I disliked about the album really.
Feels like the soundtrack to an 80s movie. As synth-pop is pretty cool but not really my thing. Cars is a classic and probably my favorite song on the album. 5/8, respect its popularity but not my thing.
4/5
while technically interesting, it eventually meshes into one sound/tone for me
Haha den är kul ändå
gives me a heebies jeebies vibe, esp Asylum
Never really been a fan. But I like that Joe the Waiter song on the Tubeway Army record.
Android. British robotic music without electric guitar. Listened 3 times in a day. Like it.
Synth pop, lidt spacey, rytmisk
I thought I would hate this. It's not terrible. Best track: Cars
This is a review, I’m writing it right now. I love to write reviews online. Take that to the melody of Cars and slap some basic synth melodies and you have this album
Not particularly an album that I would gravitate to however it was an interesting listen. For me, I didn't particularly pick up on too many stand-outs although "Cars" is an excellent song which seems to be Numan's most well-known.
synthy!
tragically, I prefer the Basement Jaxx version
Synth-pop, 2,5/5
album is good M.E. is awesome kind of ends up getting repetitve though. i swear a bunch of this album is just in the same key or something. album cover is kickass though and the 80s synthpop soud is nice amde even better by the fact that this was made in 1979 . the buzzy synth sound...<3