Reviews (page 4 of 8)
yeah more brit pop, it's....fine...I just don't want anymore
Just the most bland Britpop album ever made with Terrible vocals
No es un estilo que me guste mucho, pero disfruté del álbum. Creo que es como si hubiesen tomado el tema "Sunday Morning" de Velvet Underground, le hubiesen puesto batería y un poco más de energía y desarrollaran todo un álbum en base a eso. Me gustaron los arreglos, sencillos pero precisos. Escuché este álbum un sábado nublado por la mañana mientras desayunaba, fue un ambiente más que propicio para esta música.
No. It's not as bad as some of the rap crap you've put on this list, but it is pretty uninspiring. Didn't make it through the whole album. NEXT!
'X but shittier' seems to be an apt description here. Take your pick from a variety of Xs: britpop bands, alt-rock bands, post-jangle-pop bands, 80s indie rock bands. I dunno, it's serviceably made but I'm struggling recall a single thing that might make this interesting, even in '93. I'm feeling nice, so it gets a 3, because Home Again sounds like it might have influenced Ted Leo.
Good vibe background
Its fine
fell in love with it
Never heard this band before but loved the album.
I didn’t hate this. I didn’t love it, either.
like it — never heard it before
A band I’d heard of but never listened to. Pleasantly surprised and will give them another listen
This was a fine album, and I probably wouldn't mind listening again. But unfortunately, that's just 2 stars under my system. There's a lot of promise in this album but it doesn't quite get there. I don't think this one makes the cut, but it's not bad. Favorite tracks: "How Could I Be Wrong," "Home Again"
Not a band I'd listened to before, but their take on Brit-pop is certainly one I appreciate. It's Suede adjacent, but definitely its own thing. The music is varied and engaging and the lyrics are great. I can see how the vocals would be divisive, but I quite enjoy his nasal drawl.
I thought the whole thing about new wave was you didn't admit to being new wave... Anyway, just what we need. A new wave album in the 90s, when music had finally recovered from that whole trash era. Anyway, this album's main problem is it's just a little on the boring side. There are a couple of interesting tracks. Housebreaker was kind of OK and Early Years is good. The guy's singing is super new wave annoying. And then there's the pretentiousness. Ughh. 2/5
Fucking hell, yet another “British alternative rock band” from the 90s. ChatGPT could come up with a better list of 1001 albums to listen to.
This was actually quite decent for a style of rock that's never really connected with me. It's a jangly, and even a bit glam in places, indie album. The production is full-bodied for its time, with the more than audible bass guitar acting as a nice touch throughout. Lyrically, whilst there is plenty of self-pitying going on here as is commonplace for the style, this felt a bit more intelligent, quirky and less on the over-earnest side. I didn't want to set the vocalist on fire either, which is often a chief complaint for me within this sphere. I wouldn't object at all if someone were to put this on.
This was pretty boring..
Very pleasant, I don't know if it will leave a big mark on me, its fairly standard, but a decent standard
It’s alright, but I’m struggling to even remember what this record sounded like a few hours after listening to it.
Ok, it's not bad. I don't know if it belongs on a list of musts, but it can be enjoyable. It can also feel long and it's a 45 minute project. I'd listen again, I wouldn't judge anybody for loving this, I just don't find it particularly special. 3/5
I am British which apparently is required to enjoy this, yet I consider it astoundingly meh
I was very back and forth on this one and whether it was a big 3 or a small 4. I like a lot of what's going on here, especially the hidden track, but there's also a lot of it that while alright and pleasent enough failed to leave an impression on me Standouts American Guitars Valet Parking Sub Culture (Hidden track) 4/5
Lowkey uneven.
This is a really solid album. I really enjoyed How Could I Be Wrong and Housebreaker, but I wasn't really sold on the vocal performance the first time round on a lot of these tracks. I liked it enough though that I plan to revisit. 3 Stars on first listen.
New to me and very good! Grabbed me from the first song and kept it rolling. Chill style, good grungy sound, just no bangers.
Very fun album
No stand out songs for my but solid soft rock that has a sound very of its time. It sounds so much like other bands from the same timeframe that I could have heard this before but not remembered.
Fun but nothing to write home about imo
Whispery, 90s English rock band. I liked this album but it didn't wow me.
This was a great listen and new group for me
Cover 6 Almost didn't like this album. Seemed to be missing something. Like it was almost Morrissey or almost Queens of the Stone or almost Oasis Age but neither Morrissey, Queens or Oasis. I listened to it again. I'm not good at listening to something once and determining if I like something or not. I often need to listen to an album 3 or more times. Not even twice will do. Which sometimes makes reviewing albums a great chore. I hit the "like" button on maybe two songs but overall the songs were decent.
No effort was put into: writing memorable hooks; using anything except the most garden-variety chords; coming up with interesting arrangements; sounding like anything except warmed-over mid-tempo glam rock (except for the times when they sound like third-rate Beatles copyists). Sounds like the product of a dude who thought his lyrics were so exquisite that the music was little more than a secondary concern (as is the case with a lot of British alt rock from this time period.)
2.5 I think, great guitar on many songs, like the bridge in how could I be wrong was verrrry nice. But otherwise not grabbing me
Decent alt/indie record.
Generic 90’s rock. Nothing to see here, move along folks.
Not as bad as the previous reviews suggested. Not a band I’m familiar with but can hear a lot of Blur/Damon Albarn influence. I actually had Parklife by Blur on this list yesterday so easy to make comparisons and spot the similarities. Whilst the musicianship of Blur is head and shoulders above The Auteurs, I did find myself enjoying this album more than Parklife. Some strong melodies which I like, mainly sung in minor keys giving a melancholic brooding sound which again is to my liking. Unlike Damon Alburns chirpy cockney style which irritates me. 3/5 18/9/25
This is an interesting album that sounds like Elliot Smith's slightly less poetic (and as a result, less dark) brother formed an alternative rock band. Good listen.
Good
Not sure why I did not listen to them first time round as this would have been right in my wheel house. Listening now its wholly unremarkable indie rock. Its an easy listen and vocals are fine - only gripe is why is a UK band writing about being sick of parking cars in valet parking. Feels a little fake.
Unfortunately read general reviews on this and to class the album as Britpop is just lazy categorization of non-American early 90s indie/rock. The album itself is mostly unmemorable, with a couple of lively tunes that had potential. Giving it extra stars just to counteract they're-British-so-therefore-BritPop-and-inferior-to-US-rock.
Good but not memorable 3.4
It's actually not bad, but the songwriting is truly horrendous.
Like mellow Buzzcocks. Not bad.
Not a good album - some songs were okayish, others were bad. There was not a single good song. The singer's voice isn't good, and the mixing choice was to put it upfront and center, which further reduces the album's quality. This album is a big no thank you from me.
Pretty good.
Dark pop...mmm OK
Why did they make the best track a hidden track? Bringing the 70s and early 80s into the 90s, similar vibe to like the dandy Andys.
Lenny Valentino was my only point of reference with The Auteurs —sharp, catchy, and full of swagger. I expected more of that energy, but this album didn’t quite deliver. The album felt more like a slow burn than a spark—interesting in concept, but lacking the punch I was hoping for. I didn’t hate it, but I found myself drifting. Maybe it’s one of those records that rewards repeat listens, but on first pass, it left me cold.
I'd never heard of this band before. I quite liked it. The sound is very 90s alternative but different than the sound of that era here in the US but familar as well. The piano adds a different sound. His lyrics are quite odd & quirky which I like. My few knocks on this is the songs can run a bit long & they all sound to blend together.
Discazo. Y gratísima sorpresa que esté incluido en los 1001 discos. Le voy a poner 5 estrellas solo por fanboy, jaja. Hablando en serio, es un disco buenísimo: las 12 canciones son buenas y hay una que podría estar entre las mejores canciones de los 90s (How Could I Be Wrong). No sólo eso, sino que es una banda con una propuesta sonora original. ¿Cuántas bandas conocen que tengan un cello como uno de los instrumentos principales? (En este técnicamente Banbury todavía no era miembro de la banda pero está en casi todas las canciones). Y es una banda con letras de la grandísima San Puta, y encima cínicas y misántropas como son las mejores de todas. Y no sé, todo el disco increíble. La mejor canción sin dudas es How Could I Be Wrong: el puente con el cello me pone la piel de gallina. Tenían demasiado talento estos tipos. Pero realmente son varias las canciones que me gustan acá: Bailed Out es una canción que nadie generalmente destaca, pero es buenísima. El cambio de arreglos en el 2do verse es tremendo. Y el último minuto, oh por Dios. Junk Shop Clothes con todos sus tecladitos tan ingleses (sonido que iban a continuar y mejorar en Now I'm a Cowboy): es bellísima. Después está Don't Trust the Stars: una de mis canciones favoritas del disco (Cuando empecé el borrador la había puesto como otra candidata a mejores de los 90s, lo quité porque tal vez sea una opinión demasiado personal): es una especie de rock and roll auteriano, cortito, con una letra super contundente. Y es todo el puto disco así de bueno. Porque después viene Starstruck que es otro temazo. Y después está Housebreaker, y después las últimas canciones que también son magníficas. ¿Cómo describirlo a alguien que no lo conozca? Es difícil: es como un disco de Oasis (pero bueno) con cello, cantado por Bob Dylan con letras de Nick Cave. Los cuatro discos de la banda son recomendadísimos para todos.
it was alright, I really liked Home again but not much else
Really good! I would pick this up if I saw it at the thrift store but I probably wouldn't but it full-price. Absolutely would listen again and recommend.
I really enjoyed this album. The first song was my favorite. I think the album took a slightly different direction after that. It was fun to listen to, and an album I hadn't heard before.
What a crap album. Thankfully, I listened to the non-expanded version!
The breathy whisper singing ruined this for me, sounds a bit passive aggressive and half arsed. I prefer my music full arsed. It was ok, but overall I didn't feel like this added anything new to the challenge. Death to harmonicas 💀
I also like Marc Bolan
Flat and boring.
Четвёрка немного завышена, но это крайне приятный сюрприз с хорошей девяностнической энергетикой, полной и надрыва, и балладных нот, и чего-то фрикового
meridiano de Greenwich
Sounds like discount Beatles
Never heard of this band. Decent dark glam rock.
Yet another dreadfully boring britpop album on the list. Oh well, add it to the pile I guess.
This one hit right as fall is hitting. Not always a fan of new wave, but the album that kicked it off had everything I wanted. Hooks galore, biting lyrics, and just a touch of shoegazing. Lush production without being tinny or dripping. This was a cool one I didn’t expect but it made 5 for me!
Not for me. 1/5
DNF. Too sedate and boring
I am not a big fan of Britpop, but this was an enjoyable listen. I will listen to this again.
Another album fronted by a fake band for those nefarious ghost singers ‘Samey Same and the Samers’.
Found this really interesting because for me it was the missing link between early 90s and Brit pop that I didn’t know existed. Not too bad.
Like the Beatles but incorporated more electronic elements
This seemed pretty generic and forgettable on my first listen through, but when I paid more attention I think there wasa bit more substance there. Not saying this is a favorite, but there's some cleverness and decent music going on here and there.
Nice
Разной степени интересности бритпоп, о котором я успел забыть за пару недель с момента прослушивания. Лучшая песня - Junk Shop Clothes.
I can’t do the whisper singing. Musically sounds fine but its that kind of singing the cure does where it seems like they cry the whole time or whisper.
It was fine but a but slow for my taste.
It's funny. The album's called New Wave, which is also a genre that's very over-represented on this list, but it's not actually a new wave album. It's britpop, which is also very over-represented on this list. Who would've thought? Anyway, the album's okay. Not as good as the big dogs of the scene, but not horrible either. I mostly like the way the album sounds. There's some chord progressions I enjoy, particularly on the opener "Show Girl," which is a cool song. The sound is a bit repetitive, but it's not bad so it's not a big deal. The vocals aren't my favorite. The best way I can describe the way Luke Haines's voice sounds on this album is "Femboy John Lennon." I know that doesn't make any sense, but if you have that image in your mind when listening to the album, it makes way more sense. The writing is okay. The album's okay. Nothing is done poorly, but nothing is done spectacularly either. The album sure does exist. Admittedly it is earlier in the britpop scene, so this isn't like a pale imitation or anything like that, but it still feels a little redundant. 3/5.
I couldn’t wait to stop listening to this
Shite
Away with yourself
This is boring.
I thought this was shit but maybe I'm just in a bad mood today. The Wikipedia article states "New Wave laid the groundwork for what would subsequently become Britpop", and that's a crime that should never be forgiven. I hate songs where the chorus is just the name of the song repeated, and this album is a serial offender (see Bailed Out, American Guitars). I normally give the daily album a few spins, but one will do for this guy. Maybe I'll come back to it.
Nothing to write home about.
This really just sort of washed over me. Listenable but quite unremarkable.
Alright, but nothing that stands out. Already forgot everything about it one day later
perfectly post beatles and pre arctic monkeys.
I had never heard of the album or the band. After reading the reviews, I was skeptical about what to expect. But I really liked the album. I'll definitely listen to it again and get to know the band a bit more. 4/5
If Oasis and Blue had a baby and it wasn't that good. Mediocre britpop.
It's not bad. If I had more time, I think I could appreciate it more. Just like Coldplay and Radiohead, etc.
Album was just okay. Felt kind of flat. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Good britpop album, maybe the first in the genre. It also doesn't sound as dates as many other albums from that era.
Britpop genérico, não à toa eu mal me lembrava da banda.
It was fine, not really spectacular, quite forgettable
I read up on this album and I quote from the Wikipedia entry for this: ‘Author Dave Thompson wrote in his book Alternative Rock (2000) that ‘New Wave’ laid the groundwork for what would subsequently become Britpop.' So I get why it’s here, it oozes Britishness and mid 90s brit-rock vibes, it’s just I’m not massive on the whole brit-pop sound in general. It’s fine and I can listen to this, and there’s some records from the era I really like; this just wouldn’t be one of them. It’s just so bland. I guess you had to be there.
There was a couple of moments where my foot started tapping a bit - but it's all very forgettable.
Modest, in that it sits at the back of the classroom knowing it’s smarter than everyone else, offering gnomic minor petty observations that grow as you linger in them. Only listened to this twice, found the songs had stuck despite eschews of obvious, big choruses. Nice.
I'm probably biased as I saw them many times (even before "the Cellist"), but this is pretty good, the highlight of a brief cerebral/fey indie era that was quickly poisoned by overbearing boorishness. To lump them in with Britpop is to miss the point; the intent was always a nastier Go-Betweens, a caustic C86: very much achieved here. Sounds a bit tinny in retrospect, but the songs are quality; Albini engineered their later masterpiece "After Murder Park" in a more muscular form and it really benefits. Haines is the Iannucci of indie music, for my UK readers..
Lesser Suede. Not interesting at all.
Meh
The Good: We know what genre this belongs to! The Bad: We’ve been fooled… The Ugly: Being fooled by auteurs, is like being schooled by morons.. Okay, I will let you in on a little secret: I am playing catch-up on all these albums which I did listen to, yet at the time did not have the time to rate. In the case of this album, almost 2 months have gone by, and I can only recall the album cover, but not a single song… What does that tell you about the impact that this album had on me? Maybe I am getting insensitive to music, after forcing myself to listen to a different album for almost 500 days… So what should I do here? Should I go through the middle? I do recall that the album did make me want to hit the skip button… but no impact… does that deserve 3*? Gonna listen to it real fast, brb… Okay, mid ‘90s stuff… and I like the ‘90s… maybe I will add this to my list of things I need to listen to again at some point in the future… which means 4*
It was fine, not sure why it was on this list tho
Erm, achtually c’est pas du New Wave ☝️🤓
I don’t think that I’m a fan of Britpop. The vocals were weak and it sounded like that he was mumbling his words.
I thought I would get annoyed by his voice, but that didn't happen. Catchy songs from start to finish.
Pretty good! Never heard this before.
This was surprisingly decent!
This was pretty good
Meh. Not super my vibe.
Good Stuff
Nothing really standing out here for me as interesting. 2 star, it's not bad but not holding my interest.
Sounds like standard mid 00's coffee house indie rock, except it is from 93. Seems like they were breaking ground to help a number of the later acts.
Veldig behagelig!
Good enough Alternative Rock.
Not quite sure how they managed it, but some of these tracks are ALMOST good.
meh
Musically this is serviceable but nothing special. The lyrics are pretty weak though. Ultimately I love brit pop but there’s a lot of other acts I’d rather listen to in the genre
A pretty forgettable rock album. Simple melodies and simple rhythms with bland vocals, and all of the songs feel very drab and lack emotion.
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And another middle of the road, unremarkable British album that I can totally see somebody getting into back in 1993, but which has very little relevance beyond that point in time. It's not technically garbage, but it would hardly make the top 100 list of albums in its release year, why on earth should I make this something I listen to before I die?
Meh
Yeah, it's britpop. An utterly, unremarkable genre. The inclusion of this album is definitely a representative example of this list's biases.
Why did I need to hear this, Robert? Because I really did not? The sensation of yet another brit pop alt rock UK 90s whatever but this one adds channeling T-Rex to the Beatles or Stones held up for about one and a half songs. You know, you're not doing these albums a favour, Robert. Robert? Are you listening? Because there's a list in the reviews of other '93 releases not featured in your book which are infinitely better and more important than this one. And I could add 10 more. So excuse me while I don't give a shit about The Auteurs.
Very listenable, but not all that much stands out
I think I’ve heard maybe three female vocalists in almost two months now and yet I’ve had so many absolutely mid Britpop albums? I want 45 minutes of my life back.
Suede may be the more memorable of the proto-Brit-pop bands, but The Auteurs just barely beat them to the punch, releasing their debut album only a matter of weeks earlier. I can see the connection a bit more with Suede, but I really liked the The Auteurs too. They feel a bit moodier, a bit darker, like they'd be influenced by the likes of My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain. It's not quite a perfect album, but there are loads of highlights, including "Show Girl", "How Could I Be Wrong", and "Early Years". This is one that I should definitely return to.
Not my favorite, easy listening
Не понравился этот альбом. Я так и не понял к чему акустическая звенящая как маракас гитара на каждом треке. Вокалист пел примерно одинаково на всех треков. Ничем не зацепило альбом средний. Два трека очень напомнили самый популярный трек пиксис- where is my mind.
Some of this list is just odd and compiled by someone who worked for the UK music press between 1993 and 2008.
Good
Fan det var ju bra. Helt okänt band som gör rena sköna melodiska låtar. Det här kan man lyssna mer på!
Ytterligare en rolig överraskning från ett band jag inte visste fanns. Förmodligen den bästa skivan hittills på listan sett i relation till antal (enastående få) spelningar på Spotify. Första låten är bra men därefter är för ovanlighetens skull andra halvan (i synnerhet de tre sista) MYCKET starkare än den första. Bästa låt: Idiot brother.
It was fun but didn’t really catch my attention. not that it’s bad or anything. it was alright.
Another album on the list I'm not convinced by. I don't think it's distinctly important. Lyrically okay, musically okay, nasally uninspired vocal delivery. Hopefully it's one of the removed ones across reprints?!
Bit bootleg Beatles. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood.
Mér fannst ég vera að hlusta á hljómsveit barna ríkra foreldra sem halda að þau séu ofboðslega kúl. Tónsmíðin var einföld og textarnir leiðinlegir. Lagið Valet Parking situr í mér þar sem söngvarinn syngur í sífellu um hvað hann sé leiður á að leggja bílum.
*Beatles meets Oasis. Rating – 7/10
While the significance to brit pop is worth lauding, this record seems more derivative of other famous acts like the Smiths than it is confident in its own sound. And in that, this record commits a grave sin; it is boring. Banal, inoffensive, and with little standing out, New Wave manages to do something few other records on this list does, and that is to bore me to tears
Just ok. Show Girl the best thing on the album, which descends somewhat into mediocrity from there.
I mean, ‘meh’ kind of sums this up. It’s not particularly memorable. I remember Lenny Valentino being a banger but that’s not even on this album. I swear the compilers went through the Mercury shortlists and picked out the least worthy albums for this list. Weird
Music is good but the songs get repetitive. They all sound similar, by the last one they all sound the same.
2.5
Hat mich nicht angesprochen. Kann mich nun einen Tag später an nichts erinnern.
Never heard of this group before. Man there was a lot of solid Brit Pop coming out of the scene. It's inevitable that albums will slip through the cracks. This would have been something I was listening to back then. Starting my third listen and this keeps getting better. It's a grower.
Koffor i alle dager e det her et album alle må høre??? Det kunne i det minste være interessant for å havne på en sånn liste? Generisk vas.
Die händ es Lied wo Bader Meinhof heisst😂🤔
die auters! nonie ghört aha isches brutische indie no shit aha. ooook de ersti song isch huere schön mega geils arrangment mit akzstischer und elektrischer gitarre. refrain cute mit de bgvs und klatscher. bailed out isch definitiv en song so es chlnt eim nolaufe aber finds etz nöd super. american guitars chani relate ich lieb mini mexikanisch fender. chli eintönig. junk shop clothes isch au no herzig mit de klavier melodie aber sini stimm do obe gfallt mer semi. dont trust the stars ehner nervig etz isch sini stimm döt obe hä. starstruck au eig en guet gschriebne song. gohtmer langsam uf de sack aber. immer s glich mit dene indie bands. when i first met you you were not housetrained hoppla. housebreaker crazy lyrics. ok er seit au i was not housetrained. idiot brother riese titel. home again intressante song. aber sorry dasch glaub es zwei wo agfange het wie es vieri. NÖD EN HIDDEN TRACK NAIIII
show girl na cool! anschinend wichtig für brit-pop, mal güggsle bi bailed out findi s klavier reecht cool jöö junk shop clothes het so öppis verträumts hmm ja es lauft und wenig sticht jz würkli usse, aber finds no cool early years isch recht cool, churzwilig und het chli zug damn find de hidden trakc recht cool hahaha, sicher besser als home again selber (wo sini daasiinsberechtigung het aber nüt umwerfends gsi isch) schwanke zwüscheme 3 undeme 4, iwie hetsmer ebe scho easy gfalle aber s het auchli vor sich her gspielt
At first, it thought this album was ok. But the more I listened to it, the more it was the same thing over and over again. Worse yet, the singer lacks any type of range or strength to his voice. His falsetto is inferior. And their choruses are totally repetitive and uninspired (eg American Guitars and Starstruck). I’ll say it again, like I did on my last review for Rocket From The Crypt, there is no discernible reason why this album is on here. This band never did anything in the US, never had a top 20 UK album, top 40 single anywhere, nor did they influence anyone or anything. I don’t understand why this is included, and while it might be good enough to give a 2 (it’s better than RFTC), it gets a 1 because it does not belong anywhere near a list of top albums you need to hear. Go find the early albums from Live, Tonic, Toad The Wet Sprocket, or Vertical Horizon instead.
No no no...no place on this list imo...
Hadn’t heard the auteurs before was pleasantly surprised by it. Although wasn’t sure what to expect will listen again
afgaande op cover en naam vreesde ik het ergste... bleek het zeer goed mee te vallen... soort kruising van Bauhaus, Magazine en Suede... mooi plaatje
presages britpop but not as good as a lot of the albums that would come in its wake. good guitar sound tho
It really reminded me of a different artist, but I can't put a name to it. The problems of old-age, eh? Anyway, this was another nice album. Full of nice melodies and lyrics. It just never really got my attention fully though. There was no track(s) that stood out. It was all a bit monotonous and samey.
adri: 8'5, rock depresivo, es como un dia de lluvia, me encanta. mar: 7, de fondo está guay.
Better than I expected considering it’s Brit pop.
kinda boring we’ve heard this like 26 times already
langweilig
I would go see this band if it was playing at the local, their ilk has been playing there since the seventies
Aight
Well done, laid back style.
hm, standard alternative rock, der sich nicht wirklich abgehoben hat
Gähn, drittklassiger Britpop
7/10… brit pop / madchester
Again, I have no idea how this album has made the list? Maybe in ‘93 this was an influential album, but I’ve never heard of the record or the band as it goes. It’s just bland in terms of vocals, lyrics and musicality. It’s inoffensive and emotionless landfill brit pop. It’s only spared a spared a 1/5 due to the guitar work.
fine
meu deus que disco chato. brit pop genérico. produção ok, vocais insuportáveis.
Generic and on the whole inoffensive. Some fun moments but not much else to write home about. Decent but highly derivative indie pop-rock sound. Top tracks: Housebreaker, Idiot Brother
Never heard of this band, solid album.
I enjoyed this a fair amount. Do I think this belongs on the list? Probably not. But it’s really fun 90s pop rock album. Not likely to listen to this again, but still pretty good.
72/100. A solid indie pop album. While it doesn’t break any new ground, it offers a consistent and enjoyable listen. The instrumentation tends to stay in the same lane throughout, and a bit more variation could have elevated the record.
Pop, rock, early indie, melodic, fuzzy and very British, I like it a lot
I really liked this one and I may revisit it soon as I feel that I can't rank it fairly at the moment. The lyrics are witty, sarcastic and open to interpretation. They also feel deeply personal. The singing has quite a bite to it and reminds me of George Harrison. The guitars are jangly, distorted, melodic and at times a bit gritty.
It gets boring after a couple of songs
Not at all notable or essential, not terrible either, it's not really anything at all.
Very generic 90s pop rock. There are some nice guitar sounds (some jangle, some arpegios, some fizzy leads, some big sweeping chords) but the vocals are whispy and pretty weak and the songs are nothing special. It's all extremely mid-tempo and middle of the road - it's not abrasive or dissonant enough to have any real tension or dynamism and not hooky enough to work be anthemic or catchy pop. A strange inclusion since there's so much much better 90s indie to pick from.
Is this Brit pop? Could have easily been a Blur album... Musically ok, but did it grab me, no.
Could've fallen asleep and gotten the same experience. People who don't like 80's/90's britpop (which I do) point to uninspired shit like this for their reasoning, and they're kind of right
As they say in Yorkshire "I'm on a reyt run". They say all sorts over there, not all of it useful here. Still, this was excellent arty rock, set firmly in the early Britpop space.
O Oasis foi responsável por massificar o britpop no mundo, mas antes disso já tinham outras bandas fazendo esse "tipo" de som, como o Suede, o Pulp e o próprio The Auteurs. Não tem nada de inovador nesse disco, mas a banda é competente. Boas canções e aquela atmosfera melancólica que virou símbolo desse fenômeno cultural dos anos 90.
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I've never heard of the Auteurs before, and I'm pretty confident I've never heard any of their songs (certainly not from this album), so it's nice to get something new and different (to me at least). It's a little hard to get past Luke Haines' voice, which seems to hover on the edge of being really annoying and not nearly as full as he probably imagined it was. But despite that distraction, the tracks are largely interesting, and a few stand out as better than the rest--mainly "Show Girl", "Junk shop clothes" (although his voice really gets in the way) and "How could I be wrong?"; and a nod to "Bailed out" and "Early years". Given all the references to formative-Britpop in the Wikipedia and "1001 Albums" entries for this album, and comparisons to Suede and Blur, it appears that this collection went all in on Britpop and its ancestors and descendants. Nothing wrong with that, but it seems like Britpop was much more interesting and relevant to the Brits among us, and not so much to the rest of us.
innocuous British pop. not actually new wave music. not actually auteurs. but it's fine.
I was expecting either some poorly done punk,or some electronica from the title. What I got was neither. I quite liked it actually. Not outstanding, but very creditable. Will probable never think to listen to it again, but it is worth it. Got to be a well earned 3
Simply put, I really do not like his voice. The songwriting is really poor too. Only ‘Show Girl’, ‘Idiot Brother’ and ‘Early Years’ were worthy of better than a 1 star.
I always saw this lot as a sub par Suede. I still do. Enjoyable enough, but just no spark.
Why do these guys just sound so... British. Mellow and chill but not too interesting. Last song is Baader Meinhof lol
They sound nice but not particularly memorable.
Right away I kinda hate it. It's giving "pretentious hipster I had a crush on in college and now cringe at" The whole album feels like a charmless whiny jerk with not much to say (on Genius "Haines has claimed that he has no idea what Showgirl is about," the whole chorus is American Guitars, the SNORING SOUNDS in Junk Shop Clothes). The subtle but sustained misogyny and classism (all of Showgirl, "A backwoods trier... Your time is mine. What's yours is mine, all mine" in Housebreaker, and "they were like a pair of dumb dogs rolling in the dirt" in Idiot Brother) is far too much for me. The only song with any possible message seems to be Baader Meinhof but even then it's political word salad.
Never heard of them before. Sounded actually a little more modern. Liked it more than I thought, their voice in some of the songs were a bit painful.
It was alright, no standout tracks for me though
Loved the wit.
I have listened to the album two times.... Oo Idiot brother - guitar melody ... Early years How could I be wrong (But what are all these songs about?)
3.5 Good surprise — I had very low expectations for this album.
Most of the songs were OK, but overall. I didn't really like this; it's not something I see myself going back to again.
Nice
3 stars. So mid. Hard to believe this made the list, it's just so average and cliche. - *sigh* more rock. Not a terrible opening but so plain - That punk-rock thing where the chorus is just the same line over and over gets pretty old - 'Junk Shop Clothes' is a nice sound, but the lyrics are a bit... off I guess? They just don't connect. - Repetitiveness is causing skips in the 2nd half of the album
This is pretty good but no track really sticks. I can se my self liking this type of style, very Indie rock (kinda sound like another indie band but i can't put my finger on which). But there is no definitive hit. if i had listen to it when i was younger i would probably have som favorites but on a single listen it is just nice background rock.
5/27/25. First time hearing about this band. Pretty simple but enjoyable songs! Seems like a deeper cut under all the "Britpop" bands coming out during this time.
Rockerito de los 90, aunque suena mas antiguo. Tiene su rollito, son melodías y letras experimentales. 6,5/10
On first listen I found it a bit forgettable, but when I listened again I really enjoyed it (and then I listened a 3rd time and liked it even more) Fav song: Showgirl, I also really enjoyed Housebreaking and Home Again. Least fav: Junk Shop Clothes
Decent album this. Really like the first half but tapered off a bit for me towards the end. I did find it funny that the main guy refused to be associated with Brit pop Specific rating - 4.1 Fav song - show girl Least fav- housebreaker
I didn't dislike it by any means, but I feel like it just didn't really hit for me. It was good, just not special if you know what I mean
I like it but I feel like I've heard the same thing but better before. Favourite: Show Girl Least: Junk Shop Clothes
A surprise! I’d never actually heard of them but they were right up my street. Moody music with peppy vocals. Very 90s. It worked for me
It's perfectly ok in my book. Britpop gets a bad name, and it's definitely overrepresented in the project, this being a prime example. Like I enjoyed it, but probably not groundbreaking or world changing. 25/05/25
It’s time for yet another album that shouldn’t qualify for this list. New Wave by The Auteurs is a nice jangly, catchy, and buzzy cocktail with hints of glam and classic pop, sure, but nowhere near the best 1001 albums in history. Solid, but definitely not essential.
Eh. Nothing special, don’t know if deserves to be here.
enjoyed more than i presumed
Not in 1001 but not bad
not a great new wave
It had some 4-star songs on it, but didn't seem like a cohesive 4-star album. I really loved the valet parking song. The simplicity of many of the songs was really great.
Sparks / Bowie tinged indie. Luke is an interesting character but this is only essential to fans.
's all right. Didn't do much for me. 'not unpleasant'
The songs were okay, but the weird breathy singing was off putting
The song writing here is fine and I like a few tracks but several are just not strong enough. I don't know if I have a distaste for the softer britpop songs or the singer's vocal style but I much preferred the faster songs with more rockin energy.
Another one in the not groundbreaking, but good music id never heard of group.
I thought it was alright, i didn’t stand out to me much. I liked the instrumentation but I can’t really see any real reason why I would made a list like this. It just wasn’t anything super special.
#586. Mid-tier indie rock 3/5: it's fine
It was okay.
This was fine for background listening, but not much else. It only ever got to an okay-level, never went beyond that.
More generic BritPop and there's nothing special about it. 4/10
Duller than most Britpop’s beige B-sides and glam rock with no glam. Two stars might seem a bit harsh, but I just can't bring myself to stretch it to three
Is this a parody record? Am I being punked? Music is reasonably OK, but those lyrics are just awful.
Good... Never really great for me. Couldn't tell you why.
I really hated the first song. I kept thinking my headphones were going out on me. After that the album never really rose above fine.
Boring
Great find!
It's okay, but rather boring. Wouldn't listen again
Didn’t like it the first time through. Listened again and it instantly clicked. Gonna stick with this band a while and see what other surprises they have in store.
I am very much NOT a new wave fan
This band was decent. They had a good sound.
Decent not too bad or too good. It is right in the middle
Whatever. Totally mid Brit rock that I could not care less about. Dudes voice is mildly annoying (par for the course). The lyrics are bleh cause they try to do too much and be too deep with them (naturally). I feel nothing other than mildly annoyed that I had to listen to this.
it's from freaking 1993-not nu-wave at all. why, why, why is it on the list???? oh wait, it's because it's mid brit pop.
I really liked this.
I used to know the bass player of the band.
If this were a 60s album I'd probably say it was alright. If it was a 70s album I'd be like 'oooh, nice example of proto-glam.' If it was the 80s I'd be giving it a bit of side-eye. But no. This album is from 1993. Another case of the book's lack of imagination in the later decades.
105/1089 - Wait a minute, this isn't new wave... (It's actually boring proto-britpop nonsense).
Slow, boring rock.
Good enough for background listen, but I'm not sure if it's pushing anything forward nor whether it's a necessary listen. I like the cover art tho.
Can't say I'd heard this before. It was interesting, but not compelling. Mid 2s.
I didn’t like this. Forgettable.
liked it more than i thought i would.
Fine. First four or so songs he sounds too much like the Beatles. Was better when he sang in the lower register. Pretty standard indie rock sound, but I’m new to britpop.
Lots of lovely songs. Some really good tunes and if I had owned this on CD I think I'd have grown to love many of these But while they try, this is not as fun as Belle and Sebastian, not as catchy as Oasis and not as bitingly clever as Pulp. Reading about Luke Haines is also quite amusing. He's clearly a complete arse. In his autobiography "...Haines reserves spectacular bile for Auteurs cellist James Banbury – referring to him only as "The Cellist"" (from a Guardian article). Best songs: Show Girl Bailed out How Could I be Wrong? Early Years
Cool very mellow. Maybe needs a few times to catch on
1993 UK. Alternative rock, indie pop
Meh
This was pretty boring and uninspiring. Didn’t do anything for me. Not offensively bad, just bland
I couldn't get past 25 seconds into 'Junk Shop Clothes'.
Sounds like half the other albums I've heard on this list, but the singer this time sounds like a bad George Harrison impersonation. This list was obviously made by a bunch of middle aged British dudes.
Lackluster. 3/10
Favorite Track: Idiot Brother
This album really started wearing on me the longer it went on. Just middle of the road early 90s British rock/pop. Not needed on this list, 4.25/10 (2.125/5)
"Song title. Song title Song titleee." If this were 1001 perfectly cromulent albums from the 90s it'd belong on the list.
It has been awhile since I got such a blatant Brit bias pick, and boy is it ever a Brit bias pick. The album at times is pretty decent, and at others bland and sometimes downright annoying. A couple songs, the singer just repeats two words over and over, instead of having a true chorus. And even he sounds bored doing it. I should have taken advice from the title of the second track, and just Bailed Out.
show girl- 6 bailed out- 5 american guitars- 5 junk shop clothes- 5 dont trust the stars- 5 starstruck- those two songs back to back are funny. 5 how could i be wrong- 5 house breaker- 6 or 7 valet parking- 5 idiot brother- 4 early years- 5 home again- 5
Ok but never been great
Queria pular pro próximo dia pq esse é péssimo, primeiro nota 1. Ouvindo o do Neil Young dnv pra tirar o gosto ruim da boca.
Aprende aí mano Toda Matéria O que é Música: Música é a combinação de ritmo, harmonia e melodia, de maneira agradável ao ouvido. No sentido amplo é a organização temporal de sons e silêncios (pausas). No sentido restrito, é a arte de coordenar e transmitir efeitos sonoros, harmoniosos e esteticamente válidos, podendo ser transmitida através da voz ou de instrumentos musicais. A música é uma manifestação artística e cultural de um povo, em determinada época ou região. A música é um veículo usado para expressar os sentimentos. Ritmo é a sucessão regular dos tempos fortes e fracos em uma frase musical. Indica o valor das notas, conforme a intensidade e o tempo. Pode ser sinônimo de cadência (sons cadenciados) em intervalos de tempo periódicos. O que é Ritmo: O ritmo está ligado à música, mas também a outras formas de arte, como a poesia, por exemplo. Neste último caso, o ritmo controla a distribuição de sílabas compridas e curtas e a repetição dos tempos fracos e fortes de um verso. O ritmo é, junto com a harmonia e a melodia, um dos componentes essenciais de uma música. Diferente das outras artes, como as artes plásticas, a música ocorre dentro de um parâmetro temporal e o ritmo controla a sucessão de sons dentro do tempo. É o ritmo que controla a duração dos sons e dos silêncios em uma música, ou seja, é o responsável pela temporalidade musical. É um padrão de sons criado dentro de um determinado período de tempo. A mesma sequência de notas musicais pode criar uma música diferente somente com a alteração do ritmo. O ritmo é comumente confundido com a velocidade com que uma música é tocada. O mal-entendido faz o ritmo ser confundido com o andamento, que é a velocidade em que um compasso musical é executado. É importante ressaltar que o ritmo não tem a ver com a velocidade dentro da música, mas sim com a duração de cada silêncio ou nota musical.
Thought I was into it at first because there are a few good songs but vocalist Luke Haines' voice got annoying really quickly. It sounds like something I would enjoy but the vocals just ruin it for me. Maybe someday I'll get over them and really like this album but I doubt that I'll give it another chance anytime soon. Favorite track: Bailed Out 2.5/5
Pretty good for British alt rock but still isn’t my favorite genre. 3.5/5
Not bad, not great.
Bad Beatles parody.
I turned it on. I tuned in. I dropped out. Decent sounds. Utterly forgettable.
I turned this on and then didn’t notice it at all. Nothing stood out and not very memorable. 2.25
Ronald Regan was wrong...the most terrifying words in the English language are: I play brit pop and I'm here to rock you. 2.5/5
Just have to bring attention to this first, when I started the album, that first song has a hard cutoff. Like opening riff it just fades out real fast and abrupt. Which comically made me lean over to see the notification/text I must’ve gotten on my phone only for the music to cut back in the second I saw that the music had tricked me. So there’s that, this album can trick phone monkeys into thinking they got a msg which is kinda funny. Outside of that I was super bored with this album to be frank. The vocals are the biggest turnoff cause they feel average/unremarkable but that’s in stark contrast to the guitar playing and overall production. Honestly the music is truly original and interesting, the only thing watering that down is the vocal performance. There’s probably a big following for this album but sadly it’s not for me.
Bland. Nothing I want to come back to. They really feel like Sgt peppers Beatles with less acid and less talent. Why is this one in the list?
He sounds like the singers for the British band at England in the Britain section of Epcot. Nothing against those guys but its not quite best albums of all time calibre. 3/10
I don't hate it, but I think this album could have been so much better if the arrangements and production were simplified. I often find myself asking "did this song really need a cello or a harmonica or a xylophone?" In contrast to the instrumentation, the vocals are a bit generic and lacking a punch that would lift this above the other bands of the day. Not sure I'd come back to this album again, but "American Guitars" is a good tune that I hadn't heard before. I also liked "Housebreaker" and "Idiot Brother"
I have never heard this album before today. It's alright, nothing really stood out to me though. Might be nice to put on an obscure chill party mix.
It’s alright. There’sa level of wit and wetness to that lyrics which I like and the tunes are nice enough. Just a bit boring though, like a conversation with as nice acquaintance, you soon find yourself reaching for excuses to move on
Okay album. Nothing that stood out to me though
Rather enjoyable, another 7/10 album but this one I'm going to round up to 4/5.
The most 1993 album I’ve maybe ever heard. That’s not a compliment, but it’s also not derogatory. It’s…..fine, I guess. Long-winded ramblings from a flamboyantly queer Brit are cool on paper, and it was a vibe while it was on, but none of it really stuck with me after it was over. There wasn’t really any point where I was latched on to anything going on, even when it was good and aesthetically something I could see myself liking.The problem is it’s so distinctly ✨of its time✨ that it lacks flavor. It’s already post-shoegaze, post-college rock explosion, and especially post-grunge, so simply writing those genres in a British font doesn’t make it special. You could call it proto-Britpop, but Britpop is more of a timestamp than a sound, and even if The Auteurs count because they’re early to the party, they didn’t send out the invites. There’s an over-exaggerated coolness that comes with proclaiming the value of this record that doesn’t correspond with its actual value. Leave it in 1993.
This sounds like the 90s version of T. Rex, modern glam rock. Glam rock voice, standard 90s alternative music. They sound like Death Cab for Cutie. This feels like a band that wanted to be Oasis very badly. This is Death Cab for Cutie's favorite band. Meh. This isn't terrible, but neither is it memorable, no real highlights or lowlights. The last song is like two songs.
This just isn’t good. There’s nothing that stands out, nothing particularly catchy, and it doesn’t leave any lasting impression. It’s a forgettable listen and definitely doesn’t feel like it belongs on this list.
The music is better than the vocals. 3.
It was fine. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5
Another mediocre British band that I've never heard of and will immediately forget about. It wasn't awful, just very unmemorable.
This guy's voice is Top 5 worst
HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE MEH
44 minutes of my life I wish I had back. I’d rather walk barefooted on sweet gum balls than to listen to this drivel. 1001 album worthy: No - 64/119
Really good sound. Kind of reminds me of a mix of the shins with some hints of the Beatles.
Very good.
Okay, fine -- it's a template for Britpop. But I got tired of the plaintive and wispy vocals. "Idiot Brother" and "Early Years" I liked (nice guitar riff in "Idiot Brother"), but most of the songs seemed lackluster to me.
Somewhat alright, decent vibes to have on in the background but nothing I'm too thrilled by
Snoozer
Least favorite tracks: bailed out, home again i’ll be honest — i wasn’t really listening to this. mostly had it on the background and it really didn’t speak to me. i can’t with the vocals — just too nasally and whiney for my taste.
A good pop album is in dire need.
Really not as bad as some of the reviews make it out to be. The songs are musically enjoyable and not at all whiny. Good balance of lyrics and soft beats with your regular electric guitar. Not heard of these guys, but surprised to not have. 6/10.
This was this Brit pop it’s sounded like. I listened to it on a plane and never slept so good. I technically listened but don’t remember. It was boring.
90s rock, British alternative band. Pleasant but nothing special, more pop than rock. Almost twee, which makes them a bit annoying.
Totally beige and forgettable.
Good stuff
Nothing remarkable here. Maybe I'm just burned out on all of this Brit-adjacent pop, but I gained nothing from this experience. Just lacks the edge that other alt rock acts may have had from the time.
Could’ve been a fan at the time, but today it seems rather generic and low risk, low gain material.
More like poo wave
Voice annoying but some really catchy guitar riffs…
I get the importance of the album, being pretty much the start of BritPop, even though the band doesn't really think it is. All the 90s-style stuff is here: the hidden track, the fuzz guitar, the... cello? Saying all that, it just got.... tiresome. Maybe it's just my annoyance with BritPop as a whole, I don't know. NEXT. Top tracks: "Show Girl," "Idiot Brother," "Home Again"