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Not a fan of this proto-punk style, unfortunately. Too sloppy for me.
Difficult. Would've enjoyed this at 14, but I'm not 14 now.
Non mi so piaciuti.. il cantante canta troppo dissonante
Niet mijn ding, hoor veel muziek door elkaar heen
High hopes after first track. Dashed.
I never heard of this album or band before today. Maybe because I'm not british? Anyway, thats kind of the whole reason I'm here is to discover music thats new to me so lets do this. /listens to entire far-too-long double album OK, so its not a terrible album, but its not really good either. Vocals and composition are nothing special, and the production is unremarkable. And it goes on for WAYYYY too long. 2/5
Whatever
Meh
I've never heard of The Fall before, but I tend to like post punk music, so I had high hopes heading into this review. Unfortunately, I didn't care for this album very much. Musically, this album felt pretty one dimensional to me. The guitar tones were interesting and gave them album a unique feel, but they felt repetitive over the course of the album. The overall sound was really raw, but it didn't offer anything new or divergent from the punk sounds of the late seventies in my opinion. In general, I wasn't a big fan of the off-kilter keyboards, but there were some keyboard parts on the latter half of the album that weren't as off-putting to me. Lyrically, this album had some flashes of brilliance, especially on "No Xmas for John Quays." Overall though, I didn't really feel like this album offered anything new or exciting for post punk. It wasn't as bad as Pere Ubu, but it certainly fell short of Gang of Four and Magazine.
Não rolou pra mim, inclusive não sou um grande fã de post-punk. Não tenho problema em um som mais "cru" mas esse timbre dos instrumentos e efeitos, com essa voz desanimada e um sotaque ultra-britânico não me pegou não. Não odiei também, mas acho que não volto a ouvir.
Another late 70s British punk album. Yay!! 2.5
Okay. Fuck it. The album "was recorded in a studio in a single day". Listening to the whole thing AND writing a thoughtful review seems like more effort than the band put into producing this album. This is a bundle of scrambled notes and slurred lines held together by energy and attitude.
punky
Couple of just awful albums in a row. At least I get why this one is here.
A bit shouty this one innit.
Kaoottista punkkia. Ihan mielenkiintoista kun ei ole niin suoraviivaista ja on melodisempaa. Aika kokeellista kanssa. Parhaat: Underground Medicin, Two Steps Back
Boring Britt punk from the 80s. All sounds the same. Low quality musicianship
- sheesh talk about repetitive - I can almost appreciate it - very 70s punk sound - how many live albums can a band have?
Its very punk...too punk for me. Lyrics were great, just too much dissonance and yelling for my taste. For the genre it is right on point and great, but just not my taste really.
I liked the Slits better. This album was not live and no witches were put on trial during the making of this album.
Post punk continues to not be my thing apparently. This album was annoying. Thankful for its short length though!
I believe the word Shite has been used frequently to describe this record. Not agreeing nor am I disagreeing.
mans needs to stop 3inning
ugh. This is the second entry for The Fall on my list. This one was even more insufferable than the first one.
Couldn't feel the love for this. Recorded in a day, impressive , but Smith is just too abrasive for me today.
May 27, 2024 Well, of all the Fall albums I’ve heard this is definitely a Fall album. While it would be easy to admit defeat after 3 albums, I intend to put on Hex Enduction Hour sometime soon, considered one of their best outside of this list. There’s always the possibility that the combo of Smith’s vocals and the noisy guitars just isn’t for me, despite the bristly, energetic performances heard in this debut album.
I've never quite got the Fall. I don't hate it though.
Klinkt alsof t opgenomen is met de microfoon van iPhone oortjes
Lost interest after 4 songs. Not terrible, just didn’t care.
I've listened to Saving Grace-ah, and I listened to Infotainment Scan-ah, and they were all pretty good-ah, and the Fall are a fine band-ah, but they're starting to wear out their welcome-ah...
nah. punk especially Br*t*sh punk is too rough for me. If people are just gonna romp around and talk sing I don't wanna hear that heavy "oi in 'is 'ears through eyes o tears"
Ehhh it was alright
Punk and alternative vibes, teeters on the line of new wave. Of british origin and sounds all together cohesive. Lyrical, and vocal a total miss for me. Not enough grit to be punk, and not enough alternative to be call alternative rock. But, credit due 1979 was early for this type of sound. Counter disco culture album, love that for music in general. Also the percussive element of this album is all aces. Hell right jazz and progressive drums.
Very disappointing. Vocal were like the Stranglers but the music was not as good. A bit shouty and generally poor. I wouldn't listen to this again
Someone tell them that is not, in fact, a live album. 2.4
Eh only ok
Not really my style...
p430. 1979. 2 stars. Not their best work by means, but worth a listen if you enjoy sardonic Mancs in late 70s/early Thatcher era.
Good debut album. Too frantic (and too long) for me. Best song is Music Scene. Lead Brit git does a good job with clear annunciation on the vocal track. I imagine these guys aren’t that popular in Germany based on the subject matter of a few songs. Not on this album, but they do a punked up cover of The Kinks’ Victoria that’s decent. Never been a huge fan of punk, Witch Trials comes in at (2.5*s)
This album is just a drunk Brit singing pub rants to his mates. There were a few good moments but it just kept dragging on and on. I liked the energy but it's pretty noisy and not well produced. There's much better early punk and this could use a bit of polishing.
Side 1 sounds like the neighbor kids practicing in their garage. Side 2 is better and has glimpses of more complexity. Last song is best song. I can picture the scene in the early 70s/early 80s - a bunch of pissed of kids with ripped clothes, patches, and piercings drinking shitty warm beer, smashing up a basement. I'd have joined in the fun.
Sounds like half a song's worth of ideas made into a whole album.
If I listened to this in the 80s, I'd probably think this is rad as hell, but in today's context it doesn't really sound good, and I'm mostly uninterested.
Boring and repetitive. Not great punk, or post-punk.
Had potential but just didn’t work for some reason
Thoughts before listening: British 70s punk rock band that has been around forever. I know that their sound has evolved over the years, but in 1979 I believe this will be kind of a post-punk, pre-new wave kind of sound. Highly influential band that has been cited as an influence by musicians I love. Review: Meh. This isn't for me. I love a lot of punk and indie music, but it still needs song structure and melody to catch my interest. For the most part this is very repetitive, atonal music with Mark E Smith ranting over top. There are a few standouts such as the first song "Frightened", and I enjoy "2 Steps Back" as well. 2-stars.
Ah post punk, all the words without any of the feeling. Unfortunately the vocals just don't lend themselves to the slower post punk style for me. I feel like I would have enjoyed it more if the tempo was increased and it had more attitude. This felt like slower complaining.
Not my cup of tea
I both enjoy this while also kinda hating it. Will I listen to again: 1%
Never heard of this band and reading wiki they seem to have an interesting history. Saying that, ehhh... not really my jam. 2.5/5
Ok
couldn't get into it.
After one song I thought this actually wasn’t too bad. After two songs I thought this actually was quite bad.
Liveplattor är sällan kul. Gäller även denna.
It's noisy punk and I just couldn't do it. It may be great noisy punk, but I wouldn't know. I've never heard of this band.
Postpunk met een zeikerige Britse zanger. De zanger klinkt af en toe (bijvoorbeeld op track 1) als een Bob Dylan die articuleert, wat dan wel weer grappig is. Zo erg als gisteren is het niet maar het zit er ook niet gigantisch ver boven. Het feit dat de nummers gemiddeld zo'n 200k streams hebben op Spotify doet wel twijfelen of het in deze lijst hoort. Neem 'Twarres' uit Fryslân, waarvan ik zojuist ontdek dat het geen broer en zus waren, met de hit 'Wêr Bisto' en daarna nog 'She Couldn't Laugh'. Hun album uit 2001 heeft zo'n 19 miljoen streams meer en de niet-hits hebben zo'n 300k streams gemiddeld. Ik benoem gewoon feiten *schouderophaalemoji* Anyway, tussen de 2 en de 3 in dit. Ik vind die NES geluiden (ook al bestond die toen nog niet) wel leuk. Laatste track is het best, die is wat minder post en wat meer punk.
It has some nice elements but it's hard to appreciate if you're not in the mood... I was not in the mood.
This is just noise. The music is repetitive, the vocals are monotonous… ugh. Why did this make the list? The critics liked it; this listener does not. Listened to the first seven tracks, then skipped down to Dresden Dolls because the title seemed familiar. It was fine. Otherwise did not finish.
There’s a semblance of a good album here: interesting basslines, deliberately sloppy, (almost off-key ala Trout Mask Replica) playing and singing and I appreciate the sentiment and no-fucks given approach, but this just didn’t land for me.
bit boring thought i liked it at the start but it just got more and more boring
meh boring
The wiki said that this album was recorded in one day at the studio and I’m assuming that’s because the owner of of studio didn’t allow them back after hearing this. Jkjk it wasn’t THAT bad but I still wasn’t a huge fan and I could definitely see this band fucking around in the studio for a day, making this, and calling it good since it could be plagiarized from 50 other post-punk albums and I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
It's listed as Indie Rock in Apple Music, but it sounds very punk to me. by that I mean it's sort of unimaginative, rudimentary instrument playing, and a high-pitched, nasally, South London accented singer with very little variation in his pitch or tone throughout the album. That said, there were a couple of songs where I caught myself bouncing my leg, so it's not 1-star awful. It is kind of tedious; however, so I can't really bring myself to give it more than 2 stars.
I was not digging this and it made me appreciate how unique and special The Clash is. Couldn’t wait for The Fall to finish.
Some decent rifts on some tracks along with some ok melodies. Not a fan really though and nothing stood out to me.
Not my kind of music.
еще больше начала пост-панка и попыток записи лайва в студии ://///
I'll be honest, I listened to one song from this album and decided I was in too much of a bad mood to listen to the rest of it because it was so long and it hurt my ears. I won't give it a 1 because I only listened to the first two songs but. It's close
what stood out the most on the fall's live at the witch trials was the video game-like sound effects used? considering its release in 1979, that seems unusual. the vocals weren't anything remarkable, or interesting. i was bored.
Really love the album title. But that's about it. Definitely got the "post-punk" vibes here; the punky attitude is there, but the music itself is leaning toward the 80s. The album really didn't do much for me at all, though.
I was reading about this guy, seems like he’s a huge dick so I figured his music must be amazing to last. It’s not. He sucks.
Well one good thing I’m learning about these punk/new wave albums is they are all very short. This one wasn’t super great and blends in with all the rest. Kind of like a low-quality Ramones copy in my very ignorant, un-punk-educated opinion. Two stars.
While the instrumentation has a nice sound, I could not get behind the vocals. To be honest I tire of how many punk albums we get on here and none of them are very good. I would be happy to never listen to this one again. 2 stars
I got bord of this fast so many of them sound the same it's not necessarily bad but fuck it's repetitive also I'm not listing to the live versions if we are counting them as part of the album then fuck me this shit works go for 2 hours. It's a 2 on a good day
Live at the witch trials is a decent listen but didn't do anything to really grab me at any point. It's short so inoffensive but I'm not coming back anytime soon Fav songs - Two Steps Back
I couldn't wait for this noise to end. 11 tracks into the 41 an I quit. I have better things to do with my time. That being said, the stereo mix is really cool, but the music didn't connect with me at all and the pit in the EQ from the mids to the tip-top of the highs exhausted my ears. I can't give this one star, because I can hear how genre fans could like this. It's not the bottom of the barrel, but it's not for me.
okay, post punk... don't get the fuss about it. sounds to me like all that stuff from that time. sorry.
Not my thing. At least it was short, but even so it felt too long.
Guay pero no tenía el día de punk
Nun ja …
Didn't really work for me.
Met de manier van 'zingen' en de repeterende melodietjes soms bijna rap. En ergens is dat wel leuk. Ware het niet dat het zo extreem lui is uitgevoerd. Het zullen de punkinvloeden wel zijn. Die later in verschrikkelijke vorm nog duidelijker terugkomen, zoals bij het kerstnummer. Dit wordt ook weer een dikke onvoldoende. Zonde. Er zat best wat meer in.
Dit is de zoveelste reut onder de noemer post-punk, met repeterende gitaarriffjes en aanstellerig gewauwel door een microfoon. De gitaar is semi expres vals gestemd, de zang probeert wanhopig Johnny Rotten na te doen en af en toe flikkeren ze nog een piano van de bovenste verdieping van het kraakpand naar beneden. Daar zal de band dan ook wel naar genoemd zijn.
Harsh and discordant and not for me. It started with an engaging tune and drumming, but went off into usual Mark E Smith world and just is not my taste.
Kinda weak garage punk stuff
When reading the blurb on this band I was excited to listen, then I did. The songs feel like rants over mediocre music, barely cohesive. If Lou reed was both more punk and worse.
A few albums ago I thought I was just a very casual punk fan. This album has proved that i am indeed not a punk fan and only enjoy a select number of punk songs. If you like punk, I think you’ll like this album. If you’re a more casual fan like I am, you might find the album excessively repetitive.
Yikes. This album kinda sucked. I admit I didn’t finish it completely, but I was tired of listening to shitty British punk music. The worst part was the voice. The singers voice sucked. The instrumentals were fine, pretty standard.
Frightened - 2 Crap Rap - 2 Rebellious Jukebox - 2.5 No Xmas - 2 Mother-Sister - 1 Industrial Estate - 2 Underground Medecin - 2 Two Steps Back - 2.5 Live at the Witch Trials - 2 Future and Pasts - 2
1. Frightened - 2 2. Crap rap 2like - 2 3. Rebellious jukebox - 3 4. No Xmas - 1 5. Mother-sister - 1 6. Industrial estate - 1 7. Underground medicine - 3 8. Two steps back - 1 9. Live at the witch trials - 1 10. Futures and pasts - 2 1.7 Bad
12/13/2023 2:42 S Tier————————— A Tier————————— B Tier————————— Futures and Pasts Mother-Sister! C Tier————————— Underground Medecin Two Steps Back Crap Rap 2like to Blow Rebellious Jukebox Industrial Estate No Xmas for John Quays Frightened D Tier————————— Live At the Witch Trials
Wednesday 12/13/2023, 2:42, office A Tier————————— Underground medecin B Tier————————— Rebellious Jukebox Crap rap 2like to blow Frightened Industrial Estate C Tier————————— Futures and Pasts Mother-Sister Two Steps back D Tier ————————— No Xmas for John Quays Live at the witch trials
Heard of the fall I think, not the album. Indie rock from 1979. Chilled vibe at the start. Vocals are a bit annoying - starting to grate on me actually by 3rd song… and had to stop listening. A high 2/5 because I liked the guitar but vocals totally ruin it.
I didn't like it.
Didn't get into this one. Music was tame and vocals sounded disjointed.
Not worth 2 full discs. Bailed on it
boh
Vocals on The Fall records are not polished, but this was worse than usual.
Listened to this while playing Verdant. I actually liked the first track...it kind of caught me off guard and subverted my expectations. The rest of the album was a difficult listen for me. Punk is definitely a genre I've never taken a dive into...ska was the closest I ever came to that scene. Some of the album I found tolerable, but there was a lot that I struggled with. I'm torn. Part of me wants to rate this a 1...but I think it'll get a 2 just because it didn't COMPLETELY fall flat for me.
I've struggled a bit with the 70s punk albums on here so far. Marquee Moon (Television) started to work more for me on a second listen, so maybe this is something that needs to settle in a bit more for me (but Marquee Moon is also a lot more polished than this). I generally didn't love this right now though. I actually liked the first song ("Frightened"), but then it didn't quite come together for me after that. It's super loose and unstructured, very garage-jam sounds. The singer is ok, but his voice is pretty whiny and somehow yelling at the same time. It just wasn't generally working, though there were a few spots here and there that I liked. But then there's also songs like "No Xmas for John Quays," where I just am not tracking it. I do think I get the appeal of this music. It's certainly a lot more raw and outside the box than the mainstream 70s rock. I just think there's a bit higher variability, and this one didn't quite do it for me on the whole. Favorite song: Frightened Other: Rebellious Juxebox, Futures and Pasts 10/19/23
From the school of why have 8 half decent songs when 20 mediocre ones will do
Inoffensive: I don't know how to place this album bc it just wasn't any good. Felt really basic, like someone decided to make an album of the first songs they wrote as a teen or a dad having a mid-life crisis. Not the best at all but I can see this being the background to add some noise in public. I'm not coming back and wouldn't suggest anyone should.
2/10 Je n ai pas du tout aimé
I’m pretty lukewarm to this one. It’s not the worst record I’ve ever heard, and I like the post punk elements in the instrumentation throughout. I just don’t really connect on a songwriting or lyrical level to what the goal was. It feels pretty “there” but not genre defining or groundbreaking in any way. I’d say it’s a mood album for being drunk at the pub around midnight.
yeah this one was not really my thing. the problem for me is that this album seems like it was made to be unpleasant sounding and i think that's the point. unfortunately for me, unpleasant to listen to is not something that i enjoy listening to. a lot of the music is dissonant. the vocals are a bit nonchalant, but also have a bit of a sneer. that's fine. it just doesn't resonate well with me. not my thing
Even if I were drunk in a pub with my mates after a bar brawl, I would still be angry that this was playing.
Not for me.
-i have never heard of this band or this album -frightened was nice and catchy -its feels like pretty average indie rock to me tbh -these songs aren’t bad but they aren’t…….super good to me personally -its catchy and the lyrics are fun -it wasn’t a bad listen, just not for me (loved the guitar bits), two stars probably
Lacked the 'charm' (wrong word, but can't think of a better one right now) of their other album I heard, and was generally quite hard to listen to loud.
Not my jam
I mean, I was expecting a hell of a lot more witches. Meh.
Yuck.
Never got the hype about this lot tbf.
det här var väl inte så bra
Didn't feel like good music to me but it wasn't bad.
what on earth is mark e. smith talking about whats going on. where am i. YA YAAAAA, industrial e s t a t e
Probably just on this list because it was influential.
I really want to like The Fall, people whose taste is almost certainly better than mine think that they're brilliant, but I really struggle. It's too tuneless, and rambly, without anything to elevate it from there in my opinion. 2/5.
Run of the mill punk
Something of a chore
It sounds like several other early punk albums from this timeframe. A lot of 'talky' vocals that are angsty and not really enjoyable to listen to. There must be something lyrically here that gives this album a good review but I don't really listen for that so it ain't working for me...
All the songs sounded the same to me, but maybe I was in a bad mood.
Gibberish lyrics spoken-sung over average punk music. It's often out of tune (if there even was one), almost avant garde. Nonsense. John Peel's favourite band, but definitely not mine.
Great album title, but not my favorite… execution.
No
Okay album, I definitely preferred everything else going on in 1979. Not as good as the punk going on at that time, not overly interesting, and I can't imagine revisiting too often. Mid 2
Not really my thing. Annoying vocalist, repetitive songs.
It doesn't come across as clever as much as it comes off as false advertising.
Nope
Too punky for me
Kinda fun, but kinda happy it's over.
5/10
Didn’t like the vocals, or much of anything else.
I don’t want to dance, I want to go home.
Sounds pretty much identical to 100 other albums on this list so I guess they just said "Fuck it throw in another hella british post punk album the world really needs to hear this one". 4/10
I absolutely enjoy the lead track Frightened, and I thought that was going to be the level of alternative approachability... but i was very wrong. Album becomes much more challenging... uneven timely, a lot of shouting over music, and though some of it evokes a good punk angst, there is also cringey singing attempts. Interesting.
I did not like this
The opening track was fine, but apart from that I didn't get anything from it.
Really unpleasant. 3/10
Two The Fall albums in two days, lucky me! This one is rougher than the previous and, despite a great opening track, there’s really not too much else here that I can get into
Héhé, Live at the Bitchass néné
In my The Fall album review tradition, let's turn to Wikipedia's analysis - The Fall's "Live At The Witch Trials" "is not, despite its title, a live album." I'm sorry, is there an actual live music venue called The Witch Trials? I'd be intrigued, but not sure whether I'd see a show there. I wouldn't see The Fall there, that's for sure. As with their other two albums on the list, Mark Smith's voice ruins The Fall. The album is off-kilter and in your face, but all of that is sabotaged by the way Smith ends every line with an obnoxious flourish or exaggerated accent.
These guys don’t want John Quays to have Xmas. I was expecting him to be some famous British a-hole, but I couldn’t find anything. Maybe he was some local a-hole they knew, or they made him up. The atmosphere brought by the keyboards and bass are the most enjoyable musically. The drum fills are basic and disjointed. The singer likes to add “uh” to the end of words at the end of a phrase. This reminds me of James Hetfield, “mmmYEAH!” I imagine a lot of singers have these signature word enhancements. It is especially noticeable for Mark Smith here. “…chestUH” “…sweatUH” “…homeUH” (all from Frightened). You get the idea.
It was hard to tell if this was actually live. It sounded not as sharp as studio sound but that may just be how the singer is. The instrumentals were decent and had some unique stuff but it was mostly rock/punk throughout. Not the worst album in this list but not worth revisiting. 4.5/10
i admire everything about the Fall except that they are so aggressively unpleasant to listen to
I had a glimmer of hope when I saw witch trials, but nothing about this felt worthy of that title. Should be called Live from the Bore Fest. Another UK band that does not deserve to be on here.
Surprised to find we've actually had another album from the Fall, released like 15 years after this one. Pretty non-descript punk band to me. A couple cool tracks here and there, though one of the ones I liked turns out to have been a bonus track, not even on the album. The Apple Music version is some absurd deluxe with dozens of tracks, and I just deleted all the live stuff and beyond. Not much to say here, it just didn't make much of an impact. Credit to them though for making stuff that seems a bit ahead of its time. '70s punk sort of impresses me no matter what. Favorite tracks: Repetition, Two Steps Back. Album art: Really like the title, but the cover is boring. Tree. 2.5/5
Ni fú, ni fá. Es su primer disco y me gusta como canta Smith pero no creo que sea un disco que vaya a pasar por mi vida más veces. 2 estrellas y ya.
Not my cup of tea
The vocals don't really do it for me
The Fall's debut is a messy one. I think there's some good ideas on display, but it's mostly bogged down by poor execution. It's got a lot of attitude consistent with classic post-punk (before it got soft). I admire the Fall's willingness to experiment with dissonance and different tones (the snare drum, the keys, etc.). Unfortunately, I don't feel like many of these elements work in favor of the songs. The last two tracks are easily the best parts, especially when the producer is shouting the recording times at the band, continuing their frenzy of sound.
Definitely not a timeless classic - it sounds like a cross between The Damned and The Stranglers, and very much late 1970s / early 1980s.
Early hardcore punk. Decent listen. A wretched mean voice on this guy.
15th Feb 2023 Started while working from home, finished in the office. Started for all mankind, got the house ready for Jen’s family staying at the weekend. I know they’re a big deal in the indie scene and loads of people hold them in such high esteem but I didn’t get this.
Liian "kilttiä" punkiksi ja liian punkkia popiksi. En tiedä mitä tästä vois sanoa.
"A drunkard singing pub songs" -- lol. Figures. um 1 or 2. I didn't finish the album and I don't really care to.
Een band waar ik eigenlijk amper iets van kende. Het begon heel aardig maar al snel werd het iets waar ik weer totaal niet met plezier naar kon luisteren.
Not for me
Eh it was okay. By all standards a decent live album but I just didn’t enjoy it that much.
Didn't mind it - wouldn't listen again. 2.5 stars.
meh
It sounds like the drummer has great posture.
Mediocre punk
I don't know how many random British punk albums from the late 70s - early 80s I have left in me. At least it wasn't a live album and the album cover is pretty cool. These guys made 31 albums and 3 of them are on this list? I respect the grind. I'm sure one of them is good.
The Fall's debut album. Recorded in one day and mixed the next. This is more tuneful than I had expected. There is a cheap sounding / toy keyboard tone throughout the album, which ties it together and adds a more cheerful air that nicely offsets Mark E Smith's angry drunk man in a pub vocals. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Frightened Date listened: 11/12/22
Punk. 1979. Great for 1979. Doesn’t fit me now.
Good album title. Unfortunately, that was the only thing that was good about this album.
I don't hate it but I don't really like it either. So 2.
I’ve never really got The Fall. I’ve never really got the mystic and cult around Mark E Smith. The album is ok - but couldn’t shake the image of a decent pub band just going through the motions as I listened through it.
Not my bag - too scrappy and discordant - but I enjoyed listening to side two in particular (underground medicen and the last two tracks stood out on the album). I don’t want to listen to it again though and they would make much better songs later on
kinda interesting and funny at times, kinda drags - 2 stars probably. musicality is uninteresting
J'avais pour idée de laisser une chance au style de musique post punk qui, je vous le rappelle, est un style dégueulasse. The Fall l'a bien laissée passer en produisant avec Live At The Witch Trials une nouvelle dégueulasserie.
Cet album était des plus nauséabonds, on sent que Robert a eu besoin de relâcher la pression après une période d'activité exceptionnelle.
3/3 punks rocked
Tried a couple of times but couldn't really get into this one..
suffocation et asthme à l’effort📍gare d’Hanovre (2/5)
Just noise.
Very, very raw. There are some spirited performances on here, but I feel like I'd probably not want to see this if it were at a bar. Favorite track: "Rebellious Jukebox"
Not great but original
Ik vond hier zeer weinig aan
Recommended for: smoking a cigarette in an artist commune. Enjoyed some songs, but skipped more. 2 (disappointing)
sounds like open mic night on a monday at shitty dive bar
I get it I totally get it. A lot of their stuff was great this album though was ehhh
ok, not that speciaal
heel coole albumnaam maar muziek was echt iets dat ik al vaak gehoord had
I really didn't get this one...I listened to it, lots of weird and oddness and some fun stuff...but ya...it seemed like a bit of a fever dream.
Listened to on 6/8/22 Favorite song: live at the witch trials I didn’t particularly enjoy this album and found it super repetitive
2.5
I found this very uninteresting.
Not really that interesting to me. I was mostly bored, nothing really stood out much to me and several of the songs (I'm looking at you 'Music Scene') went on far too long. Not something I'm terribly interested in listening to again or adding to my collection. But I managed to not completely loathe it.
This is like walking into Buffalo Exchange in the early 2000's and the burnout at the register is inflicting this on unsuspecting patrons who are just trying to find a vintage 90's-style mechanic shirt, but quickly decide it's not worth the trouble and leave. What's up for offer is very experimental, repetitive, and very low-fi. It has a garage punk sound, shout-singing, and simple 3/4 rhythms and progressions. I'm sure there's an audience for this, but it's not me.
It was ok. Not my bag.
Awful
I don't know what this is. I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Nope
Wow, this was a bit tough to go through. It felt like they gave The Young Ones a bunch of instruments and said "put together some anti-establishment songs." They were very noodle-y. As a punk semi-fan, I had heard good things about the fall. I'm glad not to have paid attention.
Boring. It's like they have a punk sound but on one-quarter speed. On a second listen I found there was a bit more to their sound than I originally thought. But it was still boring. It also felt like they were trying too hard to be clever (looking at you No Xmas for John Quays). Eventually it just felt pretentious. I gave it the second listen to make sure I wasn't being overly critical. It felt like hard work.
Never listened to The Fall before. I probably never will again.
Bad
Oddball noise. Slint-lite.
I feel like their attitude outweighs their talent. Pub punk, I believe?
This is just bad. 2/5 hours of bad music on this album. Sounds pretty punk for the era though. 4/10.
This album is the debut album from The Fall and is in fact not a live album, as the title suggests. However, it was recorded in a single day and released to positive reviews. The music can be described as a mix of rock and punk, otherwise known as post-punk. "Rebellious Jukebox" was the standout track for me. The band did a great job of forming an instant classic debut album that still holds up as one of their best albums.
not for me in the present frame of mind
I’m much more attuned to this sort of post punky uh oh the 80s are here style sort of stuff, which makes it easier to know that I just don’t care too much for this one
Not for me. No recognized songs
Занятный бредок
Ok. Right. A double album. Here we go... First repeat appearance on this list by an artist I had never heard before we started. Again, I like The Fall. Is this a live album? Because it sounds like it but I also noticed that most of their records on Spotify are "Live from..." and I don't think "The Witch Trials" is an actual place, let alone venue. By "sounds like it" I mean that the drums sound kinda shitty. Like they are EQ'd to cut through a live mix but not to sound appealing when listening back. God, this record is long. Ok. This was recorded in a single day. Had to look it up. And it wasn't originally a double LP. So, I've already listened through the original LP and I'm in the bonus tracks from a reissue now. Overall, I like this record but also can't imagine when/what setting it would make sense to revisit this.
Whoever put this list together was really into British punk music. We've had a lot of it lately - most of which I've really like. Not this one. I think if you're going to be in a band like this, they key is not to take yourself too seriously. I feel like these guys take themselves very seriously - something about it just seems like they're trying very hard to make it sound like they aren't trying very hard. You know? Anyhoo, I won't give them the lowest possible rating because - to their credit - this was probably pretty unique in the "post punk" era and I can actually here how this may have influenced some of the British pop-punk that came later. But still. . .
It’s not for me
So so
Too shouty for me
Punk clásico y poco visceral. Guitarrero.
Did not like
First Listen. Interesting sounds. I like it and want to hear more of it. 2/5 for now.
Conheci e nem lembrarei mais.
A shame that the production mutes the raw intensity present on this LP. As a progenitor of the lo-fi distorted chorus sound, it's boggling that this album eschews a louder, more visceral production style for the flat mix that does nothing for the tracks.
Just couldn’t get going for me
51. Este estudo poderia ser uma ironia académica. Propõe-se a melhorar o reconhecimento de notícias falsas, através da exclusão da sátira, também ela falsa. Nada em mim é plágio, mas talvez o algoritmo não o saiba. Aqui fica a minha pouco subtil forma de o mostrar. MotA: Frightened "Someone's always on my tracks"
Not really something I'd listen to on the regular.
Not my vibe
More uninspired brit punk.
The music isn't that bad, but there's too much of it to the point I got way past fed up.
Meh. Nothing stood out.
never liked how off key punk music sounds with someone singing, I'll never get used to it
5
Nothing caught my ear, but overall quality sound, with a few niche uses
And I thought Rage at the Machine was angry. I guess I like post-punk if its a bit more melodic like the Clash, Gang of Four, The Stranglers etc.
Meh.
I was expecting to like this, but I have to say it's a no for me. Repetitious and sorta boring. 2 stars.
Ja erg brits, klinkt als n stel kiddos die debiel goed zijn met instrumenten
Blech.
Punk with keyboards, interesting
Meh
A bit too yell-y. Not much in the way of melody, and the guitar/instrumentals are not very inspiring
Rebelsk, eksperimenterende punk-rock
Not my kind of music, too wild n screamy, punkish,
Meeh.... No me gustó
en jaksa. pliis. ei enempää renkutusta. en nuku. vaimoni on huolissaan. lapseni kyselevät missä äiti on. äiti on renkutusluolassa. päivä toisensa jälkeen. renkutusta. renkutusta. renkutusta.
nope
It didn’t take long for me to realize this album is not for me, super long and british. Every song feels the same when theres a British guy whining over every track.
I was ready to give a 1 to this album for being a live album. Instead, I gave it a 1 because it's awful.
Nah
Then monotone droning pissed me off
Hey do you guys think the person who made this list is British? I can't tell
not fo me
Not for me
bunch of buns
Classic British punk with a poppy flair. The opening song felt like an attempt at making punk more pop sounding but crashed hard. The simple repetitive monotoned keyboard chords were on the level of nails on a chalk board. In fact, the keyboardist brought great dissonance to the entire album. No better example than “No Xmas for John Quays.” “Mother-Sister” illustrated some really good driving punk rock beats and anarchist vibes, but not enough to drown out the album’s overwhelming 80s midi game keyboard sounds. Please make it stop. “ Live at the Witch Trials” and other songs had lyrics trying to send a message, but the punk approach to push away the masses, especially with the 80s experimental keyboard sound that countered any message that may have been received Without the keyboard, this may album may have shined, but with it, it’s just game over.
Before: Oh wow this is only 30 minutes? Thats a quick album. During: Holy harmonicas, is the half hour over yet?
I'm tired of getting bad albums on this site.
Their lyrics were awful. Would give zero stars if I could.
This was awful. It was such a slog from beginning to end. I'm so glad I only had to listen to one disc. It reminded me of a teenage garage band, Ross' sound from friends and my kids banging on the piano
господи, я устала от них
Damn, this sounded super amateur. Shitty mix, janky guitar performance, indescribably awful vocals, lacks direction of any sort. This had no business getting produced, nevermind remastered. It's a "fuck no" from me, dawg.
This just was not enjoyable
You can keep this one
The record should be called by the first word from the second song's name. It's a shame, because that the instrumentals are not that bad, even though they are not good either. The vocals ruin everything.
Terrible album. Very disharmonious to me
I really don't enjoy avant-garde punk and i have no idea why this band has THREE albums on this list
icl it just hurts to listen to
I hate to say this but this project is also teaching me how much I don't really like punk. I like pop punk from the 90s but that's not punk that's capitalism. Turns out it was capitalism that I liked all along
Great title. Simple music upon which (witch) to chuck your verbal vomit. The smell might be better than the sound...
Marginally more enjoyable than Dinosaur Jr. But not enough so to warrant two stars instead of one.
Sorry I hardly even listened to this it's crap
Nothing for me here, 1 star
The drummer is the most interesting thing going on here. The vocalist is terrible. The guitarist has occasional flashes of playing something interesting. Those few bright points are so few and far between that I can't get the score up to 2 stars. 1 star.
A lot of noise pretending to be music
I have to start by acknowledging the last album by this band I received from this list was “this nations saving grace” and I didn’t love that album, I gave it a 2, but I honestly just felt like it wasn’t for me or maybe there was something I was missing. Now that I’ve heard their debut album I have a new perspective, which is this is the most over rated punk band ever. They are so boring and the production isn’t interesting, there no variety in sound, and worst of all, I don’t understand why it’s even on this list!!! There is ALOT of great music that didn’t make the cut so to think that this made it over ANY Primus album is legitimately insulting. This album as a whole is a massive skip!!
I went into this album thinking that i didn’t like The Fall, and I was right. Tuneless accompaniment to a man who cant sing. “Make music for itself” Mark E sings, if only he’d taken that advice.
My nervous system, indeed. Absolute tripe that I can’t imagine I would have enjoyed at the time and which, lyrically, has aged appallingly.
I do not like The Fall. That was going to be my whole review, but I'm going to add, Rebellious Jukebox was really shit, and then it was followed by No Xmas for John Quays which was worse. I only listened to the original 11 tracks because I don't need that kind of negativity in my life. To end on a positive note, I do find calling a studio album "Live at...." mildly amusing. 1/5 (I'm sorry, Marc Riley, if you ever read this. Your 10pm BBC Radio1 show with the boy Lard, genuinely influenced my teenage musical tastes more than pretty much anything else..... but your band were shite.)
Stop. Just stop. All of the talent of the Sex Pistols and none of the rythm or energy.
Si tengo ganas le puedo volver a dar pero no me gustó nada
Very much not my jam
Feel nuffin
Nope. I’ve encountered quite a few references to The Fall lately so interest piqued but this was rubbish.
Has punk charm, but sounds more like a garage band rehearsal session.
"Recorded in one day" - yeah buddy we can tell
todo muy bueno, menos la voz del cantante y eso me arruinó todo.
Sorry, but a few albums back I was also introduced to this band and I didn’t like them at all back then. I’ve given it a go, but I don’t enjoy listening to this album either :-( No more than 1 star as far as I’m concerned...
Hard to listen to
Nope
Recorded in one day.....we'll that's 24 hours they ain't getting back! Not for me thank you
Waste o time
horrible, espantoso e inescuchable. parece que constantemente estan intentado hacer que la cancion suene mal apropósito.
Well, I listened to this whole album even though about 3 songs in I could tell it was not for me. I'm learning through this list that I'm not really into punk.
I cannot stand the vocal diction ("____-ah" on every single word), and in combination with the obnoxiously-mixed low end, make this one of the worst things I've heard while doing this. A few moments where I was not hating what I was hearing does not make it any less terrible overall.
Like vomit on a shag carpet, this too cannot be cleaned.
In too annoyed of a mood to give this album any credit
I didn't like this album much at all.
⭐ Lyssnade på albumet två gånger när jag var ute och sprang. Det var minst en gång för mycket. Inte min grej. Såg att de har två album till på listan, jag ser inte fram emot dem. Intetsägande punk som få en 1a.
Thankfully, this is the 3rd and final Fall album on this list. I will never have to listen to this crap ever again.
my ears are bleeding and i wish i’d never listened to this
Der singt wie Drachenlord redet Haggebuddnä
This may be a prolific/legendar artist. The gist of the songs are good. But good GOD that electric piano is SO annoying and takes me out of all the soongs.
Definitely not for me, did not like this at all.
So much repetition. Just mix it up musically a little.
01) Frightened - 5,5 02) Crap Rap 2/Like to Blow - 5,5 03) Rebellious Jukebox - 5,0 04) No Xmas for John Quays - 5,0 05) Mother-Sister! - 5,0 06) Industrial Estate - 5,0 07) Underground Medecin - 4,5 08) Two Steps Back - 5,0 09) Live at the Witch Trials - 3,0 10) Futures and Pasts - 4,5 11) Music Scene - / TOTAL: 4,80 (48/100) Current ranking: 776/816
Fucking hell, no thanks