Reviews (page 7 of 9)
Ok
Nice
I started listening and then before I knew it the album was over. It seemed like one long song to me. I will listen again. I give it three Rip Van Winkles
Started solid, but all began to blend together
Overall enjoyable, not super interesting
Some really good stuff. Need to come back to it.
This album art is like a disturbing Vitruvian man? All in all it was fine, none of the songs really did it for me but it was nice and chill
At least 2 absolute Yossis, in Disillusion and Once Around the Block.
3.4 - It's got that turn-of-the-millenium earnest, bedroom-recorded, DIY vibe to it. Given the timing of its release, this album was probably ahead of the Brooklyn-centric zeitgeist of that same sound. At this point, I've listened to my fill of all the Beta Bands, the Grizzly Bears, the Bon Ivers out there. Not mad that I had a chance to hear this one but I probably won't be revisiting it anytime soon.
5
Pleasant, easy listening. I would revisit for some backyard beer drinking. Small note, the echoey reverb thing on "This Song" was really jarring with headphones, I was not a fan.
Indie británico. Bastantes canciones un poco sosas...
This was quite pleasant to listen to. Kind of an indie vibe. I usually would give 2 stars to an album that was just okay, listenable, but doesn't have any major song. In this case, I was about to give it 2 stars but I actually liked the album overall by the end, so 3 stars it is.
I kinda like it. I fell asleep for about 20 minutes of the middle of the album but what I heard sounded good and I’d rather be asleep than listening to Korn. Will have to listen to this again when I am less tired.
I enjoyed a few songs musically, but as a whole the album fails to fascinate me. By the end, he seems to lose the identity in the album in the way he began in.
Pleasant surprise. I wasn't in the least aware of this album. The Badly Drawn Boy name was something I had only encountered a few times, but don't remember having ever listened to it. However, I found it truly enjoyable. Will get back to it.
Not quite as good as I remembered , but a couple of bangers
Acoustic, easy listening, soft rock type stuff. Some of it is really enjoyable, other stuff is weird and kinda cool. Not sure I’ll listen to it again but it’s a solid album.
All songs sound the same
Strange and eclectic to the point of scattered, but interesting enough to listen again. Feels like an album you can't digest all at once.
Quite peculiar, very interesting, pretty chill.
Better than I would’ve thought. Had a Pink Floyd Meddle feel
Nice to listen to.
Enjoyable album. Group new to me
This is the first record for an artist that I had not listened to before. I am pretty sure I saw his name before but had never listened. His style of indie pop mixed with an overwhelming sadness reminds me a lot of Elliot Smith. Apparently he played a tribute gig for him at some point. Overall I thought this record was good with a lot of interesting sounds that I wasn’t expecting. It is a bit long-winded however. Favorite track: Another Pearl Least favorite track: Say It Again
Very familiar with this. Like it!
Super chill album to listen to
I liked this. It grew on me with several plays. Nice.
Glad I know about him but this album didn't really resonate with me
Rather unusual thing, but not at all bad.
Arrangements were great but vocal style was something I didn’t care for.
It's not really what I go for but it not bad to put on in the background if I'm working or cleaning the house. Very low key but well done. It does bring across the feel of early 2000's music to me.
Pleasant surprise. Full album not as depressing as first song.
Although only just over 1h, the album dragged on forever with songs that are just nothing special
Pretty good.
Nice background music
Sopii varsin hyvin työpäivän taustamusaksi. Pitää kuunnella laajemmin tuotantoa kun on aikaa.
its pretty good. terrible album cover though. A little dated too.
He's like an Elliott Smith who can sing, which is nice, but there's not a lot here that grabs the attention in a positive way. Just okay. Best track: The Shining
Singer songwriter mixed with a little 90s grunge. I own "One Plus One is One" but never looked past that. This is great (closer to a 3.5) but there's some fat that could've been trimmed. Favorite tracks: "Fall in a River", "Another Pearl", "Disillusion"
1999: Everybody's Stalking, Once Around The Block
Liked first 5 songs then the transition was just completely off, not cohesive, at the 9th song it got better. 10-13 were not good. The rest of the album was nice.
This was alright, I don't really have a strong opinion about this album.
This album starts off strong but then nosedives into sad monotony.
This is far more introspectional than I had anticipated. Some nice pieces, but more that I did not like.
Such a nothingburger that I hadn't realised it had ended and I was listening to the album through again. Some ok moments but most of the time the noises of the central line were more interesting. Between a 1 and a 2
Very boring and random
Was not expecting to like this but was surprised. Not something I would rush out and buy but an interesting sound that kept me engaged for the whole album. Post research suggests this is the best from this band.
It threatens to get interesting, towards the end, when he's playing studio-rat. But those moments are too little, too late. Most of it is consistently amateurish, uninteresting, and emotionally tepid.
Sprawling, messy, brilliant in streaks but overall as an album it ends up too long w too many instances of self-indulgence
Maso
Decidedly meh
I didn't pay enough attention but it didn't pull me in either - I've heard some of these songs before but didn't realise they where from this album.
Not bad but not memorable at all.
Another reviewer made a good point- if no one is talking about your album 26 years into the future… does that mean it belongs on the list? It’s… fine, pleasant at points, a bore at others, but is that the criteria for immortality on a MUST hear before you die list? ⭐️⭐️
A Springsteen obsession grow thing up in Lancs. Yeah can just about see it, if squint really hard. But more a Lennon thing, without the personality, voice or songwriting ability. It’s kind of ok when it was on, a little dull if I am being honest, well a lot dull actually by the 30 minute mark and that was only half way through. By the end dull is a good description. Kind of remember hearing about him at the time, the hat was the tell but has anyone mentioned this after the 20 year mark?? That really doesn’t indicate essential or must hear territory. 2 Star
I had absolutely no idea what to expect. It was like someone wrote an entire album of songs for the Garden State soundtrack. Oh and there an accordion.
Oddly “plinky”, experimental, nostalgically-‘00s singer-songwriting. Hit-or-miss overall.
Is this an LSD trip?
Well, I made it halfway through before giving up. Too mellow.
The British bias on this list is kind of insane. This album was just kinda there; nothing grabbed my attention, nor was it so bad I could enjoy laughing at it. So, instead of leaving a review, here's a list of albums that are better and more influential than this album. 1999-Joey Bada$$ AM-Arctic Monkey Animals-Pink Floyd Apostrophe(')-Frank Zappa Blonde-Frank Ocean Beyond Beyond Beyond- The Crane Wives Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs An Evening With Silk Sonic - Bruno Mars French Exit- TV Girl DAMN - Kendrick Lamar IGOR - Tyler, The Creator The Infamous - Mobb Deep Madvillainy - MF DOOM The Mason Williams Phonographic Record - Mason Williams Moving Waves - Focus The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit The New Sound - Geordie Greep Optical Sunrise/Spectrum2 -Spectrum SEYCHELLES - Masayoshi Takanaka Songs For The Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age Sublime - Sublime Crying Laughing Loving Lying - Labi Siffre Thank you for the time.
An absolutely classic example of finally getting that big debut shot and shoving every single thing you can think of into it so you leave it all out there in case you never get another go like it again. The trouble is, here, it makes the album very overstuffed and overlong, and while there’s ideas and bits that I enjoy, they get washed away in my mind by all the everything else surrounding it. There’s some nice moments of rock sound or other stuff but also just a whole lot of very wash-over-you singer-songwriter work, and that’s the thing that’s sticking largely by sheer volume - a tighter thing could easily have been a better thing.
Klarer å være laidback og pretensiøs samtidig. Føler at han er inne på et riktig spor flere ganger, men jeg klarer ikke å like stilen hans.
Impressive that this guy did much of the heavy lifting himself on this. Maybe he should have collaborated just a little bit. This wasn't great.
Heard before?:❌️ Will listen again?:❌️
Na…
No my cup of tea really
muy olvidable realmente
An hour and 4 minutes of straight dilettantism.
Boring
Se durmió moria
One or two good tunes but this was a short lived experience. Maybe keep the running time down to 44 min in future.
Around the early 2000s there seemed to be a whole bunch of this type of music whether it was BDB, James Morrison, Turin Breaks, Doves, Guillemots, Super Furry Animals... They made Radio 2 friendly inoffensive music that sounds good on Land Rover adverts, they don't need to be on this list.
Never listened to this but I somehow knew what to expect. Not great, not terrible.
This did not need to have 18 songs and be an hour long.
First of all shockingly long. There's some good points but it's just soooo long that eventually the mid stuff becomes grating and really drags it down. There should be French Horn through the whole thing. The Nick Drake/Harry Nilsson comp is so unearned IMO
Favorite track(s): Camping Next to Water, Once Around the Block
Quite boring
not feeling this at all. maybe it's just today.
forgettable
I feel like this should've been neater, but it felt like it was fucking five hours long
Just gonna copy paste another review I saw “Was heading for a generous 3* but then went on for too long...”
The time dilation effect of this album should be studied in college physics courses. This is another argument for letting these albums sit a decade before putting them on a list like this because I can totally see how this would've sounded like the sound of the future at the time, but it's crushingly dated now.
Groupe inconnu. Electronica avec des instruments standards (ou des très bon samples), ce qui pourrait être bien. Malheureusement ce n'est pas le cas, les 5 mn du premier morceau sont interminables, répétitives et peu intéressantes. Quelques morceaux plus dynamiques sauvent l'album de la note minimale, mais sans plus. J'ai rapidement fait autre chose en le conservant en musique de fond. =>2/5
So I remember there was a lot of hype around this, a lot of people loved it, my brother insisted I listened to it and maybe even gave me a copy. I didn't remember anything about the music, but I remember being puzzled, baffled as to what people appreciated about it. Listening today makes me remember why: it's an overproduced mess. It starts out nice, horns, viola but just keeps adding layers and instrumentation. If there's an instrument, it's included in the mix. Going through the list: Harmonica? of course. Harmonium? oh that thing, yes. Harp? check? Harpsichord? Got it! If there's a vocal treatment, it's applied somewhere. Samples of all kinds. But there's no dynamics, everything is muffled and compressed. Also, too long. I'll give it two stars because I think the songs, if rerecorded by another band in a studio with only 16 tracks, are often really good. But overall, forgettable album that is totally ok not to ever hear. 2/5
This album is between okay lo-fi and boring. It’s also a little too long with over an hour.
Reminds me of the stuff I got into in college. More moody, sensitive music. Very much of its time. Also noticed that every artist that won the Mercury Prize in the early 2000s was added on this list? Was there no other "known" artists at the time apart from those that won this prize or something?
niks voor mij... saai
I didn't have high hopes from the cello intro. Sounds like a poor copy of Heatmiser/ Elliott Smith with baroque interludes.
Miste liksom litt interesse når eg hørre på det, litt monotont for meg? Men ikkje ille
No suena mal pero no me parece nada especial y es un poco largo. Puntualmente se le va el volumen de algún instrumento respecto al volumen de la vo/volumen general. Últimamente no me apetece ser pomposa con las críticas.
This wasn’t terrible but I couldn’t determine any single reason why one would listen to this when you could instead listen to, like, Elliott Smith or any other 90s indie folk/rock that sounds almost exactly like this.
It was fine, just no barriers were pushed, I wonder if those involved wanted to be there.
First song instrumental interesting a bit. Album becomes bland noise though
GENRES: Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Chamber Pop FAVs: The Shining, Bewilderbeast, Cause a Rockslide, Disillusion FIRST LISTEN RATING: 5.5/10
3/10 Unfortunately I found myself really wanting this one to end so I could move on after about halfway through. There's some good in here - I was particularly fond of 'The Shining' and 'Magic In The Air' - but for the most part it was extremely boring and struggled to keep my attention. 'This Song' might be the worst thing I've ever heard, and I will be returning to it if I ever have a strong desire to give myself a splitting headache. Best track: The Shining Will I revisit?: No
I see why the maker of the list put this album on the list, but not why I should listen to it before I die. 2.4.
Gear: Abyss DIANA MR Artwork: ☮️📸🖼️ Production: 📈🐍😖 Music: 🥀⌛🪫 Rating: ✍🏼✍🏼(✍🏼)/5
een plaatje dat wat kabbelt... niet slecht, maar zeker niet onmisbaar
I think you will find, my dear Watson, that the solution to this mystery lies in the first syllable of the band’s name.
Not my thing
I see the vision but I feel like the execution was a little lacking
⭐⭐ Lyssnade på Screming trees i veckan och för detta albumet känns det som jag kan skriva samma sak. Det är inte dåligt men riktigt tråkigt. Inget som sticker ut på något sätt. Förstår inte vad det gör på denna listan. Det blir en 2a.
An okay album, a couple of songs sounded good but none that stood out and made me want to listen again
what was up with the one with like sireny sounds I was driving damn
This is one of the 1001 best albums??? Musically I interesting at times, but no plans to revisit. 2.0
Listening to “This Song” in headphones gave me an immediate headache due to the fast hard stereo panning. It really made it hard for me to look at the rest of the album on its merits. It was…fine? A bit boring. 5/10 Decent
It’s not bad. But it’s kind of messy despite a few standout tracks. This is one of those albums where it’s probably good to have a producer or someone to to help with direction.
Not sure where the "critical acclaim" derives from here. A pleasant listen but not a "before you die" kinda album.
Not feeling this. Boring and redundant.
Oh, I remember this one. Although, oddly, I don't actually remember any of the music except for "Once Around the Block". But this was *big* when it came out. Not entirely sure why. It's fine enough, but, with distance from the UK and the early 2000s, I can't say it's life changing.
Painfully mediocre and generic.
There's a couple good songs on here, but if I'm being honest, this album is kinda meh. I've heard other bands/artists do similar music to much greater effect.
This is #day607 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… out of all the indie rock/folk out there, this? Off the top of my head, Into the Wild by Eddie Vedder, or pretty much anything by Mark Kozelek, blows this out of the water. This was an alright listen in places, despite the total runtime, but as an album I had to hear before I die? At least I learned this guy appeared on Unkle's Psyence Fiction, which, un/ironically, isn't even on this list. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day608.
I'm sure a thoughtful and talented man, but this irritated the hell out of me. It may have been the Hugh Grant/About a Boy connection, unclear. Won't be back.
Tough listen!
I should like this a lot but I feel like it's not sticking with me
Zero familiarity with this artist. He's certainly talented for a badly drawn boy, given that he handled a majority of the instruments throughout this album. I was expecting this to be much more...artsy I guess? Not sure why, but I ended up sort of tolerating this after all. Being largely inoffensive is likely the biggest reason for my feelings, however. This all operates on one wavelength and never really veers strongly towards one direction or the other. As a result, this didn't really strike me as memorable at the end of the day. The comparisons to both Nick Drake and Elliott Smith kind of puzzle me honestly, as both artists were much more interesting and versatile in their respective crafts.
The longer I listened, the lower my rating went.
It's got aspects of music that I like. But those pieces just don't together very well. it's just boring. There's nothing that grabbed me. I'm wavering between a 2 or 3. The first half was ok. If it were on in someone else's place, I wouldn't notice it good or bad. The latter half though plodded along. And what the hell was with that last track. Everything was out of tune; vocals, guitar, that whistle. Oof.
It was ok, with no stand out track
Nothing inherently bad here. Maybe on a different day I would have enjoyed this more, but I found this mostly forgettable.
It’s fine
I don't hate this, I don't love it, either. It's just there. It's dull at times, sometimes interesting but those moments are fleeting. Songwriting is alright. Music interesting but not good enough to keep me entertained. 2
Started off not bad but was just a bit dull. Felt like it went on for far longer than an hour
I thought this album was decent. I like the style of contemporary composition, maybe because it's similar to mine, because it's not limited by any particular style. So I appreciated the versatility. In the case of this album in particular, however, it felt a little unfocused and longer than it needed to be, in that versatility manifested in a way that I liked aspects of many songs, but wasn't blown away by any particular song. I think "Once Around the Block was my favorite." strong, five to a light six
De nu-metal plaat weer gehad, en nu de nietszeggende UK indie plaat uit de zeroes, we zitten weer helemaal in de typische flow van deze generator. Maar zonder gekheid, ultrasaai dit met zo nu en dan een moment van creatieve opwelling (Once Around the Block). Kunnen we vanaf nu even een goede reeks inzetten? 5,5/10 Highlights: Everybody's Stalking Once Around the Block
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good
Sadly, one of those albums that doesn't leave much of an impression. Note to self: Melodic plodding.
Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood? Nothing here was bad, but I kept checking to see how much more there was so I could listen to something else.
not too shabby
not for me
He can write a tune but it's too one paced and one dimensional over a whole album.
Patchwork, home-recorded textures built from softly strummed guitars, mellow piano lines, light beats, and gently frayed vocals move this indie-folk album like an old turntable with a worn needle—charming in its crackle and intimacy at first, but at times as repetitious as a broken record, circling the same emotional groove without moving forward.
Occationally got dangerously close to having an atmosphere. The title should be "Badly drawn out boy"
A fitting addition to the list of 1001 Entirely Forgettable British Indie Albums.
Album 105. The Hour of Bewilderbeast (https://open.spotify.com/album/7qdi1B4jqHEA5NvV34haRP?si=wf8uFykXQCqR3L9SVoe3kA) — Badly Drawn Boy (2000) It was okay to fill time during the commute, but there's nothing, nothing interesting and nothing I can recall. I don't know why it is on the list, but I'm glad the album was removed in the latest editions of the book. 2/5 No liked songs
Whatever. Not the genre I thought it'd be.
унылый. долгий. абсолютно ничего нового
Yeah kinda whatever not bad but not sure why it's on the list
eh, not my thing. beautiful ending track though
Veidrad kõlad, halb mix ja vahepeal ka peapööritust tekitav laul (nagu see üks, kus terve lugu pendeldab vasaku ja parema kõrvaklapi vahel). Iga looga lootsin, et läheb paremaks, aga ei läinud. 2/5
2.5
Badly made music
Weinig bijzonders weer vandaag. Enorm melancholisch. Zit muzikaal wel goed in elkaar maar niet in mijn straatje.
Het album begint eigenlijk vrij interessant. Het had weer wat fantasievol waarmee je je in een vredige middeleeuwse fantasy achtige setting kan wanen. Everybody's Stalking trok me hier weer volledig uit en Bewilder bracht me weer terug gevolgd door Fall in A river met onderwater achtige geluiden welke me wederom in een fantasie wereld waande. Camping Next to Water trok me er weer volledig uit en Stone on the Water bracht me terug. Ik vind het een wat turbulente reis en denk eigenlijk alleen maar waarom staat dit zo op je album. Je gaat het niet menen maar Another Pearl trekt me er weer uit. Broodje wat doe je? Body Rap laat middels de hip hop latin lift muziek geluiden weten dat je reis klaar is en je staat te wachten op het volgende gedeelte van het album. Broodje gebruikt bij Cause a Rockslide ff zn hele soundboard. Alles hierna alleen nog die galmende piano en onzin. Disillusion ineens funky? Ik vermoed ergens ten hoogte van dit nummer zn antidepressiva inkickte en hij ineens weer kleur zag. Herkenbaar gevoel 4/5. Helaas aan het einde toch weer uitgewerkt. Omwille van m'n eigen mentale gezondheid de tweede helft van het album wat vluchtiger geluisterd wat een droevige bedoeling. 2/5 - kut album - vandaag is m'n mening niet gebaseerd op de muziek maar op het album, ik heb geen zin in je 18 nummers poopoo. De gemeenschappelijke deler waarom dit op één album mag is de melancholische sound, maar verder niks. Je krijgt 2 punten omdat ik in het begin nog wel lekker ging.
Dull
I thought we had a solid 3 star album but boy did this one overstay its welcome
Not my sort of music. Bit depressing for me. Pissing in the wind is decent.
I had this on CD and l listened to it alot at the time. Listening again now and I dont think its aged well (or maybe I haven't aged well) as its sounds pretty charmless and annoying.
1.78
It bored me pretty bad, I didn’t even finish it
A fine album but it didn't grab me in any way.
Revolutionary in '99 derivative in the big '26. Indie alt folk for the pleasure of zoning out and questioning if you heard this song before or not. Beautiful swells and melodies at times. Awfully daft and mundane at other times. No relistenability for me. 2 stars. The 2010's were indie alt folk peak. Proto examples like this are missing something.
eh
Nothing special about this album.
1001 shrugs to give before…idk, doesn’t matter. Didn’t hate it, won’t remember it tomorrow. Don’t even remember now!
Did not like this indie at all. Way too long.
The Shining - 1/5 (zzzzzzzz) Everybodys Stalking - 4/5 Bewilder - no rating Fall in a River - 4/5 Camping Next to Water - 3/5 Stone on the Water - 3/5 Another Pearl - 4/5 Body Rap - no rating Once Around the Block - 4/5 This Song - 2/5 Bewilderbeast - 1/5 Magic in the Air - 2/5 Cause a Rockslide - 3/5 Pissing in the Wind - 2/5 Blistered Heart - no rating Disillusion - 2/5 Say It Again - 3/5 Epitaph - 2/5 Average score: 2.7/5 ⭐️⭐️ somebody wanted to be Elliott Smith lol this was a pretty boring listen i'm afraid, i fell asleep so many times trying to sit through it. makes total sense why this was left off of future editions
To slow
Indie but too slow💔
uninspiring
Not really all that fussed by this one, but it sounds ok
Lite för okarismatisk röst för att bära upp detta lite för långa och lite för tråkiga album. När det väl lattjar lite så är det rätt behagligt men som helhet rätt trist. Stark tvåa
Boring. Not great.
Nothing special to me.
some of these songs felt like pleasant, BIRP-approved indie tracks, most of them were unnecessary filler, and This Song was actively annoying to listen to because of the godawful left-right panning effect throughout the ENTIRE SONG over an hour of this mediocrity is not what i want in any album, let alone one of the top 1001. favorites: the shining, once around the block, magic in the air, disillusion
Dull
MÅSTE vi verkligen höra det här albumet innan vi dör? Peak svår kille. Helt okej som bakgrundsmusik, kommer inte återvända, tror jag.
There's a solid EP buried in this album. Way too long with too many songs that are either uninteresting or just downright bad. A few solid bright spots that are very relaxing and/or pleasant, but absolutely needed more song selection editing. Especially for a debut album. Top tracks: The Shining, Once Around the Block, Epitaph
Fine
Double meh. There are some good ideas here and even some interesting songs. But it’s aimless and needs editing. A 2.
2/5
2.5 - decent at best
Fint att dra en fet lusekofta med 90-tals känsla över flinten. Som att titta på Oz med grynig bild på fel bildformat. En ögonblicksbild från när historien precis tagit slut. Men fan vad bjäring ändå. Men jag tror ändå 3 är rättvist för jag hade det kanske trevligt under den dryga timmen albumet snurrar.
Didn't get what the fuzz was about when he was big in indie circles around the turn of the century/millennium. Still don't. It's very nondescript, not really offending, but not really offering that much besides maybe being a good soundtrack to an afternoon in the English meadows, sipping red wine, falling asleep, waking up and wondering if that record is still playing, or playing on repeat, and if it's actually still the same song.
Listened in the car so my notes on specific songs are sparse. First half felt very much in the vein of Neutral Milk Hotel, that late 90's early 00's rough around the edges indie/rock/acoustic guitar thing. Some Elliot Smith moments. Some Wilco too! Second half felt different to me, more rambling, less focused (or maybe that was just me).. idk Unfortunately I wasn't grabbed by much of this - I found my thoughts drifting elsewhere for pretty much the entirety of the album so maybe this isn't a fair shot but giving it a 2 for that reason. Lots of dope french horn though! I think that's one of my fave instruments
Lovely string and muted horn intro to the record. Track 2 really not my jam. Really like the slow entrance intro situation on track 4, 'Fall in a River'. Hit track 6 and it started to feel Elliot Smith-y but with songwriting nowhere near as captivating. This record does feel super 1999 which I usually quite like. The weird time-stretched drums on 'Another Pearl'. The weird sample delays and reverb swells on 'Blistered Heart'. It doesn't have enough of that 1999 quality to keep me around unfortunately. 'Magic in the Air' is beautiful. I was praying for full band not to enter the picture. They didn't thank god. The moments were few and far between for me. Favs: Bewilder, Fall in a River, Magic in the Air
I listened to this and can't remember it at all, so it can't have been good, but obviously it wasn't awful.
A little weird.
Very eclectic kind of English indie. Felt it dragged a bit in length and the number of songs, some good transitions out of short tracks.
I vaguely remember music like this now. I’m not sure it wasn’t the sort of thing that stopped me listening to most new music at the time. Probably stuff like this anyway, although I have no recollection of having heard this album before. Overlong and a bit tedious are my takeaways now. At times it reminded me of a much less catchy Mull Historical Society album. But whereas those have wit and style, this just bored me a bit.
Not bad, just kinda boring
Nej, det här var inte min grej. Det är inte direkt dåligt, men så mellanmjölkigt och intetsägande, för att inte tala om på tok för långt. Det var först vid Disillusion, 16 låtar in, som något hände med mig (hyfsat bra låt). Då var det dock redan för sent. Hade nog kunnat bli en trea om den varit kortare, men nu blir det en stark tvåa.
Mellow. Too mellow. Derivative. Badly drawn
Zzzzz
Singer-songerwriter muziek. Gewoon de klassieke slaap variant. Het zit vaak prima in elkaar. Maar soms is het ook tergend zeurend. Ik kan heel weinig met nummers als Fall in a river. Ook dit album moest ik spreiden over twee luistersessies. En uur man. Dat doe je jezelf toch niet aan?
Fucking boring
Pretty forgettable, few good songs
The very last song reminded me of tapir! But alas this was a very long and mostly boring album so… sorry! I’m getting picky.
The Great Eastern was robbed.
Oof I do not like the rapidly swapping stereo sound in This Song; had to skip it. I think a few songs were tolerable but overall there was just too much bleh to wade through.
Bewilderbeast. I wish I had thought of that. Now I’m pissed. I’m also pissed that this album cover exists. What the hell is happening with this friggin guy? Just some quirked up white boy in his horrible homunculus exoskeleton. I guess that’s why the call it the hour of the bewilderbeast. The hour is 11am, and I am the beast in question. I’m getting all riled up now. Run the tape. The Shining - This is just like that book. Yeah you know the one. “Pizza for Morons - Turn on the oven you fucking idiot.” Challenging read, but I’ve started making my own pies and have never looked back. Everybody’s Stalking - Then who is stalking the stalkers? Who is stocking the stalks? Who is stalking the stockers? What about the people who like to talk about stalks? Will they be put in stocks? What about when a stock recipe calls for celery stalks? Nobody is asking these questions and that’s why I have written a new novel “Into the Ground - My Comedy Journey from Nowhere to “Now Here” (reviewing music on 1001albumsgenerstor.com) Bewilder - This interlude is a great time to peddle my NEWEST novel “BE Wilder - A tribute to the 2005-2006 Minnesota Wild alum Filip Kuba.” It’s a real hunk of junk, but licensing real celebrities is expensive. Fall in a River - Rivers don’t have seasons. Idiot. Camping Next to Water - He said it! Right at the start he said the song title. This guy does not mess around. Stone on the Water - This guy love this water hey? First he sets up camp, then he does some weird stuff with rocks. Out to lunch. Another Pearl - The song for bored mistresses the world over. Great. ANOTHER pearl. Jeez what’s next? A diamond? You’re a revolutionary. This one is very 2000s. I guess I should periodically mention the music. Kind of ruins the mood though. I think I’ll continue not talking about it. Body Rap - Yo it’s my tibia and my fibula rockin’ on down to those crazy carpals. Once Around the Block - Well, this is an awkward moment. I had to stop listening to this yesterday for some reason and never started back up. It is now tomorrow. The 48 hours of Bewilderbeast. We’re beyond the first 48. This Song - AAAAAHHHH NOOO THE SOUND MAKES ME FEEL ALL WEIRD. Bewilderbeast - Yup. It’s a song. Magic in the Air - I can feel it coming in the uhh. Oh man. What’s that song. I can. SHIT. FUCK. Cause a Rockslide - You monster. There were people in the village. Pissing in the Wind - Repetition, the musical. Blistered Heart - I really have to stop this track by track reviewing nonsense. “Reviewing.” Listen to me. Stream of consciousness journaling that needs to be turned over to some authority. Disillusion - Ew this song is gross. Quirky English public transit patron wants to write a radio hit. “I could do it better and with a two minute keyboard solo.” Say It Again - As long as you don’t sing it again, I’ll be alright. Epitaph - Here lies this album. Never to be heard again. Some of the greatest minds in music gather in a smoky conference room. There’s an empty chalkboard to be filled with the greatest, most influential musical recordings ever to be released by humanity. The ideas are flowing. Years of expertise distilled into the furious brainstorming of these musical fanatics. “Well obviously, David Bowie!!” This is met with uproarious applause and glee. Furious scribbling on the chalkboard ensues. “Learned Cohen, Nick Cave!!” One reviewer passes out, while one author fans him back to consciousness, literal champagne bottles have been uncorked and the room now reeks of alcohol and the heavy dew of sweat. Both from the exhaustion and the exhilaration. “Nick Cave… AGAIN!” Now it’s pandemonium. The older reviewers are hastily misdialling 9-1-1, whilst the young ones revel in drunken ecstasy. Through the elation, an English accent ekes into the airspace “uhh do you guys like Badly Drawn Boy.” A hush interrupts the celebrations. Eyes turn towards a man in the corner of the room that they hadn’t noticed before. A meek gentleman who was not recognized as one of the main contributors to this burgeoning compendium of musical greatness. “Err umm yeah they’re really great and they also heavily influenced umm.” He’s cut off. “I really think we have enough here, man. None of us have heard of this” say the suddenly irked reviewers. “I just think it’s umm really good and my dad paid for this room so.” The main author rubs his eyes in frustration and sighs deeply. “It is getting late” he exhales. “Fine, we’ve run a little thin here anyway. I can’t even think of any more Bruce Springsteen records, so let’s give it to Big Drawer boy or whatever. “Badly Drawn Boy” the man weakly corrects. “Yeah whatever. Great work here gentlemen.” The authors and the incognito Damon Gough leave the room knowing they compiled a true starter guide to a uniquely human art that also included this album for some reason. 2 HIGHLIGHTS - Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy.
It's fine, but once again, I find myself feeling disappointed at how yet another spot on this list being taken up by some average sounding British indie rock/folk album that's going to be just another 2 when there are MANY other culturally significant works and genres of music that this list doesn't even begin to touch. I understand that this is simply one man's opinion, but for such a widely known book/list, I don't think it should be held in such high regard as some definitive compilation of must-listen music. Like, this album is on here but The Black Parade isn't??? Give me a break. This was whatever had some songs I mildly enjoyed but nothing really made much of an impact on me
Interesting collection of instruments and variety. The whole vibe of the album was very cheesy to me, I might have liked this more in high school. Not a fan at all of most of the instrumental tracks.
I don’t understand why this album is here. It’s got some decent patches… but it’s gonna be a no from me dawg
Sometimes, the music was pretty good. But also sometimes, the singing was horrendous. Too long and not interesting or good enough.
Meh. Couple good songs, definitely reminded me of Elliot Smith here and there. Just not really anything that caught my attention or held it. Would be some good rainy day background music.
Very okay album, I suppose. I listened to this on a morning walk and it was passively enjoyable. I liked a few of the melodies, however nothing stood out to me.
I thought this was a good example of dirge-like, folk-inspired, shoegaze indie rock that was popular in the 2000s. I understand that the album is no longer in the latest editions of the book. Shows that you should really let the music be at least 10-20 years old before it makes the list. I think there are a bunch of albums included from the 2000s on that don’t meet the standard to be included. Or maybe I’m an angry old man yelling at clouds… 2.5⭐️
Badly sung songs
Meh
I was going to be generous and give this 3 starts until “This Song”’s radial speaker thing made me literally sick
Not as good as some of his later albums. Bit of a mixed bag.
Like the first song on the album, that’s about it. Wouldn’t listen again
You know as a kid growing up in the 80s, the year 2000 seemed so far away, but we knew that we could look forward to the future, like flying cars, personal robots, teleportation devices, video telephones. Little did we know that the music would be so bad. Best song on this album was instrumental Bewilderbeast.
Meh
Pleasant, but not resonant to me.
I might come back to this lowkey
Another introduction to me. Nothing new or groundbreaking or remarkable. Musically almost in my corner but the unimpressive vocals harm a lot for me.
Really weak sauce.
I didn't expect to enjoy this, but the reviews made me feel that maybe I was in for a treat. I wasn't in for a treat, and indeed, I did not enjoy this. It hung around far too long, didn't really go anywhere, or do anything. It's definitely not a "pop version of Nick Drake", just a rather dull album that's mainly harmless. 2 stars.
Not bad. Just kinda boring. 2.5
This does sound like something you'd buy from a skilled busker.
This is not for me. I get the feeling he wants to be Roy Harper when he grows up.
I found it too slow
Okay, not for me. Interesting lyrics.
For an album that was only just over an hour long, it seemed to go on forever - and not in a good way. 99% of it sounded the same, to the point where, multiple times, I realised I’d heard two or three different tracks instead of the one I assumed I was still listening to. “Once Around the Block” is the only song I’d heard before, and it is still lovely. I also really liked “Disillusion”, which I’d never heard until this project.
A handful of good songs, the rest is remarkable.
1. Cute, not bad. Enjoyed the ending. 2. Very cool, nice one. Chill rock. Reminds me of the singer from UltraVividScenes 3. Interlú tipo JagermeisterPie... 4. Weird, not memorable. 5. Cheveronga, I guess. Medio X. 6. Thumbs up 7. Catchy pues 8. Zzz 9. Still boring, like SIMS music. 10 y 11... Still boring. 12-MagicInTheAir. Verga se puso ladillita el pana, nada memorable 13. Super boring still. 14. Pissing in the wind. 15 y 16. Sueño, nada que me gustara. 17. Say It Again sí me gustó bastante, catchy. Groovy. Algo de Méjico, no sé. 18. Epitaph me gustó a lot too 2.5 Pocas me gustaron.
Not my thing
Music was too slow for my current mood. Lyrics were well done.
There are a couple songs here that sound like they should be in a 2000s indie movie, but overall this feels like it's a victim of it's length and would do better to be shorter with more focus on individual songs as opposed to adding more songs that sound similar to each other.
This was fine, but I wouldn't listen to it again.
the cover art: walter wick’s vitruvian man the music: pretty flavorless indie pop deserves to be one of the 1001? no
Not really my kinda thing, but I feel like it could maybe grow on me.
The Shining Stone on the Water Once Around the Block Disillusion
Oh boy, not for me. Some nice tunes, a bit longer thought.
Big nope for me. I’m bewildered at how this made the list.
Just the title alone is a dead giveaway that this guy is taking himself too seriously.
When I started playing the first song I thought oh, I think I’m really going to like this. What a neat sound. But several songs in and still nothing was really happening. It was pleasant, but kind of boring. I think it had a lot of potential, but never really got there. And why do artists insist on making albums that are an hour or more long?? Forty-five minutes is sufficient to get your point across, thank you.
Reminded me of Elliot Smith with the slightly fuzzy vocals and simple strumming. I preferred this one but it was a long listen without any songs that really grabbed me
I had heard one other Badly Drawn Boy album. This one sounded cool, but was kinda too all over the place for me and too long. Still fun to listen to something new.
This is tedious except the single. That's pretty good.
Bland, unexceptional, unmemorable. Meh at best.
Dit is letterlijk muziek die op de achtergrond van een of andere matige hipsterkoffietent gedraaid zouden worden. Ik ruik de veel te dure matcha en koffie gewoon al, standaard optie is natuurlijk havermelk! De cover van het album is eigenlijk veel heftiger dan de muziek, best funny hoe erg dat je verwachtingen kan beinvloeden. Pff, ja dit is echt een taai album om doorheen te komen. Dit voelt als zulke ontzettende nietszeggende muziek. En zeikerig, en je weet ondertussen; als ik iets zeikerig vind dan word het geen hoog cijfer(Shout-out de zanger van Radiohead) En dat is hier ook gewoon het geval, een album van ruim een uur waar iemand in mn oor aan het zeiken is... Ik word daar gewoon echt niet gelukkig van. Had ik dit moeten luisteren voor ik dood ga? Echt waar? Ik denk dat ik dit echt prima had kunnen missen. De beste man komt weg met 2 sterren, puur omdat ik me irriteer maar ik het ook weer niet zo dramatisch vind. Het is gewoon agressief meh. Mensen die hier wild van worden zullen vast ook wild worden van Knorr Wereldgerechten, dat is een beetje hetzelfde level aan spice. Misschien is dit ook gewoon echt niet mijn genre. Kan ook natuurlijk. NEXT. FAVO: Bewilderbeast, Disillusion
This was different-ish. It was another alt British album that just don’t really do much for me. Just very boring tbh
I thought the music was extremely forgettable
Not for me
I spent most of this wondering why I was convinced this was going to be early & bad hip hop - was it that weird album cover? About an hour in it hit me, I must have been thinking of the beastie boys. And that was the most eventful part of listening to this album.
In no way did I need to listen to this 2000s mid white dude music before I died. Whose lane is this in? BORING.
Just some indie bullshit (lots of xylophones/accordions/plucked electric guitars on some folk rock songwriting) but there are some decent tracks on here. I like the opener and the string arrangements, I like the jazzy feel of the once around the block. the lo fi acoustic/indie rock aestheics on this song, bewilder, and fall in the river. Magic in the Air has an Andrew Bird vibe to it and these lush arrangements with a beautiful piano ballad. I think I'd rather listen to Wilco for an indie rock/alt rock/singer songwriter vibe but definitely some noteworthy things on this one.
This is the absolute definition of generic. 2.5 stars
I enjoy several Badly Drawn Boy from various albums, including this one. But as a full work, I simply didn't find it very engaging. I do get the concept and it is an good one, but it just drags on for too long without enough variation to keep it interesting throughout. Key tracks: Once Around the Block
2.5
Kinda boring, no?
Decidedly meh
Just the sort of derivative drivel I expect from a Mancunian.
😐
Solo poprock, indie, multiinstumentalist
ho-hum
This was an okay listen. Nothing bad but nothing memorable. Good melodies though.
An unfortunate indictment of this albums lack of impact is the songs that Spotify played in the queue after the album ended. All of those songs were similar, but packed more of a punch than most of what can be heard here. Now, Hour of Bewilderbeast isn’t bad! Just…too hazy. I’d be more prone to enjoy this album outside the context of 1000 albums I should listen to. A few good moments on here are the opening track, “Once Around the Block”, and my pick from the whole record, “Blistered Heart”, which is full of vulnerable moments and a nice guitar melody. I don’t fault this album for anything, and could hear it accompanying a Gilmore girls style show, but I am left wishing for more substance and impact. Strong 2 stars.
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Hmm kind of a cool name for an album. I have no idea what to expect here. I didn't finish listening it was not really my bag :/ sorry dude
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This guy was included on all kinds of up and coming artists and compilation cd's at the time. They were pushing him hard! This album is pleasant and entirely listenable but it's kinda boring. Nothing groundbreaking with the music and certainly not the vocals. It felt like one long song with slight variations over the course of an hour, but I was bewildered at the end. "Disillusion", saved until way too late, was the best track and the only lively song on the album. Maybe he's a great songwriter and I'm just not aware of his brilliance. No hits, no radio play, nothing cutting edge, nothing super memorable. Like I said I enjoyed it but I'll never listen to it again. That's not Top 1001 material to me. 2 stars for being good background music.
I see nothing memorable or special about this album to warrant it’s place on this list
Badly
I didn't understand all the hype when this came out, it wasn't unpleasant but was rather underwhelming. 25 years on and without the hype I still feel the same. A quaint historical sideline, not sure that's enough to earn it's place on this list
Holy shit. Bad. 2 stars for the only good song Disillusion.
Cheeks 1.5
It’s interesting enough, but won’t be something I’ll go back to.
Originally, this album was gonna get 1 star, just because you can’t give it 0. But in between the Beck like singing, there are cool instrumentals that give you a break from his boring voice. Bewilder leads into Fall in a River, which actually sounds like they threw a mic into a river, so that was kinda cool. Then, This Song has some neat production trick that makes your ears itch, followed by Bewilderbeast, another vocal less break from the plain singing. 1001 album worthy: Sure - 27/46
Dead bro Ich möcht legit Mal wieder ein gutes album Pixies hat wenigstens noch Spaß gemacht
this is uh not great. some songs had a nice groove, but overall found it pretty bland.
I do like a little orchestral folk-pop to add flavor and depth. I wasn't sure about his raw voice at points, but it clicked on Epitaph for me. It's such an honest song. Thinking back to 2000, his style reflects the time...its rawness and innocence.
Hey, uh more like. boredly drawn boy. They should call him uh.. badly snore boy right amirite Maybe. He. Maybe he could be. Oh fuck it.
I've listened to the About a Boy soundtrack, so I'm familiar, but haven't heard this one. He makes very soothing music. But there's a lot of other albums I'd think of first when I need something chill, and there weren't really any songs that stood out to me on this. Still, I can understand why others may love it. But I'd choose something like Carrie & Lowell to be on this list in its place.
Probably the most mediocre thing I've listened to on this list so far.
It's never a good sign when I see an album pop and my immediate gut reaction is "Who the hell is this guy?" Now, that's never a reaction I **want** to have, y'know? I feel like I'm just immediately dismissing an artist out of hand just because I'm not aware of them. 'Coz I know, there's so much great music in the world that comes from people you've never heard of. And I feel like that's kind of half the purpose of a book like this; to place some light on more obscure releases by putting them right alongside more famous albums. Sure, it could also be the result of just needing to fill space, 'coz let's not forget that 1,001 albums is a **lot** of albums, but I choose to believe that there's more than that. And it's not like this album doesn't have any credentials; it **did** win the Mercury Award in 2000. There's a bunch of albums on here who've also won that award, and I've even agreed with some of those wins. Even if I, or most people, haven't ever heard of it, clearly there's **something** that resonated with enough people, y'know? I don't get it. I tried — I really did — but I don't get it. I mean, OK, sure, it's baroque indie folk. It's catnip to critics who wanna have big, important, refined tastes in music. I won't say I really dislike it; there's a few melodies around here I really enjoy. But as a complete experience, it's just... Honestly, it's kind of really boring. All the songs just mush into each other, and none of them are engaging enough to where I'd wanna try telling them apart. This boy, badly drawn as he is, just plonks away on his guitar for an hour. Sometimes there's chimes or whatever; sometimes there's strings... Whatever. I can't bring myself to care. And I promise you, it's not because I don't know who he is; it's not a knock against critics for "snobby taste"; and it's not even a dig at the book's writer for his tendency towards including nondescript British albums. There's songs I like in this style, but for an hour, and across eighteen songs? No, not really. I wanted to be generous with this album and give it a 3 at least, 'coz, again, there's melodies I like, and I do honestly dig the song "Disillusion". But I can't give the whole thing a pass just because I liked one song and some spare change. The whole thing honestly feels like a 2 to me. Big "ehhh" energy. I can't be surprised that this is one of the albums that got tossed out of later editions of the book in favor of newer entries. I'unno. Maybe draw your boy better next time. And, seriously, PARACHUTES by Coldplay lost to this? Goodness, if this ain't another Mercury Award winner I disagree with...
Once around the block
Very unimpressed.
Me gustaron mucho dos canciones, pero en general no conecté con su onda folk, me terminó hartando un poco.
Rock bien de los 2000s, tiene cosas buenas pero medio básico y choto.
Albumi #110, 15.11.2024 Badly Drawn Boy ei ollut aikaisemmin tuttu artisti. The Hour of Bewilderbeast on hänen esikoisalbuminsa vuodelta 2000. Musiikkityyli on folkahtavaa indiepoppia. Levyn materiaali ei sinänsä sisällä kovinkaan tarttuvia koukkuja. Melko tasapaksu esitys.
You could bottle this album and sell it at Chemist Warehouse as sleeping medicine. In terms of the instrumentation it's not the worst thing ever, definitely leans towards rock more than the pop side from what genre labels are attributed to this. In spite of what I would have to imagine is a mostly independent and very passionate project from the creator, he sounds like he is checking his watch throughout a majority of the very stretched runtime. Coming in at 1 hour there are some albums which have taken more of my time but this one was definitely up there in terms of feeling long just from the monotony of it all.
Camping Next to Water was is a little microcosm of how I feel about this album, a thoroughly boring song throughout except for the two parts where a guitar comes in way louder than the rest of the instrumental tracks and for those two parts the song comes to life. But unlike the album itself, that song goes on for as long as it needs to. Tonally it's a weird one, sometimes it feels like a 2000s attempt to catch lightning in a bottle a la Pet Sounds, other times it feels like you're standing in the red bathroom at the Overlook Hotel with Delbert Grady. At least nobody says the n word. Highlights: Everybody's Stalking, Fall in a River
This had to be the original book editor’s cousin or childhood friend, right? Not awful. They can write a decent song. But the whole album sounds like basically the same decent song? I had to check a couple times to make sure I didn’t have it set to “repeat one.” I guess I’m glad I listened to it, but do I feel like I *needed* to listen to it before I died?
I don't know what to make of this. There's some good stuff in here, parts and pieces but somehow it doesn't work together. Nothing that sticks. Beside The Song, which is absolutely annoying with headphones.
2/5
It's rather boring, also forgettable.
Every time I thought they were going to do something interesting, they reverted back to their plain indie sound
Never heard. A little too folky for my taste.
on paper should be my kinda thing. wasnt the biggest fan dont really have a good reason as to why
Oof
Not as bad as I'd expected. Thought it would all be as plain and ordinary as pissing in the wind, like disillusion. But some of it was far less dull. Borderline interesting.
Extremely mediocre. Listened to the whole thing and immediately forgot I did.
Yeah, here's that indie music I wasn't cool enough to like in college. And I'm still not cool enough to like it today. It's a few good ideas and some solid lyricism buried in some boring music.
Not in my edition of the book! 2000. 2 stars. Inoffensive and mostly forgettable collection of what sounds like Crowded House outtakes. Definitely not essential listening.
he seems like a nice man but i don’t hear a single
Kinda reminds me of Elliott Smith which is cool, but that doesn't even come close to making up for how long and boring this album is.
Kann mir dem Album nichts anfangen
Very forgettable. It's been dropped from the list and it makes sense why
On the one hand, “like the partridge family, but indie” is basically my favorite genre. On the other hand, this is like if Elliott Smith was British, knew how to play the cello and was 12% more interesting. Elliott Smith probably knew how to play the cello and needed to be way more than 12% more interesting for me to like him. This album is completely inoffensive but just doesn’t do it for me.
reminds me of Wilco and Nick Drake at times but turn up the pretentiousness a notch
Meh. Boring and it went on for too long.
Ei ihan omaan makuun, sopisi taustamusiikiksi.
Easy listening for sure. A little too bland for me personally
Thought this album would never end.