Reviews (page 8 of 9)
I don’t hate this album, but it’s not great. The production isn’t good, and the vocals and composition don’t make up for the amateurish nature overall. Can’t give it better than 2 stars. 2/5
Starts out nice enough as some folk informed Pop music, but goes on for a bit too long without anything really new. 2.5/5
Fav: Cause A Rockslide Least Fav: The Shining
Nice sound. Not very interesting though, it kinda never goes anywhere. It has very small segments that I found great, but for the majority of the runtime I was bored This Song was a bad idea
Samey, not much of anything.
Better than I expected yet nothing special at all
Super boring.
So boring
Pretty run of the mill lo-fi indie: a bit of a folksy sound, a bit of a pop melody, an overall bittersweet mood, some messing around with effects and wonky instruments, a shaggy bedroom feel to the arrangements and production. A very endearing artifact of the DIY creative spirit and of a basic impulse to make music. But it's only like one level up from coffee shop open mic stuff.
Snooze
Meh
So preciously earnest. Not for me.
I’m not sure this record has aged well, it’s gratingly twee. Everybody’s Stalking and Once Around the Block are great tunes but Pissing in the Wind is so irritating I’m docking a star for that track alone.
Pissing In The Wind // Disillusion //
An hour of bewilderment as to why this is rated so highly
bewildered indeed
Drawn out and boring
I really have no idea how this got here. Inoffensive indie pop that doesn't bring much to the table.
This is more like a 2.5 WHAT I ENJOYED: It's palatable pop rock. The music equivalent of like, plain Lays chips. Gentle, earnest vocals, interesting lyrics. a good mix of moods respresented. There are some songs I want to go back to for another listen/adding to playlists for quiet activities, like working or reading on a rainy day. GRIPES: To continue my chips metaphor, it's fine enough, but nothing special and you've consumed too much before you realize how bored you've gotten. More specifically, I found annoying/too much of a specific time the instrumentation on a few songs (like v. 00's accordion early in the album, v. 00's funky beat on "Disillusion".) "This Song"'s biaural thing was really gimmicky and made me feel physically ill (dizzy.) I feel like the funkiness of "Disillusion" was kind of jarring and too late in the album to revive my flagging energy listening through it. Which speaks to my overall biggest gripe of this album: it's too long and feels bloated, especially but not only by the interstitials or whatever those are. RECCOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: the idea of Third Eye Blind x Beirut x Elliott Smith #520 revealed / #523 rated (jumping around in my catch up to avoid same time period back to back)
So boring. There’s nothing interesting about this record at all.
Didn’t really give it a chance. Didn’t care for it, wasn’t moving me but I also wasn’t excited for it going into it. Maybe I need to give it another try one day in a better frame of mind
Those dorky Portland hipsters must've lost their minds over this.
Meh ok i guess
Nothing special...the more I listened the less I liked it. 2/5
Sounded lovely. Boring as hell, but I'm sure it was well produced. Talk about music by which to commit suicide. I'm open to this being appreciated by others, but I don't share the same taste.
I thought maybe the album had restarted from the beginning because it felt like I had been listening for a long, long time, but there were still seven songs left 😳
Some good tracks here but most are poor. Don’t get how some of these albums are on this list
Meh
It was OK but not really memorable.
Forgettable
Good couple tunes. Kinda boring
Best Song: Bewilderbeast. Sad that the best song on the album is an instrumental one, but here we are. Worst Song: Fall in a River. Was the prolonged underwater outro necessary in a song this short? Overall: Relatively generic singer-songwriter fare, but unfortunately the lyrics too often detract than elevate the ho-hum instruments. For example, in the beginning of "Pissing in the Wind", I think the fairest interpretation of the opening lyrics is that he's just pissed in his own face. Because of that, I failed to appreciate the rest of the song's attempts at sentimental sincerity.
I didn't find this a particularly exciting or engaging album to listen to.
Not my style
A truly "bewildering" record... never heard anything like it and never will again... 100% unlike any other music that has come before it.... 4/10
Another artist I've never heard of and I have to admit that this was a bit of a slog to get through. There were a handful of tracks that were enjoyable, but much of it all sounds the same and is very low energy - and some of it quite boring. Some decent instrumentation at times and a beautiful orchestra peppered in throughout some tracks help save it. Not my jam overall. Favorite tracks: Everybody's Stalking, Camping Next to Water, Once Around the Block, Disillusion.
Boring
I have been amazed with some of these albums. Not only do they end up in this list but that they get made in the first place. 1.9
Was pleasantly surprised by the first track but has nothing more to offer. The longer it went on, the less my appreciation became
Felt like an Elliot smith cover band at times. I'll fully admit I wasn't giving this album full attention though at time of listening
Inget man höjer på ögonbrynen för.
S'écoute vite fait, quelques mélodies / chansons intéressantes voire pas mal. Un peu mou globalement.
Took me many tries to get through
Critical acclaim. Was a hit. Won awards. Pretty much forgotten today. Rather dull to listen to. Dated badly. Not unpleasant. Good musicianship. Songs are similar with no real distinction between them. . And poorly produced. It’s muddy with no clarity or definition. Another one of the 80% of this selection that isn’t must hear. 2.5 rounded down.
This did not attract my attention. I remember Badly Drawn Boy getting a lot of positive press in the UK around the time; best new songwriting hope, etc. Mercury Prize winning, beloved by NME, Q, etc. But it didn't grab me at the time, and it doesn't now. Dull, and over-long. Never need to hear this again.
Forgettable, no idea how this is on this list.
I don't get it. Am I missing something? This is an album I needed to listen to before I die?
Captures a time and a feeling. But I can't seem to get myself to finish the album. Which says something about it.
Too crowded and generally noisy Just 2 Songs that are gems
This is one for the 2*-boring-album-bin
Parfois sympathique ("The Shining"), voir classique dans ma rotation ("Epitaph"), l'album est beaucoup trop long, part un peu trop dans tous les sens avec trop de saynètes anecdotiques, comme "Fall in a River", "Bewilder" et son bousin. Il sonne parfois comme un Elliott Smith un peu trop propre sur lui et qui ne sait pas quand finir une chanson ou faire un tri parmi elles. Y a au moins deux ou trois albums là dedans, un tout à fait correct, un plus anecdotique et un bricolé avec les chutes de studio qui n'a rien à faire là. Je comprends mieux l'effet patchwork de la couverture. Sur "Pissing in the wind" il chante carrément faux Oô. "Disillusion" il savait pas du tout où il allait... Donc album étonnant, mais trop souvent irritant. "Epitaph" mériterait plus, mais ce sera 2.
It isn’t bad, but I wouldn’t seek it out. It has a nice sound, but nothing about it is particularly exciting pr engaging for me.
Had reasonable expectations for this, haven't listened to much BDB but thought he might be one of the better singer songwriters. The music was nice in spots but I found it lyrically very bland and on occasion it strayed into toploader/keane levels of mediocrity. He doesn't have a great voice either. It passed by painlessly enough but I wouldn't go back.
I enjoyed bits of this album but an hour of BDB was too much. "This Song" especially annoyed me because on headphones BDB is doing some strange stereo mixing which really fucks with you. Highlights: The Shining Another Pearl Bewilderbeast
Disillusion is not bad, but nothing sparks for me in this album
About half an hour too long and very sleepy. Or maybe just tiring.
Was pretty meh for me. It either felt really limp or just too noisy.
This was fine but kinda meh
Was pretty hopeful with this record upon the first couple songs. Experimental singer songwriter tunes that sounded right up my alley. Half way through - and I was bored to death. Like Weezer with one guitar. Weez. Will not listen again.
I always like the plunk kinda sound the acoustic guitar bass notes have on the first song. One of the later ones had a cool horn & guitar sound in it. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Would have probably loved during my Elliot Smith phase.
I can hear the critics now. Using words such as baroque, opaque, unique, quaint, or anything with the letter q in it. To me, I question this entry into the book. It's not terrible but it is somewhat dull and when it tries to pick up steam, it quickly fades into a languid wave of blah. Hipsters may like it but I'm not a hipster.
Chill, and starts out strong with "The Shining" in my opinion. But then gets real boring real fast. All in all subpar.
favored the second half of the album
Pleasant enough. Modern easy listening. That's about all I can say really. Nothing outstanding but nice enough for 2.5
This is what would happen if beck focused solely on elevator music
neke pesme su mi baš dobre, neke su skip, svakako dobra atmosfera za čitanje
Did not care for this album at all. Nothing too spectacular. 2/5
A lot of strange things going on here. Too much for my taste
Neither here nor there. Doesn't do anything good or bad, just kind of is. Some songs near the end are pretty good, but just not enough on the album to make it good. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again
Could not get into this... It's alright I guess. 5/10
Meh
Yawn
It was alright!
Kind of wish this was just 35 minutes of Bewilderbeast.
Franchement je me fais chier et ça me fait mal à la tête en plus
Sounds good, but not interesting.
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast is perfectly okay, bland easy listening. Somehow BDB got massive in 2000. Like a lot of people, shouldn't have.
Liian pitkä levy taas, indie toimii lyhyempänä paremmin, etenkin kun biisit ovat näin samankaltaisia. Tykkään kyllä tyypin lauluäänestä
Boring mostly. Annoying at times
Boring as shit.
It was ok. Well produced, but not my thing. I wouldn't listen to it again.
Another obscure Mercury Prize winner. My socks were not blown off
All I can say is a resounding... Meh
It was fine. Nothing special tbh x
This sounded like a shitty Elliot Smith wannabee. I think some of the instrumentation was cool but the vocals did not do it for me.
Vond er weining aan
Not terrible per se, but not particularly interesting or memorable either. The first song started out well instrumentally, but the vocal melody set my teeth on edge. Overall I thought this was too long and a bit boring. It reminded me of Gomez, Grandaddy and Elbow in parts, but I'd much rather just listen to them.
Yep - know it, enjoyed it back then - a bit long but not terrible
Meh. I understand why people like this but its just “meh”.
Pretty disappointingly inconsistent. Some very strong moments in the very middle of the record that were enjoyable, ‘60’s garage Brit psych inspired, but sadly bookended with lesser material and occasional flat-out rubbish.
I'm not stoned enough to enjoy this.
Bit of a disappointment. Early 2000s British indie singer-songwriter should be perfect for me, and yet it's just slightly annoying. It erratically jumps from sub Nick Drake to more uptempo stuff, but there's an atmosphere of snobishness that rubs me the wrong way. Some decent tracks, but not something to revisit.
Not bad, but not great 2.5
The book 1001 albums contains way too many indie rock albums. They all have the same type of indie sound and are a little bit dull and slow. However, I do like the variety of instruments and especially the use of a french horn. I feel that there's a lack of dynamic. The instruments may be varied but the tempo, rhythm and the singing is very monotone throughout the album. I might be completely wrong but that what it sounds like to me. Songs that stand out: "Everybody's Stalking" "Another Pearl"
There is some really good stuff in there. There is some really bad stuff in there.
- Sonically very pleasant and easy-going, but not really something I’d listen to much.
4,5/10
Not for me
Elliott Smith he ain't.
It was pleasant enough at the beginning but I found I got bored of it
Nice but dull. Pleasant and pedestrian. Soothing yet forgettable. The one track that stands out seems like a “homage” (ripoff) of Golden Brown. I was cruising down the middle for a 3 but reading the wiki and seeing 8 people created for supplying Handclaps (3 of those contributed nothing else to the album) has pushed me to a 2. Seems like epitome of celebrating mediocrity.
Over an hour in length on this offering. Some of it is near enough competent. When BDB tries to sound like Dr Strangely Strange this is decent. When he sounds like Toploader, not so much. What a peculiar album.
Fun fact - I used to drink in many of the same pubs and bars as Badly Drawn Boy, living as we both did in Chorlton in the early 2000s. This album is expertly penned. The musicianship is lovely, the production is impeccable. It is also dull as ditchwater, with maybe two or three good songs on it.
Weird, not bad, but did n9thing for me. I really tried too, but it was just k8nda "there". 2/5
Heyrðu, ég hafði bara aldrei hlustað á Badly Drawn Boy og þessi plata rann nokkuð smúþlí í gegn en skilur þó ekkert eftir sig.
boring generic drone indy acoustic
Couldn't get into this. Swirling around with different styles but nothing arresting.
Badly Drawn Boy? More like Barely Sketched Attempts At Writing Decent Songs. Or Badly Conceived Album. That Mercury Prize jury sure had poor taste in music, it's not the first time I've noticed this... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: less than 800, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter (including this one)
I had it in my head that this was one of those 2000s US emopop bands, but I guess it's much more fitting that it's yet more Britpop - er, sorry, I forgot that we'd watered it down and were calling it "indie-folk" by 2000. New millennium, new label for a dying genre! Anyway, this was just a formulaic constant 100bpm, jangly strumming middle ground non-event. It has that post-third Oasis album "uh-oh so Britpop is on the wane but I'm just starting out!" vibe, where it makes a conscious effort not to be loud and abrasive but still wants the pomp and excessive layering that Oasis was indulging in at the time - the end result being largely an acoustic affair that includes a heap of bells, orchestral scoring and other assorted bullshit. But in the end it can't hide that at its core, it's just really bland indie fluff. Each song just blends into the other, and at an hour long you just can't do that to new listeners. It's fucking overblown and boring. We can retroactively lick its arse on Wikipedia all we want - and oh *boy* has someone tried - but it only takes one painful, looooong listen to work out what's really going on. 2/5.
Bit of a snooze. Didn’t finish it
As with the majority of albums served to me here, I fail to detect any qualities that render this particular album special in any way. Unless, of course, it's all about being boring.
I'm not sure if there is a definite category for this album; it spends brief moments in many different genres: experimental, pop, indie rock, and even a little shoegaze (Everybody's Stalking). Whatever this album is, I wouldn't feel regretful if I had gone my entire life not having heard it. Don't get me wrong, though. It is decent music. The album often has a lively, acoustic sound that probably sounds a lot better in person than it does on record.
The first song sounded vaguely familiar, from a movie or something, but the rest was very forgettable.
What a weird mess of an LP. Attempts to go the bargain-bin Elliott Smith route before dipping its hands into a wild assortment of genres on the back half and spiraling out of control. Some tracks here have great melodic ideas and explore them well, but overall this is just a fractured tangle of songs stuck together rather than a full album
You know when seeing a band and album name that you've never listened to that you're in for a Britpop 90s band and today's reveal proves this rule. No disrespect to Damon Gough, his record is okay and on first listen I'd give it a solid 3 stars. But we're here to listen to albums that you need to hear before you die and I can tell you this album does not fit that bill. By a long shot. Badly Drawn Boy's The Hour Of Bewilderbeast wasn't a must listen when it came out. Seeing as this isn't in the original edition of the book, for future consideration to the authors, if you need to stretch your bias by looking at a record's performance that peaks on Billboard's US Independent Albums at 23, please seek professional help. 2/5.
The songs I liked were instrumentals. The rest was bland.
This album was pretty clearly a very experimental album. It had a lot wide variety of songs in all different styles, but didn't feel very cohesive or focused. It also sounded just like an Elliott Smith style of singer, which I think works for his song writing style and genre, but this was just all over the place. I only liked a couple of songs with "Another Pearl" being the only song I plan on listening to again.
I tried to give this album a fair shake, but gave up after twelve tracks. The album oozes "'90s college rock," and not in a good way (yes, it was released in 2000, but there's always a stylistic lag when transitioning between decades). It appears that Damon Gough wrote all the songs and played a bum-ton of different instruments on the album, so he's clearly got talent, but his work isn't for me. Bottom line: this album bored me, and that's never a good thing.
Not great. But not terrible. Definitely not something I'd ever be tempted to revisit.
Pintaba bien
I was excited by the first time I heard Badly Drawn Boy when he appeared on the UNKLE album Psyence Fiction. However this album capture none of that. Tuned down shambling folk. Good for some but I found it half baked and over rated
The instrumentals are vastly superior to the vocals, but overall this was an unimpressive album. Kinda gave up on it.
I went to college in the the early 2000s core. Couldn't stand it then, still can't.
Could barely get thru it
Boring
Había escuchado un par de canciones antes, no es un autor que me entusiasme pero no está mal. Pero tampoco es una obra imprescindible.
I was expecting to hate this, but it had a few interesting production bits and some experimentation in places, which surprised me. Still a boring-sounding bloke singing not very exciting songs with his guitar, at the end of the day though, so not one I would ever revisit.
Painfully Indy at times. It made me want to listen to Sufjan Stevens or fleet foxes.
By the numbers. Of its era. Forgettable
Just not my think. I expected bewildered beasts to be more bewildering. (I guess)
Meh
Meh. Seems like a decent if enough album.
Chill. Too chill.
Decent background music. I don't need to hear it again.
A fine album.
idk. Nothing drew me in but nothing made me skip songs.
Nope
I like a few tracks from their movie soundtrack album a few years later, but nothing on here jumped out at me. Vocals a bland wordy bay of meh. Little interludes weren’t really needed
Nee, ik kon er niets mee
Ik had dit aan staan toen ik aanbieders voor een nieuw energiecontract aan het vergelijken was. Suf werk. En de muziek maakte het niet bepaald minder suf.
De intro klonk veelbelovend, daarna vond ik het zaadjesmuziek.
Not so bad
02/14/22 "Garden State" movie soundtrack rejects, lol. Good for a mellow, rainy day.
This did not attract my attention. I remember Badly Drawn Boy getting a lot of positive press in the UK around the time; best new songwriting hope, etc. Mercury Prize winning, beloved by NME, Q, etc. But it didn't grab me at the time, and it doesn't now. Dull, and over-long. Never need to hear this again.
Not really my thing. Better as background music
I'm sure it was good, but I fell sleep 2/5
Pleasant.
Baby's first John Lennon. 2.5/5
Ok album, nothing great, nothing bad
dreamy and slow, post-grunge?
Canzoni carine, un po' noiose. Ha uno stile definito, ma che non mi piace. 1 stella è poco, ma 2 vanno più che bene. Anche un po' troppo lungo, ma credo sia dovuto al fatto che non mi piaccia.
Seeing other people reviews of this was all over the place some liked it others hated it but the first songs is so chilled and simple it just works, it does go on a bit to long but it just a chill album.
A bit slow for me. Interesting but not my taste
Pretty soft alternative. I don’t think i would listen to this album again.
Why does every British indie group from this era have the guitar tone of Radiohead? A couple sparks here and there but didn't hold my interest.
Ok album
Should have 3/4 hour of bewilderbeast. Ends up feeling same-y for a good majority of the album. Then when he does change it up with Disillusion, halfway thru you want it to go back. He does folk-pop well, and I guess needs to stick to it. Almost nothing stands out, this is just a collection of okay songs. Highlight Tracks: 1, 5, 12, 17
This album did nothing for me. Each song sounded similar to the rest and thinking back I can't remember a single song, line, or riff that stood out and caught my attention. It was peaceful background noise, so I would listen to this if I was trying to relax and wanted some white noise.
some people might like it
Oh my god this goes on forever. He's not a great lyricist, is he? Will this ever ennnnd...
Apart album met rustige indie nummers, niet mijn stijl
Unremarkable.
Indie que não se sustenta na audição com mais de 60 minutos.
Me saturó demasiado, creo que el indie no es mi estilo tampoco. Como idea y concepto tal vez sea bueno y por eso esté en la lista pero fuera de everybody is stalking y pissing in the wind lo demás lo escuché como si oortada
Nice, if uninteresting twiddling indie acoustic. The kind of music made to appear in car and mobile phones commercials.
Very tough for me to mark this one as a 2 but I think I have to as it's not got any memorable or catchy jams and I care about that. I'd put this under indie-folk (indie rock + folk rock), as it generally matches that, however, this is an incredibly varied album. I managed to find tracks that covered the following genres (in this order): Western Classical (shout out to muted trumpets), Grunge/Rock?, Indie, Folk, Hip Hop, Blues (this guy fucking plays banjo), Alt Rock (crazy pedal effects), Pop Rock (sounded like The Beatles or something), Piano Balad (shout out to the harp), American Country, Disco (excuse me what!?) and Big Band Swing. This solo multi-instrumentalist makes an impressively competent and cohesive album with small interludes and mostly gapless tracks that flow well between each other (except that wild disco one). He manages to link them together with his folky style, and manages to get his electric guitar sounding completely different on every track, in order to match the style. Incredibly impressive and very peaceful music, but I've never really listened to folk rock before so am unattuned to it (unless you count Mundford and Sons lol).
This bored me mostly but it was inoffensive.
Thought he was a bit bland in 1999 and I think he's a bit bland in 2021
vanilla
That was interesting. I'm not sure what lyrical content was going on but overall, the album felt like it went somewhere which was nice. There are some other whiney voiced acts that I would go to before these guys.
Ok, got tuned out.
not my kind of emo.
Alt rock, meh. I find this album flaccid and boring. Magic in the Air is a pretty decent song. Disillusion is more my speed.
I guess I'm not a fan of this style of alternative. It's not horrible but its just kind of boring another verve like blah
Not too shabby. Although the guy's voice sounds like if I was singing, it's still a decent listen.
Erg rustig ofja ben niet echt ver gekomen
Melankolisk musik som inte fastnar
Not for me
I like the flow of the album. Overall pretty delightful.
Blaaaah. Why is this vital? It's...fine? Nothing about it inspires. Not a great start.
meh
2.1
Emo indie ish
5
I like some of the riffs, but the overall sound and feeling doesn't appeal to me really
Ihan ok taustalle rentoiluhetkiin, mut sitä kamaa nyt maailmasta löytyy
Not quite my tempo.
They want to be Radiohead sooooo bad
Not for me. 1/5
Ughhhhhhhhhh
What in the hell? Some people call this "Odd", have you never listened to anything on this thing? Odd? This generic indie play my guitar near a fire to hope i get some girls in my tent today ahh album is odd? Jesus christ some of you are more vanilla than a starbucks latte
Can very much appreciate the eclectic mix of instruments and styles on this HOWEVER I genuinely loathed the melodies and vocals on just about every single song. Really super wish I could not have listened to this.
How much did the Electronica Brit Pop industry pay the author to populate this book with so much of it's crap? 1
This album is dull, uninspired, and instantly forgettable. The best thing about it is that it’s not rap.
WTF
trash
Wär vielleicht irgendwie akzeptabel wenn es nicht so unfassbar lang wär und der typ minimal talent als sänger hätte. Fast jeder song klingt gleich und die, die nicht gleich klingen sind anderweitig langweilig
Ojalá pronto escuche un buen álbum en esta app
Not at all what I expected. Very 2000s. Fav song is ‘Everybody’s Stalking’.
Its ok back to back ok albums. Nothing stood out for me.
Me aburrió mucho
Too melancholy and very strange
So fucking boring, AND now I have a headache from the phasing on "The Song". Fuck right off with this bullshit.
When I started my journey I believed that any record would deserve a review that is at least two sentences long. So here is another one.
1. zhinning - 1.5 2. ztalking - 1 3. beuuilder - 0 4. River- 1 5. Water -1 6. Stone -1.5 7. Pearl - 1 8. Body - 0 9. Block - 1 10. Song - 1 11. Beast - 1.5 12. Magic- 1.5 13. Cause - 1 14. Wind - 1.5 15. Heart - 1.5 16. illuzion -0 17. again - 1.5 18. epitath - 1.5
Ok. This feels like even the artist didn't know what they wanted to make. Some interesting parts but mostly wierd stuff that didn't work for me. Best song was The Shining
Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more joyless /ˈdʒɔɪlɪs/ adjective not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal. "she had to face the thought of a joyless future" "mate, that 1001 album I listened to this morning was such a joyless affair" Synonyms: unhappy, sad, depressing, miserable
Now what is going on here. Violins ok not what I was expecting tbh. What genre is this?? That is a badly drawn boy. This is beautiful. I really like the music. Ok it's picking up. Yeah okay sing it white boy. Aw man over an hour. Ok. That's chill. What is this guy on about. Some very long instrumentals. I like it but is it necessary. Hmmmm who knows. I'm just tired bruh. This is cool I'm just in a hater mode. Wow instrumental track groundbreaking. Fuck you badly drawn boy. I just honestly don't think you have that much to say. I can't make it through the entirety of each song it's just an emotional indie white boy I can't. Why tf is the song not starting till more that halfway. Who tf has time for ts. I do not. I'll give you another chance Mr. Boy. Mid as hell if I'm being honest. I honestly do not care where you're pissing. IDCCCCC Favourite: Cause a Rockslide Least favourite: Bewilder
Once around the block holds the attention for a bit but this is all too knowing. Not that interesting at all and has not aged well.
More like badly written music huehuehuehueh
sorry didnt like this at all
nothing stand out
Meh
This would only just make a list of 1001 albums from Manchester. It has no place here
Never even heard of this one, artist or album Nice intro cello/horn arrangement if not a little bland/Pachelbel A little worried because I absolutely hate the artwork Baroque pop folk Charming production Songwriting isn’t standing out to me initially For me this feels like a less exciting + emotionally resonant Sufjan Very ‘INDIE’ Honestly barely got through this one. It has all the dressing of something I would have really liked ten years ago, I think had our paths crossed earlier I might have a better relationship to it. Listening now it feels unremarkable. There were some cool production moments. The songwriting didn’t stick with me at all.
Unfortunately, this album isn't for me.
Feels boring, uninspired and uncohesive.
Как фон какой-нибудь осенью, когда тянет на всякий Сиэттл, - может быть. Но совсем не понятно, зачем. Лучшая песня - Blistered Heart.
boooooooooooooooooooooooring
The Good: We are getting bewildered… The Bad: It seems I am dyslexic… The Ugly: The drawing of the boy… Yes… I mean, No… I mean, WTF? Opinions, they say, are like assholes… Everyone’s got one… I am having too many difficulties fathoming why this album needs to be listened to at least ones before I die… I really can’t understand it. Just out of spite, and for wasting my time, I am going to be a prick and change the artist’s name to Badly Rated Boy… 1*
Basically nothing going on here. But yet somehow still an hour long. Depressingly the few chances he does take are the worst bits.
Je ne comprends même pas pourquoi ça fait partie de ce top 1001.
Crap English Band Alert!!! Another entry from a UK act that doesn’t belong on this list. This album has very little going for it. The one song I liked was Everybody’s Stalking, mainly because it sounds a bit like Alice In Chains’ Got Me Wrong. Everything else was very bland. This guy’s voice is below average and the songs were not well built out. Better than a couple of the others who sucked on this list, but still getting 1 star out of spite.
I normally put on the daily album when I get home and do my nightly jobs to keep the home going. Today I mowed the lawn. Listening to this made the the 1hour job seem like 3 hours. I would not listen to this again
Awful
Not sure if I'm still tainted from experiencing him moan on stage at a festival about the sound crew, then the lighting crew, the amount he was getting paid by the festival and then the crowd or whether this is just an awful album . . . no, I've tried to listen to it some more . . It's an awful album (he has a couple of decent tracks in his locker though)
Listened this album yesterday and everything is forgotten. Apparently not really good album
Do not like. I find the term "chamber pop" kind of offensive.
Boring as hell. Sounds like terraria soundtrack.
Boring
😏
No thank you. Trite. Derivative and tedious at brst
interminable indie boy bullshit
This one wasn’t for me. I’m not an Indie fan and this bored me. I couldn’t finish it
Meh, a lot of songs that sound the same.
Even the artist himself sounds completely bored just performing these songs. Drab, unimaginative and pointless are the three words that spring to mind. About as sparkling and interesting as a slug on mogadon. Please can someone explain not only why this album is in this list, but why it was ever made at all?
Nope.Nope. 1/5, 1/10
I forgot Badly Drawn Boy existed and that may be for the best I always thought this was boring and pretentiously unoriginal and now you can add dated and aged like milk
Nahhhhh i'm good
Actually pissed me off
Hot garbage!
furry music
Bin verwirrt. Wilde Mischung. Da waren zwar schöne Songs bei aber all in all nicht abgeholt.
I tried, I honestly tried.
It should be illegal for albums this boring and dreadful to be this long. I got the picture by about the third song, it could have ended there, though I'd still give this a 1. This is Elliot Smith for people who like watching paint dry. Bland, uneventful, uninspiring, dull, and soulless - half of the reason I hate this shit is the guys one tone singing voice throughout the whole album, making every song sound the same. The only redeeming factor of this record is the really shitty artwork that looks like a kids scrapbook version of Exodia the Forbidden One from Yugioh lmfao.
This Song is probably the most horrible song I've ever listened to with headphones.
I’m a child of the 90s and I’m not surprised I’ve never heard of them.
Really? Out of ALL the music released in the last century, this makes the list of essential listening? WTF is so special about this? It's just another boring, emo, 21st century navelgazing record. It's fine for what it is, but for God's sake, I expect this list to challenge me, not bore me to sleep. This site should be called 1,001 records you may or may not find interesting.
Slow, dreary, sad, not for me.
More shitty, generic, boring indie folk. I don’t know why these type of albums are so highly regarded or why this website lists ones like this. It all blends together and is completely unimpactful.
Dreadful soft rock. A baffling inclusion on this list
Do not drive while listening to this - will cause drowsiness.
Didn't understand the love at the time, don't understand it now.
This is the second album in as many days to cause me anger. It’s also the second album in as many days that is folk soft rock something like that. it shouldn’t cause me anger, It’s meant to be dreamy… Maybe I should get help
Underwhelming and unengaging.
The whitest boy alive
A little too mellow for my taste
A little boring, but sometimes nice. But using "samples" without crediting musicians? Bye.
Meh. This album is interesting to me cause it was released in 99’. Other than that that’s about as interesting as it got for me. Couple tracks that almost grabbed interest but nothing really grabbed hold.
Wack
not for me
Day36 - i read some reviews before i listened and didn’t have a good feeling. after a couple songs i thought this isn’t too bad, but it just never picked up. it sounds like it was made in a basement with every instrument that was lying around
To paraphrase Woody Allen: the music here is awful, and such big portions! Insipid and lacklustre singer songwriter stuff that should be nowhere near this list.
If you love bland emo forgettable music this is for you. I remember badly drawn boy from the 90s/00s but couldn’t recall any of his music
Very meh, I don't really have any comments on it. Feels like a characters background music to me honestly
foo
Nope. Feel nothing. Can't make it through the entire album, too boring.
Nothing I needed to hear before I die
Could be the mood I was in but I didn't get this one at all b
"Se" kaveri joka on muusikko ja soittaa välillä jossain baarissa akustisen kitaran säestyksellä, ja osaakin soittaa ihan hyvin, mutta ei edes ajattele, että haluaisi säveltää jotain tarttuvaa.
Ugh. I did not care for it. I was not familiar with the band or the album or any of the songs. I will not be revisiting it. It was indie music but not full blown indie music. It is better than a 1 not really a 2.
An hour long.... Bad start with first track 2 interludes in first 3 tracks.... And then fall in a river... I'm wondering if they forgot to edit this album before releasing I don't like this at all. Like a lot of 00s artists, Too vanilla for me and could easily have called it the 37mins of bewilderbeast Pretentious in my opinion with all the boring instrumental stuff and interludes. Just my opinion. Overall boring
Geen fuk aan.
Crap 1/5
could put me to sleep, but not in a good way
Some of the instrumental parts were ok but I wanted more from his melodys. Also didn’t like some of the lead guitar.
Look, I can admit that I was wrong to assume some kind of twee British project. I can grant that the headache-inducing sections - unnecessary as they are after the first! - are marginally interesting. I even hummed a melodic line or two to myself after finishing the Hour; Not all of its songs are grating. But I can't forgive the cumulative effect, that of utter early-millennium critic bait. Honestly would feel better about the album if the cover weren't such an abomination.
This guy is a dick. Worst concert I have ever been to. He got visibly drunk and couldn't play his songs, then berated the venue staff AND the audience for his terrible performance. Low class jackass. I have never been able to enjoy him since.
This needs to be removed from the list.
Not sorry for the 1 star. Beige beige beige. I was immediately angered by the first song but thought it might get better but no. I did not like this one bit.
*in Arnold voice* "Vhy is der trumpet at da beginning? Fack off vit da trumpet! Dis is rock mewsick for GIRLY MEN!"
There will be brutal reparations for any music journalist who talked this shite up at the time
Offensively dull
meh blues
More like badly sung songs
Pretty boring. Dull.
Puuduttava
This, I do not care for. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wrdgaf
Never liked the album when it came out and this has not changed despite listening to it twice.
A bit bland
Lame af
De twee voor mij bekende liedjes zijn wel aardig, rest niet spannend
Boeing as hell
It did not grab my attention
I don't know man
Gash with a rash. 0/10
started fine but tough to get through by the end.
Un poco soft