Oar

I thought I’d like this but I was wroooong

Simply shite.

What a horrible music. I dont like the voice, the instruments, the arrangements. It didnt click at all for me.

Nah

Skip

Yucky 1/5

Obviously an interesting backstory, but let's not pretend that this is just incohesive madness dressed up as art. Not only is it crop, but its dull!

not good

The tragic story behind this album is far more interesting than the album itself. Sold so poorly that it was pulled from the Columbia catalog in less than a year. The music itself ping-pongs between a mild psychedelic rock and country-folk. It didn't resonate me at all.

This has no business being on this list

Strange. I guess it’s folk. No sure.

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He does have an interesting back story as his battle with mental health is worth reading. But this is dreadful music and a slog to get through. So not into this and will not listen again.

made it 5 mins, fuck this shit

I listened. Even the story behind the making of this is uninteresting. Some good playing occasionally. But.

Kind of somber, low voice almost like old sad Johnny Cash? I don’t like it.

too basic for 60s

p189. 1969. 1 star. Well, it's in tune, and has some fine guitar work. Apart from that, nothing to recommend it. And it does outstay its welcome REALLL soon.

More plodding, falsetto 60's psychedelica for the trash can.

This is the 117th album I’m rating. I don't know who this is but Skip is a cool nickname. Adding to my Playlist - Little Hands and Lawrence of Euphoria. Not Adding to my Playlist - Cripple Creek, Diana, Margaret-Tiger Rug, Weighted Down (The Prison Song), War in Peace, Broken Heart, All Come to Meet Her, Book of Moses, Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin for Yang). and Grey/Afro. All in all I liked 2/12 songs. This album fucking sucks. Who is Alexander "Skip" Spence and why does his album fucking suck? This is so unbelievably boring.

No private session used for Spotify, but I have no idea what I am getting into. Mumbly, trippy, mellow, and a cacophony of crap. Maybe if I was on acid I could fool myself into believing this is worth listening to. I only give out one star reviews when I am desperately looking for the album to end. This one earned it.

Not my thing

Kann das Album und der Interpret nicht wissen, aber ich bin heute zwei Stunden vor meinem Wecker aufgewacht und jetzt hundemüde. Dieses Album macht es nicht besser und hat die Wirkung einer Valium Tablette - 1 schlafender Sterne

Twice I came back to this, and for the first minute or so thought "maybe it's not that bad". But it is. From what I can find, this was a set of 3 track demos that was never intended to be an album, and it shows. Several songs are muttered or mumbled, he makes a bunch of mistakes, even asking at one point "did the tape run out?". However, even as demos, ai really don't think there's much here. Compare to another set of unfinished demos, CD2 of Jeff Buckley's "Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk" - those are so full of ideas, space and texture, that it makes you pine for the album it could have been. Maybe this was revolutionary at the time, but not any more. It's not even out there enough to be psychedelic. Wavering between 1 and 2 stars because it's not 'offensive', just dull. Settled on 1 because I don't think there's a song there I would replay.

Sorry Grey/Afro, but you're not good enough to carry this album!

I think this album made the list only because of the story behind it because the music itself sucks.

Incongruent. Out there just to be out there? Rip off or ode to sunshine of your love on “War in Peace?” “Lawrence of Euphoria” made me laugh

Skip to the next….

The artist's name says it all. I skipped the album. What I listened to of it was boring. 1/5

I don't know why you sound like this but I just want to give you a hug. It's gonna be ok man :hugs (not if you keep making songs like this though)

The music equivalent of rambling. So mellow and uninteresting.

They used to let anyone in the studio man

I don't like this song because it is kinda sad. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because of the beat. I would not recommend this song.

I did not like this album because the songs were boring and a little bit weird

I don't like this because I don't like the genre the music is and the way his voice sounds. I would not recommend this to a friend because I don't think any of my friends would like this music. I give the album 1 star out of 5.

i don´t like it its ad quality and it sounds deppressing i just dont like it It's not something i would listen to the second one i dont like ethier the super deep voice is weird and i just dont like it and o would not listen to it the third song i dont eally like ethier its kinda like the second one i just would not listen to it

the first song started off bad I don't really like it because his voice is lowk weird the sound effects are bad there isn't really any background noises sounds or music yea background music bro I don't like this song at all like turn it off oms. the second song is buns like oms his voice is so bad its not even funny like bro he should stop singing not to be mean buh fr it looks like he forces his voice to be deep the last song omd its so bad like fr the background music is bad everything is and broke da thing tha is da worst n making da song sound bad is his voice oms needs to stop singing.

I don't really like this album because, the song lyrics on some of the songs are weird and its just the music isn't for me at all. I wouldn't listen to this album again. I don't like the first or second but I kinda like the third one because its more calm. I wouldn't reccomend this album to anyone but I would recommend the third song maybe.

Boring and tired.

Interesting story but no songs stick out as something I needed to hear. Seems half-baked.

I’d give zero stars if possible. This was awful

Oh boy, over an hour of demos someone decided didn't need to be re-recorded. Tedious is an understatement, but y'all go ahead and keep trying to convince people it's somehow secretly great. The only thing interesting about this album is how it came together, and then Columbia deleted it from their catalog within a year of releasing it.

Hahaha ....Alexander 'Skip(!!!)' Spence ... Hahaha

I listened to this during a traffic jam while driving North out of Washington, DC on a Sunday morning. Maybe my opinion of the album was colored by frustration of being stuck in traffic but seriously it felt like it was the longest 64 minutes of my life. After listening, I looked this up. Sorry this guy was so mentally disturbed but that still doesn't make this an album that I needed to hear. I'm betting his mental condition is the only reason that this song is on the list.

I used to have this awful uncle called Tom who was a pitiful alcoholic. This album reminds me of him.

I tried getting through this 3 different times and kept getting bored or distracted. There isn't a ton here that made me want more. It may be your favorite artist's favorite artist, but not mine. It's plenty listenable, just not the best at any particular element and not charismatic enough for me to care despite that. I liked Weighted Down (The Prison Song) and Margaret-Tiger Rug but thats about it.

Hippy Trippy Dippy Stuff

Became board rather quickly with this album. Couldn't finish it.

i didn't have high hopes for this one, and it seems my instincts were proven right this time. this one's a snoozer for sure. the instrumentals, while not terrible, put me to sleep. the vocals are not very good either imho. nearly incoherent, in fact. almost none of these tracks stuck out to me, most were pretty forgettable. Weighted Down (The Prison Song) was oddly nice in comparison to the first few tracks, and War In Peace was probably the best overall in this whole album (likely because this is where the album drifted away from folk and became more psychedelic) i would really like to talk to the maker of this list and ask them their reasoning for putting this on a list of must-hear albums, cuz i just don't get it. guess this just isn't for me

paska

Very long snooze fest

No

I’ve cut farts that sound better than this.

So this guy was in Moby Grape and Jefferson Airplane, was diagnosed with schizophrenia, then drove directly to the recording studio upon his release from the nuthouse to record this album. And all of that makes this album make complete sense - that he had the clout to demand this album be recorded and get it released. Because there's absolutely no other way anybody would have released this crap.

Not for me. 1/5

Didn’t like it

I can't really think of when I'd want to listen to this it is so mediocre like folk is already represented on this list, and I love folk don't get me wrong so idk why this is here and not something else and there are plenty of albums that deserve a spot

Awful! He cannot sing!

Started out with some okay songs but second half of the album just feels like gibberish

Ugh. Not sure why that’s on the list!

Just no.

Not for me.

I am learning that psychedelic hippie rock is not for me.

It's wild to me just how much of the 60's and I guess the basis of rock and roll generally, is based in mental illness. and how much of a double edged sword it is. because just like the Syd Barret album this is completely unlistenable. and it's just inconceivable to me that they would let someone this ill access to a recording studio now. not to mention that this is celebrated while he lived homeless without access to any help for years. Still probably need way more access to mental health both in America and England, but man. this is just painful.

Gear: Focalman Cleardara Artwork: 🟧📸🦉 Production: 🎧😐🆗 Music: 🧠💊🤯 Rating: 🦉(🦉)/5

This guy tried to kill his band mates with a fire axe and then made this? The mix is really rough and the vocal treatment is almost incomprehensible. There is no sense of any polish on this, which could appeal to someone, I suppose. This is a really dull folk blues combo with Leonard Cohen esque singing. Grey/Afro is a slog. Boy, this album really knows how to wear out a welcome.

Every time I see someone watching Death Note for the first time everyone tells them not to watch the second half and they never listen and then regret it. I kind of did the same with this album. I was warned by his nickname, I ignored the warning, I regret it

- Boring for the most part - Only one solo album? Fair enough.

Some people seem to really like this, but it just sounds like sloppy hippy nonsense. I am surprised it has so many mixing engineers on it because it sounds like basement tapes. F

yikes, badness

Even knowing the context surrounding this album, it meanders all over the place and rambles on. Should an album like this even be 'enjoyed', or is it more peering into the mental state of a person that made it appear on this list? The tracks are not so remarkable regardless.

Crap

I'm going to break one of my conventions with this album. I made it all the way through which gets a guaranteed 2 stars minimum, but for this album it's only going to get 1. Let's be honest here, it's rambling, mumbling shite, with minimal musical merit and next to no instrumentation. I only made it all the way through as I got sucked into a rabbit hole reading about the artists life. If I was grading on that it would be 5 stars!

Described as "one of the most harrowing documents of pain and confusion ever made", the album was recorded after Spence had spent six months in Bellevue Hospital. It was at the time the lowest-selling album in Columbia Records history and was deleted from the Columbia catalogue within a year of its release.....why the FUCK is this on here?

The Wikipedia entry sums it up.

A ono, da nije imao nekog uspjeha prije ovoga, nikad ovaj album ne bi doživio svijetlo dana. Kad ti esid pojede sve stanice, kreneš raditi ovakvu glazbu jer ti valjda ima smisla i baš ti dobro gruva u glavi Ima ovaj album nekih dobrih trenutaka, ali ovo ne bi trebao biti album od sat vremena Doslovce zvuči kao skica za neki album što je netko urokan doma odklepetao

Arrancó dentro de todo bien y se tornó infumable

Some nice guitar playing, but the vocals are really bad and songs are mostly tedious. Wouldn't want to listen to this again Might have given a 2 but the last song is nearly 10 minutes of crap, so recency bias makes it a 1.

Echt niet mijn ding

This was rough

Good grief. Given this artist’s background I guess it’s no wonder this album is a total downer; pretty depressing. Wish I could find something redeemable in it. I don’t listen to music as a vehicle to bring me down but if I did this would be my go to album.

He got what he needed out of this album, but I did not need to go through all that.

Some of the more acoustic "folk" songs are really good. I just am not a big fan of the what seemed like improvised free-flowing rhythm tracks that are at the end of the album. I was relieved when it was over.

Don't do drugs, kids. Psychedelic folk, and not in a good way either. There are some good songs trying to break out here, possibly, but the sub-Bob Dylan mumbling (and that's saying something) and the seemingly random strumming of guitars and odd placing of the instruments pretty much knackers their chances. No likey.

Awful

It is one of the most boring album I have ever heard.

Frusciante did it better

Yikes

nun ja, reingehört und nach 4 geskippten tracks abgestellt. langweilig, instrumente ok, für das es relativ einfach aufgenommen wurde. songs und stimme packen mich überhaupt gar nicht.

the vocalist sounds like a stroke victim tried to do a bob dylan impression

I tried to stick it out but then I saw I was less than halfway through

This album was awful. I read that Alexander Spence wrote most, or all, of this while in the hospital, and it sounds like the pain of a hospitalized man. Also read that it was only meant to be a demo. It should have stayed a demo. Alexander Spence plays all of the instruments and he play none of them well. At times it sounded like he was just winging it in the studio. Strongly disliked.

This was a hard listen. Not one part of this record was pleasing to my ears. I had to listen to this in pieces and it took 5 different times to get through it. Bland, boring, next.

I made it 3 songs in. This sucks

Not my cup of tea.

The mixing here is really bad; some instrumentation fully in one channel. I thought this was mostly sorted out by 1969. Anyway mixing aside, this is still fucking terrible .

Kinda like Tom Waites, but without the talent.

Pretty basic 70's rock music. Nothing stood out to me and the production on a few of the songs made it really hard to hear his voice which is pretty annoying. Will not listen again.

Not worth the effort

Maybe I’ll get addicted to drugs, go insane and make shitty music. Could be fun

When I tell people "I like all kinds of music." I'll have to add "Except Skip Spence. This may be the most boring album I've ever heard.

Boring.

Oh my God this was boring. And it went on and on and on.

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I totally understand why Mark Lanegan and Mudhoney are on the tribute album. I wouldn't put this in the class of "Must hear before you die" but that seems to be the case for 80% of what I've heard so far from this generator. Some of these songs also sounded like demos and one sounded like it was recorded at the bottom of a swimming pool

This was bad. It was like he was trying to be Bob Dylan, but without any of the songwriting abilities. I didn't even finish it. 1/5

This is the first one I've thought about skipping, but I did end up making it to the end. The human story behind the album is sad but I really don't think it should be on the list - it's totally unfinished.

mal luege, was de bueb chan. gseht cool uus eig meh country als ich iwie denkt han cripple creek tönt sini stimm ganz andersch? aber no cool hä und uf diana stöhnt er halbe ume und tönt wie wenner vorher 5 päckli zigis durregschlottet hett? packt mi na nüt würkli margaret tiger rug tönt chli arhythmisch, na cool, aber d grenze zwüsche "hey no cool, extra chli ungenau gspielt" und "wow es tönt scheisse" isch schnell überschritte ok für mich ass, vill zu apathisch gsunge und iwie leer? weigjed down tönt villversprechend jaa I guess na schön aber s passiert scho nöd vill hie und daa spielt de bass chli seich iwie? aber es chan na cool gsi, je nach dem wiemmers ahluegt war in peace isch sehr cool fürd abwechslig back to country kinda jz singter wieder so gschisse brudi lawrence from euphoria findi au straight ass grey/afro isch wenigstens chli spezieller aber NERVT, di nervöse rums und die apathisch stimm chammer vlt als en spannende kontrast bezeichne, ich finds v.a. ASS und macht ih mim chopf kei sinn, es isch meh en kontrast for the sake of kontrast poah ich schwanke zwüsche 1 und 2 muss ich alli lieder nöd gern haa für es 1? ich han weighed down kinda cute gfunde und war in peace oder wasauimmer hani cool gfunde, de rest hani echt ghasst BRUDER DAS LIED GAHT JA 9 MINUTE lug alsxander ich rwspektier was du da in 7 täg ussegschisse hesch aber für mich ischs nüt

Really did not enjoy this one. Could not finish.

-0 stars.

Not for me.

Not sure why this is on here......

More like Alexander ‘skip this album’ spence. I liked ‘Diana’ but pretty much the next hour was an absolute slog and i really wanted to turn it off.

How did this album make the list?

Skip.

Hate this so much

Ummmm why

Okay so maybe Oar isn't outright bad, it's just boring. Definitely as sad and depressing as advertised but we've had loads worse. Don't really want to give it any sort of a 2 because it's not good but yeah, happy that it didn't make me angry. Weighted Down (The Prison Song) is quite a good song tbf.

Sooo dull

Not really a fan.

Ok

It's a Skip alright

Depressing. And very close to the top of the 1001 too long album list. Best song is Fountain (because it’s less than half a minute long.) Glad when this one ended - won’t be back.(0.6*s)

I guess I give a guy credit for being able to go into a studio alone for a week and this comes out. I can always respect when a solo artist lays down all the tracks and puts all the pieces together. That being said there's not much here that captured me. At times it felt like a bad attempt at Bob Dylan. The second half I kinda zoned out and it was fine background music but nothing stuck with me. The background story on this album is wild. Does that contribute to the legacy and praise for this album? 1.10 stars

Nah fam

Eh, not that great

Absolute junk

This was pure shit. Like Bob Geldof after a three-day bender, strumming his guitar, sounding hoarse at times. Just pure crap.

Better story of making the album than the actual album.

I think this aggravates me. How it's another offering of US psychedelic folk rock and I look it up to understand why that one might be on here and it's ... because the guy was fucked up? That's why? Or what? A musical genius, tormented by his demons, that story, or a drug-addled arsehole who happenend to be a not completely shit musician? What's the deal here? Why should I need to care? Because, without that cOnTeXt, much of what comes after the original 12 tracks is fairly laughable. And the world would be fine without 9 of those 12. So what am I reviewing here, honestly?

At times he reveals he has a good voice but I don't think he uses it all that well, and while barely a compliment I can't think of anything else positive to say. Sometimes I felt like I was at a talent show lol, it feels so unfinished and only get sloppier with time. Many out of pocket lyrics, not getting immaculate vibes from Skip. He was the drummer for Jefferson Airplane's first album but then quit the band and made this. They did get popular the year after... but mostly because of Grace Slick. Favorite Song: Weighted Down (The Prison Song) 2/10

Experimental, psychedelic rock and the experiment has failed spectacularly. Couldn’t find my songs I like. This isnt my genre at all.

Honestly outraged that anyone would make me listen to an hr long album with 22 songs

Bad Bob Dylan clone

Bad hobo vibes

Yeow, I tried to listen to this album but only made it four songs in before I started searching for Xanax. You should listen to this album before you die just so you feel better about yourself. Credit to him him though for laying his soul out there.

I only made it through half of the album, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it doesn't improve much on the back side. He sings about as well as Bob Dylan and mumbles every word, so who knows if the lyrics are good. Lots of boring drum tracks and bass lines. Made me long for Sweet Baby James which is sad.

Alexander "Skip Every Song on This Album" Spence. An absolutely intolerable, lukewarm mess. 0.5/5.0: Unlistenable

Terrible Skip really can’t sing smh

No, just no. Not a single distinguishable song amongst this mess.

Not really a lot to say except it was dull

Someone needs to take the cotton balls out of this guy's mouth. uh uh uh uh I am in pain? Wow, what lyrics. They perfectly catch the feeling of the listener. This is a no from me. I'm not going to bother finishing it. It's terrible.

Das erste Album dem ich am liebsten keinen Stern geben würde :-D

HOLY SHIT THIS SUCKS. Just because a moderately famous musician records an album under the influence of drugs doesn't mean it's a masterpiece.

Oar-ful.

Terrible singing, rough to get through. Based on the wiki, I can't tell why this is here. Ramblings of a crazy man (for 1 hr!).

Ouch. Skip has an interesting voice and it's a mark of his talent that he wrote it all and played all of the instruments, although other artists have done the same with more ability. But this is a demo - if it had been given a full production, it might have hidden the fact that it's mostly drivel and gets worse as it goes on. I couldn't finish it, and I am a bit of a pursuitist.

So skippable

NO MY JAM! It was so discombobulated!!! I

Now I know why they call him Skip, because that’s what I’ll be doing if his “music” ever comes up on Spotify again

At first it sounded like something I'd like. But I didn't. Just noise. The best thing about the album was that the final 6 songs were all under 2-minutes. ⭐️

Honestly though this guy was on his death bead whilst singing the first 3 songs. A couple of songs had weird background noises in them. Also some songs were far too long. Not a fan of this album. One of the songs had a sub title of prison and that made me think I would rather be in prison than listen to this chap again

Man this was a difficult one. There were moments I found interesting and enjoyed but they were just too few and far between. Way too long an album that just rambled on a bit. It just didn’t feel polished at all.

Extremely not my cup of tea. Maybe had this artist gone on to do other albums there would have been a novelty with their freshman effort. A couple of melodies are fine. But he mostly mumbles incoherent lyrics with the urgency of someone who knows they only have access to the recording studio for two hours. Anyway I didn’t like this and won’t revisit it. 1/5

Ach come on... someones taking the piss with these album selections. It's no coincidence that "skip" is in this artists name... because that's what you need to do to every track if you wish to retain your sanity. His voice is dreadful, the track "Cripple Creek" was bloody awful, nearly drove me to the drink!! Would never in my life consider playing this again.

Not really my thing

I don't understand why this album is so quiet. Is it because he doesn't want anyone to hear how bad it is? There was a good song or two, but most of it sounds like a frail old man on his death bed trying to sing along to his Vietnam war movie best hits soundtrack. Dude should have just stuck with Jefferson airplane.

"j'aime pas" 1/5

This is an ugly album, and I'm not sure how else to describe it. His voice is annoying, to the point where I was groaning every time in a song that he started "singing," the guitar work (or lack thereof) feels like something picking it up for the first time and randomly plucking notes, and the whole album really gives off that vibe, for that matter. Nothing feels pre-determined, thought out, or even well executed. It isn't even like jazz with its ad-libing, you can tell every note here was planned by some musician, but whether that musician was this Alexander Spence, or a ten year old slamming on a keyboard, is unknown to me. Perhaps I can admit that sometimes a moment here and there is more standable, but there was never a moment I was truly enjoying this. It isn't even psychedelic or folk-y, its just dull and aimless.

'Skip' indeed. Boooooringggggg.....

Skip Spence is another person I haven’t come across before. Apparently the music is psychedelic, which (prior to be album a day journey) is a genre I’ve never really gone out of my way to explore. Not sure what to expect here. Let’s listen and find out! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Little Hands This started off ok, but I found my attention waning pretty quickly here. After the opening track, I found everything to simply become boring. I’m writing this review the day after listening, and everything after Little Hands has faded from my memory. I think this says a lot about how dull I found this. At least I know now though. Always good to widen the old musical palette.

So dreary and uninteresting. I feel so many of these albums become acclaimed only because of background factors pushing their exposure.

"One of the most harrowing documents of pain and confusion ever made" zegt Wikipedia. Zin in. Ik heb niks tegen muzikanten die het moeilijk hebben. Sterker nog: Als ze niet de hand aan zichzelf hebben geslagen of er aan drugs onderdoor zijn gegaan hoef ik ze niet te horen. De beste kunst ontstaat uit lijden. Ik waardeer het dan wel als die muzikanten nog enigszins functionerend de studio in duiken. Deze meneer klinkt alsof ie op moment van opnemen niet in staat was z'n speeksel in z'n mond te houden en z'n eigen billen af te vegen. Een lege, jammerende huls. En dan een uur lang. Je hoopt dat ie in slaap valt of wegzakt, maar dat is ons niet gegund. Ik vind het een taaie zit. "It was at the time the lowest-selling album in Columbia Records history and was deleted from the Columbia catalogue within a year of its release." De mensen waren erg verstandig in die tijd. Ik heb de vervelende gewoonte om elke 1 te wegen tegen Astrud Gilberto en dan kan ik het zelden verantwoorden, maar deze man trekt hem overtuigend binnen. Als je na een half uur nog twijfelt moet je gewoon nog even doorluisteren. Al moet ik zeggen dat 'ie op de drums wel leuke dingen doet.

Belongs in the trash.

Blind album and artist. Cool nickname. Fitting for the album. Dude straight up attacked people with a fire axe, went to a hospital for 6 months, and then made this. Im sure the people he attacked skipped this album too.

Wasn’t impressed at all. 1*

It was ok near the end but overall, I found it to be torture

1/5 I felt this album really wasn’t for me after a couple of songs.

Nah.

Bob Dylan except you could understand what he was singing. Meh.

The story around the album is a lot more interesting than the album itself, reminds me of the Syd Barrett album I had to sit through, in more ways than one. Feels like another instance of the tag of "psychedelic folk" just being an excuse to cover up mediocre songwriting with some weird production trickery. Once you look behind that though, there's really nothing there.

This album fucking sucked

Boring. So dull I could not handle it. How did this make any list?

alexander "skip" spence put it all on the table for oar. and by put it all on the table, i mean his vocals are awful and drone-y and unappealing. no thanks. 🤢

Geez, this guy could drone on. And on. And on. And on. The Spotify listing for this album has a LOT of additional content but I didn't allow it to go on for a moment beyond the original album tracklisting. Some of the music was baseline interesting, but his singing ruined every possible good moment. The album lacked any cohesion.

If the author removed 60s psychedelic rock, the book would only have 500 records in it. This is yet another shitty half baked record that should not be on this list. And it's over an hour. Great... By the end of this, dude is literally just making shit up as he goes along. This is trash.

Not my jam.

I'm 30 minutes in and I'm ready for this to be over. So boring. Is this shoegaze? This album and American Music Club back to back was a terrible waste of time. You can go ahead and 'Skip' this album if you want to keep an hour of your time.

I've never heard of Alexander Spence before, but holy Macaulay Culkin's doppelganger, Batman. This album was incredibly underwhelming. I listened to it earlier today, and if I hadn't taken a few notes during my listen, I don't think I'd have anything to say about it. The music wasn't really anything outstanding, nor were the vocals. The lyrics were pretty nonsensical and didn't do much for me either. However, I did like the reverb effect on "Grey/Afro," which was one of the better songs on this album. I also thought the rain sounds on "Books of Moses" were nice too, and that wound up being the best song on the album, although that isn't saying much. The songs were short, which was nice, but an hour's worth of these songs was like torture. I did read about what led to this album's recording, which was really interesting, but just because the lead-up and process were interesting, doesn't mean that the finished product was interesting too. What a shame that the tape ran out at the end...

Uh. What? At first, I was like, "Eh, it's alright, I guess." But that quickly turned into, "Someone actually released this? Wait, COLUMBIA released this?!" "Oar" is clearly just a demo. It's an hour-long, incoherent ramble of half-formed thoughts and bare-minimum production. Producer David Rubinson screwed up. This should never have been released in this state. Were I Skip, I'd consider picking up the axe again and paying ol' Dave a visit.

No. I’d rather listen to Dixieland music backwards. This type of music is so tired it should be given to anxiety sufferers. .5

skip this

#252 - finished it across four different sessions. This is long and not all that coherent. Except that most songs sound like they could be played by an old burnout who plays Dylan covers for an apathetic audience at your local coffeehouse. I'm not sure why this album is on this list, even after reading the very sad Wikipedia page. It's not good. Sorry to this man (RIP.)

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

Reading the Wikipedia snippet here says this was meant to be a demo of music, and boy howdy is that accurate. This whole project sounds basically like a bunch of placeholding pieces stitched together. Bland, moaned singing with mumbled lyrics that really sound like Skip was just riffing in the vocal booth, planning to fill it in later; which makes perfect sense because it was supposedly meant to be a demo. Each song feels completely interchangeable with the last with absolutely nothing even remotely interesting. Why Columbia studios thought it was a good idea to release this boring, insanely long collection of cobbled together, half-baked ideas as is, is beyond me.

Singt wie er aussieht. Eine Schlaftablette.

I wish I could Skip Alexander Spence

Rubbish

Unremarkable in absolutely every way. I can’t remember the last time I listened to an album so forgettable. Dire.

Really wanted more this morning. And didn't get it.

Really, really bad

Terrible

Not enjoyable at all

Bon évidemment je suis pas allé au bout des 22 chansons. C'est pas nul et il a une bonne voix mais bon franchement qu'est-ce que c'est chiant

At almost 900 albums I really, really shouldn't be surprised when I get yet another late 60s piece of folky dog shit. But I really can't wrap my head around the idea that they gave this Dimery idiot a carte blanche to decide what the 1001 most essential albums of all time are. It's always going to be a subjective affair, but at the same time he clearly made bugger all effort to show that he wasn't just choosing his own favourite albums. This album is a great example of that. It's utter crap. In 2023 it no doubt sounds worse than when it came out, but even in 1969 it must have been a middling album at best. It's really frustrating that there's so much C-tier material from certain time periods, while entire movements and genres are overlooked. It's like having a Sacred Reich album in here alongside the Metallica - sure it'd be up SOMEONE's alley, but we all know it doesn't belong. 1/5.

Boring hippie crap

This reminded me of the Sid Barrett solo album. Just terrible, random, pieces of mental illness.

It wasn’t all garbage, I liked grey/Afro ok, but could easily have lost have these songs

Another list low. Well forgotten album.

Not really anything worth listening to for me

Not sure how this made the list, but I am sure why he only made one album.

A rambling an incoherent bore.

It started off interesting with nice layered instruments and grooves, layered vocals. Slowly shifted until it just sounded like he was cracked out and hitting his drums off beat and playing simple bass runs while mumbling to himself. Not great.

I feel context is important with this one. I didn’t know that it was a three track solo demo by a guy who just got out of a mental home. Having said that, it sounds just like you would imagine.

Would happily ‘skip’ this one

Little hands is an ok opener with some grunge and psychedelic rock elements but the album just goes way down from there. Sounds like a drugged out man trying to sing songs he half remembers the words to

Na de opname van het album ging men naar de kroeg en daarna terug naar de studio om met hun dronken kop nog wat op te nemen. De tape is daarna verwisseld en zo is dit per ongeluk uitgebracht. Aannemelijk verhaal.

Wat was dit? Dit klonk als een zeer ongeinspireerde licht beschonken zwerver.

Did not enjoy

Ha ha, very funny. Now can you please remove it from the list again. I feel sorry for those who would still have to endure it.

I usually like a lot of early psych music but this is just incoherent ramblings of some hippie fried on LSD

the "skip" in his name is actually due to the fact you'll find yourself wanting to skip every song in this album

1.5

Music is okay. Not a fan of the mumbling rambling singing style so far. Reading about the guys life is sad and tragic and puts into prospective the music he created. While interesting, the music isn't my favorite and you definitely need to be in a certain mood to listen to it. War in Peace the album has come alive a bit, still going to keep listening. Back to a slow folksy sound that doesn't excite me much. War in Peace is probably my favorite track.

Disliked

You ever wonder how it feels to have to walk across a super muddy field? Where your foot sinks in all the way to your knee every step. If so listen to this album. I swear time literally slowed while listening to it. 22 songs and not 1 was worth a second play. Not sure why this is on the list. You must have to be on a few hits of acid or a fist full of shrooms to know.

Terrible.

“Teetering near the precipice of sanity.”

Demasiado plano, casi sin ritmo y sin voz destacable. Le falta de todo

Got as far as broken heart before my will to live was similarly broken. What a load of melancholic guff.

Hated it. Just all sounded the same.

If you enjoy hearing the real-time sounds of a guy singing songs with a terrible voice while in a mental breakdown with acoustic guitar in hand and sounding as if he's been awake for 24 hours drinking non-stop and sounding like he has never touched an instrument before, HAVE I GOT AN ALBUM FOR YOU... Nothing redeeming here - it sounds like a crude 4 track demo I would have made in my high school bedroom but without questionable language, fart noises, and silly giggling. Any/all of those would have improved things here. ...take "The Prison Song" - seriously, things like this make me unnecessarily angry. Not tuning the guitar/bass doesn't make it authentic - it makes it AWFUL. Sorry, that's not fair. It implies that tuning the guitars would have any effect on this - it wouldn't. <Please insert a gif of me diving headfirst through a skyscraper window here>. I love reading and hearing about the history of pop/rock music and what-if stories but honestly what the absolute bloody hell. Here's a what-if: what if this album never saw the light of day? It would have allowed anything else in the history of earth onto this 1001 list. 0/10 1 star only because I tried digging lower and there's nothing underneath.

No, these musings, mutterings and noodlings are not for me.

This album was far more interesting to read about than to listen to. Not sure what drugs I'd need to be on to actually enjoy it.

Alexander Spence has to be the luckiest man to ever live for two reasons: 1) He stumbled across someone that thought his music was worth a record deal and 2) this album slipped through the cracks when someone was making the list of 1001 greatest albums. 1/10.

I did not know any of the songs and I did not care for any of the songs. I could have died without hearing this album.

O Diana I’m in pain!!!! Mate we are all pain listening to this shit. I got to the 3 song and had suicidal thoughts if I had to listen anymore. Hope u didn’t waste ur money on producing this pile of 💩

Not as bad as lenny but pretty bad

boring

Jos T Rex oli köyhän miehen David Bowie, niin tämä oli köyhän miehen Bob Dylan. Levy oli turhan pitkä ja mielestäni muutenkin aika turhanpäiväinen ja yllätyksetön. Ensimmäisen 20min jälkeen kuuntelu oli lähinnä kellon vilkuilua.

Without knowing the context of this album, I would have given it one star. I'm giving it one star anyway because I'll never listen to it again. In context, there's some redemption to it, but altogether sad...

Ein Album wie eine Wurzelbehandlung!

Could barely make it through the first few tracks and you want me to do this 22 times? No thanks. Horrible.

hard to get through. almost unbearable.

Rubbish