I'm not sure if this is supposed to pass for music, as to me this sounded more like a terrible audiobook or radio drama. That is, if one can understand what they are saying at least because I couldn't understand more than half of it. I would rather I heard this after I was dead.
If the people who invented and created recording equipment knew it was going to be (mis)used this way they would have never gone through with it. I hope they called it funeral to celebrate the end of their musical career because they realized they should have never even begun to try and make any music.
If this list was called 1001 of the most average albums you've ever heard in your life, I would have given it three stars. But it's not so I can't give this more than 2 stars. Absolutely nobody misses out on anything if they don't hear this album before they die. I don't know who makes these lists but they have an objectively bad taste. It reminds me of the Indians who out of national pride vote 10 out of 10 stars on every shitty Bollywood movie they can find on IMDB. Who wants to hear some guy blabber on about some basketball town? There's a million different albums I can think of which would actually be worth listening to before you die, which would never appear on a list like this. Loads of classical, current day jazz, yes even a lot of lesser known shoegaze albums are better than this crap. Go listen to some Saint-Saens violin concertos and avoid this album.
Rest in peace sensitive soul
Atrocious
Much better than expected
Unremarkable, stressful, and it gave me a big headache.
Both volumes are pretty quirky though the first volume is just too silly for my taste. Volume 2 is a lot better and I think the first volume is better left ignored.
Great ambient tunes for the mad (like myself)
I'm not sure if this is supposed to pass for music, as to me this sounded more like a terrible audiobook or radio drama. That is, if one can understand what they are saying at least because I couldn't understand more than half of it. I would rather I heard this after I was dead.
Listening to this made me question whether I felt more sorry for Bono or my ears, as both felt like they were in pain.
Not bad but boring
Everything must go yes, like this album. Please stay away from me with all your hundreds of guitars.
Really good
These are the legends.
Sounds like a work of genius. This is the first album in the two weeks or so I've been rating albums here I had to listen to more than once as it was so good. What a fantastically enjoyable wild ride!
Kids having fun. Not terribly boring but also not terribly exciting. I'm not a fan of rap to begin with but at least the piano was good.
It's alright.
Really beautiful
Shallow shite
A voice somewhere between that of a punk and a crooner which just doesn't really work for anything but Chelsea, at least on this album. I respect the guy since he wrote Chet Baker's Almost Blue which requires some talent but this is just slightly embarrassing.
David Bowie showing off his skills as one of the most versatile artists who ever lived. I needed to check if I was still listening to the same album a couple of times as the songs are often so different in style and substance. "I'm closer to the Golden Dawn Immersed in Crowley's uniform" This album is a fantastic treat for fans and non-fans alike.
For the most part this album just consists of some standard typical African music, although there are moments when some brilliance comes shining through, especially in the guitar parts. There are 2 beautiful songs, Savane which the album is named after, and then there's Banga which sounds really hypnotic. The rest of the album is okay but not great.
Combine two of the greatest and most talented American jazz artists who ever lived, Ella Fitzgerald and George Gershwin, and you get this masterpiece of an album. I used to listen to Ella all the time but hadn't enjoyed her sparkling voice on these new cans yet so thanks for that!
It's really good poetry, and enjoyable to listen to with a glass of wine. But strictly musically speaking one would need another Jeff Buckley to turn these songs into 5 star songs.
Just some classic rock from the 70's. Pretty uninteresting compared to a lot of other music which was created around that time.
I was sceptical at first but this one is really beautiful
Pretty good.
The Beatles here in full force. I'm not sure if this is my favorite Beatles album but it's certainly up there.
Dull!
Definitely not Bowie's best and the album is a bit of a mess. I was listening to the remastered edition, and I'm not sure if the mastering of the original was any better but here it was utter crap. Putting the bad mastering aside however (which is difficult to do), this still sounds like an experiment gone horribly wrong. While we expect nothing less than wild experiments from Bowie, this one just misses the magic of a lot of Bowie's other works.
It's hard to rate this album objectively because I absolutely love John Lennon, and this album also. And Imagine is a beautiful song which will no doubt stay relevant for the remainder of our time on this planet. Setting my emotions aside however, none of The Beatles produced a lot of great music after they disbanded, and this album taken as a whole is unfortunately no exception.
This is, quite something. We've strayed pretty far from my own musical tastes here and I would be lying if I said I liked it. Sure, there were parts which I liked, beginning with the overture which was pretty impressive and well done. But as a whole it was just all way too manic for my tastes. At the same time I would be remiss if I gave this anything less than 4 stars. It's incredibly creative and original in the way it blends various genres. And while various different influences are often strongly and unmistakably present (like Michael Jackson to name just one), it still manages to come across as authentic.
If the people who invented and created recording equipment knew it was going to be (mis)used this way they would have never gone through with it. I hope they called it funeral to celebrate the end of their musical career because they realized they should have never even begun to try and make any music.
God Put a Smile upon Your Face is the only good track here. If the next album is going to be a 2 hour recording of crying cats in heat, then I'm certain to enjoy it more than all the other tracks on this album.
For myself it's a bit plain, but my grandad would have loved this so I wanted to give it 3 stars. But then I noticed that they stole a song from Nirvana, which cost them 0.5 star. 2.5 stars gets rounded up to 3 stars.
Nice
As I'm writing this I'm praying to Chronos, the God of Time, to make it so the 80's never happened, so that neither would this album, or any albums like this one. Unfortunately that would also mean I'd never have been born, but as much as I love my life such is the sacrifice I'd be willing to make to spare people's ears from these horrible kakophonias.
This is what you listen to if there's not enough stress in your life.
Not exactly revolutionary but it's ok
Really good
I'm giving this 3 stars because I'm feeling generous. But honestly, it's not as bad as I initially thought it was going to be.
I wish they would scrap all the one hit wonders from this 1001 albums list and I wonder how many albums would be left. This one is just like listening to the same boring song over and over again, except for Groove is in the Heart which is actually good. But do I really need to have heard this before I die? Even with the one okay song on the album, I very much don't think so.
Not spectacular
I'm sure if you got no soul you'll love this, as I've never heard anything more lifeless.
Pretty good
I liked this.
I don't like it when they growl, and while the growling isn't the worst I ever heard here it can still get a bit much sometimes. Otherwise I would have given it 4 stars.
It's not terrible but it quickly becomes very boring. I just can't give this 3 stars as it's too boring and unoriginal to take seriously.
Even for punk this is kinda shit
I was surprised how much ahead of their time they were.
I just couldn't wait for it to end.
If this list was called 1001 of the most average albums you've ever heard in your life, I would have given it three stars. But it's not so I can't give this more than 2 stars. Absolutely nobody misses out on anything if they don't hear this album before they die. I don't know who makes these lists but they have an objectively bad taste. It reminds me of the Indians who out of national pride vote 10 out of 10 stars on every shitty Bollywood movie they can find on IMDB. Who wants to hear some guy blabber on about some basketball town? There's a million different albums I can think of which would actually be worth listening to before you die, which would never appear on a list like this. Loads of classical, current day jazz, yes even a lot of lesser known shoegaze albums are better than this crap. Go listen to some Saint-Saens violin concertos and avoid this album.
It's alright
Waiter I found a hair in my music.
Surprisingly good!
I imagine this is what people have no choice but to listen to in places like Guantanamo Bay.
This is pretty bad. A whole album of horrible music with a mediocre hit somewhere in the middle.
It's pretty bad, but in this case that's a good thing.
This is pretty great
I'm not a fan of Bjork but this is pretty good.
1 good song and pretty lightweight otherwise
It's ok
3.5 stars
Boring country music
Missing the magic. Sorry.
Interesting
Raw and honest
Pretty great
boring
It's fun