I feel like I've heard most of this album -- in old 60s-70s movies or coffee shops or more modern movies. There are some songs that are repetitive, and it's mostly easy listening.
I loved Lauryn Hill in middle school, and I remember this album very well. Reminds me of my pre-teen years and the precipice of teenage life. I would say this album is an essential album of the 90s for hip hop.
I am not hair metal fan. I think they sound like a lot of other genre music that comes out of the 80s. The music reminds me of what my uncles would be listening to on a Saturday Night looking for something to do -- with mullets and mustaches and stale cigarettes, fake photo IDs, leaning on the bar, air guitar. Breakin' a bottle to start an unnecessary fight near the billiard tables. I can't relate.
Probably revolutionary for the 80s, but did not age well? It just sounds like the quintessential sound of that period -- or maybe because I grew up around it as a kid, I just don't understand the appeal.
Only songs I like is Welcome to the Jungle & Sweet Child O' Mine. Period. Because of childhood nostalgia and Rock Band.
Definitely has a Munsters theme -- I wonder if that influenced this album. I can see them influencing bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and I appreciate all the sci-fi spacey-esque aesthetics throughout these songs. It feels like music 90s Vampires would listen to around goblets of blood, velour, and crushed velvet. And I also hear a little snip-bits of The Smiths and even David Bowie? Solid. Gothic Surf Rock -- I'm all for it.
This 90s (80s) born kid didn't listen to Radiohead when I was growing up in the early to mid 90s. I heard of them later on alternative rock stations or movies (Clueless/Romeo & Juliet) with their most acclaimed hits -- the way I heard Pearl Jam and other grunge era bands. I listened to them as an adult and I find their music to be experimental and cerebral -- not just grunge. Thom Yorke is one of my favorite artists and Radiohead is staple for 90s rock. You can hear influences from Pink Floyd and as well as other bands from the grunge movement, like Nirvana.
It's sad that this album became popular because of Marvin's death. I don't know if it's his best album. It's fine.
I like jazz and so I don't mind this. Miles Davis I can listen to all day. Great album and definitely not one note. Value the creativity in the music.
I love the album art. I mean -- as soon as I saw this as some British rock band I've never heard of before, I bemoaned this. So far the first two songs sound exactly the same - in energy and beat. Each Time We Pass sounds a little like The Postal Service. To argue that this is such an amazing album -- there are other albums I would have considered such as Tame Impala's Lonerism or Origami Angel's Somewhere City. I enjoy the energy of the album -- but it's all the same. I just don't think it is something I would actively listen to in it's entirety again or call it a MUST-HEAR album. Maybe a select MUST-HEAR songs (like Dance Yourself Clean by LCD Soundsystem). There are plenty of great artists out there that have must-hear albums that could easily make it onto anyone's subjective listening list. :)
It's punk. lol.
Hear a little bit of The Doors here and there. It accomplishes what it's meant to accomplish.
I really like For The Love of Ivy. You can hear how the White Stripes were influenced by them in Jack On Fire.
This sounds like country and blue grass, and I don't really love country music. I know of the Byrds, but I don't know if I would listen to this voluntarily. I'm into late 60s and early 70s music -- I grew up listening to the Beatles, Yes, and Lynard Skynard (Free Bird! -- and I like country rock that has more rock than country banjos) to name a small dynamic triad. I just imagine Hank Hill with a beer and rocking his head back and forth to this album.
Not for me.
I remember some of the music from this album. Beck is already a powerhouse prior to this album -- in the 90s. So am I surprised this is here? No. It should be here.
The music video for E-Pro is creative -- poking fun at video games. You can also hear some 90s beats in the music in like Que'Onda Guero (Salt-n-Pepper - Shoop). Record scratching. :)
Sounds like instrumental rock -- between a rock opera. I don't think I enjoy the Spoken Word with it; however, I can see why it may be here. Definitely experimental. Would I listen to it again? No.
I could listen to this. She has a beautiful voice.
I didn't like them back then and I don't like them now.
They're alright, but I don't understand how they are genre bending.
Interesting what comes out of this generator. Never heard of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
It seems to be a mix of other 90s genre music like the Black Crowes, Punk, and then 70s Classic Rock. It seems a bit unimaginative and one note after the first three songs. Not much dynamic in the singer's range. Sometimes the sound tastes like Elvis Presley uncomfortably gyrating in a flannel jumpsuit. Sweaty, bored teenage angst.
Immediately detest. Next.
This album sounds like something I've heard before. "The Stolen Car" video -- lol I had that outfit in 1999! White cardigan and a black silk embroidered skirt. This feels tinged with nostalgia and I can't quite my finger on what it sounds like. Definitely hear Sublime in this album...maybe when I shouldn't? I liked "Stars All Seem to Weep" for that familiarity to something that is more of a haunting.
I don't think I'd listen to this again. I experienced it for sure. Reminds me of 1999. And then not.
French Rap. It's solid. I enjoyed "Quartier Nord".
It sounds very French in essence. Wish I understood what he was singing about. It says it won considerable success -- I am assuming in Europe and France.
I don't mind listening to other cultural/ethnic artists -- just need to understand the context in what I am listening to. The wikipedia review = not helpful. What made it successful and why is it successful? Did it pave a way for a particular subgenre in rap in France/Europe and did it influence other artists? These are the kind of questions that should be in an info about an artist and it's "success". Especially for non-native speakers.
"The Power of My Love" song -- well, the ick is real. lol.
"In the Ghetto" -- slightly laughable? I don't think church choir singing and lyrics about the ghetto intersect well. I can't help but giggle/chortle at this song: no disrespect.
I like earlier Elvis but this isn't terrible. Not something I would listen to on my own without provocation. I can definitely half-listen to his album and not hate it. It's more pop sounding and less rock and roll. Perhaps more versatile than I give him credit for.
You be making babies to this album...👀👀👀
Much better than the 1968 Country Album that was very hard to listen to. This sounds more like other bands that came out of the 60s like The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and The Cyrkle. I suppose if I received this album first I wouldn't have hated on them so much LOL -- and I can see how they began to experiment with their music by '68. Seems like the whole seen was experimenting by 68.
Enjoyed this.
Great song writer -- cannot love his voice.
I can see how this might influence shoegaze -- but to be honest, it just sounds like 90s music that I heard back then. Just more experimental -- like trying to be The Beatles but also sounding a little like Oasis. I can see how they may have been more popular in the UK then the US, for sure. The only song I liked was "Wish I Was Skinny". "Run My Way Run" just sounds like something off of Sergent Pepper or Magical Mystery Tour (which are two of my favorite Beatles Album).
Sometimes it feels like this album may be trying too hard. I read somewhere that they were trying to market this band as the same musical genius as Brian Wilson -- totally different people and sounds. If anything this sounds like trying to snort 60s Beatles while rewriting an alternative White Album for the 90s.
Don't hate. Don't Love it.
They're fine. They sound like the Sex Pistols but easier to listen to.
I have concluded that an English Writer & Editor has written the 1001 Albums book because of the sheer number of Brit Rock bands or European bands I have listened to in the last week. There is usually no clear context for these bands and how they changed the music scene in their period. Sometimes the Wiki isn't good enough. For instance, the Undertones are from Ireland -- Derry of all places, and I am pretty sure they were still going through The Troubles during the late 70s to early 80s. This is an important context to understanding another culture's musical history. Then to put them side to side with other contemporary music artists of the period from Ireland, UK, Australia, America, and wherever else -- would be also create better context. :)
I'm not a huge reggae listener.
The sax is cool.
Otherwise, pretty repetitive and felt more like a jam band -- 12 minute song. Eek.
I like younger albums of Massive Attack. I also think that Blue Lines and Lately are funky songs. The beginning of Hymn of the Big Wheel is my favorite on this album.
I understand how this changed Electronica music and the genre, and more specifically later on as they experimented more. I think the singing is dated because it sounds so 90s but the beats are strong. And that's what makes them unique -- and probably affecting other bands that came out of the early 00s (The Postal Service).
I am a huge Beatles fan and I have listened to all of their albums. Definitely understand the British Invasion and the sweep through the US. It's also cool to see how they progressed from here to their later albums. The evolution is neat.
I am not a huge Tom Petty fan, but this album wasn't horrible.
Again, not a huge country fan. It was fine -- feel indifferent to what I listened to. I liked Big Iron and the beginning to Utah Carol. I was hoping The Hanging Tree would sound more like that one from Hunger Games lol. It was NOT.
It's pretty happy sounding music when they are talking about hangings.
Love this album. I remember when it came out when I was in middle school -- it still hits. :)
I danced to this when I was three and four years old. I love Madonna.
It's fine. I am tired of 70s British Punk and Rock on this list. Period. Especially long punk albums that sound the same. I am noticing a trend towards British/English artists in general.
I remember back in the early 00s I would confuse FF with The Killers and vice versa. Definitely a certain musical vibe that was emerging back then that was calling back to earlier 60s style of rock with variations. Metal and Grunge were the dominant genres until the late 90s. Right at the end of the 90s, Emo, Pop punk, Alternative, and Indie Rock began to emerge into mainstream culture. I think about the Hives and Ok Go who were also popular during this period of time -- as well as the cultural influences from Austin Powers and this nostalgic 60s movement. "Take Me Out" is what I know FF for, but this isn't a terrible album.
Dear Generator, please stop sending me English Bands.
They sound like a precursor to The Police or the Talking Heads or Oingo Boingo? I don't love it. I don't hate it. The song Contract is the most dynamic sound on this album.
