good album if you like that kind of music i guess.
for me it's just to monotoneus, they keep "riding" the same chord(s) for way too long, melodies are sometimes catchy/simple/short.
But I guess that's the whole appeal to this goth/new wave music.
I am more an instrumental guy, but in this case, the singer does help a lot.
I actually fell asleep listening to this.
Unwillingly comical, it's "tell me you got low self esteem without telling it" music. reminds me of a southpark episode where cartman tricks butters to put cartmans d..k in his mouth, takes a picture of it and shows it the other kids "look, butters is gay".
Pretty weak to use gay as an insult to begin with, but also stating that yourself is taking part in gay behaviour is just extra dumb.
No sign of self relfection to see here.
Songs are either about making party or dissing other people (or both)
Some nice beats though.
Again, not my cup of tea. I know this is widely considered a masterpiece album. The music (what the instruments play) is quite enjoyable, but then she starts singing... I also know that she is considered a good singer, but the constant "expressive register switching" sounds just annoying after a while.
I also didn't "feel" the lyrics. She often just describes a scene, a story, etc. very plain. And her use of, imho, of analogies (e.g. the frozen river on which she wants to skate away--->leaving her problems behind) are so basic.
Eddie van Halen and some other guys make music. some great rock songs, influencal guitar riffs. Band is not overrated (regarding rock bands) but some songs of the album are quite lame. It's not a "perfect" album in my book.
classic rock album, a bit too much "school girls" in the lyrics, but different times I guess.
nobody would know about this band if the lead singer (who was quite hot in the 90s) wouldn't have been married to Kurt. Is this "grunge for girls"?! I've heard worse, but the band is overrated. standard 90s pop rock/grunge.
for 80s chart music quite interesting.
one of those classic rock albums. famous for a reason. 4 great musicians in a band. nearly a perfect album. 5 of 8 total songs are considered rock classics, over 50 years old, sound of the album is excellent. lyrics are typical for rock songs, can't expect some mindblowing here.
one, if not the worst Beatles album
it's ok.
expectations were met.
I'm familiar with Clapton through listening to Cream and a few of his singles. First full album of Clapton I've heard and no surprises here.
easy listening Blues/Rock music.
pretentious art stuff. their "spiel" gets old really fast.
I started skipping through songs after song no.6 on the album.
These people think they are so clever and insightful.
Their wikipedia page has the length of the new testament.
And then there is this quote from them:
“We are as much fascists as Hitler was a painter.”
But Hitler was actually a painter. Not a very successful, skillful one though.
So they are fascists but not skilled ones?!
never heard of this guy before.
interesting take on reggae music
why don't they like water? ;)
"father father..we don't need to escalate"...
nobody understands her :(
seriously.. to me it seems every song is about someone who
mistreated, didn't understand her, etc.
and lyrics wise we got some deep stuff like:
"You'll say you understand
You'll never understand"
Again not my cup of tea.
But I'll rate it 3 stars like every other album that is in
my opinion well made, authentic music.
in general not a big fan of covers. but this album contains a cover that i think is better than the original.
super annoying "music" from super annoying people.
I have to break the rule by giving this crap 1 star.
Tough to listen to the complete album.
I gave up at the 20 min. mark when I noticed that this album is over 1 hour and 15 minutes long.
What really puts this down in the rating are the singer and lyrics.
so dumb and annoying....
did i mention that i find this annoying? ;)
don't get me wrong, I like 70s rock music.
when it was made in the 70s....
Back in the days this band would be just one of many.
Also the singer can be quite annoying
one if not the best rock band. 4 great musicians.
I would rather listen to the original music they sampled...
interesting...
I guess this is how every jazz album sounds to people not familiar with
jazz music in general.
I like listening to Miles Davis, Weather Report, etc. but this is too much for me. also i am missing the "groove"...
great musicians nonetheless.
this album is over 25 years old. which proves that music being old is not equal to good music..
A horrible person makes horrible music.
Also the lyrics are comically stupid.
The only time this guy is capable of self-reflection is when he is standing
in front of a mirror.
That this is considered "work of a genius" says a lot in which world
we live today. quite depressing...
ehhm.... this is the second album of this band that I encountered on this list of 1001 albums. So I am expected to listen to every Beatles album in the future?
1001 sounds like a high number, but not if you take in account the millions of albums/music produced over the last century.
the second album of this guy i had to listen to...
again, a general critic of this 1001 album format.
there are millions of albums, and i get it that this bloke "changed his style" on each album... a bit, but one album per artist is enough.
The music does change, but his lyrics stay as dumb as before.
It's the old "dumb people are confident, smart people have self-doubt" story with this guy and his "music"
booooooooooring...
just adding random noises to your music does not make it more interesting.
I won't listen to the whole album, after song 5 I gave up.
I would like to give this a 2.5 rating if possible as it's so mediocre.
