Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Good but probably wouldn't listen to again.
Meh...fine as background music but nothing particularly notable or exciting
It's almost good. Not the type of music I'd listen to again... I could see it working as background music.
Liked the music. Didn’t care for the Volga list or the lyrics
Top Pick: Crying This one wasn't really my jam, only listened to the first half. I enjoyed the instrumentation of a couple tunes and the backing band were pretty tight but I didn't really dig the singer's vibe.
Not very good! I could maybe see some parts of it being good if the singer could sing worth a damn or if the songs were recorded in a style or something but to me, a lot of this album was unsalvageable. Pretty bad. Mostly. I don't think I needed to hear this before I died.
First Listen. Never heard of them before. Definitely a sound I like. Very enjoyable album. I'll listen to this one again. 2/5 for now.
‘Shout me Out’ has really grown on me after 2/3 plays but most of the rest feels disjointed & unharmonious, & the songs phase very awkwardly. 2008 must have been a very thin year if this was one of the top albums
This fucking sucked to be honest. There was nothing interesting or enjoyable about it. Not sure why it is on this list. 2 stars.
Didn’t really do it for me.
There were a couple moments on this album that I enjoyed, but it generally wasn't for me and I felt like it was about a third too long (maybe I'm spoiled by the length limit of the old LPs we've been dealt the most so far, where they're all coming in at under ~45 minutes); I had to take a break in the middle of this album (sometimes I do that anyway) and listen to some Disney tunes before coming back to it LOL
just because it's more palatable than most post-punk doesn't mean it's any good.
I really enjoyed the instruments in this album. However, I really did not enjoy the vocals in it. The singer mainly just "say-sung" through most of the songs. It didn't match up very well in my opinion. However, on songs he was actually singing on, it sounded great. Favorite track: Shout Me Out
A bit too Prince lite at times but some of the more indie focused numbers are interesting listens. "Stork and Owl" is great.
New band to me, not my cup of tea either, too heavy on the programming.
opener is very 2008 skins, decent but does nothing for me and I can't even remember hearing this which I undoubedtly did at the time but I do like the mostly instrumental outro like the music but nothing special "While Zion's behavior never gets mentioned" but this lyric could be from any decade in the last 70 years i feel i would love these songs in a film score on on a tv show more to give them more meaning they lack on their own the band should be called music on tv not tv on radio. i do like the music, violins, cellos, keyboard/piano along with usual guitar, bass and drums. good music, innovensive vocals and lyrics and appreciate it for the use of cello/violin strings which is not overly common in pop music especially of this era Family Tree is probably the best song and if I heard it as the backdrop to a film/tv show about a black couple or a gay couple etc it would probably pop more but still a great song. Red Dress I wish the album was more like this "When the man cracks the whip And you'll all shake your hips And you'll all dance to this Without making a fist" 2 - not for me but doesn't hurt my ears but could possibly be a 3 as I might listen again as the later part of the album intrigued me a bit
not my style at all.
I’m giving this a 2 just because they are one of my all time favs and this is my least fav album of theirs. Starts off great and then they try too hard with the spoken word rapping bits. Beautiful horn instruments throughout tho.
Didn't like it that much... it was okay. 2/5 stars.
You dont have a friend in me
Very nothing special
Paso.
OK. Didn't hear anything special.
Meh
Surprised this on here.
Agree with Andy and Sean. Seems a little all over the place.
It was okay, definitely not my favorite though.
Ein weiteres Album, mit dem TV On The Radio es leider nicht auf meine Senderliste geschafft haben.
I see what they're trying to do here, and it's not the worst I've heard, but it's not particularly well-executed either. The album opens with Halfway Home, which sounds very Joy Division-esque, but somehow less exciting. The tracks sound like gray noise until you get to Red Dress which breaks out into really what reminds me of the type of rap they try to put in Anime music. It's not good. At the very least, the songs that Spotify plays after this is filled with Arcade Fire, The Shins, and Local Natives, all of which I love. I'm just not really thrilled with this offering.
Fine? Good even? Nothing special that stood out for me
It's fine. 5/10
started weak, got slightly better
too cluttered
Nothing special
2008. Key Songs: DLZ, Halfway Home, Crying
Har ett svagt minne av att TOR var högt upp på någon av Sonics årsbästalistor. Blev nyfiken på att lyssna då men det är först nu det verkligen blir av. Har tydligen inte missat särskilt mycket. Ordinär 00-talspop. Och vi vet alla att 00-talet inte var det starkaste decenniet om vi ska leta musikaliska mästerverk. Svag sång och allt för ofta trist Coldplayproduktion. När det sen ska bli funkigt som i Red dress vill jag helst av allt stänga av. Det är finns spår som inte är lika dåliga, men inte direkt några som är bra.
this is poo
I couldn’t get through this one. The singing was just awful. Felt like the lead thought they could do this high pitched whinny style and then proceeded to do that the entire album. 1/10
Genuinely one of the worst albums on this list. Like Coldplay and U2 had a child. This was so hard to get through, I didn't know 50 minutes could be so long. There was a lack of focus throughout the album, which was annoying and distracting. I just hated this so much and also the guy can't sing
I don’t understand why this is on the list. This was flavor of the month stuff from 18 years ago and has had no lasting impact. The listeners are much lower than other bands of the time which shows that this has come and gone.
oops
boring
говно
я хз, мне в падлу чет писать, просто 1 балл поставлю
I don’t get it
abysmal
uhhh not rlly my type..
mehhhh. only liked about 2 or 3 songs. everything else was a bit annoying. did not like the vocals. the instruemtnals and production were solid. but i dont think i'd go back and listen to this again. halfway home was my fave of the album. 3/10
That was really hard lol
Another album that simply is just not very good. So you read the Wiki page in hopes of understanding and it starts by saying how its sold a whooping 200k copies - I’m just speechless how this shit makes the list.
Rate this a one. Mediocre album
Rubbish
101 albums would have been enough
Wtf 1/1
Nope. Still terrible
I made my lunch today and forgot to put salt on all the food. Even so, it tasted better than this album. A real Chayote Popsicle.
first three songs would all be skips for me and already make me regret this. lyrics are not hitting for me the backing doesn't sound like anything special and I have nothing positive to say about the instrumentation. I did not enjoy this album.,
What the fuck is this shit. I definitely didn't need to hear this before I die.
No idea how this made it onto the 1001 list. Biting, generic and outdated 00’s indie.
laut.de review het gseit "panoramablick über alle genres" NAI. das isch seichte indiepop vlt rock us new york ide 2000er. find so züg nööd spannend. glaub mega viel musigreviewer:inne liebed so scheiss. de song golden age zb fang ah als chönted mega funky sii ich los jetz mol. desch no cool gsi. aber naja. etz nöd suuper cool. find etz würkli nüt guet bis etz. nervigi stimm. es will immer nochli meh mache alses brucht. chli pretentious. gad huere froh bini bim letste song. würkli nöööööd miis. aso mengmol ischs au schön aber finds musikalisch zu wenig fokussiert. ha das 2000er Indie züg nöd geeern.
Didn't like the sound
Nothing here I enjoyed even a little bit
Packt mich nirgendwo.
Probably the worst album I’ve heard so far. If not the worst it’s a close second. Didn’t like anything about it. I couldn’t even finish it.
1. home - 0 2. crying - 0 3. dancing - 0 4. Owl - 1 5. Golden - 1 6. Tree -1 7. Red - 0 8. Dog - 1 9. Shout - 0 10. Dlz - 0 11. Day - 0 ANOTHER SHIT GROUP !!!!!! Big fat zero
Dårligt album, ved ikke hvorfor jeg lyttede det hele vejen igennem, når jeg vidste på anden sang, at jeg ikke ville synes om det.
Absolutely awful
Not for me
desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes was interesting and weird but not my cup of tea, this is just some barely-more- interesting-than-average indie rock with some pretty consistently aggravating vocals
This DID NOT work for me. There were times when I heard a bad mix emo and alt/pop. Other times it sounded like a terrible Prince ripoff. Overall, I didn’t like a single song.
Different sounding band. Not bad, just different.
Wanted to shut it off. Terrible
-C Shein version of Nine Inch Nailes.
Not for me. 1/5
43/1001 Forty-plus albums in, and so far I have not been blown away by albums I have never heard of or encountered at all before. This is nowhere near as awful as some other long-players I've had to endure. Run-of-the-mill electronic indie, at its best coming off like Beck-lite, at its worst like the soundtrack to a 90s commercial which produces a one-hit wonder band you've now forgotten the name of. The vocals don't really work for me, annoying semi-rap, all fake attitude and evocative of something else already done far better by someone else. Dear Science tries to be many things, but excels at none of them, and just isn't very cool or authentic sounding. Compared to others I have encountered on this list thus far, at least there is some semblance of melodic content and interesting moments of musicality. Still only one star, and I doubt I'll listen to it ever again by choice, but by no means the bottom of the barrel.
Couldnt even finish :/
I fully thought this would be a band made of white hipster men until I looked them up. Sorry to all but one band member I guess.
why was this so bad?
I just don't get the appeal unfortunately. I'm all for experimental stuff and it's these types of albums that probably should make the list due to their uniqueness, but it just didn't click. I don't like the production, the synth, and hated the vocals.
The third track made me wonder if they were behind the “Threat Level Midnight” theme song.
very yucky.
I didn’t need to hear this one
This is so bad...
Didn't get it at all
actively didn't like
Wow. Deadly dull. Just totally lacking any kind of spark at all. Zero soul. Zero stars.
Awful
Honestly, I thought this was pretty terrible
"Stork & Owl" was probably the most interesting track on this album. The rest didn't do a damn thing for me at all.
It was just boring, the first song lasted to long, and from there i wasn't interested in listening to the rest of the album, I did but it did not get better. I can't name any song that was interesting.
I went in with no expectations and was still let down. This is bad, just straight up boring.
It's a mess.
Not my cup of tea...
No
2008. rated album of the year by some. why havent I hear of it? I play their best of... / most popular in descending order. nothing for me today. Tidy, atmospheric, but the vocals dont light me up. Boring boy music? So I tried not to dismiss them. I listened all the way through GOLDEN AGE. Nothing.
1/5
It was a chore for me to get through this album; not one song peaked the interest of my ears.
Terrible vocals, obnoxious shitty falsetto, obnoxious music, stupid lyrics. The songs aren't even catchy. Wow I hate this album, maybe the worst one on this list so far.
Could not get through it....
ja 2000luku iskee vittu jälleen. on se kumma kun on joku nykyaikaisempi vähemmän suositumpi juttu niin ei voi olla joku vähän tuntemattomamman genren parasta tuotantoa vaan aina on jotain indiepiipitystä siis onko oikeasti TÄMÄ albumi jota on VITTU PAKKO KUUNNELLA ennen kun kuolee??? tälläsiä on vittu KYMMENEN TUHATTA JOKAINEN VITUN MUSIIKIN OPISKELIJA JOKO SOUTTAA JOTAIN VITUN HUILUA ORKESTERISSA TAI TEHNYT TÄLLÄSEN VITUN KUSIALBUMIN LUULEE OLEVANSA JOKU SAATANAN RUNOILIA VITTU EI OLE SUN QUIRKY LYRIIKAAT VITTU MISTÄÄN KOTOISIN POST MODERNI MUN VITUN PERSE helpoin ykkönen vittu koskaan täyttä kuraa (put to gogle translate if not understand) Paras biisi tällä kertaa oli DLZ!
Not into this
DLZ
Weird album. Did nothing for me. Meh...put on my own Santana Lotus live CD from Japan in 1973. Now it can really crank.
Ostatni album roku 2k21 i taki cringe, wczesne lata 2k wylewaja sie z tego albumu, tak jak na wczorajszym odsluchu blend wszelakich gatnkow zeby calosc nazwac artystycznie wybitnym rokowanie, mnostwo instrumentow, denerwujacy wokal pana Adebimpe, nie ma to jak zakonczyc rok tak potwornym miszmaszem podanym w sosie nowoczesnej muzyki, gdzie ciezko jest okreslic kto zrobil wieksza robote, ktos grajacy, czy procesujacy caly material, bo tak mialkiego materialu czlowiek nie jest w stanie nagrac o wlasnych silach
Голос противный
I don't really see anything special about this, and I don't see why it's on this list. It probably is about a 2, but I'm rating it a 1 because it shouldn't be on this list. Aggressively mid.
a bit repetitive in the prominent use of drums, but some catchy songs
Just a nothing sort of album.
Volle Deckung! Hipster Blendgranate !!! Ein Pop Album, das nicht viel verkehrt macht, aber mich so unterkühlt zurücklässt, dass ich erstmal einen Ingwer-Shot brauche. Es ist nicht so, dass Konzept, Instrumentalisierung und Struktur per se kacke ist, ich kaufe ihnen nur keinen Millimeter ihres selbstgefälligen Pathos’ auf diesem (dritten) Album ab. Ähnlich verachtenswert ist diese ostentative „Kulgscheisserei“ beim Bandnamen, die mir zu Zeiten von „Starring at the sun“ oder „Wolf like me“ noch nicht aufgestoßen war. Und so bin ich im Prozess ihres Werdens als Follower verloren gegangen, aber Haldern bleibt solch smarten Tierchen immer treu-saftige Headliner Weide. *yawny 1.0
Not a fan. Like a poor mans bloc party