Reviews (page 8 of 8)
John Prine
Primer álbum que escucho de este genero, me es rarisimo ir a la facultad con esto de fondo. Necesito que el challenge remonte me sumo a la protesta de Eva para ver si el algoritmo lo pilla (no me parecio de 1 estrella el album pero hay que probar).
All songs sounds same Don’t like his voice Country
Nope, too much country
The supposed satire of this was utterly lost on me. One tune endlessly picked on his geetaar. Lyrics were just a jumble of words telling what he did that day or who he knew.. it got on my nerves, what is this doing on this list?
It’s got that horrible country twang.
Yeah, no
I won't listen to much country. This album reminded me why. The instrumental worked well, but it was very simple, even a little bit boring. The themes of the songs are interesting. Starting with a song about getting doped up and committing murder is definitely a choice, but not the one that I would have made. I hate the vocals in most country music. Singing everything flat and nasal like this isn't for me. I would have lost nothing if I had never listened to this album. Instead, I lost 45 minutes of my life that I won't get back.
As a Californian, this level of hokey does not compute.
I suspect John is an acquired taste, not unlike say maybe a Tom Waite. Some of the tunes seemed like an attempt at humor? Anyway, it doesn't work for me.
Peaches and Jesus. Good God, how is this person considered to be among the best song writers? "God bless this chicken", nope God bless me for actually making it through this POS. The longer I listened, the more I wanted to make it stop. I get why he is here, many artists have cited him as an influence and great song writer, but a great song has to be accompanied by at least somewhat interesting instrumentation to be great music. This isn't that. The lyrics were often pretty cheesy. No joy here for me. I'm about 60 albums in and this is going to be my first bomb. I really didn't need to hear before I die. It did make me want to die though. A painful listen.
Bullsh*t
Country, 22eme album => 1/5
No no no. His voice is terrible. Like a sheep.
If you like country and Dylan then this is for you. I like neither. This is boring
Me siento como un típico gringo en una granja, no thanks
bah.
noh peruskauraa…
Not for me, but Illegal Smile was funny and novel.
OK this guy clearly wants to be Bob Dylan, but country. He just comes across as Nervous Norvus doing Paralysed.
I could only get 4 tracks in before his voice got too annoying. No thanks!
Long time folk singer. Either you like his music or not. I’m a not.
come on...
I was excited when I saw this was today's album. A chance to finally sit down with an old beloved gem (apparently endorsed by no less than Bob Dylan) that I hadn't heard before. Basically, the sort of stuff that makes me look forward to this 1001 albums project. I hated this so much. 'Illegal Smile' is a bunch of the most banal, obvious imagery, contorted into awkward rhyme and meter. Some songs are petulant and myopic, like someone complaining about how the TV news is nothing but sad stories. Other songs like 'Sam Stone' are an over-the-top tidal wave of misery and tragedy. There’s a dissonant mix throughout of praise for the simple rural folk, and contempt for their values. Also 'Pretty Good' has a bit about someone being sexually assaulted by a dog but I'm going to assume that's a reference or metaphor that I failed to understand. This album made me wonder if I hate folk music. I understand this is partly a product of The War, and post-1968 US politics, but that doesn't decode it, doesn't make it click for me. The funny parts aren't funny, and the sad parts are as depressing as you can get without being inadvertently funny. (I didn't like my first Joni Mitchell album either. Is there something about the early 1970s that I don't get?) I feel bad seeing him there on his little hay bale. I don't blame him; it’s not his fault. I hope he found some peace.
Hillbilly music once again, pass
1. zmile - 1.5 2. zpanizh - 1.5 3. hello - 1 4. ztone - 1 5. paradize - 1.5 6. good - 1 7. flag - 1.5 8. far - 1.5 9. angel - 1 10. quiet - 1.5 11. donald - 1 12. ziz - 1 13. bluez - 1
Bit too country.
One word for one star......awful
No thank you. Some amusing lyrics, but not enough to actually enjoy listening to country music.
My 72nd album and the first I couldn't finish.
Far too much rootin' tootin' yee haw for my liking.
Not a Country music lover at all and this album did nothing to change that point of view. A genre I will never play and even avoid. My lack of Country music knowledge means that I cannot make a judgement on the actual quality of the music and where it stands compared to similar albums. I therefore go with my gut to say it’s a big miss from me. 1/5 20/10/24
Americans complaining about the amount of Brit-pop here can shut the fuck up
Personally offended by this one
Not even a good singer. Lyric so cliché. CW bad enough; this one just made it worse.
There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes.
Well, it happened. The true test of wills when it comes to music for me: I have scratched and clawed my way through an entire country album. No genre can lay claim to being my most hated like country can. This album completely ruined my morning drive. Several times I lost focus because my ears and brain were being subjected to torture. My toddler couldn't wait to get out of the car and into daycare; and he will probably hold this ordeal against me for the rest of his life. This album actually made me appreciate the communal radio in work, and I hate the communal radio in work. Listening to this felt like everything my body and brain typically rejects was trying to attack. As if there was some internal civil war going on. Every country 'twang' that hit was like a carpet bomb on my senses. Every country lyrical cliche John Prine hit was as if the troops within the trenches of my insides had to duck from an onslaught of bullets heading their way. With every new track starting up, and the longer the runtime went on, it began to feel like a war of attrition. But my troops have persevered and we are all the stronger for it. All jokes aside, John Prine seemed like he was a nice dude. I'm sure he has many fans; and it seems many artists mark him as an influence on their work. I just really do not like country music. Like at all. It is to music what 'Battlefield Earth' is to sci-fi film. It is the 'Episode I' of the Star Wars prequels (yeah, I like Episode II. We do exist). It is the 'Revolutions' of the Matrix trilogy. It is the 'Highlander II' of the Highlander franchise. And it is every sequel to the original 'Crow' film because they're all terrible. I guess it wasn't "all jokes aside" lol. Dip country music a little bit into other genres and I can tolerate it a bit more. But 40+ minutes of pure country? Not something I'm into at all. Aw what the hell - I'll give you some more! Country music is the 'Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing' of racing games. It's the original 'Final Fantasy XIV' of the prestigious RPG franchise. It's the 'E.T.' of retro gaming. The 'Balan Wonderworld' of platformers. It's the 'Sonic '06' of the blue hedgehog's adventures. And 'The Angel Of Darkness' of the 'Tomb Raider' series. In fact, I'd much rather listen to Pink Floyd's 'Ummagumma' on repeat all day than... okay. I'm done now. 1/5
I don’t care how “not country” this is. It’s country, and I don’t like it.
Country isn't my thing and I cannot understand the praising of the lyrics. It's crude craftsmanship at best, but nothing near a lyricist would write and be proud of.
Should have known when I saw the hay bales. It's pretty bad. Terrible lyrics. Hope his song writing got better cos he has a reputation that this album doesn't justify.
Ibland påminner det om irländsk folkmusik, alla spår låter lika, inte helt enkelt min grej. Förtjänar det fler stjärnor än en, antagligen men det blir bara en stjärna. Bästa låten: Sam Stone (låter precis som The Post War Dream).
Harmless songs with some subversive and amusing lyrics. Got boring around the third or fourth song, though, as the music is just so ...country and western. The haystack in the album cover says a lot! Not very keen on his voice; sounds a bit like a farmer, leaning on his rake, singing at the sunset. Yee-haw.
It's country/folk music not much more I can say. One.
So bad
Yet another by numbers Country album- queue slide gutar etc. There was one song I didn't mind, but just a general feeling of apathy towards this rather than any particular hostile feeling. The cover art was definitely the worst thing about the album. Closely followed by the music. It would get 0.5 of a star on a very good day.
Holy shit, schon wieder dieses nasale Countrygequake. Country - Singer/Songwriter - Grunge und da capo. Tolle Liste. Gestern ist Françoise Hardy gestorben. Ich wette, dass nicht ein Album von ihr auf dieser US-EN Liste ist, vermutlich überhaupt nichts französisches. Aber ist schon ok, wenn ich diese Liste gemacht hätte, wäre dort kein Country-Album zu finden. Naja, vielleicht eins von Johnny Cash :)
I’d love to see a documentary about how this guy got a record deal, sold a single album and then got popular enough to make this list. Because there’s got to be a great story about it. Great accomplishment for a guy that can’t sing.
This was… horrible. Weird and unusual punishment.
Not the biggest fan of country, didn’t enjoy his voice
not my kind of country
Too country for me.
Country - especially old school country - is not for me
No compro que entre los 1001 albums que tengas que escuchar antes de morir haya tanto country
Actually great artist and pretty good album, I’m just sick and tired of listening to country
escuche 8 minutos y fue suficiente; I hate country. Funny guitar skills tho. 2/10.
Shit sucks
And here I was thinking I hate Bob Dylan 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
It's country. It's got topless women and religion. It's not my cuppa.
I don't like country music at all.
I tried to get through it, I gave up on the 3rd track. I can't handle his nasally twangy voice.
Not for me. Too folky and twangy. 1/5
No
Sounded like a parody album of what country music should be. Guitar playing was good.
Just the cover had me going 'oh no', but the music was even worse than I expected. And it all sounds the same.
Avevo paura mi arrivasse un album con uno stile un po' country, ed eccolo qui. Per niente il mio stile ma non è esageratamente il country stereotipo che mi immaginavo. Un album che comunque non riascoltetei.
.. no comments
Why is this album in this list?
Someone I've never heard of, self-titled album, sat in full denim on bales of hay with a guitar behind him. Not to go into this with any prejudice, but I think I'm going to dislike it. Yes, this is entirely wrong for me.
Actual lyrics: His brains was on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes C'mon baby, spend the night with me
I hate this kind of music.
How in the world this is one of the best albums of all time is beyond me, but I'm no musical historian.
Can't stand country music
A bit tooo C&W for me. Hello in There wasn't bad. Quiet man too. But that was it. Almost a two, but went for 1 star
this was a DNF for me
This is not music. It’s stories told with a boring guitar strumming in the background.
Excrucingly painful pissarro poor effort at the worst music genre..... country. I'm getting massively fed up with the volume of crappy whiny country albums this site selects. This guys singing is hilairballs.... jeez they must have been desperate in 1971 to listen to any aul eejit whining along to cheesey country lyrics.
country nooo
The first two songs were king of funny, seemed to not be too serious on the country side. Then it went downhill and got pretty bad. From his voice, he reminded me of Bob Dylan. But otherwise, way too country for my liking.
Perhaps has never been more relevant until these political times. You won't catch me with an illegal smile (or at least my lawyer concedes)! It all sounds the same. If you have this vinyl, you know what to do.
Never again. Please.
Old timey country for small cowpoke children
abysmal
You really have to be willing to listen to this genre I think, it doesn't appeal to me
Zzz
Vieux country, voix nasillarde, rien d'exceptionnel.
Awful
I now feel bad for giving the Divine Comedy's album a 1 last week, because this was far worse. I tapped out in the middle of the fourth song.
I can do some bits of folk. I cannot do any country. Sadly here the latter shone through. Absolutely abysmal. Can't take his voice seriously. Some of the songwriting sounded like he was trying to emulate the freewheelin, but failing. So happy I never have to listen to it again.
Country crap
please i am begging i am so fucking tired of american country albums
Country music to me , nothing special
Sorry, this put me to sleep
No me gusta el country
1.5
Yet another record to die of. What dump was this album dug out of?
yeah nah. fuck cunty music.
John Prine us the kind of guy who can take a real hard cock up his ass. His music is a a piece of work itching to be castrated. I both love and hate everything about him. A beekeeper amongst wasps.
A fucking hay bail. This is going to be country shit, isn't it? Ergh. No thanks.
Die Aufnahme dieses Albums in die Liste macht mich aggressiv. Texte lustig, Musik unerträglich fad.
Not my thing
Reminded of me with Bob Dylan in singing style. Lyrically naive though. A BIG NO from me.
I would rather listen to a jazz album.
I'm scared... this looks country. Yup it's full on country. Horrible album.
Struggled to listen- seems pretty good for standard country and there are touches of nice guitar but overall way to old timey for me. Some passages for hello in there were interesting
Naff
Didn’t like…..
Absolutely terrible. This is like Family Guy wrote a parody of somebody improv’ing a country song. 0 stars. Why is this on here?
Well. It's country. And it's not bad at that, I suppose, but it's not my thing ^^
Even geen plaatjes meer kunnen luisteren, maar ik val niet met mijn neus in de boter met dit album... Wat een ellende zeg. Die teksten ook, wat een drama. Dit zou verboden moeten worden.
Volgens Paradiso de cornerstone van het country en roots genre. Ik zeg: Mijn hemel, make it stop!
This one was rough to get through. Just not my style at all. Kinda reminded me of this pedo-ish drivers ed instructor that I had who would always put on weird post-WWII americana. Dude let me skip a drive so wasn't all bad.
I just dislike this kind of country sound. The lyrics were interesting to read, but the vocal fry and slide guitar have me shudders down the spine.
Really wasn't for me at all
I never listen to it before and reading the Wikipedia article, I got the relevance for John Prine. However, for me, it still looks like a piece of really boring country music. In the best moments of the album, it remembers me of a bad cover of the worst songs from Bob Dylan.
I really didn't want to finish this album I feel like this is the punishment for not listening yesterday Just pure old school country Didn't want to finish, it's too long
Ugh. It is certainly a country album.
I’m not properly listening to this sorry x
Crap
Not a fan. First time I have heard of this guy and I am glad to say I haven’t missed out.
I am sorry i could get through this album. This is Country at it worse and I dont like country at the best of times. 1 star
Country+Folk=Country Folk. Apparently. Folk My Life for making me listen to this.
Meh no relatable content
Thanks, I hated it.
twang twang twang i'm a country singer and I hate technology so put me back in my motel
If I have to listen to another second of this godawful noise, I might spontaneously combust.
Donald and Lydia is pretty good listening.