Rattlesnakes

Cuando se separaron The Smiths alguien me intentó vender a Lloyd Cole, pero sin nadie que me prestara discos fue tarea imposible. Luego tampoco brillaron así que nunca llegué a escucharlos demasiado, aparte de alguna canción suelta en Radio3. Es su primer álbum y por las escuchas de Spotify el más conocido. Me ha gustado bastante, una sorpresa, qué pena no haberlo oído en su momento! Me guardo Rattlesnake, Charlotte Street, Patience y Are you ready to be heartbroken?

wanted to give this a 1 just to send a message. Duran Duran had already showed the world how to go big with this stuff, so no excuse for these guys just piddling around being cowards

Interesting use of strings.

3.5/5.0: Very Good

It's renewed cultural impact is a mystery

Jeez so much British 80s bullshit on this list. This was pretentious and boring. A chore to get through.

I think the main crime this album commits is being instantly forgettable. When it comes to jangle-y pop songs, you can assuredly do worse than this album, but one has to question if it really does anything all that special, and in my opinion it doesn't. It has a decent hook there, and nice bridge here, but as an album I struggle to find this to be more than a somewhat pleasant listen in the moment, and nothing more. Again, you can do worse, but you can also do a lot, LOT better.

Have a soft spot for this. True, it wasn't "ground-breaking" or "revolutionary" but it's a delicious slice of jangly indie pop. 3.5 stars, with an extra half for nostalgia because a mate of mine was absolutely obsessed with this one

I might have liked this more just because of how much I hated Bjork yesterday, but I found this to be very fun and engaging. I'll put this one on again.

Pretty good 80s sound. Never heard of it before now.

bro's singing strongly reminds me of Manoel Gomes aka mr. blue pen... not bad music though

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This had a few 4 star songs for me, but not enough of them. Overall, this was a pleasant listen and I’m glad I heard it, but I don’t think I’ll be revisiting.

Bland, uninspiring, basic. I'm struggling with this one as it's just so by-the-numbers that all the songs sort of bleed into one amalgamous blob of jangly guitar music with no real substance.

It was ok. Not a standout in the period, not a standout in its time.
But, for what it's worth, it's a very grown-up album for a debut by a young band, I'll give them that. They sound like they've been playing this for 15 years.

Fun college rock. It's nothing really insanely notable so it's a bit confusing to me why it's on this list but I do enjoy it quite a bit.

Some of the musicianship was good, but the singing was bad. There were moments where his voice sounded fine, but then anything out of his normal talky-singy voice was out of tune and just rough. Overall, this was very boring and I couldn't be happier it's over. 2/5

Never heard of this band before, but right up my street, straight into the regular rotation.

The refreshing middling tones of brit pop to bring me back to even keel. Speedboat stinks, and Rattlesnakes could be good if the singer wasnt so....bland? Like pudding with raisins in it. Forest Fire is the first song that really gelled for me. over all its pretty meh, but i will take meh.

Jangle pop is also noice

It was alright. Musically, it didn't grab me, but enjoyed the whimsical lyrics. 2.5