Too-Rye-Ay

The Good: We’ve got Too Rye Ay!
The Bad: We don’t know if that is hootch…
The Ugly: Finding out that midnight runner is slang for skid-marks…

Damn, here I thought that these guys were nothing but a bunch of weirdos who, somehow, managed to pen one good number, which turned them into the the one-hit-wonder we all know… And then you listen to the album and you wonder why realize that, like it or not, image is everything.

I don’t want to call this album a hidden gem, and I don’t know if I would have appreciated it back when it came out, however, I’m about the spin this disc (figuratively) for the fourth time, because I’m really enjoying it…

Does this merit a 5*? It kind of does, even though I understand that this album is not worth 5*… 4 1/2* for sure… Too Rye Ay!!!!

I wish it was more like Come On Eileen, energy-wise.

What a wonderful and fun album. I don't think I've ever listened to the whole thing consecutively. It's odd to think that come on. Eileen would be one of the weaker tracks in retrospect. Still a great song but not as engaging as several of them.

I love Dexys. Kevin Rowland’s voice is simply Joyous … a happy hour spent dancing round my kitchen 😀

Ya con "Come On Eileen" esto merece la pena. Entretenido, todo con ese aire folkie fiestero, aparte del éxito ninguna canción está a esa altura. Dudo entre 2 o 3 estrellas, seremos generosos.

It was an interesting idea to mix soul music and Celtic instrumentation. Sometimes it works, but a whole album of it is a little tiring. Good performances, especially the bass, but I would've preferred a little more variety of sound.

2.8

More unique than the other album from them I heard here which is nice. Still a bit too "classic rock" for my tastes but I didn't feel the need to turn it off. I liked the brass section.

Enjoyed it up until COE. Really dropped off after that

A band this unremarkable should not have their whole catalogue in this list holy shit

Come On Eileen is of course horrendously overplayed, but within the context of this album it's actually a cracking song. And there are several other great tracks on here; Jackie Wilson Says, The Celtic Soul Brothers and more. I really enjoyed this (and don't really understand the folks objecting to Kevin Rowland's voice, which I quite like). A strong four, close to five.

Tighter and more interesting than I imagined it would be. KIND OF samey throughout, but danceable and and charmingly unusual: you can't fault it for being overly challenging.

Like Thin Lizzy without guitars, bass and drums.

I despise the big hit though, just hate it. Hearing it makes me cringe so hard I need to go to the emergency room.

Didn't feel this one. Objectively well put together but I don't like Rowlands singing voice and the songs much. Too Rye Ay nah man.

An album (just) older than me, with one of the most ubiquitous songs in Britain, along with a bunch of filler (and a pretty good Van Morrison cover)

This guy heard The Cure and thought ‘I could do that voice’ but didn’t quite manage it. Fine but I would never ever play it again.

Come on Eileen isn't even a good song, but I've heard it 1000s of times for some unknown reason. The horns are good but everything else is really annoying. This guy's voice is unbearable, thin, nasal, and weak but not in an endearing way. They're not fun enough to be a ska band, too schmaltzy and sentimental to be post-punk, too slow and old-fashioned to be new-wave, too over-produced to be soul, it's just a big mash of nothing. If there's a quota of 1980s Birmingham to fill, replace this with the Au Pairs' Playing with a Different Sex.

Sounds like 90s radio music. A bit lame. Come on Eileen is a classic though.

I liked this less than I thought I would. I think it’s wrong to give us an entire album just because one song is in it, but here we are.

This album ranged from “I don’t really like this” to “This is OK” to “Oh, shit. Come on Eileen is a banger!”

Evens out to a three, but without the last song, it could’ve gotten a 2.

not for me

Dexys - da denkt man unweigerlich a die gute Eileen, die endlich aus dem Quark kommen soll 😉. Übrigens ist Dexy keine Person sonder eine Partydroge (Dexidrine) der 80er. Ich war gespannt, was das Album noch zu bieten hatte und wurde nicht enttäuscht. Folk, Soul und Rock Elemente mit bestickt mit starken Blas- und Streichelementen. Manchmal hält wirken die Stücke wie übersetzte Kölsch-Songs. Bis aufs Wiederhören.