Underwater Moonlight

Great writing and the music was often more complex than one might expect from what felt like a punky band from that time. Downgrade for eating 2.5 hours of my day.

Not bad by any means. Did it absolutely blow my mind? No. Was it all that unique in the history of music? No. But it was not an earsore when it was on. 2.7/5 -> 3/5

2.5/5

FUN! Sounded very modern for its time.

good but 2 hours? how

So, seeing that so many of the songs were bonus tracks, I wanted to check what the original album looked like and whether this is how it originally came out or if it is a re-release of sorts. Spoiler alert, the bonus tracks were not included originally.

Looking at the album the way it is presented here, it is a 2. It does not matter who you are, a two hour long album gets boring, and at some point you just want it to be over. However, for this rating, I will take into consideration the first release, which is a much more reasonable 36 minutes.

That way, I would say it is a 3. Nothing spectacular, but it is way better in that form. I am actually not sure why they chose this version of the album for the list. The one with just the first ten songs exists on Spotify. It is even stated in the book that each album on the list had its original version selected, not any later re-releases or reissues.

a mistura perfeita entre post punk, new wave e punk. um tiquinho de jangle pop também pq ngm eh de ferro. me surpreendeu DEMAIS e a capa eh bem foda. estou obcecado escutarei a semana toda.

coisa boa esse aqui pqp

I'm here for all the weirdness

2.1

Had never heard of this before now. I can hear how it might have influenced REM and Pixies for sure.

This was not bad. I don’t anticipate coming back to it, but there are a few neat moments.

I kept thinking this was rubbish, but my foot kept on tapping along. Did I like this? I'm so confused!

This was some fun rock and roll. Only listened to the original album, not the bonus tracks. Would throw it on again.

Not bad.

This was a new one for me. And I really liked it. If I do this challenge a second time, this is one that I could see even being bumped up a start, but for the first listen, it was really good.

There's a longer version of this album that's also a decent listen, but I don't think the flow is as good.

Unbelievably inventive, diverse, and engrossing.

4.5/5

Een album van The Soft Boys dat start met I wanna destroy you...Dat is dan hun zachte kant... Dit werk heeft nogal wat van de jaren '60 overgehouden, inclusief af en toe het zwaktebod van de verlengde klinkers. Het is allemaal te overzien hoor, maar als je dat doet, moet je wel zorgen dat je stem niet overslaat. En ook dat is nog wel te overzien, maar het valt me op omdat het album zich verder niet zo onderscheidt. Misschien is dat het echte probleem. Hop, uit de lijst deze schijf.

Maybe we don't need more obscure early 80s neo psychedelica, but I enjoyed it

It was fine but nothing grabbed me too much

I was 18 in 1980 and bought 'Sounds' (a music paper) every week, yet I've not heard of them or this album. Maybe it's the naff name? (certainly not up there with Joy Division or Echo and the Bunnymen) or the
unmemorable tunes ( after 3 listens yesterday, I can't remember one track this morning). Still at least I gave it 3 listens so it can't have been that bad.