Bandwagonesque

So in my wheelhouse (Scottish, jingly jangly, a bit weedy and dumb), but just never got into this album or this band. I think mainly because of the vocals. All a bit of a whine. No surprise the best track is an instrumental.

Starting with a wall of feedback is an automatic 1 star deduction for me. The Concept was a decent song, but they already put my back up with that opening. The next track Satan didn't help (although the last 15 seconds were good?). Eventually, most of the songs were decent jangle pop songs pulled down by the slacker singing style. A lot of the time the songs made me think of Matthew Sweet, who I prefer (he was releasing albums at the same time, so it's not a who was first kinda question). I think what makes Matthew Sweet better is that he has more energy in his singing - there are a lot of songs on this album with great music but boring singing (e.g., I Don't Know and Star Sign) and the album got more boring on close listen - never a good sign. Can't believe Spin Magazine picked this for Album of the Year 1991. That's insane, and shows that music critics generally have their heads inserted in certain orifices - I don't think the band should be punished for that, though. I'll give it a 3 despite the noise in the first two tracks and the lazy vocal style that detracts from far too many songs. Didn't mind listening, wouldn't seek it out again. Favorite tracks: What You Do to Me, Is This Music? (nice closing instrumental).

Completely unaware of this band. I suppose they might deserve to be on this list because they're making this type of music 5-10 years or more before everyone else who sounds like this. But I don't really enjoy this.

I think this was trying to meld indie and shoegaze sounds, but it comes off as lazt with weak instrumentals and vocals. Some moments are slightly memorable, but meh overall 2/5

I’ve known about Bandwagonesque for a long time. I’ve tried listening to it before but never made it past a song or two. Listening to it now, I have no idea why I struggled before. It’s fantastic. It’s like a combination of Big Star and Jesus and the Mary Chain.

Some good songs on here, and I can see the influence they had on other British bands later on in the 90s. But overall, I find them pretty mediocre. Definitely remind me a lot of Big Star, who I also find pretty mediocre!

As an early 90s indie kid in Glasgow it was almost compulsory to love this album. If you told someone you thought it was just alright their faces would fall and they'd look at you askance.

It's got its moments but I guess I'll never love it. Just past the halfway mark the relentless mid pace drags me down, a bit like an Oasis album.

That sweet spot between late 80s jangle pop and alternative rock, early 90s shoegaze and british indie, and the forefathers of what would become Britpop.

You can hear all of 90s alternative and modern rock contained within these songs. Oasis, Foo Fighters, Failure, etc were clearly influenced by these guys. It’s cool but a bit whiny for my tastes.

It's whatever. Early 90s alt rock, shades of Pavement, or Dinosaur Jr., or Weezer. Which is to say kind of boring, but not the worst. It's fine.

This one was fun one I don’t have - I am going to give it a 4/5 based on a quick first impression #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge

Passable power-pop. Potentially pleasant, perfectly palatable permutations: perhaps predetermined, prescribed possibly. Pundits praise, perplexingly.

ou PEDRADA tá
muito melhor do que eu lembrava. the concept pega na nostalgia de bacana, mas tem outras que são igualmente boas demais.

Pretty gener-ock, no hits to speak for either. But some catchiness here and there. Not garbage, but not ground breaking.

Teenage Fanclub answers the important question of - what if the Gin Blossoms were Scottish and better reviewed than Nirvana?

This is very jangly, very early 90s alternative rock.

This is some bland soulless music. Reminds me of a pretend TV band, like the Partridge Family. It didn’t offend, so I will probably give it three stars, unless I decide to deduct a star because this was made in 1991 and not 1975 when that kind of music was expected.

boring as hell

Another album that's been a long time favorite. I bought this in 1991 when it first came out, loved it. Still do.

Pretty seminal alternative rock album of the 90s

Cool rock album, consistently good and doesn't overstay its welcome