First Taste
by Ty Segall
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
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  1. KateandBrian
    Apr 17, 2021
    2
    I bought "The Manipulator" thanks to Mojo magazine. A bloody great record! The next one was OK. But I was so disappointed with "First taste"! Apart from a few tunes ("lone cowboy", "The arms") the rest of the album is absolute drivel! Yes, it's ok to change, to break rock's boundaries and offer something new but the music has to be listenable! John Lennon said "avant-garde is French forI bought "The Manipulator" thanks to Mojo magazine. A bloody great record! The next one was OK. But I was so disappointed with "First taste"! Apart from a few tunes ("lone cowboy", "The arms") the rest of the album is absolute drivel! Yes, it's ok to change, to break rock's boundaries and offer something new but the music has to be listenable! John Lennon said "avant-garde is French for **** So true!… Expand

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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. No Ripcord
    Sep 18, 2019
    80
    An overwhelming sense of fun pervades First Taste, as further epitomized in a couple of wacky drum solos that are so maniacal they'll bring a smile to your face. All in all, Ty Segall's obviously having fun as a result of being chiefly interested in entertaining himself.
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  2. Under The Radar
    Aug 12, 2019
    65
    If Creedence Clearwater Revival had experimented with random instruments and slightly creepy voices, maybe they could have made First Taste. Segall's fifth studio LP in four years begins with a sigh of joy and a drum solo. From there, it expands far. Try not to salivate.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    Aug 8, 2019
    70
    Remarkably, the substitution of instruments seems not to have affected Segall’s overall aesthetic much. If you didn’t know, you might not recognize exactly what’s different about First Taste, except that it feels a bit more overstuffed and baroque. Yet whether it’s due to the change in instrumentation or not, there are some diversions from the usual.
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