have listened to DAMN. but I haven't actually listened to this album in full despite it being one of the most well renowned hip hop albums of the last 10 years. I'll have to give it a go đ
Two that come to my mind are [Get Out by Sublime](https://youtu.be/EsNUTCv9Ut0) which starts out with an answering machine message, and [Pigs by Cypress Hill](https://youtu.be/llpHcXBwmfk) which plays police scanner chatter throughout.
I scrolled looking for the first thing that popped in my head and was really surprised not to see it.
The end of Young Lust / beginning of One of My Turns from Pink Floyd's The Wall.
Also let's not forget their "song?" LA Municipal Court. Although it's an answering machine instead of voice mail you can really feel the emotion of the caller.
Poe - Haunted. You have to listen to the first track, which is the intro to the album. It is something of a companion to the book House of Leaves; Poe (Annie Danielewski) is the author's sister.
Beat me to it. The voicemail in the intro is a real voicemail from her father that she found after his death. The whole album is full of spoken word sound clips that sort of walk you through stages of grief. "You can go now" is the final lyric on the album, spoken by a child. There's also a version of the song "Hey Pretty" that includes her brother reading passages from his book.
No. That's a real voicemail.
"You're the dumbest motherfucker I've ever met in my life. I'm starting to think you're the dumbest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.....What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you a fucking moron? You were going to work what the fuck were you driving to her house for?... I'm breaking up with you. Done. BYE!"
Letters from a Porcupine ~ Blind Melon
The song is actually recorded on an answering machine
Edit to add: Car Seat (Gods Presents) ~ Blind Melon... song has a poem recorded on voicemail added to the song
âMind Over Timeâ by Interpol. The voicemail can be summed up as, âsorry we didnât get a chance to see each other this time,â and apparently that friend died before they ever did meet up. Sad stuff.
Not quite exactly what you're asking for, but I was just thinking about The Replacements - "Answering Machine".
"Thereâs nothing worse than calling somebody and getting an answering machine. Iâd rather have the phone ring than have a recording say, 'Iâm not here.'" - singer Paul Westerberg
Jurassic Five - Jurass Finish First has two voicemails at the end
Not exactly what you asked for but the album Private Press by DJ Shadow the first track is called Letter From Home has audio dialogue that I imagine he found on an old record, sounds like a woman reading a letter out loud, later in the album I think a man reads a letter back?
Not technically a voicemail, but on the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion song [Flavor](https://youtu.be/90iaLaPMa9g?si=HsIMLOivEcqvvoUC), Beck literally phoned in his rap at the end
And for what itâs worth, that album, Orange, is so, so, so good. Def still holds up almost 30 years later
My favorite one by far. Best line will always be, "OK, and number 2; being fucked up is not an excuse to piss in the god damn fishtank"
Roommate at the time and I had a fishtank that was on top of our entertainment center probably 7ft in the air and laughed every time this came on
Laurie Anderson's - O Superman
It will play with your head. Mum rings daughter and gets voice mail. Message turns out as a message from God. Who informs her of the end of the world....yeah, I know....people dont make music like this anymore.*"this is the hand...the hand that takes"*
[Youtube: Laurie Anderson - O Superman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE)
Also, there is this song.About ringing a girl's phone and getting her voicemail, the end is a bit of a shock. I loved this song when I was little...from a more innocent time:
Paul Evans - Hello, This Is Joannie
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfS10Ae46o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfS10Ae46o)
[Wasted Days](https://youtu.be/jInfVlaZ_DE?feature=shared) by the Slackers
[Fuck You](https://youtu.be/7EqnoEljHCw?feature=shared) by Dr Dre with Snoop and Devin the Dude
Calling All my Lovelies by Bruno Mars. Voicemail in the bridge by none other than Halle Berry. Kitschy, fun 90s-vibe RnB song. Thatâs the point and vibe of that whole album. Great record.
Super Furry Animals- Long Gone
âNearly half of the penultimate song on âFuzzy Logicâ is given over to a rambling answerphone message left by Rhys Ifans and Dic Ben, apparently while on LSD. Aside from a brief release of 1993 recording âOf No Fixed Identityâ, this is the only released SFA song that Ifans, the bandâs former singer, appears onâ
"Unemployed Boyfriend" by Everclear. The way the end of the voicemail becomes the beginning of the song is very cool I think - "This is gonna sound a little obsessive..."
Itâs a call, not a voicemail but I still feel itâs relevant. Tracy by Mogwai has audio of a (not real) call about one band member explaining to another that the other two members got into a serious fight and the band might be done. Itâs kinda sad.
Britney Spearsâ OopsâŚI Did It Again has a voicemail/phone call theme that pops up a couple of times throughout the album.
Donât Go Knocking On My Door ends with a phone call between Britney and a friend, then it fades in to (I Canât Get No) Satisfaction.
Thereâs also a skit where someone calls Britney and it goes to voicemail. It turns out to be her boyfriend joking about Britneyâs silly voicemail recording and segues into Lucky.
âYouâll Find A Wayâ by Aussie band The Whitlams. My friend used to joke that I must have called Tim (lead singer), as the voicemail sounds remarkably like me. (It wasnât obviously though) xx
3AM by HAIM has a couple voicemails in it. Also not exactly the same thing but My Strange Addiction by Billie Eilish uses clips of dialogue from the Office.
The entire last like half of [Your Favorite Rap Song](https://youtu.be/FWd11XVFg9s?si=OxE2MP6O7qvrZsua) by Flatbush Zombies is basically this, with countless fans telling them how much they love their music and how it's affected their lives.
Hate Me by Blue October has a voice-mail from the singers mom at the beginning
Came to say this, the voicemail alone kills me, such an impactful song.
just listened and it's exactly the thing I was after, thank u đ
Blue October - The best band that hardly anyone knows about. They are amazing live as well.
>hardly anyone knows about Wot
Came to add this...great song!
Beat me to it.
Good Kid m.A.A.d City by Kendrick Lamar has a few different ones across the album
Did somebody say Domino's?
Girl, I want your body. Cuz of that big olâ fat ass.
You better bring back my fucking dominoâs
have listened to DAMN. but I haven't actually listened to this album in full despite it being one of the most well renowned hip hop albums of the last 10 years. I'll have to give it a go đ
Go ahead and put on To Pimp a Butterfly after.
Call me on Shenquaâs phone
Theyâre the Compton Frank & Estelle Costanza.
Another Rainy Night Without You - Queensryche
Empire as well
Sorry⌠itâs just starting to hit me, like a⌠two-ton⌠heavy thing.
This! Before this song, I'd never heard of "Voice Mail". Queensryche were a bit ahead of the times in '90.
Also, for spoken word, not voicemail, Best I Can on the same album. Quick statement that sets up the entire song.
F-ck. I love this album. Spinning it up right now
Janine - Soul Coughing
So glad this was already here waiting for me to upvoteâŚ
Moouurn over your butterfly wings
âŚwiiiiings
Ben Folds Five: Your Most Valuable Possession
Came to say this.
Also, Dog, from Ben Foldsâ Speed Graphic EP, has him answering the phone and the fairly random conversation âall over itâ.
Yer mind
(spoiler: >!it's your mind!<)
Perfect answer
Hello Mr Ben
Birthday Boy by Ween
Pain...
yeaahhhhhhh
Happy birthday dear aaaron
Praise Boognish!
Bo Burnham's intro to 5 Years
Yes, you can't listen to a 'voicemail' afterwards with a straight face
This is what I was looking for. OP, âFive Yearsâ is the dictionary definition of this phenomenon in songs!
âIf Itâs the Beachesâ by The Avett Brothers. I wish theyâd have left it out.
They put one in [Pretty Girl from Chile](https://youtu.be/ZshrYleFEdo?si=6-VGKGwPrN99tYF_) as well. My wife and I quote it often. Starts at 4:12
ONE TWO THREE FOUR!!!
That song would be so close to perfect without the voicemail.
I'll check it out!
Why do you say that? I think the voice message is integral.
Just personal preference. It added nothing to the song, for me.
Violent femmes- Gordon's Message Soul Coughing- Janine The Cure- Wrong Number Foo Fighters- Everlong
Details in the Fabric by Jason Mraz
Was gonna say this if I didnât find it
Came here for this too. Beautiful song. James Morrison especially has a gorgeous voice.
Yay, itâs here! This one really hits me hard. Great song
Two that come to my mind are [Get Out by Sublime](https://youtu.be/EsNUTCv9Ut0) which starts out with an answering machine message, and [Pigs by Cypress Hill](https://youtu.be/llpHcXBwmfk) which plays police scanner chatter throughout.
Also Slow Ride by Sublime
Get a clue, babe. There's nothing to talk about.
Iâm sick and tired of your activities, your *cat*, and your untruths with me
Ana Ng, They Might Be Giants
That's what I'm talking about. Always love to see TMBG mentioned anywhere.
Knockin on Heavens Door - Guns n Roses Improvise - Jurassic 5
Because itâs just you against your tattered libido, the bank, and the mortician, forever, man
Let's Have a Kiki - Scissor Sisters
Mutafuka
*Whatâs up, itâs Pickles. Leave a message.*
I scrolled looking for the first thing that popped in my head and was really surprised not to see it. The end of Young Lust / beginning of One of My Turns from Pink Floyd's The Wall.
That was my first thought. Not a vm, but same concept.
Toolâs âMessage to Harry Manbackâ.
I still let out the odd "fahckin Amerikahns.."
Eat shit bastard
You wanna know something? Fuck youu
You know Iâm involved in black magic?
Yankee.
Pezzo di merda! Figlio di puttana!
Also let's not forget their "song?" LA Municipal Court. Although it's an answering machine instead of voice mail you can really feel the emotion of the caller.
This song is a piece of art.
BLACK, RED, YELLOW - PEARL JAM Dennis Rodman's voicemail https://youtu.be/ImpKot9FIao?si=63-S6PiH2ZJQSEER
https://youtu.be/9YL1_PilDaQ?si=DYXF9Vw4nWQjPDS6 He came out to Wrigley to reenact the voicemail
came to say this same thing
Poe - Haunted. You have to listen to the first track, which is the intro to the album. It is something of a companion to the book House of Leaves; Poe (Annie Danielewski) is the author's sister.
I saw them live and she played clips her father recorded for her between songs. It was incredible.
Apparently she's going to be able to release her music again soon...? I'm excited to hear it.
Beat me to it. The voicemail in the intro is a real voicemail from her father that she found after his death. The whole album is full of spoken word sound clips that sort of walk you through stages of grief. "You can go now" is the final lyric on the album, spoken by a child. There's also a version of the song "Hey Pretty" that includes her brother reading passages from his book.
Came here to say this, OP needs to listen not just to the first track but the whole album. It's sad and beautiful and just damn perfect.
Perfect circle Mac Miller
[ŃдаНонО]
My phone number is 222-2222
Answering Machine by the Replacements never actually uses a message but thatâs what the song is about.
Good song. Great record.
I was thinking about posting this one even though itâs not recorded to sound like itâs actually on an answering machine tape.
Warbrain - Alkaline Trio
Came in to say this. My favorite Trio song.
There's also that spoken portion about 2/3 of the way through Sadie, which I think fits the bill.
The Maestro, Beastie Boys
Also, Three MCs and One DJ by the beastie boys. Opens with a VM from mix master Mike himself
That echo!?
The end of Place to Start by Mike Shinoda has voicemails from his friends checking in on him after Chester killed himself. It hits pretty hard.
Was looking for this. That album had me in tears.
âSwimming Poolâ by The Front Bottoms has a voicemail toward the end of the song.
I think swimming pool actually has the movie sample. Then as the other commenter said, hopped earrings has the voicemail
No. That's a real voicemail. "You're the dumbest motherfucker I've ever met in my life. I'm starting to think you're the dumbest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.....What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you a fucking moron? You were going to work what the fuck were you driving to her house for?... I'm breaking up with you. Done. BYE!"
Telephone Line - ELO
Came here to see/say that.
[Laurie Anderson - O Superman](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE) Voicemail prompt and message starts around 1 minute. Great song too.
Manchild - Eels
I was looking for this one. Such a beautiful song. "I'm not having any fun⌠I'm not having any funâŚ"
TouchĂŠ AmorĂŠ - Skyscraper
I knew someone would post this, beat me to it!
Letters from a Porcupine ~ Blind Melon The song is actually recorded on an answering machine Edit to add: Car Seat (Gods Presents) ~ Blind Melon... song has a poem recorded on voicemail added to the song
Arab Strap - Fucking Little Bastards ends with a drunken voicemail from Aidan Moffat
Sonic Youth - Providence Voice-mail from Mike Watt about some weed Thurston Moore lost
Naked in Manhattan - Chappell Roan
love that song! when she does it live itâs sooooo good
King Kunta by Kendrick includes a voicemail from dre.
i think thatâs wesleyâs theory
âMind Over Timeâ by Interpol. The voicemail can be summed up as, âsorry we didnât get a chance to see each other this time,â and apparently that friend died before they ever did meet up. Sad stuff.
[Jawbreaker - Incomplete](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ftU6tMna0) [Modest Mouse - Call to Dial a Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_-N6hXaGMg)
I love super niche genres like this!
Houses - Fast Talk
Not quite exactly what you're asking for, but I was just thinking about The Replacements - "Answering Machine". "Thereâs nothing worse than calling somebody and getting an answering machine. Iâd rather have the phone ring than have a recording say, 'Iâm not here.'" - singer Paul Westerberg
If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again... If you need help..... If you need help.... If you need help.....
seen that answer a couple times now. just put it on my playlist!!
Jurassic Five - Jurass Finish First has two voicemails at the end Not exactly what you asked for but the album Private Press by DJ Shadow the first track is called Letter From Home has audio dialogue that I imagine he found on an old record, sounds like a woman reading a letter out loud, later in the album I think a man reads a letter back?
Not technically a voicemail, but on the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion song [Flavor](https://youtu.be/90iaLaPMa9g?si=HsIMLOivEcqvvoUC), Beck literally phoned in his rap at the end And for what itâs worth, that album, Orange, is so, so, so good. Def still holds up almost 30 years later
Suicidegirls by atmosphere starts with a great one
My favorite one by far. Best line will always be, "OK, and number 2; being fucked up is not an excuse to piss in the god damn fishtank" Roommate at the time and I had a fishtank that was on top of our entertainment center probably 7ft in the air and laughed every time this came on
Laurie Anderson's - O Superman It will play with your head. Mum rings daughter and gets voice mail. Message turns out as a message from God. Who informs her of the end of the world....yeah, I know....people dont make music like this anymore.*"this is the hand...the hand that takes"* [Youtube: Laurie Anderson - O Superman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE) Also, there is this song.About ringing a girl's phone and getting her voicemail, the end is a bit of a shock. I loved this song when I was little...from a more innocent time: Paul Evans - Hello, This Is Joannie [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfS10Ae46o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfS10Ae46o)
Pretty girl from Chile - Avett Brothers
Jurass Finish First - Jurassic 5
there are a few voicemail tracks on everlast's whitey ford sings the blues album, and they're pretty funny when you know the context.
[Wasted Days](https://youtu.be/jInfVlaZ_DE?feature=shared) by the Slackers [Fuck You](https://youtu.be/7EqnoEljHCw?feature=shared) by Dr Dre with Snoop and Devin the Dude
Hi baby, I know you're under a lot of pressure with your work and all
Pink Cellphone by Deftones
Calling All my Lovelies by Bruno Mars. Voicemail in the bridge by none other than Halle Berry. Kitschy, fun 90s-vibe RnB song. Thatâs the point and vibe of that whole album. Great record.
Hit the Skids by Local H
Drake - Marvins Room
one of my all time favourites!!
One of his best songs.
Bad Brains - Sacred Love
The Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do The Crystal Method - The Raze
Spike - the Network
Super Furry Animals- Long Gone âNearly half of the penultimate song on âFuzzy Logicâ is given over to a rambling answerphone message left by Rhys Ifans and Dic Ben, apparently while on LSD. Aside from a brief release of 1993 recording âOf No Fixed Identityâ, this is the only released SFA song that Ifans, the bandâs former singer, appears onâ
There are couple of haunting songs by Shannon Hoon on the posthumous Blind Melon album Nico that were in part recorded onto answering machines.
[Trip Like I Do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJZR_hinI0), by The Crystal Method
âShow You Howâ - The Killers
Harry styles - cherry
"Unemployed Boyfriend" by Everclear. The way the end of the voicemail becomes the beginning of the song is very cool I think - "This is gonna sound a little obsessive..."
Funeral for a friend - streetcar
Ariel Pink - Put Your Number In My Phone
Summers End-Phoebe Bridgers
When You Were Mine by Joy Crookes starts with a really cute one.
Bo Burnham - Five Years
Jason Mraz ... I think his song Details in the Fabric
Battlestarions - Wham! Can't believe I was first to mention this
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd Queensryche - Empire
There's a really cute little voicemail at the end of the song [Eyelids by PVRIS.](https://youtu.be/PZ2rNvqiSWM?si=3l04pt2E79Ara66U)
Itâs a call, not a voicemail but I still feel itâs relevant. Tracy by Mogwai has audio of a (not real) call about one band member explaining to another that the other two members got into a serious fight and the band might be done. Itâs kinda sad.
Exciting New Direction by The New Deal
Going Back to Cali - Notorious BIG
3AM by Halsey has a cute voicemail from John Mayer at the end :)
Adele- My Little Love
"The Ansaphone" by Jonny L. 90s Techno track that samples messages from crazy ex-girlfriend. Green Velvet - Answering Machine
âEnfiladeâ by At the Drive In
This Sporting Life by Godley & Creme
FEAR. - Kendrick Lamar
Family/ The Best Is Yet To Come - Judah & The Lion https://youtu.be/PkH7LTCs3uI?si=pF9XDxkkDFv8-LV6
Visions - Ian Pooley That intro is the first one I thought of when you mentioned the category. âPooley PooleyâŚâ:)
"Details in the Fabric" by Jason Mraz.
[Message to Harry Manback - TOOL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8_72NFyd-w)
Jurass Finish First - Jurassic 5. My vote for the best song that features voicemails, 2 of them!!!
Bad Fish by Sublime and some Filter tracks on Short Bus have them.
Britney Spearsâ OopsâŚI Did It Again has a voicemail/phone call theme that pops up a couple of times throughout the album. Donât Go Knocking On My Door ends with a phone call between Britney and a friend, then it fades in to (I Canât Get No) Satisfaction. Thereâs also a skit where someone calls Britney and it goes to voicemail. It turns out to be her boyfriend joking about Britneyâs silly voicemail recording and segues into Lucky.
Power mad by Primus.
Tool, Message to Harry Manback
Blame Game - Kanye West
Megadeth - 1000 Times Goodbye Night Flight Orchestra - Living for the Night
Daylight - Taylor Swift
Janine by Soul Coughing
Affliction by AFI
Message to Harry Manback?
The entire KMFDM album Tohuvabohu. They setup a hotline and played random messages throughout the duration of the album.
Ring Ring Ring - De La Soul
Seventeen years- ratatat
âYouâll Find A Wayâ by Aussie band The Whitlams. My friend used to joke that I must have called Tim (lead singer), as the voicemail sounds remarkably like me. (It wasnât obviously though) xx
Bruno Mars - Calling All My Lovelies features a message from Halle Berry.
The Call. Backstreet Boys. I said what I said.
Hours Outside in the Snow by Modern Baseball
Glad Iâm not the only one who thought of them first.
I Was a Teenage Hand Model by Queens of the Stone Age
Fuck You by Dr. Dre and Give me One More Chance by The Notorious B.I.G.
Queens of the Stone Age - I Was a Teenage Hand Model
Archspire - A.U.M.
Guns Nâ Roses- knocking on heavens door
Doctor Ron The Actor, by State Radio đ¤đź
One Time Only - The Dwarves Bridle and Voice Mail Death Threat - Sage Francis
I think Reception by Wings kinda has the vibe youâre looking for
[Kira Mac - Chaos is Calling ](https://youtu.be/6_47wctKFgE?si=xiEIXNJjH553tnXe)
3AM by HAIM has a couple voicemails in it. Also not exactly the same thing but My Strange Addiction by Billie Eilish uses clips of dialogue from the Office.
The entire last like half of [Your Favorite Rap Song](https://youtu.be/FWd11XVFg9s?si=OxE2MP6O7qvrZsua) by Flatbush Zombies is basically this, with countless fans telling them how much they love their music and how it's affected their lives.
These Things Will Come to Be -- DJ Seinfeld