Reviews (page 11 of 13)
One of my favorite The Band songs is on this album.
Like the band. Great group. But don't love them.
To mellow
Fav song: The Weight
Solid songs liked a shorter album. Lonesome Suzie was my fav
Good
Some good classic rock--pretty ahead of its time! Some of these old albums just don't have enough flair to keep my attention, but the first few songs on this one are timeless.
Most enjoyable some songs. Others okay
Again not for me..
Not bad however all in all just a tad bit too unexciting and too similar sounding
Hard to dive into noisy psych not chill generating
Getting hard to find different descriptions for albums that seem run of the mill. I seem to be giving out lots of 3s. So... this album is easy listening. Nothing 'bad' but few memorable tracks. 'The Weight' is probably the most well known track.
Groovy. Not quite it though
This was fine. I think I expected more, so they seemed like an Eagles-lite but without the pizazz.
I like some aspects of this group and album. The songs are generally good, lyrics and music. Really don't like the vocalist, his voice just grates at me. This was a hard album to listen to
I love the band and the weight but this album is not great
Good old time rock.
American folk rock is just as overrepresented on this list as Brit Pop and Post Punk. At this point I don't even care anymore if this is the first or the best of hundreds of albums that all sound the same, I'm just bored to death by that sound.
5/10 - There were moments where I thought we were going to be pushing into the 3’s but those movements were too few and far between for me.
I like some of the other albums from The Band so I was a bit disappointed here. It's just kind of bland folk rock. 5/10
Some of the music was really good, but the vocals and style are not for me.
408/1089 don’t really have a lot to say about this one, it was alright, don’t need to hear it again (except maybe chest fever) fave: Chest Fever 41/100
Music From Big Pink is one of those albums I can appreciate more in theory than I actually enjoy listening to. I understand why it’s considered an important record, and there’s something appealing about its loose, earthy sound, but it never really grabbed my attention. The songs have a warm, almost lived-in quality, with that blend of folk, country, blues, and rock that The Band became known for. There are some genuinely nice moments, particularly in the vocals and the understated instrumentation, but for me it all felt a little too restrained. Nothing really demanded my attention. In fact, the album was so easy to leave playing in the background that I didn’t even realise it had ended. It just seemed to blend into the room, which probably says more about my reaction to it than anything else. I wasn’t bored exactly, but I also wasn’t particularly engaged. I can see why Music From Big Pink has such a strong reputation and why it was influential, but personally, I found it more pleasant than memorable. It’s an album I can respect without feeling much desire to return to it.
Not for me sorry. Does gain points for Wheels on Fire as I have fond memories watching Ab Fab x
2 stars, the weight was a good tune but everything else is kind of forgettable or middle of the road
Decent
I enjoyed the back half more than the rest of the album, but still too sleepy...a symptom of the 60s, I'm starting to believe. 2.5 rounded down to 2.
🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 (rounded down because I was bored to “tears of rage” aha no but really) I kind of love this album cover, but its blotchy, childlike style had me expecting, foolishly, something janglier. I was onboard for Sparklehorse or Tall Dwarfs when this was more like Spanklehorse and Y’all Dwarfs? This type of music is real hit or miss for me. Though this is my first time hearing about it; Music from Big Pink was a familiar listen in that I’ve experienced its gradual letdown many times before. After liking a lot of isolated late sixties-early seventies rock songs (probably from Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantin🤢 movies)—the kind with straining male harmonies, nearly whiny but clearly bearded, and guitar that rides the line between banjo twang and chugging crunch—I sought out a lot of full albums from these artists thinking I’d just struck gold. I’d listen to the album and start off really digging it, only to quickly realize I was straining to make myself enjoy it. By the end I’d have sworn off hippies like I was Reagan himself, but it always wore off in time for me to trick myself into another album (this has been happening as recently as Vincebus Eruptum from this very list). I’m still admitting to myself that I don’t like the sixties as much as I thought—I really hate to say this, but there’s a reason I’d only heard the greats before this. Case in point: I got excited seeing that this bizarre album cover came from ‘68, and dove in hoping for the best. A more relatable comparison than that, perhaps, is another familiar experience: opening bands. I’m an opener hater as much as the next guy, but I don’t want to hate them—the gig’s gotta suck, so when one starts strong enough to shake me from impatience, I always root for them. 9 times out of 10, my faith is not rewarded—each song might start strong enough, with a hook and memorable personality, but that little burst of novelty quickly fizzles once it sets in that this is all there is—maybe their inexperienced sound crew mixes all their instruments into a homogenous sludge or maybe the song isn’t any more than its opening notes, but something just doesn’t carry the performance. This is, to me, pretty similar to how The Band felt to me. Perhaps that’s because this album, from what I gather, was pretty much just a recorded jam sesh, but I’d defend the vision there—sometimes there’s a magic to the first take that can’t be recaptured. Then again, I sure don’t feel like I’m listening to that magic happen here—it’s far too downtempo and samey to me. With that attitude, they’re never gone overcome their twang, although that’s not a drawback for everyone. Maybe if it was an hour longer they’d have hit their stride, but this felt an awful lot like a warm-up to me. That’s not to say there weren’t highlights. Though I’m not sure I’d listen again, I thought “To kingdom come,” “Long Black Veil,” and “Chest Fever” were fun enough. In light of all of this sameness, I appreciate what “This Wheel’s on Fire” was trying to be but its clunkiness didn’t strike me as endearing or artful—it just struck me as clunky. I can see getting that cheesy organ stuck in my head, but that don’t mean I have to like it. 1: Bad | 2: Below Okay, No Desire to Revisit | 3: Good, Conditionally (OR Inconsistent Mix of Qualities) | 4: Great (OR Technically amazing but missing the sauce emotionally) | 5: Amazing
Boring middle of the road American whining.
I guess I just don’t get it
Не знаю. Наверное чтобы понимать ценность этого альбома для истории нужно слушать его в 1968. Пишут, что группа вдохновляла Клэптона, Дилана и прочих многих. Ну ладно, ок.
Ei nyt kyllä yhtään sytyttänyt, kun oli kuuntelemassa niin hyvää musiikkia viikonloppuna. Yhdessä biisissä tapahtu jotai jännää, loput oli lumisadetta. Ei enempää tätä.
Taas tämmönen yksittäinen autokuuntelu, mut ei tehny hirveen suurta vaikutusta. Tässä parin Steely Danin jälkeen väistämättä vertas heihin ja vaikka yhteneväisyyksiä oli paljon, niin tuntu että ratkasevissa jutuissa jäi vähän vajaaksi. Ehkä palaan vielä tähän joku päivä.
Päivän pohdintoja: tasapaksua musiikkia on ainakin kolmen tähden arvoista, ja kahden tähden arvoista, tämä on selvästi sitä jälkimmäistä.
I’ve got nothing to say about this record. I’m not sure this record has much to say either.
4/10
There’s some good music here, but this isn’t a good album, “The Weight” notwithstanding. The problem is that Richard Manuel sounds like he’s straining to get every single note out, and it kind of sucks.
Okay but not my favorite
Didn’t totally grab me - not terrible though
Well, I've heard The Band now. Let's leave it like that.
Meeh
Fine
jivey backwoods classics, saved 0/11
This is a turgid plodder of an album. Felt like they were deliberately slowing it down just to make me suffer more. "Take a load off Fanny". WTF does that mean?
It wasn't aggressively bad, but I just didn't care for it at all.
I am not really impressed
Laiskaa menoa, ei jää käteen mitään.
very bluesy sound Could do with a little more tension and dynamic Songs are too similar from time to time The Weight has cool songwriting I like I Shall Be Released, they could do more ballads like this
Okay, not my fav. Not bad tho.
9. jul 2026. 15.01h i was in a place of idgafing sa ovim albumom
I have to say I find this utterly boring. Musically quite predictable, not a fan of the vocals either. Doesn't really sound like they enjoyed this, themselves. The band name is a forewarning of the creative explosion (ahem) they bring musically. Not completely without merit so a 2*. Won't listen again.
Ah man. I just KNOW that this record will be completely unable to cash the FAT cheque that this mammoth on the cover is writing. Place a gilded feather in the hatband printed with the symbol for old francs on his comically large green stovepipe hat. Give him a monocle. Extend the monocle chain to reveal it is being held by an equally swagged up chimp. Chimp is obese but carries it well. While it sounds like I am addressing commands to a planet destroying Artificial "Intelligence" platform, what I am actually doing is attempting to stave off the boredom I remmber being the trademark of "The Band." These riverboat ridin' thrift shoppin', bring a guitar to a house party type o' fellas have done it again. Well, sort of. There are some certified HITS on here. "Caledonia Mission" went pretty hard. "The Weight" is incredibly nostalgic and contains one of the funnier lyrics I've heard in awhile: ""Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said." The incredibly unhelpful, yet content Nazareth man might be the bad boy of the summer™. The rest of this thing sounds like a church group band started by the cool camp counsellor who doesn't really mind if you sneak out to smoke some wacky tobacky, as long as you don't miss prayer group. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Keep the funny singing guy. I like the cut of his jib.
Não é mau ou desagradável, é apenas monótono.
Second album proposé après 'The Band' que je n'avais pas vraiment apprécié (noté 2/5 - plus rock que la majorité des albums de folk/country mais rien d'original sauf (rarement) des cuivres). Ce second album n'est pas mieux ! Il me semble même plus ennuyeux que le précédent. Je l'ai gardé en musique de fond en faisant autre chose ... =>2/5
I've struggled to have an opinion about this. It's fine. It weirdly made me think of the TV series Roseanne until it turned into the actual theme tune to Absolutely Fabulous. 2/5
Classic beige American stuff. Guess they were big, imported and influential back in the day. Average stuff for me. 2.5/5
It was ok. Slow. Bland. Good for a Monday morning.
2.25? first time hearing the band (tad bit on the nose lol) which might say something about me, but it just was not for me. i enjoyed tears of rage but as it went on i found myself itching to get through the album. though i can see why some might enjoy their sound, very little about it stuck out, and many songs were just not pleasant to my ears. songs i liked enough to save: tears of rage, the weight, and i shall be released
ehhh its not for me but i do kinda like aspect of it
--Tears of Rage...lethargic and too long --To Kingdom Come...something more fun. Rick Danko putting down somethin' slick --In a Station...kind of a jangly/janky 60s harmonies thing. unfortunately. their harmonies aren't nearly as tight as, say, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, or really anyone else of their era --Caledonia Mission...light and fun --The Weight...was very much not into this up until now. this is classic --We Can Talk...I like the organ work --Long Black Veil...pleasant cover --Chest Fever...rock organ opening. this is fun and feels surprisingly modern. Danko at it again --Lonesome Suzie...you don't have the voice for this, Richard --This Wheel's on Fire...this one's weird. not sure in a good way, but it's different --I Shall Be Released...sleepy closer
Pleasant enough, the Bob Dylan tracks do stand out
#2 from The Band for me and I have to say I'm kind of disappointed today. I mean The Band is fine, but not anything I would pick myself. Maybe I'd be more excited if I was 30 years older.... Ok so who starts off your first album with such a slow dirge-y sounding song. Like, this is the first impression you're making on the world and you choose this as the leading song? What the hell man? The Weight is a decent song. I don't mind Chest Fever. The rest of this album is totally forgettable and I hate how prominent the organ is through this whole record. I feel like whatever made this relevant when it came out doesn't exist anymore. 2/5
Kinda boring
“The Weight” is a classic. The rest is fine. Not memorable, though.
Yet another rough one to get through at times, hopefully my luck can change because it's been a while since I've found an entry I've clicked with
Llegas a la mitad y se vuelve repetitivo y sin sabir
A bit slow, it's giving background music again. Drags on a little bit. I want to quickly skip through it.
i am a genz so it was a bit hard for me to listen to this shi but i kinda enjoyed some songs like the weight , chest fever and long black veil
"The Weight" is hands down the best song on the album by several miles. I did enjoy "Long Black Veil" for its storytelling and "Chest Fever" for its crunchy Lowrey organ as well but the only song worthy of carrying to my daily playlist is "The Weight". I also think the album cover is quite humorous. It's a sleepy 4/10 for me.
There was live instruments which gets it to a two. Beyond that nothing stuck to make it a 3
I find myself sitting back in a leather chair in a hazy, dimly lit room, sipping brandy while the whole room stares, transfixed at the spotlit performer. I'm enchanted by this album. The music is positioned in a strange place, with hints of showtune, western, pop, and everything in between, but always feels intentional, controlled, and beautiful. It playfully toes the lines of many genres, never fully crossing further than it can reel itself back. k.d.'s voice grounds the experience, rising and falling to match the musical performance. This is the type of stuff we should have been getting from the 90s, not most of the beige dad rock, and I can hear the influences on modern artists like Weyes Blood and Laufey. This is a balanced, restrained amount of genre blending and showtune influence that albums like Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell lacked.
Ничего плохого, но и хорошего мало
Favourite tracks: Lonesome Suzie, This wheel’s on fire
I have never been a fan of the song The Weight which was the only song I knew on this album. I don’t like the lead singer’s voice. It was way better than the French hard rock I had to listen to yesterday though.
boring
Nah
a interesting song with synths, but another band that sounds indistinguishable from something like Grateful Dead. Maybe they were influential, but I fail to see that in the sea of other rock albums that feel as lackluster
Didn't really resonate with me. Just not a fan of The Band
It was an ok album, I like “the weight”, other than that, not a lot to get excited about…
A little more variety than the other album. but yeah, nah, not for me.
One review said this is the start of Americana! So that's what Americana is? A couple of gems stuck in a load of keech pap! Two only because the gems are gems.
158.ok
"The Weight" is decent, but The Band doesn't really speak to me.
So, if it wasn't for the fact that this album seems mixed with the intention of making me go crazy because it's left and right and not stereo, it would be at least three stars. however I genuinely thought I was gonna get hard of hearing.
The weight is clearly the best song, but you can hear aspects of other his in some of the the tunes… but they don’t really stick with you.
Why does the band have two albums on this list? I mean, I hope there are only two and I don't have to listen to them anymore. YES, THIS IS THE LAST TIME, OH THANK GOD! This is so inoffensive that I have no idea what my opinion on it is. It is like I have listened to nothing in the sense that I have no afterthoughts. There was no song I liked outright and no song I hated; nothing. I actually need a second listen to choose my favorite and least favorite songs because I have no idea. It is not bad; it is just not my taste at all. If I liked this genre, I think this would be a good album, especially for a debut, but rating it based on how much I enjoyed it, I am going to be frank: not so much. The Weight is overrated, that is all I have to say. Why is it the hit? I have no idea, honestly. The first six songs or so sound the same; I just don't like this record. There is some diversity, but it is scarce. For example, Lonesome Suzie is a ballad that could be relaxing if it weren't for the way his voice cracks or shakes or whatever. Maybe he does that on purpose, I don't know and I don't care; I just don't like it. I don't remember their other album that well, but I think it was better than this. Favorite song(s): Chest Fever, Long Black Veil Everything in between: meh Least favorite song(s): This Wheel's on Fire
I've heard covers some of these songs before which I think are better. Just kind of boring
as a child did u ever go to like, the wedding of an uncle or a parents' friend or somethin? and as it got later into the night at the reception afterwards the music dived fully into this slow, kinda sad-sounding rock to get all the couples onto the dancefloor? that feels like the vibe here. its somber music for all the older blokes and their spouses to get down to slow style on the scuffed wooden floors of the event space at the local working men's club after a few too many glasses of prosecco. maybe that's mean but i guess the point im trying to make is that this is music that probably hit a lot better if u were there when it was fresh, but for me it's hard to see as more than just a familiar and very specific type of inoffensive background music. no matter how hard i try to lock in it just finds its way into the background again every time. "the weight" is the only track that caught my attention and it's because i'd heard part of it before in "still here" by girl talk, which is a much more interesting context for the vocal imo. it's not necessarily a bad album musically, like i'm not gonna get pissed off if someone puts it on or whatever, but it feels impossible to really just sit and listen to without getting distracted because it's simply not that interesting. i kinda just don't care about it, yknow? sorry....
Því miður ekki minn tebolli. Reyndi
no me gusto. 2 puntos.
boring new vegas radio-type slop
I own this one, probably for The Weight cause not much else did it for me.
There’s two dominant vibes to The Band: the innocent, free ideal of a group of friends hanging out and making music together, almost as a secondary concern. The other, the most cloying sentimentality. Occasionally I can get past the latter and embrace the former, an experience I’ve participated in and seen in emulated in countless bands from Pavement and Wilco to pre-2010s Kanye. But it is so infrequent.
It's very boring, that's my overriding feeling on this one. There's some tracks on here that are quite nice (Lonesome Suzie, I Shall Be Released) but it's not enough to move the needle. It's mostly just very dull, with several tracks thrown in that I kind of know and have heard before.
Por cada canción escuchada me dormí 10 veces
The band never really clicks for me. Certainly talented and has its place but I can't seem to engage with it.
Alright album. Not my cup of tea, felt it was a lil slow. Chest Fever was my favorite tho. 4.7/10.
I can appreciate that it exists, but it's not really my style of music.
I’ve heard this before. There are a some good songs on here but mostly it’s bland country rock by a canadian pretending to be from the south in the most effected fake accent possible. The more folk songs are better than the country rock songs but it’s not enough to save this album.
le nom du groupe est un peu présomptueux pour une musique somme toute assez générique des années 60. C'est bon mais pas mémorable.
surely for the year this was great. Not my thing really. Not sure why kermit the frog is singing in long black veil but I dig it.
El álbum tiene un sonido muy característico, con una estética “oldie” que resulta atractiva desde el primer momento. Me transmitió una vibra muy particular: la sensación de estar escuchando la radio durante un viaje familiar en auto. Tiene un aire relajado y agradable que acompaña muy bien. Algunas canciones me gustaron lo suficiente como para guardarlas, pero en general el álbum no terminó de impactarme. Más que las canciones en sí, lo que más se destaca es el sonido y la atmósfera que construye. Mención especial para I Shall Be Released, una balada con la que conecté mucho más que con el resto del disco. No estoy segura de si fue porque no le presté el cien por ciento de mi atención o porque, en varios momentos, las letras me resultaron difíciles de interpretar, pero el álbum no logró resonar emocionalmente conmigo. FAVS: Caledonia Mission We can talk Chest fever PEORES To kingdom come Long black veil The weight
Isosta pinkistä tuleva The Yhtyeen musiikki ei vakuuttanut mua oikein mitenkään. Semmosta vähä hajutonta/mautonta.
There is probably a reason why I've only heard one of the songs from this album before. The Weight is a good song. The others are not. They range from OK to bad. All in all a disappointing listen in my opinion.
The Weight is iconic, Chest Fever was pretty fun, but this isn't my jam. Nothing against it.
No esta mal. Muy relax
"The Band" has the same energy as "the product". Not interested
An album almost as forgettable as the name "The Band". Very strained vocals are distracting in the best of parts, and there's not much musically happening to keep my interest. One solid hidden gem in Chest Fever, but not much else worth your time
Kind of a classic rock vibe, there are other albums i would rather listen to. some songs again are decent but nothing that screams out to me / 2.9
listened to this like 7 years ago when i was in my classic rock phase… used to really like chest fever i think ??? idk love the album cover and i hate the weight.. that song actually makes me want to kms i can’t stand it
i found this to be kind of sloppy? idk i don’t get the hype
The craftmanship is there, Performace, writing and mixing wise. But like many albums on this project, the music doesn't really have a lasting appeal. For non musicians there isn't much here to hold on to, nothing groundbreaking, memorable or unique. Just performance.
Nice vibes. One standout song.
Most music has always come out of Len Houmous’ big pink. 2.4 9/11 Lonesome Suzie
Not quite my preferred style of old timey music.
Ça m'épuise. 2.49 étoiles
I’m so bored.
Ho hum. Bluesy rock. Nothing earrh shattering. Although now I know where the Ab Fan theme tune is from.
Nice aber bisschen lw und eintönig
Meh... The Weight is a classic I suppose, but the rest of the album is very average.
hmm
reouvir
Boring
these vocals are in the wrong decade. i guess they sound like Zappa's bluesier singing, but they also evoke whiny landfill indie rock. anyway i kinda fuck with the lullaby-like qualities. very sleepy music at its best. at its worst it emulates the worst qualities of white guy blues rock. not bad, but i'm not really partial to this sound. deserves to be one of the 1001? sure
Snoozefest
This is very leaden. Devoid of any melodies. Very worthy. All of them can play and sing but it's nothing I need or want to listen to.
I didn't really like the last The Band album that showed up for me, and its more of the same this time around. Don't know what it is about these guys but I just can't connect to them. I will say I liked this debut album a bit better than their second album, The Band. Standouts on this listen were "The Weight" - yeah, you've heard this one - aaaand that's kinda it. Nothing else grabbed me at all. Shoutout to the really subtle horn on a couple tracks that absolutely sounds like a giant slow fart. Lovely. Big Pink is just slow and clunky for me. I dont love it. Didn't really enjoy any part of this listen that much. 2/5.
Other than "The Weight" this is so, so boring.
Wirklich hart langweilig, da bleibt gar nichts hängen. Der Einstieg ist besonders zäh.
I was looking forward to this but what a let down. Nothing comes close to The Weight. Didn’t give a second go.
Me costó mucho terminar este disco. Se me hizo un disco más a la colección. Tiene cosas interesantes, por supuesto, como sus arreglos que entran en el mejor momento. Sin embargo, creo que hay discos mucho más interesantes que mezclan todos esos géneros como lo hace Music from big pink.
Decent enough songs and perfectly fine to listen to but a bit too MOR for my tastes. Halfway through, yeah this is boring as shit tbh 4 songs left, just want it to end now, this is painful. Picked up a bit with Long Black Veil and Chest Fever, then back to an absolute dirge with Lonesome Suzie. Oh it's the Ab Fab song, but a way worse version than the one that was in the show. Want to give this 1.5, but I want to be positive so going 2. But it's a low 2
Not realize potential. They dont find a good sound.
God damn this album is mid. I'm convinced if it wasn't for "The Weight" and the ties to Dylan this album wouldn't be on this list.
2.5
Didn’t have any strong feelings either way
Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
интересно но нее
I get their impact and influence, but I've just never been able to get into the Band
Not great. Kind of terrible. I couldn't listen in the car. Had to finish the record as background music while I worked, and even then I wasn't happy about it.
First listen Saved 4/11 Top track: The Weight
The Band are so revered amongst musicians, to be honest though I’d never really heard much of them apart from watching the last waltz. Listening to this start to finish I think I was a little underwhelmed. What I’ve realised so far doing this list is there are many bands & artists that are technically gifted, but what makes a 5 star album in my opinion is the technical skill and the je ne sais quoi that makes songs memorable/catchy and make you want to listen on repeat indefinitely. There wasn’t really anything I heard that made want to revisit this album
Snooze
Ok background listening
2.5. Not rly my thing
The album is really mediocre; I don't like it. It's boring.
Made ok background music but nothing more than that.
Kinda surprised that I don’t like this more since I’m such a Dylan fan? At least ‘The Weight’ is on here. Let’s just say it does a lot of heavy lifting on this album. The other tracks are meandering and don’t really stick with me.
The first half of this didn't do anything for me! I've never really loved The Weight, so I guess it's not surprising. After The Weight, though, I enjoyed it a bit more. Still, 2.5 stars.
1 or 2 good songs but not my favorite
“I pulled into Nazareth”
ENOUGH de folk american rock
The Band is a group that I have heard songs of but couldn’t tell you what they are. I recognized a couple on this album. To me nothing makes them stand out amongst others 2.5
I wasn't too keen on this, just not my thing. Shit name too Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ in part Default ❌️ ★★☆☆☆ (4/10) Total reviewed : 202 Already owned : 44 Purchased : 8 To buy list : 6 Nope : 144
not terrible but not my speed
A few good songs with Shall be Released and weight being.the best. Rest of album not really my cup.of tea
This album feels very middle of the road. The arrangements are interesting enough to hold my attention but not enough to grow fondly of. The vocal performance feels like he's giving it everything he's got but still coming across flat. I can see some appeal here but it feels pretty forgettable to me.
Meh
2.5 stars I always felt like I had to like this because hipster guys would love singing along to “The Weight” in high school. But it’s just fine. I don’t care more for it than I need to and i won’t really listen to this again.
bueno pero me aburro perdon
This album sounded like a mix of Randy Newman and The Rolling Stones, was not a fan.
not bad but not special. made me wanna listen to bob instead
While I respect the artistry for sure I just think sonically I don’t love their sound I find it abrasive in a way I don’t connect with
I've been told The Band is good. I've been told they are great even. I don't get it. I've had both of their albums on the list and just don't get it. It's kinda boring and bland. I was told to give it another chance but I don't want to.
Maso
Fine I guess but I'm not too fussed
Meh
I just can't get into this. I knew the song "The Weight", which is okay. It's a bit folky, a bit country, and it comes down on the wrong side of that divide for me. I find it hard to take their music seriously.
In the track Caledonia Mission I really like the piano riff but apart from that all quite boring to be fair
Most enjoyable songs ------------ * The Weight * Long Black Veil * I shall be released ------------ vocals ain't sharp enough for me
Yawn.
Decent folk rock. Horrible vocals. Maybe a band, but not the band.
Long black veil, The Weight and I Shall be Released highlights but I wouldn't seek out the other songs for a listen again.
Synes dette var veldig skuffende. The Weight er jo en tidløs banger, men bortsett fra den, var det egentlig bare Chest Fever som virkelig satt. Til å være en som hater alt som har med kirke å gjøre og står i fare for å komme på riksantikvarens speed dial-liste dersom det skulle forekomme en mistenkelig kirkebrann pga. ting jeg har sagt ila. livet, er jeg utrolig svak for electric organ. Med tanke på at Deep Purple ikke engang hadde gitt ut debutskiva si -- for ikke å snakke om In Rock som kom først to år senere -- var The Band strengt tatt det beste Deep Purple-type bandet på et punkt. Bare synd de foretrakk å spille inn trauste viser fremfor å være organ grinders!
Soulful vocals with a lot of depth and emotion. Also liked the keyboard throughout the album with it really hitting in Chest Fever. Overall decent album but not for me. 4/10. Favorite Song: Chest Fever
a lot of bob dylan, wouldnt say this was rock. Felt very much country, not for me.
OK, a little reminiscent of the Beatles at times. I know one of the tracks of this album, but a bit slow for me
Was a bit underwhelming and a tad monotonous.
just not really exceptional
Plus fun que je m'attendais ! J'ai beaucoup aimé the Weight. Un peu stéréotype 60's d'où les deux étoiles, mais je pense me le refaire en entier un de ces quatre, il est vraiment pas mal du tout.
This wasn’t my cup of tea but I can see the talent. I did not like how difficult it was to hear the singer. The sound seemed off and that affected my enjoyment. I did not listen to t
It didn't do much for me
okej je bio
Alright.
Not super interesting to me. Very late 60s mellow country Dad rock. 2 ⭐️s
In one ear out the other
At least the writing's good, I guess...
This album doesn't resonate with me at all. Just because an album came from the 60s doesn't mean that is automatically good. I kind of struggled my way through this one.
Not a The Band fan, man. You can keep your load.
Kann man gut hören, aber auch nicht der burner (für mich persönlich)!
4/10 Knowing and enjoying The Band's second album before listening to this, I was hoping for a bit more of the same. Folksy music with a good groove, a bit of grit and drive and some decent hooks to engage the obvious talent of the players. Unfortunately, this album very much feels like they hadn’t quite worked out how to combine all of their obviously talented ingredients into a completely satisfying dish. There are moments when things really hook up, particularly towards the end of side one, with Caledonia Mission and The Weight, and they really show the direction of travel towards their second album, but much of the rest of the album is a little bit too disorganised and lacking in focus for my taste. They’re obviously a talented band and the playing is, for the most part, great. But there are too many moments where they kind of end up getting a bit too wayward and drifting around in a way that I’m sure some pople enjoy, but wasn’t really tight enough to satisfy my ear. There were also moments where things just became a little too dull and uninspiring. When they land on exactly the right vibe of a track, the vocals can actually work quite well, but when thy miss that, they can end up distracting rather than complimenting the music. The last track, for example, is a really pretty little song, but the vocal just doesn’t work and actually drags the rest of the song back with it, which is a shame. Perhaps part of this is that the genre that this leans towards is not one that I particularly connect with, and the transition to a more groove and rock oriented tone on the follow up just sits a bit more sweetly in my ear, but while I enjoyed moments here, it’s not one that’s really going to stick with me. Tears Of Rage - There’s a laid back cool to this. It’s certainly full of vibe, and there are some really nice moments, but it’s perhaps a little too dragging in pace for me. It has a pretty clear structure underneath it, but it all feels a bit too unfocused over the top of that. There are moments when things all tie up together, but it all seems quite samey and a little meandering at the same time. To Kingdom Come - There’s a bit more pace to this and it’s got a bit of an old school R&B edge to it, but that's a bit dulled by the strained vocal. Again, there are moments that I like, but there’s nothing about it that really grabs me and sticks in my mind. I like the vibe, but the execution just doesn’t quite connect with me. In A Station - It’s a very twee start. This feels a bit more focused and structured in the verse and it feels like it’s building to something, but then the chorus just doesn’t deliver. I was expecting it to launch into something, but it all stays at a very similar level. Unfortunately, that just makes it a bit too drifting and dull and it never really deviates at all from that fairly middle of the road tone. Caledonia Mission - This starts off at a similar pace and feel to the previous track, but then it modulates around really nicely and actually switches up into something pretty jazzy and far more satisfying into the chorus. The lilt and groove of this also plays more into the vocal stylings of Rick Danko. There are some really solid, groovy riffs in this and there's nice variation between the different sections which evolve nicely and create the most satisfying song on the album thus far. The Weight - And now we’ve hit our stride. There’ a solid, hooky chorus, some really great playing and it feels like everyone is pulling in the same direction. There are some great moments from the piano, but everyone does a great job. It’s got a great groove and the instrumentation has a clarity that was missing on some of the earlier tracks. The structure of the group vocals are really well done too. Great track. We Can Talk - Some nice organ work to kick us off here and it’s another where things feel more focused to begin with, but we start losing focus a bit part way through. There are some nice moments with some solid hooks, but it feels a little more meandering between those sections of quality. It’s not bad, but it gets a little lost in its own journey for me. Long Black Veil - This is a bit more plodding. The structure of it is a bit more focused, but it’s not the most inspiring or exciting of songs. It has some nice enough moments, but it’s just a bit on the dull side. Another where they’re executing the idea really well, but the idea itself just doesn’t really connect with me. Chest Fever - This feels like we’re going to get something with a bit more fire to it, but it never quite delivers on that promise. It’s got a decent groove to it, but it never really lifts off n the way I’d hope. And then half way through they just start doing something a bit weird and disconnected for no reason, before returning to the theme. It actually picks up a little after that, but it in general feels a little bit unstructured and disconnected in places. The bones of something pretty good are actually in here, I think, but I don’t think it’s been fleshed out in a particularly satisfying way. Lonesome Suzie - And we’re back to something a bit more focused. It’s actually quite pretty and well put together and they stick to the theme and structure throughout. I’m not completely sold on the vocal, but it has an edge of vulnerability that works to a certain degree. A pretty decent track. This Wheel's On Fire - Another slightly muddled track. Things move pretty nicely through the verses. There’s a good groove, some great playing and a solid vibe to it, but then the chorus just… doesn’t deliver at all. The intensity drops and it’s just a bland, plodding distraction from the work that’s been done during the verses, which is really disappointing. I Shall Be Released - And it’s quite a nice track to close us out that’s not as nice as it should be because the vocal is way too strained in places. Listening to the instrumental behind it, it’s got a great vibe and is really well put together, but the vocal just distracts too much and doesn’t work at all with the delicate nature of the rest of the song. It’s a shame, but it kind of sums up my feeling about this album in general. A lot of potential, some good ideas, but the way that things are put together and executed just doesn’t really deliver on that promise.
Meh
Boring
The weight is good, Chest Fever surprised me. The rest weren't memorable.
Oh, The Weight is great, although the album overall feels very bland to me. It's definitely skillful, but just very unexciting.
Listened to it yesterday and can't remember a single thing about it.
I really don’t understand multiple inclusions from this group. You really just need to hear the Weight, and even that isn’t mind blowing. Just super well known.
2.5
Dumb name dumb album
Soulful Beatles
The Weight is solid but the rest of it all blended together for me
Can't remember. Twas nice, but eh.
Meh. Hela albumet känns som "bandet spelar än fast alla gäster har gått hem". Hade önskat bättre sång. Liten pluspoäng eftersom den musikaliska delen ändå håller nivån och inte är direkt dålig. Dvs jag kan ha på albumet i bakgrunden när jag pysslar med annat utan att vilja slita ut kontakten. 1,5/5
At the risk of offending my father: 2 stars. Doesn't appeal to me.
Too country. One good hit.
The Band invented the concept of playing music in a group back in the 1960s, where previously only solo artists had existed. The Band is called The Band because at the time they were the only band. Their debut album "The Album" featured the songs, including the singles and the b-sides. Jokes aside, these names would be quite fitting for this music, as it's perfectly inoffensive but bland and uninteresting.
It's not bad just wasn't feelin it
It takes quite some confidence to call yourselves "The Band". Especially when you make an album so bland
Finally found The Weight
Love The Weight but so much of the rest is kinda annoying voice. Maybe I'm just grumpy but just slipped down from a 3 for me given I only liked the one song I knew.
I eat lamb chops for breakfast and bees for lunch.
AI Nonce Music From Big Pink In that order.
Nothing here for me.
I know, I'm a Philistine. This would be a higher rating, but I really dislike the strangled wail that makes up 2/3 of the vocals.
“The Weight” is a classic - how many movies have had their happy ending set to this song? But the rest of this felt very monotonous (in the “monotone” sense more than the “long and tedious” sense). If you’re going to be THE Band, I need you to do more. The other standout for me would be "I Shall Be Released", but the Neil Young-esque falsetto vocals don't work for me here. For the most part, this is solid (if totally ignorable) background music.
I might've just been in the wrong mood but I found this album really unbearable. The first song is this 5 minute dirge and it completely ruins the rest of the album for me
Acknowledged classic album, but I honestly find 90% of The Band's songs a little grating due to the vocals and heavy barroom piano.
Now I've heard the album The Single came from
Take a Load Off is good the rest not so much
A little boring. Produced some songs that were absolute bangers of covers but meh.
Another The Band album, another period piece from its era. Here we have yet another case where whatever historical or musical importance the album carries has failed to translate to the modern day. Bottom line: it's acceptable, and irrelevant. Would give it a 3 on that basis, but will give 2 to offset high votes.
I can see demons enjoying this garbage. 1.5/5
Little bit boring
I’m a sucker for The Wheel but all I want now is to watch Ab Fab and have Julie Driscoll remind me how This Wheel’s on Fire is supposed to sound.
Not great at all...
The Band is a band I have wanted to dig into for some time as I have always heard great things about their music and band as they stand as somewhat of an underrated gem of their time. While I initially thought I'd be hearing their self titled album The Band by The Band, The Band's first album was actually Music from Big Pink, a much more laid back and calm Folk Rock album. The writing and instrumentation really didn't pop as much as I had hoped for a 60s Folk Rock album and instead felt like lukewarm and plain if you will. I just didn't find a whole lot to latch onto despite the fact that the music is well put together. I was quite underwhelmed here and I really hope their self titled can reel me back in as this was quite stale to me.
I love the weight only
Just bad. From the mastering to the music itself. Couldn't get myself to enjoy the melody and the music sounded flat. Not my thing.
Like a big, soft pillow. Zzzzzzz.
Nah. Dull.
Pretty dull
2/5 Whiney voices but cool rhythms at times
Found this one fine, but not really better than that. There were some good songs while others really dragged. I think it was just a little too somber on the whole for my liking. I might put this on if I wanted to take a nap or have something calm going in the background. Otherwise I don't think it really does much for me. Overall: 2.4/5
The Band is another group whose achievements and place in history I respect, even if I'm not terribly interested in listening to their music. I know "The Weight," of course, but I'd probably change the station if it came on the radio. That goes double for "I Shall Be Released." Otherwise this is...fine.
I can’t even remember this from a few hours ago. Think this says it all
eh no
Not feeling this very much, they seem to be solid musicians but I just don’t enjoy most of this. The weight, chest fever, and long black veil were standouts but I could do without the rest.
It's ok. Not really my kind of music.
i forgot what this album sounded like 2 minutes after it ended
Music by The Bland has never reached me more than one or two songs. This is not bad music, but just boring to me.
Grudging points for “The Weight” because it’s just such a part of my musical landscape growing up. One of those ubiquitous 70’s rock tunes. The rest, unsurprisingly, was technically proficient with a sound that does nothing for me at best. At worst, I want it to end. Two stars
Ikkje så nice
p150. 1968. 2 stars. Average band with average songs plays as backing group for Dylan and gets famous. Not much to like here - mostly rock/folk noodling with no tunes, thin whiny vocals, and they manage to fek up all of the Dylan contributions. Saved from 1 star by "The Weight".
Another 60s album, just not into it. There are some nice blues elements, but the mix of rock, folk and country just doesn't please my sound holes. 2.
Not bad but I just don't really like the singing...certainly not for a full album but that's a matter of personal tatste...
couple good ones
Sounds like Van the Man, not in a bad way
The Band? More like they can go pound sand. Ok, the album wasn't bad, but kinda bland. It didn't make me feel that grand.
Meh
ugh. the trend when male vocalists had to sound like they are in agony to have gravitas. Fortunately, the vocals are drowned out by the keys, so there is that.
This is not what it has been hyped up to be.
Overrated
Still the best band name
A couple of the songs weren't bad, but what is with this list and shoving singers that can't sing at us?
I have a hard time finding anything to care about here. It bugs me way more than it should that the vocals are always, yet inconsistently off with each other. Sounds like they're singing karaoke but the bouncing ball over the lyrics broke.
Nah. Reminded me of being high on lousy hash as a teen.
It's pretty decent vibes, but none of the songs really go further than that for me.
My dad has informed me that stoners in the 60s were absolutely vibing to this and I should probably smoke a joint before listening. I understand that some people probably enjoy this. I was bored and thinking about how glad I was that we left this stuff in the 60s.
I hate doing this to such a respected album in the Canon, but I have never really been able to figure out why it gets the praise it does. If you listen to their work with Bob Dylan I feel like that is proof they are amazing in collabs but I don't think they are anything special on their own. The album is too long and in my opinion, lacks variety.
Ok, so clearly at this point EVERYTHING or almost everything is a JoJo reference, here we have another (No. 2 to be precise). This album gets me in a mood where I feel I’m in a old bar and it’s late at nite. I’m drowning my sorrows in a bottle and I’m ready to go home and sleep all by myself
I didn’t expect to like this…and I didn’t. Having said that, I don’t mind “The Weight” & “This Wheel’s On Fire”. Funnily enough, I liked the first outtake song after the regular album just about more than all the other songs! “Yazoo Street Scandal” It’s definitely better than Springsteen.
The last song being I shall be released is fitting because I was released from listening to mid after it.
I know I’m supposed to like The Band but I’m very bored by this. Yawn … now I’m reminded why I’ve never gotten into these guys after being exposed to them over and over through the years. Boring.
I appreciate the significance, still don’t like it. Despite revisiting it every few years to check if I’m missing something.
otro que no me convenció, aunque es verdad lo escuche muy por arriba
Buen estilo hippie pero muy apagado para mi 5.3/10
I know people love these guys, but I had a hard time connecting with this one.
I just don’t get it. What is all the hullabaloo about this band? I know there is supposed to be an amazing documentary about one of their performances, but other than that…meh.
I want to like this more than I do. "The Weight" is timeless though.
Forgettable
This just didn’t do anything for me. Not having a lot of patience for this sort of thing today, although I could certainly find things to like about it on another day. 2-3
These guys are great at playing instruments but not at writing songs. If you’ve heard one song by them, you’ve heard them all.
why does the lead vocalist sound on the verge of tears??? I like The Weight but otherwise, meh.
Sleeper. 2/5
I can't stress how much most of this isn't doing a darn thing for me. I think a lot of it is the singing. I do appreciate The Weight as a classic rock song with a good blues groove. But the rest of the album has given me a headache. Oh hey a cover of Long Black Veil! That's a good song.
Apart from the weight, really bland.
Not really my thing. Fave song: Chest Fever
It’s okay.
didn't do much for me, kinda bland ngl
Finally found the font of middle-aged man songs from my youth
It's too funeral like to me.
The Weight is such a great song, but the rest was very mid.
Irony of how hard this album is carried by the Weight
It was alright
I'm sorry, but this is just not my kind of music. Well made though. 41/100
Okay but not nliw my socks off.
I liked Chest Fever but wasn’t a fan of the rest
Was fine.
The songs on this album mostly consist of rambling melodies over nondescript chords, gussied up with fake Americana. Only "In A Station" and "Chest Fever" provide any spark of surprise.
I've been listening to music all of my life, and of course I've heard The Band. I've never listened to The Band except for what I've heard in the background. I was never a fan. I listened to this record - for a few turns on each song... couldn't get past the fourth or fifth. Not The Band for me.
I shall be released . . . from listening to this dogshit album. One bonus star for that one song that has the organ bit that's been used in a lot of movies.
This is one of those bands I never got.
It’s a forgettable listen that didn’t leave a lasting impression.
Het is voornamelijk vrolijke muziek, weinig op aan te merken, maar ook niet speciaal.. de rustige nummers vind ik wat tragisch en voel er weinig bij.
It's not for me
I understand it was influential, but this was pretty uninteresting outside of 1 song.
Alright rock I suppose, but much slower music than I expected. Even one song I was already familiar with didn't save that I got voted with the album, ready for it to end
Kind of irritating to listen to.
Meh
Meh