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Trommer e jo kult det og litt offbeat synging e jo sjarmerane:) Ekje det eg ville satt på uten videre, men kanskje Emilie ville ha satt det på? Litt kult at det e et så gammalt album! Føle åg dette albumet e tatt med kun for mangfoldet... Tror det finnes mange mye bedre album innen samme sjanger. Beste sang: El Cumbanchero
Ei ole mulle
Relentless percussion and very repetitive singing/chanting. Almost nothing about this worked for me
uh.
A couple of the later tracks with guitar were tolerable, but overall, no. 1.5 rounded down.
Unless you're about to indulge on an Aztec tribe's mating ritual, this album is worthless.
Nope, Nope, Nope! Surely a better album than this could have been found.
I don't think I needed to hear this before I died. It was just the same bongo beat throughout the whole album. I can still hear it now, and I finished listening to this over an hour ago. Another one that is a contender for me to use to torture someone.
I've been putting this album off for about two thirds of a year, finally got past the first two tracks after the initial attempts. I'm glad I've listened to it, just so it's off my unrated list.
This was not my jam lol I’m just not into drums like that I don’t think
Awful tuneless nonsense
Don't understand it
Not for me
Not my thing, I think.
This offers me nothing.
Not for me.
Lacking English words.
If this was not world music there would n o way this would be included very basic drum and group singing with no great harmonies, melody or rhythm.
la mezcla latina mejor 😝
Gave it a go but gave up after a tortuous 10 minutes, not for me I am afraid!
Obnoxious ass-cheap Cuban commercial music. Definitely could've gone my whole lifetime without hearing about it.
That's sacrilegious!
i don’t know, bongo rock got five stars and this gets one, everything doesn’t have to make sense
got tedious very very quickly
Eh. This is out there. It's old. It's culturally distant from me. I can't really relate.
I tried to listen to it but it was a bit irritating after 5 songs so I skipped through the rest. I know there's an audience out there for this, it's just not in my wheelhouse and I would have been perfectly fine dying without ever having heard it. No song structure at times, just yelling and banging, it could have been recorded in someone's backyard. It has scant listens since 1957, not sure how this makes the list since it's barely popular with the congo crowd. 1.5 stars.
Nothing here for me.
All I ask is why? Am I being punked? This isn’t music, just repetitive noise!
I couldn’t even get through this album.
Congrats on discovering drums I guess. Maybe y'all should have spent a bit more time experimenting before releasing this album.
I hated this. Definitely not for me. It caused a deep anger to surface from my soul that hung in my heart until I skipped each song. I was not natured nor nurtured for bongos.
Really wanted to like this as a sparse example of non-western music on the list. However, it’s just not up to it. 6 minutes of percussion not really my thing.
If I get some of my pals together and get us to hit something for 40 minutes then is it essential listening before death? Didn’t think so.
I found it very hard to get in a groove to as it is very unlike music I've ever heard before. I would rather listen to the Chrono Trigger song Burn Bobonga!
No Polymath
Couldn’t wait for this to be over. Repetitive 1001 album worthy: No - 60/110
Not bad but not something I would return to.
Due to cultural incometance I have failed on this one. My music blindness means I cannot formuate an opinion. Fail.
Dios mio. This might be the most interesting and culturally resonant piece of shit I've ever listened to. I begged the bongos (congas??) to stop one minute into a six minute solo. When the guitar arrived I pleaded for the bongos (????) once more. Not enough ayahuasca, 1 star.
It's just drums. Hmm. I don't know how anyone can just sit and listen to that. I always thought being in a drum circle was the worst kind of torture.
Whew... I can finally stop worrying that rumba was going to be unfairly underrepresented on this list...
¡batería! me duele el culo por todos los golpes!
Just can't do it. Too instrumental.
No way
Can’t stand this so I’m quitting one track in
I get it — Palo Congo is supposed to be important in the history of Latin music. That’s cool. But that doesn’t mean I have to enjoy sitting through it. This album is basically one long drum circle with someone yelling over it, and after a few tracks, it starts to feel more like a test of patience than a musical experience. “Billumba-Palo Congo” was especially rough — chaotic without being interesting, and way too repetitive. I kept waiting for it to click, but it never did. It just kept going... and going... like someone left a bongo on loop. That said, “Rhapsodia del Maravilloso” was a bright spot. It had some real rhythm and energy that stood out from the rest. But one decent track can’t save an album that feels more like background noise for a cultural anthropology lecture than something I’d willingly listen to again.
Throbbing jungle ethnic music Not in a good way. This album is stupid, its lobby music while you're checking into a mid 3 star Cuban resort you grabbed through an Expedia Black Friday sale. If you're going to include shit like this on this list why not also include Polka or Yodelling albums, or some swarthy Med playing bouzouki.
You can actually see this show live now - and it’s free! Walk your way to the closest downtown area, any downtown area should do, and listen for the noise. You’ll know it when you hear it. Eventually you’ll come upon the band. The one guy playing the 5 gallon bucket, maybe two of them if he had enough tips the previous day, and then the guy with the rollerblades and strapped on guitar amp. That’s them! Or the ghost of them. Toss them a five and they’ll play your favorite track, but who can pick just one?
could i write poetry to this? n
Sounded like the parking lot at a Phish show.
A group of people playing instruments and chanting with no regard for what the others are chanting and playing. If that's what poly rhythmic means, I'll stick with just the one rhythm, thank you.
So destructively boring that it made me genuinely upset at multiple points as some of the worst vocalists ever yell in my ear while insipid drumming completely fails to deliver a funky or groovy experience. The only saving grace is the guitar playing, but it is still generic and, often times, lacking. Is it jazzy? Fun? I don't know, I seemingly clocked out early about halfway through, and I couldn't be bothered to once again interact with anything here.
One of the few albums I couldn't make it all the way through. Huge jazz fan, this was simply boring, repetitive, and mostly annoying
Blind album and artist. I'm not even sure what these songs are about or the purpose of them. I wish I could but I clearly the message and the album was a bit repetitive and dragged. Very straight forward and not a lot of interest from me.
Holy fuck this wants me to put a bullet in my head. Just some cunt yelling over constant drums, yeah sick man. I have a theory JFK was hesitant on authorising the Bay of Pigs invasion until he heard this atrocious piece of shit. And 62 years later I am had my own battle with trying to finish this record without un-aliving myself.
This might have been interesting live, but there is almost nothing about this that works as recorded music.
I mean, if i passed away and i hadnt heard this album before, i wouldnt be turning over in my grave thats for sure. Theres plenty of comments about too many indie bands but id take that over this. Hell, id take hip hop and rap over this. I mean its good to hear different styles or music from different countries but id honestly love to know why this is on the list. I think spotify has these guys down with 2k monthly listeners. Wikipedia isnt even complete. Thats when you know something aint right. Some decent melodies and mad congo skillz. but damn, i thought i had nearly finished the album and i was only starting the third track!!!
Just not my cup of tea. Thought it might be a jazz album, but it really is drum and chant music. Early precursor to world music maybe.
I will never ever think about this record again, and if you ask me if I'd listened to it before, I'd have to double check if I had. Fairly shite
Not a huge fan
Am i missing something? It's literally just repetitive percussion over grating vocals. It's groovy sometimes, but an entire album of this? Just annoying to listen to.
Ei vittu vaan pysty. Kyllä tämä on jo paskuudessaan kuninkuusluokan kamaa. El cumbancheroa jaksoi kuunnella n. 2min ja siihen loppui mielenkiinto. On paskaa, aidosti paskaa.
How many congas players are too many? On Palo Congo there are 5, so the answer is somewhere lower than that.
I don't understand why this is on the list. 40 minutes of mundane congas mixed with redundant chanting. I've legitimately heard better versions of this at weddings or restaurants. Hard pass. 0.5 stars
Один мужик играет на барабане. Иногда он что-то выкрикивает. Остальные выкрикивают то же самое с задержкой в такт. Буэно ноче. Буэно ноче. Буэно диа. Буэно диа. Йойо! Сэньйо. Йойо! Сэньйо.
This is probably culturally brilliant, especially for something released in 1957 but it just gave me a headache and was far too repetitive - one of my pet peeves. Kinda felt like I was listening to some street performers in the middle of town and hating every minute of it
Incessant conga drums, off key yelling, metallic banging, repetitive call and response, and the random whistles. None of this was remotely enjoyable.
This is a style of music that ideas can be taken from and cool music can be made. But it in its raw form for an entire album? No thanks. It's awful.
Two songs in, I had very little drive to finish this, and after it was over, no inclination to ever hear it again. If Palo Congo is "important", respectfully, I don't have any desire to understand why. There's already more music available to be heard than a person can listen to in one lifetime.
Really not my thing
As an instrument the conga does not have a lot of variety, I suspect. There is only so much you can do, and after a while listening to it (say 2 to 3 minutes) becomes tiresome
Whilst I appreciate the longevity of this album and its inclusion in the must listen to album list, I have to say I failed to appreciate it. It seemed very repetitive and all I picked up on was the constant beating of the conga drumming. It reminded me of jungle tribal music and whilst I am aware of the cultural meaning that surrounds this type of music, it really wasn't for me so I am voting purely on my listening experience.
No
talented with the rhythms, pretty much unlistenable if not interested in listening to the same music for 40 minutes
To summarise this album: bongo solos and shouting in spanish. My first thought was "do they allways need one person who sings of key?" But then i realise that it's probably a cultural acceptance of that note interval. But as a non spanish speaking person it sounds flat.
(in spanish), impressive rhythm
It’s fun for a track But a whole album of this - no thanks
I DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO ANY MORE CONGOS
a bit too one dimensional for me
My friend has this CD. We never listened to it though. It is all of the same palate. Boring after the first tumbao or so. Is it historically significant? One star
Too tribal for me.
You will like this if you are a hardcore Congo drum fan I guess.
This makes me want to palm somebody's face repeatedly like a bongo
Och vem gillar det här?
Not for me.
Not my cup of tea. Grade: 1/5
Listened Before? N MEH. Not my style. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: El Cumbanchero
I'm sure this was the shit in 1950s Cuba, but I find nothing noteworthy here.
Mischung aus Latin, Jazz und afrikanischer Folklore. Interessant als Hintergrundmusik zu Zigarren und Rum in einer karibischen Bar. Ingesamt aber nicht meine Welt.
This might be the worst of the world albums on this list and that's saying something.
Not for me at all
Whole lot of conga drumming. Not much there to redeem this one for me. I liked when the whistle was used. Not really sure how this is essential to the history of popular music.
Un album minable de la part de ce groupe d'indigènes et de leurs tambours, est ce que tu te fous de notre gueule Robert ???
Not for me
apenas ruim, credo
Apesar de america latina, conga não chegou muito no Brasil, tenho zero costume com esse tipo de música e não consigo me divertir como deve ser pra alguém que cresceu ouvindo isso, já que é bem dançante
What the heck... this is the rhythm, this is not music
come off it
Terrible
I could see this being fun live, as a record it just falls flat. Will I listen to again: 0%
There was quite a lot of bongo in this Congo
De conga's krijgen een flink pak rammel. Je waant je zowel in Zuid-Amerika als diep in Afrika dankzij de Spaanstalige call en response actie. Een fijne reis is het echter niet. Hoe de zang en instrumenten lomp gepanned worden in m'n headset is ook bloedvervelend. De hoofd-dorpsgek tettert vol in je linker oor, de rest van de instelling antwoord schreeuwend terug via je rechteroor. Heel af en toe wordt er een keer van kant gewisseld, maar het is altijd of links, of rechts. Alsof je in Spanje in de trein naar de huishoudbeurs zit. Een verjaardag met teveel kinderen. De Decathlon op zaterdag. Een muziekworkshop met de begeleid-wonen-groep. Jazz waarbij de muzikanten als kind in een ketel met paëlla zijn gevallen. Bij track 4 'Asabache' word je heel even in hypnose getrommeld om te beginnen aan de ayahuasca ceremonie maar die mondt bij track 5 'Simba' al heel gauw uit in een nachtmerrie van een slechte trip, wanneer de medicijnman nogal fel schreeuwend z'n opwachting maakt. Ze pakken er een scheidsrechtersfluit bij, bakstenen worden in rap tempo met een metalen troffel op maat geslagen, indianengeluiden, geluiden die je als witte man in een voetbalstadion nooit zou moeten maken. Het is wel een ervaring en ik kan er de grap wel van inzien, maar wat kut eigenlijk.
Really boring songs. Lengthy and repetitive instrumentals. No good singer. Some songs were pure instrumentals.
Every instrument was playing a different song, and they were playing it for as long as possible. When there was the rare moment of synchronization, it was ruined by not-quite-singing-not-quite-yelling.
Fr? Album came out in 1957 and I tried to put it in perspective, but I couldn’t get into it. The rhythms were nice to zone out to at times while working, but then an oddly place yell would just pull me right out of focus. I understand music was not as easily accessible back then but I would much rather listen to Elvis or chuck berry or maybe even my dryer running instead of this if I was alive in 1957.
Blind album and artist. World music ain't for me. Has some catchy parts but could not get through it.
Another listener walked so that I can run: “ Look, I'll be the first to admit that I probably just don't "get" this. But the plain fact was this was painful to listen to. It's repetitive noise. You would have to be just REALLY into conga drums to love this album. There's a 6 minute track that's NOTHING BUT CONGAS. And the next one is a 4 minute track of MOSTLY congas broken up by random yells and loud samba whistles. On the tracks where there ARE vocals, they're off-key shrieks accompanied by extraordinarily shrill "harmonies" (if you can call them that). It's. The. WORST. Hands down. Listening to this album makes me angry.” If you have made it this far, i actually enjoyed two songs as added them.
Dull, repetitive and lacks anything interesting
Maybe if I hadn't listened on headphones this could have been tolerable, but the hard panning made me wish I didn't have ears. Why is the bass so horrendous?
What possible contribution to music could this have possibly given to make this a 'must listen' album? I imagine the person making the list must have been smoking something very good to give this anything other than a 1 star. It's albums like this that make me want to trash the idea of finishing this project.
Not a fan of being shouted at in Spanish in the morning. I didn't enjoy this album at all.
1,5
I don’t think I’m the target audience.
There are some tracks that show promise... where there are congos, maybe some basic vocalizing and additional rhythm that gives some diversity. But then it just delves way too deep until calls/cries, monotone bongo only rhythms, and kitchen sink type sound contributions. Happy to not listen to this again.
Not my cup of tea, sadly. Had interesting call and response parts, though.
Since listening I have seen reviews saying you shouldn't listen to this in headphones, and that's what I did, so maybe it's because of that, but this album made me all kinds of miserable. I usually am a large lover of Congo's but this album did not speak to me on any level. I am sorry sabu
Constant sound of bongos. It's like sitting in Covent Garden on a Saturday. After a while all you hear is bongo bongo bongo. Bongos are great, in moderation. I was going to give it two stars, on the grounds that at least I can listen to it but, I'm afraid, I really can't. I made it through by mentally blocking the noise out.
This is the kind of pretentious selection that gives music critics a bad name.
For me no Jazz anymore…
Album loves its bongos but i hate the singing and it’s a bit boring.
Not for me. I wanted a song like Cuban Pete from the mask but nothing of the sort.
This was a straight congo album. Some of the tracks had some cool intros, but I got bored within 30 seconds of each track. All tracks are pretty much the same, just congos and maybe a cool beat for 20 seconds. Idk how people enjoy 40 straight minutes of this. Stale 1/10
Just not my thing
Not for me
Forty straight minutes of bongos. I am sure this had a big influence on conga lines and Carnival festivals. It is better than other albums that got a one on this list but it is not really a 2. I will round down.
p33. 1957. 1 star Dreadfully dated, and outstayed its welcome very quickly. Might be influential but not my thing.
Couldn't even make it to the end.
That's a NO for me.
Didn't like this one at all.
didn’t totally finish but will go back to this one. it’s been s
MIDDDDDD
The whistle, the bongos, the off key vocals... Everything is terrible in this album. I have absolutely no idea how it got here and I honestly don't want to know.
Not a big conga guy lol
No thanks. Old School salsa. Nothing wrong with that, but find the percussion element too dominant. Result is a lot of energy, but as well very stressed.
Je vois mal la pertinence de cet album dans cette liste. Surtout à cause de ce qu’on y trouve en général, mais aussi à cause de l’intérêt de celui-ci. On a plus l’impression d’un jam que d’une production musicale.
Je trouve intéressant d'avoir un album de cette année là. Il y a aussi peu d'album de musique latine. Par contre, ce n'est pas si bon ni si extraordinaire malgré certains bons moments. Sûrement qu'il y avait d'autres albums de cette époque qui auraient plus mérités d'être présentés ici.
Did not care for this.
Wikipedia says this genre is called Cuban Rumba. Can’t argue with that; it certainly is.
This probably had its time, but by now the album is very thin. The first song had me bumping, but the vibe quickly dissipated. Highlight: 1.
Did absolutely nothing for me.
Trommels en geschreeuw, ik word er nerveus van
Dit was vast prachtig toen het uitkwam in 1957, maar nu is het niet meer door te komen.
Hier ben ik echt niet voor in de stemming. Klinkt allemaal hetzelfde.
Dit was zenuwslopend! Heb er alleen maar wat doorheen geskipt want het was echt niet te harden.
Oef. Ik hou van de Spaanse taal maar dit is ronduit afschuwelijk. M'n neuroses zijn aangewakkerd.
Jedino bih mogao slušati da je u filmu nekom u pozadini. Ovako mi ništa ne znači. Previše bubnjeva za razliku od gitare kao što je u Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso - jedina prolazna stvar.
nope nope
This is something I would love to experienced in person. Just filled with alcohol and drugs dancing next to my partner late into the night. Would have been super fucking sweet. However, That's not what this is though. Maybe I've missed something, I realize there is probably some skill within the drums. But I don't super like this one at all. Felt like a headache. Maybe it's the age, the shrieking, the bad mixing. I don't know but it doesn't work for me.
Interesting, not really clickin’ though, drums are cool, very lively. Not for me
Really didnt like.....
Nope
Fuck off
A few bits are OK but mainly rubbish
Ich dachte, ich würde dieses Album gut finden. Tatsächlich finde ich es furchtbar. Bitte gerne nie wieder.
not a fan
More like a bongo jam session with some call and response shouting than an actual album. Not enjoyable at all.
Another awful album
not for me
Wasn't able to listen to all the songs. Really not a fan of it
No
Not for me
It was originally a 2, but on listening to it a second time I really hated the second track and I just found it was all background and not super engaging.
It was interesting and different and it's nice to see things like this on the list. Unfortunately it took only about two tracks before it started to give me a headache. I made it through the whole thing, just out of curiosity, but my brain didn't like it at all.
Had a go at a few tracks. I'm sure it's an important record in its genre but... would I ever choose to listen to it? No.
i didint lisin tu tis ablum cuz i don wannu