Reviews (page 6 of 6)
Two 1-star albums in a row--woof!
About 100 albums in, I have come to dislike double albums and the overrepresentation of Anglo-Saxon rock bands from 1966 until 1986 or so. After listening to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for 1,5 hours, I’ll only ever complain about double albums again.
Not available on Apple Music
what the fuck
Ei ymmärrystä kielestä ja ei muutenkaan osunut itselle.
Appreciate the non-English language music, didn't appreciate this. Just not very interesting and quite long. Didn't find it nearly as hypnotic as others seem to have.
That’s a bit too Middle Eastern for my taste. I usually hear music like that coming from the overpowered show-off cars of our little friends from Asia Minor in the inner-city ghettos. And even there, I don’t enjoy it. 1/5
Never!
¿Qué mierda es esto?
I don’t wanna listen to normal Paul Simon, let alone Pakistani Paul Simon
I guess this album has deep significance for the right audience but I am not part of that audience.
No thanks. No offense, but not really very interesting at all.
No idea why this is on the list
DNL
Listened Before? N NAH. Added to Library? N
Actually not as bad as I thought, but not something I’d ever listen to again
Shite.
Not for me
No thanks. I did give it a go though...
Honestly quite listenable in a rhythmic way, but it was a bit of a marathon listening to both discs. Would be decent for work or something but can't justify a 2
Yeah this is another scenario where I can appreciate the relevance and its place on the list but the music is just not for me. Nothing about this is bad per se but I just don’t get it and won’t be returning again (1/5)
Did me nut in. Bailed after the first track.
Hard to find and not for me.
Just listened to the first one, and immediately understood I wouldn't be able to go all the way.
This was such a slog for me. It would have been fine as an instrumental, but the vocalization drove me up a wall. I was counting the minutes until it finished. The last song of the album was my favorite, but that’s not saying much.
It's just not for me
I would have never listened to this under any other circumstances. To be honest I didn't hate it or really have any negative feelings towards it. It just isn't something I'm ever going to listen to again, I do appreciate it from an educational standpoint though. Playlist track: Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bachae
Interesting but repetitive
Nope I listened to thirty seconds of the first song and skipped through other songs just no I have nothing against this kind of music I just can stand it
That was a musical journey. And one I don't think I will take again.
Look kinda hiphopie. Uhm i tried buttuh i don’t like it😣
Tbh I didn’t even listen to the whole thing. Couldn’t get through it but also didn’t try
p701. 1992. 1 star. Token nod to World Music for the list. I think I heard this as background music in a curry house in Stoke. The food was good, the music less so. Would not listen to it again.
Sometimes interesting. I cannot enjoy, though. He worships a dead god.
Nah
Pues no sé si debo votar, porque no tengo ni idea de si me gusta o no. No tengo la menor formación musical para opinar sobre estos estilos. Supongo que será de puta madre, pero yo he sido incapaz de distinguir una canción de otra. La portada es muy bonita, eso sí.
Devotion
I'm certain there's a cultural piece that I'm missing limiting my potential enjoyment of this album, but it really is not that musically interesting at all. Feels like the same melody and vocalizations for the entire runtime
I do not care for this style of music and the fact he has way too many albums actively annoys me.
26.500.000 flytninger til én af numrene. Tænk at så mange kan tage så meget fejl. Jeg vil hellere høre indiske cover versioner af julenumre hele december, end at lytte til det her album igen.
Det ligger så langt væk fra mine musikalske referencepunkter at jeg hverken kan vurdere eller påskønne det
There were a few vocal parts that were cool and it’s interesting how the songs continuously kept tension over several minutes. It’s always a nice change of pace to remember how big the musical world is but I didn’t get much out of this. Rating: 1.4
Wrong culture, not for me.
I hope to never listen to this again but I’m glad I got the opportunity to listen, if that makes sense? Not for me but I acknowledge the vocal skill.
Det ligger helt utanför min kompetens att bedöma kvaliteten på det här. Det kanske är svinbra i sin genre, vad vet jag. Men eftersom musiklyssning är en subjektiv vetenskap kan jag bara gå på min känsla. Och jag tycker det här är vedervärdigt att lyssna på.
Det verkar ha getts ut ett par hundra album med Nusrat per år från början av 70-talet och fram till idag. Imponerande med tanke på att han dog 1997. Allt som killen sjungit in ges tydligen ut. 2012 gavs albumet Immortal ut. Samma år gavs Immortal vol. 135 ut. Gjorde misstaget att lyssna på disc 1 via Spotifylänken. Men efter att ha lyssnat på disc 2 upptäcker jag att det inte spelade någon roll för betyget. Pakistansk religös folkmusik. Inte min genre. Jag tror inte att jag hade uppskattat låtarna även om jag förstått punjabi.
Not on Apple Music
Nah
Today I learned that this exists.
I really enjoy digging deep into ‘global’ music, or whatever the most appropriate term is. There’s so much incredible music out there, it seems a shame to restrict yourself to what are essentially variations if the same thing. Not this though. Definitely not this.
I want to forget.
This was a lot, both in the literal time sense but also in the sense-battering intensity side of things too. An hour and a half of this is a lot to ask of me. I managed ten of the twelve tracks before i just couldn't take any more. I don't fell like I would have been missing anything from the final 2? But it saved me 14 minutes of challenge.
Hate to say it but just too monotonous. I usually go 3 stars automatically for world records but i gotta swerve with this one. Basically unlistenable
Orrible.
Exactly the same as every one of these sort of albums.
point9.
Wish I could give this zero, absolutely miserable.
I know I'm more than likely missing some cultural context for this, but I didn't take anything away from listening to this.
perdón pero no
Not for me.
Sonically, this album is decent. Vocally, it is not. The singer has some interesting vocalizations and tones, but it’s just not pleasing to my ear overall. I found that I enjoyed the intros to a couple of the songs most of all. I’m glad I listened to it, as I’m always looking to broaden my musical horizons. This one just wasn’t my cup of tea.
No me interesa para nada este sonido.
This is not for me.
I feel like I'm so brainwashed by Western music that I can't truly appreciate this.
I have no idea if this is good or not. I listened to less than 30 seconds. Extremely not my jam. Is it important? Probably, maybe. But I'm not gonna find out. I wish I could be more open minded about this but it's not where my head is right now.
Not interested at all
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is this?
Not my cup of tea
Not my cup of tea
I really wasn't feeling it.
This is neither my cup of tea nor my cup of coffee. It became boring very quickly. I'm glad to have it behind me and won't have to listen to it again.
Don't have it on apple music
Now I think I like 'foreign' music more than the next man but this album was annoying as f**k. Sorry not sorry.
Headache inducing. Instrumentals were good at points but I would never listen to this again unless to troll someone
Nope…
I listened to one song and skimmed a few others. I feel like I get it.
I’m devoted to my wife and kids. I will not play this for them.
Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan took me far outside my musical comfort zone. I found it challenging to locate the album, and even more difficult to engage with the music itself. While I recognize that the purpose of this challenge is to broaden horizons through exposure to different languages, cultures, and musical styles, this particular genre didn’t resonate with me. That said, I appreciate the opportunity to explore something so deeply rooted in tradition and spirituality, even if it wasn’t to my taste.
Not very good.
Sorry for being narrowminded and uncultured, but I didn’t like listening to this at all
Mujahideen album.
Just really not my thing
Nope
Awful
This is just so far from what I'm used to listening to. I'd have to give this one more time
No. Just no. It took two songs, that basically sounded exactly the same and then I was done.
meh
Interesting to listen to but really not my sort of thing at all.
WTF?! 🤬
Not it
Shout out to the guy whose review pointed out the Spotify link takes you to a double album. The only way I could find the actual Devotional Songs album was by googling "Devotional Songs Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Spotify". Saves you 45 minutes. I enjoyed just a single song from this slog of an album. It was "Yaad-E-Nabi Guishan Mehka" and I think it's because it didn't sound exactly the same as the other songs which could honestly be a single song for all I know. However, that one song can't make up for how bored I was listening to the rest of it. Maybe if I understood Urdu/Punjabi, I could appreciate it more at least just for the lyrics but that's not something I'm prepared to do at the moment.
Not for me 1/5
This just isn't for me.
Mumba-Yumba
probably won't listen again, but it was good focus music for a work session
Sorry, just not for me.
Nope
No me gusto
awful
Probably a cultural thing but I did not enjoy this album. Probably just not used to this music and it was 1.5 hours which is too dang long!
I respect the vocal talent but this was definitely not for me
The first album in I year I could not finish. I dislike country, I dislike pop but I definitvely hate chanting. Nonchanting religpus albim belongs in any top whatever list. They all suck. gave it one cause I coamt rate it 0
Can’t stand this music
not for me repetitive as hell annoying NNN
God, kill me now...
Not for me.
I don’t feel qualified to judge this one. I don't like the music. Like Ravi Shankar’s sitar, it’s like fingernails on a blackboard to my ears but who knows? Maybe he’s a genius.
Didn’t listen - not available
Garbage.
The music has a nice swing to it at times but I just can’t stand the vocal tone. No way I’m I doing 90mins of this.
Not for me. 1/5
This music …. This is not my kind of music
What!?
Islamic Devotional Songs? I cannot believe this idol worshiping, pagan farce is on this list. If I had to torture someone for exactly 1.5 hours I would simply play them this album.
Just nope. Tedious music. I’m not the target audience.
The only album in this projects I far that I couldn’t finish. They just pick one best and repeat it for like 8 minutes. So bad.
Cannot go past 1st track.
Meh. Devotional songs are lost on me.
Not for me
Can appreciate different music and culture but not an album I would listen to.
Blind album and artist. Not for me. Don't underside it at all...
Nahhhhhh not my thing at all
There were a few songs that I thought were gonna break into that sweet Slumdog Millionaire-type jam, but then didn’t. I get it: this man had what is considered to be one of the best voices in the history of humanity. I’m just not a fan of Qawwali music. Sorry not sorry.
While listenable, this isn't something I want to listen to. At all.
Couldn’t get into this one
I'm at a loss as to how I am to listen to this with no sources for streaming.
I disagree
Songs about the evil man in the sky...
Horse shit
It’s cool he loves God but he should devote some of his time writing better songs.
Звучит очень хорошо и впечатляюще, но я просто очень сильно не люблю вот эти мидл ист мотивы - и этот альбом, несмотря на всю вот эту технику, ничего в моих глазах (ушах) не меняет. Лучшая песня - Haq ali ali haq.
Quite the departure from yesterday. We will see how much of this I can get through. Made it through the first album. Whatever.
This music gave me anxiety. No bueno
Just not my taste
well...
I wouldn't go out of my way to find this kind of thing. Thats the review
Wait a second, I'm like 85% positive I've already had this one. Curse you Mandela, you dimensional warlock, and your Effect! Doesn't have a Wikipedia article, but Discogs says that only the first 6 songs were on the original release, so that's what I'm going to listen to, because I'd rather pour molten slag down my urethra than listen to this kind of music for 90 minutes. Yeah it was exactly what I expected it would be. Appreciate the attempt at diversification, but I guess South Asian music just isn't something my ears were built for. I feel bad, but I quite literally got 0 enjoyment from this, so I gotta hit it with the 1/5.
Fine. Until he starts singing ...
no
90 minutes of wailing. Yoko Ono must be a fan.
There was a moment where I thought "Oh, it's started replaying from the start. Thank god that was such a short album." just to see that I was only halfway through Every song sounds the exact same and I didn't like any of them.
World seems to sound discordant and a bit droning. Also: Not available at any streaming service.
I have no idea what he is going on about. To my ears, just a loaf of whaling and twanging.
One track stretched into a double album. Good to hear something different but way too long. Half of this would have been twice too long
Not much to say here, couldn't get into it
Definitely nope
most songs sounded the same…. that sound you ask? dog meat
Rachel songs. Música do Paquistão.
No vá.
Yeah, I tried... I really did. This gave me anxiety.
I'm certain this is very nice for someone, but that someone is not me.
not for me.
Note before starting the album: This man has the most albums I've ever seen on Spotify. I must have scrolled past over a hundred to find this? This one is too far away from my usual listenings. It felt like the beginning of every song had a unique funky section, then they would all turn into approximately the same song again? I more than likely just don't have the palette for this at all. I'm forced to do something I've never done before. This album gets a 2/10 from me.
Different at least, but also super random on this list
This type of music sounds discordant and a bit droning. Listened and tried to appreciate, but didn't.
Enjoyed the instrumentals not the singing.
Qawwali. Una tortura. Un 1.
It's cool to hear something I otherwise would have never listened to, however, this will be the only time I listen to it. It's just not for me.
Pretty inaccessible
Fair play to the man who has 125 albums and holds a Guinness World Record for it. Let’s just say, this wasn’t for me.
Bronze age ***post
Not my type and language
Not for me.
Bullshit
I like to think I'm really open to different sounds from around the world but that was mostly fuckin annoying, jesus
Not really my genre
If I knew what they were saying in English, then it would be better. They also only use the title as the only words in the song. It gets to a point where it’s just the same thing.
I suppose that is another part of history of music but It's not for me, I didn't like it.
yo i'm atheist
Def not it.. Do not like this music at all and this album settles that debate for good.
did not attempt
shite!
I almost made it through 4 songs. It sounds so repetitive and twangy.
Not for me
Me (glancing at the title): Love & Devotion, sweet, ready for some Depeche Mode, feeling that... Well, ladies and gentlemen, it was not Depeche Mode, not even close, not even the same continent, and that disappointment soured this listening instantly. *Sigh* So yeah, Islamic Devotional singing isn't for me even with my initial disappointment. But I applaud the attempt to break away from the western anglicized norm (though I have had French and German music tossed my way already) and throw in something that's pretty much guaranteed to give you a strong reaction one way or the other. This is my first 1 star, but it is more a solitary star for my personal ignorance.
All the songs sounded the same. Kind of stereotypical for Indian music
He seems to release an album every other day, but this one was impossible to find. Not my thing
Vadhā'ī'āṁ, tusīṁ isa vāka dā anuvāda kītā hai. Iha uha sagīta hai jō sōnika aiḍavain̄cara vica madara padhara'tē caladā hai. Ādamī, jē maiṁ madha pūrabī hudā tāṁ maiṁ isa samēṁ jaimina hudā para maiṁ nahīṁ hāṁ. 2/10
Nope.
Qawwali. Una tortura. Un 1.
Couldn't do it. Yesterday was not the day for pakistani music. I can tell he is an talented vocalist though
It might be a cultural thing, but I can't enjoy this.
Really not my thing
paskaa
it's just not for me
The instrumentation is nice but it’s difficult to find a space for it for your everyday listening experience if you’re not a cultural buff.
What is this?
I did not like this. At all. Wanted to turn it off a lot.
Couldn’t wait for it to end.
Not for me
Ehhh…I think I’ll settle on I don’t know art, but I know what i like and this wasn’t for me.
please for the love of allah
Not sure exactly why it is, but this just isn't my thing. Was really hoping this would surprise me in a good way after Manu Chao
This album was really fun to listen to for about 3 minutes, then it all sounded the same to me.
Didn’t like it, for similar reasons to vocal-less jazz music in a lot of ways but unlike with jazz music I found it absolutely impossible to focus while listening to it and definitely didn’t like it enough to warrant my full attention on the music.
There’s a word that an old and dear aunt of mine uses to describe music that’s not much more than a repetitive drone that feels like it’s drilling an extra hole in your head: Moormooya. This album is Moormooya.
Not my sort of thing, quite happy to have this sort of music used in other songs,but...... A whole album no thank you.
Pleasant enough, I used to like a bit of World Music of the early 90's, but I'm sure I've heard this before - in the many Indian Restaurants I've been to. I'm sure the bloke is a master of his craft, I'd only play it again if I had an Indian themed dinner party (never going to happen) a high 1 as it was ok.
Sounded cool but couldn’t understand any of it. Does that mean I’m not cultured enough? No, it’s the list that is wrong. Overall it’s an album I have now heard and am okay with it staying at that. 2.2/10
1-2
Lolololol imagine listening to this and thinking it's good. Ooooh I hope an album of Gregorian chants is up next. Get the fuck out of here with this bullshit. The only people that will like this are Punjabi (for obvious reasons, I mean no disrespect I promise) and white people who want to show everyone how open minded they like to pretend to be. No disrespect to the religious elements of this album or the people who believe in it, but I cannot stand this music.
wtf
Not available
too much wailing
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
good work list. this is something well outside the norm for what i listen to and this will remain outside the norm for what i listen to.
Devotional Schlongs
Interessante muziek, niet verkeerd maar dit ga ik niet twee CDs lang luisteren 😂
Bro, palabra, chupate una pija, no enteindo un sorete y no puedo escuchar esto, NR.
Great big NOPE on this one.
Demasiado étnico y arraigado a sus costumbres. Para muy fanáticos de este estilo de música. Personalmente, no me ha aportado nada (no digo que sea malo del todo)
Did not listen as I could not find
Jäi kesken kolmannen biisin kohdalla. Pitäis ehkä ymmärtää kieltä ettei kuulostai niin kauhealle ja ymmärtäisi jotain.
Call me unsophisticated, mut en taatusti kuuntele 1,5h tätä, heippa