Street Life

Street Life is a banger. The rest of the album is a nice thing to put in the background but nothing too interesting. 3/5

Boring hotel lobby music.

Odma prva, odlična stvar, vidim nikako da stvar završi - al reko neka, nek ide (ulični) život. Dobar album sve u svemu, 3.5/5 bih ja dao i lako bi ovo sviralo u autu po noći dok voziš gradom.

NICE

Needs more Randy Crawford, whose vocal performance on Street Life makes this album worthwhile. That song alone gives merit for appearing on the list. It reminds some of Sharkey's Machine. It makes most everyone else think about Jackie Brown.

Solid, 70s jazz.

Street Life is the 30th album by the American jazz band The Crusaders. This jazz-funk album was the peak of the band's popularity, supported by the title track hitting the Top 40 pop singles chart. I thought it was a beautiful album, but the jazz music is a little too slow for my liking.

Nice album, dont think Ive ever actively listened to it before but I quickly recognized those songs.

Title track was great, but I'm having a hard time remembering anything else that stood out

Enjoyed the album. Wasn’t the best jazz record I’ve heard, but there wasn’t anything wrong with it really. Pretty in the middle. 3/5

Cheesy, but still kinda not bad?

Decent album for it being more jazzy. 3/5

real smooth jazz/disco - would have it on in the background again

Street life is great and there are some interesting instrumental parts to the other songs including a great guitar solo but some of it feels a bit garden centery. 2.5/5

Tää oli varsin lunkia jazzailua! Vähän kevyt ehkä. 3/5

11 minute long opener street life starts off as super gloomy rather lonely jazz track kind of akin to your latest trick by dire straits if you want something to refer to but then it evolves into a rather energetic funk track that could’ve honestly topped the charts if it weren’t so long. Instrumentally the track is a microcosm for the rest of the album, lyrically…well after the first song theres like none to be found. It’s still okay though 3/5.

Funkburg Simpson yuh

Street Life and then the rest. Both are OK, but for those that, like me, knew Street Life, the rest is a little unexpected. Smooth saxaphone led jazz with no vocals. OK is the best I can give it as it did not grab my attention.

I think the jazz elements were really good, but when they stray too far from that I think it gets a little bland. Overall probably just an okay record. 5/10

Jazz…………….nice

Better than the 'elevator music' promised by public reviews. Jazz noodlings not my thing, but the funkier elements are pretty good. Stars: 1/2 for enjoyment, incl the title track 1/2 for quality - sounded original and well played

OK, solo para poner de fondo

None of the songs on this album really drew me in. It was your average 70s album.

This album is the definition of "short and sweet". With only 6 songs (yeah, the first one lasts eleven minutes, but I'm a jam band and prog rock/metal fan so I'm accustomed to long songs) this album is short enough to listen to it in less than an hour. I listened to this to make my homework, and then I was like, "huh, it's over?". The first song, "Street Life" is very beautiful, same for the next one "My Lady". Unfortunately, aside from the two songs I mentioned (and maybe, "Night Faces" too), the other half of the album failed to impress me, which is sad since I really like this kind of jazz.

Title track is a classic

Solidly ok elevator department store music.

Not bad. Had some instrumental songs that I will play while I'm working, but overall kind of a bland album.

OK album. Definitely not "jazz".

The title track is wonderful, it deserves its reputation. And the harmonic changes if the second keep the interest up. As an album, I find that the following pieces don’t sustain the level of the first two.

Just what I needed on a chill Thursday evening.

Hey

Smooth jazz and Funk with orchestra hits. Lush strings and punchy brass. Instrumental solo sections in jazz tradition. Great bass line in streetlife. Very easy to listen to. I'm not sure what it is that makes this disco - maybe the combination of string runs and Funk grooves. Overall this album feels more funk and smooth jazz (although lightweight) than disco for the most part. My Lady moves through some fun non-diatonic dreamlike chords in the recurring section with the vocalization. I can see Kamasi Washington may have been inspired by those sonorities for some of his compositions i.e. changing of the guard. Ultimately a bit light-weight but would make excellent background music. It started strong but petered out by the end.

Grooovy

Pleasant jazz. 6 tracks long Only "Street Life" - 11 min long - has vocals.

Not my sort of jam. A bit too jazzy, although it has a really nice groove to it

Not a lot to say for this one. More fun than the previous two albums, but started to lose interest around the halfway point.

It is jazz album but not traditional jazz. It is has a little funk and disco to it. It was an easy listen. I dont think I will listen to it again. I didn't want to skip any songs and it helped that it was only 40 minutes. I will round up to a 3.

It's fine. Kinda blended into the background. Not bad music to work to!

I quite liked the songs themselves, especially Street Life (didn't know Randy Crawford wasn't the original!) but they each went on for a bit too long.

I quite like the title song, but the rest of the album feels like more of the same. The songs are too long.

Jazz, funk, 1979. Although the title track is quite captivating and catchy, the rest of the project is quite basic and not as interesting. Decent record anyway.

Nice and jazzy

This is basically the American version of Japanese city pop except i don’t like it as much as Japanese city pop. Still decent easy listening tho

There’s a definite groove here, but it’s better background than it is sit and listen music

It was both short and went on for too long - Like an EP stretched out into an album. An "Also ran" in the 1001 albums, there are some great funk-and-soul albums on this list but this isn't elite. It was fine.

Enjoyed…easy listening

This was a really fun jazz album! Felt like it was right for its time in 1979, each song could have been the opener for some new television talk show or elevator music and I mean that as a compliment.

This one's gotta be in the dictionary next to "adult contemporary." Never heard of these guys, but it's a good album. A bit R&B/funky, but peppier and lighter in its step. Great music for driving in the city. I could put this on and get a lot done. Favorite tracks: Rodeo Drive, Street Life, The Hustler. Album art: At least one of these guys looks crazy, but they're having fun. It's a city at night, which matches my assessment, but the music is much brighter. A pretty nice cover though. 3.5/5

Relaxed

Okay, I never knew Street Life was actually a sprawling 11 minute epic, and I love it even more than I did before now that I know this!!! After this, the rest of the album is instrumental jazz, funk and soul, which is fine, but didn't grab me so much. Sample diggers paradise though.

I found it bland after the opening track, which I loved.

3.5

Lovely jazz disco vibe. Easy morning drive

Nice and listenable and good

If I were an elevator, I'd love this. Not sure who thought a 10 minute opening track was a good idea though.

First song was the best

Found this a bit meandering… not a bad record, just not something I’d go for!

Oh this is really nice. "Street Life" has got to be practically the smoothest 11 minutes of music I have ever heard. I just wanted it to go on forever. The rest of the album falls short of the title track, but overall it's a jazzy, groovy, pleasant listen. Fave Songs: Street Life, My Lady, The Hustler, Carnival of the Night

I love the title track but the rest doesn't really stand out to me.

Nice stuff! Man, there is some fantastic music going on here. Don't let anyone dismiss this as "elevator music" or "smooth jazz" - it's intricate, interesting, and each musician is worthy of following through each song. Very impressive, and that groove. Sweet.

The cover made me think the album was going to be very different than I expected. Still, the album was a pleasant surprise. The jazz was pretty good, for the most part, but nothing mind-blowing. Their big "hit", "Street Life"... went on twice as long than it should have. I mean, it just meandered. Easily could have been cut in half. Perhaps that's how the single version is, I don't know... The other tunes had that electric 70s early 80s jazz feel. I liked it for what it was, but nothing stood out as "whoa".

I tried to shake off the thought that the opening of the title track sounded like muzak, or Kenny G. It's jazz, that's what it should be. I've actually listened to the album (and similar music in the genre) for over a week now. It's great easy listening in the background. And I really liked the Street Life the song (vocals were awesome and the sound was groovy), though I don't understand why it wasn't about 4 minutes long (5 max). It just repeated. The fact there wasn't vocals the rest of the way through really didn't help me shake that muzak feeling. But again, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Still, after a week of listening I'm not sure I could identify their songs (other than Street Life) in a lineup - what's theirs vs. someone else's. I'd say at least a 3.5 but I just can't round up given how nothing in particular sticks out. I may regret that decision in the coming weeks but average is what it is.

Funky jazzy kinda stuff, just over half an hour. First song was good, the rest average. No strong feelings either way. 3/5.

A step above telephone hold music, with added smooth sax.

One of the best opening tracks for an album. The bass and the strings carry it - and that's before you get to the outstanding vocals from Randy. The jazz funk instrumentals that follow feel like they are missing some vocals after such a powerful opener. It can get a little repetitive, but never dull.

Really great jazz-funk. That title track in particular is a real journey.

very sophisticated, and swinging

Who knew Street Life was a 9 minute epic. Decent album overall.

This really hit the spot tonight with me. So smooth and like being on a great effortless ride. Weirdly I found Street Life a lot different to the rest of the album which is ok.

Well produced with great guitar work, but nothing exceptional as a whole.

Great playing. But kind of a light-weight by comparison to other great albums.

Elevator music/ Hotel Lobby vibes, not in a bad way though

More funk than jazz! Fun!

Nice album. 3/5

Never heard the crusaders before but nice jazzy, funky 70s stuff.

Great for the time when it was recorded. But its saxophone/keyboard sound has become cliche' because of every damn soundtrack from the 80's. Three stars because the title track is awesome.

Pleasing as background music. Not something I'll come back to but definitely enjoyable

I dub thee funky smooth jazz.

I had no idea 'Street Life' was an ELEVEN-MINUTE SONG. I'm not sure if they did, either.

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Pa okej

One of the better jazz funk albums of the era. Lots of tracks take directly from disco, most notably in the title track and "Carnival of the Night." Honestly, I was never a fan of the title track single, and although the jazz of this longer version is much superior, I still don't like the vocals or lyrics very much. Bombastic, smooth, and progressive, presenting new ideas with each minute while still retaining its rhythm. Favorites: Rodeo Drive, The Hustler

Street life bra sang

First track is a 11 minute track that doesn't feel like it runs for too long, it's enough to make you feel in the end of the 70's First jazz album i've encountered on the list and since i don't listen to it, it was great to first encounter such a great and easy listen album. After the first track there's five instrumental tracks that makes you feel like you are in a movie, really sountrack-esque but nothing that stands out besides the first track. Fav tracks: Street Lights

Groovy

Jazz album. The first track was probably the worst one, the singing wasn't doing it for me and it went on for 11 minutes. After that it settles into more instrumental jams that are about 5-6 minutes each, and they were all fairly pleasant. Not the intense quirky Jazz, more just good sax solos and jams. Overall liked this album but would probably skip song #1 next time.

p426, 1979. 3 stars. 1970s smooth pop-jazz, plus Randy Crawford. The background music for Studio 54, silky strings, horns and electric piano. Title track is a classic. Good stuff, well done, but not my thing.

Kind of felt like I was put on hold for 39 minutes, but I dig it

I mean, yeah, this could play forever in the background. I really like that version of Street Life. This is all good.

I actually quite enjoyed this album. it was short but also exciting to listen and i didn’t get bored! 3.5/5.

Street Life!

Jazzy funk easy listening

Jazz

The playing/recording of the solo sax is incredible. It jumps out from the rest and it's like I can hear the tone coming off of every molecule of the instrument. After the first few tracks the album devolved into sameness/background music. More vocals or changeups might have kept me more interested.

Woowee, jazz-funk! An album of straight-up 70s jazz-funk, evoking a 70s urban atmosphere of hustlers, punks, pimps and junkies. And so, it's an album firmly stuck in 1979, all economic malaises and Iranian hostage crises. So, the album and the genre itself has dated not all too cheerily. But can one listen to it with clean ears? Yes, of course, and there's stuff to enjoy, definitely. The title track has especially borne the years well. And despite my qualms over its antiquated sound, I rather like the sleazy, grimy aesthetic that this record proffers. But I cannot deny that in some parts it drags and occasionally falls into, yes, elevator music. So, the good parts are good, and the not-so-good parts are not so good. I think I deserve a prize for such a no-nonsense assessment.

Overall: Good up tempo jazz album Relisten: Yes

A bit on the cheesy side but introduced me to a new genre

Pretty good mix of jazz and funk

Funky

It's ok but dull

This was okay, some good tunes. I think I'm finding out that I'm too particular about saxophones because I only like them sometimes.

It's alright. Just 40 min of mostly instrumental jazz. Not my first pick for most circumstances

Not really my favorite style of music, but it's certainly listenable. 3 stars.

Solid jazz funk fusion album. The first track that came in really felt it like setup the sounds that would stick through the album. Then the bass line in particular was super funky. (6/10) Favourite Tracks: Street Life

kind of jazzy, but not entirely bad 3/5

yeh, cool. got a hit, but don't know if it's a classic to me

The rare mix of dentist’s office music and sex!

pat metheny but more jazzy fave tracks: street life, my lady

I enjoyed the street life song but the rest was a bit too jazzy for me.

Funk/Soul/Jazzy not my fav

The first song rips, the rest is kind of sleepy

Some straight-up jazz, less esoteric than some of the previous things on the list (Mingus, etc.) but made for a great mountain biking soundtrack. The instrumentals shone.

Some good jazz but didn't love it. Wish it had more vocals as the title track was superior with them

Jazz suave, tranquilo, con un tema muy conocido

Sax, banging sax, street life 4,5/5 but its long so 4/5. 3,5 overall.

Riassunto: inizialmente parte qualcosa che mi ricorda Beautiful (soap opera), ma poi si apre e riconosco la canzone.. "Street Life", che bomba! Poi il resto delle tracce strumentali che mi piacciono a tratti, ma che trovo un po' noiose. Sarebbe un 2.5, ma siccome due mi sembra troppo poco do un 3. (Forse anche Ute se lo meritava..)

Electro jazz/funk. Hat etwas von besserer Fahrstuhlmusik.

It's cool or whatever. Nice funky jazz. Great background music. But not my bag.

real smooth jazz. nothing stands out as good or bad

Something definitely interesting. I wasn’t blown away by any means. It was pretty alright for a one time listen.

Intro a little pedestrian. 2nd song "My Lady" definitely has a great pace, soaring. Rest just OK.

A bit too Muzak-like for me.

In Conclusione: Li avevo già sentiti nominare ma mai ascoltati prima. Devo dire che questo Jazz/Funk è sicuramente sfizioso ed è forse tra le incarnazioni migliori del Jazz perché toglie la vena pretenziosa alla Bill Evans. Comunque mi ha divertito molto ma la natura del genere, con queste lunghe simil-improvvisazioni strutturate mi porta a non riuscire a dare un voto particolarmente alto perché la percepisco molto come background music (e questo è un problema della maggior parte del Jazz che segue la struttura classica tema/improvvisazione). Comunque magari me lo risentirei volentieri come sottofondo raffinato che groova, però difficilmente farei un ascolto dedicato.

Street Life is great, but the rest of the album just sounds like an extended instrumental break from that song. You could take any track and insert it into Street Life and it would fit perfectly.

2 1/2. Rounded up to 3.

Literally 40 minutes of saxophone solo

Easy flowing yacht-rock with a tinge of elevator music. This album perfectly encapsulates the late 70's sound.

Smooth jazz, works great as background music for when having guests over

Great singing on the title song, the rest errs way too much towards schmaltz

Smooth jazz, I'm vibing

Ihan ok taustamusaa, olisko genreltään lounge jazzia? Jatsilta kuulosti ja loungeen voisin kuvitella tämän lätyn soimaan. Vähän sellainen sielukas vivahdekin tässä oli, ainakin kun laulettiin. Ei herättänyt tunteita oikein suuntaan tai toiseen.

No es el tipo de disco que yo elegiría escuchar (la música instrumental me apetece escucharla sólo en momentos muy concretos), pero suena súper bien.

El género está genial, pero las canciones de vuelven repetitivas.

7

Street Life, the song, is cream of the crop, one of best 70s songs. Rest of the album is decent instrumental jazz with cool funky and r&b/soul vibes

Night Time Street Jazz. Very background, but would put on in the right mood, and the opener is killer thanks to the vocalist.

Highlight: Rodeo Drive This is essential 70's funk-jazz. Pleasant to listen to, but my brain isn't wired for jazz.

Meh. I feel like I've heard at least one of these songs, perhaps on a movie soundtrack.

Schieb mich Quentin. 3

Street life kennt man ja sogar. 1a Jazz track den ich mir zu einem klassischen mit Omar Sy besetzten "ziemlich-beste-freunde"-esken Film gut vorstellen kann. Der Rest isch hald a subbr dschäs. Kannst nix sagen. Nur ist Instrumental Jazz nicht mein Ding. Alles in allem Solid!

Man nenne mich Musikbanause, aber ich bin wirklich selten (also nie) in der Stimmung für die Jazz-Funk-Verbindung. Einziger Moment wäre vielleicht im Ballsaal eines bald untergehenden Schiffes. Bisschen soziales Geplänkel auf einer Soirée. ‚Ja mein Herr, ich bin allein hier. Sehr gern würde ich noch einen Martini nehmen. Sie Charmeur. Ihre Koje hat Ausblick? Das würde ich sehr gern sehen.‘

more of an ep, classic disco, unlikely to even remember the band name though

nemůžu objektivně ohodnotit, ale špatné to nebylo

Compared to the metal music we were hearing, it was nice to have calming “elevator music”

i don't think i'd ever heard of them before this, but i thought this album was pretty ok. spotify, as it does, kept playing when i was over, and the first track was Look Beyond The Hill, from The 2nd Crusade - and that was AWESOME.

The stand out song by far is Street Life. While the instrumentals of the rest of the albums are a strong mix of Jazz and Funk, the soulful voice truly brings completion to the title track.

Top soul albumpje

It SOUNDS good, as in production and mixing... but it also sounds like telephone hold music

Pretty interesting jazz album .

Quite relaxing but slightly upbeat/bop jazz Didnt like the vocals in "Street Life", but this is the only song with vocals. 3stars?

Competent album. Not my cup of tea.

Decent old jazz album.

Street Life, An iconic song in the 70s. All around a nice instrumental jazz album with hints of soul.

I really enjoyed listening to this in a dimly lit bathtub filled with bubbles and rose petals.

This was a chill experience. Had a good sound and enjoyed it with my morning.

от прослушивания получаешь весьма интересный опыт, поскольку я в целом весьма далек что от мира джаза, что от мира фанка, а уж слышать эти два жанра вместе для меня было совершенно в новинку. но несмотря на оригинальность стиля, стоит признать, что кроме одноименной песни нет абсолютно ничего интересного. иными словами, альбом блекнет от поставленных слушателю ожиданий. уверен, что ценителям жанра понравится, никаких проблем с релизом нет, но не послушав этот альбом, массовый слушатель не потеряет шедевр.

Enjoyable listen, obviously hugely skillful with some enjoyable moments. However, felt a tad generic and the slick 80s production got wearing by the end. Fine, but can't see myself listening to it again.

Interesting running music I suppose

This era of jazz, with its very specific type of organ, just isn't my bag, baby.

Elevator music

Street Life by The Crusaders is technically a jazz album, but it feels like jazz in disguise. There's enough funk, soul and pop mixed in that it doesn't immediately feel like the sort of traditional jazz album I've struggled with during this challenge. And to be fair, it isn't quite as difficult a listen as some of those albums. It's perfectly pleasant, well played and easy enough to have on in the background. The problem is that after the excellent opening track, there isn't much else that really grabs me. As the album progresses, it becomes increasingly repetitive and starts to blend into one long piece of background music. The musicianship is clearly excellent, but being technically good doesn't necessarily make something interesting. I kept waiting for another song to match the energy and quality of "Street Life", but it never really arrived. It leaves me wondering why this particular record needed to be included in a list of 1001 albums you have to hear. There's absolutely nothing terrible about it, but outside of the title track, I found very little that was memorable either. It's pleasant but ultimately disposable — perfect background music for cleaning the fish tank or scrubbing the toilet, but not something I'm likely to actively choose to listen to again. Favourite track: "Street Life" is one hell of a tune and easily the best thing on the album. Does it really need to be 11 minutes long though? Probably not. Least favourite tracks: Nothing is horrific. The bigger problem is that after "Street Life", most of the album just drifts by without leaving much of an impression. Album artwork: A fairly standard album cover. Nothing particularly memorable.

Street life - 3 My lady - 2 Rodeo drive (high steppin') - 2 Carnival of the night - 3 The hustler - 2 Night faces - 2

More often than not this sounded like elevator music to my ears. Favorite track: Street Life

If this project has taught me one thing, it's that, for a "music historian" Dimery is totally clueless about R&B, Soul, and Funk (which is particularly striking given the historic importance of this music). This is most definitely not an album everyone needs to hear. It isn't even one of the CRUSADER'S top five albums for chrissake; another demonstration of Dimery's total (and inexplicable) LOVE for schlocky, easy listening, 70s/80s TV soundtrack sounds. If you’re not a fan of the sound, you’re not going to be interested or moved by anything on here. There’s no songwriting to speak of. There is nothing remotely groundbreaking or even novel and while the performances are competent, they aren't inspiring. Finally, (700 albums in) the number of brilliant, groundbreaking, historic soul albums that have been left off this list is an embarrassment.

2 1/2

Another album I don't think fits the Top 1001 of all time - that you have to hear before you die. It's good, it's entertaining but it's not groundbreaking, it has no commercial hits or radio songs but it does have excellent musicianship (Wilton on saxophone is great!) Try Crusaders "2nd Coming" if you want to hear them at their finest & funkiest with less jazziness and polish. This is on the verge of going cruise-ship-house-band/elevator music on a few tracks. 2.5 stars.

Sounds like closing credit music for any episode of the Phil Donahue show, although I get the many reviews referencing hold music.

2/10 Elevator music (derogatory).

Album #216 The Crusaders: Street Life After the first track, I thought I was in for a nice groovy time, but everything that makes the title track infectious seems to be lacking in the rest of the album. From attention-grabbing soulful vocals to placid soft jazz, this really seems to be a trend of a lot of these jazz albums on the list, one great track that is double the length of the rest, and clearly had a lot of time put into it (normally the title track), then the rest of the album is boring noodling to bide time. Such is the nature of most jazz after the 60s, well, at least according to this list. Would be nice to get some jazz fusion or something soon. Best Songs: Street Life, My Lady, Carnival Of The Night Worst Song: Night Faces Score out of 10: 5

Es un buen jazz.

I love jazz. Smooth jazz, not so much.

Easy listening, not terrible but it would’ve been a bore to listen to if I wasn’t at work

Street Life did not impress. Some good musicianship but overall a limp experience. This list is getting worse by the day.

Album #111: Street Life - The Crusaders Genre (W): Jazz, R&B, disco Singles: Street Life I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: Well, this was underwhelming. I don’t agree with jazz just being pleasurable background music. Jazz is just as much an art form as other genres. I found this to be a boring listen without much substance. Favorite songs: Rodeo Drive (High Steppin’)

the funk tried to liven up the jazz. but in the end they were both bringing each other down.

Tough one to really score. I don’t want to be harsh given the skill of the players, but this type of easy listening jazz workout is pretty much the template for on-hold music when “our helplines are experiencing an unusually high volume of calls”.

Hard to beat the elevator music allegations. Doesn’t mean it was a waste though

Listening to this on the hottest day in recorded history, so the odds where stacked against this album. HOWEVER Streetlife will never not remind me of Bob's Burgers and that's always a happy thought

The jazz was too smooth

Pretty boring and generic sounding. I never really got into it.

Boring as fuck...70s porn music.

The first song gave me hope but then it felt like I was on hold with my insurance for the rest

First few songs are particularly groovy and have the whole family bopping. By the end it’s a bit background music. I’ll look out for other albums by them.

Started off so promising with the wonderful Street Life, then descended into bland muzak. Disappointing.

Is this the birth of muzak? Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

I forgot that I had it on.

Like if Weather Report tried to make music for dating, out on the town. And if they deliberately dumbed down their abilities.

Imagine loving the single ‘Street Life’ and thinking, ‘I wonder what The Crusaders sound like without Randy Crawford? I’d definitely listen to an album of their stuff!’ Because that’s what you get. The rest of the album sounds like the muzak you get when your favourite corporation puts you on hold. No offence. These are 10,000 hours jazzers. It’s sophisticated. But there’s nothing beyond the silky groove. As each track fades you know they could have just kept playing it until someone at the studio switched the lights off.

Funky but dull

Album 211. Street Life (https://open.spotify.com/album/1HikauozonmM2vgsgGFeDk?si=glNTiF9LTfmBvfFXy0k9Fw) — The Crusaders (1979) I was in the elevator too long. Nice smooth jazzy funk, but nothing more. 2/5 No liked songs

Pleasantly bland, like the music you'd hear on the menu of Mario Kart or something.

i didn't know street life was that long

Off to a solid start with Streetlight track and then followed by an albums worth of elevator music. Clearly a one hit wonder

Ok, not much of a jazz fan.

Tried to give us a fair chance. Jazz just is not my thing. I did kind of like the first song, but after that, I felt like I was listening to a mix of cheesy tv show theme songs and elevator music.

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Väldigt mycket gubbafusion.

The opening track with the vocals is great; quite happy to listen to eleven minutes of that. But the rest is pretty unmemorable.

This sounded like Weather Channel music to me... not really in a good way. Funky and pleasant, but not something I'd listen to again.

I was a bit dissappointed by this. It just felt very safe. There were some nice moments and the title track was good. The rest of the album was instrumental and didn't seem to go anywhere exciting.

elevator music so boring

Thought I wasn’t going to recognise anything from this until the riff kicked in after a couple of minutes of the title track. The opener had some funk and soul to it, just unfortunate to follow Chic which does it so much better. The rest of album was a bit of drudgery though so it’s nothing to compare to the opener and whilst the musicianship was consistently good, was a bit too much like muzak for my tastes.

Imagine being this talented as musicians, just to create the background music for hotel reception areas and furniture stores across the world. The Randy Crawford track is the highlight. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆ (4/10) Total reviewed : 304 Already owned : 69 Purchased : 15 To buy : 4 Nope : 216

Snort your coke, put on your most synthetic shirt with the largest collar, dig those flares out, don't fall over wearing the platform heels and strap on a bass. Now ease yourself into a luke warm bath of jazz, funk, disco and R&B as that's what this is. It's fine, but it's obviously only here because of the title track. There's no need for it to be on the list. Best Tracks: Street Life; Carnival of the Night; Night Faces

Not my cup of tea

Not my thingaling

Competent Jazz, if a bit bland. The title track is enjoyable enough, particularly with Randy Crawford's vocals, but the rest of the album is accessible enough for the general public, but probably a bit too boring for the more hardcore musician. I do think people should check it out, but I am not convinced it is essential in the canon of jazz, therefore requiring an inclusion on the list. I am not aware of any modern classics that tie back to the influences of this record.

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Smooth jazz ... is not my thing ... background music at it's best?

Exciting elevator music. Smooth 79 saxophone jazz.

2. Außer streetlife nichts besonderes

This album realllyyyyy just needs more vocals. I had never listened to this before today, but I already knew the title track very well. And I love that song, it's so fun and bouncy, just all around a great funk and soul song. But then the rest of the album after that is just so uninteresting, with it being pretty much exclusively instrumental it really feels like it's missing something. The passionate and soulful vocals in the opening track are a huge part of what makes it so catchy, and while it makes for perfectly good background music, everything after the opening track ends up getting very boring and very repetitive very quickly.

The listening is too easy.

“yeah it’s boring as shit, no i won’t be listening again, but fuck it, 5 stars” - a lot of you people for some reason

Didn't leave an impression.

Turns out I don't like jazz all that much, low 2

Too many “street life’s” for my liking. Carnival of the night is a sexy little number with that bass. Electric guitar and keys(?) going (deez) nuts too. Dare I say this is/was inspired the doors or vice versa? High 2

Street Life ja, resten nej. Instrumentala låtar är inte min grej trots duktiga musiker. Tappade intresset efter Street Life som var första låten. Musiken var inget som fångade mig.

Not for me I’m afraid, scrapes into the bottom of the 2 stars on the strength of the title track. Tom.

Late 70’s jazz crossover good album

It was funk. Ok to sisten too while working to

Not my type

É decente, mas um pouco genérico.

I was going to give this a 5/10 like the Beau Brummels, but even for being straight-up elevator music, there's some compositional choices I liked. It isn't something I'd go back to, but I can't deny the talent expressed. Street Life (the song) is 11 minutes of straight vibes (I cringe a bit saying that). The rest of the album isn't as significant, but I gotta give them some props. They are indeed from Houston and they're actually responsible for that bass sample the Chemical Brothers used for Block Rockin' Beats. The more you know (6/10, 2/5 on this scale) (Update: 5/10)

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. So gar nicht meins.

The first song made me think it was gonna be some nice soulful 70s jam. But then it turned into run of the mill elevator jazz

This sounds like mediocre porn soundtrack music. Every 30 seconds I was expecting someone to interrupt saying "Please stay on the line. Your call is important to us." 🤦‍♂️

The jazz albums mostly go over my head - I like them, but they all similar to me. This was good but I don’t understand what separates it from the rest.

Favorite Song: Street Life

ok i like this but in a muzak way and not an active listening way?

Groovy, but not remarkable like Superfly and What's Going On. Favorite Track: Street Life

Para nada llamativo...

I like some of the musicians in this group from other session work they’ve done (e.g., Joe Sample played on two Steely Dan albums, Wilton Felder on two others), but this was just so-so.

Monótono, enjoativo. Acredito que já ouvi álbum de Jazz melhores.

Great musicians at work but I thought with the exception of the title track the songs were pretty much identical.

a maioria das músicas não tem PALAVRAS. a primeira tem mais de DEZ MINUTOS. só não vai levar zero porque o instrumental é bom

Es gab bessere Alben von den Crusaders. Dieses "Street Life" ist doch zu arg weichgespült

Dentist waiting room vibe

First song was alright but was about 7 minutes too long. Then the rest was a bit unmemorable.

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What street life are these guys talking about, Sesame Street? This is going to absolutely slap when I play it at my one hundred and second birthday party. I feel like I’m waiting speak to someone named Hymavathsay who is going to tell me his name is Steve and I’m just not going to say anything because he’s probably got it hard enough already. This album really inspired me to long for the street life in that I’d rather be hit by a car than ever listen to it again.

Not what I expected.

muy largas las canciones y i dont fw that , pero pues bacanas algunas, igual que el pasado, están bien pero no me parcho escuchando un álbum full de esto

Street life classic, the rest poor elevator music

Thank you for putting me on hold.

Title track is decent, but way too long. The remainder sounds like it should be on the Moonlighting soundtrack.

No for me

Opening track is class then it kinda descend into elevator music.

Opening track : "oh, yes. I know this one. Pretty smooth and funky" The remainder : endless brass orchestra noodling.

Weird. Not that the music itself is weird, it's just basic elevator music. The weird part is what is it doing here?

Cheezy cornball elevator jazz...no thank you.

Obviously I know the title track but I don’t think I like it really, it’s ok. In some ways this album could be my thing but in truth it just isn’t.

This is NOT my jam

Cheesy 70s soul funk mostly instrumental, competent but dull

Groovy but each track drags on forever and is very repetitive.

6 songs in 39 minutes? elevator music, not unenjoyable but also, to me, not enjoyable either

Enjoyed the disco elements, less keen on the jazzy elements.

527/1001

Rating: 4/10 Really didn’t care for this I was pretty bored

Well, time of smooth jazz, but even so this is super smooth to the point of making a long elevator ride longer. Nothing adventurous allowed. Carnival tries to redeem, but too little too late.

I do like the titular song mostly because of the Randy Crawford vocals but I’m never gonna be a jazz fan.

These guys bent the laws of physics. The album runs for 39 minutes 22 seconds, and somehow the opening track is 41 minutes long.

This is my least favorite kind of jazz. They seem to be doing it well, but I can think of two dozen jazz albums that deserve this spot instead. How about Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman?

Once I realized that the title track was also the opening track, I suspected this album was going to drop off. My suspicions weren't immediately confirmed, the second track My Lady was groovy enough but it just kept going and didn't really take me anywhere with it. Pleasant enough hold music I suppose. The rest of the album withered on and didn't do anything for me. Even as a background album, I would confidently choose something above Street Life to satisfy that task. 2 stars

Very boring

I think the first song is about street life. I like classic jazz, modern jazz all sounds a little too samey for me.

2.1 / 5 Welp, this was underwhelming. The only song on here to write something about is the title song. Everything else is just very boring, safe jazz that comes straight out of a 70s/80s Sitcom opening theme. There's really nothing to write home about at all here - which is sad because I sense some potential. Musically it's not bad per se, it just doesn't contain anything interesting. What makes Jazz interesting on other albums in this list is missing on this one, instead what we got is something that's extremely inoffensive and that cosplays as restaurant background noise.

I suspect how much I enjoy this record is simply a reflection of how much I enjoy Jazz-Funk Fusion. I'm not mad about that genre, in fact it sounds like hold music to me, so am not really one to judge its success. I can say that I preferred the opening track thanks to its R&B vocals which nicely brings together the sound of the band, who without the vocalist wander off into all sorts of blind alleys.

Too instrumental for my taste. The instrumentals felt too much like elevator music.

Title track has some life to it. Then become unmemorable

Street Life's a great track. Rest of album runs a narrow line between smooth jazz and hold muzac. An easy listen but not my bag.

I am not surprised the title track comprises over 25% of the album's run time. When you have a song that funky, and a wider album rather hit and miss, it makes sense. What's more the rerecorded and pacier 'Street Life' a couple of years later, is the better version. Nonetheless, what a corker. As for the rest, the best I can say is it didn't annoy me as much as I thought jazz-funk instrumentals would. I actively enjoyed 'My Lady', which has some great bass bounce, and a Rotary Connection vibe (and feels ripe for being sampled by the sampling crowd). 'Carnival of the Night' demonstrates everyone is controlled and not improvising for the sake of it. The bass remains the key element throughout with some funk-basslines that, unlike Mrs Macron, never go full slap. This is a tune that immediately makes you want to roller-skate. It is a classic case of diminishing returns however. 'Night Faces' delivers some shifting chords that put this in the 'too MoR for Steeley Dan' camp. 'Rodeo Drive' sounds like a pool-side cabaret in Mallorca.

The perfect album for high-fives down at Sully's where you are having a Schlitz with your fellow patrolmen after a hard day workin' the beat, tusslin' with the low life gamblers, trying to restore a little luster to these mean city streets.

Would sound great in a lift

Good background music

This seems to be an example of fantastic musicians serving very bland pop trends, in this case disco. The production is so overly dated that it would be charming if disco didn't make me so nauseous. The title track "Street Life" is great but meanders and repeats itself for over 11 minutes so everyone can be out on the dance floor longer or to get a few more laps in during the roller disco. There is great jazzy funk playing here, a groovy bass and keyboard, and wonderful singing from Randy Crawford, but it's produced with these cheesy orchestral strings that make me cringe each time, and the song just goes on and on and on. There are some positives here. "My Lady" has this bass line with an envelope filter that Thundercat would be jealous of. "Carnival of the Night" has this Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters energy with some great keyboard licks and tight Nile Rodger's style compressed guitar riffs. I mean, really the musicianship is awesome on every track. But overall, it just feels kind of bland and uninventive. Just really good musicians staying boxed inside the disco sound of 1979. So many tracks feel kind of sleepy and drag on, like they need to go just 5-10 bpm faster to have a little lift. It's great background music for a kitschy cocktail party, but it's not very interesting to listen to actively.

Didn"t know Street Life was by them. So that's interesting. The rest definitely lift music

Long version of Street Life a Banger, the rest a damp squib. As much as I like most Miles Davis jazz fusion he also really has alot to answer for...

4 for the opener a solid 1 for the rest of the album. It was painful in a “how long have I been on hold?” Kind of way.

Reviews of elevator and hold music accurate. Not great Jazz. No idea why this is here. 🤷‍♂️

Kinda boring.

not bad, like upbeat jazzy toilet music

The titular track is good fun, but the rest of the album was very dull. Even as music to have on in the background, it felt like a bit of a slog to get through.

“Street Lights” for 10 mins, and it stuck in my mind for a day

I don't remember a single thing I heard on this album

I guess when it was released it was more exciting? Some of the guitar solos aren't all that bad though.

Dull jazz. That should be an oxymoron.

Wasn't feeling the Jazz/Disco thing.

Meh? Some interesting things in here, but I was really bored.

Eh, I didn't hate it

This was alright. Very 70s and very smooth jazz. Did send me on a fun deep dive down that part of the world, but can't really see myself coming back to this.

The bland intersection between smooth jazz, disco, and elevator music. No doubt the musicians are insanely talented, but these tracks are unispired.

It's okay background music but I am just not into Jazz. 2 stars or D+.

1. life - 1.5 2. lady - 1.5 3. rodeo - 1.5 4. night - 1.5 5. Hustler - 1.5 6. Faces -1.5

I was surprised that all but the first song didn’t have vocals. It’s well done music, but not my thing.

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It's a vibe. I'm not too into jazz fusion but I liked this as some background music.

sounds like hold muzak.

Like a 40min pleasant elevator ride

Couldn’t get into this one. I like Jazz but only sometimes. Favorite Song(s): Rodeo Drive