Reviews (page 7 of 9)
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Street life
Instantly forgettable and largerly passed me by. Obviously very talented and inoffensive, but did nothing for me and sounds very dated
Funky soul music isn't my top genre and I'm not sure I'd pick anything out of this as worth listening to again. As background music it wasn't overtly offensive, which isn't a great review.
Always liked Street Life, there's a much shorter radio edit that I have on my favourite playlist. Otherwise, pretty good, listenable jazz.
Like many of the Jazz albums before it just sounds like boring background music. Wouldn't listen to it again.
Easy to listen to, but not very interesting. The album finished and I was listening to something else without noticing.... As background music it was quite nice Recognised the opening track Not much else to say, won't be back
Not much to say on this album, I liked it, saving most of the songs. Street life is a fantastic track and by far my favourite, without it I might have had a sour taste, nonetheless I enjoyed this record. Favourites: Street Life / My Lady / Carnival Of The Night / Night Faces
It was kinda fun
Street Life is repetitive as hell but it's still a pretty baller track. The rest is ok
Meh
Its ok but dull. Its kinda elevator-bland at times and this genre is approached much better by Herbie Hancock or Weather Report. Saved by the extended title track. 2.5
Elevator music. Good musicians, but I would never listen to this voluntarily.
Sometimes you just need six smooth songs. I enjoyed this despite the prominence of the saxophone on a few tracks. It is, though, totally unclear to me why I'd need to listen to this album before I died. There must be some historical reason I'm not yet aware of. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Listened Before? N Interesting. Kind of hybrid Jazz/Disco. I really like the title track despite it's 11:18 run time. The rest of it was good too. I may revisit. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Street Life
The usual ok album
yay for sax! great vocals and instrumentals
Favorite album in the series so far!
Halfway through, this is great. Really nice jazz, awesome guitar solos, chill and groovy. Yeah, this was nice. Would definitely listen to it again.
So cheesy but some moments of real funk in there.
Very average and unexceptional Jazz music. Ok overall but nothing special.
It was difficult to find the album on my device at first. It was a good album with a bit of jazz funk. I wasn’t concentrating but I enjoyed it. 3*
Well I liked the song but this felt more like a single than an album so I'll have to mark it down for that.
Nice mix of RNB and Jazz
They do love the Street Life
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
Solid soul, jazz and funk. 4 stars.
bonne ambiance !
Started out great, but ended up sounding like hold music.
Ya like jazz?
corny muzak jazz fusion light rnb who knows? kenny g would be proud.
a little one note but that note is sooo good it sounds exactly like the album cover
Not the worst album ever: I would have to agree with the other reviews that this album is literal background music. I can imagine sitting in a restaurant and this is playing in the background and no one is taking notice. Not awful by any stretch of the imagination but at the same time it's lacking the energy and originality a good jazz/funk record should have.
I did not care for the very much. Way too much of a disco feel. Way too smooth. I can’t foresee ever wanting to revisit this album. I’ll credit them with being good musicians, though.
jazzy. nice
Very good album
Pretty boring
A fine example of noodling without destination. Perfectly pleasant to listen to whilst doing almost anything else, but not interesting in and of itself. Streetlife obviously a banger, the rest of it gentle noodling in the void.
3.5/5
Well-executed, but bland. Lightly funky, bordering on yacht rock. Favorite track: "Carnival of the Night"
Somehow the Crusaders perfectly captured the feeling on record of wandering rain-soaked city streets, cigarette dangling from your lips, wondering what the hell it’s all for. The ultimate vibes album.
I can only be in the bathroom during business lunch for so long.
This is basically Yacht Rock - Slighty jazzy, 70's slow jams, Disco-lite.
Finally a bit of jazz
Made for pleasant walking music. Would've preferred street life at the end than the beginning.
Had literally no idea what this would be like going in, had never heard of the Crusaders before and had no idea who any of the members were. Been enjoying adding a bit of funk into my own music lately, so this was a fun discovery. The opening track is both great, but also too long. I couldn't give more than a 3 because it did just turn into nice background music in the end.
Liked didn't love
There's a line where this could just be muzak, but it worked for me is accessible jazz. And the title track is a classic.
Decent jazz album, I'm just not that into jazz.
Solid jazz
I'm just going to assume that this album was playing the first time the author of this list had sex, and that's why its on here. It's fine jazz, but absolutely not significant or groundbreaking in any way. I'd be insulted on behalf of all the great jazz musicians that were snubbed from this, but frankly I'm just happy that my man had sex 2/5
The band who started elevator music I guess?
Never heard of this album, I wonder what it'll be like? Oh, it's the funkiest shit ever? Sounds good to me.
Just a great jazzy, funky, soul record. Just excellent vibes all around. What a delight.
Wiki lists this album as jazz-funk, which sounded okay. Sadly, the jazz-to-funk ratio was a little high for my taste. This sounds like elevator music for a building that's slightly funkier than average.
Elevator jazz
This really was not my bag.
Your call is very important to us
*Your call is important for us. Please, hold the line. Someone will be with you shortly*
Good lofi. 😅
Very great musicianship was used only to make us experience a 40 minutes journey inside an elevator.
Jazz for hipster hat-wearing, pretention-showimg posers. I'm not say "ooh it's not real jazz" but rather, it feels like it thinks the album is much more than ill-fitting hooks between pretentious sax. A disappointing record.
Oh baby I grew up on this album so that's gonna bias me, my parents generously gave me their vinyl after I moved out. Its just excellent. The title track was the first song that got me to appreciate long songs in general (I was truly just out of toddlerdom, and it gets to the good stuff immediately and then just keeps going) but the whole record is what defined my general sensibility when it comes to both funk and jazz. It's one of the reasons I took up trumpet. A former coworker of mine who mostly just listens to Radiohead says he cant stand jazz funk and I truly don't understand him as a person. That's the kind of derangement that happens if all you've ever heard are Joe Sample's imitators and not the real thing. Besides the OG Trio I also need to shoutout David T Walker on guitar, who has gotten some overdue recognition from my generation thanks to Vulfpeck. Randy's vocal is insane. I love that they started with Street Life instead of ending with it. Give the people what they came for and them wow them on your own merit. Kind of insane also they started playing with each other in the 50s as literal teens and they didn't achieve commercial success until this album, 30 years and as many record later. A jazz record at 18 on the pop charts? This is definitely the one to pick for this endeavor. If I have to be critical I would say Night Faces is a bit sleepier but it's also the last track and what an easy feeling send off. I'm so pleasantly surprised to see it here. Next time you're driving at night throw this on and tell me you don't feel like a million bucks.
Good background music
This is a time capsule album. It is illustrative of jazz in the late 70s. The group is in fine form and Randy Crawford's guest vocal on Street Life is tremendous. This is a solid release with an awesome title track (which has appeared in numerous movies thereby adding to the album's legacy). The title track is almost enough to make the album essential. But almost would not make it on my list.
Fine smooth jazz/R&B, but nothing special.
This was fine. Nothing remarkable, but it was nice to have on while I worked. The jazz guitar solos were very good.
Es música como la que se escucharía en un pasillo de Superama pero está chida aún así
Really good jazzy soul funk, mostly instrumental. Pretty easy listening
Cool 70’s vibe
Before choosing to undertake this album, I was struck by the divisiveness of the reviews. As someone who finds delight in chill music, who loves to soak up the ambience and does not at all consider vocals a requirement for something to be considered music, I was intrigued. And you know what? It was a perfectly fine piece emblematic of the feeling you get from driving at night through a rain soaked city.
It's jazzy, it's funky, and the title track is pure art. Very cool indeed!
The opening track is one of the finest tunes ever written. I can not help but smile through the entire thing. Absolutely wonderful! In general I can’t help but feel good as The Crusaders gently take me by the hand and lead me through their street of catchy and charming jazz-funk. Is part of the album borderline elevator music? Sure. But it’s an elevator I wouldn’t mind taking a couple of extra floors every time.
Que discazo, que vibes, que correlacion grafica, visual y sonora. Realmente todo es tal cual se lo imagina y el mundo planteado es coherente con los títulos, se puede llegar a pintar el paisaje visual juntando los diferentes elementos. Simplemente casi excelente, digo casi porque la repeticion en la segunda cancion queda estancada en jn punto y no cuenta nada, pero este discazo es un 9/10.
This album had me for like the first five minutes, then the song lasted 11 minutes and the rest was instrumental that blended together.What a waste.
The first song is definitely iconic, but there's a reason its more famous counterpart is far shorter. The rest of the album is the music that you listen to in the background. Not quite elevator/phone music like some reviews say, but certainly nothing special.
2/6, 33%
Fantastic funk album. Lot of fantastic riffs on this album, and surprised I’ve never heard them before.
"Street Life" is a studio by American jazz band The Crusaders. It was their 12th album since becoming The Crusaders in 1970. The band itself started in 1960 in Houston, TX as The Jazz Crusaders with core members Joe Sample (piano), Wilson Felder (tenor sax) and Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (drums). The music is a fusion as jazz and funk and they used all of 19 musicians on this album. The album was successful reaching the top 20 in three Billboard charts - Black, Jazz and Pop. The 11-minute "Street Life" opens the album with a soft sax and piano. It's got all the elements of smooth jazz but the poppier R&B beat gives it a funkier edge. Female vocalist Randy Crawford adds the soul. This was the big song from the album hitting the Black, Club Play and Pop charts. It's was also used in movies "Jackie Brown" and "Sharkey's Machine" and the TV show "Better Call Saul." I fondly remember watching "Sharkey's Machine" on VHS tape. Burt Reynolds and Rachel Ward. "My Lady" continues the funk a bit with leading horns. Female vocals staying into the background. The remainder of the album is instrumental and continues in more in smooth jazz. "Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')" has keys, horns and is more bass forward. "Carnival of the Night" actually has a lead guitar. The last song "Night Faces" is the most jazz-oriented with horns leading the way. This album sometimes leaned hard in the soft jazz area but, especially on the first few songs, the rhythm kept it interesting with the funk. The sax and horns in general are outstanding. Towards the ends of the album, the songs were getting kind of repetitive. I do remember that Chuck Mangione song "Feels so Good" being a hit around that time and this album reminded me of that. If you are a fan of that song, you will probably like this album.
Opening track good, gets a little porno groove after tho
A good opener followed by 25 mins of 90s porn muzak, conjuring images of Peter North doing willy windmills. Unsettling.
Fucking crap. Title track is obviously a classic tho.
Good dance music. Rhythmic. Easy on the ears.
A genre I don't typically seek out on my own, but when I hear it I usually have a good time.
This album made me truly understand how fine the line is between funk and disco. Really liked this one. Pleasant and relaxing.
Best Song: Street Life. Long and winding, but the vocal performance really ties the track together. Worst Song: The Hustler. Too sleazy for my liking. Feels like it should be played over casino and strip club montages from some middling late 80s movie. Overall: Nice background jazz that would be great for driving around at night. Alas, I don't have a car, so I can't imagine when I might otherwise listen to this.
Great jazz album, would be awesome for winding down.
I like it. It’s pretty smooth. Only the title track is really worth returning to though. It’s a fairly easy 2 for me…
Decent jazz/elevator/disco vibe. Nothing too offensive and easy to chill to. 3.8/5
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I would definitely listen to this again. It's got enough of a funk sound that I don't get lost and/or bored with the smooth jazz part of it
Good instrumental jazz. I would have been more receptive if I hadn't listened to Meatloaf's "Bat Out of Hell" right before this.
Very nice album.
Started off sounding like 80s neo-soul but then it turned into some funky, relaxed, almost jazz fusion type of music. Sounded a bit like elevator music at times, but still enjoyable
Worked with this as background music and I think I now know what it’s like to work as a receptionist in a primary care doctors office.
Cheesy, generic background music, but nothing atrocious. My Mom rates it a 3.
the jazz FM-iest jazz all super crisp and polished
I HATE the first song and I love the rest of the album. Ok maybe that's too strong. I can stand the first two or three minutes of it, but seriously, why start an album with an 11 MINUTE jam track?? Irritating. Anyway, the instrumental tracks have a great groove to them that sits somewhere between funk and smooth jazz. Windows down heat of summer cruise music. Take out or shorten the first track and I am fully on board. Especially enjoyed "Rodeo Drive" with that bouncy bassline and catchy ass melody the saxophone sings.
It says this is jazz-funk, but where's the funk?
I was annoyed at how long the first track was, it should be like 3-4 mins tops. Then the rest is just instrumental? Kind of want them to commit to one or the other.
The wide range from the smooth jazz to the cringy soul, but rather yes than no
weather channel music
Ranges from muzak to foonkeeey. Grows on me. Know the crusaders from before mainly because of the great track “A ballad for Joe (Louis)” which has been sampled excessively. Especially like My lady, night faces and carnival of the night.
So smooth! Amazing. Would put on again.
Not my style but recognised Randy Crawford's voice straightaway
Was there ever a time where this sounded anything other than dull? Background music
Bit patchy but 11min Street Life >>>>>>>>>
Here’s a strange comparison: I recently gave Slint’s “Spiderland”, one of my 1st from the generator, a relisten (because I took a look at RateYourMusic’s favourite albums and that was way up there). And my conclusion is I get overly frustrated with albums that have a great start but fail to grab my attention after that, & I think that’s what happened with “Street Life” (and the Slint album) I feel that my disinterest in jazz growing up was because I thought it was all like this: slippery-smooth café background that takes the edge off waiting for that crispy panini (Where was I…) I kinda feel bad for ragging on easy-listening music for being easy to listen to, but I’m going with my gut with this rating March 21, 2023
C'est souvent les gens par qui vous êtes le plus surpris qui vous surprennent le plus
ambiance groovy à la gare st jean
Skön och soft platta. Gillar den.
What’s going on here? I want it to get me there. It’s not getting me even close to there.
Forgettable Jazz. Title track is ok but not enough to save the album
Heard Street Life in the Venture Bros, so...3 stars. I still hang aroooound.
Good background music
Pretty chill
Elavator music. A pretty intricate version of it, drawing from both jazz and disco. But elevator music nonetheless. A rhodes keyboard always sounds great, by the way, whatever you play on it. And given that the Crusaders are stellar musicians, their instruments are bound to sound good. I think that "My Lady" has been sampled in one of the hip hop albums I have, but I can't remember which. I need to do some research... Funny how the last track, "Night Faces", going back to the band's pure jazz roots from the sixties, sounds so good as well. As a matter of fact, that track has aged infinitely better than the mindless disco beats The Crusaders onverindulged in for the rest of the album. Disco can be fun, once in a while. But a whole album of it is often quite ridiculous. Especially if you don't dance to the latter. Because let's be a little honest for a second. Who would dance to this stuff *today*? I've written four paragraphs about this album, *Street Life* (five, now, counting this one). I think it's more than said album deserves if you're doing a list of 1001 "essential" ones. Next. Number of albums left to review: 630 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 182 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 85 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 110 (including this one)
Enjoyed it, fun album
Easy listening. Sounds like hold music or what you might hear in a hotel lobby. Bold to start the album with a song lasting 11 minutes. Not the best.
Meh. Jazz for people that don’t like jazz. Completely average.
Interesting album. Felt like this is music I would listen to while waiting to see the dentist, but not in a bad way.
Good stuff from a group I’d never heard of before. Well produced, catchy (I got a mix of R&B and Steel Dan type jazz), but I have a hunch there’s better stuff to discover in this genre. Standouts we’re the title track (which didn’t feel like 11 min long at all) and Carnival of the Night, which I loved.
Steve Jesus type of music. Not usually something I'd listen to but I enjoyed. I didn't hate anything nor did anything really stand out. Solid piece of music.
Du bon petit jazz qui se laisse écouter
So good, nice and jazzy
Muy buenos músicos, pero por momentos me sentía en un ascensor
Better than jazz but still insufferable.
fine but boring
A 3 star album with "street life" as a 4 star standout track
Pretty good
Yaaas.
smooooove funky sax and pinanno urban jazz
Your call is important to us
Wonderful. Just beautifully performed jazz. Favorite track: Street Life
Look, of course it’s really good but no. I can’t. I tried! I started off well with Street Life and then the rest. It was too smooth. Jazzy. It put me in mind of theme tunes to old dramedys.
An 11 minute song to start the album? Straight to jail. This journey has made me realize that I like jazz. Overall I liked this but I found it kind of boring. It felt like it was just generic jazz; there wasn’t anything that stood out to me.
Love the short album format of the old days
Fine, doubt I'll listen too again
what a fucking tune street life is. the rest of the smooth jazz album not so much. they definitely should have got Randy Crawford on more of their tracks.
Street death
I quite like the title track, but nothing else on this album has any interest for me. It's quite non-descript disco era jazz. It's 1979, you're at a family wedding, the buffet gets unveiled, and everyone shuffles along filling their paper plates with finger food. This is the music the DJ plays quietly under the murmurs of munching guests. It's completely inoffensive, the musical version of beige. For such a short album it really goes on, and on, and on, repetitively, on and on. Lovevly production and mixing though.
I don't really get why this album is on this list. It's not bad by any stretch, but it kinda gets in one ear and leave out the other instantly. The first track is too long and feel like boring toothless disco, the subsequent track feel like middle of the road jazz-fusion. meh 6,6/10
Adding funk to jazz does make it better, but it still is not what I want. This is basically easy listening.
This is funky but didn’t really capture me - it felt a bit like I was on hold with a telco. I liked the vocals of the opening track, and probably would’ve enjoyed if the rest of the album wasn’t just instrumental. However, I think this would slap live! Just not something I want to listen to day-to-day with headphones.
Damn accomplished and silky smooth
Yes, it’s like being on hold in an elevator, but it’s a pretty mellow, cool elevator. I think maybe the title track leads us to think the album is going to go one way, but it settles down into something else. I was in the mood for that something else so it worked for me.
I usually like funk, needles to say jazz, but this is almost parody lol. Has its moments but nah, not for me
Never heard of 'em... Interesting
quite repetitive funk
Ähnlich ärgerlich wie Weather Report: gut komponiertes, aber belangloses Gelaber. Wenigstens ist mit Street Life ein vollumfänglicher Klopper auf dem Album.
Kinda funky, kinda boring
That’s some smooth, smooth sax
Bitchin smooth jazz that sometimes veers a bit too far into Weather Channel Jazz
Nothing revolutionary sounding, nothing terrible either - this record is just *there*. The first track is nice enough, after which it devolves into one of your standard thoroughfare lounge jazz albums, and of course, that's not interesting at all.
Never heard of the Crusaders and all of the music from The Street Life was new to me. I think that there was too much saxophone for me to want to come back to this album. The vocals on the first track felt very set in the time that this album was produced. The album was okay.
Starts off promisingly funky. Loses steam pretty quickly. A shame, because it's barely 40 minutes long. Title track's great.
Jazz
Okay. 3.5
Before today, I'd never heard of the Crusaders. They had a long history, spanning several band name changes before settling on the Crusaders (used to be the Jazz Crusaders, but they didn't want to be tied down to one genre, so they dropped the "jazz"). Once the smoke cleared, what was left was a jazz fusion band, which took aspects of jazz, funk, and R&B, and layered them into their unique blend of music. This music sounds like a cross between elevator music, a porno groove, and upbeat, jazzy 80's sitcom theme songs. It is great stuff if you keep an open mind to it. I can see how people would find it bland, but I quite enjoyed it. Maybe it's because the band displays actual talent, unlike yesterday's dumpster fire. There is a lot of great soloing by all involved on this record, and each song doesn't overstay its welcome. Even the opening song, Street Life, which is 11 minutes long. It certainly didn't feel that long. Maybe it was the inclusion of lyrics by Randy Crawford on that track, but it was a great song all around. Overall, I enjoyed this album. Nothing really jumped out at me, but it was a perfectly acceptable jazz fusion record (unlike most of the others of this genre I've reviewed so far). Favourite songs: Street Life, My Lady, Rodeo Drive (High Steppin'), Carnival of the Night Least favourite song: Night Faces 3/5
Jazz, soul.
Honestly man this one was ok it’s just some jazz type instrumentals with some more funky stuff. The one that has singing is the worst which I thought was weird but it’s like eleven minutes of “street life”
An excellent first song and then a classic jazz album that does not excites me too much, but it's easy to get the qualities of the songs. I love pieces that use sax, which is nice on this album, even if not the best sax work that I listened to.
Despite the strong start the album initially has, it devolves into bland Jazz-Fusion music that's incredibly boring and by the numbers (the kind of music you listen to on hold or in elevators).
Loved
Nice, easy listening. The kind of album you don’t realize has been done for five tracks; hard to say if that’s due to the album’s influence or it’s indistinguishability from its contemporaries.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not really, just not a fan of long instrumentals Favourite song: didn’t have one
I'm knee-deep in funk right now, and I don't think I need half an hour of pointless, generic, fiddly funk.
Cool album of super smooth 70’s fusion. The Hustler was my favorite track. Title track was really long but not in a bad way. I like how in the 70’s hits were all extended for dance clubs I like all the variations and solos. It would be cool to hear more of that in modern pop. Would love if an 11 minute jazz song was super popular and commercially successful today.
Ten years ago I would’ve loved this record, the players are top tier, grooves are tight and the production is fantastic. It’s flawlessly executed but it feels very safe and generic; it never really feels like they are taking any chances or reaching for anything.
I liked the title track and then everything else was just okay.
This was great background music. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
Hits the spot while listening at work. Real nice.
I really enjoyed this. Very laid back, it’s a pleasant album
Stand out - street life
Not a huge fan of jazz
Very chill, short and sweet. Smooth, definitely listening again
Thumping great time
Most of the album is easy listening jazz, which is perfect if you want to have some non-intrusive music going in the background. None of the songs seemed distinctive from one another except for the title track, which I'd almost term a disco jazz. I'd listen to this album again.
Enjoyable soul filled jazz. Like if the weather channel got a little funky. Must be good if an 11 minutes intro track doesn't feel like it's dragging.
Four minutes of a good track then endless muzak. Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Sax, see what evil you have wrought upon this world.
A great 4 minutes in an endless soup of saxophone.
sleep life
very good album, enjoyed it. Not familiar with them.
Unmemorable
Funky
Street Life is an absolute banger. The rest makes me feel like i'm changing tires in Gran Turismo
Great
Great piano solo of over 1 minute starting at 3:45 into the first track. The first track is quite good notwithstanding the disco hints. The rest of the album doesn't hit the same level.
The title track is a catchy and respectable jazz-pop hit. This stretched out version has some nice electric piano (and sax) as does My Lady afterward. The entire LP is a bit sugary, but I'll add a point because it was quite easy refreshing and easy to listen to after White Light/White Heat, but then again it is easy listening music.
Wow, this is pure execrable dreck. It combines the worst of the 70s genres - disco and easy-listening "jazz". Folks, this is NOT Jazz, its made for people who hate jazz. I'm absolutely shocked at how many folks gave this 5 stars, but not surprised at all the 1s and they were quite a few. Really 1,001, really? [face palm and SMH]
My kind of smooth, grooving jazz soul with the scorching extended title track with the wonderful Randy Crawford. Admittedly easy listening, but with technically accomplished Steely Dan style keyboard and guitar soloing. Great rhythm. Excellent smooth jazz/soul.
Oh God, my ears! The title track is a classic. The rest of the album is unbearable soft jazz wank.
They think they know how jazz works but they don't actually
Expertly played, but it's just too cleeeeeeean. Everything is in exactly the right place, so rather than more it more musical it gives it a cold and sterile vibe. And the jams are just endless. The tracks just go on and on and on and on. Nope.
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
Late 70s kinda disco, kinda elevator music
Boring hotel lobby music.
The first two or three tracks were enjoyable and then everything else kinda blended together for me.
Kinda like being inappropriate groovy lift.
Great opening track but then I was put on hold for half an hour
Just terrible. Even the recognisable hit is terrible.
I knew of the opening title track, it's got a catchy chorus, but no one needs 11 minutes of it! The rest is like background music at a casino.
Yeah MAMMA. This had the makings of a five star-er 30 seconds into the opening track. Immediate toe tapper. It's all happening; ride cymbal over piano solo, key changes, big sax, punchy horns. I expected way more vocals after the first track but that sax absolutely sings in its own right. 8 Counts for Rita is a certified screamer - would love to be standing in the front row aggressively pointing for more shred.
Jučer mi je dan bio dosta loš ali ovo je malo popravilo tako da zaslužuje veću ocjenu
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.
Just an instrumental jazz album. Was cool to hear My Lady, a track sampled in some rap songs.
NICE
Smooooooooooth. 4/5
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.
Not bad, just not…. good. Pretty boring actually. There’s a reason this style of smooth jazz died out quickly. The guitar parts are cool but the sax parts get kinda corny. The song “Carnival of The Night” is the highlight on here. Everything else is pretty mellow.
Very smooth, great 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.
Elevator muzak: the album
So I’ll have to preface this by saying that jazz really isn’t my forte. I gave this a chance and didn’t find much enjoyment in it. Has an elevator quality to it. I found myself wandering off with it. Not in a great way though.
This seemed like easy listening, Weather Channel-type music. Admittedly I didn't do any reading on what made this album significant. Maybe it was a pioneer in the genre, maybe it led to bigger and better things. My 9-year old described it as "weird" but I heard it as more generic. Maybe all these years later we're just more accustomed to this type of smooth jazz.
Nice album, dont think Ive ever actively listened to it before but I quickly recognized those songs.
I gotta say, I do not like jazz.
Love the jazz and r&b vibe to this one.
I wasn't taken in immediately by this one but as it got into the back half of the record I started really feeling it. The guitar work is incredible and the horns just wash over you, so smooth. Another one with absolutely timeless production as well, wouldn't bat an eye if this was from the 90's. I'm a big fan of Japanese City Pop and this was exactly the kind of thing they were influenced by so in a way I'm kind of approaching this from an odd direction. But I absolutely loved it.
Too jazzy?
One great song, but the rest of the album is uninteresting.
Title track was great, but I'm having a hard time remembering anything else that stood out
Amazing album, jazzy and funky with catchy tracks 4.5
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
Not my thing. Sounds like theme music for an 80's drama or sitcom. Or for romantic movie scenes haha.
10/07/2022 Not it. Muzak fr — Today sucked so so fat. Something just came over me that made me hate my whole life. I had to leave studio for an hour today just to cry. I really really want to quit, because thinking about having to do this for THREE MORE YEARS is making me want to go crazy. Phillip got in tonight from Memphis!!! I haven’t seen him since before covid :((( We have the whole weekend together now :)
I lost hope when the title track (that was widely regarded as a highlight) fell flat and went on for over 10 minutes! I enjoy a longer track but this was too much as a third of the album. The instrumental pieces are fine. Just fine. Was excited with the "jazz/funk" description but it disappointed me.
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I was waiting for someone to interrupt the music to make an announcement that there was a special on women’s blazers. Why is this on the list?
Cheesy, but still kinda not bad?
Hadn’t heard them before. Obviously very skilled musicians.
Finally listened to this during my morning shift. Fun stuff! I'm not sure if this is soul, funk, or disco, but it's a lot of fun. The vocal track at the start of the album has great singing, and I like the rhythms/percussion/keys. I'd want to listen to this again in more depth, but this is good instrumental music that I don't have established familiarity with — fun tuff!
Very smooth and great to listen to while studying. I think in other settings it would also be equally as good. Nice Jazz, would've potentially enjoyed more singing though
Decent album for it being more jazzy. 3/5
real smooth jazz/disco - would have it on in the background again
Well that is not what I expected. I feel like I'm at a swanky dinner club listening to an excellent jazzy lounge act. I like it.
MID AND BORING, SORRY. JUST NOT MY TYPE AT THIS MOMENT.
Fome
Not for me.
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
My Lady on kyllä ihan 5/5 jazzfuusiota. Muutenkin hieno ja välttää liian siirapin.
Valaistujen katujen menevää jazzia. 4/5.
Bra grejer ändå. Skönt att ha i bakgrunden!
Love the cohesiveness of this group and the playing to Joe Sample. Very soulful album with a strong jazz nod. I will listen to Randy Crawford song anything.
Jazz trio led by what I can only call an impeccable saxophone. I appreciate the virtuosity these players have, but unfortunately, this kind of slow jazz doesn't resonate with me like larger group jazz does.
-S Tier- ***n/a*** -A Tier- Street Life My Lady -B Tier- Carnival of the Night The Hustler Night Faces -C Tier- Rodeo Drive AVG SCORE: 3.2 / 5 - - - Jazz fusion that makes me feel like I’m walking the city streets in the late 70s — which is odd since I was born in the early 80s. The musical equivalent of a Robert Altman film. Impossible not to love.
fire, need it in my collection
Funking awesome
J'aime le côté funky. J'ai groové tout le long et beaucoup aimé. Par contre, une fois l'écoute terminée, ne m'a pas semblé marquant.
Talented musicians. But not in my wheelhouse.
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
First song absolutely ripped then nothing of note
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
Jazz can eat my ass.
Didn’t mind this but was just a bit samey background music. didn’t do much for me.
What is man on the left looking at
Wanted to like it, definitely a lot of skill on show, but after the title track it just gets a bit disengaging ...
Street Life was a great song, everything else was meh.
A childhood album for me. Title track an absolute classic
Yes! Love. Street Life is a classic
Happy to have been introduced to this album 🙌🏻
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
Not for me
Not really for me.
My least favorite type of jazz.
OK, solo para poner de fondo
No me ha parecido nada destacable. Es interesante como música de fondo, aunque no hay nada en este disco que me llame o que me atrape.
None of the songs on this album really drew me in. It was your average 70s album.
This album was a great jazz, funk, R&B mix. The Crusaders are tight and some of that guitar playing was amongst the best I’ve heard in that genre and the rhythm section was incredible. The music itself had a great groove and incorporated enough jazz motifs and key changes to keep it interesting enough for both jazz fans and funk/soul fans
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.
This album is so beautiful and smooth. I love the lounge vibes. Jazz is a very comforting genre for me.
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".
This was a pretty smooth record, but not really something that I got really engrossed in. The title track, "Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')," "Night Faces," and "Carnival of the Night" were probably my fave tracks.
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.
Heard before: no A little on the poppy side - some interesting musical ideas, but I can't get into jazz fusion that doesn't have a bit of 'edge' to it. Great musicianship and feel though!
fantástico, funky, chill, sonidos muy agradables, excelente para tener de fondo, la calidad es buenísima. lo que sí, es muy corto y no propone cosas nuevas, solo buena música, ja, qué más necesitar? en una palabra: cómoda
Jazzy, groovy and funky. I love this.
Hey
Okay as background music, but that's it. Jazz isn't my thing.
Very jazzy and funky. Pleasant to listen to.
I get the allegations of elevator music, but loved this all the same...funky sunshine music, very chill
Massa o sonzao , jazz
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.
This was a nice easy listen. However, I didn't hear anything special about it. Pretty average imo
I live in a small country town with no elevators. The first song was alright, but then they put me in the longest elevator ride.
Elevator muzak Cover art 2/5
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!