Chirping Crickets

Upbeat and fun! Swinging tunes. Enjoyed on a run

I thought that was brilliant, Loved it.

Historically important, but not for me

If you can't hear Buddy Holly, you don't deserve rock and roll.

Some great songs.

Pretty cool album. Very '50's sound and a lot of fun.

Medium weight

50s Bop

The birth of modern music and a genius that was too short lived

No

Today, we found the answer to the trivia question "What was Buddy Holly's band's name?' and got to listen to a classic 50's rockabilly album.

I see why it was popular but it hasn't aged well.

Pretty good!

Another 5 today. I fuck with this clean cut 50s rock and roll tripe HARD. I could listen to this type of thing all day long.

The first song alone warrants five stars for the entire album! This music always makes me happy. It also brings to mind good times with my wonderful mom.

Lot of filler on a short album. Understand the impact, though. Favorite Track - Rock Me My Baby

It’s interesting to go back and revisit music from the ‘50s. It’s so saccharine that it feels almost alien to current music. Just guys singing about things they love. Oh boy! 3/5

Not one wasted note. The master of efficient songcraft, Buddy Holly really was one of the greatest songwriters of all time. This whole album is a joy. It is so clear how their sound inspired not only the sound of The Beatles but sound of many of the pop acts that would follow for the rest of time. Hard to believe this album of 12 songs only has a duration of 25 minutes. Losing Buddy at such a young age was such a loss for music. It would have been fascinating to see what his songwriting would have evolved to become over the musically rich years of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

This must have been amazing to hear for the first time back then! It stands up pretty well.

This was really pleasant. Old school for sure, but it was really fun to listen to an album where there are a couple of tracks that have permeated pop culture.

Yeah so rock n roll and all that. It was fine. I know we have these artists to thank for what we know now as rock but I rarely like listening to anything from this era because it sounds basic to me. I know that's totally unfair because we needed this to get to Radiohead. But I'm lukewarm at best.

This is like rating the Lascaux cave paintings in context of modern art.

In a nutshell: quick and poppy. The problem with reviewing this album is that it was released in the era when the LP format was still new. It sounds like a compilation and the songs sound mostly the same. But just like The Everly Brothers and BB King, Buddy Holly and The Crickets are important to music cannon. They inspired the next generation of musicians. I might come back to this album closer to the end of the project to re-rate. Overall: 5/10

Some classics there but a lot of songs sound the same

Pretty good.

This album just feels so simple compared to what we listen to now.

Still good.

Eh, it’s Buddy Holly, and not my favorite Holly. 26 minutes across 12 songs goes pretty fast. I have this on infinite playlist. So when the last song is followed by Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode, and it’s the best things far and away I’ve heard I. The last 27 minutes, it’s telling me to stop trying to justify Chriping as anything I’d come back to.

Takes me back to my boomer parents playing records when I was growing up. With how rock has evolved, it’s easy to forget that it started as dance music and Buddy Holly is nothing if not danceable. Great album.

not interested

Foundational album and sound for future of rock and roll.

Hated the backing vocals. As músicas com letras mais repetitivas são cansativas, apesar de pequenas. A sonoridade remete muito aos anos 60, o "pioneirismo" deles foi ter iniciado isso no final dos anos 50... Não gosto muito. Alguns momentos da interpretação do vocalista são interessantes. 3.9/5 78/100

The beginnings of rock and roll.

Buddy has a great voice and there are some great moments throughout this album, but it's a bit too plain for modern day rock. That being said I get why his music has lived on for so long.

Sounds of a bygone era

Sure it was good at the time

OG classic. If you don't like this after a few listens, it's you.

Great music.

decent. while I recognise the importance of albums like this in the development of modern music, this one does not hold any sort of timelessness. while it's not bad, the album drags even at it's 25 minute runtime because the song are just all so similar... sorry 3/5

50's rock and roll doesn't really do much for me. Aside from the slight Fallout 3 radio mod nostalgia, it's decent inoffensive songwriting. The last track has some really cool rhythms I wish they'd visit more. It's good for what it is, very much commercial music as a product of its time.

"The Chirping Crickets" is the debut album by American band the Crickets. It is the only album released during the lifetime of lead vocalist/guitarist Buddy Holly. The music is defining in the rock and roll and rockabilly genres. Besides Holly, the Crickets are Jerry Allison (drums, backing vocals), Joe B. Mauldin (contrabass) and Niki Sullivan (rhythm guitar, backing vocals). The album reached #5 in the UK. "Oh, Boy!" opens the album. A song written by Sony West (and others) who wanted Holly to have it instead of himself. Quick drums. Holly's distinctive voice. Great backing vocals (on all these songs). A great 10 second guitar solo. You gotta be quick when the song is two minutes long. A Bo Diddley riff highlights "Not Fade Away." Got to love the start-stop-start drums. I think there was another band that covered this a few years later???? The third and final single "Maybe Baby" falls in the rockabilly category with the drums. Holly is defintely having fun playing around with the maybe baby lyric. One of the most famous guita intros begin "That'll Be the Day." Holly crooning just showing off his vocal charisma. Sonny Curtis contributes on the guitar. Subtle backing vocals. It is pretty much a perfect song and, also, hit #1 in the US and UK and, in 1969, was inducted into the National Recording Registry for its artistic significance. Well, what to say? These are classic songs, each clocking in at approximately two minutes. Holly has just tremendous vocals with his range, confidence, playfulness and charisma. The songwriting and guitar play are rock solid. Being in the do-wop era, the backing vocals play an important part (not do-wop though). A rock and roll classic in every sense.

Muito bom, meio repetitivo mas não enjoa tanto quanto imaginei. Fica claro que é meio datado pois as musicas tem a mesma duração e a mesma temática.

generic kinda boring

👍🏻

Pretty good standard RnR. But in its era it must‘ve been a Hit Machine.

Respect for helping to lay the groundwork for more modern rock music (and for Buddy Holly's contributions in particular), but this mono, minimalist, rockabilly album is not my bag. This transported me back to being held captive to this type of music while being driven around in my nana's Honda as a child. I now have a craving for a nice juicy diner burger, fries, and a milkshake though...boy howdy, do I! Fun Factoid from Wikipedia: *The "Chirping" Crickets is the debut album from the American rock and roll band the Crickets, led by Buddy Holly. It was the group's only album released during Holly's lifetime. Standout Tracks: Oh Boy!, That'll Be The Day, Rock Me My Baby

Sure!

idk man. they seem so happy, but its boring after the 5th song dude.

Given the time this came out, these are groundbreaking songs. A couple on side B are a bit too church-choir to fit with the rest of the record. Very solid, not dated because so many of these songs have been used in movies and or covered often.

It was ok.

It fell off a bit in the second half a bit but the pure rock and roll numbers are pure bangers.

Wow from a different time. 25 min run time and all. Not sure it held up great but fun and I would have been been jamming to it in the 50’s.

Appreciate how it was influential, nice to hear the original, not fadeaway, but overall I didn’t particularly like the sound other than to make fun of old Timey rock

nett, aber tönt alles ein bisschen gleich - zu wenig nett, um es auf meine tägliche playlist zu schaffen.

Erfrischender Rock'n'Roll aus einer anderen Zeit. Gefällt mir sehr gut.

His music kind of wormed itself in my subconscious mind.

Optimistic, happiness for happiness sake, burgers, shakes, letter jackets, the uncomplicated privilege of the "Happy Days" is captured in this album. Buddy Holly's signature hiccup vocals, and that rockabilly tone of The Crickets is a lost to time genre of music, but maybe that is a good thing? The music while enjoyable feels old and for a different time to the point of putting it on a shelf never to be touched again.

For an older era, it doesn't get much better than this.

It's been a while since I listened to 50's music, so this was a nice little trip down memory lane. Surely has that one of a kind atmosphere in the music at that time.

Absolute definite 1. Can't stand the music

Timeless. Some occasional weird vocal affectations, still good.

This is like a really weird form of rock it kinda confuses me I like the way their voices mix. Favorite: Maybe Baby Least favorite: in a way all of them 3.6/5

Ekki fyrir mig

Filled with classic classics

En vittu tiä

solid album from one of the early architects of rock and roll.

Great stuff from a pioneer.

I struggled deciding between 4 and 5. There are a handful of excellent songs and the rest are good but not great. BUT the excellent songs are so excellent I think it pulls up the average enough to round up to 5. I knew he died young but only 22 years of age, wow.

Short and pleasant.

Good rock n' roll, but quite boring for me. Sorry!

Good stuff ! Easy to understand why Buddy Holly was so revered in his day …. Some truly classic tracks and a sound that affected an era …. Wonder where his music would’ve gone over the next couple decades ….

So I think Buddy Holly’s debut album is pretty straight-forward… For it’s time, I could see how this would have been incredibly popular… I liked that that there was a bit of an edge to his music – both with his original work on this album, as well as with all of the covers on this album, as I think most of the music up to that point was “nice” and really wasn’t edgy at all… The 2 best originals are easily “Not Fade Away” & “That’ll Be The Day” – and most of the covers are fairly well done, and you can clearly hear Holly’s style embedded in each song… Definitely dated, but you have to start somewhere, and this was a stepping stone for sure in the evolution of rock… Solid 3 for me for historical context, and being Buddy’s 1st album – which introduced his original style into the mix…

Not Fade Away is an awesome song written before the musical technology matured enough to make it good. Check out the Grateful Dead Live at Manhattan Center, 1971. Seems to be a general trend on this album. Well written songs without the studio tech or guitar shredders to really make it pop.

Just for Stephen :) Almost too country for my taste, but it's got some nice bluegrass elements that I'm a fan of

more classic 50's rock. good stuff.

I mean it was what I expected. Important for music history, sure. Kinda nice, kinda boring.

What's not to love???

Dosent do enough to stand out as an all time classic or even a must listen, there’s some good songs here, but it remains a product of its time. Musically it’s impressive but it lacks the funk that carried over lyrically challenged albums I’ve previously heard. Nothing here really caught me. Wouldn’t go back, but nothing here was bad either. I c

Album was very fun, maybe not normally my cup of tea but listening to music of that time is always a good time. they were really so jolly huh, I just find it funny to think about what they'd think of modern music. Not in like mean to either way, it's just very different

Classis songs on a classic album

One of the essential early rock albums. A no-brainer that you must listen to this.

Interesting coincidence. Working in Lubbock, TX today when Buddy Holly selection shows up. Love the work of the pioneer that influenced some many musicians. Great album.

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i'm sorry. i just don't care. it seems that before the mid to late 1960s, music was just so utterly plain. i'm growing a beard out here waiting for some action, and the action never comes, does it? buddy holly, i will not deny that you are literally the founder. the genius. probably the sole reason why rock exists. but even so. i'm not headbanging. i'm not dancing. those crickets sure are chirping.

It was good to hear a different style but it wasn’t for me

Nice melody creepy lyrics

So many of these songs have been covered by different artists whom I know already, so that made a lot of this album familiar to me. The biggest problem is the back up singers still have that dated feel in their voice. But even with that, the quality of the songs (for the most part) break through. Just wish the back up singers didn't sound so dated, though. Still, 67 years later, it holds up.

Rate the album or the man/group and their impact? The album is decent and at least a 3 in terms of its pure sound. But it's the influence of their sound that is what sets the album apart. One of the first groups and album to feature lead and rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. So I feel like I'm giving the album a bump for pioneering that format, a format I quite enjoy. And then every rockabilly artist out there (looking at you Elvis Costello) can probably thank Buddy Holly for creating a singing and playing style. It's far from a perfect album and has some so-so songs. But it also has some absolute classics - Oh Boy and That'll Be The Day. And also some other good ones - Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby (a pretty big single, but not as good as those other two), It's Too Late, Tell Me How, I'm Lookin For Someone to Love, Send Me Some Lovin (it's a bit different from the rest).

Every pop and rock act that came after owes this album a debt of gratitude.

2/10 would listen again. I’m sure my grandmother was a big fan

I don't really fuck with buddy holly

Solid. Classic.

It's like a greatest hits album!

Super fun 50s music

Golden oldies

First listen Saved 0/12

Boy did they struggle with love back in the day. At least they were upbeat about it. Happy music, depressing lyrics.

The (early) Beatles drew a lot of inspiration from The Crickets, and you can tell. The album has a classic rock and roll feel — generic at times, possibly an instance of “Seinfeld is Unfunny.” It’s quick, so I'd say it may be worth a listen.

4/10

Decent

Fun little album, full of classic early rock-n-roll riffs and 6/8 rhythms. Pioneering, but not one I really need to hear again

So innocent

Obligatory note about understanding how influential this is but I just don't enjoy it

Had a couple groovy tunes, I liked it but it didn't blow me away by any means. Enjoyed how happy, fast, and fun it was.

I think I would have to be in a specific mood to enjoy this and I’m not there currently.

nice and peppy pop

Fun listen!

Fun, brief listen. Most of the songs are pretty similar, but they definitely have a charm to them.

a whole album of this sound was too much for me!

Tsja, dit vind ik best moeilijke muziek om te reviewen, het is heel barebones allemaal en dat is gewoon omdat dit behoorlijk oude muziek is. Is het muzikaal geweldig? Nee Is het tekstueel super sterk? Nee Maar zeker bij zulke muziek zit er ook een klein beetje tijdsgeest bij. Vind het prima muziek, niet fantastisch. FAVO: Last Night

Nearly 70 years old and without the 50s harmonies this would be as fresh as it was then. Oh Boy is a great start to the album - a bit like Blue Suede Shoes is on the first Elvis album. This is a better album than that as there's fewer saccharine ballads. But it's the harmonies and the ballads that do make it (Send me some levin' is particularly turgid) that mean that I can't give it a 5. Which is a shame, as if this had more guitar and less harmonies it'd be pretty darned good. I do love that it's so short mind you.

Now here is an album that I'm glad was on the list, even if it's not one I will be listening to over and over again. At a time when guitars were just going electric, it took people like Buddy Holly to push the envelope and create new sounds. You can hear the influences on so many later rock acts.

Alright. I liked the second half of it more.

Trica laganica

Buddy Holly was a significant figure in the early days of Rock And Roll, so this album surely deserves a place on this list. Other than that? Repetitive patterns, simple, sometimes cringy lyrics, and overall a bit boring.

okay.

Without Buddy Holly & The Crickets, there would be no Beatles, and no Rock & Roll (and where would Elvis Costello have gotten his inspiration??)

What a fun record. Some all time classics and I like how you can feel this is setting up the music world for another jump. Seems to bridge the music of the 50s and 60s really well. Echoes of Elvis and some early Beatles vibes.

A lot of these songs have almost passed the point of being classics, into standards territory -- meaning they no longer sound particularly fresh. They're still fun, but music evolved so quickly within a decade of this album's release. Still, rock and roll had to start somewhere, and there's a reason these songs still sound familiar to someone born nearly 40 years after its release. While I don't see myself returning to this one regularly, it's an important and yet easy breezy listen.

I get the historical significance, but man it was boring.

Reminds me of listening to my mom's cassettes of the top songs of the 50's. Nostalgic. Love it! 5/5

Good as a historical document, not very interesting otherwise.

Liked it. Great Oldie Touch you can listen

great album

‘Not fade away’ gives it 3 stars easy ✌️ This is apart of rock ‘n roll canon so you have to give it full respect. Not my favorite but a foundational album worthy of understanding and appreciation.

Classic for me. Loved the greatest hits as a kid but listening to it now is a little more tedious when going beyond the hits.

A very feel-good kind of album. Short and sweet, with a couple catchy singles. To me sounds kind of formulaic, but that does make sense. Feels sort of like a paddleball hung so that the ball is bouncing upside down on the string.

BUDDY HOLLY!

Nostalgish...

Love the hits! Love the album cover!

Old but gold. Would we have The Beatles without Buddy Holly? Maybe not. Would we have “American Pie” (Don McLean)? Absolutely not! 😆 An amazing debut, influential to so many artists. It might sound a bit tame for us now but can you imagine how this was perceived in the 50s? [0144/1001]

Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Bobby Darin. The origins of Rock N Roll. Wouldn't have The Beatles or Stones without guys like these. 3/5

Very catchy music that surely had immense influence on a lot of 60s musical acts. 3

Fun trip to the past

Always enjoy the early pop rock

Too boring. Same song over and over again with such predictable lyrics. Could understand why it would be a bop at the time to dance to but thats it.

Bom.

Cute album good vibes 7/10

love love LOVE this era of music. fun and light could literally listen to this all day 8/10

Pretty solid oldies -7/10

I don't really have much of a reference point to judge this from, but I enjoyed most of the tracks. I liked that they were all short in length. They all sounded pretty similar, but it was still a fun listen, seems very emblematic of its time.

Short n sweet, sound is super fun, holds up great for an album so old 9/10

Kind of nostalgic (for a time before I was born?) Fun boogie woogie and they kept it brief. High marks for brevity. 7.5/10

6/10 - I have a soft spot for old-timey music but none of the songs specifically stood out to me. They also all kind of melded together. The vibe was good.

not my favorite type of music 5/10

Aight, just kinda blends in with all the other old ass pop music. Not bad, not great. 6/10

yeahhhhhhh buddy

Buddy Holly is one of very few white people that, in my opinion, was integral to the early development of rock and roll. Every single track on this record is amazing. The guitar sound is kind of fat and stinky but it still has these perfect lovely harmonies? It's amazing. "Not Fade Away" might be one of the greatest, simplest songs of all time. Both of my parents love Buddy Holly and sang his songs to me a lot as a kid, which I am sure has made me deeply biased, but I can't ever not love Buddy Holly. "That'll Be The Day" is so beautifully structured! The drum beats on those syllables!? Get outta here!

They didn't play the Weezer cover :(

Buddy Holly's The Chirping Crickets delivers classic rock and roll, with Holly's energetic performances saving the day despite a somewhat weak backing. His distinctive style and hits like That'll Be the Day and Oh, Boy! showcase Holly's brilliance, making the album a must-listen despite its shortcomings in instrumentation. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 5 STAND OUT TRACK - That'll be the Day

Relaly liked this one, sometimes I listen to some old rock and roll and every song sounds the same kinda thing. I IV V chord progression and that kinda thing. really liked how there was a lot of variety on this one even though Rock and Roll can be very samey. Also I think we got this album on the anniversary of Buddy Holly's death AKA the day the music died.

One or two songs at a time, this is endearingly corny. Taken all in a row, as the man himself says, oh boy 😬

It's hard to believe Buddy Holly was this polished and had found his unique voice before he was even 21. You can certainly hear the influence on the Beach Boys, the Beatles, etc. A few of the tracks are a little unremarkable, and at times the saccharine style doo-wop backing is grating, but overall a very good album with a high density of classics.

Etwas klassisch, aber stimmung

Good ol rock and roll. Buddy Holly really was a massive influence for a reason!

How could you not love Buddy Holly. Simple, catchy, sweet and tuneful.

4 guys, blue background, buddy holy 5/10, pleasant but also kind of boring to me

I don't think I've listened to a Buddy Holly album in full before, only came across some popular songs in 50's playlists. The harmonies and melodies seem a little repetitive, but I guess it's characteristic of the genre which I can come to appreciate at times. It was a fun listen overall.

Quaint

Buddy Holly's Brille. He/they have way better songs than on this album, so hopefully there'll be another one in this List.

Swing, beat, blues, 50s, male, mid, lovesongs only, quite good recorded, not sure if i'd liked it when I was born in 1930s... but solid songwriting.

not sure how to rate this but it was a fun and quick little jaunt into 50s rock n roll. hard to hate anything on this album, and there are some certified classics here. i liked it! favorites: oh boy, not fade away, that'll be the day

This is a fun lighthearted album, filled with funky and catchy guitar licks. It makes me nostalgic for a time period I was not ever part of, the sixties. It has slow songs filled with heartbreak, and fast songs where you can hear the bands energy and enthusiasm. This album still holds up as a classic to this day.

Classic rock and roll album. You can hear the precursor to The Beach Boys. He was ahead of his time. It would be interesting to see what he would have become as a musician if he had not died so tragically young.

BL: Knowing my music history I'm incredibly familiar with "The Day the Music Died", however I've never actually listened to any of Buddy Holly's works. So will be interesting to check this out. AL: This may be one of the most important records for rock and roll. The synonymous twang of Holly's Stratocaster, the group vocals still a hangover from the doo-wop eras of the past. Tight songwriting about love and lust. What more could you want. This established the hegemony until The Beatles blew it out of the water just under 10 years later. FT: "Oh Boy!", "Not Fade Away", "Last Night" 5/5

I love a good Buddy Holly album. This one slaps.

Classic 50s rock n roll. I'm old enough to have listened to enough of this. Gotta give it 4⭐ for it's genre

It's Buddy Holly. Unbelievable what he did for music in such a short time on this planet.

Music from the 50s is often overlooked these days. Much of it was pretty bland, but this was great. I prefer this to Elvis certainly. I did not realize that Not Fade Away wasn’t a Who song. That’ll Be the Day is a classic. I’m Lookin For Someone to Love is a fun song.

Wow, I jumped from Butthole Surfers to Buddy Holly. And what an amazing difference. These are songs. This is Music. I know others may disagree, but hearing melodies, verse chorus verse and just things that are pleasing to the ear was fantastic. I had heard many songs on this album, but never heard this album all the way through. I loved it. Wonderful music and I added the whole album to my library.

Just can't get on board with Buddy or early rock n roll in general. Sounds so primitive in a a bad way. Like hanging a children's drawing in an art gallery just because it shows the foundations of someone's art even though it's clearly shite.

All love songs, got a bit repetitive, but some very good guitar work, worth a t least a listen for some classics.

12 songs in 25 minutes. Any time I hear some of these historical albums I can't help but wonder what it would have been like to hear these in the time. This one is short and simple,and impressive for such a young kid. By today's standards it may not have been anything, but for it to be 60+ years old and still full of songs I've heard of is incredible. True classic. Favorite track: "That'll Be the Day" 4.5/5

Lands squarely in the rock n roll/country genre, with a lot of elements we also hear in Elvis: backing vocal harmonies, etc. Very gentle. I hear the influences on later bands like the Beatles, Byrds, and the whole country-rock movement of the late 60s and 70s.

Songs might be a bit boring for todays standards but you cant deny the importance of this album to the music history.

Buddy Holly never disappoints. Very nostalgic.

amazing

That’ll be the day I’m looking for someone to love Not fade away

Når afroamerikanere sier at man skal respektere hvor musikken kommer fra, tenker jeg at... Ånei, det er her den hvite musikken kommer fra. Gitar, bass, trommer og flerstemt doobap wao wao. Noen av låtene er litt morro, men ellers er det så ekstremt energiløst. Det er så blenda at jeg nesten blir blendet av hvor streit det er. Kan se de slenge kroppene sine rundt uten hoftebevegelser og be til jesus på kvelden.

Not my cup of tea

fun, but not my fave

Was not in the mood for them

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this album. Maybe I just live the dogs of the era and I don't usually listen to it, or it's just a phenomenal album. Only a couple skippable songs and even they aren't bad. I knew generally who Buddy Holly was, knew if heard songs, but this felt like a proper introduction for the first time.

I mean...surely iconic for its time.

Short and sweet early rock and roll. Sound like a pre-Beach Boys with surf rock influence as well as Johnny Cash deep baritone vocals. Standouts are "Oh Boy!", "Not Fade Away" and "Rock Me My Baby".

You listen to this and you just wonder what he might have been able to achieve had he not been taken so young

A- loved it. Love buddy Holly. Reminds me of you. D-yeahyeahyeah. Good stuff.

I can see how important and influential this is, but it’s not for me.

Not for me

Oh, yes, absolutely LOVE this one! Such a great album for so many reasons. Reminds me to once again highly -- and I mean the highest of highly -- recommend anyone and everyone who is even a casual fan of rock music to listen to Andrew Hickey's incredible podcast series, A History Of Rock Music In 500 Songs. I know there are many podcasts that one can jump in anywhere, but I promise it's worth it to start at the first episode and listen chronologically from there. It's that good. Back to this album: It's 1957. Think of what's to come for rock music in the decades that followed. There are no firsts in rock or any music or art, to be sure, but it's still so wonderful to hear the early elements of what we call rock music present -- and super fun! -- in this album. I'll admit that because I was born a decade after this album was released, I idealize and romanticize the 50s; there were serious injustices and hardships for far too many, here in the US and elsewhere, and I do not for a moment mean to gloss over or diminish any of those. Still, aesthetically, I will confess a bias towards music from this era. I just love early rock and roll (some of which we now call rockabilly) and 50s jazz and 50s blues. I also dig mid-century modern design (e.g., furniture, cars, architecture, etc.). What a ride. What a journey.

The great songs were amazing, the others, less so

I recognised a few of these songs. This is what I would call the classic 50s rock and roll sound. There is no doubt that Buddy Holly had huge influence on a number of artists that came after him. His death also made it so that his music was heard more, as sad as that is. Overall a very pleasant album that reflects its time period perfectly.

Great!

Not something I would normally listen to, but I enjoyed the this- light, happy, put me in a good mood.

Love Buddy Holly and The Crickets. These are some of their best that we all know and love of course.

Solid album start to finish. There is a reason that Buddy Holly was so influential in the music industry.

Doing it first doesn’t mean you did it best, but these guys did it pretty well.

songs are short and sweet, definitely a bit hit or miss. however it is obvious that this band and album were inspirational for many rock and roll bands to come. I would give it a 3 if it wasn't foundational to music today

Clasic rock, parecido a los beatles

"Seinfeld is unfunny" effect galore. You really need to "put yourself in the shoes of the listener of the time" to get this, and to me that's already an exercise that borders on condescension.

Fun stuff

Sock hop nostalgia.

a fun listen but forgettable for me

Thought the first half was fun and charming. Love the guitar tone and licks and the harmonizing. This gives me a specific nostalgic feeling (for a time I obviously wasn’t there) & makes me wanna start a classic little garage band. Second half of the album felt pretty same same so it didn’t hold my attention the full way through.

Me gustó. Creo que lo que lo hace sonar anticuado es la producción obviamente de la época. Los coros me parece que le restan.

good old rock and roll

Obviously not shit I would play a lot, but this is the prototype for the VU, which is the prototype for everything after it, you can’t deny the importance. 3 for respect.

old buddy holly stuff its aight but not an add

Fun oldies!

I feel like you have to give it five stars.

Hoping good music. Old timey but still great.

That was fun!

The beginnings of rock and roll!

está muy bueno, me gusta lo vintage y las letras pegadizas.

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Nice, but a bit too short

One of the folks who started it all. Although I had lots of rockabilly, I never had this album, but everyone knew all the songs

This was a really fun album. Early Rock and Roll. It’s an album I could listen to again and would enjoy. I could also include some of these songs in playlists and feel like they belonged in my playlists.

A fun early rock and roll album. Short rockin songs from the 50’s that would fit into a playlist.

I enjoyed the album. It was upbeat and had some fun songs.

Look it.

Maybe the album hasn’t aged well but it was just bland and not interesting at all, the most middle of the road music

Definitely outside my comfort zone and not much here to enjoy for someone who despises early rock and roll I'm afraid. Far too many songs about being lovesick, kissing, rocking, etc. Mercifully short I guess.

To be fair - boppy lyrics and good rhythm I can see why it was popular at the time. Way to jangly for my preference - I can’t finish the album. Not for me

I really wanted to enjoy this album more but outside the few hits dispersed among the tracks they all sound very similar and I just couldn't get into the overall album.

Interesting album for the time, but not a super fun listen these days.

Very solid and good fun per minute

2.5

It was fine for what it was

My mom must have loved this.

I don't think I had heard any track on this album before, but it basically sounded like I expected. It was fine, some fun songs, but I probably wouldn't bother to listen to it again.

Chippy chirp chirpity standup bass madness

It wasn't that bad I guess

Probably very great back in the day. Very repetitive for todays standards though

“That’ll Be the Day”. What else could it be?

this was a fun one!

I quite liked this album, even though its not the sort of thing i would normally listen to, but I ended up quite liking it, the backing vocals also really add to the main singing by Holly, as well as the prominent guitar and drum solos

Holly was 20 when the Chirping Crickets was released, which is insane, given its innovation and distinct sound and that he wrote and arranged the best songs, which still sound fresh: Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby, Tell Me How, and That'll be the Day, and I'm Looking for Someone to Love. The rest of the album feels like mismatched filler -- including a couple songs written by Roy Orbison -- but it's hard to understate the effect this album had on rock.

Left us too soon. Would have liked to have seen what could have been.

The music of the 50's has something in it. Maybe it's the simplicity or maybe it's a thought that there was not a music like that before that. These guys were pretty much pioneers. And they made music that you can still listen and recognize after so many years.

Important, historic music

A little of this goes a long way. By this I mean I'll listen to Oh Boy! and That'll Be the Day when they come on, but I'd switch anything else off. It turns out I like songs about Buddy Holly more than I like songs by Buddy Holly.

Relaxing. All I know of Buddy Holly is from American Pie. Kinda Elvis-y

Solid boppable album.

Ah, the good old days where songs were two minutes long and only about love. I liked it but I thought the guitar was going to be a little more prominent

Just until now, I never realized how influential Buddy Holly has been. This album is the blueprint for bands like the early Beatles. While I don't vibe with most of the songs, that alone makes this an easy 3/5.

Amazing stuff buddy

Brauche ich nicht

Good vibes forever

Oh, Boy!- 5/5 Not Fade Away- 4.7/5 You've Got Love- 4.5/5 Maybe Baby- 4.9/5 It's Too Late- 4.4/5 Tell Me How- 4.2/5 That'll Be the Day- 4.6/5 I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love- 4.4/5 An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)- 4/5 Send Me Some Lovin'- 4.7/5 Last Night- 4.3/5 Rock Me My Baby- 4.6/5 Total- 4.5/5

Ikke veldig spennende å høre på idag, men kan skjønne det inspirerte tidlig Beatles og lignende.

It's almost 70 years old music and the songs still rock so much. I can see why they Buddy Holly was so influential. Though it is hard to rate because it's still not from the later 'album' era of popular music, but it's such a great collection of songs.

short and sweet

I have to imagine at the time this was ground breaking. However, now it is a bit under whelming; to no fault of the album, just a product of the times. Regardless, there is some excellent guitar with here and some lovely vocal arrangements.

Fantastic album. Staggering to realize almost all songs have been covered

Good old fashioned toe tapping.

I never properly listened to any buddy holly before. I can totally see why this would be considered such an important album, but it just seems so tame in comparison to all the music it would inspire so it didn't do enough to excite me. Still very good, but its hard to see how spectacular it was at the time when Im listening to it almost 70 years later. 3.5/5

The debut album from one of the original Rock and Rollers. I am, of course, familiar with Holly's hits, with and without the Crickets. I have 1/2 of this album from a hits collection, these are essential songs if you're interested in the roots of rock. Generally. I prefer some of the cover versions to there originals, but these are where it all started. Some well known covers of songs from this album, that I own: Maybe Baby -Don McLean / NGDB Not Fade Away - Rolling Stones It's Too Late - Derek & The Dominoes (Eric Clapton) That'll Be The Day - Linda Ronstadt And that's just the ones I own. Most of this album has been covered y multiple artists. That's called influential. Really solid album, although I still prefer the hits album that swaps the "deep cuts" here from other hits. Super solid 4/5, but not quite 5.

I was a bit shocked that I liked this album a lot. I knew most of these songs from covers by other artists, but had never heard the Buddy Holly versions. The cover of the album looks super-white and nerdy, but the music is pretty dang good.

I'm not really sure what I was expecting, but this is really good. You can pretty easily trace how their music influenced the next generation. What's impressive is that even with the hindsight of the evolution of the genre this still holds up and is really enjoyable. I'm really glad the songs are so short. I feel like if they went much longer they'd start bordering on annoying, but they're kind of the perfect length.

Absolute bop...every song encapsulates that late 50s rock and roll that was getting faster and a little harder and more danceable. Still wish that he never got on that plane...what could've been

No. 64/1001 Oh Boy! 4/5 Not Fade Away 4/5 You've Got Love 3/5 Maybe Baby 4/5 It's Top Late 3/5 Tell Me Now 3/5 That'll Be The Day 4/5 I'm Looking For Someone To Love 3/5 An Empty Cup 3/5 Send Me Some Lovin' 3/5 Last Night 3/5 Rock Me My Baby 4/5 Average: 3,42 Pretty fun listen, but hasn't too much to offer.

Truly the beginning of rock n roll. U can hear the influence of Buddy Holly on the giants to come like the Beatles, Stones, and Who. Hood album 3

Doo-wop harmonies, blues rhythms, country licks on a bright and crisp edge of breakup strat and a great ear for pop melodies make for a catchy and hugely influential album. I liked it more than expected though it's hard to hear it beyond the 'oh this is where the Beatles/beach boys/ventures got it from' reaction.

Here's what I know about Buddy Holly - the Weezer song, the Linda Ronstadt cover, and American Pie. He was influential to the development of rock 'n roll music in America and died in a plane crash while on tour at the age of 22. This was the only full album he released with the crickets before his death. I've never sat and listened to Buddy Holly - but I've heard some of these songs as covers by later musicians so I'm familiar with him as a song writer. This was 25 minutes of fun. It's sad that he died before he could pursue further creative endeavors, wikipedia brings up a lot of influences he was exploring before his passing and I think he could've had more albums on this list.

Good, lively stuff that’d be nice popping up in a playlist now and again.

Lots of fun. You can criticise it - the best tracks tend to come early on, the style has been improved upon - but (Elvis excepted) it's difficult to name an album more important in the birth of popular music. The cover though. "OK guys I want each of you to have one hand on a guitar" "But I'm a drummer" "Just hold the guitar"

Belongs in its time; energetic boppy tunes but dang this guy had attachment issues lol

Rave on!

01) Oh, Boy! - 7,0 02) Not Fade Away - 6,5 03) You've Got Love - 7,0 04) Maybe Baby - 6,5 05) It's Too Late - 6,5 06) Tell Me How - 7,0 07) That'll Be The Day - 10,0 08) I'm Looking For Someone To Love - 7,0 09) An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date) - 6,5 10) Send Me Some Lovin - 6,5 11) Last Night - 6,0 12) Rock Me Baby - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)

I was behind in my reviews, so I reviewed two albums back to back. The other album was System of a Down. The whiplash my spirit experienced! These albums are only 41 years apart, but they sound like they are from different universes.

This is a fun and simple album. It doesn't really differentiate itself from a lot of other albums in this decade. It's still fun though. Rrpeats: not fade away, maybe baby, it's too late Skips:

C'était mimi Quand ils disent ''rock-a-bye my baby" j'ai cru qu'ils disaient ''barack obama''

Aucun avis...

Favorite Tracks: Oh Boy That’ll Be the Day

Excellent album, very very fun!

Very reminiscent of the BeachBoys Surfer-prog-rock, while leaning more into the 'Roll' in RocknRoll. Gives me pre-Straycat vibes too. Defiantly very big-boy-band era! I have a very hard time picking a favorite from the album because of how closely they stick to the rockabilly formula- not bad if thats what you are into!

Pretty great album. The hits off this one are total classics. The other tracks are more 50s filler, but still pretty good.

Happy rock n roll. Actually a little more rockin than I was expecting.

Cheesy of course, but not as bad as I expected

It was ok, some songs better than others

Was fun to listen to. Spent the whole time imagining couples dancing together on summer days. Felt like an implanted nostalgia.

Exceptionally average and inoffensive

It’s amazing how some records not only define a specific place for you, personally, but seemingly everyone else, simultaneously. What starts as a few songs quickly hardens into a sound, a territory, an affirmation. There are few examples of American cultural hegemony more universal than the sound of Buddy Holly playing in every American diner in the last 70 years. There are probably thousands playing it now. What happened and why? Why is that music so stubbornly untouchable, an artifact almost within years of it coming out? By 1962 it sounds dated, by 1966 practically a fossilized record from the Cretaceous. We’re listening to a culture preserved in amber by many people, some of whom are alive today, and for them this was their music as teens and they’re playing anything else. It’s wild. I just love this because it really sounds so innocent. Every band around this time sounds so unpolished, young, almost like they picked up their instruments last week when someone’s friend’s dad gave them a drum set. Maybe I’ve been listening to a lot of 60’s garage rock, so that’s coloring my listen here, but that’s such a sound! Kids picking up instruments. No doubt this inspired many kids. 3/5 for the love of music and the significance of this sound, but obviously, eclipsed by a tidal wave of… pretty much everything else 5 years later. A tragically short reign.

oooh weeee oooh i look just like b- (extremely loud incorrect buzzer)

This is pretty mid :/ 6.2/10

Of its time. Fun classic rock n roll blues - very back to the future.

Definitely important, you can hear the seeds of later Punk/Rockabilly and a touch of darkness behind the pop-charm, but it's also very repetitive. Jimi Hendrix really ruined my ears for this kind of music. I can appreciate what they're doing, but after Hendrix it just sounds like tinker-toys

Was a right liked the fact it was super short. May have to see what else they have to offer. 3.5/5

I dig this. Cool old school rock. Overall fun record, though very short. That'll be the Day and Rock Me My Baby were probably my favorite. 4/5

I should be able to appreciate this more but it’s just too bubble gum pop for me.

Obviously, very aged, but I still liked it. Short enough to be interesting and not make me sick of it. Generous ⭐️⭐️⭐️

wee oo i look just like buddy holly

Moderately annoyed most streaming services don't list the artist as The Crickets---Tidal just says Buddy Holly. 🙄

first impression: super '50s, but fun, kind of catchy, not too cheesy, kind of similar to early beatles' stuff which was def inspired by like doo-wop/50s rock and roll (you've got love ~ please please me, the song) best: (I mean they're all pretty solid) you've got love (it's cheesy but in a cute way) i'm lookin' for someone to love (this is so '50s!! 10/10 would dance next to the gramophone to this song) worst: (which isn't particularly bad, but the cheese is a bit too thick) maybe baby an empty cup overall 3.5/5! very fun, but a bit out-of-date.

Cute, consistent, a bit too lame, but clearly great if you like 50s rockabilly.

It was OK, and short: not sure I get the Buddy Holly hype?

It don't get whiter than this. That'll Be The Day, the 7th track on the album, is the first time that the guitar has any feeling behind it. There are good things about it, Rock me my Baby is a fun little bop, Buddy has a a great voice and it still sounds unique, but it's not nearly enough. Imagine being John Lee Hooker or Chuck Berry, performing with magnitudes more emotion, and seeing this milquetoast doo wop outpace you. I get that Rock and Roll was in its infancy, and that this was the pale, socially acceptable, thin end of the wedge needed to penetrate the uptight sphincter of 1950's white America, but that doesn't make it a good album. Spotify randomly played The Chiffons and The Clovers immediately after this album and they were both far more intense, more emotional, more interesting, and just better listens. But they're not remembered with the fondness that this album is. They're just black.

A really fun listen, although I always feel a bit sad listening to Buddy Holly. With this as his opening album, only just in his early twenties, I think his creative output could have rivalled the Beatles had he lived. Both songs and albums were certainly short and sweet back in the day, with the whole thing clocking in at 25 minutes. The lyricism is sweet and simple, a bit saccharine, but… that’s how 20 year olds write love songs. Interesting to see Roy Orbison credited as a songwriter on some tracks. I think I will always love Buddy Holly because my dad loves Buddy Holly. We didn’t own his records at home but whenever he came on the radio my dad would get excited and tell me his story. And he plays Everyday on guitar so actually in my head that’s my dad’s song. Sorry Buddy. So, a fun little nostalgic listen overall. That being said, the very worst thing about Buddy Holly is undoubtedly the fact that he inspired the song American Pie. Another reason that it’s a tragedy that he died.

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