Chirping Crickets

The thing is, almost nothing about its sound is new to me. I already heard all of these blues, ballad, and rock-n-roll tunes. And I don't really mind, as I'm a sucker for pop songs of this age. The problem is, "Chirping Crickets" is a big hit-and-miss. I see the appeal: those guitars made me feel sunny no matter how rainy it is today, and that voice has that urgency that I always like with blues and rock-n-roll. But some of the songs unintendedly border into being a parody or a cheap copy of other tunes. And even if these tunes came after this album, it doesn't change the fact that they are at least more preferable to listen to. So kudos for the influence I guess, but I'll only come back for a handful of tracks.

chirp chirp chirp

You have to hand it to the pioneers for bringing us here. What would music have been if something else had been popular at the time? Similarly, what would music have been if Buddy Holly got to continue making it? These songs are short and simple, but the substance is there. Strong evidence of rock & roll of course, along with a lot of soul. It's a bit tamer than some of the other big names of the era - just look at our insurance salesman-dressed friends - but these are stone cold classics. Standout tracks are It's Too Late & That'll be the Day.

I am sure this album was ground breaking in 57, still holds up.

I think I prefer the stuff released under just “Buddy Holly”

It's so strange that Buddy Holly is considered a rock n roll icon, I mean just look at the cover. I think my teddy bear looks more menacing. But that voice is so distinctive, so original and so natural sounding. The other thing is this was in the days when music was recorded live (probably over a couple of sessions) with minimum fuss. It's a good snapshot of a particular time and place. Music before technology and the media etc took over. One surprise for me was Buddy Holly only co-wrote 5 songs, considering his reputation as a songwriter. All the above said, it probably isn't that great an album as a whole and a Buddy Holly compilation would be a far better listening experience.

Formulaic songs in simple language, Crowbarred into matching suits and ties, Torn between Rock n Roll and being christian virgins. I imagine it's still in the top hundred albums of the 1950s.

This is here for the big songs isn't it. And sort of fair enough, though it's not a classic must-hear album, rather, Buddy Holly is a classic must-hear artist, and this is his only album. There's way better consistently good rock and roll than can be found here, but this is not the era of the album, it's the era of the hit single. So what are you gonna do?

- Too old to be my thing but enjoyed it more than I thought I would - Can see the influence on early Beatles - Fav songs: That'll be the Day, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy!

Early rock and roll that's aged OK. A little bit of Doo-wop and a dash of rockabilly that you can really hear influenced future rock bands. It would be interesting to hear how Buddy Holly would've evolved musically if he lived longer as he really helped lay a great foundation for rock and roll.

Distil what makes music good and capture the essence of pop and rock in a bottle, this would be on the same shelf. Music of a bygone simpler time, but hugely influential on what came after.

Rock 'n' Roll, that describes it. But more roll than rock

quintessential 50's rock and roll album

Beatles hardcore

Delightful early rock and or roll

THIS is what Don McClean was so upset about? JK, these are some nice boys doing some nice soft music that you can fall asleep to. Funny to think that this music was getting people WORKED UP 2/3 of a century ago

Enjoyable, catchy Oh Boy is my favourite

Fun stuff, got repetitive. Am always amazed at older albums. They have 12 songs and are only 25minutes long.

yowza! Those are some short songs! This was ok. Kind of fun to listen to some oldies. Pop music has always been vapid. This was no different. But Buddy Holly had a decent sound

I really like about half this crickets album… but I also like rockabilly including the dozens of shitty post-danzig rockabilly misfits songs jerry only churned out. 3/5

Not my thing but I can imagine it was pretty good for its time

A super important album and some really great arrangements. Sadly way too overheard

good start to rock n roll

Hits are good songs. Unlikely to listen to again.

You can really hear this one's age. It's OK for what it is, but good that it's so short. If it had went for much longer, it would have started to get annoying.

The music is good. The lyrics are all about the same thing. Boy + Girl = Love. Yawn. Very one dimensional in that sense.

Definitely worth a listen. This music inspired much of the music that followed for decades. Listening to music from this era makes me feel a bit strange; the culture and values that produced this music has long since been destroyed and supplanted. It’s a artifact of a bygone time. That makes me a bit sad somehow. RIP Buddy

“Oh Boy” and “That’ll be the Day” are standouts that stand the test of time. Rest of this is ok for the50’s but dated now. Solid three, but not enough to bump it to a four imo.

A mix of good songs and filler.

I enjoyed - I do like a Buddy Holly track. But it was just a lil much, a whole album. Sad story though.

It's nice, it's cheerful, it's endearing and it's historically significant, but is it good? I'm not sure. The production is terrible, the performances are spotty and it often feel like I'm listening to a commercial for something. but still there are some genuinely good songs and it's short enough to let go how samey it feels.

A bit dated but groovy at times.

This was your run of the mill 50s album by buddy holly. While it was enjoyable it really wasn’t anything special. Standouts include Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby, and That’ll be the day.

The Day Music Died is how I was introduced to Buddy Holly. I've listened to their hits but haven't listened to a full album until now. The hits are definitely timeless classics, the rest are a better fit for the era. 1. Oh Boy! 2. Maybe Baby 3. That'll Be The Day

Typische rockabilly van weleer waar we nu duidelijk invloeden in hedendaagse muziek van blijven plukken. Ik vond het eerder wat achtergrondmuziek

+++

This is fun and energetic album. I love the style but I have to admit it gets a bit tiresome by the end of the album. There are some great songs in there though!

Interesting to hear such an old and early album and compare to where music has went since then

50's singsongs

It's nice. It's 50s rock and roll. I'm not a mega fan of early rock. But it's short (only thirty-four minutes even in the expanded edition with the two added non-album singles) and it's painless. It's perfectly pleasant. And there were one or two production details that did intrigue me. I like the cover art for the Australian/NZ release on Brunswick much more than the "proper" one, though.

5/9/2022 - ALBUM #102 Today's Album: "The "Chirping" Crickets" by Buddy Holly & The Crickets - I like this album a lot. Being a 1950s doowop album, it's hard for it to really stand out in any particular way, and there are a lot of tracks that feel fairly dated, boring, or both, but there are a surprising amount of really fun and catchy songs on here. All of the highlights below are fun tracks that really feel like they were breaking the mold for what was standard for these kinds of groups in the mid-50s. The instrumentation is pretty great with some standout solo's on a lot of the better tracks and Buddy Holly's voice sounds great too. The production isn't fantastic, but given it's time it's pretty good, and it was really nice to just jump from one track to the next since the album is only 26 minutes long and there's 12 tracks. Overall, this is a really fun little bite-sized doo-wop album from one of the greatest talents the 1950s had to offer. Give the highlights a listen if you want to time travel back to a 50's diner! Highlights: Oh Boy!, Not Fade Away, That'll Be The Day, I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love Score: 7/10 Fun little doo-wop album

curious i accidentally played the weezer song with the same naame its weird. the album is inoffensively bad. 3. so poppy and fragrant like a rice cake.

Классический рок-н-ролл/рокабилли. Больше даже и добавить нечего. 5 из 10.

This seems like almost as important a record as Elvis's debut, but unlike that album many of these tracks are self-penned, which is a plus. However, it doesn't have the excitement or star power of an Elvis - it's just nice and inoffensive, in a very stereotypically 50s way. I'm gonna give it 2.5, but I'll round up for influence, and because there are some *extremely* sharp haircuts on the cover.

Rock and roll clásico y muy entretenido. 26 minutos de baile. En la segunda canción se escucha mucho indie rock de este milenio.

A classic, but get boring quickly.

i understand that it is a very influential album, however it is hard to judge modern days because it just sounds meh. it is quite catchy and i’ll give it that.

Before you can leap you have to run, and before that you have to walk. The Crickets and Buddy Holly are the walkers here in (white) rock history. They took short 12 bar blues and the rock combo and excelled at turning them into harmonized if not sanitized dance hall tunes. Without these songs the next levels of popular-rock music would likely have gone in different directions if anywhere at all. The trouble is listening today it often sounds facile, with middle school lyrics and a sameness to it that doesn't hold a ton of excitement. In other words I'm not likely to put this on except when referencing original rock and roll. Or after a Happy Days marathon obviously. But the hits at least are songs that everyone should at least know - building blocks for everything to come. 6/10 3 stars

It’s alright

3.5/5 Old but gold, buddy holly and the chirping crickets are legends. The short but sweet songs are all easy to listen to and cheered me up. Favourite songs: - Maybe baby - Rock me my baby

Feels a bit dated but good fun and represents its era very well.

3/5, just. Came out the same year as the Little Richard album we had a few weeks ago, and it just isn't as good. This album is a little bit twee, a bit too soft, and doesn't really have the oomph that even the Little Richard album did. I don't know fifties music well at all, but this embodies what I think of when I think of middle of the road towards the end of the decade. Maybe this is a bit unfair, but I feel he'd be much less well-known know had he not died in that tragic plane crash.

A lanky, four-eyed white boy from Texas who shaped the template for today's rock. (5/10) FT: Oh, Boy!, Not Fade Away, That'll Be the Day, Send Me Some Lovin'

A bonus point for That’ll be the Day

Bello, ma troppo rapido. 25 minuti, canzoni molto carine, ma niente di più.

Its fine

Got a certain bop to it, hasn’t it

My parents were lovers not only of one another but also of the original rock n’ rollers- Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, all those cats. And, hailing from their home state of Texas, of course, the beloved Mr. Buddy Holly. I was conceived (the inevitable consequence of turtle dovin’) at the end of summer in 1958, about a year following the release of 'The Chirping Crickets,' so I’m pretty sure I got a dose or two of Buddy in and out of the womb. By the time I became more fully conscious of music, The Beatles were all the rage. Buddy Holly was just a little ahead of the curve for me, so I’ve mostly been unaware of his sound save for all the classic rock artists who eventually covered his songs- some really good, like The Rolling Stones ‘Not Fade Away’ or Derek and the Dominos’ ‘It’s Too Late,’ and some kinda lame, like James Taylor’s ‘Everyday.’ It was nice to finally hear the originals. And, in spite of the poor quality of the recording, and the awful harmonies of the Crickets, Holly himself still mostly shines on this debut LP. I was familiar with his signature chord strumming solo technique, but not how fast he could also pick individual notes. He pretty well tears it up on ‘That’ll Be the Day’ and ‘I’m Looking for Someone to Love.’ And his singing, at least on the rockers, is really good too; a rougher edge to his voice than I had previously heard, like on the opener, ‘Oh, Boy!’ I think there are really two Buddy Hollys on this LP: the rockin’, confident, swaggering Holly who proclaims to any girl who’s dissing him: ‘You don’t know what you’ve been a’ missin,’ chicky baby, and ‘My love is bigger than a Cadillac.’ He can also really turn a phrase like, ‘Tell me how to keep your love… Tell me how you keep the love within your heart from me.’ I like this Buddy. Then, there’s the other Buddy I don’t really care for- the deflated, dejected, needy Buddy who especially starts whining towards the end of side two. ‘An Empty Cup (& a Broken Date),’ is one unfortunate example. Eliminate those 3-4 songs and you’ve got a rockin’, tight little LP, with a succinct punk rock sensibility. Or more accurately, it was the early punk rockers were really mimicking a Buddy Holly sensibility.

So apparently this band was the first rock band, with two guitars, bass and drums. This album is very 50s. Very soppy, hetero-normative love songs for the most parts. Looking past the lyrics, most of the songs are pretty simple in retrospect, pretty much all around 2 minutes long. About what you'd expect from 50s rock. They have their charms though, and make for a pleasant listening experience. The best songs were probably 'Not Fade Away' and 'Maybe Baby' The instrumentation here, again, is largely simplistic and, while good, has, again, been done better later. There's some good guitar parts on 'I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love' though. This album has it's fair share of filler, however. All in all I'd rate this one 3 stars. This was a pleasant experience, if dated.

Fun stuff, could imagine cruising to a main street diner with this bopping from my chevy.

Decent

Fun fun fun! Packed with punch and energy. Short and sweet!

Early rock and roll classic

Oldies.

Not a lot to say about this. Pretty cheezy. Still a bit catchy. An ok listen. I'm sure it was edgy for it's time. Pompadours and red ties and all.

Some eternal singles, but the slow numbers are 'dreamboats and petticoats' mush and he's not really that good a vocalist to make them speak now. Still, only 25 minutes. Shortest album so far.

Fijn geluid toch, die Buddy.

Deedle dee deedle doo

That nerd was alright. Catchy pop tunes. I get the feeling he set some kind of template for a 50's rock 'n' roll sound.

The “Chirping” Crickets by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1957) This classic album is noteworthy for its influence on major artists and, in retrospect, reminiscent of the lamentably untimely demise of Buddy Holly (in a plane crash, along with The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens—February 3, 1959, “the day the music died”). But as an album it stands on its own, within the context of early rock’n roll, setting forth a collection of jukebox friendly dance tunes with lyrics expressing the simple, shallow (but intense), G-rated yearnings of the male teenage heart. I love you, baby, oo-wah oo-wah. The compositions are strongly rooted in gospel and country melodies and chord structures, with R&B stylings. But because of the limitations of 1957 recording technology, I recommend putting away the headphones and listening through the smallest speakers you can find. An iPhone would work fine, set on ‘mono’, and held close to one ear like a cheap pocket transistor radio (if you’re old enough to remember what that is). On the minus side, the backing vocals of The Crickets are substandard, with strained range, poor blend, and continuous pitch problems, nearly all on the flat side. But this defect is more than compensated for by the strong and creative vocals and high reverb guitar playing of Holly himself. Holly’s vocal art is marked by a comfortably casual tone, and the pervasive use of percussive elements such as glottal stops, guttural pulses, ‘hiccups’, stutters, scoops, squeaks, rapid rhythmic vibrato, and crisp register breaks. It’s delightfully inventive, even if it might sound silly to prog rock aficionados of the 70s and 80s, and fans of later pop, metal, and hip hop. This is a record to be valued chiefly for its historical significance, unless your lady is ready to make the bubble gum pop, kick off the saddle oxfords, roll down the bobby socks, and hit the hardwood floor. 3/5

One of the rock & roll giants of the 50's, Buddy Holly mostly sings lovey-dovey songs for teenagers who want nothing more than music with the electric guitar. While seemingly mundane today, these songs were the cutting edge of American popular music as we know it today. Short 'n sweet: that's this album. It ain't bad, but it's got little depth to it. At least, not to kind of depth we're used to. Standout out track is Rock ME My Baby, which features great use of dynamics and guitar work. The slower ballads wash over me, but the final product is by no means bad. Definitely worthy of making the list.

Old school

Terrible album cover (who thought it was a good idea to have the band squint into the sun), great album. 12 songs in 26 minutes? Wowsers. Some real classics here. Also some terrible, saccharine schlock.

I liked it. Bill and Shannah didn't hate it. Short and sweet. Classic rock 'n' roll guitar licks. Knew a lot of the songs somehow already.

Música de fazendeiro americano, duma época que só vendia coca em garrafa.

Para conhecer mais de rockabilly.

It’s tough to get into 50s era rock for me just because of how upbeat and simple it is but obviously that doesn’t take away from the influence it had, viewing at in context of when it released. This album is fun even if it’s not something I’d listen to a lot.

A good rock and roll album. If i could I'd give it a 3.5

D e va inga crickets på albumet smh!!!

Everyone knows the Buddy Holly story yada yada. This is solid rock and roll (the original kind). If I was rating purely on my own enjoyment this wold be a 4. Also an album you have to listen to before you die

I appreciate the influence this had on the next generation of rock and roll musicians. I can only listen to the cheese that is the C>Am>F>G progression for a song or two though.

"Not Fade Away" is the standout track

Son los de That'll Be the Day (when I'll die). Un 3.

Good short light tunes like rock of that time. Easy to listen to but less sophisticated than I’d prefer

Звучит как что-то классическое, но не старое. Довольно монотонно.

Roots of modern rock and roll.... Fresh for the time and deservedly pop

Cute! Fun!

Good old music. Background.

Fun Short Rock Album, pretty solid

Iconic. Appreciate its importance in Rock n Roll history. Some fun songs as well. 3/5

I liked it. The highs are really high and the rest of it is pretty solid 50's rock. Don't know if I can justify giving it more than a 3 though, but liked it.

3.6 - White doo-wop pop with nice vocal harmonies and zippy 2.5 minute songs. Buddy Holly’s voice is surprisingly rich tinged with edgy emotion. One surprise is the reverb on the verse in “It’s Too Late” that adds a pretty shadow to the lyric. Some of the guitar solos kind of rip, too. Overall, it’s hokey as expected but it’s good bubblegum.

pretty

Can't say I'd ever listened to Buddy Holly before. He sounded a lot more rock and roll than I expected. Then again, that's probably because I expected him to sound more like Weezer... so I blame Rivers Cuomo.

Foundational rock n roll. Wonder what he could have attained if he hasn't died so young.

A really interesting collection of songs, bridging the older, softer, slower folk forms and rock. The ending in particular gives it that "collection of songs" tinge, though, dropping us off in the middle of a thought. The musical choices are prescient but not quite inspired.

Didn't really enjoy this. Every song sounds the same.

Solid

lekker leuk hoor. Vooral ook iets dat ik apprecieer op de achtergrond haha

A pioneering artist, and nice early rock-'n'-roll record, but only the well known songs (That'll be the Day, and Oh Boy!) and a couple of others stood out. 3/5.

Ne vous laissez par berner par Buddy Holly. Ce charlatan a essayé d'échaper à la règle universelle des The, en greffant son nom devant celui de son groupe, The Crickets. Malheureusement, cela ne prend pas, et cet album rejoint le monde des The. Seul le pouvoir de l'amitié pourrait réussir à les libérer... A suivre dans le prochain épisode.

3/5

The baby boy of rock n’ roll’s only album. It’s undeniable the influence that Buddy Holly and the Crickets had on major rock stars today, and it’s just as easy to see the influences that Elvis, Bill Haley and Hank Williams had on him. This album is full of great pop hits of the 50’s, and anybody who is a fan of that style will love this record. I quite enjoy it myself, but it’s hard for me to find the whole record holds up to bodies of work that came out in the 60’s and beyond. Expect fun, early breakthroughs, and timeless tunes when listening to it. Favorite Songs: That’ll Be The Day, Not Fade Away (I’m a sucker for a Bo Diddley bit) Least Favorite: Tell Me How

I grew up on Buddy Holly, my Dd loved them and played them all the time. This album has great songs on it and I reall yenjoyed it.

ну музыки тут и нет почти, её тупо даже ухо не ловит из-за громкости и качества записи. тупо ритмическую основу понимаешь и всё. А сам Бади тащит, конечно. До сих пор харизматичный и угарный певец, пусть иногда слегка пидорка даёт. Но, конечно, сейчас это слушать совершенно необязательно уже, любая свежая на 57 год идея получила давно уже более современное и качественное развитие. 5/10

Hard to score. Not at all bad but sounds very dated obviously. Clearly good at what he did

Pioneering 50s rock music. It's alright, all music from this era sounds pretty much the same. 6/10

Not really a fan of this. Objectively not terrible but way not my thing.

good album just too old stylistically and culturally to draw me in but could deffo stick on again 3 - decent, could stick on again

This is a nice, fun and innocent album very in keeping with the time. Would love to have been around to go see these in their hay day. Go to a diner. Have a Coca Cola. Even though I can still do literally all of those things.

I am sure that many people held hands to this album and that it was probably controversial at the time it was released.

Turns out music did not in fact die on the day of his death.

Fun album, but its not my type of music

I like Buddy Holly's voice but the songs are all a bit samey and old

In conclusione: Non ho molto da dire, siamo comunque sempre in un genere molto leggero dove però c'è più la forma canzone che ho apprezzato anche nella sua varietà rispetto magari allo swing classico dove c'è più la componente di improvvisazione. La voce di Buddy Holly mi ha colpito positivamente devo dire. Diciamo che ho sempre il problema della connotazione con questa musica, cioè se me la sento normalmente mi sento un po' scemo quindi non riesco ad arrivare al 4, però per me è un 3.5.

Un dischetto allegro ma finisce lì. Ho trovato interessante il fatto che tutti i pezzi sono cortissimi. Non gli si può voler male ma manco bene.

Noiosissimo e pieno di luoghi comuni. Basi carine

Really simple and captures the sound of the era

I know this music is super important in a historical sense, but it's just not really for me. I definitely understand why it's on the list. I'll give it 3 stars for its impact but I wouldn't really choose to listen to it on my own.

Most of my 1950s music is jazz, with some blues thrown in. I'm not very knowledgeable about the rock canon, and I guess the closest albums I am familiar with would be Elvis Presley's first two or Bo Diddley's early stuff. Even compared to Elvis, this is pretty saccharine stuff. Like some of the other records in the 1001 list, I can appreciate the historical influence and importance without being personally enthralled. 12 tracks in 25 mins is impressive, and a reminder that concision is normally a virtue.

Probably ruined for me by being featured in loads of adverts when I was growing up! Important, catchy, very sad that he died so young.

Production: 7/20 Songwriting: 10/10 Innovation: 6/20 Bangers: 10/20 Emotional response: 12/20 = 45 Perfectly pleasant at times, cloying and annoying at times

cute

It was pretty generic 50s music in my opinion. Not very much stood out to me. It definitely wasn’t bad but it was seemed kind of bland so I don’t have much to say about it. Favorite song: That’ll Be The Day Decent 6/10

Fucking hell. I listened to the first song and couldn't be arsed. I will rate anyway, just for the numbers.

A very enjoyable listen.

not sure about this one, the start of the album just wasnt very good and it got a bit better by the end of the album

Nice. Should listen to it again

Not a ton of substance, but what it lacks there it makes up in fun and tightness.

Inicios de rock. Melodías agradables

Jolly, naive but enjoyable rockvand roll from the 50s

Ray Charles, show these fools how it’s done in the 50’s and 60’s

Not too bad for real oldies.

I've been hearing BH for over 50 years, but I'd never heard the album before.

good, great classic sound and totally enjoyable

Es un disco de Buddy Holly... que todavía no suena como a Buddy Holly. El disco es bueno, se siente mucho el sonido de algo que está por llegar pero que todavía no cambia al mundo, se puede sentir la precuela de lo que un Lennon, Jagger y Dylan adolescentes podrían estar escuchando. Quitando la nostalgia de la importancia del album, para un debut es bastante bien hecho. Las canciones son de chamacos y suenan profesionales, divertidas, con sentimiento. El disco tiene un poco de todo, solos cortos inmediatos y una voz muy bien trabajada. Se siente como el inicio de un diagrama de "¿qué es el rock and roll? listo para sentar lo que va a ser la mayor parte del género de manera masiva quizá hasta que llegue Rubber Soul. El hecho de saber que era el inicio de una carrera tan corta pero prometedora lo hace más vívido

Rock viejito de libro, con las famosas Oh Boy! y That'll Be The Day. Además, Rock Me My Baby y I'm Looking For Someone To Love.

Pretty decent

Its an interesting album but personally not my taste.

Doo-Wop white boy shenanigans. Fun music, could dance to a song or two at a party but not my type of album to keep in my library so far

I had no idea Not Fade Away was not a dead original. Clean vocal album not something that I really like but I appreciate it. Good simple music but they seem like an obvious influence on others.

Old timey music. Classic, but so simple

I can see why folks were into it, has a good single

short n sweet good

Very samey. Not bad, but no thing special

3.5 - enjoyed it

Fun album! First side starts off great with "Oh Boy!" and "Not Fade Away". Side 2 picks back up strong with "That'll Be The Day" although perhaps a bit weaker after that.

Una muy obvia adición a la lista; quizá hoy suena ñoñísimo y a nadie sorprende, pero lo que hizo Buddy Holly sentó un montón de precedentes e hizo el puente entre música negra y el público blanco. Con todo y lo ñoño que suena a ratos, me gusta mucho el estilo vocal que usa en algunas canciones y la manera de tener dos guitarras haciendo cosas distintas. No será un disco que tenga a la mano para poner play cualquier día, pero algunas canciones sueltas pueden venir muy bien.

Old school! Harmony and early rock n roll

I guess I get it. Just a little too dated at this point.

Very old school, but still enjoyable

Giving me “Enchantment Under the Sea” vibes. Lots of old-timey love songs. Catchy but not great.

Pretty much what I expected, not something I would listen to regularly but I understand why it is influential.

A little goofy, but very pleasant and enjoyable to listen to.

Liked it. A bunch of nice, short, pop songs.

Fun stuff, a few of the hits here. The other songs rather typical fare for the times.

Some really good songs, but a hard album to listen through. All the songs see to run into each other.

Good example of the type of music. Probably wouldnt listen again, but it might be worth finding a few favorite songs on the record

alright

catchy stuff, like would happily listen again but can't really judge it cause it's just too old? something like that.

Not sure where I stand on this. Good, bad... indifferent! 5/10 to be safe.

Типичная музыка тех лет. Наверное, неплохо

It's fine. But I've heard these classics a hundred times

thanks to the little richard pull a while back I can safely say my dislike of this album isn’t purely due to the decade it was recorded in

What's with these homies dissin' my girl?

boring

Bajo

Decent for what it was if abit underbaked

Look, Buddy Holly is one of the biggest "what ifs?" in music history. I fully understand why this album is influential. With that out of the way, I see you. Don't think you can hide from me. You didn't enjoy the album, but since it's "old", and a "classic", or because Buddy Holly died young, you slapped a five-star rating on it anyway. From now on, grow a pair, will you? No, I won't be doing that. The album isn't even a half hour long(I know, it was normal back then), and just bored me. There, I said it. Favorite Track: "I'm Looking For Someone To Love".

a long of songs were repetitive.

I’m sure this was great in 1957 but now this is shit. 2 stars.

Snoozefest

на любителя.

I can smell an Elvis impersonator a mile away and Buddy Holly has to be one of the earliest ones.

Couldn’t get into this one, might need to try sgsin

Good song writing but not my jam

I'm sure this was big in it's time but not music I enjoy.

Struggling to listen to this happy clappy bullshit

This can't be a 1 because they're good at what they do, it's just what they do is really dated and has been surpassed by so much more adventurous and interesting music. Even a fan would have to admit every song is very similar. If you want to listen to a nerd play jangly guitars in a suit and tie and thick rimmed glasses, Elvis Costello is right there, you don't need to back this far. 25 mins long is a positive though, get in and out without mucking around.

I am not a big fan of 50s rock'n'roll, but I tried to come into this album with an open mind, knowing a few Buddy Holly tunes already. I dunno. The songs are okay, but honestly the backing vocals from the Crickets really put a damper on this album. Their too-smooth delivery on a lot of these songs seem to neuter whatever punch I expected to hear. Would probably give it three stars if Holly was the only vocalist, but here we are.

It's very pleasant. I can see the roots of many other artists and styles in this. I prefer my Rock and Roll more upbeat though.

Hyggeligt album. 12-bar blues for alle pengene. Albummet er godt på en varm sommerdag på stranden. Desværre er albummet meget ensartet måske med undtagelse af 3 numre med lidt lavere tempo. Heldigvis er albummet ikke så langt, at det gør det store.

Музыка для спиноффов по Фоллауту, не вызывает особых эмоций.

This is pretty much exactly what I think of when I think of 50’s diner music. Listenable but pretty repetitive. 2.5/5.

It was just white dudes singing in doowap. Mid.

Vraiment la musique des années 50 c'est pas pour moi. J'ai pas vraiment aimé, ni Elvis d'ailles ni les Everly Brothers. D'un point de vue positif: C'est moins de 30 minutes!

These recordings have been playing in the background my entire life. Buddy sure could write a hook. But after sitting down and actually listening, I'm struck by how unimpressive the music actually is. The performances are incredibly rudimentary compared with the country and jazz of the moment. What really strikes me is that, even within rock and roll's "passion over prowess" paradigm, these recordings are less than impressive. Buddy would have had trouble sharing a stage with Elvis. And Elvis' recordings are downright staid compared to what was going on at Vee-Jay and Chess Records at the time. And what I consider the pinnacle of early rock and roll was the debut record, released less than a year after this Chirping, of one James Brown. Please, Please, Please, go listen to that album, then come back to this and try to argue that this captures the passion of early rock and roll. It is in the canon because 90% of radio wouldn't play, and 90% of record stores wouldn't sell James, or Little Richard, or John Lee Hooker, or Jimmy Reed, or Chuck Berry, or Muddy Waters, or Bo Diddley, or Howlin' Wolf in 1957. When I put nostalgia aside, I find very little reason for focusing attention on this bland, amateurish music to the ignorance of the GREAT and truly groundbreaking rock and roll being made at the same time.

Fun for a single song as a throwback to the bubble gum pop era. However, even at only 25 minutes long the album gets a little thin. It feels like the same song and backbeat over and over again with basic pseudo romantic lyrics in the vein of everything else from this era. You could have told me this was Buddy Holly, Big Bopper or basically any of the icons from the 50's rockabilly era and I wouldn't have known the difference nor really cared. I don't have any personal draw to Buddy Holly (beyond the Weezer song), so its just a bunch of outdated bubble gum pop for me. It belongs on the list for its place in music history but I don't have any personal tie to it. Even if its not bad it's easy to quickly move on. 1.91 stars

Pues mono... como lo tengo de fondo mientras me hacía de comer la verdad estuvo bueno escucharlo en ese mood, hasta me daban ganas de bailar como en hairspay peeero creo que para escucharlo más de una vez no me dan ganas. Por ahí leí que alguien dijo que era un disco ya muy viejito como para que fuera relatable y como yo son muy inculta estoy muy de acuerdo. Sin embargo si disfrute escucharlo una vez, no como otros discos de esta lista que los pongo y de plano me asusto o me aburro jeje entonces le dare sus merecidas 3 estrellas! traaz!

Ooh-wee-ooh. I still find it hard to believe that The Blue Album never made it onto the list, so I need to immortalise its presence somehow. I've never listened to Buddy Holly before, though in my defence I imagine that's the average use case for those consulting this list. I know very little about his music, though I'm pretty sure he has a lovable loser persona a la Elvis Costello (assuming I didn't just impart that idea from the Weezer song). In any case, I'm glad to hear another true oldie - It's been a while since my last 50s album. Here goes. Nope. It's just a strait-laced rock and roll album. This was a fine listen, even if I did think it was unsubstantial. With 12 songs packed into a 25-minute runtime, much of this album is fleeting and passed me by without much notice. The 50s rock stylings, while competent, are greatly inhibited by how restrictive and samey they are. Even the stuff which did hook me didn't have me around for long. Obviously, it's difficult to listen to this music with the knowledge of how far rock music has come since. Still, I can appreciate this album on cultural grounds. I'm glad to finally know what a Buddy Holly even is. Hey, "That'll Be the Day". I, of course, know of this song because it was covered by the Beatles while they were still the Quarrymen. Definitely the best song of the album. The layabout vocal melody carries the song pretty nicely, and the rockabilly instrumental is fun all the same. A very simple song, but it's effective. I know Buddy Holly is a music icon, so it's no question as to whether he belongs on here. I honestly would have vouched for a second album from him if his career wasn't so short-lived, but as it stands I think one list album is about right. I cosign this inclusion.

Early rock and roll built on clean electric guitars, light drums, upright bass, and bright, hiccuping vocals moves with concise, melodic charm. Listening feels like flipping through a stack of short, catchy radio hits that pass quickly without much variation in semantics as well as its musical potrayal.

Lo escuché mientras me levantaba

crickets is an apt name because that was my reaction. 🦗

4 - BAD

This is just not really my kind of music lol but I guess it was fine?

Only certain doo-woo I love, this wasn't it but I acknowledge it's influence.

Actually pretty listenable but it’s exactly what you’d expect

To an extent it was a reasonably uninspiring listen but on only in the context of what has come since as night in impossible to listen with that subsequent knowledge. Found it got very samey very quickly and was pleased that it was only 25 minutes long as went by at a brisk pace.

I love how it has "chirping" (with quotation marks) on the cover, so that we won't expect that they'll actually chirp but we'll still expect that his band is made of crickets.

Yet another one to file under "appreciate having heard it, and it's decent, but it's obviously not my era or vibe". It makes for a smooth 25 minutes without leaving a particularly noteworthy impression.

Not offensive, but no standout songs. Kinda Elvis y, maybe just the style of music of the time

It’s just so early compared to most of the music I listen to. You have to have some level of respect for it as a precursor, but it’s also a precursor. It’s a step before the things I like get implemented and developed further. Faves: That’ll Be The Day, You’ve Got Love

The old rock n roll stuff just isn’t for me

I like the Umm, Oh Yeah Dearest sound much more than this

Really surprised how underwhelmed I was by this album. Just one track stood out to me and I just wasn't interested in the rest. Felt very derivative and unremarkable for a performer with the mythic reputation of Buddy Holly. Top tracks: That'll Be The Day

the type of music you had to grow up with to truly enjoy, i think. it's fine; can't really fault it so much as it was made pretty much as rock n roll was being invented. it's kind of like listening to sugar hill gang in 2026, after all those amazing 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s hip hop/rap albums that have since been created. like, i think i'll listen to nas on "memory lane" instead of sugar hill gang "rapper's delight." or pretty much any other hop hop song. it's the same with this buddy holly album. i can understand its importance and probably its influence, but it just doesn't work for me at all. the songs pretty much follow the same formula, and by the third song i'm already kind of over it.

I tried. I really did. Not my jam.

This guy looks just like Weezer. Decently fun songs, but I've never really clicked with his stuff. I remember as a kid hearing some people say that Buddy Holly could have been bigger than Elvis if he had lived longer, but part of me wonders if his current level of fame is partly due to his early tragic death. Overall, not bad, but I feel like there are better artists of the genre/ era. At least from what I get with this album.

Oh Boy! is corny and I suspect the whole album will be. Fade away shouldn't have lasted this long. You've Got Love is fine, good even. By Maybe Baby I wanna invent a time machine just so this was never produced. Playing It's Too Late at my best friend's wedding just to feel something. I don't wanna review this anymore, get me out of the mirror dimension or whatever the Bratz meme said.

I get why this is on the list. It's just not very interesting besides its historical relevance. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again

Charming for a bit but a little too anachronistic and twee even for 25 minutes.

Almost impossible to judge through a modern lens. I didn't find this particularly enjoyable, but I suspect that's mostly because of how barebones and rudimentary it sounds to someone who's looked into the Pandora's box that artists such as Buddy Holly opened

RIP Buddy Holly. You were so hot and would have loved blueberry ice Geek Bar. This was a cute little 50's record that is so "hey toots, want to go to the sock hop and share a malt? Careful not to shake your hips too hard!" It's not bad per se but I didn't super love listening to it. It just sounds goofy to my iPhone-era ears unfortch even though I know it's influential. 2/5 because Buddy Holly is hot.

Groupe inconnu, et BH connu de nom. Les débuts du rock ! Historiquement intéressant, mais je n'accroche pas du tout au rock de cette époque. Pas de seconde écoute pour moi. =>2/5

This one is fine, I get why it’s here. The songs are pretty samesy, not a crazy amount of variation. But similar to Elvis and some of the other acts at the time, don’t think I’d choose this over any of them. Two stars

very 50s

Good to hear some older music. There were a few good tracks, although they are probably the better known ones from the album so perhaps that's just familiarity? Some great guitar work on some tracks, in particular I'm Looking for Someone to Love.

I like da weezer song more

Everything has already been said about this.

4/10

oooo eeeee i don't like buddy holly

This is an album of it's time. It has that classic 50's sound which I find myself enjoying on occasion. However, an entire album becomes stale pretty quickly. For the most part this is a decent album, but I doubt I'll ever listen to it again. Two stars. (Favorite track: It's Too Late.)

Det her er for det meste greit, men blir kjedelig før 26 minutter er omme. Trodde av en eller annen grunn at Buddy Holly skulle høres mer ut som Weezers låt av samme navn...?

Ok oldies rock album. Not exactly what I would choose to listen to but I found enjoyment out of it. Best track was That'll Be The Day.

2.49 étoiles parce que j'suis en crisse aujourd'hui pis c'est clairement pas le genre de shit qui peut changer mon humeur.

It’s a sound from another era that bands like The Sonics smashed to pieces a decade later. Unlike music from the 1960s I find it difficult to summon a fully formed opinion. It’s very formal, prim and proper but does little to engage the senses. Not particularly interesting!

Can really tell this is a pre album era, proto rock, etc. fizzes at the start and then just like, 10 minutes at least of filler.

Some music is so good it transcends time. It will be carried on forever. Played over and over throughout the decades. It was loved the day it came out, and will be loved just the same when mankind first puts footsteps on Mars. This is not that. It is so stuck in the 50's that it hurts. Still fun to go back and listen to it though.

not a fan

Válido como documento, um registro histórico, mas pouco contribui para o enriquecimento da bagagem do ouvinte frequente.

So happy these songs are so short, they're so lame. Thankful that music progressed from here.

Inte dåligt men lite trist

Sömnigt, inget som riktigt drar in mig. Lite småkul vibe på sin höjd.

I can respect and admire an artist for their contribution to music as a whole, without needing to worship their actual music right?

I totally get it's influence and popularity, just not for me

May be important, but it's for sure one of the reasons I 'd never listened to popular music as a youth in those days.

Not a huge 50's music guy. Great to learn who the hell Buddy Holly is though. I'm looking for someone to love was my favorite. 2/5.

It's probably not fair to blame Buddy Holly or the Crickets for the fact that this music feels so overdone and cheesy. That's just because it's so old and has become ubiquitous to the point of dilution. Probably really slapped at the time.

Buddy got a one track mind. All he can think about is that sweet sweeet lovin. If he’s not out cruising (looking for someone to love as he would phrase it) he wants to be sent lewd pictures. I mean, look at those pervy glasses.

So clean. Can’t get much out of this, it’s so dated. 2.5/5

Fine enough. But not Buddy Holly's best.

Middle of the road, it's fine but nothing special. 2/5 stars

I understand it's unfair to judge artists from the 50s with modern sensitivities, but to me this album sounds like shallow hits about love all just engineered to be commercial hit with very little under the surface. While I realize Buddy Holly had a massive influence on rock music, I feel like other artists were doing much more interesting things during this time period. 2/5

OLD BRUH

This felt more like a fieldtrip to the Smithsonian than an album of the day experience. I can appreciate the historical relevance of this artifact like I respect, say, Pong; I just wouldn't want to voluntarily spend my free time playing it.

Time has not been kind to this album. Its melodies, hooks, and pop sensibilities are still obvious today, but if it ever sounded like it rocked that has all been lost. This kind of thing happens to most genres, but compare this to Chuck Berry. His songs, with their big guitar riffs, are easy to trace to what we think of as rock now. With this, the lineage is foggier. Still, it's a fun listen, and while it sounds quaint musically the themes still resonate today. "Not Fade Away" has a good rhythm and "That'll Be the Day" swings. There's a bit of doo wop on this too, which also makes it feel closer to pop. Which is probably the way to appreciate it, but there's not quite enough variety for it to feel essential as a pop album either.

Sounds exactly how you would picture these folks doing music. You what you see.

Now I know what it's like to feel just like buddy holly. Ooo wee ooo I guess

Best song that’ll be the day. The Crickets sounded like laurel and hardy with stan laurel singing lonesome pine.

Альбом такий собі,непоганий як для початку минулого століття, але зараз слухати нічого 2 з 5

Yes, that was boring and repetitive. The lyrics are a little, well, one dimensional!? Fav: That‘ll be the way

Hard to assess nearly 70 years of musical development later, but he has a nice voice with a little grit to it. Fun to play guitar to. I liked the Weezer reference

Saccharine Americana. Great for the historical context, but not much else.

It’s still such a dated sound but at least I could actually get through this one

A little bit corny, not sure if i’d listen to this in public.

This shit is OLD! So automatically in a musical sense it’s a little too old for me, but I’m so surprised how some of these songs still manage to be relatable. Guess some things never change, heartbreak will always suck. Still decent, very cool to hear in the context of how music has changed, probably wont ever listen again!!

I know this is influential but I honestly didn't enjoy it. Points for being only 25 minutes long. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

The sounds of 1950s rock and roll don't appeal to me very much, but I do appreciate the way these tracks were mixed. Everything is very clear and spaced out. The guitar tone is clean, and the drums are tucked back as to not overpower the vocals. The harmonies are clear and easy to pick out, which I also really appreciate. This is the kind of sound that my grandfather really loved so as I have been listening to these tracks, I was reminiscing and wondering whether he ever listened to this album. It does teleport you to milkshakes and drive-ins and letterman jackets. I feel like I am in a parking lot at night, illuminated by neon signs. It is incredibly short for having 12 songs. "An Empty Cup" may be my favorite track from the album, followed by "Send Me Some Lovin'". I was less interested in the more upbeat songs and prefer the slower second half.

This is “hot dog, hot diggity dog” ass music. Not Fade Away! It’s great that these guys are so inspired by Grateful Dead. A lot of folks say Buddy Hollys death was the day the music died. It’s wild to think this album is the Rosetta Stone that led to “LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR! LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!” This is the kind of music that’s playing when you buy a dame a Coke at the soda shop. This is music from when apple pie was an acceptable dinner. Tho is the type of song that plays during the grizzliest murder of a Tarantino film. I think this sounds so boring because the entire era of rock music was derived from this, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. The Beatles made their fame doing their music. This feels like one of those albums where I need an oral history of how all these rock n roll guys borrowed and competed with each other. I respect the hell out of this for being some of Jack Rabbits Slims’ finest songs.

I could do with out the doo doos and bop bops but more listenable than I would expect. some recognizable songs and guitar riffs. a bit bubblegum for a jaded genx like me

It can be a challenge to back to the Foundational Texts of any art—music, film, books, etc.—because what followed in their wake is always more interesting. Even keeping in mind Buddy Holly's legacy and the context of this album's release, I found it tedious. Maybe it's due to the thematic repetition (love lost, love gained, love underappreciated, etc.), but these 25 minutes felt much longer to me.

I had a similar problem with this that I did with the ELO album. Every song sounded the same, I was ready for it to be over and it’s less than half an hour long.

acho buddy holly meio chatão das ideia entendo a importância, mas.......

Simple and formulaic music, pure packaged product to satisfy the masses. No innovation whatsoever - the significance importance of this band isn't in its music, but in its architecture as a "band that writes its own music". I appreciate that, but that can't be worth more than one star Performance-wise it's good, but the music just makes it a slog. Even for a relatively short album, I got tired of the formula halfway through. The last song fortunately pick up the energy a bit as a payoff for the listen.

This reminded me of working at Goodwill and Wednesdays would be senior Wednesdays where senior citizens could get a discount that day. They’d play a segregated sock hop radio that consisted of the same 50 songs every Wednesday and sometimes they’d loop if you worked long enough of a shift. One or two Little Richard songs would be my breath of relief. That being said, at least three songs from this album were a part of that playlist and therefore I cannot objectively rate this without the bias of retail trauma.

The songs were fine, but largely unmemorable. I think I might be too young to appreciate music from this era, but I still thought that artists like fats domino and muddy waters had much more soul and musical talent, whereas this just seems boring in comparison.

I do not have much to say about this one. It was alright, very 1950's which is like exactly when it dropped, so sure! I would expect the hear these tracks in something like the Irishman. I didn't really have a favorite track, but ig if you twisted my arm I'd say I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love.

Lwk no idea why this website keeps giving me the most cowboy ahh albums like chill out there boy

Puh, ganz schön oll. So rockabillymäßig… „Rock me my Baby“ ist aber noch ganz annehmbar.

Je sais pas trop quoi en dire, rock des années 50, vibe Elvis, pas trop ma came

C’est sympa… route de vacances quoi

This style of music is easy to listen to, but has been used in so many horror movies that it has an eerie feeling these days. It's kind of torturous.

Wasn’t really interested didn’t even make it through

A fun listen, but felt like repetitive and surprisingly lewd (relative to the 50-60s) love songs. Not much special with lyrics, instrumentals were decent.

Didn’t like this very much. Very samey all the way through. Not offensive to the ears but I did get bored multiple times. Saved a few tracks to try again some day though

No es mi estilo

Old timey

#106/1001. 12 songs, 26 minutes. Is this the Ramones? Well, at least makes me understand the Ramones better. Glad to hear more stuff from the 50s, but where is Little Richard and Chuck Berry? I guess coming up later. This is quite a polished version of the raw power which was out there at that time.

4/10

Fine Bland Fine

Not to my taste

Not my style at all.

Cheerful and nice. Not much to say.

eh

Pleasant enough. Classic for certain, but I'd have to be in the mood for it

I tried

not bad.

Joa is okay, aber nicht so meins

Nothing crazy, a little boring.

I just don’t like 50’s music (besides Sinatra) although this isn’t too bad.

Pretty cool if you want to feel like you have been transported back in time for half an hour but I didn’t really connect on a musical level.

Meh. It’s ok. History and all.

Oo-ee-oo this sounds just like Buddy Holy

eh

Another album that, while not painful to listen to, fails to capture my interest.

Twas ok

I'm sure it's been relevant at some point in history

nice if that's your thing

Gosh, music has evolved in the last 70 years. I found this to be a bit too simplistic and the songs all look alike, nothing like the amazing jazz coming from this era. The songs sounded very alike and I thought is wasn't very interesting.

Very much showing its age; probably a 5/5 when it came out but for me today, 2/5