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Feel good music for a time when keeping on the sunny side is more and more difficult every day. I needed this.
Surprisingly good, added to my collection.
LONGY
I'm not normally a bluegrass fan but I do love Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Plus this album is mostly instrumental so only a few songs have vocalists. I found myself tapping my toes quite a bit.
I'm not a country music guy but I liked this quite a bit. I can see how it was a breakthrough for traditional country music to a mainstream, non-traditional audience. And the musicianship is amazing. 4 🌟
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What an unexpected pleasure. A real treasure trove of wonderful music, brilliantly played.
Great album.
Kind of just a good time :)
Nitty Gritty are ne of my favourite bands of this time
.not great
Love me some country.
canonical old school country. lovely between-song interludes. mixing is clean, but the songs still have a wistful air to 'em. At 2 hours, this is a bit long though...
A great primer on bluegrass and early country music.
4/5
Un poco largo
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Good blue grass compilation
This is great. It's a bit long, when I usually like my bluegrass and country in smaller doses, but I love this. Love the little snippets of dialog as well, it's a cool added touch. 4 stars.
My kind of country
Not sure if covers or original songs, but feel like an influential country/folk album
Fine country music.
My dad would probably like this album. Probably does. It has "Keep on the Sunny Side" on it. I'm bout to cry, dude. He loves that song. The end of the album had several songs that sounded like they should be on "Banjo Boogie Bonanza" from Parks and Rec and I had to turn it off. But overall I enjoyed the album.
3,5/5
Listened to half the album, surprised by how much I liked the yeehaw. Will Deff finish the other half soon.
3.5
I don’t mind a bit of bluegrass music, especially the instrumental tracks. The vocal are initially a little “regional” but after getting used to fine. But it’s good roots music and I think I enjoyed, no I did enjoy, and at least it’s a change from all the mercury award pseudo rock and variations on rap. 3 Star, maybe sneaking into 4? If it was a bit more streamlined.
I like bluegrass and country, but this was a little outside my wheelhouse. Overall, a fine album though.
Solid but so so so long. I don't have the capacity to listen to this much americana.
Lots of old style country goodness. nothing really stands out and was all very same-y
Listens: 1.5 Standout Tracks: Keep on the Sunny Side, Black Mountain Rag, Wabash Cannonball, Foggy Mountain Breakdown There's a lot going on in this album, and I generally dislike Country music, but this music has been almost categorically different from most of the country music I've heard so far (Dolly, Emmy Lou, Buck Owens, etc. So, first, the pros: Most of the songs have some sort of intro or outro where there's just some chatter or conversation, which I quite enjoyed. It's highly humanizing to hear people chat about their passions. While I generally do not like twangy country music, I do really like the instrumentation here with what I assume is banjo playing. It feels old-timey in a good way; genuine and authentic music. People at the top of their game making music they enjoy. Next, the cons: It's over two hours of music. That's entirely too long and makes the whole experience borderline intolerable. It's country music, far and away my least favorite genre. All of these things cancel each other out, resulting a great big giant 3 stars, which is exceptionally generous of me, considering the only country music to get above a 2 has been Johnny Cash.
It's two hours of country bluegrass with some conversational tidbits captured during the recording process that arguably could have been left on the cutting room floor. What isn't really clear from just listening through the record is that this is the Dirt Band bringing a bunch of OG bluegrass folks onto an album. These aren't names that are well known to me but I'm sure for folks in that circle they are better known. I imagine this is one of the reason some of the studio chatter is left in on the tracks. For the NGDB they were probably stoked to just be in the studio with these folks. For all of this, I suppose, it is worthy of consideration into the list as a sort of an encapsulation of bluegrass music. For me, the music is fine. I'm not going to say I loved sitting through two hours of it but I wasn't offended to do so either. My dad would probably love this album.
It's old-school county and bluegrass, and while I like the instrumental numbers, the vocal songs don't do much for me. There's a lot of historical significance to this album - the NGDB were a bunch of young California musicians, and this album has them backing a who's who of Nashville music royalty as a sort of handoff between generations. It's also interesting to hear a lot of the studio chatter between tracks as the musicians talk through arrangements and such. I'm not going to spend a lot of time listening to the album, but I'm extremely glad that it happened.
Yes, it is too long, and could have been cut down a bit. But, there are some bluegrass standards throughout the album that are played well and the different artists that feature on many songs is a nice touch. 3.5/5 Might listen again
If you're in the mood for Bluegrass I'm sure this is great, but considering how many genres of music that isn't represented in the 1001, I find it hard to justify this as an essential listen.
Schönes Konzept und wahrscheinlich tatsächlich eine gute Wahl für die Liste. Country Pop der 60er und 70er trifft die Künstler und Songs der alten Garde aus den 40ern und 50ern. Millenials kennen das aus dem Johnny Cash Film und erkennen natürlich sofort dass Mother Maybelle Carter die Mutter von June ist. Ich mag auch die kurzen Einspieler wo sie über die Arrangements sprechen und die Songs klingen warm und klar produziert. Dudelt schön, kann man sagen. Textlich viele typische Country Themen: Hardship, Love and Booze armer weißer Menschen. Schöner Steinbruch an Songs und ganz viel Gedudel.
Kann ich nicht viel zu sagen. Ist mir sogar im besten Sinne egal. Spannend auf jeden Fall dass quasi Meta-Ebene sie dauernd darüber sprechen was sie da gleich spielen.
I didn't even dislike this music but it was too much of it
Fun listen, some interesting songs
Pitkästi banjoiluu ja viuluiluu. Mutta kuitenkin ihan kivaa.
Yee ja etenkin haw. Melkosta cowboy-musiikkia ja tarinankerrontaa. Meni aivan ok puutöitä väkästellessä taustalla vaikka vähän hirvittikin levyn kesto. Varmasti uskomaton levy jos genre herättäis enempi tunteita.
Nice, pleasant hillbilly music
Musically, that was really quite enjoyable bluegrass and I like the coming together of old and new styles. Except for the fact that it was 42 songs and 2 hours and 9 minutes long!! That's a marathon. I started, paused, did something else, started again and had a nap while listening, paused, had dinner, then listened again while washing the dishes and still only about half way through the second disc. Finally, at the end of a long day, I sat down and listened to the end. But I think the day just felt so long coz of all that banjo picking and fiddle. 3 stars but a highlights version could easily be higher.
Didn’t touch me
It's good for what it is, it's not the album's fault that a 100-minute run of straight bluegrass was thrown at me... It can have elements of over-sameness through the songs, it sounds like what bluegrass sounds like, so not an incredibly varied sound It has good moments, some of the instrumental tracks get into it nicely Not a bad thing
It's like if Mario Kart music were a two hour double album. I didn't want to like this at first but I understand the importance it had on the bluegrass and country genre. I got more into it in the second half and liked the instrumental stuff. But not something I would likely return to.
Les instrus m'ont donné des flashbacks d'un jeu genre Mario auquel je jouais sur la tablette de mon père, la core memory wow !! Par contre l'album est infini c'est bon
I don't mind a bit of bluegrass occasionally but two hours of it is too much hee-haw for me. There's also a lot of studio talk and warming up which begins to become grating over this length of runtime. My favourite from the first disc was Tennessee Stud and from the second disc Froggy Mountain Breakdown.
Apparently an endurance run, some 2 hours of bluegrass and country jams between the nitty gritties and some of the most important Grand Ole Opry relics from the pre-LP era. A meeting of generations. Sort of like the Buena Vista Social Club for banjos and inbreeding. As that goes, sure, I can immediately understand the general historical importance of the album, though it also feels like a gimmick for NGDB to hold more cultural relevance than they have. This is a NGDB album like BVSC is a Ry Cooder album: they arranged the meetings, but they are the absolute bottom of the relevant stars here. This is, instead, a celebration of old folkways that some hippies inserted themselves into. Arguably nothing of this sort would have existed if they didn't, but the classic players are the relevant players. When Mother Maybelle Carter is talking about never recording a song on autoharp, that otherwise nonexistent recording is the cultural item, not the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band backing her musically (in fact, on that particular track, the vast majority of instrumentation was done by the old guard, though allegedly the autoharp isn't brought out for some songs yet). Most of this would be fine as individual songs. Outdated? Sure. But fine. Most of these are just generic love and slice of life songs and sometimes descriptions of a horse that make you wonder if there's something going on. Most of it is folks who really know their instrument, albeit sometimes instruments that require minimal exposure to be most pleasant. But it's just so much of it. I had to take a break. Honestly, the most interesting thing is all the captured banter. Otherwise it's just a very very long compilation of old country and bluegrass. For my tastes this is a very light ⭐️⭐️⭐️, and some bit of that is enhanced by the archival aspect of it. For my money, the second “disc” is better, but this is largely due to more instrumentals
I listened to the first disc. It's some good stuff, but ya have to be in the mood for it. Guess I wasn't, cuz I didn't make it to the second one. Brings back memories of SHSU.
здорово классно замечательно бодрит радует успокаивает что-то что важно знать о музыке под определенное настроение переслушаю, мне такое нравится 3.5
I like fiddles.
Good country music. I’ve been waiting for something interesting for a while now. 4 stars, minus one for being over 90 minutes.
I have no knowledge of this album, but seems like it was a massive undertaking with all of the personnel involved. A bit of a country melting pot of sorts, with all sorts of traditional bluegrass and folk featured here. Can't really ignore all of the fluff, though. Some behind the scenes audio during recording sessions can be endearing, but those snippets preceded almost every track here and it kind of became grating at a point. I'm probably not gonna remember a single damn track from this either. This musicianship itself was fine and competent enough, though.
This was a very long album. I think it took me 3 sittings to get through it. I understand what it did, but it would benefit from some editing.
We should get 2 days to listen to a 2 hour album…. Listened to most of it and enjoyed it from a musical history perspective/ novelty point of view. I’ll come back to this review when I finish the album
I enjoy old-time country bluegrass music like this, and was really enjoying this album…until I wasn’t. I got over halfway through the album, but after twenty-some tracks, I found that I wasn’t enjoying it any longer, and it had become work. And too many of the tracks are instrumental jams. Anyway, this may have been a four star album if it were shorter and better curated, but it wore me down to three stars, and I couldn’t finish it. Sometimes less is more.
Hurts me to give the first bluegrass album a 3. Love the NGDB too
For me what makes a great album is the re-listen ability. This 2 hour collection of tracks is just not it. And hell I like both the music and the story behind this album. It’s a great idea to do a tribute to genre and artists through this kind of collaboration. But the only way I’m listening to 2 hour country album is if it’s like a concept album or something else driving things forward.
I would love to rate higher because I do enjoy this a good bit, but man, it’s just a bit too long unfortunately.
I like country music but this was a bit much for me. There were some solid moments but did it need to be 2 hours long?
This definitely could have been shorter, most of the songs sounded the same, but I guess in this album lyrics are more important.
The sounds of incest.
I am not digging the confederate flags on the album cover.
3.5
I've heard of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band before, but I don't think I've actually listened to any of their music, and really wasn't sure what to expect. I thought this was an interesting collection of classic country and bluegrass with some legendary country artists. My main gripe is it's maybe too much of a good thing. Country isn't my main thing, so 2 hours of this was a bit much. Also, there was a stretch of bluegrass instrumentals on the second half that tested my patience a bit. Still, a solid album. 3.5 stars.
3.5
Purest Country? Almost 4.
Wasn’t crazy about this. Wasn’t bad tho.
I didn’t mind this. I even liked a lot of it. But it’s so long.
Ok...20 tracks in I get the gist...Its fun but a little toooo much fiddle for me
Actually quite enjoyed - fun listen
2 hours of YEEHAW
I couldn’t get into it. I see the talent and artistry of it but I couldn’t. I tried.
Really liked this. Country music done really well.
Good mix of country and bluegrass
Oh no. Just found out this is over two hours long. That’s a problem for me right from jump. I mean it’s a problem with George Harrison’s All Things and Stevie’s Songs. And those would be damn near perfect albums in my book if they weren’t going toward two hours in Stevie’s case or over two hours in George’s case. I start to get fidgety at over an HOUR. Two is asking too much of my sonic attention. The interesting thing here is that my tolerance for this side of “folk” is way higher than for its renaissance brethren. Perhaps because I am a Yank? But of course the song types here are all derived from Scottish and Irish folk music. Well… I do appreciate bluegrass without the vocals. Just play the damn music. But still, to appreciate this I HAVE to break it up. And man… I just can’t go over 3 that is trying my patience this much. I do appreciate it, just - couldn’t you edit and give me the highlights? Boolean: yes, I suppose so. But maybe better broken up over many days.
Jaja dio mio, que experiencia religiosa escuchar dos horas de country
So long. Folksy, Christian at parts
Muy curioso album. Rolas muy country y algunas de persecución, pero lindo en general.
I like that old timey sound
While familiar with the band, this was much more of a throwback to grass roots bluegrass, country and Americana styled music than I expected. That being said, it was enjoyable for a single, albeit super long, listen. 3.0
need to revisit
Dinging it a star because of all the chat. Would be a four-star album otherwise, and I would love to listen to it again, but I'm not gonna sit through their talking another time.
Am I about to listen to 2 hours of proper country? Is it leaning bluegrass? Please. I think I’m more open to this after a) listening to Dolly Parton’s America, b) my dad’s recent weekend in Nashville and seeing a bunch of live music at the Opry, and c) watching the History of Sound and reflecting on the history of folk songs. This is quite amusing writing PTSD evaluations to this album. I keep picturing meeting the bluegrass Irish folky vampires in Sinners because my current vibes are trauma and devastation. An unexpected delight of a background listen. Long as fuck, yes, but I still enjoyed it.
Fan vad sur jag blev när jag såg att det var ett jävla dubbelalbum. 2h. Det här är verkligen inte min musik. Det är dock inte dåligt, så jag kommer nog fria istället för att fälla. Men det är liksom plojmusik. Lattjo i rätt kontext. Men helt omöjligt att luta sig bakåt och njuta. Just denna upplevelse blir extra svår, två fucking timmar pang en vardagsmorgon... Men visst, om man sitter runt elden i norrland kan det vara najs.
Actually good music but fucking hell 2 hours of it is a slog
not listening to this whole thing, I get the gist 3
Quite a nice album.
Country is not my favorite but I enjoyed this one.
A really cool idea. Not something I’ll listen to again, but I enjoyed it.
I saw the Dirt Band in Nashville just prior to the release of this album. I liked them a lot better without all the "guests."
Really good! reminds me of WI dells and the Swing Crew..
Recording all of this material with only one or two takes per song is an incredible feat. It speaks to the skill of the musicians and there is a special kind of magic in that one-and-done style of recording. I also really like how unashamedly country it is, I think too many people just mindlessly bash all country. Don’t get me wrong, there is a LOT of crappy country out there, but I quite like this. The album’s length is a bit much for the relatively little variety, though. It’s probably not meant to be a traditional album, it’s a mixture of a musical archive and a passing of the torch to the next generation of country musicians. 3/5
Everything on this album is excellent. The songs are tight and lively. There's audible joy in the studio chatter between songs, as you can hear the excitement of the performers being able to play together and record their traditions. Put together though, this is less an album and more of an encyclopedia. Music fans will be familiar with a lot of these songs, either because they're ubiquitous or because many of them have been covered by big names in folk and country music. The renditions are great - "Dark as a Dungeon" stands out as my favorite - but they're all played straight with no fresh takes or cohesive sound. I appreciate the desire to record the classics, but nearly two hours of it becomes a fit too much of the same. If this was just one of the two discs, I'd likely give it a 4.
When I started listening to this album, I pictured this band as a group of Appalachian rednecks, some guys from the mountains who were insane enough to make a two-hour-long ordeal of bluegrass covers from all over the region. Imagine my surprise when I found out they're a bunch of Long Beach hippies riding on the backs of established Appalachian musicians! Nonetheless, I can tell these songs come from a place of admiration, and they put a great deal of effort into capturing the authentic sound of the mountains, even if this kind of music isn't really my style. I see why it's so well regarded, but I just can't see myself cranking bluegrass tunes on a regular basis.
Going to assume this is the Gershwin songbook for the south. I selected a few songs I like the sound of or knew. Good on paper but its awfully difficult to listen to a full country and western album for 2+ hours. I think its an excellent look into the music that came from the fusion of multiple cultures upon this land all at once. (Regardless of your opinion on the politics behind that fusion) you have to understand the folk an Americana music has roots as old at 1650 here in America, all through the Appalachian region and all ultimately all over. Nitty Gritty created the encyclopedia of cover and tribute songs which included Doc Watson, Mama Maybelle Carter and other iconic early artist and gave it outstanding production. Notable album for sure. Worthy of 3 stars or more. Personally going to ding it for the whole 2 hours of country thing but you get me.
Finishing this felt like a mini challenge of its own. I liked it at first but after a certain point an album does just get too long. I think just the first half would have been fine. Great songs on here, but there’s just too many.
This is a legendary album and genuinely historical for American music. While listening I felt a deep sense of respect, warmth, and connection — like sitting in on a once-in-a-lifetime picking session where generations met and passed the torch. It’s not a strict concept album, but the whole record feels like one big celebration of tradition. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (a bunch of long-haired California guys) invited true country and bluegrass legends like Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, Jimmy Martin, and Earl Scruggs into the studio. What came out is pure magic: old-time gospel, mountain songs, instrumentals, and stories that feel timeless. The energy is loose and joyful, the playing is incredible, and you can hear the mutual respect between the young band and the old masters. It helped bring traditional country and bluegrass to a whole new rock-leaning audience in the early 70s and still sounds incredibly alive today. This one is essential. Not just a great record, but a bridge between eras that helped keep American roots music breathing. Absolute classic.
I would have liked this a lot more as a tight 45-60 minutes, instead of a meandering 120 minutes
Decent bluegrass. Made me wish I was eating at Cracker Barrel
Kind of keystone stuff for me as one of the founding documents of country rock, less an album and more an instruction manual for a new genre. That said, it’s way too big for its own good, and turns into a jack of all trades while mastering few.
bluegrass! woot!
listened to half, maybe it's good i dont know
If I ever organise a barn dance, this will be the first album which I turn to. That is, however, probably the only scenario in which I would. N.B. we spent a thoroughly pleasant afternoon listening to this and making pasta. Good vibes
Had a great time. This definitely overstayed its welcome for me, especially because all of the songs tend to sort of sound like one another.
Min countryälskande kollega Johan som plågar mig med honky tonk bullshit dagarna i ända sa "Det här var till och med lite väl för mig". Men jag tyckte det hade nåt. Kul som stilstudie! Ännu en trea!
dä va mycket country dä
Very good bluegrass but so much of it
Such twang
This is a steam engine. It goes and goes, without ever slowing down or even considering a long stop. Only small pauses at each station before beginning again. It continually builds on its own momentum. Maybe it can't stop.
Syns dette er finfin musikk. CD 2 i Tidal er et stort knepp opp fra CD 1. Synd plata er en halvannen time for lang
Ok not for me and not to my taste for sure, but I appreciate their musicianship here and skill, I listened to most of the first disc which was enough for my 3 rating here.
There is some amazing pickin' and playing on this sprawling album. But it may be too much of a good thing. Two hours of it went beyond my appreciation and attention span. I also was kind of put off by the "captured live in the studio/onstage" aspect of it, it got pretty tiring and repetitive. I like the "O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack better because of its relative brevity. I mean, five instrumentals at the beginning of the second disc is...a little much. But, then again, I'm not a huge bluegrass and country fan so....
Blue grass. Lots of it
Sympa mais trop répetitif
Starts out as good 'gettin shit done' morning music. Blimey though, 42 tracks is a lot! And mostly variations on a single theme. Now feel as though I've run a marathon. By track 13 bluegrass fatigue was setting in. By track 25 I was in a sort of fugue state (fugue Tennessee probably?). By track 36 I was praying for the sweet release of being entombed in a collapsing mineshaft, or kicked in the head by a promising racehorse, 'fore they laid me in my grave. Perhaps that's me now, doomed to wander the earth in a hoedown purgatory, a head full of banjos, fiddles for fingers, and a foot stacked with stomp. Schrödinger's circle: simultaneously unbroken and also absolutely ruined. Can't decide if I like bluegrass now, or whether I never want to hear it again.
It was like listening to the same song on repeat for over two hours. Was the song good? It’s not bad, but my goodness did this album go on and on. On length alone I want to give it a 2/5, but as I didn’t outright dislike it, I’ll give it a low 3/5. Side note: the version of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” from Bioshock Infinite is better.
3.5
It ain't my cuppa whiskey, but I do sure like the mash up of ole guard Nashville and more hippy country rock. 2 hours though ... it's a bit much and then some (2.5)
Cool, but not really for me unfortunately. Wish I could get more into country.
Very long. The dialogue was amusing to listen to at the beginning and end of some of the tracks. Old American style
me if i was an ol man on a farm: yeeeeeehaw!!!!
Wish I liked this a lot more, it was a very cool document but the sound wasn’t a sure thing for me and it did take me days to listen to it
I always remember seeing this thing at the record store and it was cool to finally hear it. never been a bluegrass guy which is weird cuz im a steve martin guy. these are the shortcomings I have to live with every day. I'm trying to be better, really... I am...
Overall, not a bad album, sounds a bit outdated, but it's alright having it in the background. It's like how leaving the Red Dead Redemption 2 music in the background is pretty chill, kind of same here and it has a similar vibe.
Very long but its mostly pleasant so I don't mind. Favorite track: I Saw The Light
I guess if you are a real fan of this type of music you might really like it, but boy is it long. It is really long with little variation. Ding a ling a ling a ding. Maybe it’s good but I’ve had enough. Ye ha. I’ll give a 3 for their persistence. Now make it stop.
one disc was enough for me, fun stuff but can't imagine listening to almost 2h of it!
Classic tunes and easy to listen to but after a while I did find it all sounding a bit the same. (2.5 stars)
Kult. Men etter mange forsøk har jeg karret meg 10 sanger ut i plata. Klarer ikke mer.
Trivelig, men veldig ensformig i lengden.
Totally pleasant. Beautifully recorded and performed. Wish there were more highlights and less patter.
Good if too overlong at the expense of distintive songs
honestly pretty consistently enjoyable when there's music. impressive musicianship. but just such a long album that i end up a little worn out by the end. i should have spent the entire album length to drive over to nashville and tell them to stop yapping
That’s some folk music alright
I do love bluegrass music, alongside more traditional forms of folk. Hell, I even think thst some of the early country rock artists were pretty good. I'm deeply anti-pop country, however, and I'm rather irked to see a number of 1 and 2 star reviewers talking about how much they don't like "country." Honey, this is bluegrass. You don't have to enjoy it, but it's Americana and unapologetically genuine. That being said, this album goes on way too long. There's no reason why the best 12-15 songs couldn't have been released instead, I'd consider giving that album a full 5 stars. Many of the songs are dull instrumentals which do nothing for me, and worse are the gratuitous tracks including vocal and instrument warmups. No thanks, I'm good. Best tracks: Grande Ole Opry Song, Nashville Blues, Dark as a Dungeon, Tennesee Stud, Will the Circle be Unbroken
Facing 38 tracks on this project is never a positive experIence. I am however a sucker for Banjo, so ‘Grand Ole Opey Song’ raises my optimism around how much of a slog this will be.this is somewhat dashed by the unnecessary chatter at thr start of track 2, but again once it gets going its quite pleasant. I enjoyed the sudden handbrake turn in Lonesome Fiddle Blues where it feels like it’s suddenly become a country sea shanty of a tune. I’m also a good 5 tracks into disc two, before i realise vocals are long gone. Unfortunately this exacerbates the increasingly ‘samey’ feel to the music. Suddenly we hit Lost Highway and the vocalist is back from his break. Whilst i appreciate the talky bits are supposed to the whole record as live ethos on such a long album they are unnecessary and annoying. If this album had been shorter and certainly confined to a single disc it would have probably been 4.5/5 but as it is it the duration drags the overall enjoyment down.
The guest stars on this album are insane Maybelline Carter, Earl Scruggs however the album is very long
Lose a point for a Confederate general on the cover even if he was the only decent human in the leadership ranks. Interesting concept, music was well executed. Perhaps a few too many songs for me to get through but I appreciate what they were doing.
6/10 Best songs: Nashville Blues, Tennessee Stud Bluegrass/country music from the early 70s. It's exactly what I think of when I think of this genre: banjos, yearning for lost loves, trucks, horses, and dogs. I do find that it drags a bit too long - 2 hours is too much for this, and somewhere in there it gets dull. That being said, I like it overall.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
This was some fine bluesy country (one song Cash covered which really highlights a comparison between ok country and seminal stuff). But no matter how decent it was, it not listening to almost three hours of it.
didn’t dislike this at all. I’m a huge Old Crow Medicine Show fan, so bluegrass and old time country are absolutely in my wheelhouse. There’s a lot to appreciate here, and it’s cool hearing the legends and the younger band trading songs like it’s one long front porch session. That said, it’s also a lot. Two hours of classic country and bluegrass is just more than I’m usually looking for in one sit down, even when I like the style.
This is hard to rate, because about twenty minutes of this is great, lots of fun, relatively easy four stars. But two hours; come on. Nobody needs that much bluegrass.
Just not really my cup of tea. Appreciate a lot of it was live takes, so clearly a group of talented musicians.
This was decent enough. I didnt love it nor did I dislike it. I do feel like it could be the only bluegrass country album I ever hear and rhay would sum it up for me.
Gosh this is challenging to absorb in one day and I can't claim to have listened to it all. But although it's not my scene, I have to applaud what they have done here.
Ok but not a massive blue grass fan
Not my vibe, but not bad. got my feet tapping
liked the bluegrass vibes but admittedly didn’t listen for the whole thing due to the length. 3.5
Is this a life changing album? No. Is it enjoyable? For sure! I went to a bluegrass music festival with my family every year growing up so this is a very nostalgic, sweet sound to me. 3.5/5.
If they come to your club don't let them in.
really enjoyed but then again i’ve always liked classic country and bluegrass, it felt genuine but i also think this is way too long no one needs 2 hours straight of bluegrass 8/10
These were some nitty gritty old songs.
So much Honky Tonk so little time… I generally like bluegrass music but I guess I like it in smaller doses. With over 2 hours of banjo picking here, there were obviously some good tracks but a lot of it blended together. It was fine.
Overall it was good, it was just a lot for someone that is not a complete bluegrass fan. It is all very similar in sound, which isn't bad but 2 hours was a lot. I really liked Nashville Blues and the banjo. Avalanche had a good fiddle and harmonica. The banjo came back and was special in Flint Hill Special (they are special!). It was a lot of classical bluegrass songs and it was nice to hear a different interpretation but they didn't do anything that pushed it over into amazing.
Well that sure was a honky tonkin’ hootenanny’n jamboree. I felt like I was traveling between O Brother Where Art Thou, A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen specifically), and Frontierland at Disney World. All enjoyable in their own right. It did feel unnecessarily long, especially because it all sounded largely the same, but it was a fun time.
It's fine. I much prefer the new wave of bluegrass. This take on Bluegrass is to by-the-book, goofy, and safe. Listen to Billy Strings, Kitchen Dwellers, and Greensky Bluegrass if you want a modern, good take on American Bluegrass music.
Bluegrass! The banjos! Keep on the sunny side of life. Oh, it's like 2 hours long? Maybe they didn't have much else to do, so they recorded every rhythm and lyrical composition, that they could think of? For me it's fine to listen to in the background and at a normal album length. But there's too much sameness in the music, that it didn't keep my attention, so I DNF.
3.5
Fun
bluegrass. almost two hours of bluegrass. oh boy. my favorite. even if more time passes, i just can't get into this genre. it's just not for me. i can safely say that these guys know how to sing, and how to harmonize and all... it's just a personal thing really. this was a chore for me to just listen to. and when you're looking at the whole thing and it feels like it's been hours but the album isn't even a quarter over... i'm sorry. it's not for me too much.
Has to be the comprehensive musical encyclopedia of bluegrass history. Some of it isn't really for me and it's super long but I definitely appreciated the musical talent. Favorite track: I Saw the Light
meu DEUS 2 horas de álbum meu senhor FAVS (top 3): you are my flower, Tennessee stud, losing you (might be the best thing yet) menções honrosas: grand ole opry song, dark as dungeon, nine pound hammer, my walkin shoes, way downtown, down yonder, im thinking tonight of my blue eyes compraria o vinil: gente... isso da uns 40 discos seria caro pra PORRA obviamente NAO, e msm se n fosse eu n compraria pq nunca q ouviria tudo isso KKKKKKKK MUIYO GRANDE cara. 2 horas de musica country. BABADO dms, eu gosto mas 2 horas é de maissss; ouvi na areia com vento batendo na minha cara mt gostoso eu amo deu uma vibe legal; nao vou ouvir esse album inteiro dnv pq acho q n teria momento certo pra isso mas eu curti; senti q o "disco B" foi mt mais instumental do q o "disco A" o.O nota final: 3.5/5
I was just transported to a dock on the shore of the lakes of ozarks with a beer in my hand.
Warm, reverent performances built from acoustic guitars, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, upright bass, and close, unpolished harmonies—vocals shared gently among generations—move this country-folk album like a lovingly curated museum exhibit of rural Americana, earnest and respectful in tone.
Worthy idea to introduce the old time country and bluegrass stars to the country rock audience. With the passage of time (this is my parents generation paying tribute to my grandparents and I’m old enough to have children on this list) its clear the Carter Family, Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs are better known than the Nitty Grittys. In fact the Nitty Grittys wouldn’t have made 1001 albums if this album didn’t give the compilers the opportunity to recocognise some pre album greats. It’s an enjoyable record. I think nowadays the producers would scatter a few contemporary songs into the mix because ultimately the original recordings of the songs they chose are better than these versions.
Hard to judge since this kinda of music doesn't really resonate with me
The start of the album was better than the rest. I started to lose interest around the 4th song, and this album is loooooooooong.
Love Tennessee Stud. Rest of the album is pretty alright. Should only be an hour long at most.
Country/bluegrass fusion, lots of live-instudio energy
I liked it but it was way too long. Musicianship was neat, cool to be “in the studio” with the chatter. Good atmosphere to kind of throw on and vibe to in the background for awhile. Neat to learn about its fence on modern America (Alison krauss, old crow medicine show, o brother where art thou?, avett brothers)
I love the idea of bringing in the Old Guard of bluegrass with the New, so that these legends get heard again. Their banter is intriguing as well as their antiquated music. I love bluegrass but that's a lot of bluegrass. I often times wondered if the Duke Boys would get away from Boss Hog & Ennis. I kid. 3
Hippies recording with the Opry stars that influenced them. Lovely, particularly on Christmas Eve.
6/10 Favourite: Dark as a Dungeon Least Favourite: I Saw the Light
Long album with a ton of material. Some of it is five star some isn’t. It’s a lot for one sitting and best served broken up.
When the snow starts a'falling There's a man you should be calling That's Kil-547-96, let it ring Mr Plow is a loser and I think he is a boozer So you better make that call to the Plow King
classic county and bluegrass with a lot of standards
This sounds like the music that will make me go "wut n tarnation" when a rabble-rouser gets on my proper so I have to tell my horse to "go on an git". I'd rather not listen to over two hours of bluegrass but taken in bits and pieces it's pretty decent. I like the occasional banter in between songs for an all-star cast of blues, country, and bluegrass. I don't know much about this type of music but it's good enough and hopefully it doesn't ruin my Spotify recommendations. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Grand Ole Opry Song, Nashville Blues, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Way Downtown
This was a bit of a journey! This wouldn’t have been an album I would have otherwise stumbled across but I quite enjoyed some of the tracks, and even the ones that I was only so-so on were inoffensive background music.
Yee haw.
Thankfully I did my research before diving in today's album. From what I read, there were two versions of this album, the original which is an hour long, and the rerelease which was the full two hours. After listening for a few minutes, while not horrible, I elected to stop after the first hour. There is nothing offensive here, but it's not at all a favorite genre of mine so I could only take so much. It was well done, and the between songs banter made it clear they were all having a very good time making it. But for me it all kinda sounds the same and after a while I'd had enough of the fiddle and the banjo. I'd take this any day over most modern country or bluegrass, but it'll never become something I'd want to sit down and listen to on my own without it being part of this project.
Good though a lot of very same-y music.
Enjoy blue grass - for awhile
Too long
It's a fun listen. A bit long and churchy. I was done after about 12 songs, but still had 31 more to listen too.
2 plus hours long and I never got tired of it. Perfect album to pop on sitting around the fire.
My issue is the runtime. Disc 1 = great. Disc 2 = Essentially the same as disc 1.....
That’s quite enough banjo and fiddle for one lifetime. 3/5
Probably a 3.5. Tons of country fun but a disc too long
Yeeeeeeeehaw. Banjo-picking good.
It’s good bluegrass. You one you’ve heard them all.
This was like listening to the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack. This was enjoyable, especially Disc 2 on this set since it's more instrumental, but it was also exhaustive and excessive in its running time, reaching the absolutely and completely unnecessary 2 hour mark.
Decent bluegrass album. Enjoyed it
Actually not all that bad, the vibe is on point (although there is quite a bit of spongebob music on this thing). Swampy southern redneck country. This outfit can definitely play but two hours is a little much.. Also, minus a point for de confederate flag..
I quite like a lot of bluegrass/country so when I saw t description of this I was quite excited. Afterwards I have sympathy for anyone who cannot stand bluegrass. 2 hours was a bit much. Still, loads of the songs especially tt instrumentation and instrumentals were great, plus the title track. I actually really enjoyed the latter few tracks which were mostly false starts and idle conversation. I reckon an edited version would be an easy 4 and I'd go back. Lots of familiar melodies in here too.
I had no idea what to expect here... Then I heard the first track and my heart sank. Country nonsense. So I checked how long it was. It looked like about 7 hours. Gah. i hate that country twang vocal thing. Off it goes... However, I actually like the bluesyness and some of the guitar work is great. It's all upbeat, it's fun, some nice harmonies, reminds me of oh brother where art though. Oh no. I liked it. It was too bloody long though.
It's good, but feels far to long. It could have used a fair amount of cutting down to just the best, rather than the hour+ slog it is.
This is some classic bluegrass and gospel and country swing and it's great, but a double album is...a lot. I did like the first album quite a bit, though.
-i can’t believe i just listened to a 2 hour long bluegrass album. even more surprising was that i kinda liked it -i’ve always enjoyed bluegrass / banjo instrumentals but i feel like this album gave me a new appreciation for the genre as a whole, including the vocals which may be a huuugely acquired taste for anyone under the age of 60. very solid poster album for the genre imo -Favorites: Black Mountain Rag, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Fiddles. Lots of fiddles. Banjo. Lots banjos. Pickin and slidin. Fun lane change.
Good ole country fun. I felt like i should be watching wacky races and cheering for the hillbilly gang. Im probably wrong as im not of the relevant age, location or musical genre.
Excellent instrumental tracks.
Entirely too long.
Quite enjoyed this as chilled background music - not hugely into country but it’s a nice soundtrack to a morning!
6 some good some really bad
No, because the Circle Of Trust doesn't work if you don't trust anyone in it.
6 Liked it a lot feels like it took me somewhere cosy
This is pretty good for what it is, but I really don't get into this kind of stuff. It's nice in small doses, though.
Unfortunately, this album became a bit of an albatross around my neck. Because this was the album of the day when home issues began to overtake my life. Circumstances dictate that during the day I have no Wi-Fi and patchy phone Reception at best. So it’s been very difficult to listen to anything. So the only time I Di have is a few minutes in the morning when making my cats breakfast. But of course it had to be the album where it’s 400 songs and 17 million hours long. For a few days I kept returning to the beginning to try and give it my full attention, until I realised how long it was. And then every morning it became a matter of “ oh God, I’m only seven songs in” or “ really, I’m only on song 12/17/26/32 - how much more already?” And it’s not like every morning became a different listening experience. I couldn’t really differentiate between many of the songs. They were fine but when could I move on? There were a couple of standouts, funnily enough the instrumentals: lonesome fiddle blues, both sides now, foggy mountain breakdown. Those are the ones I remembered. Pins and needles for the lyrics. But I’m not sure I should’ve devoted three weeks to finishing this album when I pretty much knew on day one what I felt about the songs. They’re fine, but now it’s time to move on.
Sure. Fun. Admittedly, as much as I typically love background chatter and hot mic stuff from recording sessions, the ones included here weren't nearly as enticing as I would have expected. And I guess I don't love this style of music, especially this nitty and gritty. A little more polish works better for me.
2h10min raakaa ja rehellistä kantria. Jos haluaa aivan perinteistä kantria niin ei oikeastaan tarvitse muuta kuin tämän levyn. Näin pitkään levyyn mahtuu monipuolisuutta vaikka monessa kohtaa levyä kappaleet tuntuivatkin toistavan itseään. Välillä tuntui hulluuskin iskevän kun kuunteli toista tuntia hillbilly banjo mayhemiä. Mutta kokonaisuutena hyvä perinteinen kantri kokoelma. Parhaat: Nashville Blues, Both Sides Now,
A bit repetitive cause its long but really nice
Will the circle be unbroken
Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Started strong...banjo + fiddle isn't something I listen to often. Wore a little long by the end (usually I try and listen at least 3 times through an album, but only 2x for this one). Not a genre I'll turn to often, but a great example of the value of working through this list.
Boring from 5th song
Bluegrass
It's nice music but wow did you really need to make this much music for one album... I would have loved to listen to a concise album that was thoroughly curated
I'm not averse to a bit of old-timey country and I already knew a fair number of these songs (mainly through Johnny Cash), but this might be too much of a good thing. Cutting out all the studio chatter would have been a start in keeping this to a more manageable length.
5/10… Country / Folk
I'm not keen on their accents in the spoken intros. Is it wrong to dislike an accent?! But they can certainly play and 'Nashville Blues' is spectacularly good, as is 'Black Mountain Rag' and 'Canonball Rag'. So close to traditional Irish or Scottish music, the roots of this music must lie there. 'You are My Flower' is pretty and sweet. 'Dark as a Dungeon' is good. In general I prefer the instrumentals. There are so many singers here, some I like much more than others! 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken' is the only song here I know, but I much prefer the Wonders tuff version!
Fun to listen to! But a bit overwhelming by the amount of songs
Interesting old school country. Lot of behind the scenes cuts and collabs with country legends on classic songs. A little raw but ok.
to be completely honest i really pictured this band being all muppets. i don't know what this says about me but i'm pretty sure this belongs on a muppet show jug band segment
Not bad, a whole lot of bluegrass and gospel standards. I also realized that the grand ole Opry is the Apollo theater for white people.
Even if the genre isn’t a particular favorite, the musicianship on display here is undeniable. As with most triple albums, this one’s a bit bloated, but the songs are breezy and not the least bit self indulgent, which prevents the listening experience from feeling interminable. It’s like eavesdropping on an intimate jam session where everybody gets a turn to shine—and they don’t disappoint.
Two hours and ten minutes of bluegrass/country fusion, I feel like I just lived an episode of ‘Justified’. I think bluegrass is out of all of our wheelhouses. I never seek this out, but every time I listen to bluegrass, it’s pleasant enough. There were a handful of songs on here I’d listen to again, but this was a huge collaboration album with traditional country legends, and it seems like they recorded every song in one take. Lots of chatter and improv before and after the songs, which I guess is part of the bluegrass experience; it’s basically hillbilly jam band. All that said, it was fine, but too long and way too much non-musical talking in between songs to garner more than a 3/5 from me.
I like this yee haw shit and I am not sorry about it
Authentic country/bluegrass. It's quite OK.
Let’s be real, this album is a full on front porch bluegrass jam session, the kind that feels right at home with hillbillies dancing around, moonshine in hand, and a few missing teeth.
Why was that so long!?
Debated with myself a bit on whether to go two or three stars on this one. If it was half the length it is I would probably have been debating between three and four. I didn't have strong negative feelings about any individual track (and on most of them I skewed positive-of-neutral) but 130 minutes of this stuff... it's a lot. But I get that they were going for the whole campfire-evening-with-the-band vibe, and I respect that—it makes sense for the kind of music this is. Earns the three from me in the end.
Not my jam but has heart and charm
Better on each listen. Some very sad lyrics. Cracking musicianship!
very long and nothing stands out but an enjoyable album to kick back and put on in the background. 3.5 stars
Cozy.
2 hours was a bit much.
Interesting snapshot of a different time and culture. Some catchy tunes but I could do with a shorter run time and less chitter chatter.
Country folk. Great musicianship
I absolutely did not need to listen to 42 bluegrass and old-style country songs. There's some genuinely great music on this bloated album, for sure, but not enough to earn it more than three stars.
Happy to add context to my 80s-flavored perception of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and I really liked a few of the songs, including Keep on the Sunny Side, You Are My Flower, I’m Thinking of My Blue Eyes, and Both Sides Now. I’m a Carter Family and Doc Watson fan, so most of their songs resonated. Roy Acuff not as much. While the title track is pretty good, it doesn’t crack the top three versions of that song, IMO. For me, bluegrass is the speed metal of country music, and I have limited patience for it. This gargantuan collection exceeds those limits.
3/5 - I needed to hear maybe 5 songs of this album, but certainly not 2 hours. This is like when someone suggests The Count of Monte Cristo for your bookclub. You've got an epic assignment of 1200 pages of classic material to consume, and you've more or less got the gist 1/5 of the way in, because it's all more of the same. There's not going to be any surprises on side B of this monster. This is a documentary-worthy piece of work that is important for all sorts of reasons, I'm sure. It belongs on this list. I'll give it a 3 because if I'm in the unlikely mood for some bluegrass, now I know where to go. That said, it can't go any higher because: a) It's more of a catalog than an artistic statement as an album and b) I hate skits on country/bluegrass albums as much as I do on hip-hop albums. Just play the song; isn't the album already long enough?
It's pretty cool. This is still not my type of music, but at least this album is more energetic than country usually is, which I appreciate. It's definitely too long, and I prefer a couple of long songs over a bunch of shorter ones, but I still had fun. 7/10
Will This Album Ever End? I'm not listening to all that. First 5 songs were fine.
Really not a country fan. Two hours country is just too much
Yeah there are some good tracks on this but 2 hours of banjo twangs? I could live without
Doodly doodly doo
There are 42 songs on the album. Around song 20 it became instrumentals only. This is the music that plays at Frontier town reenactments. They really love singing about dying and going to heaven and loved ones dying and going to heaven. So much so that I am starting to wonder if they are the ones sending them to heaven. Lots of Southern banter in between songs if you are into that kind of thing. Very talented musicians playing music that I just don’t really have any interest in. The best Christian country album I have heard. 6/10
This was a surprisingly pleasant album to listen to. Just pure old country/bluegrass. I like the variety of artists that helped record this and everyone was masterful on their instruments. Some tracks are really good instrumentals, some are hokey old fashioned "simple country folk" themed, some are about the country itself. It's got a little of everything. The album really proves that in this genre you really can just look out the window and write a song about whatever you see as long as you make sure to tie it to God somehow. My gripes are that it's just a beast of an album, I don't want to listen to this for 2+ hours. I dont want to listen to anything for 2+ hours. Nothing sounds good for that long. I had to take a break before the second half to ward off old men's twangy voices from haunting my dreams. Next, I didn't love all the snippets of conversation before many of the tracks, its just distracting and takes you out of it. When your album is pushing 2.5 hours, I don't care what key your song is in and who should come in when, just get on with it. Finally, did I mention the twang? It's real twangy vocally. It just gets on my nerves after a bit. My favorites were the instrumentals like "Black Mountain Rag" "Avalanche" "Orange Blossom Special" "Both Sides Now" and a lot of the stuff on the second disk really. Get yer banjos, fiddles, and harmonicas out, it's a looooooooong but mostly enjoyable ride. 3/5
Americana/bluegrass. Definitely has a place on this list as it is a lengthy demonstration of this style of music, with a large group of musicians. Isn’t going to be everybody’s cup of tea, but very representative of the genre.
Yeehaw but a little long
Good but probably about twice as long as I wanted it to be
Some great toe-tapping playing and fun banter from the musicians. Also another song about wanting to get with a 16 year old.
Shout out to Bioshock Infinite for pointing me in this band's direction back in 2013.
Over TWO HOURS? 42 SONGS? I thought maybe this was one of those deluxe edition albums with a load of live performances and outtakes padding it out (does anybody actually enjoy those?). But it turned out no, this is the album. I quite like bluegrass (in moderation!) and at times this was a lot of fun. At its best it made me think of O Brother Where Art Thou. At its worst, though, it felt more like Deliverance-level hillbilly material. They're clearly talented musicians and I can appreciate the value of what they were doing here, and all the collaborations they were able to include, but it's still a LOT of bluegrass for one day.
Giving this album 3 stars while on vacation in Virginia. This is good driving music, but it is not my favorite type.
Not my fav
A joyous and really fun traditional country/bluegrass album with extremely good musicianship. It's an important album in the genre which brought together different generations. As an album, thoughy it doesn't really work that well - there are 42 songs which last almost two hours which makes it an extremely long album. Some parts are disjointed and not that consistent. So while I enjoyed this album musically, as an album it doesn't work too well. 3+ stars.
Country be country
Only listened to the first disc as I felt the format was quite clear by then. By no means a bad album, I quite enjoyed it. I can definitely see this being super to play live or listen to in a bar. Maybe got a bit repetitive, and it’s way too long. But other than that it was nice! The problem I have is that there is no way for me to determine if this is good bluegrass or not. And if I ever want to put that on, I’m certainly not going to remember this exact album. So in the end I just don’t feel that I can rate this in a fair way. But a 3 feels appropriate as it was good, but nothing I want to throw myself on immediately and listen to again.
Lots of pickin' and grinnin' and generally just a good ol' country hoedown.
I feel like the Coen Brothers heard this album and decided to make "O Brother, Where Art Thou!" This is a very interesting collection of the dream team of Bluegrass (can't believe I just wrote that) working through and spinning the "best of" catalog. It is well done, and it sounds great. But it also feels like going through an antique store when you come across some interesting pieces, contemplate the purchase, but inevitably decide to move on. Great experience, but I am not sure I'm buying.
It hit my bluegrass / old country spot. Which isn't my go to music. but every now and then I like it.
I imagine this is what John Marston was humming to himself in Red Dead 2 in those 20 missions before American Venom where he just builds a house and looks after his wife and kids. 5 stars.
Its 2.5 hours of bluegrass. As advertised. Well-made but so f-ing folksy
Fun
Very long, but very good
I appreciate the band's history, and as far as county music goes, it's far superior to a lot of it. However, still isn't something I'm going to sit around and listen to.
Oh yes, this is a nice country album. It's fun in between. I can understand other reviewers who, when listening to this music, wish they had a horse and wanted to ride lonely across the prairie. But firstly, I can't ride, I live in a big city and prairies only exist thousands of miles to the east. Secondly, the music reminds me of a scene from the movie 'Deliverance', in which one of the big city tourists gets into a banjo fight with a moronic hillbilly and loses. The scene seems somewhat depressing against the background of the events described later. I might actually listen to this album again later. However, I won't listen to it for 2 hours in one go. 3/5
★★★¾
Lots of pickin' and old tymey shit but it has its place
The banter is kinda fun on this one. I've rediscovered over the last ten years my appreciation for this style of music that left me in my teens and twenties, and this is a great album of the genre, albeit a little long for a full run through. The musical talents in here are fun.
Wasn’t planning on listening to 2 hours of country music on a sunday but here we are. Not bad.
The bluegrass tracks are really good, but the old-time-baptist-church-music, while well-executed, is just not my taste (PTSD). Combine that with a gargantuan runtime and copious studio chatter, and unfortunately this gets a mixed review. Still, this is an eternity and a half better than the utter swill spewed forth from the auto-tuned maw of Morgan Wallen. 2.5/5.0: Mixed
This was enjoyable in medium doses, but 130 minutes is longer than any movie should be, let alone an album of country/bluegrass music. the musical guests on this album bring a lot to the table and it's fun to hear some of the studio chatter, but like everything else on this album, it gets old after you've heard it a half dozen times. when it's all said and done, i think i ended up enjoying the instrumentals here the most. favorites: grand ole opry song, tennessee stud, the end of the world, earl's breakdown, orange blossom special, will the circle be unbroken, both sides now
Nice collection of consistently strong bluegrass / traditional country tracks. I enjoyed this throughout, but I have to admit the mix was a little different than what I expected. The vocals on some tracks are too prominent, on others too distant, and some of the supplemental instruments come in and out with weird and surprising volume shifts. It's a nice old classic sort of "everyone gather around this one mic and move closer and farther from it from time to time" kind of idea, but it made me focus just a little too much on the production and not the compositions. That's my only gripe though!
3.08
Det er live takes med autentiske performances. Det er lidt en revival af country bluegrass for at holde genren i live. Lavet af nogle legender
Not quite my style of folk - I think american/bluegrass isn't my thing- but pleasant enough for a bit. Very very long though - 40 tracks was a bit many so I didn't finish/skipped tracks, but more out of fatigue than not liking any of them.
Good but too long
First disc is great!... then it turns mostly instrumental for an hour
Good lord, this was a long album - but I enjoy bluegrass / Americana and liked this one
Double album was too much to digest in one go. Couldn't identify a link between the two so probably didn't miss anything. The songs were surprisingly varied and entertaining. Probably be able to extract chunks to get a digestible playlist.
Fun album. Nicely done
It's ok as a sort of alternative country album but a bit overlong if you're not into the bluegrass style
Enjoyed this all the fiddle and mayhem.
There are some lovely moments on this album, and the musicianship is excellent... but damn, ain't nobody got time for a straight 2 hours of bluegrass!
Holy crap, that was exhausting. I can't say I ever wanted to listen to country music for nearly 2 hours straight. Am I glad I did it? No, but I'm not upset either. Quite frankly, this isn't even the worst experience I've ever had with country music, mostly because this music is actually good. Need I mention again my disdain for modern radio country? Still, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (hilarious band name btw) had some good ideas with this album. It's just that making it nearly 2 hours in length isn't one of them. This album is certainly interesting. The album's a collaboration with a pretty substantial number of famous country and bluegrass artists of the time, which is pretty cool! It adds some variety, though the keyword here is "some." This album is kind of repetitive. That might just be the length talking, though. The writing is alright. It definitely gives off country vibes in a way that I don't hate. One thing that I actually like about this album in regards to its cohesion is how some of these songs have audio from the studio at the beginning, which comes as a result of many of these songs being unprocessed takes. That's neat. It makes the album feel more authentic, and authenticity is something that I think a lot of "country" lacks. The instrumentation is quite good as well. Again, it is a tad repetitive. But there's a fiddler throughout the album, okay? I like the sound of the album. Overall, Will the Circle Be Unbroken is a fascinating album that I understand the importance and appeal of, but I don't think I ever want to listen to it again. Still, I enjoyed my time and I would call this a good album. Light 3/5.
Je vais le dire tout de suite: je l'ai pas finis, mais je pense pas que je manque grand chose. Après 1h15 du même «shanguelaaaaang da de loodoooo» de cowboy mélancolique, j'affirme que j'ai vécu pleinement l'expérience, merci bonsoir. 🚨Clément, j’ai répondu à ton message sur ma critique d’Hunky Dory!🚨
nice historical document
Solid southern bluegrass. A genre I don't love but... this album could be my way into it
Demasiado para mí. Creo que intentaron marcar territorio o algo así. 42 canciones revisando todo más conocido del bluegrass y country-and-western. Aunque me gusta más o menos este tipo de música me parece demasiado para el público en general. Así que 3 estrellas aunque deberían ser 2,5.
Would actually love this album if it wasn’t so loooong. Did make me want to go to the countryside and just ranch. Specific rating -3.4 Fav song- Tennessee stud Least fav- sailin on to Hawaii
Not music I would normally listen to and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. But it was a bit too long for me and the string of instrumentals in the middle drove me a little bit crazy. Favourite: Dark as a Dungeon Least: Sailin' On To Hawaii
Impressionante como um disco dessa época tem uma captação tão cristalina. Os timbres de violão são lindíssimos e os diálogos entre as músicas mostram um clima de descontração enorme entre os músicos. Todo mundo parece estar se divertindo bastante enquanto toca, o que torna uma audição bem agradável. Em termos de composição a Nitty Gritty Dirt Band desvia bem pouco da norma aqui, com melodias e progressões de acorde manjadas, mas mesmo assim Will the Circle Be Unbroken é um bom disco, que poderia ser ótimo não fosse a duração estendida e a repetitividade entre as faixas.
Além de o disco ser quase longo, com quase 2h de duração, esse falatório durante as faixas me incomodou um pouco. Não dá pra negar que é bem executado, que tem umas músicas bonitas, nessa seara raiz norte-americana, mas não é um gênero de música que me agrada tanto. Acaba sendo cansativo pela quantidade de músicas. As instrumentais são legais também, divertidas, mas também cansam.
Some fantastic covers and some less than fantastic ones
Country/bluegrass isn't really my thing, especially old school stuff like this, but I can at least appreciate it if it's good. And I'm not gonna hold it against it, but 2 hours is maybe a tad much. Nashville Blues goes hard though. Kinda feels like that song is a very early precursor to genres like gothic country, dark folk, or murderfolk. Good stuff. Devil Went Down to Georgia jumpscare with Lonesome Fiddle Blues as well. Gonna be honest, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band did it better. 2nd disc really leaning heavy on stuff that's either old country/bluegrass standards or music artists in the future have definitely "borrowed" as I'm hearing a ton of licks and stuff I've heard before.
3.2 crazy fiddle tho