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While it is just fourteen songs that sound the same, it was fun to listen to. I love the slide guitar here. It has its charm. Cute little country record!
Good. A classic? Solid 3 to 4.
Good, classic country
I knew more of these songs than I expected! Definitely a good guidepost country record.
Interesting
Better than I expected but dang, those country singers sure have a lot of relationship problems.
Good ol honky tonk
Yet another album where i'm kind of surprised at the low ratings. Maybe I was just in the right mood while listening but it felt like it flew by. Pretty much every track didn't waste any time, was fun to listen to, had a catchy singalong chorus. Buck's voice is just perfect for this. Fun album.
This is that old school country music sound I love. Twangy but smooth.
Enjoyed this one. It was fun and I'd listen to it again. I am not clear why 50-60s country is so much better. 3.75/5
Wasn’t sure about this one, not usually hot on this kind of country (or most country if it isn’t Cash or Townes), but it’s a damn good time, and a surprisingly varied one despite the genre and its length. The guitar tone is especially to die for here, an absolute highlight. Not sure if it’s a new favorite, but I can see why CCR namedropped them. C+, maybe B-
That tiger'll hunt.
I have a weakness for "real" country music. I remember my parents loving Buck Owens whenever he came on TV when I was young. I enjoy this era of the country genre, and I enjoy this album. Dude, Streets of Laredo is *his* song?
Great tunes
Buckaroo gettin' busy. 4 stars for the sexy time.
Short, straight-forward, simple country, to the point. But when I mean "simple" I mean basic and no-frills. I'm not trying to put down the music when I say "basic", but it's not showy or anything like that. But even so, it still has to be catchy and good, right? Surprise there are some tunes that are here (unless, you know, you are not a country fan...) If you're not into country this would not be that great. And fortunately it's only about 30 minutes. Tacking on "Act Naturally" to the album was probably a good idea if you didn't know much about him. I have to wonder if "Wham Bam" was the first inference of "Wham Bam, thank you ma'am" put to music, and if so did Bowie get it from that for "Suffragette City"? Interesting to hear where so much of rock, country and the rest would come from by listening to this. When I was a kid I was not a big fan of country, but growing older I have learned to appreciate the classic artists: Nelson, Cash... So this grew on me pretty quickly. It should for you, too.
Yee-haw!
Pretty soliiiid
I love this, call it my Hee Haw heritage I don’t care. There’s a couple very dreary same-y sad songs that do drag things down a bit. Also I love the live cut of Act Naturally but i do have to confront that that’s not on the original album. So it’s tough… but whatever YEEHAW Best song: Wham Bam
Dig it. Like a more C&W Roger Miller and, to a lesser extent, John Prine. That kinda fun, light-hearted song writing.
It's good but not my cup of tea
Good ol’ classic country.
Alright, Bakersfield, I'll give you this.
Not my favorite style of old school country but this guy is pretty rad.
Nothing exceptional within the genre but every song is super catchy and friendly for listening. Enjoyable short listen.
8/10 super fun album the first half is mostly silly, goofy songs and then the second half gets woeful as fuck Wham Bam is my new theme song
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay Honky. Tonk. Its a good album, and a good representation of the genre. 4/5
Love how he links emotion with physical sensation on most of these some gems include: the double whammy on the first track where he catches a tiger by the tail, one verse he’s “losing weight and looking mighty pale, another he’s as useless as a lead in a gale” then there’s the song where his head starts rocking and knees start knocking when he sees his lady and also the one where the faraway look in his partner’s eyes is an omen for her leaving (I bet Bruce Springsteen heard this before he wrote ‘I’m Goin’ Down’). His honky tonk reminds me of Amy Allison, I bet she dug him and alt-ed up his drawl. Great record.
Fantastic. Never heard Buck Owens before, but this is some fun country. Feels like retro-Dwight Yoakem.
Even though I'm not a big fan of country music, I would say this record has something magical in it. The "American roots" mood really got me and I almost felt as I was in Memphis while listening to this album. Highlights: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail, Trouble and Me, Memphis
The best kind of country music
Catchy tunes but was a bit much after 32 minutes.
Nice little country album
Thoroughly enjoyed this record, and we have to give credit to Buck Owens (and his wife Bonnie Owens???) for giving us the classic 'Wham Bam'. Not a lot of sincere emotions on this, but the tunes are catchy and fun.
Pleasantly surprised by this one. Old style country doesn’t always appeal to me but the lyrics were good and it wasn’t too much a caricature of country either.
A quintassential album for old-school country and the general boot-scooting, honkey tonk sound that defined the early mainstream acceptance of this music. Owens uses his personality to come off as personable, relatable, but also memorable as he sets the mood and scene around his "experience". Owens sold this image and marketed it to the masses, leading to the genre and identity that so many future generations followed.
For country music, dueling Telecasters over a strong backbeat is a pretty tough sound to beat. Not the biggest country fan, but I've always dug that Bakersfield sound. I don't know if Merle Haggard is going to turn up on this list (somehow I doubt it as that would crowd out yet another early 2000s UK also-ran electronica act), but I'm glad Bakersfield gets represented at least once.
God I love honky-tonk. 4
Country.
Solid old country.
A great example of Owen’s Bakersfield sound and an essential part of music history. Country rock, as it became know in the late 60s and early 70s, likely doesn’t exist in the same way without this. It will not seem revolutionary to new listeners, and I play other examples of the Bakersfield sound much more often (Dwight Yoakam), but worthy of the list and and a listen or two.
Love it. Great old fashioned honky-tonk. Tons of fun.
A refreshing change of pace. I don’t listen to a lot of country, but this is the type of country I like (traditional/honky tonk). I thought this was a solid album from start to finish. I’m not sure if I’d listen to it again but I did really like it.
Country music is the music genre that provides the most evidence towards Sturgeon's law. For those who don't know, the Sturgeon in question was the science-fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once wrote a novella called Killdozer!, where the antagonist is a sentient, killer bulldozer. The (possibly apocryphal) tale goes that Sturgeon was conducting a Q&A at a science-fiction convention, and one participant asked him if science-fiction was really a legitimate field of literature, stating truthfully that 90% of science fiction was, well, crap. Sturgeon immediately shot back, "Ninety percent of everything is crap!" This is now known as Sturgeon's law. I dn't think it's too much of a revelation to anyone that a jumbo proportion of music released under the country banner is crap. This has affected even the most beloved and esteemed of country artists: you don't measure Johnny Cash's discography by the number of records, you measure it by the yardage it spans, and nobody that prolific could make every song a pearler. Indeed, Rick Rubin rejuvenated Johnny Cash's career by encouraging him not to just bash out albums like trainers, but to focus on polishing his work until the album shone like a diamond. Anyway, Buck Owens was similarly generative, producing 20 studio albums, two holiday albums, three live albums and six compilations in the 60s alone. Who has the energy to go through all of those? Are some of those albums corkers? Certainly. Are some of those reeking? Probably. Anyway, some people just don't like country music. They dislike the instrumentation, they dislike the perceived cornball sentiments, they dislike cowboy boots, they dislike the unfortunate cultural baggage some country has been saddled with, they dislike the unabashed forays into novelty records, they dislike the need to sift through crap in order to find the worthwhile nuggets. Thankfully, I've Got a Tiger By the Tail is replete with nuggets. It's a straightforward, unpretentious good time. Of course, it's country, so much of the album deals with melancholy and heartache, which is great in itself, but the listener will be grateful that the album is leavened by rock 'n' roll additives and a healthy splash of wit. It won't persuade anyone disinclined towards country, but let them be content in their missing-out. It can't quite raise my spirit enough to warrant the full 5 stars, but don't worry about that: it delights enough.
I'm pretty disappointed. Lots of heartache, but not one dawg! No trucks! I had to laugh at some of the lyrical content, but found it highly enjoyable.
My Dad loves this guy. Classic hometown jesus country.
So good, so deserving of broader awareness and appreciation and so damn fun. Tight playing and witty lyrics. “Let the Sad Times” and “Wham Bam” are faves. Thanks to Dwight Yoakam for keeping the torch alive.
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country não me pega mas esse tem qualidade
Country
I liked this. It was simple and nice. I don't really know Country, but I would like to call his Classic Country.
I liked listening to this. Even the songs that are sad made me happy. I doubt that I'll listen again but I enjoyed being here for a while.
I liked this its a very upbeat and cheerful album
Really satisfying sound, I am a sucker for country western when it's done well.
Been into country music lately and I really enjoyed this. I like the more stripped down arrangements. Really well balanced. If this is a prime example of the Bakersfield sound, I'll take more where that came from.
A great little album. He's happy or he's sad and he's not afraid to sing about it.
I love how economical all the songs are. I was surprised at how many of these I recognize.
Enjoy old country a lot and think the historic importance of this album helps elevate it to a 4 for me.
well, i was predisposed to liking this purely because buck shows up in that creedence song. pretty sure i'd heard SOMEthing by him before, but i couldn't tell you what. it was largely what i would've expected...EXCEPT i had absolutely no idea that my favorite johnny rivers song was his (memphis), or that the beatles covered act naturally - i thought that was theirs from the start. so that was a super cool discovery.
I wanted to hate this as I don't like country music as a rule. However, this was pretty enjoyable to have in the background as I was working. Found myself nodding along even on the first listen. Corny lyrics from the 60's, strumming guitar, toe tapping g'damn country music. Sigh. 3.8/5.
Fun listen
Das erste von angeblich sehr vielen country Alben, ist okay, ich hasse country nicht, ist ganz nett
I’m a big fan of this. My toes was tapping a whole lot.
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I have a soft spot for vintage country music, and Buck Owens plaintive harmonies and his guitar player's (Don Rich) twangy telecaster do it for me.
Best one so far
Very fun album.
J.aimme le cou try et j’au de la misere a dinner une mauvaise bote. C’est aussi bon que les bon albums de country que j’ai 3coute. 4*
cool country album. reminds me of something pap would like
Good ol folksy sound. It was fun
Now that’s what I call Country, Vol 1. This is a really good album, I’m not much of a country guy, but this had some really good hits that get stuck in your head. Wham Bam, favorite
Great album. Listened to a lot of Roger Miller growing up, and Buck is definitely a contemporary of Roger.
The Bakersfield Sound: what I think of when I think classic country music
more vintage country music. released during the 60s, and got on several charts too. he was a pretty big country singer way back then... the title track is said to be one of his most well known songs. main thing i can talk about right off the bat... this guy has a very very STRONG country singin' voice. a guy that knows how to control his voice and almost commands with each line he sings. but again, a lot of it is just that same ol' country music i've listened to again and again and again. it's funny how i talk about country getting more generic at the start of the 21st century, but truth be told country has been pretty generic before then, it's been sounding like this for a long long time. i wish, i really really wish i can give more specific ratings here! this is a 3.5 if i'm feeling generous. because this is a standard case of "eugh, country" but it's not bad. also i have the 45 RPM single of this. not sure if that means anything but i have it in my record collection.
I do have a soft spot for these sorts of honky tonk tunes. This was fine. The lack of original songwriting hurts it though. 3/5
Classic country; recognized the influence on later country. A couple tracks were actually familiar (‘Act Nagurally,’ and ‘Streets of Laredo’). At times a little too twangy for my country taste, but respect the heritage.
funky, not my thing tho
3.2 A bit of Honk and a lot of Tonk
Standard Bakersfield country. I like this OK but it doesn't do a whole lot for me. Sounds like background music from a movie. I used to watch Buck Owens on Hee Haw. Feels like a different lifetime. The version of this album I listened to had two live tracks at the end, and I liked those more than the album itself. One of the tracks was "Act Naturally" and I didn't know until reading about it today that Buck recorded the first version of the song. I would have guessed Ringo.
It was alright. Something from a pioneer in the genre that probably belongs on this list, but I dont have any strong feelings about it
Sounds like the training data for all those ai country songs. Not bad by any means but def could’ve lived without hearing this one
This is the type of country western im inot but im not all that dazzled by this one. Its ok. There are a few decent songs, it just doent have any kind of wow moment. Trouble and me might be the closest it gets just not that close either. Eh its just fine enough and nothing more
Far too country for my taste but he has a cool superbass voice, the steel guitar is nice and generally it was pretty listenable.
Fingers in me butthole, it’d Buck Fucking Owens. I heard a song about this cunt before looking out a back door or some shit.
I much prefer old country to new country, but this is just a little bit too rinky-dink for me. It’s fine.
Nothing special. Gets a bit repetitive but it is still kinda cozy I think. I can't help but think these old country albums sound a bit AI generated... Lord help us
Short & sweet, and certainly a pleasant enough listen, this album feels chirpy and jolly without any frills. It just feels so simple in the song-writing and delivery, which has a charm but also as the album trundles on it starts to feel stale pretty quickly. Still enjoyable enough throughout, but for me there’s nothing to write home about. It gets a strong 5/10, soft 6/10.
For me this sounds like typical country from the 50-70s (sorry guys - don't know country that well). It's ok but I'm not a big fan.
Not my favourite type of music. Cryin' time is very famous, and a bit of country, I can take. But a whole album of this was too much. 2,5/5.
Well this is new to me. Not sure I'll be circling back much, but a few songs on spotify got the green checkbox.
3.5
Great music for slow dancing with your best gal at the VFW.
Definitely some music of it's era but who doesn't like a step back in time with a lonely cowboy now and then
Very well done, frolicking country. I feel like this album would always put me in a good mood. Favorite track: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
babe wake up new fallout album just dropped this was fine. would've been better in the wasteland, but it was entirely fine!
Ok just come classic old honky tonk. Yeah definitely gonna like this but it's just country classic. Not much else to say it's classic Bakersfield country like this is what I'd play if I was riding down the countryside in a trunk with a hay stalk in my mouth. It's just country. Oh this is the made in Japan guy! That's such a good song. Bro suddenly turned into slender man what. Pretty solid Favourite: Streets of Laredo Least favourite: Trouble and Me
5.5/10 Highlight: Streets of Laredo
So classically country it was hard not to hate it!
Lage 3, wilde eerst een 2 geven, maar dat is toch wel te laag
Eerlijk, ik vond dit best leuk om eens op te hebben. Zal niet heel snel terugkomen, maar vond het best een vibe
I previously thought I was a Buck Owens fan but its all a bit much for me. It started off great but a few tracks in I was wishing it was over. Streets of Laredo was my favorite just because it was such a change up.
Slice of Americana I spose
Loved “Trouble and Me” and it was cool to hear “Act Naturally” as I previously only knew it from Ryan Gosling singing it in “Remember the Titans.”
Oh boy, this is dated and the twang in his voice is massive. Obviously I don’t like country but I do like that he has a sense of humour.
Varying tempos of good, old-fashioned, classic country.
Decent classic country.
It did start growing on me as it went along and found myself tapping along to it
Too much face. So I don't really know anything about country except that I do not like modern country. Country hour on the office overhead lasts from 10a-12p and oh boy does it suck. This is not modern country so ok. This is about what I expect from classic country. My grandfather would like this. Nice Fallout New Vegas reference. /jk
I didn’t hate this as much as i usually hate this type of music. This album had a good feel to it and I liked that most of the songs are upbeat. This the shit you play when you escape away to a cabin for the weekend!
Twangy country is not my thing and I thought oh god, but the lyrics were amusing and he grew on me
I mean it's good country but am I gonna listen to it again? no
Country
I've always had fond memories of listening to Buck's music having been raised a stalwart Dwight Yoakam fan from an early age. I recognize his importance to the Bakersfield sound, and really love his emphasis on steel guitar slides. The songs really don't leave too much of an impact beyond being upbeat and snappy. I'll be listening to a compilation of his big tracks at some point and most likely enjoy that much more as a record.
Funny that he does a ringo starr song because that is who sounds like, passable 3*
that was lovely! not something i'll probably seek out on my own but i had fun.
Good country album
Absolutely fine but I wouldn't listen again.
Just a feel good classic country album. I have nothing bad to say about this. Cant really say it was mind blowing either. Favorites were Wham Bam, Fallin’ For You, Streets Of Laredo, and Memphis.
This kind of honky tonk rootin’ tootin’ country isn’t my favourite genre but it is very enjoyable.
Memphis! Streets of Laredo! Classics my Dad listened to, and I don't know if it's the memory-berries calling or if it's genuinely good, but dammit, I loved it all. I never would have picked this scrolling Spotify. Made my day.
A fun romp with some classic Buck tunes! All ya gotta do is act naturally.
It's interesting, old school country. Not outlaw but pretty good. Surprised how the music let Buck be more emotional. Good stuff
p73. 1965. 3 stars. Mid 60s country. There is a direct line from this to Creedence and Springsteen. Sure, it's naive and occasionally mawkish, but if it's good enough for the Beatles to cover, it's good enough for me. Yee Haw.
This reminds me of visiting my uncle out in the country back when I was a kid. Not an album I see myself ever getting the urge to put on, but not opposed to hearing it out in the wild.
Kind of corny ngl
Ok album, there’s a couple of hits and good songs but most of the tracks are kind of 60’s throwaway country songs that don’t appeal in the modern age.
Vrolijke deuntjes ondanks de teksten
Not my cup of tea, but it was fine for what it was
I don’t love the Bakersfield sound, but I do think he wears it well. Good songs and didn’t outstay its welcome. Just not for me.
so 50's
I was poised to hate this one mostly based on the year and the album cover, but I probably shouldn't have been so hasty. In the end it was interesting enough to hear the music that clearly influenced Cake among others.
Some humorous and well written country songs. Not bad but not great
Liked it quite a bit
Country music is simply not my thing, but I still enjoyed the album.
didn't expect to like this so much, but actually his sound feels really pure, especially the vocal delivery. I think Johnny Cash isn't normally associated with the Bakersfield sound but to my ears it's not dissimilar to some of his earlier recordings (mainly because of the backbeats, and because of Owens' range in his low register)
Yep that's what country music sounds like
Not bad, classic country that doesn’t overstay its welcome.
Classic, but not as directly listenable now as some of the other similar stuff (Marty Robbins, JCash, etc)
Enjoyable country vibes
Buck Owens was one of the biggest names in country at the time, also one of the best. He has a really unique and fitting voice and the Buckaroos are one of the best country backing bands. I don't really enjoy this album as much as other works of his though. The instrumental track and songs not sung by him kind of detract from my experience. It doesn't really have the hit songs of some other albums of his either.
Мда, тяжеловато. Хотя рэп мне все еще заходит тяжелее. Вроде и люблю скрипочки, но здесь от этого хонки-тонка мне становится неуютно. Наверно чисто как саундтрек в соответствующей обстановке норм
думал будет плохо, но мне местами даже зашло, правда слишком однообразно, все же поставлю 3
Better than some of the other country that we have listened to
Albums like this do a disservice to to the list. A few interesting ditties and a novelty tune do not make an album that could be considered to comprise the greatest albums of all time. The original album didn't even include Act Naturally!
Wow- this is so real country music.
I’m not a country music guy beyond the basics, so while I’ve heard the name Buck Owens, I’ve not to my knowledge ever heard him, and so I can’t speak to his influence, though it seems that he was extremely influential and significant. This sounds pretty much exactly how I’d expect it to sound: the twangy guitars, the pedal steel, some fiddle. Songs about falling in and out (but mostly out) of love. I don’t know country music enough to situate it in that context, but compared to the rock and pop music of the time, which tended to the saccharine, it’s a nice contrast. I don’t mind this at all.
Hee Haw 🤠
I'm not a fan of country.. but this wasn't bad. It's upbeat, light, doesn't take itself too seriously, and he sings well. I now have two country singers I don't mind listening to: Buck Owens and Willie Nelson.
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Owens music really shines when he kicks up the tempo and sings a jolly tune to a toe-tapping beat, which makes tracks like Wham Bam (all misogyny aside) stand out on this album. On the other end of the spectrum are the sad cowboy songs, which I typically enjoy but find that Owens vocals lack a fullness of emotion that I appreciate in the singing of other musicians like Marty Robbins and Dwight Yoakam. At the bottom of the barrel is Streets of Laredo, which had strange production and echoing vocals, sounding like it drew influences from some kind of Gregorian church chanting. Overall, I enjoyed becoming familiar with Buck Owens style of classic rock & roll country, and can clearly hear his influence in musicians that followed his style and genre, many of whom performed his music but better.
I'd say I was pretty neutral towards this. It was quite dated sounding. I'm not one for a lot of country, but this was easy listening.
Classic country holds a soft spot in my heart. This is a bit too kitchy for me, but I still enjoyed it.
It was a short, good-sounding country album from the days way back. Also I knew the saying, but hearing in the song made me cringe, yet here it has a different meaning, I guess - wham, bam, thank you ma'm?
Short and fun songs, mostly good vibes. Let the sad times roll on is a banger.
Might be the most country-sounding country I've ever heard.
Nutty career that this guy's got, it's a very pretty album though like a lot of classic country.
Nothing really wrong with this one, just comes off as a bit samey in comparison to some of the other country music on here. Still, catchy!
Quite an upbeat, fun, album. Even the 'woe is me' tracks didn't make me want to slit my wrists. The guitar work is very good and he sings in tune. Not something I'd ever listen too again, but I appreciate the talent.
Hokey but tight. I like country, history, and old country. I found this a little hokey, which makes sense for the guy from Hee Haw, but ultimately it was good all around, and he had an influence on keeping country less polished than Nashville was at the time. Iw as not feeling the first song, it has a little bit too much over enunciation for me and ends up feeling corny. I think what redeems the album is they were also having fun, like on Hee Haw, it was a bit of joke, and they were in on it. It's an entertainment and performance, and the music is tight and precise. Highlights: Let the Sad Times Roll, Act Naturally
A fine, short, country album. I did like how low his voice went on Streets of Laredo. 2.6/5 -> 3/5
Pretty enjoyable country music though it must have sounded a bit dated already in 1965.
Dette kan jeg like! 🐅🐅🐅
Var jo koseleg, dette her.
Pretty standard Country/Honky Tonk fare, at least this is broadly upbeat and a few of the songs were recognisable from future covers (Streets of Laredo and Johnny Cash) 5/10
Starts and ends well but the middle drags a bit. 3 stars or C+.
Country
// det er ikke en eneste gang idag jeg har hatt 2% lyst til å sette på dette albumet. dette er ikke for meg for happy go lucky. noe fint til sunday blues listen min da
Music of my early childhood.. My Dad sang so many of these. 3 stars for nostalgia.
The steel guitar and strings are pretty great, as are the vocals. Probably let that tiger go, though.
I love the groovy Bakersfield sound, reminds me of my grandfather. Production on this album is lacking and I prefer a lot of the covers over the original, but a great album nonetheless, rating a 3 though due to my replay ability factor.
Good stuff.
Not quite my bag but a million times better then the stuff on modern country western stations
Fun for parties
Most country records I tried to listen, I couldn't. This one is ok as a background. Sure all the songs are the same but I've been through worse. 3/5
Started off not loving it but it grew on me. Not my fav country, I’d still prefer Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash but this was good 3/5
I want to show my support for Buck Owens but the album itself isn't that great.
This was better than I had expected, especially the first side. I didn’t care for the ballads, but, Trouble and Me especially, the upbeat stuff was good fun.
Got a soft spot for old school country
This was very cute. Streets of Laredo made me HOWL because I finally got to put the Wedding Planner song connection together. I loved it. This is definitely a sitting on the front porch album. I'm glad it's only 30 minutes - that's all it needs and while everything kind of sounds the same, it was still a nice album.
J'ai vraiment beaucoup aimé l'album. Pour l'époque, J'ai trouvé que Buck Owens a bien réussi à imposer son style pour une approche très originale avec des sons de country vraiment sympas qui s'écoutent même de nos jours. C'est vrm très bien mais peut être un peu répétitif, en tout cas album de country incroyable
Mildly entertaining. I slightly enjoyed it. Kind of fun for a country album.
Good ol' twangy country. i liked most of the songs. tears in my beer songs. i especially liked "Tiger by the Tail", "if you fall out of love with me", "Cryin' time" and always the excellent "Memphis".
Just a solid country album. I was familiar with the title track but the entire record had me engaged and smiling ear to ear. I wish that there was a bit more meat to chew on with this record, as it lacks emotional depth, but as a surface-level piece of art it's good!
7.5/10
I've Got a Tiger By the Tail was honestly not as bad as i was expecting it to be. I haven't exactly heard the greatest things about this album from this site as many people aren't huge fans of what it does so i expected to hate it too. But in actuality, it wasn't much worse than most other contemporary country music albums. Sure, it's nothing special and pretty cheesy and the songs do have same face syndrome but the music still sounded fine enough, it was pretty well produced and it did breeze by at just 31 minutes so it never got super tedious. I also thought Owens' voice was decent even if he did sound like Goofy at times. This album isn't great but i was expecting quite a lot worse. Best Song: Memphis Worst Song: A Maiden's Prayer
1965 right in the sweet spot for country being the US of As pop favourite. I like this album, it sounds familiar and it's easy to listen to. Will I listen again, like lots on the list probably not. I like the fizzy old production and the chugging rhythms. Decent
Definitely hear the early rock n' roll cross pollinating here. I liked it better than I expected
Yay first country album! This was fun from the first song - ye haw!
I'm from the generation where Buck Owens was playing kind of a parody of himself on Hee Haw, so I always have to adjust my attitude when I hear his actual music and realize just how good he was. I was happy to see this album on the list of 1001 recommended I hear before I die, because it's truly entertaining and certainly influenced a lot of the country and even some of the rock (see Creedence Clearwater Revival) that would follow. If Buck Owens had been big in the 90s, he'd no doubt have at least three (like Blur or Beck) or four (like Bjork) albums on this list.
Country music is such a hollow shell these days, but back in Buck Owens' day, it was still something. There's a few great songs here, and a few duds, but this is a solid collection all around, with a real working-class feel. Favorite track: "Streets of Laredo," although this is not my favorite version of that song.
This is your classic swanky honky tonk type of country. Solid lyrics and true and clear tone and playing.
A cool country record, although very of its time. 3.5 stars
I think this album is pretty good. I'd heard it before and was a little bit lower on it the first time I heard it, but it's nice classic country. Buck is a good songwriter with good and often funny lyrics, and the guitar work is cool. It does sag a bit in the middle, but fisnishes strong. Highlights for me are the title track, "Streets of Laredo", "Crying Time" and the cover of Chuck Berry's "Memphis". 3.5 stars.
A 1965 honky-tonk album with a title that sounds like it could be a microaggression doesn't usually catch my attention for the right reasons, however this is a pleasant surprise. It helps that it's capped at 30mins, but the storytelling and sincerity of this album do a lot of heavy lifting. I'll likely never listen to it again, but I'm glad I listened to it before I died
GOING IN: Quite hopeful LISTENED WHILE: walking the dog FAMILIARITY: New to me SKIP RATE: Skipped half of it REPLAY VALUE: Might come back to it DISCOVERY CURVE: Warmed up nicely ALBUM ARC: Pretty even, consistent VERDICT: Fair enough BODY'S VERDICT: Toe tapping situation FAVOURITE TRACK: My Rating: 3 I like country music, and I can hear the influence this record has had, but it's not great. Not bad, but not great.
THEYREEEE GONNA PUT ME IN THE MOVIES
I don’t typically listen to country music, but I really enjoyed this one. Old school twang. 3.4/5.0
So this has a place…in nostalgia movies and bars in deep Texas. It’s fun and clever in spots but neither in a particularly enjoyable way. Not offensive but also far from my thing. Then a hard right. I listened to this while choring around the house and the songs Spotify delivered once the album ended were progressively more and more engaging. 3/5
Who knew I would enjoy this album as not my normal vibe! However it was a fun uplifting album enjoyed
Solid country album, but not something I’d put on usually. Catchy melodies, but nothing too crazy
The opening track "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" is canon classic country, and I've always found it a little cheesy, aside from the surprising and grim lyrical imagery of "losing weight and ... turning mighty pail". (Wait, is this song about about addiction or depression, or both? Not really.) Aside from knowing that the lead track was a huge country to pop crossover hit, and that this album was released in 1965 (It's getting a little late for country music of this level of shallow whimsy by this year) I knew little else and was skeptical but hopeful that listening and research would reveal in fact that this album has a rightful and rational place in the project list. Listening through, without researched context, showed two easy-to-slot categories of songs: the sad numbers, each with amazing, thoughtful, careful songwriting, clever turnarounds, and sweet, relatable lyrics, and then the upbeat songs that make a bee-line for the dancehall with no pause for sympathetic or deep contemplation. The former, I loved and felt that any modern country ballad is just a derivative. The latter, especially given the nuance of easygoing demeanor hiding a contemplative depth of the slow songs, became hard to forgive for their abject simplicity, save for the assumed context that these were dance songs (no time for thinkin'). The sparse instrumentation makes things even more simplistic, which leaves nothing to hide for already-simple songwriting. Before casting judgement before research, I held out hope that charming Buck was not just a simple hick, but his rigidity to form had some basis similar to other emergent genres whose apparent simplicity was more of a limitations-as-rules bound form. Namely, reminiscent of Run-DMC, Jungle, and of course, Buck's clear influence from early Rock and Roll. Concerning Rock and Roll, any cheese smells emitted from the songs of Chuck Berry and the like were forgiven to energy, sweat, and rhythmic sophistication. So, I realized what we had here was probably the first country rock music, as a genre. (My duty of research following listening said this was true.) The instrumental formation of the Buckaroos ensemble is clearly bound by a directive to present Buck's songs in a stark, no-frills manner: guitar, bass, now-you-hear-it-now-you-don't steel guitar, and backbeat-ing drums. Buck Owens did this deliberately as a rebellion against the string-section-heavy music coming out of Nashville at the time. Buck was working Bakersfield. California(!) Even hearing the name 'The Bakersfield Sound' (as a sub-genre of country music), I imagined some Bakersfield, Texas or Tenessee. The California Central Valley seemed an impossible location for a whole 'sound' to emerge from. Reading revealed: Merle Haggard was there too! This Bakersfield Sound is precisely defined by the instrumental choices heard on this album, and in particular, an inclusion of a backbeat, which Nashville at the time forbade. I like country. I like old country. I like learning about the history of country. I was deeply pleased to have been presented an album that is clearly an important predecessor to the country we hear today. I don't even just mean modern radio-country, but also want to give Buck Owens clear credit for paving the way for Wilco, Neko Case, Sturgill Simpson, and Drive By Truckers, to name a few downriver. It took me a second to realize where and when I was, but I guess that's how the did things down in Bakersfield in those days. As a casual listener, I'd otherwise give this album a right-down-the-middle two-and-a-half stars. Half cheese and half heart. Given the context and history, I would almost warrant it a four, but I'm aiming to define a subjective truth for my rankings, and the questions, 'Did I enjoy it, in the end?', and 'Would I listen again anytime soon?' bore me down to a three. Like I said, I enjoyed half, greatly. I might not listen again anytime soon, or I might find myself at the bar, playing the jukebox with "Let the Sad Times Roll On" and on that day, in my tears and beers find this album to be five. Questions I'm going to ask of each album: - Do/Did I own this prior? Nope - If so, how has this day in the project changed my view of the album? n/a - Otherwise, do I look forward to listening to this again? As I said above, given the right time and place, yes. But otherwise, maybe not. - Is this album's inclusion on the list justified? Absolutely.
GTA San Andreas Honky Tonky! Ga hem alleen niet opnieuw luisteren denk ik
Never can you go wrong with Buck Owens. This is a standard country twang from the 1960s Top Track: Fallin' for You
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would and even recognized several songs (I’m not a country fan). That said, the production was pretty bad.
The official soundtrack for putting on your best pair of shit kickers and Stetson hat.
Cowboy ditties. Pleasant if forgettable.
Strong album, good songs, but not something I would revisit soon
Old time country
Honestly not bad for country-ish music. It's kinda cute and catchy. Not something In would listen to, but still
Run-of-the-mill country music. I prefer the back half of the album. Cryin' Time is great and became a classic thanks to Ray Charles. Wham Bam is funny af! 3.1
This isn't my genre, and perhaps I was just in a good mood, but I low key loved this.
Good
not my cup of tea but not hard to listen to, either
Honky Tonkin' goodness. 3.5 stars
This is what I think of when I think of country music. Not bad but I could only listen to it occasionally. Doesn’t really suit the vibe of rainy England in December
он приятный но миллион повторений и кантри + депрессивные отношения
Nice
Kinda fun.
I dislike country but this is a hilarious album. The fsct this dude put put wham bam thank you mam its epic. Just that song earned him my 3 stars
guilty pleasure
Certainly not the sort of thing I'd usually be caught dead listening to, but it's an interesting listen. There's a thick cultural American-ness to this era of Country music that's a bit difficult to those of us who weren't there, either geographically or chronologically. It's all this white-Christmas picket-fence nostalgia that never translated properly overseas. Like, I can't get over how *weird* this flavour acoustic honky-tonk sound gets. Buck is very much an epitome of this here - that country-man warble, singing a collection of half-funny, half-depressed staples to play at the hoedown. This isn't really a diatribe about the album, but I was hoping more exposure to Country via this list would help appreciate it more, but it just makes it sound more alien. And these Buckaroos embody this feeling more than anything. It's an interesting parcel of love letters to a world that I am not privy to, and it's worth delving into by that right, but I wouldn't find myself tossing this album on for fun. fav tracks: We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll, Streets of Laredo
0 songs added to my favorites. Would listen again if asked to.
and all i gotta do is sahh acct ajoisdfjoasvkom
2.92
This is what I imagine vintage country sounding like. Strong singing, homespun-sounding lyrics about love and life, lots of space in the arrangements for the steel guitar to resonate. Goes by quickly and smoothly.
This was a fun easy listen, high 3.
Definitely had its ups and downs, decent overall. This album is what people who hate country think all country sounds like.
Absolutely not the kind of thing I'd choose to listen to, I'd sneer at the thought. Having said that, this album was really fun. Despite the tales of woe he's singing about the music is uplifting and cheery and had me toe-tapping along the whole way through. I'm surprised at both the album and my reaction to it.
This is fine. Nothing offensively bad here.
This sure is country. I found it hard to differentiate from other old country albums I've been given by the list.
Ihan ok, ei mitään ihmeellistä. 2,5/5.
I usually find country music all sounds the same to me, and this album is especially like that — it’s hard to tell the songs apart. That might sound harsh, but I want to remember the sharp, crisp sound of the guitar. I like “Trouble and Me.”
I’ve never listened to Buck Owen’s. For some reason I thought he was a parody artist or something? Wrong again! This was so good xoxo
Good not great album
Sweet n crispy guitar licks. Buck is mournful & happy all at once.
You have to say he puts his all in to the title track, with a foot-tapping beat, and classic country bassline, and really sweet reverbed guitar solo twanging all over the shop. All the elements carry through for best part of the album, to deliver something very enjoyable. I much prefer this to George Jones. I guess I'm a Bakersfield rather than Nashville guy. I like the alignment to upbeat rock n roll (and a nod to Chuck Berry with 'Memphis'), the focus on excellent and clean guitar licks and bends, and the jollity most of it. It doesn't set my world on fire, some is hackneyed; but it's a collection of high quality and enjoyable country/rock n roll songs.
No. 328/1001 I've Got a Tiger By the Tail 3/5 Trouble and Me 3/5 Let the Sad Times Roll On 3/5 Wham Bam 3/5 If You Fall Out of Love with Me 3/5 Fallin' for You 3/5 We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll 3/5 The Band Keeps on Playin 4/5 Streets of Laredo 3/5 Cryin' Time 3/5 A Maiden's Prayer 3/5 Memphis 3/5 This Ol Heart 3/5 Act Naturally 3/5 Average: 3,07 At times a really date Country album. Still had a good time listening to this.
If you love Country/Western music this was probably amazing, if you hate it this will be a source of ridicule. I thought this was fine but fairly boring in a stereotypical C/W sound. 2.5/5
3.5 (Genre birth - Bakersfield) I get for many this isn't their style but Bakersfield country wouldn't exist without Buck. No buck no George Strait or Alan Jackson. Steel guitars are great. It was a legendary album and influenced genres far beyond country (especially to include rock).
Strong 2,5
very yeehaw
I enjoyed this more than I expected. The lyricism is great and it’s an original sound. But at the end of the day this is a bit outside of my comfort zone. Found two standout tracks, both on the slower side: Let the Sad Times Roll and Cryin Time. I found the faster ones a little too countrified for my taste.
Enjoyed this a lot more than most of the other old country that I've had recently. Still don't think I'd dive back into it freely. 3.5/5
niceee
There’re a few real bangers here. What a vibe!
Expected Hee-Haw cornball, but this was pretty good. A damn sight better than modern country.
ive got a tiger by the tail- 5 or 6 trouble and me- 5 let the sad times roll on- 5 wham bam- 5 if you fall out of love with me- 5 falling for you- 5 we're gonna let the good times roll- good and sad times are to be let roll on 5 the band keeps playing on- 5 whatever i turned jpegmafia off for this lmao
Old-time honest-to-god country music. Memories of Hee Haw.
I like a lot of Buck Owens’ work, and this one’s a solid record, especially for being only about half an hour long. It’s short, catchy, and has that signature Bakersfield twang that set Buck apart from the smoother Nashville sound of the time. The first half of the album holds up really well, keeping a fun, lively pace that’s easy to get into. Things start to slow down on the back half though. Aside from “Memphis,” the ballads drag a bit and lose the spark that makes the earlier tracks so enjoyable. Despite the uneven pacing, Tiger by the Tail still shows Buck doing what he does best. It’s not his strongest album, but it’s a solid snapshot of why he became such a key figure in country music.
Old school country
It wasn’t bad. Pretty upbeat and faced paced album.
Was this Buck Owens or Dewey Cox? It was hard to tell at times. A fun upbeat album quickly got very slow and droning in the back half.
This was alright, I recognized some tunes I didnt expect.
J'ai parti l’album pis plein de p'tits bums du quartier sont venu essayer de me vendre du stock volé. Écoute sympathique et inoffensive.
Plano, la canción que da nombre al album me llamo la atención pero supongo que estoy muy lejos del artista
Well this was very country. The older I get the more I like folksy/country music. This was a bit twangy yee-haw for me but I didn't hate it. I was surprised it was as recent as 1965.
Dated, yet derivative.
Straight down the line country, listenable without being the greatest thing ever.
Obviously one of the progenitors of the wider honkey-tonk sound. Because of that, it's incredibly twee throughout. I don't hate it, but it just doesn't hit right when you're not in a Nashville dive bar. It definitely has a charm, I will say that.
Goofy Country Man sings goofily. 5/10
History come to life with a powerful single backed by another baker's dozen of timeless hits.
Is this something I would ever possibly listen to on my own if not for this project? No. No it is not. And frankly, I probably won't listen to it again. That being said, there's no denying that music like this is permanently popular, and great swaths of America look back on this stuff with total nostalgia. Why? I think the lyrics are really timeless, and there's something enticing about a regular guy singing simple tunes about something as simple and ubiquitous as the Loss of Love. Beyond that, I suppose it's a country thing that I'll probably never understand (and maybe never want to). Fave songs: - I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Wham Bam - If You Fall Out of Love With Me - Fallin' for You - We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll - Streets of Laredo - A Maiden's Prayer - Memphis
Some good old country. Sad songs and sad guitar
I'd enjoy this hugely at a hoe-down, or a state fair. But listening here, I really don't think I have the patience for a whole one.
Great, classic country.
Exactly the music I was expecting to hear from Buck Owen’s and his Big Buckaroos.
I can appreciate it. Not really my deal though.
This feels very much like the root of old county. It’s not my style so much but I appreciate his band being buckaroos and if I had to ride a horse for a long distance I’d for sure put this on.
Simple but very solid for what it is. Act Naturally bumps it to a 3.
This is the kind of country music I can like. Favourite Track(s): I've Got a Tiger By the Tail Least Favourite Track(s): The Band Keep's Playin' On
This isn’t my particularly favorite genre. But this album is more of a 1965 swing dancing version of country then the bastardized version that is popular today. An album meant to dance to. No keeps but could play again.
Not a big fan of honky tonk
I dont really care much for this type of music but it was ok!
didn't hit me like the Loretta Lynn album I gave five stars to (and would have bought if it was ever on CD), but a very solid and listenable country album. I've enjoyed the country albums on this list.
Solid honky-tonk album, but not one of my favorites. 3/5
It's filled with songs my grandma would walk around the house singing. For that nostalgia alone, it gets 3 stars. The fact that there all classics gets it a 4th... but the fact that I'll never listen to the entire album again loses it.
From what I've read, this was one of the pioneering albums that gave "Classic Country and Western" its sound, so props to it for shaping a whole genre. However, listening in 2025, it's just another collection hee-haw, good old buys, stetson and a backing band Country & Western stuff, that serves little purpose but to annoy me. Personal rating - 3 star.
Good country...wham Bam thank you ma'm
Not my taste, but there is definitely talent there.
I got that "what am I doing with my life" when I told my friend that I am listening to this. Anyway, good album.
48/1001 Buck Owens - I've Got a Tiger by the Tail Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ I'm sure this was super revolutionary in country music circles at the time (and some songs have been covered - Act Naturally on the Beatles' Help album), but there's not enough for me to properly get stuck into. I did enjoy the mix of upbeat and melancholy from song to song, but that's as far as it goes.
Listened to this while playing Vantage. I lost. I tried shoving someone off a cliff, but I fell off instead. I deserved it. This album was alright. Some fun country songs, and one that I recognized (i thiiiiink maybe from Capturing the Friedman's)...it has been years. My partner felt like every song was basically the same, and the lyrics were also repetitive. I enjoyed it a little bit more than that.
Historically important; but it plays like a pop album - an effort to get on the radio rather than a work of art. The sound is what made him famous. But sounds get copied and the innovations are relegated to subjects for liner notes. It’s always the quality of the songs that dictate an album’s legacy strength.
Classic country sound, which is not my preferred genre, but I do love a twangy Telecaster. I enjoyed this, but not quite enough to return to it ever.
Catchy but I like Hank better.
Its fine, I've heard better versions of most of the songs, but I didn't hate it.
Given the reviews, I was concerned I was going to hate this album. It was not as bad as I thought it would be. It is certainly from a long-gone era that I don’t really relate to. But musically, it wasn’t that bad.
-this has a certain charm and saccharine whimsy to it. like it makes me feel like a sixty-year-old white guy smoking a pipe by a log cabin in the boonies -little hard to take it seriously and i don’t exactly think i’d be listening to it again but it was a vibe -Favorites are I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail and If You Fall Out Of Love With Me
A really decent album. And I am a sucker for this era of country though it was very cliche sounding, lyrics and all. All in all, nothing too standout-ish but was an enjoyable listen. May listen again, may not, who knows? Not I!
Not a bad country album. Short, but didn't move too fast. 3/5
I didn't not enjoy this but it sounds hopelessly dated for 1965 - the same year that Bringing it All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Out of Our Heads, Mr Tambourine Man, Rubber Soul and Otis Blue (amongst many others) were all released.
It's got the hallmarks of C&W, with decent conversational lyrics that tell a story, pedal steel, twangy telecaster guitar sounds and a bopping rhythm section (on the uptempo tracks). The impressive opening title track sounds like it could have been on Beatles For Sale, mainly due to the tandem parallel vocals. And it's notable The Beatles covered a Buck Owens number (Act Naturally) on Help, so he was quite influential. The rest of the album isn't quite so impressive, but the vocals are consistently superb, obviously in the southern rockabilly tradition. On the downside the 1-2-1-2 rhythm can sound a bit corny and the slower numbers aren't quite so interesting, but on the whole it's a listenable 27 minute album, if you don't mind this sort of thing.
Quite cheerful. I was looking across the plains of north Spain as he bantered away about his little ditties. Apologies to my hating friends, but this was not that objectionable (for country).
Buck Owens, the old school country music. Buck Owens is one of the country singers I enjoy listening to.
I found this album to be charming, cozy, and vulnerable. Authentic country music like this is not something I have listened to on my own. As most are, country is not my favorite genre. My perception of this genre has been cringeworthy, cliche, simple yet annoying for some reason. I found myself leaving that perception behind as I listened to this old-school, authentic display of what founded country music. The honest and self-aware lyrics were interesting, many of them oozing with love. The instrumentation was enjoyable too.
I kind of enjoy the nostalgia of this sound, even if it's not something I'm likely to return to.
Love the Bakersfield sound.....don't really love the novelty (cheekiness?) of a lot of these songs though. 3.5 stars.
aðeins hrárri sixties köntrí. rokkáhrif, og rokkslagara, en umfjöllunarefnið hefðbundið. ástir og harmur. en meira svona 3,5.