Truth

Talented but dated.

There are some cool moments like Greensleeves and Beck's Bolero, but it remains just amiable and doesn't have any striking or memorable moment.

I was more excited when I misread and thought this was Jeff Buckley. Couple of songs here that I did like (Old Man River, Greensleeves) but I've heard them done better by others or in different styles. First half of Beck's Bolero was compositionally interesting but I didn't love the performance of it in the second half.

Voici ce que j'en ai dit à la première écoute: "Pas tellement accroché sur celui-là. Ressemble beaucoup au premier Led Zeppelin qui est bien meilleur. Je sais que Page et Beck viennent des Yardbirds, mais j'ai l'impression justement qu'il manque comme une connexion pour moi pour apprécier cet album. Un peu comme avec Clapton. N'ayant pas écouté encore les Yardbirds, en tant qu'album solo, il ne m'accroche pas tant."

Though I can vibe with several of the late-sixties blues rock this list has thrown up, this is too far. Not only is their plank-spanking of the worst order, there's Rod and a novelty version of Greensleeves. Too much.

Truth was entirely listenable thanks to a bit of looseness in the opener, but wow does the body of British blues rock do nothing for me. That's in spite of the presence of Rod Stewart here. Bunch of dudes convinced that demonstrating instrumental mastery magically makes the blues sound interesting. Learn something other than The Guitar, please.

Some of the music was really good, I quite enjoyed the psych/prog crossover. The blues numbers were boring. But the main problem is Rod Stewart, jeez I hate his singing. Tuneless shouting.

Truth is I'm not really a fan of this album or artist. Blues/rock is some of my favourite type of music but for some reason this just misses time and again. Could it be that he's mate with that famous wife beater and serial gaslighter that has subconsciously put me off? it's like hendrix without the subversion, like cream without the talent or even the stones without the sultry pouting. can't pin it down but the thing lacks groove man.

Twiddly guitar blues rock.

Hmmm. Väldigt klassiskt svängig bluesrock. Känns som Jeff Beck och hans grupp opererar i en gammal bluestradition, utan att tillföra särskilt mycket nytt och spännande. Det är inte dåligt - bluesriffen och gitarrsolona är häftiga, och Rod Stewarts sång är så klart felfri - men det väcker inget särskilt i mig. Också ett minus att alla de bästa låtarna är covers. Bäst är de tre på varandra följande Morning Dew, You Shook Me, och Ol' Man River. Beck's Bolero har också något. Greensleeves är fin och traditionell. Bästa låt: Ol' Man River.

the guitar work on his album stands out. covering "greensleeves" is an interesting choice, and i think beck did a nice job on it. recent news came out about a new jeff beck collaboration. i am certainly being biased but i can't bring myself to care a fig about this album.

Honestly, this was okay, but it didn't do much for me. I was surprised at how hard this album went for 1968, though.

It was an ok blues/rock album that really didn't bring much to the table. Felt like there was a heavier blues influence rather than rock, even though at the time there was the transition phase between the classical blues/blues rock and what we now know today as rock. Best: You Shook Me Worst: Blues Deluxe Note: Spotify had the Remastered album with additional songs, I only listened to the original tracks from the album.

Bad mixing

Eh

I hate to disappoint my fellow 60s heads, but this wasn't hitting for me.

Some good rock from JB

I've always respected Jeff Beck as an exceptional guitarist, but I've never heard his solo music (in fact I didn't know it existed). This is a decent project, nothing terribly memorable though. Obviously the guitar work is great, but that alone isn't enough to elevate this too much. Feels pretty generic unfortunately. Favorite tracks: Let Me Love You, Ol Man River. Album art: Really like the way this is designed, bold black framing and I like the font too. 2.5/5

Deed me soms wat denken aan Led Zep en Jimi. Was wel aardig, maar ook weer niet zo indrukwekkend.

Pas tellement accroché sur celui-là. Ressemble beaucoup au premier Led Zeppelin qui est bien meilleur. Je sais que Page et Beck viennent des Yardbirds, mais j'ai l'impression justement qu'il manque comme une connexion pour moi pour apprécier cet album. Un peu comme avec Clapton. N'ayant pas écouté encore les Yardbirds, en tant qu'album solo, il ne m'accroche pas tant.

Its better than most in this genre, but its still this genre

This album was a good reminder of why I find most of late 60s/early 70s blues rock tediously boring. 2/5

Wasn’t a huge fan of the music but understand it’s importance in the timeline for classic rock. Kinda sick of the mid 60s rock from the generator

Nostalgic!

A bloodless cousin to the white man's blooze 'n' soul served up by more skilled contemporaries like, er, the Dead or Rod Stewart. Does himself no favours with a pretentious album title and cover that would make Bono blush.

Not a bad album but just nothing there that keeps me interested and wanting to listen again no stand out songs

don't like blues

Big loud guitar based rock. But for me just missing the hook of the stones or Clapton - hard to explain why. Don’t live it.

classic rock tropes

A sleepy bluesy album of little note. I recognize that basically all these songs were stolen from Black people, but at least when Led Zeppelin did it they made interesting musical choices.

It's pretty good, but not exactly what I listen to. I think once I become more familiar with it, it will be better. 2/5 for now. Best songs: Shapes of Things, Morning Dew, You Shook Me, Beck's Bolero,

No hay dos estrellas y media.

Appalling. I love the blues, but I've heard many pub bands better than this. How could one of the world's best guitarists combine with one of the best voices ever to produce this? Bowie's version of Shapes of things is better - and that's on pretty much his worst album of the 1970s!! Flashes of brilliance in Blues Deluxe, but not enough.

A very fucking generous 2.

I can't explain why this doesn't click with me, but it doesn't. On paper, I would've thought this would be squarely in my wheelhouse. I love rock guitar, blues guitar, and I know Jeff Beck played with, influenced, and was influenced by some of my favorite musicians from that era. But...I don't know, maybe it suffered from decades of rock guitarists that followed and sound an awful lot like that. And, frankly, as I'm listening to more of the earlier blues and jazz guitarists -- mostly the black Americans who influenced the white Brits and then white Americans in the whole 60s & 70s rock explosion -- the more I'd rather hear those artists.

I can appreciate that this is seen as a seminal album in the evolution of hard rock/heavy metal but... To me this is just a turgid mess of borrowed blues riffs and a lot of showy guitar playing. And yeah, they can play, the musicianship on this album is phenomenonenal but that doesn't necessarily translate to enjoyable listening. Not for me. One final note, the cover of Greensleeves is possibly the most out of place track ever included on a record

There are some genuinely interesting compositional and voicing ideas on this LP, they're just too obscured by indulgent noodling and cloying vocals to make it worth the listen.

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what's called Schwanzrock! Was mich zu der Frage bringt: hat Beck wohl nen extralangen (wie er uns mit seinem Erguss hier in jede Ritze unserer schlaffen Körper reiben möchte), oder vielmehr nen ganz kleinen? Naja, ist mir letztlich auch egal. Ich geh mal duschen und vergebe vorher 1,5

Finding out that a pre-well known Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart were on this was more interesting than the actual album itself. I can see why it would be on this list due to it's starting points for these well known musicians, and its pre-metal riffs and its bluesy style similar to Zeppelin, but the whole album just simply doesn't appeal to me for repeated listening or to be loved.

2.5

terrible. i still dont like guitar solos. 2 stars at best.

Good musicianship but not really more than that for me

Not a fan of his voice

Below average in every respect. Sounds like a white cover band trying to sound black, well, apart from Greensleeves which was just embarrassing.

Terrible mix, flat vocals, average songs

Last 5 albums have included Rod Stewart, Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. Now this and I'm pretty over it. It's just more generic dad rock now.

Did not rly enjoy

ну какой-то гитарный блюзроковый чел, не моё, рекоммендовать не буду. Вроде крутой как музыкант и гитарист, но треканы не вкатили на мой дурацкий вкус

Apparently this is an important album in that it fuses blues with harder rock, and therefore laid the groundwork for heavy metal. For that I am grateful. However, as a listening experience for the musical layman such as myself, I couldn't find much of interest. Just seemed like fairly boring rock n roll and overly ernest blues sung with an irritating raspy vocal. 2/5

Not my favorite. "Old Man River" sung by Rod Stewart was really something...

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Shapes of Things, Greensleeves, Beck's Bolero Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Not a big blues rock fan, but this guy is an incredibly talented guitarist. My favorite part of every song was his guitar, as evidenced by me saving both instrumentals (Beck's Bolero is especially awesome). May he rest in peace, glad he was recognized for his talent while he was alive.

You definitely have to be in the mood for this. maybe even a little drunk Today I'm neither in the mood nor particularly drunk

Nothing offensive but also nothing really stuck out

The music was okay. I am not a fan of Rod Stewart's voice. This album is a "No" for me.

of it's time, LZ-esque at times but nothing special in 2023 tbf

Un gran guitarrista famoso entre amantes de ese instrumento pero no para el gran público. No soy muy de "guitar hero", en lo que se refiere a artistas no al juego, así que no me ha entusiasmado para mí se deja escuchar pero no es imprescindible.

I don't know why, but I just didn't enjoy this album.

Максимально ніякий альбом. Нуль розуміння, чому він тут. Я не можу сказати, що це якийсь кал, але взагалі нецікавий, пісні невиразні.

The words “blues tinged hard rock feat. Rod Stewart” seems to have been developed by a crack team of scientists to strike terror within my soul. Everything Jeff Beck does on the guitar here is oppositional to my tastes, and made me feel like I was eating my greens, convinced that a varied music diet is inherently a good thing. And I curse myself, because they are of course highly skilled musicians taking joy in every additional guitar lick, whammy pedal wobble and vocal strain. I hope to enjoy my greens one day.

Sehr alt sehr viel Gitarre

I listened to the first song and I was confused how a group of people got together and wrote this song. Then, thought it sounded good enough to actually record, not only that, but to include it on an album and think it was good enough for the opening track?! Then... THEN the record company heard it and said, "Yeah. OK!" What?????? This thought went through my mind with every subsequent song. Including the incomprehensible covers of Old Man River and Greensleeves. Zero stars. Minus 5 stars for making me listen to Rod Stewart

Boring

I thought this album was pretty bad; all the songs didn't sound that great and were so forgettable. The songs also sound so quiet, and the instrumental always sounds mediocre.

1. thingz - 0 2. love - 1 3. deuu - 1 4. zhook - 1 5. river - 1 6. zleevez - 2 7. rock - 2 8. bolero - 1 9. bluez - 1 10. zuperztitiouz - 1

lo escuché medio por arriba, no me parecio la gran cosa

TERRIBLE

mid

Big ass. Terrible voice. 0/10 0.00%

I feel like I have a better understanding of why white men in their 60s are so into collecting guitars and noodling around on them after listening to this album.

I really didn't care for this. Wanky blues rock by some wanker, whatever. The Wikipedia has a comparison to Eric Clapton, that's all you really need to know about this.

Sucks. Sorry. Boring white people British music. Becks Bolero was good

Rough road listen, the 'Blues Deluxe' is what sent this to a 1-star. Maybe the song would have been good in real life, but it became clear in recording that Beck and his band could not figure out how to change notes.

I did not care for this because I do not care about this. Never listened to much Jeff Beck, I just know he’s one of those “omg what a good guitarist” types and that’s not a thing that ever interested me at all. I dunno dude, I just need more of a selling point than virtuoso musicianship; as I am typing this, there’s some kid in a bedroom in, like, Omaha who can play as technically well as anybody on any “greatest guitarists” list but I’m not listening to that kid’s album. Blues music in general does not do very much for me at all, to the point that it does not even get my usual “yeah but look at what it influenced!” bump. When those elements give way to others, I pay more attention. There’s some good stuff here but it mostly all gets lost in mucky repetition. I think I’m talking myself into lowering my score. There’s novelty in young Rod Stewart on vocals and the fact that this is kind of a dry run for Led Zeppelin if you squint your eyes in the right way.

Not long after the needle hit the groove on side one, I was scratching my head wondering how (and why) this record came into being. It's got guitarist Jeff Beck's name on the cover but vocalist Rod Stewart's voice is front and center most of the time. Beck's guitar playing, when it *does* take the spotlight, is remarkably unspectacular here. The choice of material here is also befuddling: covers of "Greensleeves" (?) and "Ol' Man River" (??); a rehash of Ravel's "Bolero"; some Willie Dixon tunes, and (worst of all) some existing twelve-bar blues numbers rewritten by Beck and Stewart and passed off as "originals". Beck and his cohorts aren't doing anything that's terribly revolutionary here (except to heavy things up a bit); the mishmash of material doesn't help either. Beck made much better records down the road (such as the jazz fusion-ish *Blow By Blow* from 1975) but *Truth* is a pretty rough start to what turned out to be a much more distinguished career as a guitar slinger.

Jeff Beck is undeniably a talented guitarist, but the songs on this record just felt like they were full of uninspired blues riffs and incredibly generic lyrics and vocals.

thought it was boring

Controlled chaos is an apt description.

Really didn’t care for this. It might have been innovative in the late 60s but I just can’t get into this. Not a fan of this blues guitar work and the Stewart vocals do nothing for me.

This blues rock album is like a muscle car revving endlessly in neutral—noisy, flashy, and full of power, but ultimately going nowhere.

Listened to it twice, doesn't remember anything.

1/5 - I could not get into this album at all, I really didn't enjoy it. Spent most of the time listening to it just wishing it'd end. Not a good album in my opinion.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Bored to tears

Nah

I didn't really make it past the first couple of songs.

Kinda boring.

Its a no from me.

Why is there a version of Greensleeves on this album? Why is there Rod Stewart? I couldn’t finish it, despite him being technically decent. Apparently this album was a precursor to heavy metal, but it mostly sounds like more white man blues. I don’t want hear more white man blues.

Beck is not the great guitarist of legend. His pretty average

why is everything offtune is this just his singing style help me and i also gaev up on this album because i hate the way he sings and i am annoying so deal with it, would give 0 if i could

Only the first 6 seconds of the album i liked.

Do we need each mediocre solo project from every 60s/70s western blues rock band?

Bloody blues brings back bloody bad broken backs Blimey Beck

Its aight.

If you've ever passed by a rundown bar with a wood paneling, full of small-town locals that exclusively drink Miller of Blue Moon, you've heard this exact type of bland music playing through those speakers, connected to a 50 year old jukebox that inexplicably is still kicking.

The vocal is horrendous. No thank you.

Not for me. Whether it's the blatant cultural appropriation, covers of freaking Greensleeves, or just Rod Stewart's voice, or a combination of all three, I'm not sure. Not particularly impressed by Jeff Beck's guitar stylings either. On the plus side...naaaaa. One star.

I found this terribly boring. 2 stars minus 1 because of Rod bloody Stewart.

Rod Stewart demanding sex ruined it

Truly not my cup of tea…

I know I know, Jeff Beck is a guitar god, but for fuck's sake stop feeding me dad-rock blues. IT'S BORING.

Thank you for Greensleeves, I really needed that break

What a mess.

Wankers

Well, Jeff Beck is someone I’ve heard people rave about as one of the best guitarists ever, but I’ve never listened to him. Rod Stewart is the lead singer here, and I hate Rod Stewart. 😖 One thing I thought was interesting in reading about this album is that it's often referred to as the first metal album. It's clearly not metal, but there are moments in some tracks where you can hear it. I can hear that these are great musicians around Beck, including Ronnie Wood from the Stones on bass. I hear moments in these tracks that are really great. But, it’s basically a blues album and I’m not big into listening to a whole album of blues, admittedly. (Seeing it live is a different story.) So I found myself bored when I wasn’t being irritated by Stewart's vocals. Best track was when Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Keith Moon join for “Beck’s Bolero”. Overall, not my thing though.

Gefällt mir nicht.

Sounds like rod Stewart

I want to like jeff beck but i just can't get a feel for it. not my jam

ugh fucking boomer british drivel KILL ME i hate these fucking horny ass lyrics jesus FUCKING christ and the fucking instrumentation is so …ya. “rock n roll” fuck off lmao i hate it

There is a preponderance of early prog-type rock and roll. I dig it, but there's too much of it on this list.

The blues were fun but still nothing that jumped out at me.

Naa 1

I gave up on this after 10 songs - which I think is pretty reasonable. This was far too long even at that point. This is your basic 'guitar hero' stuff - too many notes and too self-indulgent. The songs sounded over-familiar, so there didn't feel like anything new here for me. Not my thing.

Not my cup of tea. Despite influencing many artists I like, this album kind of drags. Not necessarily bad, but also not really my vibe.

Meh. I don't get it

The fact this is on '1001 albums to listen to before you die' shows you how white-centric this whole thing is. This is boring old white man music. This is the type of music people imagine when you say 'old music'. So dull. Sure, the technical guitar playing is impressive. But there's no soul in the vocals. A lot of these songs were originally written by black artists. These artists knew about real soul and real art. Jeff Beck hasn't made art with this album. He made something technically impressive, but nothing more. Who actually sits there and enjoys listening to this crap? No one under the age of 45.

Blues for Boomer Dads: The Album

Nope…

Greensleeves ass

Jeff Beck struggles through this turgid mess like a hobo trying to fuck a mousetrap. It reminded me of the time I sang karaoke with Craig Charles at the funeral of his mother. A fuckin' total abomination that cause 15 more deaths. It was a bloodbath.

The opening few notes were good, then he started singing and I threw myself off a cliff

Exhibit A in why White Boys Playing The Blues is my least-favorite sub-genre. I can't find anything to recommend on this album. I know I'm supposed to be impressed by Jeff Beck but I don't hear anything remotely interesting in what he does. I've tried. Yes, he's done some cool things as a sideman. I dig his work with the Yardbirds, I guess. And yes, he helped Stevie Wonder write "Superstition" (which alone justifies his existence) but that's about it as far as I'm concerned. And on this album? Bo-ring. And I dig Rod, but he hadn't come into his own as a singer yet. He's got the chops but I don't believe a single word he's singing. It's like he's correctly pronouncing a language he doesn't understand. Ronnie Wood's got some cool bass lines going on, but in general I find the band remarkably disjointed. "Beck's Bolero," on paper at least, sounds like it should be amazing. Jeff Beck! Jimmy Page! John Paul Jones! Keith Freaking Moon! All on the same track! Wow! Except, they managed to create a piece of music that plays to none of their strengths. You could tell me it was anybody playing on that track and I guess I'd believe you. It's like one of those jam sessions they always do at the end of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Lots of stars making a whole lotta nothing. I get that this might have blown people's minds at the time, but there's a reason Zeppelin became huge and Jeff Beck didn't. Some bands gel and create music better than the sum of their parts and others are the Jeff Beck Group.

I couldn't stand it. I generally hate blues rock like this and to no surprise I hated this. Aside from a few songs, I generally really dislike Rod Stewart too. This did nothing to change that opinion. I don't care how technically talented Jeff Beck was, I can't stand this style at all. I never want to hear it again. I was going to give it a 2 because it probably doesn't really deserve a 1, but by the end I was just annoyed by this so much that I see no other option.

meh blues

I disagree that I needed to hear this album before I die. My life was just fine without it. I’m not a fan of Rod Stewart’s voice nor this brand of blues rock.

Not my cup of tea. This album did not age well, and the lyrics are cringe as fuck.

Rubbish

How can you mess up blues rock so much? (Admittedly, Rod Stewart doesn't help much but Ronnie Wood should've been able to drag things back into line)

I will never support a Scientologist

Did not listen

Encore Rod stewart.... Pas plus intéressant que the Faces Blues rock un peu générique, rien de transcendant ici... des covers de bluesman américains par des anglais... Encore...

Ce n’est pas très intéressant, si ce n’est que pour entendre John-Paul Jones pré-Led Zep. Aussi, Greensleeves a tellement pas rapport là. Pour une liste d’album a avoir écouté, ça ne fait pas très « album » justement.

Sorry, still not a Jeff Beck fan.

Too bluesy, not enough rock. Not to my taste at all, sorry Jeff.

nope

This album did nothing for me, I was just waiting for it to end.

Wish I could give it zero. We don't need more than one blues recording. They are all the same. Horrible.